60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Adventure, Mystery, Investigation.
To save your life, an underground resistance group fused you with a hostile entity. Now as 'partners', you need to work as investigators to pay off your debt… and find out what truly happened to you.
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Legion Was Here
Steal a face. Study a life. Survive the conversation.
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Noir 13.2%, Crime 11.5%, Detective 10.5%, Investigation 9.5%, Thriller 9.1%
Steal a face. Study a life. Survive the conversation.
Why similar: Espionage 30.8% ★, Detective 11.3%, Investigation 11.1%, Noir 9.4%, Logic 7.7%
Seven murders in motion by a killer calling himself the Messiah. Interrogate witnesses, spot contradictions in their testimonies, and build a criminal profile piece by piece in this detective thriller where every word is evidence.
Why similar: Noir 16.9%, Detective 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Difficult 9.6%, Thriller 9.1%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Espionage 19.4% ★, Crime 18%, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 10.5%
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Espionage 26.7% ★, Detective 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Investigation 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.2%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Crime 16.9%, Detective 14.2%, Thriller 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Noir 10.6%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Crime 16.6%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 7.7%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Noir 15.7%, Detective 12.7%, Crime 12.5%, Thriller 10.5%, Investigation 8.8%
Play as Lloyd Arch, the young private detective known for being total dick, and unravel the mystery of the Black Scar Serial Killer in this visual novel adventure, but remember that the truth tends to hurt the most.
Why similar: Crime 15.2%, Noir 13.5%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.7%, Dystopian 10.3%
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 17.5%, Crime 17.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Noir 9.9%, Mystery 8.7%
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 14.6%, Crime 14%, Investigation 12.7%, Noir 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
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: Noir 22.3%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 14.2%, Logic 8.2%, Crime 7.6%
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: Crime 14.9%, Detective 14.5%, Noir 12.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Thriller 11.1%
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Why similar: Noir 16%, Crime 15.6%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Investigation 9%
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Crime 14.3%, Noir 13.1%, Investigation 12.6%, Thriller 10.3%
2D action, stealth, and noir comedy. A harmless man accidentally becomes a secret agent. Hide his double life by escaping his wife at night: complete missions, swing with your grappling hook, and use your super weapon: an umbrella that works as a parachute and for combat!
Why similar: Espionage 43.3% ★, Noir 17.6%, Detective 11.9%, Thriller 6.4%, Crime 5.9%
Conduct a high-stakes espionage operation at the height of the Cold War. Intercept and decipher classified intelligence to uncover a hidden threat. Break codes, cover your tracks, and escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Espionage 36% ★, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 8.3%, Logic 7.6%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Crime 17.6%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13.9%, Noir 11.1%, Thriller 10.4%
San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?
Why similar: Noir 17.1%, Crime 16%, Detective 13.4%, Thriller 10%, Investigation 9.1%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Crime 15.6%, Detective 13.4%, Thriller 10.9%, Investigation 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
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 15.9%, Thriller 13%, Crime 11.7%, Investigation 11.2%, Logic 9.7%
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Crime 16.1%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 11.3%, Thriller 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
The noir detective game where you can bribe people for puzzle hints.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Crime 16%, Thriller 13.1%, Investigation 11.6%, Anime 6.9%
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Detective 19.4%, Crime 16.3%, Investigation 15.4%, 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 19.8%, Crime 17.6%, Investigation 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Crime 17%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Logic 8.4%
Spies. Secrets. Puzzles. Office gossip? Puzzle your way into the covert world of espionage as a potential recruit for an elusive spy agency in Agent of Veil, a puzzle adventure. Pass an unconventional spy interview, solve puzzles, answer quirky questions and uncover the agency's secrets.
Why similar: Espionage 30.5% ★, Noir 17.5%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 9.6%, Logic 7.9%
Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Detective 14.2%, Crime 11.5%, Espionage 11.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
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: Thriller 14.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Crime 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 11.7%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 18.3%, Crime 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Detective 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Crime 13.9%, Thriller 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Detective 12.9%, Crime 12.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Dystopian 10.8%
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: Noir 22.6%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Crime 7%
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 20.7%, Investigation 16%, Crime 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Mystery 8.3%
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 18.2%, Noir 16.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Crime 9.7%, Mystery 8.6%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Noir 14.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Crime 12.5%, Thriller 8.6%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 18.6%, Noir 14.8%, Mystery 9.5%, Adventure 8.1%
Winchester, 1906. Arabella Ravencroft is dead, and nine suspects are trapped inside a mansion. You are Inspector Hartwell. Combine clues to forge facts, break their lies, and solve the case. The story doesn't unlock with keys or puzzles. It unlocks through what you can prove.
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Investigation 15%, Emotional 11.4%, Crime 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Dystopian 15.7%, Crime 13.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Thriller 8.7%
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: Noir 16.3%, Crime 15.2%, Detective 14%, Investigation 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Espionage 38.2% ★, Crime 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Detective 9.5%, Investigation 8.5%
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Thriller 10%, Crime 8.7%
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
Why similar: Noir 18.3%, Crime 18.2%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 9.7%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Investigation 14.2%, Crime 13.2%, Logic 10.9%, Mystery 9.9%
A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 15.6%, Crime 14.7%, Mystery 9.9%
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Crime 14%, Detective 12.1%, Investigation 10.3%, Logic 8.5%
BOUND is a psychological thriller where you search through private conversations, hidden files, and recordings on devices that aren't your own. Manipulate others, uncover dark secrets, and shape the outcome through the choices you make.
Why similar: Espionage 29.2% ★, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 13.1%, Thriller 12.3%, Crime 8.4%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Espionage 42.5% ★, Dystopian 12.6%, Detective 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%, Investigation 6%
A noir first-person murder mystery set in a gloomy 1947 Pacific Northwest city. Play as the renowned Detective D.W. Dagger to help solve his latest case. A violent murder, a possible suicide, and a handful of suspects. Can you deduce what happened?
Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Detective 16.8%, Crime 15.4%, Investigation 14.7%, Dark 7.2%
A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?
Why similar: Crime 18.7%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Logic 9.6%
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database. Connect clues on the detective board, return to locations when something does not add up, and identify the culprit in each standalone case.
Why similar: Crime 19.8%, Noir 17.1%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 16.1%, Logic 8.8%
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 21.8%, Crime 19.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 18.1%, Detective 12.5%, Investigation 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Emotional 8.3%
You are a detective about to enter the island where the crime of the century happened. Disturbing crimes were hidden behind power and influence. Explore, collect evidence, connect clues, and expose the truth that real monsters are never supernatural, they are people protected by power.
Why similar: Noir 18.5%, Crime 15.8%, Detective 13.9%, Thriller 12%, Investigation 11.3%
Can you defeat the world's oldest mastermind in their own game? Stretch your wits and deduction skills to the maximum as you battle in Paris' craziest court. Here, only those who sacrifice everything reach the truth. What are you willing to betray to make it out alive?
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Crime 14.9%, Investigation 11.7%, Logic 10.6%, Visual Novel 10%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 16.3%, Logic 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 10%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 14.9%, Crime 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Mystery 10.3%
Find evidence, interrogate suspects, and shoot down contradictions in this magical girl detective game! Your magic turns each interrogation into a bullet hell logic battle - use it to prove your skills and uncover the truth of each magical mystery! Will you live up to the ideals of a true detective?
Why similar: Crime 17.2%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Logic 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.8%
Barcelona, 1977. An ex-cop in a wheelchair witnesses a murder, and teams up with a young ambitious journalist to bring the truth to light. With camera, binoculars and transmitter in hand, uncover the town’s secrets from your balcony in this soul-searching detective mystery.
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Crime 15.4%, Detective 14.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Investigation 12.4%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Noir 17.1%, Detective 14.6%, Crime 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Thriller 10.8%
