60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Adventure, Story Rich, Mystery.
Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 400 years of secrets. An epic non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the history of a community cursed by generations of supernatural forces.
The Red Pearls Of Borneo
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
迷渡桥
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Puzzle 10.2%, Historical 9.1%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Historical 15.3%, Mystery 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Puzzle 8.8%
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Why similar: Detective 36.8%, Historical 21.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Story Rich 5.8%
A quiet piano guides players through a Japanese-style mystery adventure centered on memories and the lingering regrets of Oda Nobunaga. Players explore a mysterious world, uncover hidden truths, and piece together a forgotten trust.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Historical 15.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 11.2%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 42.2%, Historical 12.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Mystery 8.8%, Adventure 7.7%
Deadly Match is a single‑player third‑person murder mystery. Investigate the deaths of two young women in a small, seemingly peaceful town.
Why similar: Detective 45.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Supernatural 9.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Puzzle 7.2%
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间，科举省试方毕，汴京国子监突发连环命案，遇害者死状惊悚离奇，如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博，通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局，找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Detective 27%, Historical 24.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Mystery 12%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Explore Tokyo, snap photos and analyse evidence for 40+ landmarks in the Imperial Capital, from prehistory to the present. Use real historical research skills to solve evidence-based puzzles in a 90s-style adventure. Confront a cast of wandering spirits to separate truth from fiction.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Historical 17.9%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 7.9%
Floor 13: Deep State is a dynamically generated dystopian thriller, inspired by the 90’s classic Floor 13 and created by its original team. In a free society, citizens make their own decisions, can challenge authority, and are able to speak their truth. Your job is to put a stop to that.
Why similar: Political 38.8% ★, Detective 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 4.1%
This is a murder mystery visual novel where you take the role of the detective. Search for clues, make discoveries, and talk to other characters to find out what is truly going on on the Murder Express.
Why similar: Detective 48.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Adventure 7.5%
A medical detective game set in the late Victorian era. Uncover the perpetrators behind an assortment of grizzly murders by examining meticulously hand-animated cadavers.
Why similar: Detective 42.8%, Historical 15.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Visual Novel 7.4%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
The Mystery of Misty Mount is a 2D mystery puzzle-adventure game. In order to save his father who has turned into a parrot, players take on the role of Wang Di and go into Misty Mount to uncover the truth of an accident that occurred fifteen years ago.
Why similar: Detective 34%, Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 12%, Puzzle 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
Why similar: Detective 40.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Puzzle 14.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Supernatural 8.3%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.
Why similar: Detective 39.8%, Mystery 17.6%, Puzzle 13.1%, Nonlinear 10%, Visual Novel 7.3%
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Historical 13.5%, Puzzle 8.5%, Lore-Rich 6.9%
Restless is a detective-style, point-and-click game where you listen to real stories from real people to solve puzzles. Track down spirits, perform divinations, and restore grave sites to bring peace to a mysterious island, all while connecting more deeply with your fellow humans.
Why similar: Detective 38%, Mystery 16.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Adventure 10%
A detective visual novel set in Victorian London. Play as a veteran detective and his young daughter, investigate scenes through point-and-click gameplay, question suspects, and make tough choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Historical 22.3%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Mystery 10.6%, Adventure 7.4%
First day on the job, and it never ends. Literally. Meet Amo, the intern stuck in a time loop at Star Ring Convenience Store. Get to know a colorful cast of eccentric customers, dig up the secrets they're hiding, link the clues in your Mind Palace, and reason your way to the truth about this world.
Why similar: Detective 44.2%, Adventure 20.4%, Puzzle 16.6%, Exploration 12%, Story Rich 5.4%
A short, atmospheric space adventure. Use an imaging system and your own deduction skills to investigate Asteroid M-12 with minimal color and report your findings.
Why similar: Detective 52.4%, Mystery 15%, Adventure 13.2%, Puzzle 8.5%, Exploration 6.2%
In this surreal afterlife deduction game by CnD Games, play as Zhuge Liang—the East's legendary mastermind. Face off against Sherlock Holmes in the Underworld Olympics and unravel a deadly closed-circle mystery trapped within a snowed-in mountain lodge!
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Historical 15.5%, Lore-Rich 7.6%, Puzzle 7.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%
A Supernatural mystery in the beating heart of a Latin American city. Scour the past memories of an abandoned house, build out a web of connections between its inhabitants, and learn of the sinister truth that led to their downfall.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Historical 11.3%
An otherworldly being has trapped you in their mysterious extradimensional prison. Explore a home ripped from time, activate the signals, and follow them to free that which binds you in this surreal first-person non-linear puzzle game.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Supernatural 13.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Puzzle 10.3%
A historical detective game mixing reasoning and puzzles, set during Northern Wei's early Sinicization reforms. As head of the Wuju Division, you're sent by the emperor to Pingcheng. Mysterious cases there seem unrelated but are deeply connected.
Why similar: Detective 38.2%, Historical 22.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 5.8%
The Wild Detective: The Hound of the Foggy City is a classic detective mystery game. You play as Duke, a private investigator, collecting evidence through investigation and interviews, then using deductive reasoning to solve cases and reveal hidden truths.
Why similar: Detective 54%, Puzzle 12.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%, Exploration 6.2%
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 36%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Visual Novel 8%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 42%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Story Rich 6.8%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 54%, Mystery 16%, Puzzle 11.1%, Historical 9.4%, Story Rich 5.3%
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Historical 12.3%, Supernatural 11%, Puzzle 10.4%
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Hand-drawn 13%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
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 40.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Adventure 7.7%
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...
Why similar: Detective 45.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 8.6%, Visual Novel 6.6%, Adventure 6%
A hand-drawn and story-rich deduction mystery set in 1887. Pearl Lundgren is dead and two men have been arrested for her murder, but the full truth remains to be discovered, and only you can piece it together.
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Historical 15.5%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Puzzle 12.7%, Adventure 6.7%
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Why similar: Detective 58.6%, Supernatural 15.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Adventure 8.2%, Puzzle 3.7%
Talk Insomnia is a visual novel that blends suspenseful weird tales with mixology. You play as Ming, a bookstore staff member who prepares drinks for guests during the day and delves into their stories at night. With the warmth of a single drink, you draw out the secrets buried deep in their hearts.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Supernatural 12.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
A genealogy deduction game set in Republican-era China. Play as a lawyer, search newspapers, case files, letters, and old photos, and follow clues to identify people and uncover family ties. Reconstruct the Chen family tree and uncover the secrets behind your commission.
Why similar: Detective 48.4%, Mystery 12%, Historical 11.9%, Puzzle 11.2%, Adventure 9.8%
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Supernatural 10.7%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Mystery 9.2%
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
Why similar: Detective 46.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Hand-drawn 7.2%
Seoyeon Yu, a former police officer, works as a private investigator for a rich family. However, during her investigation, she discovers evidence linking them to her husband's death. Using her ability to see people's guilt, she begins an investigation to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 41%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Adventure 14.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Visual Novel 5.1%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Historical 16.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Mystery 9%
Solve jigsaw puzzles to crack the case in this relaxing, cozy mystery game. Join Inspector Dagby as he investigates crime scenes, questions suspects, and leaves the final deduction to you. Seven perplexing mysteries. 28 hand-illustrated puzzles by artist Dave Montes.
Why similar: Detective 47%, Hand-drawn 21.9%, Puzzle 15.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 3.8%
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 50.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 7.2%
As an ordinary truck driver seeking the truth behind his father's demise, you must pierce through a web of conspiracy fueled by tech-obsession and a rapidly shifting era.
Why similar: Detective 45.1%, Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Historical 20.4%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 8.7%
Something is wrong at this school. Strange incidents are spreading, students are hiding secrets, and creatures that should not exist are beginning to appear. Follow the clues, survive the horrors, and discover what is really happening before it is too late.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Supernatural 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Adventure 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Why similar: Detective 59.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Historical 7.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
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: Detective 28.5%, Supernatural 14.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 8.7%
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Historical 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Puzzle 9.4%, Mystery 9.1%
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
Why similar: Detective 36.3%, Historical 15.1%, Supernatural 14.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.
Why similar: Detective 42.2%, Adventure 13%, Historical 12.3%, Puzzle 11.3%, Mystery 9.3%
Turtle Soup World – lateral-thinking mystery game. Each chapter: one strange case. Explore, inspect, question NPCs, ask the host Yes/No/Both questions to find the truth. Works with local LLM or API.
Why similar: Detective 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Adventure 8%
Join Leo Parker in 1917 China to unravel a mystery tied to a lost Ming empress. Part puzzle, part adventure, part graphic novel, Silk features hand-drawn art, rich storytelling, 50+ puzzles, and an intuitive hint system.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.2%, Detective 16.4%, Adventure 13.8%, Puzzle 12.7%, Historical 10.9%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 48.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.5%
A cart, a manor, and a family that deserves everything coming to it. The hours repeat. Conversations shift. Lies unravel. Explore, observe, and gamble with what you learn to prevent a murder that refuses to stay solved. Just you, your cards, and a house that would rather you stayed ignorant.
Why similar: Detective 42.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 8.2%
After a difficult journey, Ada officially became a detective. This disappearance commission seemed extraordinary. During the exploration of the ancient castle, it seemed that a series of strange events also surfaced...
Why similar: Detective 32%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 11.7%
Join nine absurd Victorian characters invited to a mysterious and remote mansion. Solve devious puzzles, explore the mansion and try to keep everyone alive. Friends or Foes: it's up to all of you to discover Professor Moriarty's secrets and defy his murderous game.
Why similar: Detective 37.4%, Historical 14.7%, Puzzle 13%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Adventure 9.6%
Wake up to attach themselves to love beans, it is said that our group to collapse the house? Return to the night, but the sound source was stolen by hackers; Female group members black material scandal is constantly exposed; A thrilling bureau in the bureau, launched at this point......
Why similar: Detective 40.9%, Hand-drawn 19.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Story Rich 6.2%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Detective 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Puzzle 12.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Adventure 10.3%
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Historical 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%
A narrative AVG focused on everyday mysteries from the lives of elementary school students. The two protagonists encounter ordinary yet unusual incidents at school, and through investigation and deduction, players uncover the truth together with them.
Why similar: Detective 42.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Visual Novel 6.1%
A sculptor is confined in a monastery asylum.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Puzzle 9.4%, Lore-Rich 7.4%
