- #1 The Rewinder
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,363 reviews2021
Dev: MistyMountainStudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
Why similar: Mystery 21.5%, Detective 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Adventure 10.3%
- #2 Hexed Time
96% matchVery Positive97% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Petra Emmer
Windows
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.3%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #3 DragonLoop: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive93% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因小分队
Windows
The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.8%, Adventure 28.6%, 2D 10.1%, Indie 5.4%
- #4 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
95% matchVery Positive93% of 4,411 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #5 DragonLoop
94% matchVery Positive92% of 641 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因
Windows
Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.3%, Adventure 24.4%, Stylized 11.2%, 2D 11%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #6 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
94% matchVery Positive88% of 6,230 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Mystery 22.7%, Detective 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Text-Based 11.3%, Adventure 10.5%
- #7 Shanghai Summer
93% matchVery Positive90% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Word Game 33.3%, Mystery 20.6%, Text-Based 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%
- #8 子归 - Blossom
92% matchVery Positive88% of 647 reviews2024
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Detective 34.3%, Mystery 31.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Adventure 11.7%, 2D 5.1%
- #9 Scourge of the village
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 287 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Scourge of The Village is a Chinese folk horror-themed text decryption game. A young female intern reporter who was inexplicably trapped in a nightmare while investigating a factory sewage discharge incident. In order to solve the mystery, she decided to go to the land of her dreams alone.
Why similar: Mystery 33.3%, Puzzle 16.1%, Text-Based 16%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #10 Murders on the Yangtze River
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,156 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Mystery 18.3%, Puzzle 14.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Lore-Rich 9.8%
- #11 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,194 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Puzzle 17.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #12 月华辉映之刻
89% matchVery Positive89% of 4,698 reviews2025
Dev: 侠客狗工作室
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
——这是由阴阳两面的夹缝中,诞生的深刻羁绊。世人只言开封繁华,歌舞升平,却难以看到那,被隐藏起来的黑暗背面。粉饰的美好,残酷的真相。生者的思念,亡者的祝福。所以,你要止步当前,还是深究一切?
Why similar: Word Game 25.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #13 Burn Me Twice
91% matchVery Positive82% of 268 reviews2020
Dev: Null Reference Studio
Windows
A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Mystery 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Puzzle 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #14 江华号
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: 知音动漫Pub: IndieArk
Windows
《江华号》是一款国风水墨横版卷轴叙事游戏。1928年,武汉的大街小巷流传着一则“头七夜死者还魂”的诡异消息,引发各界关注。《楚城时报》新人记者虞慧龄奉命前去采访,却误打误撞,被种种谜团指引着登上了一艘名为“江华号”的豪华客轮。在那里,一段不为人知的隐秘往事渐渐浮出水面……
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Detective 16.2%, Mystery 13.7%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #15 Night Loops
87% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Female Protagonist 18%, Puzzle 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Adventure 10.4%
- #16 Paper Bride
86% matchVery Positive91% of 2,295 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Word Game 26.5%, Detective 24.5%, Mystery 22.7%, Puzzle 13.8%, 2D 4.7%
- #17 The Crimson Diamond
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 687 reviews2024
Dev: Julia Minamata
Windows · Mac
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Why similar: Mystery 26.7%, Text-Based 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Detective 10.3%
- #18 TEST TEST TEST
84% matchVery Positive92% of 1,015 reviews2024
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Puzzle 14.9%, Mystery 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #19 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
82% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Word Game 21.8%, Mystery 21.6%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #20 Future Proof
86% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Silhouette Valley Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Mystery 22.1%, Time Management 17.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 11.2%, Detective 10.6%
- #21 Rue Valley
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,147 reviews2025
Dev: Emotion Spark StudioPub: Owlcat Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Mystery 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #22 The Diary
82% matchMixed68% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: HuCang StudioPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present? With frequent plot twists, you never know which is the truth and which is the unexpected; in a dense fog, time buries the past, but the marks remain.
Why similar: Word Game 35%, Mystery 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Puzzle 10.5%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #23 Chinatown Detective Agency
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Mystery 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Adventure 7.9%
- #24 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
79% matchVery Positive97% of 574 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Mystery 31.3%, Detective 19.1%, Adventure 15.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #25 Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale
81% matchVery Positive87% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.1%, Adventure 25.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #26 Misty Judgment
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,519 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Word Game 30%, Detective 24.7%, Mystery 23.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Adventure 6.5%
- #27 Blood Lily Loop
80% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.2%, Mystery 20.7%, Multiple Endings 14%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Choices Matter 12%
- #28 Curse of Dragon Mountains: The Strix
84% matchMixed40% of 80 reviews2014
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You see it in your dreams, you feel it in your blood; the ancient evil awakening! Uncover the secrets of your family estate. Solve puzzles, explore fantasy lands & confront the evil spirit Strix in this fantasy puzzle adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Mystery 16.9%, Puzzle 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Adventure 9%
- #29 Orten Was The Case
78% matchVery Positive95% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: Woodhill Interactive
Windows · Mac
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Why similar: Mystery 22.9%, Detective 18.5%, Time Management 16.4%, Lore-Rich 13%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #30 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
77% matchPositive96% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 39.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Text-Based 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #31 The Day Before You Gone
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Aequalis Studio
Windows
An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!
Why similar: Adventure 26.6%, Female Protagonist 16%, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Stylized 10%
- #32 Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,084 reviews2026
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
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 25.8%, Mystery 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 10%, Puzzle 9%
- #33 Intruder In Antiquonia
77% matchVery Positive91% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Mystery 22.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Adventure 10.8%
- #34 A Perfect Day
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,828 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Time Management 26.1%, Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 11%
- #35 The Rule Of SHE
75% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Mystery 22.4%, Puzzle 14%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Adventure 11.5%
- #36 With My Past
73% matchVery Positive95% of 354 reviews2024
Dev: Imagine Wings StudioPub: Edigger
Windows
"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.7%, Female Protagonist 28.7%, Puzzle 27.4%, 2D 6.8%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #37 The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth
70% matchVery Positive91% of 3,009 reviews2026
Dev: 玛奇阿朵互娱科技Pub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Lore-Rich 23.5%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #38 Complex Loop
74% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.6%, Adventure 26.4%, Point & Click 11.6%, 2D 11.4%
- #39 Reviver
72% matchVery Positive92% of 242 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.8%, Puzzle 24.7%, Adventure 15.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #40 The End of the Sun
71% matchVery Positive97% of 312 reviews2025
Dev: The End of the Sun Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You are the Ashter – a Slavic fire mage and tracker of mythical beings. Following a legendary creature, you reach a village caught in a time rift. Embark on a magical investigation – travel through time, explore the ancient land, and bond with fire to shape villagers’ fate and uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Mystery 29%, Puzzle 14.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #41 Whispers of a Machine
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,011 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Mystery 15%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #42 Shui's Odyssey
71% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: Intentional StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
This is a puzzle game that combines text and images. Players use visual illusions to piece together fragments of memories from Alzheimer's patients, in order to reconstruct the truth of the story and witness the passage of time for three generations.
Why similar: Word Game 48.6%, Puzzle 19.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 6.4%, 2D 4.9%
- #43 Soul's Spectrum
72% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Thund GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants. Brain cracking puzzles await you while a dark story will slowly unfold in this supernatural place!
Why similar: Mystery 20.7%, Puzzle 19.5%, Adventure 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Female Protagonist 14.2%
- #44 Sword Daughter
75% matchMixed53% of 137 reviews2015
Dev: HanabiraPub: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Choose a path to adventure! Will you sneak into the dragon's lair, or challenge the beast openly? Will you fight for vengeance or for glory? Will you be tempted by elven romance? Will you be buried underground forever? Relive classic 1980s fantasy in this remastered gamebook.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Adventure 8.7%
- #45 The Tragedy at Deer Creek
68% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Sparrowland
Windows
A cinematic point-and-click adventure where you step into the shoes of photographer Charlotte Gray as she explores the abandoned camp of Deer Creek and uncovers the tragedy that befell the camp and its people.
Why similar: Mystery 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Adventure 11.9%
- #46 The Sundew
71% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2021
Dev: 2054
Windows · Linux
You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.
Why similar: Mystery 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 11.3%
- #47 Black Lily's Tale
69% matchVery Positive88% of 496 reviews2023
Dev: 1000-REKA
Windows
Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.
Why similar: Mystery 41%, Female Protagonist 25.5%, Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Detective 8.4%
- #48 The Demons Told Me to Make This Game
67% matchVery Positive98% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Haunted Dude
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 32.3%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #49 Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond
73% matchMixed63% of 577 reviews2014
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Discover your true identity and face a mysterious entity from another dimension!
Why similar: Mystery 27.6%, Adventure 24%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Puzzle 16.4%, Point & Click 5.2%
- #50 Coralina: a Memory Tale
68% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Mystery 22.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.1%
- #51 Three Minutes To Eight
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: Chaosmonger StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.
Why similar: Mystery 23.9%, Detective 17.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #52 Cursed Mansion
69% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Mystery 23%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 10%
- #53 Chronoquartz
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 518 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Mystery 29.7%, Puzzle 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.1%, Adventure 11.2%, 2D 7.6%
- #54 Jukai Maze
67% matchVery Positive88% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beneath the shadowed sea of trees below the volcanic mountain lies a mysterious facility probing the afterlife, as omens of the world’s end approach. A loved one missing, reality twisting, a volcano stirring below. Once more you enter the maze, seeking the exit hidden in spectral forest shadows.
Why similar: Word Game 39.8%, Adventure 17.7%, Mystery 14.8%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Text-Based 5.1%
- #55 Soulslayer~灭魂·误佳期~
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 731 reviews2017
Dev: 开水工作室Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
Why similar: Detective 54.9%, Adventure 24.8%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Indie 4.9%
- #56 FLAM EVAW
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,490 reviews2025
Dev: 北京万合瑞晟文化传媒有限公司
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In"FLAM EVAW ", you will continue to embody the community detective Maple Kurosawa, using your powerful detective and hacker skills to embark on a journey of investigation against the Rainbow Crime Organization with several female assistants of different styles.
Why similar: Detective 42.8%, Mystery 19.1%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 9.7%, Adventure 9.5%
- #57 The Rewinder 2
68% matchMixed64% of 429 reviews2025
Dev: MistyMountainStudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
The Rewinder 2 is an action adventure game inspired by eastern mythology. Explore cursed villages, dungeons. Unlock new skills and meet all sorts of ghosts and monsters.
Why similar: Mystery 31.8%, Adventure 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #58 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
67% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Mystery 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%