- #1 Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
97% matchVery Positive95% of 6,719 reviews2024
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Why similar: Detective 66.4%, Casual 9.5%, Funny 8.3%, Indie 7.3%, Puzzle 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Like Fingered, this features a humorous and quirky take on detective work where you gather clues to solve silly crimes.
- #2 Scrutinized
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,392 reviews2020
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.
Why similar: Detective 87.5%, Indie 9.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game taps into the surveillance and paranoid crime-solving themes found in Fingered's hyperrealistic police sim premise.
- #3 The Darkside Detective
96% matchVery Positive94% of 5,262 reviews2017
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Why similar: Detective 59.7%, Funny 14.1%, Puzzle 8.4%, Indie 7.7%, Casual 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly lighthearted, comedic approach to investigation and puzzle-solving with a distinct 2D aesthetic.
- #4 Puzzle Agent
95% matchVery Positive89% of 2,844 reviews2010
Dev: Telltale
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Detective 63.3%, Puzzle 16.3%, Casual 11.6%, Funny 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: It pairs a surreal, darkly funny mystery with quirky visual designs and eccentric witness testimonies.
- #5 Tangle Tower
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,826 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 65.8%, Funny 12.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Indie 5.8%, 2D 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical detective game that leans heavily into quirky character personalities and clever deduction puzzles.
- #6 Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 2: A Bleaker Predicklement
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 227 reviews2017
Dev: RumpusPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A Bleaker Predicklement is a hilarious AND mysterious point and click adventure game. Explore smoggy alleys, meet suspicious characters and help Bertram as he finds himself framed for a murdering he did not commit!
Why similar: Detective 47.5%, Indie 17.9%, Casual 16.6%, Funny 15%, 2D 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click adventure shares a deliciously dark British sense of humor and bizarre crime-solving premise.
- #7 Interrogation: You will be deceived
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 383 reviews2019
Dev: Critique GamingPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?
Why similar: Detective 80%, Funny 12.2%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses intensely on the high-stakes psychology of interrogation and extracting confessions from suspects.
- #8 Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator
92% matchVery Positive91% of 3,758 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A Hilarious Insult-‘em up in which players must verbally take-out their friends and family in different game modes. Assemble witty insults using different word strings, and employ combos, criticals, continuations and more to battle your opponents both offline and online across multiple devices.
Why similar: Funny 49.6%, Indie 34.6%, Casual 6.9%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same absurd, laugh-out-loud comedy and weird interactive dialogue elements present in Fingered.
- #9 Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,257 reviews2022
Dev: DirectDoggo
Windows
If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.
Why similar: Indie 40.6%, Casual 34.8%, Funny 22.2%, 2D 1.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same raw, low-fi aesthetic and delightfully unhinged comedic writing style.
- #10 Crime O'Clock
91% matchMixed69% of 520 reviews2023
Dev: Bad SeedPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Why similar: Detective 57.4%, Funny 15.2%, Puzzle 12.3%, Casual 8.8%, 2D 4%
Why You'll Like It: An investigation game that plays with observation and temporal anomalies in a visually dense environment.
- #11 Beat Cop
90% matchVery Positive82% of 6,207 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel CrowPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.
Why similar: Detective 62.6%, Indie 30.6%, 2D 3.8%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled pixel art police sim that infuses gritty detective work with dark humor and cynical storytelling.
- #12 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
89% matchVery Positive94% of 12,785 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Funny 56.8%, Indie 22.3%, 2D 13.7%, Singleplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic simulation game that revolves around watching strangers and judging their bizarre behaviors.
- #13 Papers, Please
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,633 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Indie 54%, Puzzle 22.3%, Casual 10.5%, Singleplayer 7.7%, 2D 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the bureaucratic, high-pressure decision-making where snap judgments determine people's fates.
- #14 The Case of the Golden Idol
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 78.6%, Puzzle 14.8%, 2D 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deductive puzzle game that challenges you to piece together grim mysteries from frozen moments in time.
- #15 Reigns
88% matchVery Positive87% of 8,136 reviews2016
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Why similar: Indie 45%, Casual 22.5%, Funny 19.6%, Singleplayer 8.7%, 2D 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Employs the same quick-fire, swipe-left-or-right decision mechanics that dictate life-or-death outcomes based on subjective input.
- #16 Who's Lila?
86% matchVery Positive94% of 3,836 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 74.7%, Puzzle 15.4%, Casual 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click mystery where manipulating facial expressions plays a crucial, bizarre role in investigation.
- #17 Hypnospace Outlaw
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,578 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!
Why similar: Detective 61.5%, Funny 15.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, Indie 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a surreal 90s aesthetic with internet policing and digital detective work full of quirky personalities.
- #18 Return of the Obra Dinn
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 35,293 reviews2018
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 78.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliant deduction puzzle where you must identify the fate of every crew member using sparse clues.
- #19 Detective Grimoire
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,625 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 60.9%, Funny 16.7%, Puzzle 13.4%, 2D 4.1%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical swamp-set murder mystery full of colorful suspects and witty interrogations.
- #20 That's not my Neighbor
82% matchVery Positive89% of 4,759 reviews2025
Dev: Nachosama Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.
Why similar: Casual 41.7%, Indie 30.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, 2D 9.2%, Singleplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A doppelganger detection game where scrutinizing tiny details to catch impostors mirrors Fingered's gameplay loop.
- #21 Later Alligator
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,086 reviews2019
Dev: SmallBü
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Pat the alligator, a (mostly) harmless and (probably) innocent reptile is at the center of a conspiracy that could bring down the biggest, scariest family in Alligator New York City: his own! Explore the city, meet the Family, and try to save Pat before the clock runs out.
Why similar: Indie 33.2%, Funny 31.4%, Puzzle 14.7%, Casual 12.2%, 2D 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A charmingly funny animated puzzle adventure featuring quirky characters and lighthearted detective vibes.
- #22 Mr. Saitou
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 509 reviews2023
Dev: Laura Shigihara
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short game about an average white-collar worker who struggles to find meaning in a life full of constant overtime and isolation. After an accident lands him in the hospital, Mr. Saitou is spirited away to a strange fantasy world where an unexpected friend takes him on a life-changing adventure.
Why similar: Funny 53%, Puzzle 36.4%, 2D 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven indie game with surreal humor and an eccentric, hand-drawn look.
- #23 Mind Scanners
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,476 reviews2021
Dev: The Outer ZonePub: Brave At Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
Why similar: 2D 60.7%, Singleplayer 39.3%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-futuristic psychiatry sim requiring quick diagnostic choices under pressure, reminiscent of judging suspects.
- #24 Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
78% matchNo user reviews97% of 951 reviews2026
Dev: Thomas Hsu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
Why similar: Detective 62.8%, Puzzle 18.8%, Funny 11.2%, Indie 5.7%, 2D 1.5%
- #25 Not Tonight
81% matchVery Positive82% of 2,794 reviews2018
Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.
Why similar: Indie 52.8%, Casual 17.4%, 2D 17.3%, Singleplayer 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A politically charged time-management game featuring dystopian bouncer duties and frantic decision-making.
- #26 Monster Prom
80% matchVery Positive93% of 14,340 reviews2018
Dev: Beautiful GlitchPub: Xelu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.
Why similar: Funny 62.5%, Indie 37.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same fast-paced, irreverent humor and heavily choice-driven gameplay style.
- #27 The Long Reach
81% matchVery Positive84% of 504 reviews2018
Dev: Painted Black GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.
Why similar: Indie 90.4%, 2D 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror adventure filled with dark humor, quirky puzzles, and eerie townspeople.
- #28 The Hex
79% matchVery Positive94% of 5,567 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Indie 47.4%, Funny 26.5%, Puzzle 13.4%, Singleplayer 7%, 2D 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A satirical mystery adventure that deconstructs video game tropes through darkly funny narrative segments.
- #29 Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery
77% matchVery Positive94% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Nobody Crown
Windows
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow. Interrogate a "colorful" cast of suspects until they cough up hairballs... and the truth. Will you wrap up the case in time for an afternoon nap, and make injustice knead its last biscuit?
Why similar: Detective 61.8%, Funny 16.7%, Puzzle 13%, Casual 8.6%
- #30 God Damn The Garden
79% matchVery Positive83% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
The FPS Adventure where you're challenged to explore God Damn's World, and ultimately become the successor of Badass Heaven.
Why You'll Like It: An absurd, low-fi indie title matching the raw, unfiltered developer style of Edmund McMillen's smaller projects.
- #31 Dude, Stop
78% matchVery Positive87% of 2,779 reviews2018
Dev: Team HalfBeard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"So, I made a game, right? I filled it with harmless funny puzzles, narrated it a little bit, and then players started making fun of it! They broke the game, ignored my rules! They... they... laughed at me! As if it was some kind of a joke! Why do they have to be so mean?!" - developer of Dude, Stop
Why similar: Funny 34.7%, Puzzle 25.7%, Indie 16.3%, Casual 13.1%, 2D 6%
- #32 Homicide Desk
76% matchMixed67% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Shu'la Lab LLC
Windows
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Detective 77.9%, Casual 12.5%, 2D 6.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #33 Guilty as Sock!
74% matchVery Positive89% of 5,819 reviews2025
Dev: Demon Max
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Enter a chaotic courtroom where socks play lawyers, prosecutors, and judges! Use absurd evidence, craft wild arguments, and deliver verdicts in this hilarious online party game. Improvise, strategize, and shout "Objection!"—because in Guilty as Sock!, chaos always wins!
Why similar: Funny 61.8%, Casual 33.4%, Indie 4.8%
- #34 DOOMED Detective Game
77% matchMixed46% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Azikton Studio
Windows
Doomed Detective Game is a game in which you will play the role of a detective who has arrived in the city of Redrock to figure out a very mysterious crime. Your task is to explore the city, find clues, talk to the residents of the city and find the killer! P.S: Every city resident is an AI...
Why similar: Detective 68.2%, Puzzle 19.2%, Funny 12.6%
- #35 Detective Penguin
75% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: That Other Fish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Detective Penguin is the first and only physics-and-penguin-based detective game on the market. Solve cases in your own way. Interrogate suspects, find clues, or use your flippers to punch your way to the answers.
Why similar: Detective 67.6%, Funny 19.9%, Casual 12.5%
- #36 前程似锦 Excellent Expectations
76% matchVery Positive86% of 977 reviews2017
Dev: 内购人生PABL
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Excellent Expectations is a puzzle adventure game , you would use search engines to discover a story from a stranger's phone .
Why similar: Detective 47.9%, Indie 28.2%, Funny 11.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #37 The Real Face of a VTuber
72% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2026
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室Pub: WhisperGames
Windows
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 59.7%, Funny 13.1%, Puzzle 9.9%, Indie 6.5%, Casual 6%
- #38 I (DON'T) HATE HENTAI PUZZLES
75% matchVery Positive85% of 212 reviews2019
Dev: PixelGreeds
Windows
Post-modern hentai-puzzle detective.
Why similar: Detective 53.8%, Funny 20.1%, Puzzle 13%, Casual 9.2%, 2D 3.9%
- #39 Hentai Police
74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,935 reviews2020
Dev: Podval GamesPub: GOSZAKAZ
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Try on the role of the fearless riot police in a unique historically reliable bestseller! Cleanse streets from insults to the authorities, deport illegal immigrants, beat peaceful protesters and rise to the rank of Hero of the Motherland!
Why similar: Indie 46.3%, Casual 46.3%, Funny 4.1%, 2D 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #40 Police Officer
73% matchMixed66% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: Turquoise GamesPub: TK Interactive
Windows
Police Officer is a first-person police station simulator where you manage a police station: process suspects, hear citizens' pleas, and manage the daily chaos of law enforcement—one decision at a time.
Why similar: Detective 89.6%, Indie 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #41 Fingerdance
71% matchVery Positive97% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: zniqPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
The game that simply confuses your fingers.
Why similar: Funny 53.1%, Indie 41.2%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #42 Nobodies: Murder Cleaner
73% matchVery Positive90% of 468 reviews2019
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Nobodies is a puzzle-filled point-and-click adventure in which you must cover up government-sanctioned assassinations. Hide the bodies, destroy the evidence, and leave no trace you were ever there. They do the dirty work. You clean it up.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.6%, Indie 28.4%, Casual 19.6%, 2D 8.4%, Singleplayer 6.1%
- #43 Prison Simulator
72% matchVery Positive86% of 2,538 reviews2021
Dev: Baked Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?
Why similar: Funny 49.4%, Casual 42.4%, Singleplayer 8.1%
- #44 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,804 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Detective 64.1%, Casual 11.6%, Indie 9.4%, Puzzle 7.1%, Funny 5.7%
- #45 Interrogation Simulator
73% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Puzzle 53%, Casual 33.1%, 2D 14%
- #46 The Case of the Worst Day Ever
70% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Hero Game Co LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.
Why similar: Detective 79%, Puzzle 15.6%, Casual 4.3%, 2D 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #47 Detective Worden
70% matchVery Positive88% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Domestic Black CatPub: Studio Amateur
Windows · Mac
As a private detective, you’ll crack word clues left by a mysterious informant, gather evidence, and uncover the truth hidden in the shadows.
Why similar: Detective 48.3%, Casual 24%, Puzzle 18.8%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #48 SEX Police 🔞🚨
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: Play and Cum 💦
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to SEX Police 🔞🚨, where you’re the city’s last line of defense! Take down the city’s most dangerous women, choose between justice and vice, and uncover the secrets hidden behind every interrogation. Will you clean up the streets or get entangled in the crime underworld?
Why similar: Casual 98.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #49 Trading Card Inspector
67% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: Daydream GalleryPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
Inspect your way through dozens of unique, hilarious cards in this chilled-out papers-please-em-up! Identify and appraise cards from The World's Most Coolest TCG! Start your new job as an official Habubis Trading Card Inspector and uncover a tale of friendship, corporate espionage and murder?!
Why similar: Detective 52.5%, Funny 23.2%, Puzzle 18%, 2D 3.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #50 NSFW ~ Not a Simulator For Working: Highly Distracted
71% matchVery Positive86% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
NSFW or Not a Simulator For Working is a casual simulator game where you try not to work anytime you can. Be careful of your snitching co-worker and strict boss. If you get caught, you will get FIRED !!!
Why similar: Puzzle 31.9%, Casual 31.1%, Indie 27.3%, 2D 9.6%
- #51 Safety First!
71% matchVery Positive82% of 447 reviews2016
Dev: JCOPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Safety First! is a twin stick physics puzzler in which you have to fix broken electric wires using your Magical Yellow Repair Liquid (MYRL). Can you beat all 69 levels?
Why similar: Indie 50.3%, Casual 49.7%
- #52 Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
69% matchVery Positive92% of 5,554 reviews2018
Dev: Grace BruxnerPub: worm club
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
Why similar: Detective 60.7%, Funny 19.4%, Casual 11.7%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #53 Polda
68% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: SleepTeam
Windows · Mac
Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!
Why similar: Detective 53.2%, Puzzle 21.1%, Casual 19.5%, 2D 6.2%
- #54 Case Solved: The London Files
68% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: Minimol GamesPub: SpecNext Ltd
Windows
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and the alibis don't add up. Everyone has a motive, and only clear logic reveals the truth.
Why similar: Detective 70.7%, Puzzle 14.3%, Casual 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #55 Loco Motive
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,319 reviews2024
Dev: Robust GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
Why similar: Detective 64.1%, Funny 18.4%, Indie 10.4%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #56 A Case of the Crabs: Rehash
69% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
A complete remake/remaster/rehash of the award winning Flash game: A Case of the Crabs! Play as smart-ass detective, Nick Bounty, in this hilarious point & click adventure and hunt down a nefarious counterfeit crab ringleader!
Why similar: Detective 55.7%, Casual 27.7%, Funny 15.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #57 Unheard - Voices of Crime
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,052 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Detective 68.7%, Puzzle 14.1%, Indie 11%, 2D 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #58 Detective Ridelle
66% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: PuzzLab
Windows
Detective Ridelle is a cozy murder mystery game featuring escape room style puzzles. Find clues, interrogate suspects, solve the mystery - before it's too late.
Why similar: Detective 72.9%, Puzzle 12.8%, Casual 7.1%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #59 JudgeSim
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,444 reviews2024
Dev: DelusionArt Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Things were worse than ever in Banana Republic, a somber island country. While anarchists roamed the streets, corruption was running deeper due to economic crisis and rising crime rates. Bearing these burdens were "judges" who tried to make things right with honesty...
Why similar: Puzzle 33.2%, Indie 33.2%, Casual 15.4%, 2D 11.9%, Singleplayer 6.2%
- #60 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: BRANEPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Detective 79.1%, Puzzle 16.4%, 2D 4.5%