60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Story Rich, Interactive Fiction, Detective.
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
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[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, discover and deduce redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
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戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, discover and deduce redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Typing 21.6% ★, Investigation 19%, Detective 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 11.5%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Crime 17.7%, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Lore-Rich 8.9%
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Investigation 17.1%, Crime 16.7%, Typing 16.1% ★, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Typing 26.3% ★, Investigation 15.4%, Crime 13.6%, Detective 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Crime 13.2%, Detective 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Typing 15.8% ★, Crime 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 12.9%, Detective 10.9%
A slow-burn investigative experience focused on reading, deduction, and uncovering connections between cases. Settle in for quiet night shifts, piece together hidden truths, and uncover the stories buried within The Archive.
Why similar: Typing 31.7% ★, Detective 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 10.5%, Investigation 9.4%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Investigation 17.1%, Detective 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Detective 15.3%, Crime 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
“Ugh~... Why do I get nothing but weird customers...” Become Masato Kasuda, a new customer support representative, and experience the first five days of the program! Be careful, there are a lot of strange customers at night!
Why similar: Typing 34.6% ★, Investigation 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Horror 6.9%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Investigation 19.6%, Crime 18.7%, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Text-Based 9.8%
Uncover the truth behind a 1982 air crash in Blackbox. Use audio recordings and investigation documents to solve the mystery. A story-rich, suspenseful detective experience that puts your skills to the test.
Why similar: Typing 28.6% ★, Investigation 17%, Detective 16.4%, Crime 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Typing 19.2% ★, Investigation 18.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 12%
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Crime 13%, Dark Humor 11.5%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Investigation 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Lore-Rich 8%
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Crime 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 14%, Text-Based 12.7%
探偵となって依頼人の失踪した婚約者を探しましょう。 現場にいるキャラクターからさまざまな情報を引き出すことで、思わぬ真実にたどり着くかもしれません。
Why similar: Typing 37.8% ★, Investigation 17.7%, Detective 17.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 7.9%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 20.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Visual Novel 7.9%
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Typing 32.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Detective 14.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Visual Novel 7.7%
You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems. Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.
Why similar: Crime 19.1%, Detective 18.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Surreal 9.5%
Forget Her is a survival psychological horror game where you explore a haunted house, uncover chilling secrets, solve the mystery, and perform a deadly ritual or run.. Can you survive Alison’s ghost and discover the truth?
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Crime 14%, Detective 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.9%
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 8.3%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 22.4%, Crime 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 9.2%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 26.7%, Crime 21.2%, Detective 19.5%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Crime 18.1%, Investigation 15%, Text-Based 10.1%, Horror 7.1%
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Why similar: Investigation 18.3%, Detective 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Lore-Rich 9%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Investigation 15.1%, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Dark Humor 9.2%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Investigation 20.1%, Detective 19.9%, Crime 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Investigation 19.7%, Detective 16.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%
Be a convenience-store clerk in a first-of-its-kind chat game—and kick out AI Karens. There are no preset choices. Say what you couldn’t in real life and enjoy how the AI responds differently each time. A stress-relief game where your what-ifs come to life!
Why similar: Typing 34% ★, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Narration 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Crime 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Investigation 12%, Text-Based 10.3%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Crime 16.9%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Text-Based 9.5%
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
Why similar: Typing 28.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Text-Based 9%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Typing 24.1% ★, Investigation 23.3%, Detective 19.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
My Helpers is an experimental horror game that hides a group of virtual… "assistants" inside your machine. FIND THEM by combing through your real files, exploring weird applications, and using your computer in ways you may have never expected - and remember: this is just a game.
Why similar: Typing 18.1% ★, Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 12.5%, Horror 8.6%
A narrative-driven detective thriller. Reed and partner Grant investigate a murder case that resets through a time loop. Gather clues, interrogate witnesses, build timelines in the mind palace, and uncover the truth through deduction and multiple endings.
Why similar: Crime 22.9%, Detective 22.1%, Investigation 17.4%, Horror 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.9%
Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth. Ring of Fire is a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London.
Why similar: Typing 19.2% ★, Investigation 19%, Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Crime 8.1%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 28.8% ★, Investigation 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Text-Based 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Surreal 10.2%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Detective 14.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Dark Humor 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Crime 12.3%, Text-Based 12.1%, Investigation 11.8%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Detective 15.4%, Crime 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%
Discover a world where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.
Why similar: Investigation 18.3%, Crime 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 16.3%, Text-Based 9.3%
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Detective 13.1%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Walking Simulator 10.9%
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 37.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 10.8%, Investigation 10.1%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Investigation 17.6%, Crime 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Investigation 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Dark Humor 9.4%, Narration 8.4%
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Detective 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 17.4%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Detective 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Horror 8%
Embark on a mysterious ride. Solve puzzles, make choices, and uncover the truth behind a hidden crime in this point & click with the depth of a visual novel, all set in a haunting subway filled with secrets.
Why similar: Crime 20.5%, Investigation 19.2%, Detective 18.5%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 8.4%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Crime 10.8%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Crime 21.3%, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Text-Based 9.9%
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Why similar: Typing 39.5% ★, Investigation 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 14.8%, Story Rich 2.8%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Detective 15.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%
