60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Story Rich, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel.
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Lily's Lil Video Shop!
The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!
Pineapple Legend
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!!!
The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!
Why similar: Detective 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Point & Click 8.5%
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 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Crime 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.2%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Crime 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Investigation 9.1%
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 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Crime 13.8%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%
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: Detective 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Crime 10.1%, Point & Click 9.7%
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 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Point & Click 9.6%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Point & Click 10.2%
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
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 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 13.6%, Detective 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%
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: Detective 15.5%, Crime 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Investigation 9.8%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Crime 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Detective 13.5%, Crime 11.3%, Point & Click 10.8%, Investigation 8.5%
You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems. Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Crime 13.5%, Point & Click 10.2%, Visual Novel 10%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Detective 11.5%, Crime 10.5%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Detective 12.1%, Point & Click 10.1%
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 20%, Point & Click 13%, Investigation 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
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: Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Point & Click 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Investigation 8.9%
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Crime 9.3%
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 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Investigation 9.7%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Point & Click 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Point & Click 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.5%
Holy Deadline is a surreal, story-rich visual novel where you play as a demigod lawyer. You have one week to investigate the divine divorce of Adam and Eve! Flirt, drink, raise your stats and make bold choices in minigames and Heaven's drama.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Point & Click 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
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 16.1%, Detective 13.4%, Point & Click 12.1%, Investigation 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
In the not-so-distant future, a robot witnesses a shocking event and stores the last image it sees in an encrypted memory bank. The player assigned to this robot must scroll through its memories to piece together a visual story and solve the mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Point & Click 15.4%, Detective 11.9%, Crime 11%
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Point & Click 13.9%, Detective 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%
Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Crime 10.8%, Point & Click 10.5%
An urban fantasy 2D point & click adventure set in Taipei, where the supernatural lurks beneath reality. You play as a paranormal investigator with abilities of her own. Unravel a brutal case of human sacrifice, piece together the clues, interview witnesses and try to keep your head—literally.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Point & Click 14.2%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
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 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Investigation 10.5%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Detective 16.2%, Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Funny 7.8%
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Horror 8.1%
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 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Point & Click 12.2%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 10.5%
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 15.6%, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Investigation 9.4%
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Crime 10.1%
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Point & Click 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Puzzle 8.5%
Sinisomnia is a psychological point-and-click horror game that traps you in a looping nightmare of uncertainty and dread. Scattered fragments, unsettling oddities, and the constant sense that something isn’t right await at every turn.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Point & Click 10.2%, Visual Novel 9%
Gardening and magic are meeting in Margaret’s Little Shop of Wonders. Play as Margaret, a young witch who just opened her own flower shop, and fulfill the peculiar requests of her strange customers!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Point & Click 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%
Join Lydia as she takes her fight to expose the corruption in Cypress Ridge to City Hall in the second part of the visual novel series What Lydia Knows.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Detective 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Lore-Rich 9.8%
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Point & Click 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Investigation 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%
"Old tradition VS Zombie = ???" The mismatched duo is tackling a bizarre case in the freezing midsummer of Shimofuri Village. A one-of-a-kind comedy-mystery adventure!
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Crime 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Point & Click 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%
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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Investigation 10.4%
You play as Olivia Sasaki, a new student who moved to Japan all the way from America. Meet new friends and search for lost things, you might just end up finding yourself along the way!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Point & Click 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Investigation 8.9%
Ghost Hunting Journal is an anime-style narrative adventure game. The duo partners of self-proclaimed "Spirit Agent" accept various supernatural commissions, use a full set of ghost-hunting techniques to tackle urban myths caused by lingering ghosts in the city of Riverrun.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Point & Click 10.4%
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Crime 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Point & Click 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Crime 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Investigation 8%
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 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Investigation 9.6%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Crime 14.6%, Point & Click 13.8%, Investigation 13%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Point & Click 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Lore-Rich 10.6%
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Crime 10.8%, Point & Click 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Detective 14.5%, Point & Click 13.8%, Crime 13.2%, Visual Novel 11%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Point & Click 13.3%, Crime 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Investigation 7.7%
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Crime 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Investigation 10.5%
A short visual novel set in Hong Kong where you play as Barbara, a newly minted barrister. This game is quite short, you can probably play through it in about two hours. Features two legal cases, fully voice acted and also has nice music.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Point & Click 16%, Detective 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Investigation 7%
Management and life-simulation Game with elaborate Relationships, where players manage their character’s actions and activities as they explore topics about self-discovery, parent-children relationships, friendships, and growing up as a College Student.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Investigation 9.7%, Puzzle 7.2%
