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Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?

Reviews: Very Positive — 86% — of 422 reviews
Released: 2026-05-13
Developer: BlackRobe
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% matchVery Positive89% of 3,465 reviews2022
    Dev: BlackRobe
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?

    Why similar: Typing 18.2%, Word Game 17.5%, Detective 14.7%, Text-Based 11%, Psychological Horror 7%

  2. #2 CaseCracker2
    96% matchVery Positive91% of 824 reviews2024
    Dev: BlackRobePub: NPC Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?

    Why similar: Typing 20.1%, Word Game 18.2%, Detective 14.6%, Text-Based 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.2%

  3. #3 Unheard - Voices of Crime
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,881 reviews2019
    Dev: NEXT Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 25.1%, Mystery 14.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9%

  4. #4 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 5,660 reviews2025
    Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.

    Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Point & Click 15.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Word Game 11.7%, Puzzle 8.8%

  5. #5 Turlock Holmes
    94% matchVery Positive80% of 984 reviews2024
    Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?

    Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Detective 22%, Mystery 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Point & Click 8.7%

  6. #6 Cyber Manhunt
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 15,668 reviews2021
    Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: 摸鱼游戏
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

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  7. #7 Murders on the Yangtze River
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,156 reviews2024
    Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    "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.

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  8. #8 Misty Judgment
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,519 reviews2025
    Dev: 次元边界
    Windows

    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.

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  9. #9 Interrogation Simulator
    92% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2022
    Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
    Windows · Linux

    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.

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  10. #10 Palm Cracker
    90% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2025
    Dev: Petter Malmehed
    Windows

    Delve into a gripping world of puzzles, true ciphers on an old PalmPilot system. Will you uncover the Crypt Killer’s confession and bring him to justice, or will he escape the law?

    Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Point & Click 20.4%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Simulation 10.1%

  11. #11 Myths of Rules
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,043 reviews2023
    Dev: Sugarcane Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

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  12. #12 Tell Me Everything
    91% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
    Dev: LizardFactory
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%

    A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.

    Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Detective 18.4%, Typing 18.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Mystery 9.7%

  13. #13 Profession investigator
    89% matchVery Positive99% of 109 reviews2022
    Dev: Indie-Geek
    Windows · Mac

    Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.

    Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Simulation 9.5%

  14. #14 探岛海龟汤
    88% matchMostly Positive75% of 119 reviews2025
    Dev: 探岛工作室
    Windows · Mac

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  15. #15 Nodes Escape
    87% matchVery Positive85% of 551 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    The game presents realistic game graphics through sound effects, narration and imagination. The level design is subtle and challenging, allowing players to challenge their intelligence and logic skills in solving puzzles.

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  16. #16 Desktop Explorer
    85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,696 reviews2026
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    Windows · Mac
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  17. #17 Detective Worden
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  18. #18 Uncover the Smoking Gun
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    Windows

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  19. #19 全网公敌:诡村
    84% matchVery Positive88% of 620 reviews2024
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  20. #20 New Folder
    84% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2026
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    Windows

    You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.

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  21. #21 Game Of Fate 3:Clash Of Crowns
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    Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  22. #22 Word Game
    82% matchVery Positive93% of 6,426 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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  23. #23 Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,127 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac
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  24. #24 Sinheritance
    80% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2026
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  25. #25 The Roottrees are Dead
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,873 reviews2025
    Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  26. #26 Welcome to the Game III
    79% matchMostly Positive78% of 648 reviews2026
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    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  27. #27 Keyword: A Spider's Thread
    81% matchVery Positive82% of 277 reviews2021
    Dev: City From Naught Inc.
    Windows

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  29. #29 Breakout 13
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 7,474 reviews2023
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    75% matchVery Positive95% of 370 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Mystery 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Puzzle 9.3%, Realistic 8.6%

  31. #31 再见断刀
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 2,718 reviews2025
    Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
    Windows
    Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  32. #32 Scene Investigators
    77% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,027 reviews2023
    Dev: EQ Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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.

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    76% matchVery Positive89% of 388 reviews2024
    Dev: 致意
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?

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  34. #34 Murder Mystery Machine
    78% matchMixed55% of 179 reviews2021
    Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?

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  35. #35 Case #1472
    76% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
    Windows

    A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?

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  36. #36 [Redacted] The Safehouse
    73% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2026
    Dev: Heartbeast
    Windows · Linux

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  37. #37 Hymer 2000
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,108 reviews2025
    Dev: doBellPub: indienova
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Hymer 2000 is an interactive text puzzle game, where players freely converse with the "Hymer" and use an open "Search" function to retrieve past conversations. By discovering keywords, gathering clues, and collecting "Faces", players uncover Hymer's secrets and ultimately shut it down.

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    74% matchMixed70% of 133 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  39. #39 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 759 reviews2026
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    Windows

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  42. #42 Trials of Innocence
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,779 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  43. #43 For Your Tranquility
    73% matchMixed68% of 193 reviews2023
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    71% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2025
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    69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,818 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  46. #46 SIMULACRA 2
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,688 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
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    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  47. #47 The Incident at Galley House
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,745 reviews2026
    Dev: William RousPub: Evil Trout Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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.

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  48. #48 Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 4,260 reviews2023
    Dev: Team Tetrapod
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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  50. #50 SELF
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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    70% matchMixed52% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: SHIZU KANO UMIPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

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  52. #52 The Murder Hotel
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 73 reviews2025
    Dev: Wegenbartho Games
    Windows

    Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.

    Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Mystery 15.6%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Text-Based 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

  53. #53 Hacknet
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 26,067 reviews2015
    Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

    Why similar: Typing 47.1%, Detective 26.6%, Simulation 8.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, 2D 4.2%

  54. #54 Cellveillance
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 624 reviews2025
    Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    "Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.

    Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, Detective 17.7%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%

  55. #55 UNMEMORY
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2020
    Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.

    Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Mystery 15%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Point & Click 10.2%

  56. #56 Knell of St. Godhrkar
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,575 reviews2021
    Dev: -二律背反-
    Windows · Mac

    In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...

    Why similar: Word Game 31.2%, Text-Based 16%, Immersive Sim 15%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Story Rich 7.5%

  57. #57 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 996 reviews2022
    Dev: HeartBeat Plus
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.

    Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Detective 16.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

  58. #58 Mohism: Battle of Words
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 610 reviews2023
    Dev: 玄镜工作室Pub: Yooreka Studio
    Windows

    Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!

    Why similar: Detective 40.6%, Mystery 20.4%, Puzzle 13.6%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 4.5%

  59. #59 Interrogation: You will be deceived
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 382 reviews2019
    Dev: Critique GamingPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?

    Why similar: Detective 32.4%, Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Realistic 11.1%

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