60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Investigation, Story Rich.
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.
Cold Case
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
The Murder of Ava Monroe
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Point & Click 12.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Text-Based 11.7%, Mystery 11.3%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Investigation 21.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Narration 9.9%, Point & Click 8.7%
A mystery adventure game featuring a camera-headed detective and a superpowered girl teaming up to solve crimes. Play as the detective to gather and combine clues, reveal the hidden truth, and tear down fabricated lies.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Investigation 21.7%, Point & Click 14%, Mystery 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
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: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
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: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 14.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%
A genealogy deduction game set in Republican-era China. Play as a lawyer, search newspapers, case files, letters, and old photos, and follow clues to identify people and uncover family ties. Reconstruct the Chen family tree and uncover the secrets behind your commission.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 22%, Mystery 10.2%, Text-Based 10.2%, Point & Click 9.4%
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 11.4%, Point & Click 11.3%, Text-Based 10.7%, Mystery 8.4%
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Narration 15.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Point & Click 13.9%, Detective 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Investigation 19.2%, Point & Click 12.6%, Text-Based 10.2%, Mystery 9.7%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 20.5%, Point & Click 14.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Investigation 23.9%, Point & Click 15.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Investigation 12.2%, Text-Based 10.5%, Mystery 8.5%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Investigation 17.2%, Point & Click 9.2%, Story Rich 8.1%, Visual Novel 8.1%
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate witnesses and organize your evidence to catch the culprit. Solve multiple different cases in varying areas and talk to many unique and fun characters. Can you solve it? Come and see.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Investigation 22.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Point & Click 10.2%, Mystery 8.9%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Investigation 15.2%, Text-Based 9.3%, Comic Book 9.2%, Point & Click 8.9%
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 19.3%, Detective 16.3%, Point & Click 13.2%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 20.7%, Point & Click 12%, Mystery 10.9%, Story Rich 7.5%
Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Investigation 21.2%, Point & Click 15%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Comic Book 10.1%
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Investigation 17.8%, Point & Click 14.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Text-Based 9.9%
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Point & Click 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 20.2%, Point & Click 17.3%, Mystery 11.6%, Puzzle 8%
Arthur and Susan, two inseparable friends solving mysteries together. Fun and cozy indie point&click. Don't miss it!
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Investigation 18%, Point & Click 16%, Comic Book 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Point & Click 12.6%, Text-Based 10.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Visual Novel 9%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Investigation 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 8.1%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Point & Click 11.9%, Comic Book 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
A college radio DJ has vanished, but the school says she withdrew. Search forum posts and confidential records to uncover the people behind anonymous handles. Piece together what happened to Starlingdive in a deduction mystery spanning three connected cases, from college radio to the music industry.
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Point & Click 14.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Text-Based 9.4%
An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Point & Click 10.8%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Investigation 20.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Point & Click 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.6%
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 27%, Investigation 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 9.4%, Text-Based 8.4%
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 26%, Investigation 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Text-Based 11.1%
In an investigation where the thieves are not necessarily the ones you think they are, follow the clues, question the suspects, and get to the truth by avoiding false leads. But beware, some people are not ready to give up so easily.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Investigation 27%, Point & Click 16.5%, Narration 8.7%, Text-Based 8.7%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 28%, Investigation 20%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Puzzle 7.9%
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 32.3%, Investigation 18.2%, Point & Click 14.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Puzzle 9.6%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Point & Click 17.9%, Investigation 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Puzzle 8.3%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 17.5%, Text-Based 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%, Visual Novel 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: Investigation 23.2%, Detective 23%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Text-Based 10.1%
"All Antarctic researchers dead. Cause of death: Emperor Penguin attack?" Log into the isolated 'Amundsen-4' server. Extract and combine [keywords] from fragmented emails, chats, and logs to uncover the truth behind the bizarre disaster.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Mystery 10.5%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 19%, Detective 11.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 16.4%, Point & Click 14.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Text-Based 9.7%
Trapped in a subway car that seems to have no end, you must solve a crime where the clues contradict each other and the environment changes without explanation. Investigate the passengers, defy logic, and try to escape before claustrophobia completely distorts your reality.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 16%, Point & Click 11.9%, Text-Based 11.2%, Comic Book 10.4%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 21.2%, Point & Click 17.2%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 7.8%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 17.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Text-Based 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Investigation 19%, Point & Click 15.4%, Mystery 8.4%, Puzzle 7.4%
Gather information on social media in-game to take down every last boss in this deduction-based puzzle adventure game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn. It's release day for the latest entry in a legendary action game series, and you need to beat it. Fun is secondary, victory is all.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 20.1%, Point & Click 10.7%, Text-Based 10.1%, Puzzle 8.1%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Point & Click 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Point & Click 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Puzzle 9.4%
Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Point & Click 16.7%, Text-Based 14.9%, Investigation 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%
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: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 17%, Point & Click 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Book-style murder investigation game set in Victorian London. Logic, Deduction and Attention to Details - use this to solve game mysteries. Unfold story chapters, investigate clues, visit London historical locations - and help to get murder into jail.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Investigation 11.8%, Text-Based 11.8%
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 21.3%, Detective 20.6%, Mystery 16.8%, Investigation 14.2%, Story Rich 9.6%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 17.7%, Point & Click 12.8%, Mystery 9.4%, Visual Novel 8%
Step into a dramatic K-drama mystery where nothing is quite what it seems. Investigate suspicious behavior, uncover hidden evidence, compare contradictions, and piece together the lies that reveal what really happened.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Point & Click 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 23.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Text-Based 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Point & Click 14.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 10.5%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 19.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Point & Click 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.3%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 24.2%, Point & Click 14.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Investigation 14.9%, Comic Book 12.3%, Point & Click 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Investigate a murder as the first goblin detective in a comedic fantasy world without magic...where a wizard is the prime suspect!
Why similar: Investigation 25.3%, Detective 23.9%, Narration 10.6%, Point & Click 10%, Visual Novel 8.6%
