- #1 Wolf Peak: The Case of Ruth Choi
97% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
In 1991 Ruth Choi was murdered, it was whittled down to 6 suspects, but the case was never solved. Watch interviews, go through evidence and build your case. A game where you are never told who the killer is, unless you convict them. Use your own deductive skills to find out, who killed Ruth Choi.
Why similar: Detective 34.4%, Crime 17.9%, Mystery 10.4%, First-Person 8.8%, Investigation 7.2%
- #2 A Case of Fraud
96% matchVery Positive98% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Hesperus Games
Windows · Mac
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 17%, Crime 12.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Nonlinear 8.7%
- #3 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
96% matchVery Positive89% of 7,891 reviews2014
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Why similar: Detective 47.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Crime 12.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #4 Private Eye: The Young Heir
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
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: Detective 27.3%, Investigation 14.1%, Crime 11.4%, Mystery 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #5 Conscience
94% matchVery Positive93% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Bowker Studios
Windows
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Investigation 15.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Narrative 9.7% ★, Story Rich 6.2%
- #6 Docket 87: The Novikov's Files
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Investigation 19%, Crime 12.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Nonlinear 6.4%
- #7 Cracks Where the Light Gets In
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highland Boundary
Windows · Mac
Spy through cracks. Solve deductions. Save your country. You’re an outsider observing clues and characters through the walls and floorboards of an alpine shack. Become entangled in the mystery: a recluse who shapes a revolution.
Why similar: Detective 46.5%, Story Rich 11.2%, Investigation 11.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Mystery 8.7%
- #8 The Golden Girl Case
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StickyLabs
Windows · Mac
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Crime 11.5%, Nonlinear 8%
- #9 Echoes of Ash
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ash Studio
Windows
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 37.8%, Investigation 17.3%, Crime 11.7%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #10 The Detective's Apprentice
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
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 cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 41.4%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Crime 8.2%, Logic 5.8%
- #11 In a Detective's Mind
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Justo DiasPub: Justo Dias
Windows
In a Detective's Mind is an investigation game that seeks to put you in the role of a detective, who needs to solve cases and deal with obscure problems from his past.
Why similar: Detective 45.6%, Investigation 20.2%, Story Rich 11.8%, Crime 11.6%, Mystery 9.1%
- #12 The Duke is Dead
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bunk Bed Software, LLC
Windows · Linux
The duke is dead! Collect clues, solve puzzles, and use deduction to find the killer. Put your detective skills to the test to unravel the trail of crimes and uncover the truth!
Why similar: Detective 42.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Crime 10.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #13 Thomas Ireham in Crimson Spotlight
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebecca AhmedPub: Sagewing Studio
Windows
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Detective 29%, Investigation 14.4%, Crime 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Nonlinear 8.7%
- #14 Ashes of Holloway Bay
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Cold Case Inc
Windows
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Crime 15.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #15 Silhouette: Chapter One
88% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Apeirogon Games
Windows
Explore Silhouette: Chapter One - A First-Person, Story-Driven Mystery Adventure. Assume the role of Jim Grayson, an unwavering homicide detective hot on the trail of a disturbing serial killer with confusing motives.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Investigation 14.8%, Crime 14.4%, Mystery 11%, Story Rich 9%
- #16 Murder at Ironwood Inn
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SAK70Games
Windows
A shocking murder has rocked the Ironwood Inn. Play as one of four detectives, each with unique interrogation styles. Search for clues, question suspects, and uncover secrets in this high-stakes mystery. Can you solve the case before time runs out?
Why similar: Detective 39%, Crime 19.6%, Mystery 17.4%, Multiple Endings 10%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #17 I'M YOUR HOST
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Calligram Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 47.4%, Investigation 22.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 6.9%, Puzzle 2.9%
- #18 The Wolf Is Dead
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fat Toad Games
Windows · Linux
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Crime 16.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Investigation 11.1%, First-Person 7.3%
- #19 Grimtrace
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HoodaThunk Games
Windows
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Crime 13.7%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #20 Last Guest at Sunset
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blackglass Interactive
Windows
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Investigation 16%, Crime 14.9%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #21 Sinheritance
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: STIM GAMES
Windows
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #22 Detective Hindsight
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broccoli Bunny Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 42.9%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Crime 7%, Logic 5.5%
- #23 An Exercise in Mortality - Chapter I
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CorDubiumArts
Windows
Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, Crime 17.9%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 13.2%, Logic 7%
- #24 The Roottrees are Dead
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,122 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 42.8%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 15.8%, Story Rich 7.6%, Logic 5.4%
- #25 The Restricted Index
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Minus
Windows
Read between the lies in this first-person mystery puzzle game. You are the last librarian in Britain. Identify books. Recommend them. Ban them. Burn them. Uncover a catalogue of secrets and lost stories buried between the pages.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Narrative 11.6% ★, Story Rich 9.1%
- #26 平行线交点杀人事件
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 雨幡洞云工作室
Windows
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Detective 39.1%, Crime 17.7%, Mystery 13.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #27 The Unclosed Case
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CazimG
Windows
Truth is not singular. Gather the evidence, build your own scenario, and experience the outcome.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Investigation 15.5%, Crime 12.3%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #28 Marcella Moon: Saboteurs on the River
81% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Investigation 17%, Crime 14.5%, Mystery 13.6%, First-Person 7.6%
- #29 Almanac: Detective Agency
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bergamot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Crime 11.7%, Story Rich 8%
- #30 The Missing Threads
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wynd_devPub: wysg
Windows
[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 38.7%, Investigation 19.6%, Crime 14.9%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #31 Scene Investigators
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,012 reviews2023
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.
Why similar: Detective 30.8%, Investigation 20%, Crime 15.5%, Mystery 12%, Logic 7.6%
- #32 Graywood: Noir Detective
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bobby & Jeni
Windows
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, Crime 13.7%, Investigation 12%, Narrative 11.2% ★, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #33 Evidence Officer
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KAISOU GAMING
Windows
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Detective 34%, Investigation 20%, Crime 17%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #34 The Ratline
74% matchVery Positive85% of 300 reviews2026
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows · Mac
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 41.5%, Investigation 21.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Narrative 5.6% ★, Story Rich 4.3%
- #35 Time O'Clock: The Mask of Crime
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fractal Pop Games
Windows
The mask of a legendary thief has been stolen. Follow Detective Time in a point-and-click investigation using her watch to witness key moments and uncover who is behind this new wave of robberies. Observe the past. Investigate the present. Uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 36.6%, Investigation 18.5%, Crime 14.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #36 Return of the Obra Dinn
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,552 reviews2018
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 51.2%, Mystery 18.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Multiple Endings 5.1%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #37 Paradise Killer
74% matchVery Positive93% of 4,463 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Detective 25.8%, Investigation 14.5%, Crime 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Mystery 9.7%
- #38 Dark Memories: Prologue
72% matchMixed65% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Investigation 14.6%, Crime 12.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #39 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,397 reviews2016
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Why similar: Detective 36.2%, Crime 15.1%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #40 Crimson Seer
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meridian Malice
Windows
Crimson Seer is a fantasy detective puzzle game. Investigate murder scenes frozen in time, gather clues, and deduce motive, method, and location. Use your prophetic visions to uncover sinister elven plots, ancient mysteries, and dark rituals in an underground world.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 14.3%, Crime 12.4%, Narrative 7.2% ★
- #41 Forest Grove
73% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Miga GamesPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
In Forest Grove, a teenage heiress has gone missing. Foul play is suspected. Uncover a cast of characters, collect evidence, and find the truth in this futuristic detective game!
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Crime 12.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Nonlinear 8.5%
- #42 Midnight Files: THE NOIR CUT
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Paper Lynx Games
Windows
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database. Connect clues on the detective board, return to locations when something does not add up, and identify the culprit in each standalone case.
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Investigation 18.3%, Crime 16.5%, Mystery 7.2%, First-Person 7%
- #43 Edge on Truth
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ViGuselt
Windows · Mac
Explore the settlement, gather clues, interact with its inhabitants, and uncover a conspiracy. Your actions shape your relationships with the locals – will they help you, or deceive you? Your choices will determine whether the protagonist can escape, or if his tragic fate will repeat itself again.
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Investigation 15.4%, Narrative 11.4% ★, Nonlinear 9.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #44 Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Crime 11.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #45 ギルド探求団へようこそ!
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,091 reviews2026
Dev: ぱるそに工房
Windows
「ギルド探求団へようこそ!」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう!それでは──良い旅を!
Why similar: Detective 52.4%, Investigation 23.5%, Mystery 15.6%, Puzzle 4.4%, Adventure 2%
- #46 Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,420 reviews2021
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 35.5%, Crime 14.4%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #47 Point Zero: Victoria
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RosyGame
Windows · Mac
One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 14.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #48 Eye 4 Eye
70% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Team Eye 4 EyePub: Yi Dai
Windows
Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, First-Person 9.4%
- #49 Wild East: The Straw Man
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David Zacik
Windows · Mac
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
Why similar: Detective 37.6%, Investigation 19.3%, Crime 13.3%, Mystery 12.9%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #50 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 42.7%, Crime 16.7%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 10.5%, Investigation 8.2%
- #51 Emma Riley: Dream Detective
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Fort Games
Windows
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 38.1%, Investigation 20.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Story Rich 10.2%, Logic 5.1%
- #52 Murders on the Yangtze River
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,848 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 46.7%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Logic 6.1%
- #53 Mistmoon Falls
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: portmantoga
Windows · Mac
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Investigation 13.5%, Crime 12.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #54 Wrongly Accused
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elomelo GamesPub: SwopBots Ltd.
Windows
Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.
Why similar: Detective 40.2%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 10.6%, Story Rich 7.6%, First-Person 4.5%
- #55 On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 373 Studio
Windows
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 40.3%, Investigation 19.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Mystery 8.5%
- #56 The Incident at Galley House
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: William RousPub: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Why similar: Detective 40.6%, Mystery 19.7%, Story Rich 11%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Logic 7.4%
- #57 Devil's Advocate: Alexander Twist
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VisualBagel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you defeat the world's oldest mastermind in their own game? Stretch your wits and deduction skills to the maximum as you battle in Paris' craziest court. Here, only those who sacrifice everything reach the truth. What are you willing to betray to make it out alive?
Why similar: Detective 37.2%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 13%, Crime 12.8%, Story Rich 10%
- #58 Back to the Dawn
64% matchVery Positive94% of 10,201 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, Crime 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #59 Xochi's Apothecary
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Single Effect Studios
Windows · Mac
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Investigation 20.9%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Narrative 11.5% ★, Mystery 9.6%