
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
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A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.

The Roottrees are Dead
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.

The Golden Girl Case
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
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 23.8%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 12.7%, 1990's 11.9%, Point & Click 9.4%
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 14.4%, Crime 12%, Mystery 10.8%, Logic 10.6%
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: Detective 16.8%, Crime 13.6%, Investigation 12.3%, 1990's 11.3%, Thriller 9.8%
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 25.2%, Investigation 17%, Mystery 12.8%, Logic 10%, Thriller 8.3%
Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.
Why similar: 1990's 17.5%, Crime 15.5%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Thriller 11.2%
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 21.1%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Thriller 7.8%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Investigation 13.8%, 1990's 12.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Point & Click 8.9%
A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Investigation 17.2%, Crime 16.9%, Thriller 11.6%, Mystery 10.6%
"Your job is to write the death certificate." In 1959, a mysterious death awaits inside a grand British manor. Investigate eerie scenes and complete forensic documents, including death certificates and emergency reports. Stylish 1960s detective comic art. Perfect for fans of vintage whodunits.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Crime 13.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Logic 10.8%, Thriller 9.6%
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Crime 15.2%, 1990's 14%, Investigation 12%, Point & Click 8.4%
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 17.6%, Crime 15.3%, Logic 12.4%, Mystery 11%
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Investigation 15.4%, Crime 13.3%, 1990's 12.7%, Point & Click 11.1%
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 18.9%, Logic 12.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Thriller 11.8%, Crime 10.9%
An aging encrypted terminal. A past deliberately erased. Follow the guidance, solve puzzles one by one, and close in on a buried truth. Who used this computer before you? What happened to them? And now, it is your turn.
Why similar: 1990's 15.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Logic 11.9%, Retro 11.5%, Mystery 10.6%
It's 1999. You are sitting at a computer when you receive a mysterious message: “Don’t let them walk free,” along with a strange set of files. Can you piece together the truth before you run out of time?
Why similar: 1990's 13.5%, Detective 12.9%, Crime 12.4%, Investigation 12%, Logic 9.8%
The mask of a legendary thief has been stolen. Follow Detective Time in a point-and-click investigation using her watch to witness key moments and uncover who is behind this new wave of robberies. Observe the past. Investigate the present. Uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Crime 15.1%, Point & Click 14.1%, Logic 11.6%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Investigation 20.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Logic 11.4%, Point & Click 10.2%
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: Detective 19.3%, Crime 16.7%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Thriller 9.6%
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 17%, Investigation 14.4%, Crime 11.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Logic 9%
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 19.7%, Crime 15%, Mystery 11.9%, Logic 11.9%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 13.6%, 1990's 9.7%, Thriller 9.3%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.5%, 1990's 13.3%, Crime 11.6%, Mystery 9.8%
The Fifth Bell is a premium 2D point-and-click mystery adventure set in 1994 Europe. Investigate hidden mechanisms, decode historical clues, and stop a forbidden instrument before it is awakened.
Why similar: 1990's 17.9%, Detective 15%, Point & Click 14.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Logic 10.4%
A judge's body is discovered with a clean cut across his jugular, setting the stage for an intense puzzle of motives and clues.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Noir 11.6%, Point & Click 11%, Logic 10.7%, Investigation 10.4%
The line between life and death is as thin as the autumn breeze. Will you escape, or will Darkwood claim you as another victim of its harvest?
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Crime 11.7%, Point & Click 11.1%, Logic 10.8%, Noir 10.7%
There's no such thing as a perfect crime! You have to solve a series of mysterious murders in San Francisco. It turns out that this bright city has its own dark side...
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Crime 11.7%, Point & Click 11.1%, Logic 10.8%, Noir 10.8%
Join Connor O'Ryan and his inseparable friend Brian Moloney in a classic Point & Click thriller that will take them from the gloomy streets of Dublin to the sweltering heat of Kenya, where they will become embroiled in a conspiracy hidden in time.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Crime 15.8%, 1990's 14.1%, Point & Click 13.2%, Mystery 12%
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: Detective 16%, Noir 11.1%, Logic 10.3%, Point & Click 10.2%, Crime 9.7%
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Crime 13.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Point & Click 8.9%
A prankster is loose at the Harvest Grove autumn festival. Find the culprit before things get out of hand.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Logic 12.9%, Crime 12.7%, Point & Click 12.3%
一款以清末民初的上海为时代背景的社会派推理游戏。你在一台历史悬案核查终端前接手这项任务:为墙中无名遗骸重建家族谱系。翻阅泛黄的婚书、讣告与老照片,看清旧秩序崩塌之际每个人的选择与挣扎。
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Investigation 18.4%, Logic 14.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Point & Click 7.4%
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: Detective 19.4%, Crime 18.2%, Investigation 17.7%, Logic 11.3%, Noir 9.6%
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 18.3%, Investigation 15.4%, 1990's 13.4%, Crime 13.1%, Point & Click 11.7%
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: Detective 16.6%, Crime 14.2%, Investigation 14.1%, Logic 11.3%, Thriller 10.9%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 19%, Point & Click 13.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Logic 10.9%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 15.9%, Logic 14.2%, Crime 12.4%, Mystery 12.2%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Crime 20.8%, Mystery 16.3%, Logic 9.1%, Investigation 8.7%
Unravel a cold case after an old laptop containing the photos of a long unidentified victim and a strange app called "The Door" is found in an abandoned house. The police reckon it may be a cipher of some sort, but after unsuccessful attempts at decoding it, they turn to the public.
Why similar: 1990's 23.6%, Detective 15.2%, Point & Click 12.8%, Retro 12.5%, Logic 9.5%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Crime 10.9%, Thriller 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 22.7%, Investigation 18%, Logic 15.9%, Mystery 12.2%, 1990's 9.8%
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 22.6%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 11%, Point & Click 10.1%, Noir 9.9%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to solve the cold case of her father's murder.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Point & Click 11.2%, Thriller 10.5%
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 26.3%, Investigation 21.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Noir 8.8%, Logic 8.2%
Can you solve the riddle of the disappearing visitors before you lose yourself in the gallery’s macabre beauty?
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Noir 12.2%, Crime 11.5%, Point & Click 11.4%, Logic 10.6%
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%, Investigation 16%, Crime 12.9%, Thriller 10.8%, Mystery 9.1%
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 18.8%, Crime 17.9%, Thriller 13.9%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 10.8%
Speak of My Sin is a word reasoning game - players are supposed to find the truth of the cases, restore the story in a number of interrelated cases and finally detect the identification of “me”, speaking out “my” sin.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Crime 15.6%, Mystery 11%, Logic 10.9%, Point & Click 8.7%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡,步步紧逼的幕后黑手,封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时,案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定,你以为可以回到现实世界时,轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Crime 18.3%, Investigation 15.4%, Point & Click 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%
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 25.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Crime 17.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Logic 8.5%
Tape Detective is a text-based mystery puzzle game. Collect dialogue fragments on cassette tapes and replay them to challenge witness testimonies, uncover the truth behind a mysterious cold case, and track down every suspect.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 17.8%, 1990's 14.4%, Point & Click 10.6%, Mystery 10.2%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Investigation 14.8%, 1990's 13%, Thriller 12.6%, Noir 9.2%
Sound Agent is a narrative puzzle game where you solve cold cases by listening. Use the sound device to rewind to crime scenes, listen to the sounds at the scene, and uncover truths hidden in plain sound.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Thriller 15.3%, Crime 15.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Detective 17%, Crime 16.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Point & Click 11.8%
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions. Explore the evidence, scrutinize statements, and connect the dots.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 19.9%, Crime 15.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Point & Click 10.3%
Duke Damian has been murdered! Collect clues, solve puzzles, and deduce the killer. Follow a growing trail of crimes and unravel the conspiracy tying them all together.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Crime 13.2%, Logic 12.8%
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 27.5%, Investigation 21.1%, 1990's 15.2%, Mystery 13%, Point & Click 10.8%
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 19.6%, Investigation 16%, Crime 14.7%, Logic 11.9%, Mystery 10.9%
A hand-drawn and story-rich deduction mystery set in 1887. Pearl Lundgren is dead and two men have been arrested for her murder, but the full truth remains to be discovered, and only you can piece it together.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Investigation 18.6%, Logic 16.1%, Point & Click 13.7%, Crime 11.4%
Crimson Seer is a fantasy detective puzzle game. Investigate murder scenes frozen in time, gather clues, and deduce motive, method, and location. Use your prophetic visions to uncover sinister elven plots, ancient mysteries, and dark rituals in an underground world.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Crime 14.5%, Mystery 13.6%, Point & Click 8.7%
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: Detective 17.7%, Crime 16.5%, Logic 11.4%, Investigation 11.3%, Noir 10.8%