
Hardcode logical detective game. Only a few clues will help finding murderer. Was it just an accident or a murder? Thief broke in to steal something? Money? Or was it just a broken heart revenge? Well, you`ve got a chance to solve this case...
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Hardcode logical detective game. Only a few clues will help finding murderer. Was it just an accident or a murder? Thief broke in to steal something? Money? Or was it just a broken heart revenge? Well, you`ve got a chance to solve this case...

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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."

彼岸之旅
Travels to a different world, chooses to join different forces, made your character strong, defeat all enemies who stand against you
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: CRPG 22.6%, Noir 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Investigation 13.3%, Text-Based 8.8%
Travels to a different world, chooses to join different forces, made your character strong, defeat all enemies who stand against you
Why similar: CRPG 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, RPG 11.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Text-Based 9%
2050, a future world we had dreamed about. But suddenly, a disaster arrived, bringing the human into a desperate situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Exploration 14.8%, RPG 14.4%, Linear 7.8%
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
Why similar: CRPG 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 20.6%, RPG 20.2%, Nonlinear 8.6%
原本閒暇無趣的生活,因一隻白兔全變了調。要趕快找到回家的路,還是留在這瘋狂的世界呢?這是一款以《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》奇幻文學發想的解謎 RPG 小品,採用多結局劇情與獨特的美術風格,並塞入了許多愛刷存在感的蜥蜴比爾。
Why similar: CRPG 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, RPG 18.9%, Investigation 11.7%, Puzzle 11.2%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: CRPG 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Investigation 16%, RPG 11.6%, Text-Based 5.9%
Project 2025 Text Based Story Board is an AI-powered interactive story creation platform that enables users to craft unique narratives using their own AI service APIs. This tool does not include any built-in API keys - users must provide their own valid AI service credentials.
Why similar: CRPG 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, RPG 17.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
Fire keeper, guard the spark, reap the fire. Read books, seek stories and truths. Communicate with people, offer help and healing. Make choices, face the dying gasp or sin.
Why similar: CRPG 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 26%, RPG 22.9%, Exploration 10.7%, 2D 4.5%
Clerk hot Tale is a visual novel in which the player goes through all the circles of bureaucratic hell, accompanied by an adorable female official.
Why similar: CRPG 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, RPG 17.1%, Puzzle 14.4%, Simulation 13%
A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
Why similar: Investigation 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Puzzle 21.2%, Story Rich 7.8%, 2D 5.9%
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: CRPG 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, RPG 10.6%
Satirize some educational systems
Why similar: CRPG 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, RPG 20.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 10.2%
Help the eccentric inventor navigate the intrigue of the emerging electrical industry! Can you outsmart Thomas Edison and electrify the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Text-Based 18.8%, RPG 17%, Investigation 11.5%, Narration 8.8%
This is a game where you work as a spy, looking through sexy surveillance photos to identify Red Hat agents. Get close to your boss, get her to send you lewd selfies, & uncover a sexy spy mystery.
Why similar: Noir 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Text-Based 13.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
How do you become a true magician? Find out in True Magician, an interactive text adventure with RPG elements. Travel through the kingdom with your teacher, learn the art of magic, fight enemies and make friends. And remember, the world is not what it seems!
Why similar: CRPG 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 11.1%, Nonlinear 10.3%, RPG 8.4%
In this third installment of the popular RHEM series of intricate pure-puzzle first-person adventure games, the adventures of brothers Kales and Zetais continue in the mysterious land of RHEM.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Investigation 22.4%, Puzzle 18.2%, Adventure 15.5%, Exploration 13.8%
You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.
Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Investigation 23.9%, RPG 12%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 9.8%
ESCAPE SITE 13 is a side-scrolling adventure set in the SCP universe, continuing the narrative of SCP-1730. As Investigator Liu Zhiming, explore Site 13, solve puzzles, and confront deadly anomalies. Uncover dark secrets in this chilling tale where reality warps and the past refuses to stay buried.
Why similar: CRPG 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Investigation 14.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, RPG 9.1%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: CRPG 24.4%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Investigation 12.3%, Simulation 6.7%
In a desolate sci‑fi world, search for a way to save your sister Mia. In Engram, you will make many choices that affect and change the fate of every character in the story. Like an intricate web of butterfly effects, a unique story will emerge under the influence of your decisions.
Why similar: CRPG 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 13%, Nonlinear 11%, Exploration 9%
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Noir 22.4%, RPG 15.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Investigation 8.5%
The Unleaving is a Chinese folk-horror Cthulhu RPG. As a member of a paranormal investigation group, venture into rural ghost stories and uncover the truth through dialogue, skill checks, and a little dice luck. Many stories, occupations, endings—some answers lie beyond knowing. They never left.
Why similar: RPG 20.7%, Investigation 19.7%, CRPG 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Story Rich 7.9%
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.
Why similar: RPG 20.2%, Noir 18.5%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 10.7%
Children vanish in a small town. Investigator Reacher is drawn to a cursed mansion, where members of the rescue team begin to die. Is it a curse — or a killer among them? Scapegoat & Rational blends mystery storytelling, key evidence collection, and escape-style Puzzles.
Why similar: CRPG 38.8%, Investigation 21.3%, RPG 14%, Puzzle 13.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, RPG 19.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Fight in the Arena is a text-based gamebook-style RPG with an in-depth turn-based combat system.
Why similar: CRPG 35%, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, RPG 11%, Linear 8.5%
Join Burst as he tackles the chaos in Sorrentine the best he can. With your haunches swinging to the rhythm of jazz and a heavy dose of bad luck, you’ll dive into this vibrant pixel-art world with RPG elements to solve your adventures in the style of the most legendary detectives.
Why similar: Noir 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Puzzle 12.8%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 7.5%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: CRPG 18.3%, Noir 18.3%, Investigation 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.2%, Text-Based 9.4%
One last job. One final gamble. The Free City is yours to explore, but how you pull off the ultimate heist is entirely up to you. Assemble your crew, earn their trust, and make tough choices that shape your fate. But remember - every decision has consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 36.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, RPG 13.3%, Adventure 6%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, RPG 14.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Investigation 8.1%
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Noir 29.4%, Investigation 23.7%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 7.3%
Save the sleepy mining town from a cosmic threat in this late 80s-style adventure with RPG elements. Retro to the core!
Why similar: CRPG 26%, Noir 19%, Investigation 15%, Nonlinear 11%, Exploration 9.5%
A more casual simulation game, you can simulate some operations at home (still planning), you can also play games at home (some small games, there are two, a more complete and a framework only (update)). An exploration game, a survival game (update).
Why similar: RPG 23.9%, Simulation 17.5%, Investigation 17.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Puzzle 13.3%
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Noir 25%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 15.4%, RPG 12.5%, Investigation 9.2%
《一人之下寻炁迷踪》是让粉丝充分能参与其中的互动式漫画,进入漫画后,粉丝们就可以变身异人,与全新的用炁高手过招,探秘异人世界!围绕原著展开的多条支线剧情也为粉丝提供了丰富的阅读选择,每一步的决定,都将解锁全新的世界。
Why similar: CRPG 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, RPG 20.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 12%
Can a cure be found for the plague, or can humanity live with it? Even if found, should there be a price, and if so, who should pay it? On the road to tomorrow, are those bringing healing the friends I should join hands with, or are they rivals for a future I can hold in my hands?
Why similar: RPG 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Action 11.8%
동쪽의 꼬마신령 -구원-은 소원을 빌기 위해 소환된 '꼬마신령'의 저주를 피해 갇혀버린 구교사를 탈출하는 미스터리 어드벤처 장르의 게임입니다. 플레이어는 수많은 퍼즐을 풀어 구교사를 탈출함과 동시에 단서를 모아 이 사건이 벌어지게 된 이유를 파헤쳐 내야 합니다.
Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Simulation 19.5%, Puzzle 14.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Action 12.3%
The adventure-quest game with hot bullet hells bosses. Every month Sonya gets to the lighthouse to eat the moon and continue the cycle. And each cycle was similar to the previous one. But she will remember the last one for a long time.
Why similar: CRPG 30.2%, Text-Based 11.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, RPG 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%
In a reality stuck in a technologically unadvanced society stricken with the negative impacts of a worldwide climate disaster, you are a uniquely powered private investigator tasked with uncovering advanced technology from another reality with the potential to save your whole world.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Investigation 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, RPG 9.3%, Puzzle 8.2%
A game for online tabletop role-playing, where you can play solo adventures, join friends for multiplayer role-playing, and even create your own story.
Why similar: CRPG 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, RPG 12.4%, Text-Based 11.6%, Simulation 9.6%
Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 23.5%, RPG 22.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
"If you could shut out the entire world… who would you open your eyes for?" When your only trusted friend, your Senpai, vanishes without a trace, she reappears as a digital ghost trapped inside your computer. To save her, you must descend into the distorted virtual realm known as the Meta Space.
Why similar: CRPG 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, RPG 8.4%
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: Noir 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Text-Based 16.2%, Investigation 10.3%, RPG 8.3%
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 35.2%, Puzzle 15.2%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Adventure 7.5%
A new mystery arises from the collision of narrative puzzle games and film noir. Investigate a film set full of catty cast and crew in order to deduce and connect their relationships. Debunk or prove those connections using evidence to unravel the mystery of what occurred and who is responsible!
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Text-Based 11.5%, Puzzle 9.6%
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Noir 23.1%, RPG 16.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Adventure 5.4%
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, RPG 11.3%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 19.5%, RPG 12.6%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 8.9%
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Simulation 16.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 12.1%
Eternity Online - prologue for the high-fantasy novel by Mikkel Robrahn
Why similar: CRPG 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Puzzle 13.7%, Narration 8.1%
"In a brutal, unforgiving RPG, descend into a shattered realm of massive seamless landscapes and shadowed city hubs. Forge a tormented hero through ruthless progression, engage in visceral tactical combat, and make harrowing choices that shape a grim, persistent multiplayer world."
Why similar: CRPG 44.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 14.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 5.3%
An episodic co-op noir murder mystery. Play as one half of a crime-fighting duo: the detective Jack Finch and his police dog, Archie. Use your deduction skills and sense of smell to find evidence, interrogate suspects, and catch the culprit in a gritty story set in the Great Depression.
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Investigation 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Puzzle 10.6%, Text-Based 9.2%
The Nazis are scouring the globe for powerful occult artifacts. Can you beat them to the treasures and save the world from a thousand years of darkness?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 21.2%, RPG 20.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Investigation 8.4%
The Temple is an interactive visual novel game adapted from the short story of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft. The game is being developed by a single person.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Noir 21.7%, RPG 16.7%, Text-Based 16.2%, Exploration 9.1%
In this 2D pixel RPG, 24 navigate battles, puzzles, and quests in a war-torn world devoid of color. Your choices dictate the non-linear plot, with multiple endings and an open world hanging in the balance. Will you bring back color as the savior or succumb to darkness?
Why similar: CRPG 23.1%, Noir 22.7%, Nonlinear 13.5%, RPG 10.1%, Exploration 6.9%
In Demand-Dial Exorcist, you play a demon hunter solving eerie puzzles. Investigate clues, place ritual items on the pentagram, and banish demons before they claim you as their next victim.
Why similar: Noir 42.8%, Puzzle 21.6%, Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 16%
They told you to hack the planet. Nobody told you the planet keeps receipts. A CRT-noir hacking sim about sticking it to the machine and finding out the machine already bought your file.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Simulation 19.5%, RPG 18.7%, Puzzle 13.3%, Text-Based 9.7%