60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Visual Novel, Indie.
Eighteen-year-old Maxim Karasev, full of hopes for adulthood, finally left his parents' home. He invested his small savings in renting a modest apartment in an old, somewhat dilapidated neighborhood of the city.
Defective Detectives 2
A comedic detective visual novel in a noir style. Try on an old raincoat, arm yourself with a half-eaten éclair, and set out to find the Mayor's stolen wig! Read dialogue, make choices, and try not to lead the investigation down a dead end before the Sausage Baron takes over the city.
Синяя Борода
Instead of sunny days, carefree relaxation, and dates, he has a “responsible” task ahead of him — to look after the sinister but seemingly empty mansion of the mysterious, absent owner whom everyone calls Bluebeard. Denis thought it would be easy, watering flowers and bored in silence...
A comedic detective visual novel in a noir style. Try on an old raincoat, arm yourself with a half-eaten éclair, and set out to find the Mayor's stolen wig! Read dialogue, make choices, and try not to lead the investigation down a dead end before the Sausage Baron takes over the city.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Life Sim 15.4%, Relaxing 5.5%
Instead of sunny days, carefree relaxation, and dates, he has a “responsible” task ahead of him — to look after the sinister but seemingly empty mansion of the mysterious, absent owner whom everyone calls Bluebeard. Denis thought it would be easy, watering flowers and bored in silence...
Why similar: Incremental 23.9%, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Investigation 14.9%, Simulation 9%
Anime courtroom murder mystery, set in the corporate world. Cross-examine executives, collect evidence, and correct misstatements one contradiction at a time.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Investigation 26.2%, Visual Novel 22%, Story Rich 7.5%, Adventure 5.6%
Welcome to another boring game! The highly anticipated sequel to The Most Boring Game Ever is here! This is designed to be a boring experience where you click your way through the days living life with no end in sight. Learn about life and death and the routine we all go through in life.
Why similar: Incremental 37.1%, Life Sim 30.8%, Simulation 19.8%, Relaxing 7.9%, Atmospheric 3.8%
One day, you are thrown into an unknown world – Aethris. Lead your own adventure. Hunt for clues in dialogues with diverse characters. Choose what to doubt or trust. Forge a path between chaotic reality and illusory sanctuary.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Investigation 25.3%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Simulation 7.6%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Investigation 26.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Simulation 6.8%
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 39.4%, Investigation 26.3%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Story Rich 6.9%, Stylized 3.2%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 34.7%, Investigation 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
In the period of 180 seconds you will analyze every object in your house... when the ambulance passes, the thunder, and the ringing of the phone. You live during the time of a pandemic and your mission is to use your real-world knowledge that you have learned about viruses. Would you be infected?
Why similar: Incremental 32.6%, Detective 28.9%, Investigation 22.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
A first-person mystery solving game, where you try to find out what happened at Syn Archives.
Why similar: Detective 40.1%, Investigation 25.8%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Multiple Endings 6.5%, Story Rich 3.7%
A mysterious plague known as the Sleeping Sickness has taken your beloved. But it is too soon for despair. There is still a chance to bring them back. Gather the tears of the Hero’s bloodline and reclaim your love.
Why similar: Incremental 39.4%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Simulation 21.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Fantasy 3.7%
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 26.3%, Incremental 25.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Stylized 2.4%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 36.9%, Investigation 26.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Story Rich 6.3%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
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 35.5%, Investigation 27.5%, Visual Novel 25%, Adventure 10%, Indie 1.3%
For Nikita, time stood still long ago. His life has become an endless, exhausting marathon of anxiety, where night brings no rest. Trying to find some peace and escape the haunting nightmares, he suddenly discovers that reality has cracked.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Life Sim 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Investigation 7.3%
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate witnesses and organize your evidence to catch the culprit. Solve multiple different cases in varying areas and talk to many unique and fun characters. Can you solve it? Come and see.
Why similar: Detective 39%, Investigation 30.7%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Colorful 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Anomaly Hour: Forest Cabin is a tense observation horror game where you monitor rooms through security cameras to spot strange and shifting anomalies. Each replay reveals new, unpredictable events as you uncover the haunting mystery behind the Kinley family’s forest cabin.
Why similar: Incremental 34.5%, Detective 24.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Simulation 17.8%, Atmospheric 3.2%
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 33.2%, Investigation 25.1%, Visual Novel 22%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Story Rich 6%
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Incremental 25.1%, Investigation 23.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Simulation 7.3%
One day during a study session at the campus library, you instinctively scratch an itch through your pants due to a recurring skin condition. Unbeknownst to you, a girl seated across misinterprets your action as something indecent and records a video to report you.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Simulation 17.8%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 12.6%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 25.2%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Relaxing 6.7%, Fantasy 4%
Andrey comes to the city to enroll in college and moves into a communal apartment. Neighbors, alcoholics, cult members, and gangsters test his mettle. Every decision is a choice between morality and survival. A visual novel where one wrong move turns a college applicant into a criminal.
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Story Rich 5.9%
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 40%, Investigation 31.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Adventure 3.1%
Step into the shoes of Józef, a young man and altar server in a Polish village. Repair electronic equipment, prepare the sacristy for Mass, and help your neighbors. Experience a unique and moving adventure centered around liturgical service.
Why similar: Incremental 36.1%, Life Sim 23.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Simulation 8.8%, Story Rich 5.1%
Happy Nuclear is an evidence-based investigation game where players act as detectives to prevent a disaster. They analyze interconnected case information on an investigation board, primarily using old CCTV and access logs. Cases link together at the end, and each replay introduces changes.
Why similar: Incremental 32.4%, Detective 30.1%, Investigation 26.9%, Simulation 8.1%, Atmospheric 2.1%
A real journey into the depths of yourself, an atmospheric immersion in the night city, soaked with rain, melancholy and the mysterious whispering of destinies. You are not just a reader, but the creator of your own story, a composer whose decisions are the chords that form the unique melody of fate
Why similar: Investigation 27.4%, Life Sim 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Simulation 7.1%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 31.7%, Investigation 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Story Rich 6.5%, Simulation 5.6%
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 38.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Investigation 19%, Adventure 6.7%, Stylized 5.8%
You come back to school at the beginning of second semester. A lot has changed during your absence. Are you able to solve the mystery which not many people know about?
Why similar: Investigation 25.1%, Detective 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Stylized 6.1%
Step into the world of the first ever Heroes of Eroticism side-story. Start your dream job at the luxurious Paradiso Resort and enjoy all the girls and facilities it has to offer. Show off both your boobs and your cock and become the most valued employee the resort has ever seen.
Why similar: Incremental 28.7%, Life Sim 23.8%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Relaxing 5.4%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 30.2%, Detective 29.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Visual Novel 5.6%, Simulation 5.6%
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 35.9%, Investigation 26.5%, Visual Novel 25%, Adventure 6.2%, Story Rich 5.7%
Assume the role of a modern detective and solve fascinating cases using lots of gadgets and your own skills. Let a sophisticated narrative help you uncover clues and secrets that might not be apparent right away and become a star detective.
Why similar: Detective 46.9%, Investigation 25.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Adventure 6.2%, Action 3.2%
A narrative-driven visual novel with fully written dialogue and atmospheric narration. A journey through mystical stations—"Forgotten Hats," "The Library," "The Last Ticket," and other surreal locations.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Investigation 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Story Rich 5.8%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Investigation 25.9%, Visual Novel 25%, Story Rich 7.2%, Atmospheric 2.8%
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!
Why similar: Detective 30.1%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Investigation 19.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
A trashy adventure about the wooden idiot Pinochet and the wolf Gloomy, who decide to rob a post office. Crazy characters, idiotic choices, dark humor, and epilogues that are one more ridiculous than the other. One wrong click and you're dead. Welcome to the bottom.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Detective 24.2%, Investigation 16.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Stylized 6.6%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 38.7%, Investigation 27%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Story Rich 7.5%, Adventure 4%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 41.2%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Investigation 20.7%, Story Rich 4.4%, Adventure 2.8%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 42.4%, Investigation 33.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, Adventure 4.4%
This is a leisure and entertainment game that simulates fishing. You can experience the fun of fishing with a simple mouse and keyboard. Enjoy fishing time and browse the beautiful scenery around you. The scoreboard will also record the type and value of the fish caught.
Why similar: Incremental 40.8%, Life Sim 32.6%, Simulation 23.1%, Action 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Investigation 32.3%, Detective 31.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Simulation 12%, Adventure 3.9%
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Investigation 25.4%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Story Rich 7.3%, Adventure 4%
Cade, a perpetually hungry student living on the edge of his scholarship, buys a grey parrot named Colonel Pixel from a crazy sailor in a dark alley. In exchange for a quantum physics textbook, the bird promises to lead him to a "billionaire gardener with golden pineapples.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Detective 21.1%, Simulation 12.7%, Investigation 12.5%, Adventure 8.9%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Investigation 25.3%, Visual Novel 21%, Story Rich 7.2%, Relaxing 6.5%
「ギルド探求団へようこそ！」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう！それでは──良い旅を！
Why similar: Detective 50.8%, Investigation 35%, Adventure 6.6%, Fantasy 5.7%, Indie 1.2%
Life is easier when you're a small creature on a farm. Everything is decided for you, and your fate is written out until the very end. Sounds like a fairy tale... or maybe a nightmare? Enjoy the peaceful times. You'll never leave it, because you're safe here... Or are you?
Why similar: Detective 30%, Investigation 20.6%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Stylized 7.8%
Take on the role of a historian who, along with a friend, has arrived in an abandoned village in search of easy money. You've unleashed an ancient evil from a sealed chest. Now the fog is closing in, the dead are rising from their beds, and your own mind is becoming your greatest enemy.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Investigation 18.7%, Adventure 9.2%, Stylized 6.2%
Play as college student who majors in criminal investigation and solve the weird cases happened right beside him! A visual novel involves puzzle solving, reasoning, humor and of course adventures! English version is available now.
Why similar: Detective 52.3%, Visual Novel 32%, Adventure 10.3%, Indie 5.3%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 49.2%, Investigation 35.9%, Adventure 5.7%, Story Rich 5.3%, Atmospheric 2.1%
Mindjack is a plot-progression Visual novels and investigation game about social violence. Hijack instructors' vision terminals, eavesdrop on conspiracies, and capture violent acts. You must uncover dark secrets, and decide whether to save your friends trapped within the time limit.
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Investigation 25.7%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Simulation 6.9%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Investigation 25.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
Have fun with little puzzles in this Point & Click game! But be careful with the choices you make...
Why similar: Incremental 26.5%, Investigation 21.5%, Detective 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Story Rich 5.1%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 44.6%, Investigation 22.5%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Stylized 5.7%
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 44.5%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Investigation 15.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 5.9%
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 24.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Story Rich 6.7%, Adventure 5.5%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 39.1%, Investigation 31%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Story Rich 6.3%, Adventure 3.2%
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Artificial Intelligence 6.9%
In the depths of the forest, you find yourself at the footsteps of the abandoned village. Step inside to go through a horror puzzle game inspired by and set in Ukrainian folklore. Find the way out, solve the mysteries of the past, and survive the night that seems to never end.
Why similar: Detective 34.3%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Simulation 16.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
A visual novel about a person trapped in the same day. Explore the hospital, read others' charts, choose whom to trust, and decide whether to accept the cycle or seek out the one controlling it. Your choices lead to different endings.
Why similar: Detective 35.3%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Story Rich 5.5%
