60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Puzzle.
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
Saltsea Chronicles
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.
Neon Hearts City
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.
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.
Why similar: Abstract 16.7%, 2.5D 10.4%, Stylized 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Investigation 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 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, 1990's 15.9%, Investigation 14.2%, Exploration 7.7%
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Surreal 25.8%, Psychedelic 22%, Abstract 18.2%, Story Rich 7.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 26.8%, Abstract 22.7%, Psychedelic 17.5%, Exploration 7.5%, Stylized 7.2%
In this narrative-based simulation game, you play as the Son of God. Your mission: Decide, bless or condemn city residents. Uncover the person's story through their items and secrets before making decisions. Your choices alter the city's destiny, and impact your revelation on Judgment Day.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Stylized 12.5%, Cartoony 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Investigation 10.3%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Surreal 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, 1990's 15.4%, Investigation 13.6%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
Chapter II of an extremely unusual trans-media franchise with game and short film chapters. Players influence the plot of the chapters and can leave their real-life items in the chapters. Game+Short films+visual novel. Ultra-deep meaning, nostalgic references, vibe mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Abstract 19.3%, 1990's 17.6%, Psychedelic 17%, Choices Matter 6.9%
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Why similar: Surreal 29.1%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Investigation 13%, Stylized 11.5%, Exploration 9%
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 48.4%, Story Rich 22.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D 4.6%
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.
Why similar: 1990's 24.9%, Psychedelic 20.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Investigation 10.4%
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 46.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 10.9%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Story Rich 17%, Exploration 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Adventure 8.8%
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%, 1990's 17.2%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%, Story Rich 7.6%
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, 2.5D 13.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
A 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that spans multiple dimensions and universes. Encounter a diverse cast of characters and unravel mind-bending mysteries as you embark on unique adventures across different worlds.
Why similar: Surreal 38.8%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Abstract 16%, Detective 12.3%, Adventure 6.4%
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.6%, Surreal 21.1%, Abstract 20.7%, Stylized 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.
Why similar: Detective 55.3%, Choices Matter 22%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 10%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Surreal 28.9%, Investigation 21.6%, Story Rich 14.2%, Retro 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.8%
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Surreal 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Stylized 13.1%, Story Rich 10.1%
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 38.4%, Investigation 25.9%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Story Rich 12.3%, Adventure 5.1%
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Investigation 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Surreal 31.4%, Story Rich 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Adventure 8.7%
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Investigation 21.8%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Stylized 13.2%, Story Rich 11%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Investigation 9.5%
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Investigation 19.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, 1990's 9.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
Enter the mysterious world of Skaramazuzu, and get ready to be tested. Meet strange beings and whimsical personalities, face challenges, and solve riddles in a hand-drawn, black and white 2D world.
Why similar: Surreal 28%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Stylized 12%, Story Rich 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Dive into a world of mystery and wonder in Shattered Dimension. As an unexpected investigator, you're plunged into a labyrinthine plot filled with enigmatic puzzles and intriguing characters.Uncover hidden truths by engaging in conversations and following the intricate web of relationships.
Why similar: Investigation 31.8%, Hand-drawn 25.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 12%, Exploration 8.3%
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Surreal 18.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choices Matter 9%
A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Surreal 50.1%, Detective 32.3%, Investigation 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Adventure 2.4%
Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 13.8%, 2.5D 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
A strange journey throughout an elaborate labyrinth awaits, featuring hundreds of characters and happenings as you try to gather items that once brought happiness to others.
Why similar: Abstract 35.7%, Psychedelic 27.6%, 1990's 21.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Adventure 5.9%
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Investigation 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Story Rich 9.5%
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: Detective 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Story Rich 11%, Stylized 10.9%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Abstract 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Investigation 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Story Rich 9.9%
A missing person case straight out of 1995. Search the early internet, dig through emails and dusty floppy discs, and uncover the secrets behind the disappearance of Victoria Mason.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, 1990's 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Exploration 7.5%
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 29.8%, Story Rich 11.2%, Investigation 11%, 2.5D 10%, Atmospheric 9.1%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Surreal 20.2%, Investigation 18.8%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 4.5%
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Story Rich 31.5%, Exploration 30.1%, Atmospheric 21.1%, Adventure 11.7%, Singleplayer 5.6%
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Stylized 19%, Investigation 17.6%, Exploration 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Atmospheric 13.8%
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Why similar: Detective 36%, Investigation 20.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%
Descend through absurd layers of history as a rat-dog-witch trying to escape employment and transcend reality. Explore weird museums, cosmic hallways, and your own bad dreams in a chaotic mash-up of art, humor, and a playable existential crisis.
Why similar: Surreal 20.4%, Abstract 20.1%, Psychedelic 19.6%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Investigation 10.8%
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: Detective 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Surreal 17.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Exploration 9.1%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Retro 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Hand-drawn 11%
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 28.2%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Retro 10.5%, Story Rich 8.6%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: Surreal 41.5%, Psychedelic 32.4%, Stylized 8%, Abstract 6.6%, Retro 4.5%
Immerse yourself in the shadows, where danger lurks and every step leads you further to the edge of madness. Navigate the neon-lit streets as robo-detective Philip Log and search for Jenny Montage, the automated femme fatale, in this gritty post-apocalyptic saga.
Why similar: Detective 32.3%, Stylized 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 10.4%
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Story Rich 20.4%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Adventure 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Surreal 22.6%, Detective 22.2%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
Why similar: Surreal 41.1%, Abstract 32.3%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Adventure 7.4%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, 1990's 22.6%, Surreal 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 7.8%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Story Rich 12.4%, Exploration 9.6%
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 42.5%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Investigation 16.3%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 7.3%
Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 34.3%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Exploration 15%, Story Rich 13.8%, Atmospheric 9%
a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.
Why similar: Abstract 24.3%, Psychedelic 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Stylized 10.1%
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Investigation 17.8%, 1990's 14.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and the surreal world of Cat Museum, a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game. Solve the strange puzzles with your mischievous cat, and unveil the truth behind the mysterious museum.
Why similar: Psychedelic 29.5%, Surreal 28.4%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Stylized 12.8%, Exploration 5.2%
