Games Like Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams

An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

Why similar: FMV 21.5% ★, Crime 14.6%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 7.2%

The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

Why similar: FMV 22.6% ★, Crime 16.3%, Detective 15.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 8.4%

Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

Why similar: FMV 23.9% ★, Crime 15.5%, Detective 15%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 8.4%

Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.

Why similar: FMV 28% ★, Crime 21.3%, Detective 19.7%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 4.5%

This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.

Why similar: FMV 26.6% ★, Detective 15%, Crime 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Investigation 9.2%

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

Why similar: FMV 31.4% ★, Crime 12.2%, Detective 12.2%, Mystery 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%

An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).

Why similar: FMV 25.8% ★, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 8%, Immersive Sim 7.9%

A bizarre murder breaks the peace of Jin Xiao Apartment. As the new night guard, your only tools are the surveillance cameras and the residents' passing words. Everyone here has a secret. The truth is hidden between your screens and your deduction notes.

Why similar: FMV 19.9% ★, Crime 17.4%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.

Why similar: FMV 32% ★, Crime 18%, Detective 15.5%, Mystery 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8%

DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.

Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Detective 23%, Investigation 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Immersive Sim 10%

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Why similar: FMV 26.2% ★, Crime 20.2%, Detective 18%, Investigation 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%

Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?

Why similar: FMV 28.5% ★, Detective 13.4%, Crime 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Mystery 7.8%

A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.

Why similar: Crime 23.9%, Detective 22.3%, Investigation 21%, Mystery 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Detective 19.3%, FMV 19.1% ★, Investigation 16.6%, Crime 15.7%, Mystery 8.7%

Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

Why similar: FMV 35.8% ★, Detective 14.4%, Investigation 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Mystery 9.9%

A mystery detective FMV game

Why similar: FMV 35.5% ★, Detective 21.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Story Rich 5.5%

Become a forensic specialist in a realistic crime lab simulator. Investigate crime scenes, collect microscopic evidence, and identify perpetrators in the lab using DNA and digital analysis. Based on the experience and insights of experts from the State Criminal Police Office Rhineland-Palatinate.

Why similar: Crime 26.9%, Investigation 21.6%, Detective 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Simulation 9.2%

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 22.2%, Investigation 17.7%, Crime 17.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Dynamic Narration 11% ★

Lu Yan has 9 days to find the truth and bring five strangers back alive. Hours of cinematic video — surveillance, dashcam, interrogations — are the evidence you study; a punishing board demands you connect 130+ clues and 70+ deductions by hand. Stuck? Spend Intuition. 6–8 hours.

Why similar: Crime 24.8%, Detective 22.3%, Investigation 18%, FMV 13.1% ★, Mystery 12.5%

Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?

Why similar: Crime 25.6%, Investigation 20%, Detective 17.9%, Mystery 11.6%, Realistic 7.2%

Assume the role of a modern detective and solve fascinating cases using lots of gadgets and your own skills. Let a sophisticated narrative help you uncover clues and secrets that might not be apparent right away and become a star detective.

Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Crime 20.2%, Investigation 18.3%, Simulation 7.6%, Choices Matter 6.8%

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 25.3%, Crime 23.3%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%

Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.

Why similar: FMV 23.7% ★, Investigation 17.3%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

Investigate a murder inside a building as a detective. Interrogate AI-powered residents, uncover hidden evidence, and analyze clues with your team. Every case is unique, with randomized stories and dynamic suspects. Can you catch the real killer?

Why similar: Crime 23.8%, Detective 21.9%, Investigation 18.6%, Dynamic Narration 14.2% ★, Mystery 10.7%

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 37.2%, Crime 21.8%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Choices Matter 4.2%

Build a flawless murder plan, then savor the mistake. Plan every detail. Choose the time, place, method, alibi and frame. But no plan is perfect. Serve your murder with style, then watch a brilliant detective find the one tiny detail you missed. Every murder leaves an aftertaste.

Why similar: Crime 32.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Investigation 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%

A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?

Why similar: Crime 21.4%, Detective 17.2%, Investigation 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Immersive Sim 10.1%

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 28.7%, Crime 24%, Mystery 12%, Investigation 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

[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 27.2%, Crime 22.4%, Investigation 22.2%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 8%

"Mutes" is a live-action mystery game. From a third-person perspective, you will make critical choices, engage in deductive reasoning to communicate for the protagonist, and perform quick-time reactions to survive a murder mystery.

Why similar: FMV 39% ★, Detective 19.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 7%, Immersive Sim 6.6%

Cinema-based detective puzzle game based on real images and open world. Beyond the interactive cinema, it is a multi-layered detective adventure where you can solve the secrets with your detective skills and deepen the investigation by doing research.

Why similar: FMV 27.6% ★, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 13.3%, Crime 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%

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 21%, Crime 18.8%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

“The invisible us” is a FMV game where you play as Song Wufei, a timid high school student targeted by bullies. When a brave classmate intervenes, a series of mysterious events unfold. Investigate and piece together the hidden truth through deduction.

Why similar: FMV 32.5% ★, Detective 22%, Mystery 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%, Simulation 5.3%

Put on your gloves and enter the crime scene. In this investigation simulator, you will have to solve 9 unique and independent cases full of plot twists. Use drones, robots, and chemical analysis to discover what really happened. Here, you don't shoot the bad guys; you catch them with science.

Why similar: Crime 24.2%, Investigation 18.6%, Detective 17%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Mystery 7.2%

After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.

Why similar: Crime 22.8%, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.

Why similar: FMV 24.4% ★, Detective 18.7%, Crime 16.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 10.4%

A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.

Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 18.7%, Crime 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Mystery 9.6%

Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.

Why similar: FMV 46.5% ★, Choices Matter 14.9%, Crime 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%

1 isolated hotel. 1 dead body. 16 suspects... Will YOU be the one to solve The Murder of Jessica Channing in this thrilling FMV murder mystery?

Why similar: FMV 38.5% ★, Crime 17.9%, Detective 14.6%, Mystery 10.4%, Choices Matter 4%

Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

Why similar: FMV 33.6% ★, Detective 13.5%, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%

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: FMV 53.6% ★, Detective 24.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Mystery 7.7%, Story Rich 3%

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 35.2%, Investigation 25%, Crime 19.1%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 8.1%

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: Crime 28.1%, Detective 25.9%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 4.5%

It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.

Why similar: Detective 25%, Crime 25%, Mystery 13%, Investigation 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%

In Voyeur, you take on the role of a private investigator hired to collect evidence of wealthy CEO Reed Hawke’s corruption by a member of his family. Originally released on the Phillips CD-i back in 1993, it was one of the first games to fully utilize Full-Motion-Video as an integral game mechanic.

Why similar: FMV 32.6% ★, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Mystery 7.8%

Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.

Why similar: FMV 32.2% ★, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 10%

A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

Why similar: FMV 24.3% ★, Crime 18%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

In"FLAM EVAW ", you will continue to embody the community detective Maple Kurosawa, using your powerful detective and hacker skills to embark on a journey of investigation against the Rainbow Crime Organization with several female assistants of different styles.

Why similar: FMV 40.3% ★, Detective 22.9%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Mystery 6.2%, Story Rich 5.7%

Become a Crime Scene Investigator, gather evidence, and connect not obvious facts which will lead you to solve the crime and find the guilty! Don't let criminals get more innocent victims!

Why similar: Crime 25.2%, Detective 21.1%, Investigation 17.7%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%

From the creators of 'Erica', Cuttlefish is a full throttle interactive heist caper perfect for the whole family. Combining intense intricate interactions with a heartfelt branching narrative, Cuttlefish brings you directly into a story about family, survival and safety.

Why similar: FMV 28.7% ★, Crime 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.2%

A worn out detective with his demons to fight and a homicide case to solve. Deluded is an interactive crime thriller movie with point-and-click investigation and adrenaline pumped quick time events.

Why similar: FMV 29.4% ★, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Mystery 6.6%

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: Crime 31.8%, Detective 29.5%, Mystery 18%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Story Rich 5.1%

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 29.6%, Investigation 21.7%, Crime 19.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 6.1%

An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.

Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Crime 21.6%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%

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: Crime 20.1%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 17%, Dynamic Narration 13.4% ★, Immersive Sim 7.9%

The Department is a narrative driven detective game. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects and bring the killer to justice in this gritty detective sim // Mae Trosedd yn gêm dditectif sy'n cael ei gyrru gan stori. Ymchwiliwch olygfeydd troseddau, holi amheuon a dod â'r lladdwr i gyfiawnder.

Why similar: Crime 24.6%, Detective 22%, Investigation 19.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Realistic 6.3%

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: Crime 24.5%, Investigation 23.8%, Detective 22.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Immersive Sim 8.1%

Enter the virtual REMADE world of Under a Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.

Why similar: FMV 35.2% ★, Detective 17.8%, Crime 14%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Investigation 10.1%

Step into the role of a detective in DETECTIVE Scene Crime, a challenging mystery game where you’ll investigate five gripping crime scenes. Each level presents clues, testimonies, and puzzles to analyze carefully in your quest for the truth. Do you have what it takes to solve them all?

Why similar: Crime 27.4%, Investigation 21.4%, Detective 13.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Immersive Sim 9.2%

A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.

Why similar: Crime 24.6%, Detective 24.4%, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%