60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Mystery, Adventure.
Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game. Start as a cadet in Pinewood, patrol the town, question witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence, and rise through the department ranks.
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You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Clue: Murder By Death
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Crime 15.6%, Simulation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Crime 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Detective 12.4%, Investigation 9.6%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Simulation 11.7%, Investigation 10.5%
A narrative social simulator set in a high school. Study, make friends, and live unforgettable moments where every decision matters.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Detective 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Exploration 8.9%, Simulation 6.1%
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Crime 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Detective 17.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Investigation 10.6%
Desktop mystery: you're journalist Max Drascher, reopening Jory Michener's 2016 disappearance for a GlimmerTV documentary. Email, web searches, social feeds, phone calls. Every clue lives on your machine. Evansburg would rather you let it rest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Crime 15.1%, Detective 12.7%, Investigation 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
A narrative noir thriller set in Kyoto. Detective Thomas Bennett investigates the disappearance of a British agent, only to collide with the Yakuza, a shadowy conspiracy, and a truth that should never surface.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Simulation 22.4%, Crime 12.5%, Detective 11.1%, Exploration 8.8%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Crime 15.4%, Detective 15%, Investigation 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
a weird console message appears on your screen should you check it out or shut down the pc the choices are yours but be careful your choices will shift everything
Why similar: Simulation 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Detective 10.5%, Investigation 8.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Crime 14.5%, Detective 12.7%, Investigation 9.2%
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 19%, Crime 15.7%, Detective 11.9%, Investigation 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Crime 17.6%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
ATMOSPHERIC UNDERGROUND ADVENTURE. You seek revenge against the oligarch who destroyed your family. Is killing ever justified?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Crime 24.9%, Adventure 7.3%, Story Rich 4.8%
Clara is doing everything she can to stay emotionally stable. But something is hunting her, and every place seems to know what she still refuses to understand. Explore places filled with whispers, gather the fragments and roll your d20s to help Clara find a way out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Third Person 11.2%, Stylized 7.7%, Adventure 7%
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Detective 16.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Investigation 7.3%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Crime 14.7%, Detective 10.1%, Investigation 8%
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Crime 18.1%, Detective 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Investigation 9%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Crime 16.2%, Detective 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Third Person 8.7%
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Exploration 11%, Stylized 5.2%
Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Crime 13.7%, Investigation 11%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Detective 11.5%, Stylized 10.2%, Investigation 9.4%
Black File is a story-driven detective simulator set in Istanbul. Investigate crime scenes, inspect evidence, connect clues, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth behind a file that should have stayed closed.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Crime 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
DARK CITY TROUBLE NIGHTS es un videojuego de ROL narrativo con toma de decisiones. Toma el papel de Chad Simons, detective privado. Tu comportamiento decidirá el final de tu historia en Dark City, ¿podrás resolver el caso, y salir con vida?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Crime 20.8%, Detective 12.9%, Investigation 10.3%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Simulation 14.5%, Detective 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Unravel the secrets of the Bariton mansion! Take on the mantle of detective in the role of Lucas Usher, and solve the riddles plaguing the ghosts of those left behind! Uncover their secrets and help them find salvation … or damnation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Detective 15.8%, Third Person 10.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Crime 14.8%, Detective 14.6%, Investigation 9%
You wake up as Bon, the dorm’s beloved cat — memories gone, paws in place. Roam a century-old student dorm, chat with residents, nap under the kotatsu, enjoy a cat life while uncovering lost secrets and your past. ※This game is distributed with permission from the Yoshida Dormitory Student Council.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Detective 12.3%, Investigation 9.9%, Exploration 9.3%
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: Crime 20.1%, Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Investigation 13.2%, Simulation 11%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Crime 22.8%, Detective 18.4%, Investigation 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Mystery 10.6%
The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag is the first part of an episodic adventure game which combines gripping crime story with classic courtroom drama. Immerse yourself into a world set in early 90’s in which you gather (or fabricate!) evidence, deduct and run fierce courtroom battles.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Crime 16.2%, Detective 12.9%, Investigation 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 15.6%, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 9.1%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Crime 15.3%, Detective 14.4%, Investigation 9.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%
Help solve a crime.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Crime 20.2%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 11%, Exploration 9.6%
Build your audience as a content creator in this streaming simulator roleplaying game. Riskier moves bring more viewers to your channel but raise notoriety. Push the edgy content too much and you’ll be banned. Balance hype and caution to stay live, gain viewers, and become the Content King!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Simulation 18.3%, Third Person 9%, Exploration 8.7%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Detective 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 8.8%
In this stop-motion inspired adventure, play as detective Ambroise Niflette in the thrilling investigation of the search for the stolen bell in a mysterious village.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Crime 11%
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 13.3%, Crime 11.2%
The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: Crime 21.2%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Simulation 12.1%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Crime 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Detective 15%, Simulation 11.6%, Investigation 10.7%
Discovery Yard Investigation is an investigation game. You will be a detective and will have to solve the mysteries, puzzles and explore the scenarios to try to find the clues and solve the cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Crime 16.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Exploration 11%
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 8.8%
Just a Memory is a story based choice and consequence game featuring Aaron Page, a 19 year-old college student investigating the murder of his best friend while confronting his demons.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Crime 17.1%, Detective 11.8%, Third Person 8.3%
Dive into the world of divination with the Cartomancy Anthology, a collection of introspective and compact digital experiences presented together in a virtual tarot deck.
Why similar: Simulation 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Exploration 8.3%, 3D 4.4%
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: Crime 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 14.3%
A first person horror game that knows when your eyes are open. Closing your eyes provides safety from the terror, but also leaves you vulnerable to the unknown. Haunted by a clown doll, you can either hide, or open your eyes to the horrors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Simulation 29.6%, Investigation 11.3%, Exploration 11%, Stylized 9.5%
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Crime 16.5%, Investigation 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Crime 16%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 9.2%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Detective 14.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
A 20 minute story about a mysterious ghost and an even more mysterious journalist.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 9.2%, Third Person 9%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Exploration 8.5%
Horny Spy: Secret Mission is an adult visual novel with a spicy plot. A dangerous adventure, undercover missions and passionate romantic dates are waiting for you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Crime 17.6%, Simulation 14.8%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 9.7%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Detective 14%, Exploration 11.3%, Stylized 7.8%
Investigate a little girl's disappearance at a rundown trailer park. Play as Detective Partridge and cross examine three suspects to find the truth with fully freeform interrogation. Type anything and ask anything you want.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Crime 15.7%, Investigation 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
Explore non-linear paths and evade lurking monsters as you uncover the mysteries of this eerie maze. Beware of the sinister entities that inhabit the shadows, ready to drag you deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Simulation 19.2%, Exploration 9.5%, 3D 5.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Crime 18%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 13.3%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Detective 10.8%
