60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Story Rich, Interactive Fiction.
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.
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.
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.
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 19.9% ★, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Point & Click 9%
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 17.5%, Investigation 11.5%, Point & Click 11.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, Mystery 8.4%
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: Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 11.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Text-Based 10.6%
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 19.5% ★, Detective 14.3%, Investigation 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Point & Click 8.9%
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 14.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Investigation 10.4%
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 19.1% ★, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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 17.9% ★, Detective 16%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Detective 15.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 7.9%
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 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Point & Click 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Detective 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%
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 15.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Investigation 11.3%, Point & Click 10.7%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 13.9%, Detective 12.8%, Text-Based 12.2%, Point & Click 11.4%
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 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Investigation 11.9%, Point & Click 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
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 21.7%, Point & Click 15.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Detective 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Text-Based 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Point & Click 10.8%
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 25.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Point & Click 12.3%, 1990's 9%
Arthur and Susan, two inseparable friends solving mysteries together. Fun and cozy indie point&click. Don't miss it!
Why similar: Detective 20%, Point & Click 14%, Investigation 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 7.6%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 11.9%
Play as a camera-headed detective and partner with a superpowered girl to solve memory manipulation crimes. Gather clues, piece together the truth, and shatter fabricated lies in this unique mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 17.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Point & Click 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 11.7%, Text-Based 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Point & Click 8.1%
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 15.9%, Conspiracy 15.7% ★, Investigation 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Point & Click 10.8%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 13%, Mystery 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
Your goal in this text-based choice game is to help the protagonist survive until he uncovers the mysteries surrounding the city in order to reunite with his daughter, Susan.
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
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 18.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Point & Click 12.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Investigation 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 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 10.5%
After a difficult journey, Ada officially became a detective. This disappearance commission seemed extraordinary. During the exploration of the ancient castle, it seemed that a series of strange events also surfaced...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Detective 17.7%, Point & Click 17.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Point & Click 16.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Conspiracy 11.3% ★, Investigation 7.6%
Agent Allison received an unexpected dinner invitation from the head of the Johnson dynasty, controllers of a sprawling business empire. What required her presence? The story's curtain began lifting...
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 14.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%
A grizzled private eye in a sci-fi adventure takes a murder case no one else will touch. He’s seen it all before, but nothing’s prepared him for a conspiracy that leads off-world. Something big is about to happen. Whatever it is... it goes live at midnight.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Point & Click 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Investigation 9.4%, 1990's 7%
ミステリー×ラヴコメ！プレイヤーは、シュークリームマンとなって、カヌレ探偵の助手的存在として、事件解決のサポートを行います。シリアスな展開もありますが、日常はコメディータッチで描かれています。時より挿入される選択肢を選ぶことで、周回プレイを楽しむことができます。
Why similar: Point & Click 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Detective 10.4%
It's after midnight on the Quartzway Express, and there's been a MAGICAL CRIME! Investigate the crime scene, question suspects, and defend the accused through unique cross-examination puzzles in this "Phoenix Wright" inspired mystery comedy.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Point & Click 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Point & Click 13.2%, 1990's 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Detective 15.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%
Mysterious Mystery is a fully voiced mystery visual novel centered around the detective duo, Justin and Dakota. Solve multiple cases using Dakota's evidence gathering abilities and Justin's expert interrogation. Discover outlandish cases, meet unique characters, and become world class detectives.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Mystery 9.6%
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 19.1%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Text-Based 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 10.3%
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 22.8%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 13%, Point & Click 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
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 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Point & Click 13.6%, Investigation 13%, 1990's 8.7%
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 22.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 11%, Text-Based 10.3%
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 13.6%, Point & Click 13.6%, Detective 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 15.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Investigation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Mystery 10.4%
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: Point & Click 17.7%, Detective 15.4%, 1990's 12%, Investigation 10.6%, Puzzle 8.9%
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 26.5%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 10.7%, Point & Click 9.6%
Crack the case of the missing video store employee in this 3D point and click mystery game by solving escape room puzzles, combing the computer database, and stocking shelves as an undercover detective posing as a cashier during your first weekend at the suspiciously understaffed Neighborhood Video.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 13.8%, 1990's 11.9%
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 18.1%, Conspiracy 15.8% ★, Investigation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%
In this point & click puzzle-adventure novel, Sara has been betrayed by criminals and now must solve numerous puzzles to find her stolen money. Join her on her thrilling journey, help her decipher clues, and face the criminals!
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Point & Click 13%, Investigation 11%, Visual Novel 9.8%
This city fears me. I saw its true face... And it smelled like sawdust. Welcome to the world of pretentious film noir, where it rains even indoors, and cool guys don't look at explosions (because they forgot to wear sunglasses).
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Point & Click 15.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Puzzle 8.7%
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 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Text-Based 10.6%
Welcome to the Detective Club! Led by the troublesome and shy president Alice Baskerville. Follow this comedy story where together you will solve cases using your deductive powers!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 13.4%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Detective 12.3%
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Investigation 11.3%, Point & Click 9.2%
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 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Investigation 11.2%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Investigation 14.6%, Point & Click 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
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 27.6%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Point & Click 8.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
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 19.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Investigation 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Embark on this Point and Click Visual Novel about horse riding in search of unicorns, while taking care of your equine friend.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Detective 13%, Point & Click 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
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: Detective 18.9%, Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.4%, Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Puzzle 8.4%
