Games Like Broken Minds

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 25.7%, Crime 18.7%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 12.8%

Passionate murders. Ripped out hearts. And something crawling within the walls. Find clues, gather the evidence and connect the dots in this point and click detective thriller game. Solve each murder and uncover the horror linking them all..

Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Point & Click 12.1%, Crime 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Thriller 9.9%

An inheritance. An old castle among mist-covered hills. Elizabeth Gray thought she only had to arrive, inspect Ravenhall, and sign a few papers. But from the very first night, it becomes clear: the castle came to her for a reason, and its silence hides a secret that will not be easy to escape.

Why similar: Psychedelic 24.7%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Stylized 7.9%

Ultra-violent point & click set in Shanghai, China.

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.3%, Psychological 14.5%, Thriller 11.6%, Point & Click 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%

A high school detective story where an unlikely duo tackles mysterious incidents on campus. Solve strange cases with logic and courage in this suspenseful visual novel.

Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Psychological 14.4%, Thriller 12.2%

The long awaited new adventure by James Peris, after No License, No Control, Much more of everything! A point-and-click adventure with adult humor and a touch of hooliganism. Totally open gameplay and non-linear puzzles.

Why similar: Comic Book 18.7%, Point & Click 18.1%, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Cartoony 10.3%

Explore atmospheric Parisian locations, collect clues, combine items, crack ciphers and solve dozens of brain-teasing puzzles and mini-games to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Point & Click 13.5%, Psychological 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Thriller 9.1%

Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.

Why similar: Comic Book 17%, Detective 15.2%, 1990's 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Cartoony 8.9%

Strange Case is a first-person horror anthology featuring classic point-and-click gameplay. Navigate through chilling narratives, solve intricate puzzles, and confront creepy characters with their own unsettling stories in this atmospheric adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Detective 19.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Stylized 10.1%, Dark 9.3%

Ashes of Berlumvale is a hand-drawn 2D horror detective game. Return to a ruined war-orphan asylum in 1951 to reclaim your past. Survive terrifying ghostly encounters, relive the victims' final moments, and use brutal deductive reasoning to uncover the dark truth behind a tragic fire.

Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Point & Click 14.3%, Thriller 13.7%, Horror 8%, Mystery 7.9%

Nobodies is a puzzle-filled point-and-click adventure in which you must cover up government-sanctioned assassinations. Hide the bodies, destroy the evidence, and leave no trace you were ever there. They do the dirty work. You clean it up.

Why similar: Crime 17.3%, Point & Click 16.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Puzzle 10.2%, Dark 9.7%

A Prologue to Almost My Floor, an upcoming horror-themed point'n'click adventure. Alex is a real fan of creepy stuff and horror movies, but he never expected to experience it himself just by taking the elevator back home! Can he avoid the madness and deal with the evil he's up against?

Why similar: Comic Book 17.3%, Psychological 15.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Psychedelic 12%, Horror 9.6%

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 22.7%, Thriller 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Crime 10%

You find yourself locked in your own home, in the middle of a crime scene, and without your recent memories. In this horror scenario, you will find a stranger wandering the house and making your escape unlikely. Solve all the puzzles, find out what happened, and recover your missing memories.

Why similar: Psychological 16.2%, Crime 14.7%, Thriller 13.4%, Point & Click 12.1%, Mystery 9.7%

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 26.1%, Mystery 15.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Thriller 9.7%, Crime 9.7%

🔪 Perseverance: Part 2 is a 2nd installment in the horror/crime thriller visual novel series. Play as Karen, a calculated assassin on the prowl for her next target, and witness the gripping story of secrets, passion, and violence. 🔪

Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Comic Book 16.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological 11.5%, Thriller 10.2%

A self-staged arson at a sales center drags you into the murder case of a female sales agent. With both your career and life in shambles, you must find a way to clear your name. The path to the truth is fraught with danger. Can you rise from this abyss and reclaim the reality you once envisioned?

Why similar: Comic Book 20.6%, Detective 15.4%, Crime 14.5%, Thriller 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%

Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.

Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Crime 15%, 1990's 14.9%, Thriller 13.5%, Mystery 11.4%

Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.

Why similar: Detective 17%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Psychological 11.3%, Point & Click 10.1%, Dark 8.4%

A Victorian manor mystery in fine 1-bit ink, touched with scarlet. Read the accounts of different narrators, examine clothing and ledgers, and re-enact the night. Spotting lies is only part of the case: how much does an honest account really prove?

Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Crime 14.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Puzzle 8.1%

As a psychologist, how would you handle your clients falling victim to their own phobias? Find out in this horror visual novel infused with point-and-click gameplay elements.

Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Psychological 12.7%, Point & Click 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...

Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Crime 14.1%, Horror 8.3%

After a brief wander, at the end of a corridor, you encounter a girl curled up by a door, you can tell that her style is far from ordinary. Perhaps she knows more than you do… Or maybe she’s the reason you’re here. Will she help you? Or maybe you will help her?

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Point & Click 16.7%, Psychedelic 15.8%, Psychological 12.2%, Dark 7.6%

A fun-horror point & click adventure following Frieda, a 14-year-old girl, determined to uncover the mystery of her sister's disappearance. Explore an expansive village, solve puzzles, unlock memories, and discover monsters where you least expect them.

Why similar: Detective 19%, Comic Book 15.9%, Point & Click 12.2%, Mystery 10.7%, Cartoony 9.1%

The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!

Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Crime 15.6%, Psychological 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 11%

A 2D Point and Click Adventure in Pixel Art

Why similar: Point & Click 20.5%, Detective 20.4%, 1990's 18%, Crime 13.1%, Mystery 8.3%

"A detective’s intuition alone cannot solve a case. Examine the scene carefully." Sanitecty is a 2D detective adventure set across various locations, from high-speed trains to hotels. Carefully investigate scenes and connect evidence to reveal the truth.

Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Point & Click 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Crime 11%, Puzzle 9.4%

An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.

Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Crime 15.8%, Psychological 15%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Thriller 10.9%

A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Crime 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Point & Click 10.2%

A visual novel about a person trapped in the same day. Explore the hospital, read others' charts, choose whom to trust, and decide whether to accept the cycle or seek out the one controlling it. Your choices lead to different endings.

Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychedelic 13.2%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Psychological 9.2%

Сity of sadness, where everyone tries to survive, in which there is no place for anyone and which is infinitely huge. It absorbs everyone who is not ready to live by his rules. Are you ready for this?

Why similar: Psychedelic 14.4%, Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, 1990's 11.3%, Detective 11.1%

1년 전, 여중생 한 명이 흔적도 없이 사라진다. 그녀의 흔적을 찾기 위해 사건의 담당 형사는 여중생의 동급생이었던 6명의 학생을 심문하게 되는데...

Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Point & Click 13.6%, Thriller 9.7%, Crime 8.9%

Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.

Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 14.7%, Thriller 12.5%, Puzzle 5.5%

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

Why similar: Detective 19%, Crime 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Point & Click 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%

A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Comic Book 15.1%, Thriller 13.9%, 1990's 10.1%, Visual Novel 9%

Based on the escape room board game of the same name. Discover the mystery of Romina Manor as you investigate the disappearance of the Master by searching for clues and solving puzzles in locations like the Parlor, Kitchen or even the Observatory.

Why similar: Detective 30%, Crime 18.4%, Mystery 18.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Point & Click 8.1%

Transmorphosis is a single-player horror and point-and-click puzzle game. You arrive as a doctor at a remote mental hospital where no sane person has been able to stay for long. Can you use your willpower and patience to heal the patients?

Why similar: Psychedelic 19%, Thriller 17.3%, Point & Click 15.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 9.1%

The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.

Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Point & Click 16.7%, Thriller 15.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 6.4%

[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 28.9%, Crime 15.5%, Point & Click 14.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%

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 20.2%, Comic Book 18.9%, Crime 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Point & Click 9.6%

A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.

Why similar: Detective 34.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Puzzle 10.2%, Point & Click 9.8%

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Crime 16.5%, Thriller 16%, Mystery 11.9%, Point & Click 10.4%

Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.

Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Crime 11.5%

Puppet House is a puzzle-adventure horror with escape room elements. A freak ritual creates a killer puppet, murdering anyone who enters the ventriloquist’s mansion. Detective Rick, seeking missing locals, will soon face his greatest horror.

Why similar: Psychedelic 26.6%, Detective 20.4%, Thriller 14.8%, Mystery 11%, Visual Novel 8.1%

The "San Lucas" psychiatric hospital, which was built in 1985 to help people with mental illnesses, became the scene of crimes and suspicious experiments in the year 2035. Patients mysteriously disappeared and some were found found dead in a strange way.

Why similar: Detective 20%, Crime 14.7%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Psychological 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%

Cade, a perpetually hungry student living on the edge of his scholarship, buys a grey parrot named Colonel Pixel from a crazy sailor in a dark alley. In exchange for a quantum physics textbook, the bird promises to lead him to a "billionaire gardener with golden pineapples.

Why similar: Psychedelic 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Detective 15.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Puzzle 9.1%

Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Point & Click 14.7%, Psychological 14.4%, Mystery 13.5%, Crime 11.5%

The NIGHTMARE was over but this is only the beginning of Bulb Boy’s dark adventures! And this time, it all starts with an empty jam jar...

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.4%, Point & Click 15.6%, Dark Humor 13.4%, 1990's 10.6%, Puzzle 8.8%

MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.

Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Point & Click 18.4%, Mystery 15.5%, Cartoony 9.9%, Puzzle 8.3%

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 30.4%, Comic Book 16.8%, Point & Click 15.3%, Crime 11.7%, Cartoony 8.3%

Still Life 2 also now available!

Why similar: Point & Click 26.3%, Detective 22.5%, Crime 15.4%, Mystery 14.4%, Adventure 7.1%

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 20.6%, Comic Book 16.8%, Crime 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Point & Click 11.8%

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

Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Point & Click 12.5%, Psychological 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 11.3%

A mystical psychological thriller set in the quiet village of Klavishne. Talk to the locals, learn stories, enjoy the atmosphere, pick up the pieces. But find out: who is the woman in the portrait and what happened to her?

Why similar: Psychedelic 26.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Comic Book 14.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Dark 8.2%

A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.

Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Crime 14.1%, Thriller 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Point & Click 11.9%

A 1998-set deduction game. Trawl a period internet for documents, photographs, and dead ends, then correct the official record: who really wrote, played, drew, or built it. An anthology of credit fraud, set straight one careful search at a time.

Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Crime 15.4%, Point & Click 13.7%, 1990's 12.8%, Mystery 12.8%

The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!

Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Psychological 19.9%, Thriller 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Dark 9%

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 32.6%, Point & Click 15.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Cartoony 9.9%

A detective story with elements of analog horror, in which you will have to conduct your own investigation to get to the truth.

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.5%, Point & Click 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, 1990's 13.1%, Puzzle 8%

A narrative game featuring fully written dialogue and atmospheric storytelling. Unravel the mystery behind the marriage of Maria Vasilyevna and Nikolai Andreyevich. Discover the significance of the mirror and the obligations and debts buried within the history of a wealthy noble family.

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.2%, Detective 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological 11.1%, Stylized 7.9%