Games Like Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Crime 15%, Detective 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Investigation 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Point & Click 17.4%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Futuristic 7.4%

Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.

Why similar: Detective 12.7%, Point & Click 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Side Scroller 9.7%

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Point & Click 16.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%

Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.

Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Crime 15.3%, Investigation 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Point & Click 9.4%

A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.

Why similar: 2.5D 21.5%, Point & Click 19.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Sci-fi 12%, Futuristic 8.8%

Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

Why similar: Crime 18.7%, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 15.8%, Point & Click 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10%

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 18.1%, Investigation 15.8%, Crime 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 13%

J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.6%, Space 23.3%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Adventure 8.9%

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: Crime 20.2%, Detective 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Investigation 11%

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.5%, 2.5D 16%, Point & Click 14.9%, Investigation 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%

Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

Why similar: Point & Click 15.9%, Exploration 13.6%, Story Rich 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Futuristic 12.7%

Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.5%, Detective 20.7%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.8% ★, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Point & Click 15.4%, Investigation 15%, Futuristic 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%

From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, Futuristic 19.2%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Story Rich 11.4%

You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.1%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.7%

In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…

Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 22.1%, Point & Click 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

Why similar: Point & Click 29.4%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Story Rich 11.2%

It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Detective 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%

Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.

Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Lore-Rich 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Crime 11.3%, Point & Click 11.2%

JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.

Why similar: Crime 31.2%, Detective 30.9%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%

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: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 16.3%, Crime 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material. Together with your brilliant sister-in-law, you must unravel a mystery that could determine the fate of Earth. A sci-fi mystery visual novel of discovery and suspense.

Why similar: Space 24.5%, Investigation 23.1%, Sci-fi 21.2%, Futuristic 18.9%, Adventure 9.8%

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Point & Click 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Sci-fi 10.5%

Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Investigation 15.1%, 2.5D 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

An Interactive first-person puzzle game. Help Elures navigate through the labyrinth of dreams and uncover the secret of extraneous memories.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 22.4%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Story Rich 16.5%, Exploration 12.6%

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Space 13.9%, Futuristic 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.4%

Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.

Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 18.7%, Point & Click 15.4%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10%

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Crime 18.1%, Point & Click 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Investigation 8.9%

A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23% ★, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Point & Click 10.7%

Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the mighty Atlantis.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Dialogue Heavy 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Point & Click 9.3%

A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?

Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Point & Click 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Investigation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Point & Click 16.8%, Crime 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Investigation 11.1%

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Why similar: Point & Click 37%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Story Rich 8.1%

A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.5%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Female Protagonist 16%, Story Rich 10.7%

Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Why similar: Futuristic 24.4%, Investigation 20.2%, Detective 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Detective 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 6.9%

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 28.1%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Investigation 14%, Point & Click 12.7%, 2.5D 10.3%

Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!

Why similar: Crime 21.7%, Detective 19.4%, 2.5D 15.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Point & Click 11.5%

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Why similar: 2.5D 24.8%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Point & Click 16%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%

Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Space 12%, Point & Click 11.5%

Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.

Why similar: Sci-fi 35.3%, Space 34.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 14.8%

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Why similar: Point & Click 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Investigation 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%

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: Dialogue Heavy 31.2%, Detective 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

Deep Beyond Is a first-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father’s disappearance.

Why similar: Investigation 38.4%, Story Rich 19.9%, Exploration 17.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9%

Join the journey of a funky space archaeologist who crashed on an unknown planet. A text turn-based adventure RPG in which your choices actually matter. Talk, explore, fight, make decisions to find a way out! Colourful graphics and the old comic book spirit.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.7%, Multiple Endings 20.9%, Point & Click 20.6%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Story Rich 8.8%

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 34.4%, Crime 34%, Point & Click 17.6%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Adventure 6.4%

When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?

Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Point & Click 19.8%, Space 18.4%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Adventure 8.9%

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 27.7%, Crime 16.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Investigation 11.9%

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Futuristic 9%

Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.

Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Point & Click 21.8%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Space 15.4%, Story Rich 10.5%

Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Detective 23.9%, Investigation 18.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Adventure 7.7%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Point & Click 18.8%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.8%

A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Story Rich 15.5%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%

A former combat hacker, a corporate CEO and a malfunctioning android get possessed by mysterious, otherworldly entities and must band together to save themselves and uncover the entities' origins. Talk, puzzle and explore your way through this (often humorous) cyberpunk thriller.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.2%, Futuristic 17.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

Take on the role of Agent Amy Tanner and solve a case in a cyberpunk future, where technology and religion have become one - A classic pixel art point&click adventure.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.9%, Detective 18.4%, Point & Click 14.7%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Futuristic 8.6%

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Why similar: Point & Click 96.3%, Detective 1.3%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Pixel Graphics 0.6%, Adventure 0.4%