60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Investigation, Adventure.
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Suas Escolhas - O Caso do Magnata Desaparecido
Noir gamebook. 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. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese.
Private Eye: The Young Heir
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.
Noir gamebook. 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. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Noir 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Investigation 10.5%
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 19.5%, Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Noir 9.5%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Noir 14.8%, Word Game 13.7%, Detective 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 9.8%
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: Detective 20%, Noir 13.5%, Investigation 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Crime 10.2%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Word Game 20.9%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Mystery 9.5%
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 9%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Noir 18.1%, Investigation 17.9%, Crime 11.6%, Mystery 10.3%
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: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Crime 11.4%, Mystery 9.7%
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 22.5%, Investigation 17.3%, Noir 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 10.9%
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Word Game 17%, Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Mystery 10.2%
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Word Game 16.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Noir 10.7%
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Word Game 19%, Investigation 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Mystery 11.7%
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 21.9%, Investigation 19.1%, Noir 14%, Crime 12.6%, Psychological 8.6%
In 1921: a kidnapping, a revolution... Investigate and uncover the truth behind a dark, mysterious story.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Noir 10.8%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Noir 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Crime 10.6%, Text-Based 10.5%
This Lovecraftian psychological horror text game puts you as an Observer spared by the Round Table. You randomly possess one of ten unknown mortals per round. Deduce your host and three Old Ones' emissaries via dialogue, clues and table talks.
Why similar: Word Game 25.6%, Detective 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 9.6%, Mystery 7.1%
A 3D psychological detective thriller in a radical film noir style. Explore immersive environments, examine clues from every angle, and connect your evidence on a deduction board to solve a dark conspiracy. Use your pure logic to untangle the truth.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 16.4%, Noir 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Mystery 9.8%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 15%, Noir 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Dark 8.4%
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: Detective 22.8%, Word Game 20.8%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Noir 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Crime 11.3%
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 25.5%, Investigation 19.1%, Noir 14.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
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 24.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
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: Detective 22.8%, Noir 19%, Investigation 17.9%, Crime 10.1%, Dark 8.6%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Noir 15.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Crime 8.7%
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 26.6%, Investigation 18.7%, Crime 12.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Noir 9.3%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Investigation 18%, Noir 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
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 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 10.1%, Mystery 7.6%
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 22.9%, Investigation 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Noir 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 11.8%, Investigation 11%
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: Detective 28.3%, Investigation 20.2%, Noir 20.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Crime 11.5%
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Word Game 14.7%, Crime 14.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%
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 22.7%, Investigation 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 13.3%
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: Detective 27.8%, Investigation 19.4%, Noir 18.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Crime 9.8%
A horror and exploration adventure that tells the story of Blanche, who was found alone in the gardens of Launderley, in front of a pile of twenty-nine corpses.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 18.3%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Dark 10.7%, Mystery 8.6%
A 2–4 player cooperative supernatural horror investigation about intervening in recorded tragedies. The opening chapter unfolds in a fog-shrouded 1700s coastal town, where players inhabit different townsfolk and act within a relentless final hour before the outcome becomes irreversible.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Noir 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Investigation 11.8%
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 19.7%, Investigation 16%, Noir 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Crime 10.4%
In a dark world where reality blends with illusion, you strive to uncover the mystery of your sister's death. Explore locations, interact with characters, and gather clues. Gradually, your mind begins to betray you, and each step could lead either to the truth or to madness.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Word Game 18.6%, Investigation 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 7.8%
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: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Noir 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Crime 10%
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: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Crime 9%
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 23.7%, Mystery 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Noir 8.9%
A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Noir 17.6%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%
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 28.4%, Investigation 21%, Noir 14.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
一个欢乐气氛的悬疑文字冒险类游戏。你将不断在十位不同身份的角色间切换视点来推进故事的发展并达成各种各样的结局。这是由一个个平凡而又独特的个人故事所拼出的新的物语，或许里面也有着你的故事……？
Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, Investigation 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
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: Detective 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Mystery 8.9%
你在一栋被完全封锁的公寓里觉醒，但是除了自己的化名以外对自己的过去一无所知。神秘的幕后黑手逼迫这所公寓里所有人自相残杀，而你以及这所公寓乃至整个世界真正的真相是什么？
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Word Game 27.6%, Investigation 21.1%, Text-Based 10.6%, Puzzle 8.8%
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 29.7%, Investigation 20.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Crime 12.7%, Word Game 9.5%
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: Detective 19%, Investigation 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Crime 10.5%
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: Detective 26.1%, Noir 20.7%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Puzzle 6.4%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Crime 13%, Investigation 9.8%, Dark 8.2%
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: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 18.1%, Noir 16.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Crime 12.6%
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 17.8%, Noir 15.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Noir 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Lore-Rich 7.9%
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Word Game 22.2%, Detective 19.5%, Mystery 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Puzzle 7.3%
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: Detective 20.4%, Noir 15.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 10.2%
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 19.7%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Mystery 10.5%, Crime 10.5%
