60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Choose Your Own Adventure, Detective, Investigation.
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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.
Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator
Become a legendary detective of ancient China! In "Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator", play as Di Renjie, solving thrilling cases across Bianzhou and Bingzhou in the Tang Dynasty and uncovering the truth.
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: Artificial Intelligence 19.2%, Investigation 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 11.1%
Become a legendary detective of ancient China! In "Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator", play as Di Renjie, solving thrilling cases across Bianzhou and Bingzhou in the Tang Dynasty and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Historical 21.7%, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Text-Based 8.6%
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Artificial Intelligence 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, RPG 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%
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: Historical 19.1%, Investigation 17.1%, Conspiracy 13.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Medieval 10.7%
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 22.2% ★, Investigation 20.2%, Detective 14.1%, Crime 12.7%, Historical 11.1%
An interrogation mystery aboard a 1936 ocean liner. Five suspects. One murder. No dialogue options — every suspect is powered by AI and will remember every word, deflect every question, and only surrender their secrets under pressure. Four voyages. One truth. Break someone.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 25.3%, Historical 17%, Detective 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 9.6%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%
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: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 16%, Conspiracy 13.7% ★, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%
The hero who stopped a world-eating calamity was branded a demon by history. Centuries later, an orphan carrying his last fragment pieces the truth together from rumor and record. No combat — only Ashen Flame, a power that costs you with every use. Two loops. One truth.
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.2% ★, Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Investigation 11.7%
1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Crime 12.1%, Detective 11.4%, Investigation 10.4%
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: Investigation 24.4%, Crime 17.8%, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 10.5%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 15.8%, Investigation 15.6%, Conspiracy 14.7% ★, Detective 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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: Investigation 17%, Historical 14.4%, Crime 13%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
Immerse yourself in a realm of madness and bone-chilling terror as you step into our gripping horror adventure, meticulously crafted to send shivers down your spine. Explore a nightmarish world where each step unveils sinister secrets and heart-pounding encounters.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Detective 11.1%, Investigation 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
“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: Investigation 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Horror 12.4%, Detective 12.2%
A psychological horror narrative game disguised as an AI assistant. Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal, but discover the "intelligence" responding isn't only artificial - something or someone else is tagging along.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Horror 8%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Crime 16.9%, Text-Based 12.2%, Detective 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Historical 14.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Crime 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Detective 10.4%
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: Investigation 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Detective 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
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: Investigation 21%, Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Crime 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Witches hide amongst the townsfolk and the Devil whispers through your screen. Explore branching paths as you investigate, interrogate, and condemn the guilty. Be warned: the inquisition is not without its horrors.
Why similar: Gothic 12.5% ★, Text-Based 12.5%, Detective 12.1%, Investigation 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
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: Investigation 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Crime 12.8%, Detective 10.9%
Constantinople, 1453. Four witnesses — a janissary, a baker's daughter, an engineer, a noble — live the same 53 days of the siege. Choices cross between their stories, and the city remembers. An illustrated, choice-driven historical novel where every ending is someone's truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Historical 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Historical 16.5%, Investigation 14.1%, Crime 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21.8%, Investigation 16.1%, Detective 12.8%, Crime 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
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: Conspiracy 16% ★, Investigation 13.6%, Text-Based 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 12.3%
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Investigation 16.5%, Conspiracy 16.5% ★, Historical 14.9%, Crime 13.5%, Detective 12.2%
DARK CITY TROUBLE NIGHTS es un videojuego de ROL narrativo con toma de decisiones. Toma el papel de Chad Simons, detective privado. Tu comportamiento decidirá el final de tu historia en Dark City, ¿podrás resolver el caso, y salir con vida?
Why similar: Crime 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Investigation 15%, RPG 12.9%
An adventure mystery game set in the world of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.A game for people who:Like to solve mysteriesEnjoy exploring beautiful pixel art environmentsWant their dialogue choices and moral decisions to matterAre fans of Les Mis!
Why similar: Historical 17.9%, Investigation 17.8%, Crime 16.4%, Detective 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
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 19.9% ★, Investigation 19.5%, Detective 14.3%, Historical 13.1%, Crime 11.3%
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 29.8% ★, Investigation 28.5%, Historical 21.3%, Mystery 7.8%, Detective 7.5%
This is the story of a family living in a haunted house in New Hampshire. And you're the one haunting them.
Why similar: Gothic 32% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Horror 11.9%
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Investigation 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Crime 13.4%
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Historical 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Play as Conrad, the town's executioner. Investigate a mysterious death, gather clues, question suspects and solve puzzles in this classic point-and-click mystery where witchcraft and superstition conceal a far darker truth.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.5% ★, Investigation 18.1%, Detective 15.1%, Crime 13.6%, Gothic 11.9% ★
Echoes of Chang'an is a Chinese-style mystery visual novel developed by NSTUDIO. You play as the adopted son of the renowned mid-Tang general Duan Xiushi who is unexpectedly drawn into an inescapable conspiracy that threatens the fate of the Tang Dynasty while carrying out a mission.
Why similar: Historical 25%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Detective 15%, Visual Novel 14.6%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Investigation 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Crime 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Crime 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Detective 12.3%
In 1421, the seemingly peaceful Ming Empire is actually rife with undercurrents. As the capital relocation project progresses, numerous forces across the realm are beginning to stir. A massive conspiracy is quietly brewing, and the facade of peace and tranquility is about to be torn apart.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.3% ★, Historical 19.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Detective 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
In New York, private detective Ikeda Sen happens upon the enigmatic Lila shortly before his client, Walton, hands him a strange device. And in Japan, Izumozaki Neneko stumbles upon a corpse by the canal on her way to school. Two unrelated stories unfold, intersecting in bizarre and unexpected ways.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Investigation 16.9%, Crime 16.5%, Detective 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%
The first agentic RPG. An AI Game Master that doesn't just tell your story — it plays it, through real decisions in a living game engine. Any genre, any world, any story. Your adventure, your novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Artificial Intelligence 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Investigation 12.2%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, Crime 18.1%, Detective 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Your Forever Friend™ is the solution to never feeling alone again! Play video games, listen to music together, reminisce about buried memories... And there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. NOTHING ! <3
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Artificial Intelligence 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conspiracy 12.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.6%
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Why similar: Gothic 17.5% ★, Historical 13.6%, Investigation 13.2%, Detective 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Why similar: Historical 16.5%, Conspiracy 15.4% ★, Investigation 14.6%, Crime 12.3%, Detective 10.8%
A knowledge discovery game inspired by ancient astronaut theories. Travel across nine world regions, consult expert informants, and piece together evidence of non-human intelligence hidden in ancient civilizations. Every discovery brings you closer to the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Conspiracy 15.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Historical 10.8%, Investigation 9.6%
A singleplayer, story game where you can make decisions and read your way through history.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Historical 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, RPG 11.1%, Conspiracy 10.6% ★
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Investigation 17.9%, Gothic 17.4% ★, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Horror 9.9%
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: Investigation 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%
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: Investigation 18.4%, Text-Based 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Detective 13.8%
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 22.8% ★, Investigation 21.6%, Crime 14.3%, Detective 14%, Historical 13.5%
Play as an AI interacting with users.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, RPG 10.1%
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Investigation 23.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Crime 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Detective 13%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Crime 13.9%, Investigation 12.4%
When a murder is committed under mysterious and supernatural circumstances, the Inspector arrives on the scene, ready to interrogate witnesses, decipher riddles, and fend off attackers seeking their next victim. Ready your spyglass and sword as you take on these two murder mystery RPGs.
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.3% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Text-Based 13.9%, Crime 12.5%, Detective 11.7%
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 25.6% ★, Investigation 17.6%, Detective 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.
Why similar: Crime 17.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Investigation 15.6%, Historical 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%
