60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Mystery, Detective, Adventure.
The real world no longer exists! I was trapped in this cursed Village made of inkblots on parchment. Every day I'm stalked by an assasin and stuck in a time loop. None of the residents remember me, although I myself have memories. I need to get out of here ASAP
The Posthumous Investigation
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Hello Again
Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 20.1% ★, Time Travel 18.9% ★, Detective 13.7%, Noir 13%, Investigation 9.9%
Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.3% ★, Time Manipulation 19.9% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Detective 9.7%, Stylized 6.6%
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: Time Travel 26.8% ★, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 7.2%, Point & Click 7.1%
Body found. Two missing. Detective Malinowski hears what others miss. Noir adventure where sound reveals clues and sketches tell the story. A short case you can finish tonight. Start now.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 20.9% ★, Noir 17.5%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 10.7%, Visual Novel 7.2%
Abyss Archives is a detective mystery game with elements of horror. You play as an investigator sent to a construction site shut down after a supernatural incident. Using old photographs, you trace the memories of the dead and piece together the truth hidden beneath the abyss.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.7% ★, Detective 24%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Story Rich 7%
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
Why similar: Time Travel 30.4% ★, Time Manipulation 29.7% ★, Detective 17.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Story Rich 4.8%
A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.
Why similar: Noir 17.5%, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 13.2%, Psychedelic 10.1%, Abstract 9.9%
You're stuck in a time loop ⌛. Whenever you find a dead body, you go back to the past. The only way to escape the loop is to cheat destiny & change the future. Explore the castle and uncover its dark secrets to prevent the next killing.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 27% ★, Time Travel 26.4% ★, Detective 15.9%, Mystery 7.9%, Stylized 5.6%
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 29%, Investigation 22.5%, Noir 14.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
A classic science-fiction point-and-click adventure inspired by the genre’s greatest titles, where you’ll control two characters and solve ingenious puzzles using an innovative temporal superposition mechanic.
Why similar: Time Travel 29% ★, Time Manipulation 21.5% ★, Point & Click 11.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
This is a text-based deduction game. Your choices will change the development of events, make up different timelines, and lead to different endings. Your primary task is to sort out the cause-and-effect relationships between events from textual descriptions.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.6% ★, Time Manipulation 22.9% ★, Detective 19.5%, Investigation 10.7%, Word Game 10%
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: Time Manipulation 24.6% ★, Detective 20.8%, Investigation 15.9%, Noir 13.5%, Mystery 7.7%
Time backtracking secret room decryption game, analyze the character dialogue, find the key to decryption, complete the needs to leave the room. In the end all regret, go back to the past, looking for clues to make up for regret.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.7% ★, Time Manipulation 26.3% ★, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 5.6%, Mystery 5.1%
Crimson Silk is a political detective thriller with a mind-controlling villain. Investigate the assassination of your grandfather. Plunge into a world of complicated law and wild ESP powers. Gather clues, choose sides, jump timelines, and try not to get stuffed with lead.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 21.3% ★, Detective 19.3%, Time Travel 17.2% ★, Mystery 10%, Visual Novel 9.4%
A noir narrative puzzle adventure where you manipulate time to investigate a space filled with physically identical characters. Pause, rewind, and fast-forward individual lives, connect fragmented pasts and futures, and uncover the single truth needed to avert impending tragedy.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Noir 21.8%, Time Manipulation 21.7% ★, Abstract 15.4%, Mystery 6.2%
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Noir 23.1%, Investigation 18.3%, Story Rich 7.6%, Visual Novel 6.6%
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 26.4%, Investigation 19.8%, Noir 15.6%, Mystery 9.4%, Point & Click 8.8%
Trapped in a deadly time loop on a remote research facility, a security officer must expose an alien imposter before the day resets. A tense, fully voiced sci-fi mystery where you are stuck in a cycle of life, death, and wrongful accusations.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.8% ★, Detective 22.3%, Mystery 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Story Rich 6.9%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Travel 26% ★, Time Manipulation 23.4% ★, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 6.4%
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV adventure game experience that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.7% ★, Time Manipulation 22.6% ★, Investigation 13.3%, Point & Click 8.5%, Mystery 7.5%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 20.7%, Noir 20.6%, Mystery 8.3%, Point & Click 7.4%
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.2% ★, Detective 26.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Story Rich 8%
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.4% ★, Detective 22.1%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 7.7%, Story Rich 6.5%
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.6% ★, Detective 17.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Word Game 10.2%, Visual Novel 7.5%
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 24.9%, Noir 23.2%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Stylized 8.9%
Listen closely. With hand-drawn visuals and the help of a cat named Blinky, escape Dr. Lazarus’s trap and uncover the truth buried in an audio-visual journey through the past.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.6% ★, Time Manipulation 24.5% ★, Noir 19.1%, Visual Novel 7.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 18.9%, Noir 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%
Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!
Why similar: Time Travel 56.7% ★, Time Manipulation 38.3% ★, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%, Adventure 1%
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 31.3%, Investigation 24.4%, Mystery 11.7%, Point & Click 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.8%
A game about Three Pigeons in a Trench Coat stuck in a time loop until they save the world. Pretty Simple.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.3% ★, Time Manipulation 24.2% ★, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 6.9%, Exploration 4.5%
A new mystery arises from the collision of narrative puzzle games and film noir. Investigate a film set full of catty cast and crew in order to deduce and connect their relationships. Debunk or prove those connections using evidence to unravel the mystery of what occurred and who is responsible!
Why similar: Time Travel 20.9% ★, Noir 16.4%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 7.7%
Step into the shoes of a Time Bureau detective in this uncompromising first-person murder mystery. Travel through written memories, piece together an interconnected timeline, and restore a victim's diary with pure logical deduction and zero handholding.
Why similar: Time Travel 43.3% ★, Detective 22.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Mystery 7.5%, Story Rich 6.5%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Noir 22.9%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Visual Novel 6.7%
The legendary Phantom of the Opera has returned! As Inspector Raoul Montand, you are the only one who can pursue the Red Death into the past and prevent him from terrorizing the present in this point and click mystery.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.5% ★, Detective 26.1%, Investigation 16.6%, Point & Click 12.7%, Mystery 9.9%
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 29.2%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
An escape room game where you manipulate time within a room to break free. A man awakens in a strange place, wearing a mysterious helmet. Rewind and alter time to uncover the helmet’s secret and the reason you are trapped—and escape.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 25.4% ★, Time Travel 20.8% ★, Detective 19.6%, Point & Click 10%, Visual Novel 9.3%
An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.1% ★, Time Manipulation 24.1% ★, Mystery 11.2%, Point & Click 8.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Investigation 21.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Noir 15.3%, Abstract 12%, Word Game 9.7%, Psychedelic 8.4%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Noir 17.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Mystery 7.8%
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: Time Travel 27.9% ★, Detective 20.6%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.1%
Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of Brentwood in this mysterious point-and-click adventure. The unique powers you hold will lead to moral choices that directly influence the story, the fate of the town, and which of the multiple endings you unlock. Will you follow destiny or fight against it?
Why similar: Time Travel 43% ★, Investigation 13.2%, Point & Click 11.4%, Time Manipulation 10.8% ★, Story Rich 9.1%
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 47.3% ★, Time Manipulation 11.8% ★, Detective 10.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Investigation 8.2%
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 25.7%, Noir 17.6%, Investigation 11.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.6%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 37.1%, Investigation 26.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Point & Click 11.3%, Story Rich 5.8%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Noir 11.5%, Investigation 11.1%
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Investigation 20.2%, Noir 17.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Point & Click 9.1%
From SCRAP, the masterminds behind the "Real Escape Game" phenomena with over 17 million attendees, comes a time-loop mystery adventure on Steam!
Why similar: Time Travel 43.3% ★, Detective 19.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Point & Click 8.6%
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Investigation 20.5%, Noir 19.1%, Mystery 7.9%, Point & Click 7.4%
A point and click noir mystery, set in a grim and corrupt Wonderland. Alice is Dead: Hearts and Diamonds is a complete remake of the classic Flash game trilogy, including all new art, added puzzles, expanded lore, and plenty of secrets for old and new fans alike.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Psychedelic 9.8%, Point & Click 9.8%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Detective 18.7%, Abstract 10.5%, Point & Click 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%
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 24%, Investigation 19.6%, Noir 15.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Point & Click 9.5%
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 33.5%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Point & Click 10.1%, Story Rich 6.3%
Play as Madeleine, a retired granny recruited by the Granny Detective Society (basically the FBI… but add dentures). Investigate your neighbors, figure out their names and professions, and uncover all their secrets in this no-murder detective game full of white hair and mugs of tea.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 26.5% ★, Detective 21%, Investigation 17.2%, Word Game 10.2%, Stylized 8.4%
A point-and-click mystery game. Search for the truth in 26 days, playing as two different characters, in a town during 1907.
Why similar: Noir 24.4%, Detective 19%, Investigation 15.4%, Point & Click 11.1%, Mystery 9.8%
Embark on a thrilling detective visual novel adventure, accompanied by your quirky assistant, Olivina. Navigate through a bizarre case with unique investigation gameplay, and meet a diverse cast of characters as you unravel the story.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.5% ★, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Stylized 7.7%, Point & Click 7.5%
Four deaths, four eras, one anomaly. Observe fragmented memories from every angle, piece together the timeline, and uncover what is wrong in this time puzzle.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.2% ★, Investigation 23.2%, Detective 11.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Point & Click 8.7%
A supernatural mystery where perspective informs reality. Guide agents from the Eventide Agency through paranormal investigations across a neon-soaked cityscape. Explore, collect clues, and interpret the evidence to uncover the facts of each case and expose a deeper truth.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Noir 20.2%, Investigation 17.4%, Point & Click 10.7%, Mystery 10.2%
The greate waves destroyed everything in the city, but the mysterious mechanism stopped the time in the game district. For all outside residents, the events within the segment stopped, but for the inhabitants of the district the time continues to go.
Why similar: Time Travel 34% ★, Time Manipulation 26% ★, Psychedelic 10%, Abstract 6.8%, Story Rich 6.3%
A mystery detective game with RPG elements. Cursed by demonic forces, a mysterious island is trapped in a time loop. Leah Glessner, Private Investigator of the Supernatural, uses her unique gift of photographic memory to confront evil. Skill your character. Investigate. Solve the case.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Time Travel 23.7% ★, Investigation 20.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Stylized 8.2%
