60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Mystery, Retro, Horror.
You are Mike Goodman, joining a mission to investigate mysterious activity at an arctic base. Text-parser mystery adventure game inspired by classics of the genre, using pixel art in 3D.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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A horror game about taking care of cute and murderous retro virtual pets!
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Text-Based 16.9%, Dark Humor 14%, Mystery 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
A horror game about taking care of cute and murderous retro virtual pets!
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.1%, Thriller 23.3%, Horror 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Retro 11.6%
An indie horror game with a comedic twist about a girl with asthma, imaginary cartoons, and a voice in her head. She ends up in a strange yard and tries to escape. The antagonist? A clown. Scary? At times. Funny? A little.
Why similar: Parody 20% ★, Detective 15.2%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Retro 9.3%
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Dark Humor 19.4%, Old School 15.6%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 7.3%
The end of the world is near! After a mysterious package unleashes paranormal events in Triton Town, experience a chapter-based narrative through the eyes of multiple protagonists. Solve puzzles, explore detailed environments, and interview witnesses to uncover the truth before time runs out!
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Dark Humor 16.3%, Mystery 14.7%, Retro 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
Escape the snowy nightmare or be trapped forever — your call.
Why similar: Thriller 20.9%, Snow 19.7% ★, Horror 13.9%, Retro 13%, Mystery 12.6%
The main character is the usual average schoolboy, who can be found on the street after the 7th lesson. But it's not so simple, because he has a dream inside of his head, a dream that you have to implement!
Why similar: Text-Based 24.4%, Horror 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Dark Humor 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
After a long time in isolation, something appears inside your fridge. Satisfy the meat, or resist it.
Why similar: Dark Humor 23.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Thriller 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Retro 9.2%
舞台は東京から伊勢志摩へ…… ファミコン風アドベンチャーゲームの完全新作！
Why similar: Old School 18.1%, Text-Based 18.1%, Mystery 15.6%, Detective 13.7%, Retro 13.6%
The Phantom Fellows is about two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, since one of them is already dead.
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Old School 10.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
A short classic point-and-click adventure with a verb-based interface and dialogue choices, where you explore a strange building, meet unsettling characters, and slowly uncover a dark, ancient secret.
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.1%, Thriller 17.1%, Retro 10.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Horror 10.6%
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.3%, Detective 18%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Horror 10.5%
上个年代的偏远小城，看电影的时候收到一个“意外”的快递，诡异随着而来……随着故事揭开，发现自己似乎忘了家人往事，自己的命是借来的？
Why similar: Thriller 30.8%, Detective 23.6%, Mystery 17.2%, Horror 17%, Adventure 8.6%
The FPS Adventure where you're challenged to explore God Damn's World, and ultimately become the successor of Badass Heaven.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.2%, Old School 16%, Retro 12.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 12.6%
This game serves as a prequel chapter for the upcoming game 'Lake Haven'. Detective Zeke Reynold is called to investigate what he assumes will be another case he'll quickly forget, but what he finds will be sewn into the fabric of his existence forever.
Why similar: Old School 22.3%, Horror 15.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Thriller 10.7%, Retro 7.8%
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
Why similar: Dark Humor 17.3%, Detective 16.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Parody 12.7% ★, Retro 11.7%
Unravel the mystery of this top-down paranormal investigation story, what is going on and why? Solve puzzles and figure out clues while something in the darkness creeps and sneaks... Will you solve the mystery or be the victim, which end will you find ???
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Old School 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Horror 11.2%
Get ready to experience the most unsettling Christmas Eve of your life in Naughty a puzzle horror game that mixes holiday cheer with spine-chilling terror.
Why similar: Thriller 24.8%, Snow 23.5% ★, Detective 16.3%, Horror 15.8%, Mystery 12.7%
Solve a murder mystery set in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in this stand-alone detective game. Can you find Lord Russell Gallant’s treasure before it’s too late? The 6th game in the Murder Is Game Over franchise, Murder Is Game Over games can be played in any order.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Mystery 20.6%, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 9.8%, Old School 6.9%
A dialogue focused comedy point and click adventure game
Why similar: Parody 27.7% ★, Detective 21.8%, Old School 12.1%, Retro 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
Can you solve the evil mystery of this town and face the freaky clown and his horrors alone? Take on this horror adventure and play and discover the evil plans of the clown.
Why similar: Mystery 26.6%, Thriller 24.1%, Horror 20.2%, Adventure 14.9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
An Eye for Optical Theory 1666 is a short point & click horror adventure game with a focus on atmosphere and narrative. It is the plague year of 1666 and Isaac Newton, in lockdown at his home, has been thinking on the topic of Optics, and planning a series of experiments. Will you help him?
Why similar: Dark Humor 23.2%, Retro 14.4%, Horror 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Mystery 8.7%
Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?
Why similar: Thriller 21.9%, Horror 16.7%, Retro 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Mystery 7.4%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Mystery 20.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Thriller 15.1%, Investigation 8.1%
The game is a 3D first-person horror game and features Korean and Japanese soldiers and is played in a place called Yeongyeong, the palace of the Goryeo Dynasty. (Please understand that the game size is high for quality reasons.)
Why similar: Thriller 17.6%, Mystery 16%, Text-Based 15.8%, Horror 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.1%
Travel back to the 90s in this campy point-and-click horror adventure inspired by classic YA horror books like Fear Street and Point Horror.
Why similar: Old School 17.1%, Dark Humor 16.7%, Thriller 13.8%, Detective 13.7%, Retro 11.6%
8 test subjects are trapped in a sealed building, controlled by a mysterious system. Each has a hidden codename that determines both their win condition and threat level. Complete tasks to gain clues and eliminate others by deducing their codename. Uncover your own, or survive to the end to escape.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Thriller 18%, Mystery 14.1%, Old School 13.1%, Horror 10.6%
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is a 3D horror adventure game, with the direction and the original script by Ruggero Deodato. Take control of different characters in a desperate expedition to the virgin jungles of Borneo.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Thriller 18.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Horror 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
In times of peace, a lone wanderer decides to camp for the night. He faces an unexpected attack from an orc. Trying to find out why he has been kidnapped, then learns the dark history of an outcast orc tribe. You must escape before the Crimson Rite.
Why similar: Thriller 21.6%, Horror 17%, Mystery 14%, Old School 11.8%, 3D 8.9%
This classic-style mystery adventure game, inspired by the Famicom Detective Club series and illustrated by Famitsu's legend Kiyokazu Arai, will take you on a suspenseful journey through the beautiful landscapes of Ise-Shima.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Mystery 17.1%, Old School 14.6%, Retro 12.8%, Thriller 11%
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Thriller 19.6%, Horror 17%, Old School 15.9%, Retro 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
Vanilla, Blake Blossom, Jewel De'Nyle, Kiki D'Aire, and Nickey Huntsman take on a sexy and hilarious story in this "throwback" comedy-horror adventure game spanning across several iconic horror parody levels including Camp Crystal Fake! Can you solve the mystery of the Legendary Phallus Stones?
Why similar: Parody 25.5% ★, Dark Humor 23.8%, Mystery 17%, Horror 12%, Funny 6.2%
"No men in this house" is a visual novel set in Thailand. This edge-of-your-seat detective story about mysterious deaths on a touristy island will make you suspect everyone, including yourself!
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.3%, Detective 20.9%, Mystery 19.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Funny 5.7%
Dive into Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate, where your stream turns into a wild, eerie adventure. Uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and expect the unexpected in a haunted asylum where nothing is as it seems. Will you brave the madness and reveal the truth?
Why similar: Thriller 21.3%, Mystery 18.5%, Horror 15.2%, Detective 15.1%, Funny 8.4%
Do you believe in ghosts? As a skeptical video blogger, you will travel to France to one of the most cursed places - the abandoned Lagarde psychiatric hospital. Will you be able to capture something. or someone.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Thriller 19.5%, Mystery 16%, Horror 12.3%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
Henny has been worn to the bone by a soul-sucking corporate career that has gifted her with heart problems. After she rage quits and starts pet sitting, she discovers her new gig will be just as horrifying as her last.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Thriller 13.5%, Detective 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Snow 24.7% ★, Thriller 22.9%, Horror 17.8%, Retro 14.7%, Adventure 5.8%
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
Why similar: Snow 23.1% ★, Detective 17.6%, Mystery 16%, Horror 9.6%, Investigation 7.6%
The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.8%, Detective 22.5%, Mystery 19.8%, Retro 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%
You can't sleep, cause of strange noise from somewhere above. Go check it out.
Why similar: Thriller 19.6%, Old School 16.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Horror 13.5%, Retro 12.6%
A 2002 China rural primary school-set horror puzzle game: The protagonist’s younger brother vanishes mysteriously after school. Searching the school, they face eerie supernatural events, solve mechanical puzzles to deduce the truth, and reflect on left-behind children and school violence.
Why similar: Thriller 23.8%, Horror 18.4%, Detective 17.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Retro 8.3%
Become a mailman in a snowy town and deliver the thoughts of its inhabitants in this 3D adventure. Without a map, figure out where to deliver your letters, explore, and drop them in the mailboxes of the right buildings.
Why similar: Snow 34.1% ★, Text-Based 27.8%, Mystery 11.3%, 3D 8.2%, Adventure 6.4%
You wake up in a silent underground facility with one simple instruction: REMEMBER THE BUTTON. Weird dreams and changing surroundings haunt this place. Explore, observe, and unveil the mystery that envelopes this place in this Retro Psychological Horror Game.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Old School 13.6%, Retro 13.6%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 12.4%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, Detective 25.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Horror 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
There's a serial killer stalking your video store, and you just got called into work on your day off! Stock shelves, deal with customers and RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
Why similar: Thriller 18.2%, Old School 15.6%, Retro 15.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 14.7%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.3%, Horror 18.8%, Thriller 17.7%, Retro 11.5%, Adventure 7.6%
Confined under house arrest, Cody Harper begins observing his neighbors out of boredom. But what starts as an innocent pastime soon descends into a real nightmare. A true crime horror inspired by the case of a notorious serial killer.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Thriller 22.2%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 6.4%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Detective 19.3%, Mystery 16%, Thriller 15.9%, Horror 10.5%
Helios Hotel: The Night Shift is a story-driven choose-your-own-adventure style horror game inspired by paranormal and slasher films.
Why similar: Thriller 38.8%, Horror 28.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 8%
MaLaTang is a horror cooking game. In the late night cafeteria, players have to cook delicious food for customers in a cozy late night snack shop. Little do you know, the local urban legends have become your nightmare...
Why similar: Thriller 27.4%, Retro 21.3%, Mystery 19.4%, Horror 18%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
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: Text-Based 21.4%, Old School 18.7%, Mystery 18.5%, Retro 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Thriller 22%, Mystery 18.4%, Retro 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Horror 9.4%
The director's body was found in the office. It looks like a suicide but the detective has a different opinion.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.6%, Detective 20.6%, Thriller 15.2%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 7.9%
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 25.1%, Mystery 17.9%, Old School 14.3%, Retro 11.1%, Investigation 9.3%
The Mournmore Killings a story-driven, deduction based mystery game where you step into the shoes of a detective trying to solve the enigmatic riddles left behind by a serial killer.
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Mystery 22.6%, Retro 11.4%, Text-Based 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
Infiltrate a locked house as Daniel to secure a deadly virus. In this first-person stealth horror, you have no weapons, your only hope is to hide, solve environmental puzzles, and find keys to reach the basement lab before you are caught. Can you survive the tension?
Why similar: Thriller 35.2%, Horror 24.8%, Mystery 16.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 5.6%
You'll witness unprecedentedly chilling events as you try to uncover the dark secrets lurking within a cursed mansion alongside Alexia. This village has never returned any of its visitors. Will you be able to escape the clutches of this cursed village?
Why similar: Thriller 24.8%, Detective 21.3%, Horror 15.7%, Mystery 12.5%, 3D 5.9%
Immerse yourself in the mystical atmosphere of Slavic folklore and post-Soviet aesthetics. Escape the system, seek the truth among half-forgotten myths and urban legends. In this madness, every clue is part of someone else’s game, and your past is the greatest mystery.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Dark Humor 20.9%, Text-Based 17.4%, Thriller 13.9%, Mystery 7.1%
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. Survive within surreal mazes in this retro first-person horror, where only by reassembling your soul can you escape.
Why similar: Mystery 19.3%, Horror 17.6%, Old School 17.1%, Retro 12.9%, Action-Adventure 11.1%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Thriller 22.8%, Mystery 18.5%, Detective 16.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Horror 11.2%
