60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Detective, Investigation, Conspiracy.
Investigate like it's 1993. Hunt clues on VHS tapes, shortwave radio, and the early internet. Pin evidence to your board, connect the strings, and publish theories for cash and followers. Just try not to lose your mind.
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
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.
City of Voices
A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.
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: Conspiracy 30.6% ★, Investigation 19.5%, Detective 15%, Mystery 10.2%, 1990's 7.9%
A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.
Why similar: Conspiracy 38% ★, Investigation 22.2%, Detective 16.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%
Dual role as detective and fixer, commanding the perfect cover-up from your desk. Intercept calls, stay ahead of the media, gather intel, and decide the fate of everyone involved before the masses catch on. Try again and again to reshape the narrative in this choice-driven mystery. Or you are fired.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.9% ★, Detective 13.2%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Investigation 11.9%, Mystery 7.7%
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Conspiracy 36% ★, Investigation 22.3%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Choices Matter 6.6%
A sci-fi interrogation game. No more than ten people in the galaxy can do your job. The person across the table is already convicted. Find out why they did it, then decide what the truth will cost them.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.8% ★, Investigation 20.2%, Detective 15.3%, Psychological 11.4%, Mystery 8%
1993, just after Czechoslovakia split in two. Play as reporter Marek and investigate the death of a company director in name only. In Prague, journalist Eva pursues a case of her own. Explore locations, read documents, and uncover where their cases meet in a classic 2D point-and-click mystery.
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.3% ★, Investigation 21.1%, Detective 15.6%, 1990's 12.6%, Mystery 9%
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
Why similar: Conspiracy 30.1% ★, Investigation 17.5%, Detective 13.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Psychological 9.3%
Dive into a decade of secrets, mysterious characters and their inexplicable deaths - in the shadow of the darkest time in human history. Investigate crimes, decode documents, collect clues and solve riddles - one word at a time. The deeper you read, the less any of it seems to be an accident.
Why similar: Conspiracy 30.2% ★, Investigation 22.6%, Detective 18.7%, Dark Humor 8.4%, Mystery 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: Conspiracy 28.1% ★, Investigation 20%, Detective 13.6%, 1990's 13.1%, Mystery 8.6%
Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.
Why similar: Conspiracy 46.5% ★, Investigation 30.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Detective 7.9%, Indie 4.6%
You're the kingdom's Medium. Summon old cosmic gods, beings that don't lie, but don't speak plainly. Ask. Interpret their visions. Every answer brings you closer to the truth. Every vision drags you one step closer to madness.
Why similar: Conspiracy 35.9% ★, Investigation 25.5%, Detective 20.4%, Choices Matter 7%, Mystery 4.3%
Run your bar as a gorilla and hunt down the humans in animal costumes hiding among your customers. Observe them closely, spot the clues that give their disguises away, test their slogans, and blow the imposters away with your shotgun. Choose your targets wisely... or become the hunted.
Why similar: Conspiracy 31.2% ★, Investigation 19.8%, Detective 10%, Life Sim 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%
A deductive investigation game with a faded pixel art aesthetic. Set in a dreamlike, mysterious environment, the player becomes a conductor, (re)organizing and (re)positioning objects, characters, and puzzles while recovering lost fragments of their memory.
Why similar: Conspiracy 31.8% ★, Investigation 20.4%, Detective 14.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%
The Examiner has a number. You are not issued a name. You do not require one. Names are an operational measure applied to units, for the reasons set out above, and staff are not units. You do have a name. You are simply not using it here. Nobody has asked for it in some time.
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Conspiracy 19.9% ★, Detective 17.5%, Psychological 11.7%, Choices Matter 6.4%
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: Conspiracy 32% ★, Investigation 21.3%, Detective 15.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
Nightfall Berlin is an occult detective RPG with a focus on exploration, case-solving and our relationship to the places where we live and die, set in the dynamic, seductive and violent history of an alternate Berlin.
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.3% ★, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 13.3%, 1990's 12.2%, Dark Humor 11.8%
In "Omnisight" you decide what people will believe. Theories, relationships with colleagues, and secrets are just tools at your disposal. You change reality and transform yourself along with it. But are you ready to accept the consequences?
Why similar: Conspiracy 33.1% ★, Psychological 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
A found footage horror game where you need to piece together a timeline in chronological order of a Kaiju incident that occurred.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.2% ★, 1990's 20.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Detective 10.2%
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: Conspiracy 30.3% ★, Investigation 28.9%, Detective 21.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Atmospheric 3.7%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 27.3%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9%
A man has fallen to his death in Metro City. Mysterious circumstances. Luckily, hardcore detective Jason Maxx is on the case. The city is dark, the suspects are weirdos, and the graphics party like it’s 1999. Explore, interrogate. Can Jason solve the mystery, even when absurdity takes over?
Why similar: Conspiracy 31.8% ★, Investigation 18.3%, Detective 13.2%, Dark Humor 8.8%, Satire 7.2% ★
Investigate a little girl's disappearance at a rundown trailer park. Play as Detective Partridge and cross examine three suspects to find the truth with fully freeform interrogation. Type anything and ask anything you want.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.9% ★, Investigation 22.6%, Detective 19%, Multiple Endings 9%, Mystery 8.7%
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Investigation 25.2%, Conspiracy 22.3% ★, Detective 20.1%, Mystery 10.4%, Choices Matter 6.5%
Welcome to Laura.ai, the world's leading AGI company. As our developer, you'll investigate logs, browse files, and monitor applications across our proprietary operating system. Your access is limited. Some directories are restricted for good reason. We trust you'll respect those boundaries.
Why similar: Conspiracy 33.9% ★, Investigation 22.9%, Detective 18.1%, Psychological 9.7%, Mystery 7.3%
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Conspiracy 29% ★, Investigation 18.7%, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Mystery 7.7%
Investigate a supernatural conspiracy in a 90s town hiding something far worse than secrets. Travel between 1990 and its ruined 1995 future, photograph anomalies, decode entities, and survive a town that doesn't want you here. Think outside the box. Every problem has more than one solution.
Why similar: Conspiracy 30.8% ★, Investigation 19.1%, 1990's 15%, Detective 13.9%, Mystery 8.5%
Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.2% ★, Investigation 19.4%, 1990's 16.6%, Detective 14.2%, Psychological 9.3%
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Why similar: Conspiracy 28.1% ★, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Detective 12.5%, Psychological 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
A cyberpunk narrative adventure about protecting someone who doesn't trust you, in a city that wants her dead. Build trust, navigate hazard zones, make hard choices, and discover how deep the conspiracy goes. Every ending costs something.
Why similar: Conspiracy 34.6% ★, Detective 17%, Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%
You run a late-night restaurant using a strange signal machine. By balancing radiation, you alter taste and behavior. Too little reveals the truth. Too much causes sickness, violence, and investigations. Keep control to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 16.1%, Investigation 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Detective 11.6%, Story Rich 6.9%
Explore the settlement, gather clues, interact with its inhabitants, and uncover a conspiracy. Your actions shape your relationships with the locals – will they help you, or deceive you? Your choices will determine whether the protagonist can escape, or if his tragic fate will repeat itself again.
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.6% ★, Investigation 21.2%, Detective 16.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Story Rich 6.2%
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: Investigation 23.3%, Detective 18.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Psychological 9.3%
Survive 6 hours as a night guard, monitoring for anomalies. Act fast, or risk losing your mind to the unexplained horrors that lurk beyond the screens.
Why similar: Conspiracy 41.3% ★, Investigation 19.6%, Life Sim 16.4%, Psychological 10.5%, Mystery 7%
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: Conspiracy 36.6% ★, Investigation 22.3%, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 8.5%, Simulation 5.3%
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: Conspiracy 23.7% ★, Investigation 23.3%, Detective 18.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Welcome to my atelier. Can you escape this dream in 2 hours?Explore the folder before you and solve the puzzles using its hints. Enter every answer as a number on the keypad.Correct answers make the phone ring and reveal the next painting. Clear it within 2 hours, and you can request a Steam refund.
Why similar: Conspiracy 59.4% ★, Life Sim 14.3%, 1990's 13.5%, Simulation 12.9%
Population 812. Current residents: none. Dinner is still on the tables, the bridge out is flooded, and the aerosol factory on the hill is running with nobody inside it. A pixel-art Sierra-style mystery: 26 scenes, 14 puzzle systems, three endings. One rainy night.
Why similar: Conspiracy 32.4% ★, Investigation 20.2%, Detective 17.3%, Multiple Endings 10%, Mystery 8.5%
Play detective in this heart-gripping cyberpunk adventure where every dark corner of this intricate vertical city is yours to explore. Interrogate witnesses, investigate murders and even enjoy hotpots! Every choice shapes the outcome, leading you closer to the truth, or deeper into the shadows.
Why similar: Conspiracy 31.8% ★, Investigation 18.5%, Detective 14.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Chords is an authentic retro 16-bit cyberpunk visual novel. Dive into a twisting, deceptive story packed with pixel art, chiptune energy, and classic adventure vibes where nothing is quite what it seems.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.5% ★, 1990's 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 10.9%, Detective 10.3%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Conspiracy 42.4% ★, Investigation 19.9%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Mystery 8.6%
WORK. DIE. REPEAT. Can you break out from the sinister cycle of "WORKWORKWORK"? Explore the Triquetra company to find clues, gather information, and discover the truth about the meaning in working, and living.
Why similar: Conspiracy 40.1% ★, Psychological 14.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Detective 10%
You're an Inquisitor following a trail of death. A cult is at work, your predecessor has vanished, and the region teeters on the edge of chaos. Find the truth. Uphold the Inquisition. Do not fail.
Why similar: Conspiracy 34% ★, Investigation 20.7%, Detective 16.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Mystery 8.8%
Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.
Why similar: Conspiracy 38.2% ★, Investigation 22.2%, Detective 16.3%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.
Why similar: Investigation 24.4%, Conspiracy 24% ★, Detective 19.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Story Rich 6.9%
Your probation as a health insurance Claims Adjuster begins now. Report to your terminal and inspect medical documents for reasons to deny coverage. Assume patient fraud. Your decisions have consequences: patients come back. Management is watching. A dystopian document thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 19.7%, Dark Humor 17.7%, Satire 13.5% ★, Psychological 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
A dead Santa Claus right before Christmas is never a good sign. Interrogate the North Pole suspects to solve the murder and figure out how to save the festive season in this short dark comedy visual novel whodunnit.
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.3% ★, Satire 15.7% ★, Dark Humor 14.8%, Investigation 14.4%, Detective 13.5%
A realistic first-person horror deduction game. Identify NON-HUMAN entities and navigate critical decisions within the Zone. Earn your survival, upgrade your booth, and-above all-don't let the NON-HUMANS in.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Psychological 14.4%, Detective 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Investigation 27.2%, Detective 20.5%, Psychological 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
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: Investigation 23%, Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Psychological 9.3%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Detective 14.9%, Psychological 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.
Why similar: Conspiracy 35.8% ★, Investigation 21.2%, Detective 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%
STENCH is a story-driven life-sim RPG set in the 80s. A strange diagnosis brings you to the city. Live day by day, make weird friends, earn money, roam the city, and fight clueless thugs, while a conspiracy grows in the shadows.
Why similar: Conspiracy 29% ★, Dark Humor 16%, Life Sim 13.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Oblivistar is a story-driven adventure game where you will help solve a mystery that sinks into the place you call home.
Why similar: Conspiracy 31% ★, Investigation 25%, Detective 13.3%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 7.4%
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.6% ★, Investigation 17.3%, Detective 16.9%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
Play as Blissville’s lone switchboard operator in this atmospheric, story-rich mystery. From your dimly lit station, connect calls, listen in, and uncover the secrets that bind the townsfolk—and the darkness beneath their polite masquerade.
Why similar: Conspiracy 38.9% ★, Investigation 18.5%, Detective 15.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Simulation 8.4%
A comedy adventure game featuring classic inventory based puzzles. Arthur is a skeptic who dedicated his life to denying the paranormal. Murray is the electric Imp he accidentally summoned. Now Arthur must solve mysteries while bound to the very evidence of the supernatural itself.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.8% ★, Investigation 21.3%, Detective 15%, 1990's 11.9%, Mystery 9.7%
A classic point-and-click adventure full of mystery, humor, and clumsy mobsters. Solve puzzles, talk to quirky characters, and uncover the truth in this fully remastered detective story!
Why similar: Conspiracy 30.1% ★, Investigation 21.8%, Detective 15.9%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.2% ★, Investigation 22.5%, Detective 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Mystery 8.6%
A Geoguessr-inspired narrative detective puzzle game set on an alien planet. As the Cartographer, you must gather and examine clues to locate missing archaeologist Abigail Lidari and uncover the fate of an ancient alien civilization.
Why similar: Conspiracy 39.1% ★, Investigation 25.2%, Detective 16.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 4%
