60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich.
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Ezrebeth
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.
Nine in Flight
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
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 19.6%, Point & Click 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 11.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Logic 8.8%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Point & Click 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 10%, Investigation 9.4%
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Point & Click 15.8%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Logic 8.1%
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Logic 12.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Investigation 11.3%
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Detective 13.7%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 9.1%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Mystery 12%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
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 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Mystery 10.7%
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 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 10.3%, Mystery 9.7%, Logic 8%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Logic 10.1%, Visual Novel 7.4%
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 12.1%, Logic 8.7%
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: Detective 19.1%, Point & Click 18.8%, Mystery 13.9%, Investigation 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕，刑警程佑接到报案，动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入，案件的疑点层层浮现，将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动，深埋的真相即将揭开......
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Point & Click 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Investigation 4.8%
A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Point & Click 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
Blue Bird Land is an AVG with horror and puzzle elements. There are 2 episodes, including 6 endings and four chapters. In each chapter, the form of the game is unique and different from others. Let’s follow the alluring characters, addicted to the dangerous amusement park!
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Point & Click 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Investigation 11.3%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Point & Click 15.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Logic 10.2%
Seoyeon Yu, a former police officer, works as a private investigator for a rich family. However, during her investigation, she discovers evidence linking them to her husband's death. Using her ability to see people's guilt, she begins an investigation to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Mystery 13.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Logic 6.8%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Mystery 16.5%, Investigation 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Point & Click 10.4%
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Logic 15.2%, Mystery 12.5%, Visual Novel 9%
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 27.3%, Mystery 13.4%, Investigation 11.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Point & Click 7.6%
You’ve come to visit a friend you haven’t seen in years. 305 is unlocked, but no one is home. When you try to leave, the apartment building changes. Find a way out.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Investigation 9.3%
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 30.7%, Mystery 16.4%, Point & Click 15.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Logic 9.2%
As a weird 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 19.9%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 10.7%
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Point & Click 14.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Logic 12.5%, Investigation 11.4%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Point & Click 19.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Logic 9.4%
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 20.1%, Point & Click 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Visual Novel 7.4%
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 23.3%, Point & Click 20.2%, Detective 19.9%, Investigation 9.9%, Mystery 9.6%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Point & Click 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Mystery 13.6%, Investigation 11.9%, Point & Click 11.2%
You are not afraid of ghost stories, so your pursuit of inspiration leads you to the strangest of places. But this time something truly sinister is in the air. Can you survive the encounter with a real spirit?
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Point & Click 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Logic 10.3%
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Mystery 17.1%, Investigation 14.8%, Detective 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
The mask of a legendary thief has been stolen. Follow Detective Time in a point-and-click investigation using her watch to witness key moments and uncover who is behind this new wave of robberies. Observe the past. Investigate the present. Uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Point & Click 21.6%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Logic 10.6%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Investigation 12.8%, Point & Click 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Point & Click 14.2%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%
In the game, the little girl has the strangest day of her life. It starts in a quite peaceful morning and ends up in a really weird night. Her mom is missing, and her dad is acting crazy... What happens this day seems all mixed up and strange, but it's actually meant to be.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Point & Click 17.7%, Detective 16.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.1%
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 24.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Investigation 11.9%, Point & Click 10.5%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Detective 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱，而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧，去和推理协会一同调查、思考，最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 11.8%, Mystery 9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
An old case, a truth that can't be focused on. You are a police officer, and you need to work with your colleagues to uncover the story behind this seemingly ordinary murder case. This is a whodunit setup. Everything is based on real-world logic. What you have to solve is more than just this case.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Mystery 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, 2D Platformer 10.1%
Investigate a murder at Grimwick’s harvest festival in this hand-drawn point-and-click mystery. Question suspicious locals, collect clues, use items, and uncover the truth behind a town that insists there was no murder.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Point & Click 14.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Investigation 11%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
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 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 15.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Investigation 12.8%
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 19.4%, Point & Click 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Investigation 10.6%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Point & Click 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Investigation 11.1%
Night Errand is a 2D detective adventure where you play as Sage & Nur, an unlikely detective duo solving murder and mixing coffee in the quiet town Morrowpines. Collect clues, piece together contrasting perspectives, uncover the truth — and don't forget to mix a cup of coffee while you're at it.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Point & Click 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Investigation 9.9%, Mystery 9.2%
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 22.9%, Point & Click 22.3%, Detective 20.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Visual Novel 6.8%
Within a universe dominated by Artificial Intelligences, you step into the shoes of an AI detective to solve the mystery hidden within the Proxy Bar, a jazz club. You can ask the suspects ANYTHING, but will you ask the right questions?
Why similar: Detective 26%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Mystery 14%, Investigation 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
Blue Bird Land is an AVG with horror and puzzle elements. There are 2 episodes, including 6 endings and four chapters. In each chapter, the form of the game is unique and different from others. Let’s follow the alluring characters, addicted to the dangerous amusement park!
Why similar: Detective 17%, Point & Click 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Investigation 11.5%
Among the 18 people who have a heart of justice, there is an evil that seeks murder. It is a mysterious and malicious death game of justice ADV. This is a free game made by an individual. Please note that this is an unfinished work.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%
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 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Point & Click 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 14.3%, Point & Click 12.9%, Investigation 12.1%
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: Detective 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Point & Click 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Mystery 10%
What's hidden in an ordinary toy? Is it possible to bring the dead back to life? Find answers to these questions using your wits, knowledge of the paranormal phenomena, and your special equipment – a magic camera! Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Point & Click 14%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
《頭七》（头七怪谈）是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员，你需要根据主编的要求，整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联，并在必要时与同伴实地探索，以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Detective 15%, Point & Click 12.2%, Visual Novel 8.2%
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
Abyss Archives is a detective mystery game with elements of horror. You play as an investigator sent to a construction site shut down after a supernatural incident. Using old photographs, you trace the memories of the dead and piece together the truth hidden beneath the abyss.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Investigation 11.1%, Point & Click 10.3%
From a single bone to a name — and the truth. A mystery adventure set in a forensic anthropology lab. Read the bones, search the scenes with your colleagues, run the experiments, and close in on the killer. Seven names waiting, 14 forensic tasks turned into play, and one very good dog.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Point & Click 12%, Investigation 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Point & Click 12.1%
