60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Story Rich, Detective, Mystery.
A retro office mystery about tech support, deadlines, and a floor that doesn't exist. It's 2001, and you're the L1 helpdesk tech at a corporation running on an OS from another era. Close tickets against the clock. Mind your tone. Don't ask about Floor 7.
Dead Man's Pass
Inspect travel passes and question the strangers who reach your mountain gate after dark. In this yokai inspection game, compare every face, paper, and answer, then let them pass, turn them away, or draw your sword. Your family and the village bear the cost.
SUSubus
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Inspect travel passes and question the strangers who reach your mountain gate after dark. In this yokai inspection game, compare every face, paper, and answer, then let them pass, turn them away, or draw your sword. Your family and the village bear the cost.
Why similar: Time Management 15.9%, Detective 15.1%, Lore-Rich 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Investigation 8.8%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Mystery 16.5%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Simulation 9.7%
15 minutes and a terminal. Your sister's life in your hands. Navigate the Silicon Sneaky system, explore the digital underworld to secure $20,000, and make irreversible decisions. Your choices define her fate.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.3%, Time Management 13.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Detective 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%
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: Lore-Rich 17%, Detective 16.6%, Time Management 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Investigation 10.1%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Mystery 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Simulation 12.7%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.4%, Detective 14.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Your statement is already on record. Search messages, social media, and your calendar for evidence. Defend your story, explain contradictions, or shift the blame. What you submit will change the investigation and the story.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.5%, Detective 19.3%, Mystery 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Investigation 13.5%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.9%, Detective 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Lore-Rich 10.9%
Giona, province of Caspena - the land of adventure and opportunity! Champions of all kinds gather here. Step into this pixel-art heroic fantasy store simulator as the Shopkeeper. Listen to your clients and equip them with the arms that suit them best. Only you can prevent what is yet to come...
Why similar: Simulation 24.4%, Point & Click 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Time Management 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Mystery 16.1%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Time Management 13.7%, Investigation 12.5%
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Mystery 19.5%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Detective 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Time Management 12%
Dual role as detective and fixer, commanding the perfect cover-up from your desk. Intercept calls, stay ahead of the media, gather intel, and decide the fate of everyone involved before the masses catch on. Try again and again to reshape the narrative in this choice-driven mystery. Or you are fired.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Simulation 10%, Time Management 9.6%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Simulation 9.2%
Terminsburg, 1997. You are a dispatcher for the Office for the Correction and Control of Anomalous Matter. Take calls and send operatives wherever reality breaks down. Protect your sanity. Have a good shift.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.2%, Detective 13.9%, Simulation 13.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Time Management 11.5%
You're dead, understaffed, and temporarily in charge of the Kingdom's admissions desk. Read lives, question souls, follow an incomplete rulebook, and stamp ASCEND, HOLD, DESCEND, or REFER—then live with the Kingdom your paperwork creates.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.8%, Detective 13.1%, Time Management 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Dark Comedy 11.1%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Mystery 20.7%, Point & Click 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Investigation 9.9%
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.8%, Detective 16.4%, Time Management 15%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Mystery 9.5%
When the Arheid III is sabotaged by a spy aboard the spaceship, Captain John Will Smith must get to the bottom of it or risk another attack.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Detective 16.8%, Point & Click 11%, Choices Matter 10.5%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Mystery 15.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
A desktop puzzle and psychological-horror game where you install a friendly 2003 diagnostic assistant, let him scan your files, and try to close him before he finds another reason to stay.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 34.2%, Point & Click 16.6%, Simulation 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.8%, Detective 15%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Point & Click 9.8%
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 22.4%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Mystery 15.7%, Point & Click 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%
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: Lore-Rich 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Detective 20.6%, Choices Matter 11%, Mystery 7.3%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Detective 14.8%, Simulation 12.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%
You have been appointed to take care of a lighthouse in the Arctic Circle. Clean out the snow, take out the trash, and do your happy job on this happy and lovely island. Everything is so peaceful and delightful... except there is someone in the basement :D
Why similar: Simulation 22.8%, Lore-Rich 21%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Multiple Endings 8%
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Mystery 15.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Point & Click 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.9%, Detective 16.8%, Mystery 13%, Investigation 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
The original DIY publishing adventure sim
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Point & Click 12.6%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20%, Detective 17.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Investigation 10.3%, Simulation 10%
Investigate your way in a branching noir horror detective game inspired by Lovecraftian horror and ancient Minoan myth. Analyze evidence, connect clues, and uncover dark secrets through genre-bending deduction mechanics. Face a sinister plot—and an ultimate choice.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.3%, Detective 14.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
A hard sci-fi murder mystery in space. Scour the bowels of the Ark ship for tactile clues, uncover hidden connections, and unlock the secrets of the sleeping passengers.
Why similar: Simulation 24.6%, Mystery 23.9%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Point & Click 9.8%
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Detective 25%, Time Management 20%, Mystery 18.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Point & Click 12.2%
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 23.5%, Mystery 18.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.6%, Detective 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Point & Click 10.3%
You just started your job as an Airline Gate Agent. You have the tasks of making sure people get to their destinations safely and happily. Do you best to respond to their requests promptly. You will have various tasks to complete to accomplish this goal.
Why similar: Simulation 29.8%, Time Management 18.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Point & Click 16.8%, Indie 6.3%
Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.3%, Detective 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Choices Matter 11%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Mystery 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Simulation 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
一个以好奇心为驱动力，你可以改写结局的解谜游戏
Why similar: Lore-Rich 28.9%, Detective 28.4%, Mystery 24.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
An aging encrypted terminal. A past deliberately erased. Follow the guidance, solve puzzles one by one, and close in on a buried truth. Who used this computer before you? What happened to them? And now, it is your turn.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Investigation 12.8%, Detective 11%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Mystery 14%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Simulation 12.1%
Dungeons are just another day at the office — an urban fantasy Adventure about Elysia's dungeon bureau.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.9%, Detective 18.2%, Mystery 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Investigation 12%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Mystery 18.3%, Investigation 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Mystery 9.6%
When you wake from a deep sleep, the first thing the goblin doctor asks is "What's your name?" The problem is: you don't know. Retrace your steps. Find what you've lost. Piece together who you are from the strange and incredible things you can do
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Investigation 12.3%, Point & Click 11.3%
LIMB.INC is a signal-like horror job simulator where you read the lives of lost souls and match their files to the objects that defined them. Interpret clues, make decisions, customize your desk, and survive the day in the worst job in the underworld.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.8%, Time Management 13.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Investigation 8.8%
A 2D point-and-click investigation game where you play as an undercover agent checking guest documents and appearances to uncover a criminal conspiracy.
Why similar: Simulation 26.7%, Lore-Rich 23.3%, Time Management 22.1%, Point & Click 14.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
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 24.7%, Simulation 16%, Mystery 15.6%, Investigation 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
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 24.8%, Mystery 20.8%, Investigation 14.4%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Conspiracy 9.2% ★
Play as one of the Squad Captain from C.C.T.V division and monitor live surveillance feeds and neutralize anomalies by reporting them, including dangerous entities.
Why similar: Simulation 27.4%, Time Management 21.4%, Point & Click 15.5%, Mystery 11.9%, Investigation 10.6%
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Detective 25%, Mystery 17.9%, Investigation 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Simulation 6.7%
I'm Tom and I just got a job as a bartender. Now I have to wipe down the same sticky counters where I used to leave my own marks. In this dive, even the rats look like they're hungover. Alright, the boozers won't pour their own drinks - time to get back to work.
Why similar: Simulation 26%, Point & Click 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Time Management 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
"All Antarctic researchers dead. Cause of death: Emperor Penguin attack?" Log into the isolated 'Amundsen-4' server. Extract and combine [keywords] from fragmented emails, chats, and logs to uncover the truth behind the bizarre disaster.
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Mystery 17.2%, Dark Comedy 13.6%, Point & Click 11.6%, Investigation 10.3%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.7%, Detective 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Mystery 11.6%
Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.1%, Time Management 13.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Point & Click 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Point & Click 10.2%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Time Management 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Investigation 11.4%
You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Investigation 11.9%
You've been hired as a Part-Time Contract Packaging Worker at the fulfillment center.Can you find your own happiness amid the speeding conveyor belts and ever-growing list of rules?
Why similar: Simulation 23.7%, Time Management 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 14.1%, Dark Comedy 9.3%
You triage requests inside a corporate OS that lies by omission: cover a window and it keeps showing yesterday's data, perfectly confident. Every case hides in the gap between two windows, and someone in this building is counting on you not to look. Meridian is delighted with your progress.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Time Management 20.5%, Investigation 11.7%, Point & Click 10.2%, Simulation 10.1%
Try to guess a randomly generated 4-digit code on a keypad. It resets each day or when someone guesses it correctly. You only have one try each day. If you guess right, you earn a point.
Why similar: Simulation 39.3%, Mystery 24.1%, Point & Click 20.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
