- #1 Russian Psychiatric Pastoral
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivan Lysenko
Windows
An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: FMV 21.2% ★, Crime 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Thriller 9.1%
- #2 City Legends: The Ghost of Misty Hill Collector's Edition
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
The most gruesome incidents often occur in medical institutions, the doors of which hide terrible secrets and unexplained incidents. Can you handle the darkest secrets of Misty Hill?
Why similar: Investigation 15.1%, Noir 13.2%, Thriller 12.8%, Hidden Object 11.7%, Crime 11.6%
- #3 AKIBA LOST
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IzanagiGames
Windows
Thirteen years ago, six girls vanished in Akihabara in the unsolved case “The Akiba Vanishing”. Daiki Shinjo announces a live-action game based on the incident, gathering six women who embody Akihabara’s subculture. But their story begins to seep into reality. Can AKIBA LOST be finished?
Why similar: FMV 20.3% ★, Crime 10.2%, Investigation 10.1%, Conspiracy 9.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #4 The List
95% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Dan Trimble
Windows
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Why similar: FMV 17.5% ★, Crime 13.9%, Conspiracy 12.9% ★, Noir 11.5%, Investigation 9.9%
- #5 Erica
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,765 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: FMV 22.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Crime 9.8%, Thriller 7.9%
- #6 Echoes Of Mystery - Darkvale Motel
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sifar Production
Windows
Miles McDaniel, a police officer, is sent to the Darkvale Motel to investigate the troubling disappearance of a resident. What begins as a routine case quickly descends into a far darker and more terrifying story.
Why similar: Crime 22%, Investigation 18.3%, Thriller 10.6%, Horror 9.2%, Hidden Object 8.5%
- #7 Telling Lies
93% matchMixed63% of 1,325 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 20.1% ★, Crime 15.2%, Investigation 12.3%, Thriller 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
- #8 The Operator
91% matchVery Positive92% of 8,890 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.1% ★, Investigation 15.2%, FMV 14.4% ★, Crime 13.9%, Thriller 10.1%
- #9 Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
92% matchMixed66% of 1,209 reviews2022
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.
Why similar: FMV 25.4% ★, Conspiracy 14.2% ★, Crime 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Choices Matter 8%
- #10 Russian Psychiatric Pastoral: Prologue
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan Lysenko
Windows
Introductory demonstration version. An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: FMV 19.8% ★, Crime 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Thriller 7.8%
- #11 Twin Mind: Nobody's Here Collector's Edition
91% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Science has never been more dangerous! Death is in the air... Sounds pretty ominous, doesn't it? Help the twin detectives solve a new case!
Why similar: Noir 14.7%, Crime 12.7%, Hidden Object 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Investigation 9.7%
- #12 Indefinite: Intake
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mikail Erdal
Windows
Analyze anomalous objects as a prisoner serving a 900+ year sentence. Identify threats, make critical decisions, and survive increasingly disturbing encounters that challenge both logic and sanity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Thriller 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Hidden Object 10.4%
- #13 Whispering Eclipsia
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: First Front Game Studios
Windows
"Whispering Eclipsia is a gripping first-person psychological horror detective game. Step into the shoes of Inspector Keshav to solve a series of ritualistic murders, survive reality-bending loops, and uncover the dark secrets lurking in the shadows of Woodslane."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Noir 13.1%, Hidden Object 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #14 Forget Her
88% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Jester's Jest Entertainment
Windows
Forget Her is a survival psychological horror game where you explore a haunted house, uncover chilling secrets, solve the mystery, and perform a deadly ritual or run.. Can you survive Alison’s ghost and discover the truth?
Why similar: Crime 13.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Hidden Object 10.4%, Thriller 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #15 Hired Eye
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nightdesk
Windows
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: Investigation 18.2%, Crime 16.3%, Noir 13.8%, Conspiracy 11.1% ★, Point & Click 8.1%
- #16 Late Shift
87% matchVery Positive86% of 9,275 reviews2017
Dev: CtrlMoviePub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
Why similar: FMV 34% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Crime 9.5%
- #17 Night at the Office
86% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
You work late at the office not long after the death of a colleague. Throughout the night, all sorts of phenomenon begin to terrorize you, slowly uncovering the death of a fellow colleague. Who killed Joseph Anadam and why must you go through this trial to find out?
Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Thriller 11.1%, Horror 9.1%
- #18 Lost Media Agency
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artur Latkovsky
Windows
A found footage horror game where you need to piece together a timeline in chronological order of a Kaiju incident that occurred.
Why similar: FMV 23.8% ★, Conspiracy 13.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Investigation 9.8%, Horror 9.5%
- #19 Mystical Riddles: Ship From Beyond Collector's Edition
84% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
All hands on deck! A strange, oily fog has enveloped the waterfront of the port town of Quietcape, where local fishermen go, never to return again... Can you solve this mystery?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Hidden Object 13.9%, Crime 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Investigation 9.4%
- #20 The Murder of Jessica Channing
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Murder OnePub: Tayanna Studios
Windows
1 isolated hotel. 1 dead body. 16 suspects... Will YOU be the one to solve The Murder of Jessica Channing in this thrilling FMV murder mystery?
Why similar: FMV 28.3% ★, Crime 15.4%, Conspiracy 13% ★, Point & Click 9.1%, Thriller 8.2%
- #21 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 15.7%, Crime 14.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #22 Criminal Expert
83% matchMostly Negative38% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.
Why similar: FMV 23.8% ★, Crime 21.2%, Investigation 17%, Thriller 11.5%, Point & Click 6.4%
- #23 Criminal Archives: City on Fire Collector's Edition
81% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2021
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?
Why similar: Crime 18.5%, Noir 15.9%, Hidden Object 11.7%, Investigation 11.1%, Thriller 9.7%
- #24 IMMORTALITY
80% matchVery Positive84% of 2,006 reviews2022
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Half Mermaid
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 17.9% ★, Noir 13.9%, Hidden Object 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #25 The Casting of Frank Stone™
79% matchMixed62% of 6,021 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Crime 9.2%
- #26 Night Book
81% matchMixed67% of 606 reviews2021
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
Why similar: FMV 28.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Thriller 11.4%, Investigation 9.8%
- #27 Loretta
78% matchVery Positive92% of 453 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Crime 17.3%, Noir 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Thriller 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #28 Deluded I
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: New IDEA Games
Windows
A worn out detective with his demons to fight and a homicide case to solve. Deluded is an interactive crime thriller movie with point-and-click investigation and adrenaline pumped quick time events.
Why similar: FMV 21.6% ★, Investigation 15.2%, Thriller 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #29 Graveyard Cabin
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Room GamesPub: Room Games
Windows
An FMV anomaly horror game. You are a night guard at a desolate graveyard. Monitor the cameras, spot the unnatural, and survive.
Why similar: FMV 21.2% ★, Investigation 13.2%, Hidden Object 10.9%, Thriller 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #30 TRAILCAM
77% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: NiceSoup
Windows
In TRAILCAM, you are a wildlife investigator called to the Appalachian Mountains to solve mysterious missing person cases. Using trail cameras from your watchtower, you’ll uncover a sinister truth, navigating a non-linear plot full of twists. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 25.8%, Investigation 17.6%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 11%, Hidden Object 8.2%
- #31 The Anomaly Experiment
76% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.9% ★, Hidden Object 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Investigation 11%, Horror 9.2%
- #32 Wordless Forest
75% matchMixed52% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Dogus Cagrici
Windows
You are alone in the forest. You remember nothing. In this live-action interactive survival thriller, the story is written not by dialogue, but by your choices.
Why similar: FMV 25.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Thriller 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #33 The Isle Tide Hotel
77% matchMixed65% of 279 reviews2023
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: FMV 23.4% ★, Crime 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Point & Click 7.8%
- #34 Crime Podcast: 1976
74% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews
Dev: Midnight Archive
Windows
Thomas Hayes, a 63-year-old FBI Special Agent, returns home after his final day of service before retirement. He needs to prepare the documents stored at his home for transfer to the Bureau, but evidence he chose to hide away many years ago turns his evening into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Crime 19.4%, Noir 18.2%, Investigation 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Thriller 11%
- #35 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,386 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Conspiracy 15.4% ★, Noir 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Thriller 8.7%
- #36 Your Murder Is Served
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Christian Hubel
Windows
Build a flawless murder plan, then savor the mistake. Plan every detail. Choose the time, place, method, alibi and frame. But no plan is perfect. Serve your murder with style, then watch a brilliant detective find the one tiny detail you missed. Every murder leaves an aftertaste.
Why similar: Crime 30%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Investigation 8.3%
- #37 Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows · Mac
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: FMV 22.8% ★, Crime 20.3%, Investigation 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #38 Mothmen 1966
74% matchVery Positive91% of 329 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Noir 15.7%, Conspiracy 14.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Thriller 10.4%
- #39 Black File
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Simurg Software and Games
Windows
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Noir 15.4%, Crime 11.2%, Conspiracy 10.6% ★, Point & Click 8.8%
- #40 The Case of the Golden Idol
72% 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: Conspiracy 17.3% ★, Investigation 16.7%, Crime 13.1%, Thriller 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #41 Last Night Last Call
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
Why similar: Crime 16.8%, Investigation 14.6%, Noir 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #42 The Void Between
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Key Compass Games
Windows · Mac
The Void Between is a FMV psychological horror-puzzle game about a dream holiday that turns into a nightmare. Point & Click around a mysterious mansion filled with tricksy puzzles, creepy clues and otherworldly challenges. Unravel the mystery of the mansion or become part of it...
Why similar: FMV 29.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Point & Click 10.5%, Horror 7.8%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #43 PolyCity Stories - The Affair
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Andi Liddell
Windows
The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Investigation 15.9%, Crime 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #44 STAMPED
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GrazuleX
Windows · Mac · Linux
NEXUS CORP, sub-basement 7-A. Stamp the forms. Ask nothing. Since 1952, forty-six clerks have vanished at this desk - you are the forty-seventh. Cross-check every claim on your terminal, rule APPROVED or REJECTED, and try not to wonder what the paperwork is really sealing.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Horror 8.6%
- #45 Private Eye: The Young Heir
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
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: Crime 17.1%, Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Noir 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #46 Dirty Land
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Noir 18.3%, Conspiracy 15.4% ★, Investigation 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #47 Apestin Explorer
68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: SAND Games
Windows
You are a detective about to enter the island where the crime of the century happened. Disturbing crimes were hidden behind power and influence. Explore, collect evidence, connect clues, and expose the truth that real monsters are never supernatural, they are people protected by power.
Why similar: Crime 17.7%, Noir 16.6%, Investigation 13.2%, Hidden Object 11.7%, Thriller 11.2%
- #48 Case Files: Behind Closed Doors
70% matchPositive90% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: FMV 25.5% ★, Crime 20.3%, Investigation 16.4%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
- #49 Hollow Bequest
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ANIQ
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a legendary detective, the disappearance of a former mentor provokes a return to your humble beginnings. Every clue reveals the dark secrets that haunt the town. What should have been a quick investigation gradually became a struggle for your life and freedom. Who or what is responsible?
Why similar: Conspiracy 15% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Hidden Object 12.4%, Noir 10.7%, Investigation 10.4%
- #50 Creepy Support
66% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
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: Crime 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Investigation 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #51 Nowhere to Run
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choosewise
Windows · Mac
Nowhere to Run is an interactive film with over 120 choices and 18 different endings! Embark on a journey with Lucy and help her escape the desert before her abductor finds her. But he's not the only one she needs to worry about...
Why similar: FMV 22.2% ★, Noir 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Investigation 8.7%
- #52 Unheard - Voices of Crime
69% 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: Crime 21.4%, Thriller 14.4%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #53 SARA
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ARKER Games
Windows
A psychological horror game where you complete night shift tasks, investigate hidden clues, and survive increasingly disturbing paranormal encounters across five terrifying nights.
Why similar: Crime 14.7%, Conspiracy 14.3% ★, Investigation 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Hidden Object 10%
- #54 Direct Investigation
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Socopus Interactive
Windows
Seoul, 2035. A first-person noir text adventure. Step into the shoes of Park Eunkyul, an investigator who verifies what no one else wants verified. Read the scene, question the witness, follow erased traces — and watch every certainty you started with quietly fall apart.
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Thriller 15.7%, Noir 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #55 Omen Exitio: Hunger
65% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Crime 16.9%, Noir 13.8%, Investigation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #56 Her Story
70% matchVery Positive89% of 10,424 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: FMV 18.7% ★, Crime 16.1%, Investigation 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #57 Road to Nowhere
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 15BIT GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Road to Nowhere tells the story of Cohle Bishop, an introvert and successful software developer whose life is torn to shreds by scandal. Confronted by his past and doubting his own sanity, he spirals into a depression on the open road, trying desperately to pull himself back from the brink.
Why similar: FMV 25.5% ★, Noir 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Thriller 11.2%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #58 Day 22
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MTTLE Games
Windows
You're a cop checking an abandoned barn. Simple assignment. But the longer you're there, the less you can trust what you see — or yourself. A first-person psychological anomaly horror experience built around paranoia and perception.
Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Crime 17.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Thriller 9.3%
- #59 Contradiction: Spot The Liar
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,257 reviews2015
Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Why similar: FMV 22.6% ★, Crime 20.2%, Investigation 15.3%, Conspiracy 12.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.7%