
A clickable adventure game reminiscent of detective adventure games of the '80s and '90s. The story follows the main character, a young detective, as he meets a series of unique characters and works to solve a case.
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A clickable adventure game reminiscent of detective adventure games of the '80s and '90s. The story follows the main character, a young detective, as he meets a series of unique characters and works to solve a case.

Cold Case
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.

Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
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 23.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Point & Click 14.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Detective 16.3%, Mystery 15.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%
A murder at Camp Lonesome: Peggy was killed one night. Investigate the area, interview the campers, connect the clues, and catch the culprit before everyone gets sent home for good.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Point & Click 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, 1980s 10%, Text-Based 9.2%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Mystery 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Detective 17.1%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%
Night Errand is a 2D detective adventure where you play as Sage & Nur, an unlikely detective duo solving murder and mixing coffee in the quiet town Morrowpines. Collect clues, piece together contrasting perspectives, uncover the truth — and don't forget to mix a cup of coffee while you're at it.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Point & Click 11.4%, Mystery 8.7%, Investigation 7.9%
A Japanese mystery adventure where any of the four could be the killer. Holding the dead man's will, you stay in his estate until the seventh-day memorial. Question the household across 13 locations, but you get only ten moves. Motive, opportunity and proof decide what your accusation is worth.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Text-Based 10.6%
The legendary "THE PORTOPIA SERIAL MURDER CASE" is reborn! Under the executive direction of Yuji Horii comes an all-new entry featuring five brand-new investigation files. Set in 1980s Kobe, conduct your investigation alongside a new cast of characters and uncover the secrets hidden behind the case.
Why similar: 1980s 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Detective 16%, Point & Click 14.4%, Mystery 12.6%
1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Detective 17.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Adventure 9.5%
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Mystery 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Visual Novel 15%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Point & Click 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Mystery 11.1%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Point & Click 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
ミステリー×ラヴコメ!プレイヤーは、シュークリームマンとなって、カヌレ探偵の助手的存在として、事件解決のサポートを行います。シリアスな展開もありますが、日常はコメディータッチで描かれています。時より挿入される選択肢を選ぶことで、周回プレイを楽しむことができます。
Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Detective 11.9%, Text-Based 11.6%
Campanillas, 1963. A stranger leaves you a ruined house and a district hiding its disappearances. You don't solve a crime: you learn to read a place. Weigh every account —Trust, Doubt, Dismiss. Andalusian rural horror.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Mystery 14.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Exploration 8.9%
An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 14%, Point & Click 12%, Investigation 10.1%
The second retro-style travel mystery adventure! This game is a suspense command ADV set in Akita's Oga region in Japan.The character designer is a manga artist Kiyokazu Arai, following his previous work "Iseshima Mystery Annai".
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Investigation 12.9%, 1980s 9%
Takemaru Abiko, creator of “Banshee's Last Cry,” the landmark mystery game that sold over 1 million copies, will release A brand-new game based on “Armchair Detective”. Search through in-game apps and Rescue YOUR sister, Hikari Takizawa, who has suddenly gone missing in Nagano Prefecture.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Mystery 17.7%, Cinematic 12.1%, Adventure 11.5%
Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Point & Click 22.3%, Mystery 15.4%, Investigation 11%, Adventure 10.1%
Project Judgment is a story-driven detective adventure game where the narrative unfolds as you complete quests. Play as Cain, a detective who has lost his memory. Travel from city to city, solve cases, and uncover the truth behind your forgotten past.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Text-Based 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
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 24.1%, Point & Click 20.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Retro 7.6%
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 35.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Point & Click 10.3%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
"The Nakano Laboratory" is a loop-based mystery 2D adventure game. Within each loop of 15 minutes, you take over researchers' bodies to gather clues around the ship, then present your evidence at the meeting.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 11.1%, Text-Based 9.6%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Point & Click 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Investigation 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
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 19.2%, Point & Click 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Investigation 10.2%
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Why similar: Detective 25%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Point & Click 19.5%, Mystery 16.1%, Text-Based 12.7%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Detective 17.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Point & Click 10.3%
After class, small problems drift into the library—harmless at first glance, yet hiding secrets and lies. You see the clues, hear every voice, and turn the page yourself as each case unravels. A bittersweet mystery adventure that blends the experience of reading with the feeling of watching a drama.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Mystery 17.2%, Cinematic 15.9%, Detective 11%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 14.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Point & Click 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Mystery 12.1%
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
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 29.2%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Mystery 18.5%, Text-Based 16.2%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
Step into the shoes of Bjorn, a man with a troubled past. One day, he meets a woman who resembles one of Bjorn's childhood friends who disappeared, and also shares the same name - Leyla. Is she his long-lost friend or someone else?
Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, 1980s 13%, Cinematic 12.1%, Text-Based 10.8%
舞台は東京から伊勢志摩へ…… ファミコン風アドベンチャーゲームの完全新作!
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 12.5%, Retro 12.4%
The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Point & Click 16.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Mystery 8.6%, 1980s 8.3%
Step into a dramatic K-drama mystery where nothing is quite what it seems. Investigate suspicious behavior, uncover hidden evidence, compare contradictions, and piece together the lies that reveal what really happened.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Detective 15.5%, Point & Click 13.9%, Exploration 8.7%
Cute visual novel murder mystery game
Why similar: Point & Click 22.5%, Detective 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 8.8%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Mystery 11.6%
It's time to make your choice! Experience a new fantasy world, full of adventure and romance! Go through the first four episodes of the story and wait for more games!
Why similar: Detective 18%, Point & Click 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 9.6%
A spin-off minigame collection of "Needy Streamer Overload". Meet your internet angel in this retro-style game world!
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.8%, Point & Click 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 10.6%
Bar by bar, a young woman wanders through the night. Conversations with bar owners and patrons, along with little things that catch her eye, bring back memories of her father, mother, grandfather, and family trips in this narrative exploration adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Mystery 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Exploration 9.2%
A mystery adventure game featuring a camera-headed detective and a superpowered girl teaming up to solve crimes. Play as the detective to gather and combine clues, reveal the hidden truth, and tear down fabricated lies.
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Point & Click 17.8%, Mystery 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Investigation 13.4%
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Text-Based 20.7%, Mystery 15.9%, Adventure 8.3%
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Point & Click 16.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Point & Click 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 12.1%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Point & Click 10.4%
Folk Horror Adventure gameGame ConseptThree ritualsNew original languageMysterious Knights
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Point & Click 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Text-Based 13.4%
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 25.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Point & Click 9.8%
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Mystery 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Adventure 9.8%
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 28.6%, Point & Click 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
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: Detective 23.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Investigation 11.8%
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Psychedelic 13.4%, Point & Click 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 11.9%
A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Cinematic 15.6%, Text-Based 10.6%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Text-Based 11.4%
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Retro 11.9%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Point & Click 11.9%, Text-Based 10.8%
The life of an ordinary freelance programmer Romero, whose existence is swallowed up by darkness. Not the fairy tail, but a dark part of humanity.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Psychedelic 16.5%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Investigation 9.5%
In an investigation where the thieves are not necessarily the ones you think they are, follow the clues, question the suspects, and get to the truth by avoiding false leads. But beware, some people are not ready to give up so easily.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Point & Click 19.4%, Investigation 15.4%, Text-Based 9.8%, Mystery 7.6%