Games Like BEAST CRIMES

Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!

Why similar: Detective 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Investigation 9.2%

It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.

Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Point & Click 14.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Logic 9%

A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.

Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Point & Click 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Investigation 7.8%

Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery⁠—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Drama 12.9%, Point & Click 9.5%, Mystery 9%

You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 12%

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 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Point & Click 9.3%, Logic 7.3%

A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Investigation 10.9%

One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?

Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Point & Click 16.8%, Mystery 9%, Choices Matter 8.4%

It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Point & Click 10%, Drama 9.5%

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: Detective 24%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%

A mysterious crime that no one could solve now rests on your shoulders. Well, not just yours; you also have a partner from your department whom everyone makes fun of. But who knows—maybe she’s actually a great detective in disguise?

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Drama 25%, Anime 17.1%, Story Rich 15.4%, Adventure 3.8%

Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!

Why similar: Detective 19.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%

Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.

Why similar: Detective 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Drama 7.6%

5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!

Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Point & Click 10.8%, Drama 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%

Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!

Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Point & Click 16.4%, Investigation 13.3%, Logic 12%, Mystery 10.1%

Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!

Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 10.9%, Investigation 10.6%, Mystery 10.6%

Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!

Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, LGBTQ+ 9.9%

Oniria Crimes is an interactive noir novel with point & click mechanics. Explore crime scenes in a dreamlike world where objects are the only witnesses. Six cases, a hidden conspiracy. Only you can uncover the truth behind the crimes of Oniria.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Point & Click 20%, Logic 18%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Mystery 12.5%

Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.

Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Visual Novel 20.8%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Mystery 8.3%, Anime 5.6%

One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.

Why similar: Detective 16%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Point & Click 10%, Visual Novel 9.9%

Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Anime 11.1%, Story Rich 8.2%

Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.

Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 7.7%

Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.

Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Logic 11.3%

LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.

Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Point & Click 12.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Cartoony 9%

Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.

Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 21.3%, Drama 11.9%, Mystery 11.6%, Investigation 10.2%

A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.

Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Point & Click 11.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%

Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.5%, Detective 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Mystery 8.3%

The Truth Is Pretty Out There. Only you can decipher the mystery of Boomtown USA. Comb a mysterious government base for evidence, investigate the set of a ghost hunt, and unravel the truth, no matter how ridiculous it may be!

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Point & Click 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 9.1%

An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.

Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Point & Click 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Mystery 10.8%

An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?

Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Point & Click 19.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Cartoony 10%, Investigation 9.9%

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Investigation 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%

The samurai detective visual novel! Solve crimes and pass judgment on vigilantes, officials, inventors, and brigands to protect a city of eternal cherry blossoms.

Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Point & Click 12.7%, Mystery 10.6%, Anime 8.5%

Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Choices Matter 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Mystery 7.6%

Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!

Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Drama 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Detective 17.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Logic 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Investigation 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.

Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Drama 11.1%, Mystery 9.5%

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Detective 16.6%, Drama 13.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Point & Click 9.9%

A Fox Thief Survives in a Dark City

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Cartoony 8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Point & Click 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Investigation 11.7%

Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!

Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Point & Click 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Investigation 10.1%, Mystery 8.9%

Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!

Why similar: Detective 28%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Investigation 11.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Anime 9.4%

Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Drama 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Mystery 9.2%

Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Detective 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mystery 7.9%

A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.

Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Drama 12.4%, Anime 12.1%, Story Rich 10.5%

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?

Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Point & Click 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9%

A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?

Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Point & Click 12.1%, Drama 9.7%

Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?

Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Anime 10.3%

With the day filled with abundant temptations, can you resist the seductresses around you and impress your crush, or will you give in to their flirtations? This furry lovers’ dating sim dream is about to begin!

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Anime 16.9%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Story Rich 9.5%

The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Detective 20.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Story Rich 10.3%, Anime 6.4%

Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.

Why similar: Detective 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 11.7%, Mystery 11%

This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.

Why similar: Detective 19.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

Set in school life, “Who is the Criminal” is a text-based adventure game featuring comedian and inference elements. With inquiring suspects and debating with “evildoers”, he gathers pieces of puzzles and reveals what truly happens in every incident.

Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Anime 10.2%, Drama 9.5%

Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Logic 8.9%

Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.

Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Logic 13.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%

Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?

Why similar: Detective 41.2%, Point & Click 22.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Adventure 5.3%

Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.

Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Investigation 13.6%, Point & Click 10.9%, Anime 10.8%

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Point & Click 19.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Story Rich 6.8%