60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Story Rich, Adventure.
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Big Ear Detective
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 12.3%, Point & Click 12.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Mystery 11.3%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
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 24.8%, Mystery 14.9%, Point & Click 13%, Text-Based 10.4%, Visual Novel 10%
[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 28.3%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 15.6%, Point & Click 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%
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 31.2%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 17%, Point & Click 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 20%, Text-Based 13.3%, Investigation 12.5%, Point & Click 11.9%, Mystery 11.7%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Text-Based 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Mystery 19.3%, Detective 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Point & Click 13.5%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 9.7%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Text-Based 12%, Point & Click 8.8%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Mystery 17%, Investigation 14.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Point & Click 8.4%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 37.1%, Investigation 19.1%, Mystery 18.1%, Point & Click 14.6%, Story Rich 3.7%
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Mystery 17%, Investigation 13.9%, Point & Click 13.8%, Text-Based 12%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Investigation 16.6%, Point & Click 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Text-Based 10.3%
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 24.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 11.3%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Mystery 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 17.7%, Story Rich 6.5%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Mystery 16.2%, Investigation 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Detective 11.6%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Mystery 17.1%, Investigation 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 11.2%
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 26.1%, Mystery 15.2%, Point & Click 13%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 10.9%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.1%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Text-Based 13.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Point & Click 13%, Investigation 10%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 11.3%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Mystery 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Investigation 14.7%, Point & Click 7.3%
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Mystery 13.4%, Point & Click 11.5%, Visual Novel 10%
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate witnesses and organize your evidence to catch the culprit. Solve multiple different cases in varying areas and talk to many unique and fun characters. Can you solve it? Come and see.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Investigation 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Point & Click 10%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Mystery 26.1%, Detective 20.1%, Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Text-Based 12.2%, Investigation 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Point & Click 10.1%
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 28%, Mystery 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Investigation 14.2%, Text-Based 13.6%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 31.3%, Mystery 16.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Point & Click 6.5%
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Mystery 16.1%, Investigation 14.9%, Point & Click 12.9%, Visual Novel 7%
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 28.5%, Mystery 16.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Detective 17%, Mystery 15%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Investigation 9.8%
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 35.2%, Mystery 20.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Point & Click 13.6%, Puzzle 4.7%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 35%, Investigation 16.5%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 15.6%, Point & Click 8.7%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 15.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Point & Click 13%
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 33.9%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 17.4%, Point & Click 13.1%, Text-Based 5.1%
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Mystery 15.2%, Point & Click 14.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Investigation 10.7%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Text-Based 13.6%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Mystery 9.5%
Project Judgment is a story-driven detective adventure game where the narrative unfolds as you complete quests. Play as Cain, a detective who has lost his memory. Travel from city to city, solve cases, and uncover the truth behind your forgotten past.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 13.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 19.2%, Point & Click 17.1%, Text-Based 14.8%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Text-Based 14.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Investigation 11.9%
A short pixel-art mystery where you play as Nathan, a private investigator drawn into a curious case. Interrogate suspects, examine clues, and uncover hidden details
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Point & Click 18.1%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Investigation 15.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 14.2%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Text-Based 19.8%, Mystery 19%, Investigation 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Mystery 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Investigation 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, Investigation 19.7%, Mystery 18.2%, Point & Click 9.5%, Visual Novel 8%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Mystery 16.8%, Point & Click 14.3%, Investigation 13.3%, Text-Based 12.1%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Mystery 17%, Investigation 15.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Point & Click 9.7%
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Mystery 23.1%, Investigation 15.8%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.3%
When the Arheid III is sabotaged by a spy aboard the spaceship, Captain John Will Smith must get to the bottom of it or risk another attack.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Point & Click 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Mystery 16.3%, Investigation 15%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%
Step into a gripping medieval political thriller where intrigue, betrayal, and power struggles shape your fate. As a ghostly detective, you’ll uncover conspiracies, navigate a web of deception and unravel a larger mystery tied to your own demise
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Mystery 17.5%, Point & Click 14.2%, Investigation 13.2%, Indie 5.9%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Mystery 16.8%, Investigation 12.7%, Point & Click 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.3%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Point & Click 16.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%
