- #1 Nine in Flight
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shook Loose
Windows
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Point & Click 11.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Logic 8.8%
- #2 Ezrebeth
96% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 13.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #3 The Guilty Hearts
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Singlecore Games
Windows
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 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Point & Click 11.6%, Logic 6.4%
- #4 Puzzle Spy International
95% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Travel-Friendly Cake
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle rules, decode cryptograms and decipher clues as you solve wordplay & logic puzzles across the globe!
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Conversation 10.5%, Logic 10.4%
- #5 Rainy Butcher
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: Genunie Studio
Windows
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 17.3%, Detective 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Mystery 9.2%
- #6 The Beresford family
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Mystery 14.3%, Detective 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #7 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
93% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Sungazer Software LLC
Windows
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 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Point & Click 15.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Logic 8.1%
- #8 Trials of Innocence
92% matchVery Positive92% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 15%, Point & Click 10.3%, Mystery 9.8%, Logic 8%
- #9 青鳥樂園 Blue Bird Land EP.2 下篇
91% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Dark Light Studio
Windows
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%, Point & Click 16%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Investigation 11.4%
- #10 True Game
91% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows · Mac
"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 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Logic 15.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #11 迷渡桥
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《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 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 12.9%, Logic 10.2%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #12 Elegant Sleuth:Mystic Family
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
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%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 18.4%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 7.3%
- #13 Linework
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overlyunderqualified
Windows
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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 13.5%, Logic 13.4%, Investigation 12.1%
- #14 The Detective's Apprentice
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
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 cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Point & Click 15.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Investigation 14.5%, Logic 10.2%
- #15 我的一个多重人格朋友
87% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
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 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 12.2%, Logic 8.7%
- #16 Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 19.8%, Point & Click 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 10.7%
- #17 The Roottrees are Dead
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 29.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Point & Click 15.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Logic 9.2%
- #18 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
86% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
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 19.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Logic 9.4%
- #19 Another Day of My Life
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Foxy KK & Squeaky ZZ
Windows · Mac
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 19%, Point & Click 17.6%, Detective 16.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.1%
- #20 Reflection Link
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
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 16.5%, Point & Click 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #21 Major's Heart
82% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
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 23.6%, Point & Click 20.3%, Detective 20%, Investigation 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%
- #22 City Legends: The Curse of the Crimson Shadow Collector's Edition
83% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
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 16.6%, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Mystery 10.4%
- #23 Rumor Reporter
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greyhaven Craft
Windows
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 24.4%, Mystery 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #24 WHODUNNIT
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Don Attico
Windows
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%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Point & Click 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #25 Morningtide Motel
81% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Slandercast Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 15.8%, Point & Click 14.2%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 11.7%
- #26 Mystery Island:Enigmatic Painting
79% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
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 23.1%, Point & Click 22.3%, Detective 20.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Visual Novel 6.7%
- #27 青鳥樂園 Blue Bird Land EP.1 上篇
80% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Dark Light Studio
Windows
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 16.9%, Point & Click 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Investigation 11.6%
- #28 Guilt Trip
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
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 26.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Hand-drawn 10.8%
- #29 No Recollection
78% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #30 春泥 Soil of Rebirth
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 282 reviews2026
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《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 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #31 Reports from Vera Cruz
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Monkey Suits
Windows
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%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Point & Click 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Investigation 11.3%
- #32 In Memoriam
77% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: MoCaps
Windows · Linux
Step into a gripping medieval political thriller where intrigue, betrayal, and power struggles shape your fate. As a ghostly detective, you’ll uncover conspiracies, navigate a web of deception and unravel a larger mystery tied to your own demise
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Point & Click 16.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Investigation 10.4%
- #33 Murder Mystery Mayhem AI
77% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: AI Media Design
Windows
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 15.3%, Point & Click 13.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Investigation 10.5%
- #34 False Testimony
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bizi Games
Windows
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Detective 18%, RPG 12.3%, Logic 10.4%
- #35 Death Trick: Double Blind
75% matchVery Positive88% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Misty Mountain StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 15.3%, Point & Click 13.8%, Conversation 9.9%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #36 Artificial: Proxy Bar
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HinaGames
Windows
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 23.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Investigation 11.3%, Conversation 10.4%
- #37 Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows
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 16.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Conversation 10.6%, Mystery 10.1%
- #38 Shanwen
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FirstMove Studio
Windows
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 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #39 TOUQI
71% matchVery Positive92% of 406 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Detective 15%, Point & Click 12.1%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #40 Feast Manor
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: CupCupMug
Windows · Mac
After being cursed to never leave, Ember must eat all of the food she can in order to find the one that will break the curse!
Why similar: Point & Click 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Detective 12.6%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Conversation 10.3%
- #41 Night Errand
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lost Lantern Studio
Windows · Mac
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 22.6%, Point & Click 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 9.2%
- #42 Mysterious Mystery, EP 1: The Duo Dilemma
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Walker SheetsPub: GIGATANK 3000
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Investigation 11.1%, Mystery 11%
- #43 A Winter Haunting
72% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: ABPub: Eccentric Stylist
Windows · Mac
Everlyn Sterling, a young woman tasked by her grandmother to take care of a historic mansion, finds herself entangled in a mystery involving supernatural forces. Join her in this point-and-click style game to uncover the secrets behind this landmark!
Why similar: Detective 20%, Point & Click 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Logic 9.1%, Mystery 7.9%
- #44 Paper Perjury
72% matchVery Positive88% of 190 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Cat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 27.4%, Point & Click 16.2%, Mystery 14.4%, Logic 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #45 The False Culprit
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HwachaPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
1년 전, 여중생 한 명이 흔적도 없이 사라진다. 그녀의 흔적을 찾기 위해 사건의 담당 형사는 여중생의 동급생이었던 6명의 학생을 심문하게 되는데...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Detective 19%, Point & Click 17.4%, Conversation 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #46 The Last Reunion
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 제이게임즈
Windows
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 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Point & Click 12.2%, Conversation 11.9%
- #47 52Hertz
68% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Logic 13%, Mystery 12.3%, Investigation 8.3%
- #48 鬼轉身
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Mystery 14.4%, Point & Click 11.1%
- #49 Discarded Memories: A Red Iron Story
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toby Davis
Windows · Linux
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Detective 24.3%, Point & Click 21.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%, Investigation 5.6%
- #50 Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Because Because Games
Windows
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 15.5%, Conversation 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #51 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
70% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Detective 23.1%, Mystery 14.6%, RPG 10.4%, Visual Novel 10%
- #52 Twin Mind: Ghost Hunter Collector's Edition
70% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Can the twin detectives solve a new case? You are the only one who can help them catch the killer. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Point & Click 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Logic 11%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #53 Cannibal Court
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Detective 19.2%, Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #54 Murder at the Cat Show
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AppleHead Games
Windows · Mac
After a cat show competition, three contestants, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, Claudette's body is found floating in the hotel's pool. Did Claudette take her own life, or was she murdered by cutthroat competition?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 17.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #55 Stories Adrift: Wake - Prologue
67% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: HIATUS ProductionsPub: Jamk Games
Windows
As the new owner of a book boat, you are entrusted with returning a single page of a book and embarks on a journey through a world both mysterious and familiar. By solving intricate puzzles and piecing together scattered clues, you uncover the truth of the world - and of yourself.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Point & Click 19.6%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Logic 9.2%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #56 BEAST CRIMES
69% matchMixed63% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: LINK
Windows
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Point & Click 15.7%, Logic 10.1%, Mystery 8.9%
- #57 The Big Hollow: 1982
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Krams DesignPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
The Big Hollow: 1982 is a tightly focused 2D animated murder mystery. A serial killer’s dumping ground is exposed in a small truck stop town. Find details in the evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI’s new Behavioral Science Unit as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Point & Click 18.3%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 8.1%
- #58 Intruder In Antiquonia
67% matchVery Positive90% of 112 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 20.1%, Point & Click 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #59 Fayburrow
66% matchVery Positive82% of 473 reviews2022
Dev: The Fayburrow TroupePub: The Animation Workshop VIA
Windows
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Mystery 15.9%, Investigation 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Conversation 9.7%
- #60 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
67% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Detective 19.3%, Mystery 13.5%, RPG 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%