- #1 The Wild Detective: The Hound of the Foggy City
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZombieDogStudio
Windows
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 39.2%, Drama 24.3%, Mystery 10.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 5.8%
- #2 深渊档案
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Walker Studio
Windows
You are a special investigator sent to a construction site halted by a supernatural event. Beneath it lies a deadly mining accident where almost no one survived. Using old photos, trace the memories of the dead, relive their final moments, and uncover long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Detective 38%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Mystery 15.9%, Puzzle 8.1%, Adventure 6.3%
- #3 黑土无归
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CATTOFUN GAMES
Windows · Mac
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 32.7%, Drama 22.2%, RPG 12.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
- #4 Xi
95% matchVery Positive91% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: HHGame
Windows
"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion. This immersive escape room experience feels a bit too real, with eerie and strange elements everywhere—an empty banquet, an endless corridor.
Why similar: Drama 21.7%, Detective 17%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, RPG 10.2%, Mystery 10%
- #5 Another Day of My Life
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Foxy KK & Squeaky ZZ
Windows · Mac
In the game, the little girl has the strangest day of her life. It starts in a quite peaceful morning and ends up in a really weird night. Her mom is missing, and her dad is acting crazy... What happens this day seems all mixed up and strange, but it's actually meant to be.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Detective 18.3%, Drama 16.6%, Mystery 12%, Emotional 9.8%
- #6 When eyes close
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Escapismogames
Windows
When did you become a monster? In this nightmare, everyone is guilty. Everyone has a secret. A demon will make you remember what you did. Piece together your shattered past in a detective psychological horror and... WAKE UP!
Why similar: Detective 34.4%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Drama 23.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Adventure 1.6%
- #7 松峰镇:诅咒
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Youki Fung
Windows
This is a suspenseful puzzle visual novel game. You play as a character who was born in Pine Peak as a child and returns to this long-lost town after many years. You get involved in a series of mysterious disappearances happening in the town and try to explore and solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Drama 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, RPG 11.8%
- #8 Abnormal1999:Apartment of Death
92% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
Venture into the abandoned jungle apartment, embody lone survivor Ross, on a gripping adventure. College friends Joanna and Ivan went missing here. You must unravel mysteries room-by-room while evading a lurking killer's attacks. Can you pierce the enigmas and escape unscathed?
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Drama 17.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, RPG 11.7%
- #9 炸鸡块与天使
91% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Hamstachio
Windows · Mac
"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 33.2%, Drama 20.6%, Mystery 14.9%, Puzzle 7.3%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #10 Have a Nice Dream
91% matchVery Positive93% of 4,884 reviews2021
Dev: 榭季生
Windows
A story about dreams. Explore a weird house and find the truth. A short game with mild puzzles and some psychological horror elements.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Drama 22.6%, RPG 15.4%, Emotional 13%, Puzzle 11.5%
- #11 15LANDS: Where Stars Fall / 十五区:星落何处
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WMY Studio
Windows · Mac
In a world where intellect is survival, humanity's brains are decaying. As an engineer fixing the obsolete Campfire System, you discover the encrypted memories of teenagers hidden in broken data. Solve diverse logic puzzles to decrypt their past and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Drama 32.1%, Detective 15%, RPG 12.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Mystery 8.5%
- #12 Abnormal1999:SU - Unlocking the 4th Dimension
89% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
SU is a 2.5D deduction puzzle game. The submarine Nautilus suffers a mechanical failure during its voyage. Dr. Pierre investigates and finds anomalies in every area. Explore the deep blue depths, follow Dr. Pierre as he unravels the secrets of the Nautilus.
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Psychological Horror 23%, Drama 15.3%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 12.5%
- #13 In Memoriam
88% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: MoCaps
Windows · Linux
Step into a gripping medieval political thriller where intrigue, betrayal, and power struggles shape your fate. As a ghostly detective, you’ll uncover conspiracies, navigate a web of deception and unravel a larger mystery tied to your own demise
Why similar: Detective 38.1%, Drama 18.4%, Mystery 14.4%, Puzzle 10.8%, RPG 7.3%
- #14 知更鸟-The Robin
89% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Drama 15.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, RPG 10.1%
- #15 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
86% matchVery Positive88% of 224 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, RPG 9.3%
- #16 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
87% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, RPG 14.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Drama 12.2%
- #17 栖云异梦
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后,主角方哲收到了一个包裹,其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村,梦境与现实交错,指引他步步逼近真相......
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Drama 24.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, RPG 7.6%
- #18 The Occult Detective
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 326 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 32.9%, Drama 20.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, RPG 8.7%
- #19 回ル!ハッカー探偵
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: 総合コンテンツ制作サークル
Windows
Become a righteous hacker detective who solves people's problems... and hack the requested PC by solving riddles! Analyze the PC by hacking! And... solve the source of your client's problems in the PC! This game is a puzzle solving adventure. You can hack by solving riddles.
Why similar: Detective 34.1%, Drama 19.9%, Mystery 17.6%, Emotional 13.7%, Adventure 9.7%
- #20 Recall: Empty Wishes
84% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Detective 21.8%, Drama 14.1%, RPG 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #21 Unheard - Voices of Crime
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,170 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: Detective 56.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Puzzle 12.4%, RPG 9%, Story Rich 2.8%
- #22 子归 - Blossom
82% matchVery Positive89% of 618 reviews2024
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Detective 34%, Drama 19.7%, Mystery 16.8%, RPG 10.8%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #23 The Chessboard Mystery:47 West Street,Highgate
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BlackFog Studio
Windows
Step into Highgate a fog-shrouded town in 1956, where a mysterious murder shatters the silence. As a private investigator, explore scenes, gather evidence, and question suspects. Use your evidence board to trace lies, face branching choices, and uncover the hidden truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Drama 27.1%, Detective 23.4%, RPG 19.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, Mystery 12.2%
- #24 星象迷案 The Zodiac Mystery
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LazyBoy
Windows
Step into The Zodiac Mystery, where a suspense-filled adventure begins! Players are immersed in a complex and bewildering cold case, searching for clues across time and space. Examine crime scenes, review files, and analyze evidence, following the trail concealed within a celestial haze.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Drama 24%, Mystery 19.9%, Puzzle 12%, RPG 7.4%
- #25 PepOS - Our Operating System
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: div
Windows
Available today for every citizen of Feagu, a new operating system - built for both your professional and personal use. Browse your email, visit the world wide web, do office tasks, and much more!
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Comedy 13.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #26 忆渡Mindless
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: yitengkeji
Windows
《mindless》是一款悬疑向FMV(全动态视频)交互式电影游戏。在此游戏中,玩家扮演一位失忆的侦探,利用mindless系统,经历案件发生的全过程,通过观察现场所有人的行为举止、案发后现场遗留的物品以寻找解开谜团的钥匙,解锁更多对话场景以及神秘的线索。
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Drama 28.5%, RPG 19.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Adventure 6.3%
- #27 侦探R和预言者J
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NUMBER7Pub: Pujia8 studio
Windows
收集证据,与多方周旋,揭开真相。 过去与现在交错的案件,沟通型的悬疑冒险游戏。
Why similar: Detective 41%, Drama 22.1%, RPG 20.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, Story Rich 2.5%
- #28 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
77% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Drama 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #29 With in the Obscurity
79% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
A first-person perspective mystery puzzle-solving game where players immerse themselves in the role of characters involved in each episode's abnormal event to uncover the truth. The plan is to release 1 episodes per month, totaling 6 episodes per season.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Drama 19%, Mystery 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #30 Rabbit Detective
77% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: PinkTokum Studio
Windows
《兔子侦探》是一款手绘风格的悬疑解谜互动游戏。玩家将扮演兔子侦探,在前往拜访好友时,竟发现对方已意外身亡!案发现场疑点重重,线索错综复杂。玩家将使用时间回溯机制,从现场抽丝剥茧,在正确的时机放置正确的证据,找出杀害受害兔的真凶,洗清自己被迫背负的嫌疑。最终将罪犯绳之以法,并在审讯中揭露其罪行!
Why similar: Detective 54.9%, Mystery 20.6%, Puzzle 15%, RPG 7.5%, Indie 1.3%
- #31 我死后的那些天-After Death
78% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Detective 29.2%, RPG 15.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Drama 10.4%
- #32 曦Lost girl
78% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: AutomaticGrasshopper
Windows
In the dark, the girl seems to have returned to her early time, On the way to escape, monsters keep chasing her... She wanna escape, but the end comes before her leaving...
Why similar: Drama 19.6%, RPG 17.4%, CRPG 15.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%
- #33 Scapegoat & Rational
75% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: 萊斯特 LesterWindPub: 萊斯特的帽子 Lester's cap
Windows
Children vanish in a small town. Investigator Reacher is drawn to a cursed mansion, where members of the rescue team begin to die. Is it a curse — or a killer among them? Scapegoat & Rational blends mystery storytelling, key evidence collection, and escape-style Puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, CRPG 20.4%, Mystery 14.5%, RPG 11.8%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #34 吃脚
76% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 星火燎猎
Windows
The mystery puzzle visual novel of the Republic of China - Grandma died, the coffin is placed in the funeral hall. My mother asked me to come to the vigil and repeatedly warned me not to open the coffin.
Why similar: Drama 35.3%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, RPG 23.5%, Mystery 15.8%, Indie 1.3%
- #35 祖母 grandmother
75% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: 上线工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
在离开芒山村的十七年后,已经成为大学生的小张为了给去世的祖母守灵,再次回到了家乡。然而灵堂之上却是一派吊诡,冷漠无言的村民,心怀鬼胎的昔日家仆,无不注视着她手中那个祖母赠予却无法打开的神秘铁盒。当大雨倾盆之际,细碎的金属刮地声回响,刹那间,利器反光,血溅厅堂……
Why similar: Drama 36%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, RPG 12.9%, Puzzle 12%, Adventure 3.5%
- #36 The Case of Maneki
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Zmakesgames
Windows
The Case of Maneki is a Detective game about a Maneki Neko, or lucky cat, following his adopted guardian to find the truth that is hidden between a series of gruesome murders.
Why similar: Detective 34.4%, Drama 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Emotional 9.2%, Adventure 6.6%
- #37 Mirages
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 296 reviews2023
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.
Why similar: Drama 28%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Mystery 15.9%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #38 Red Line
74% matchVery Positive97% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Mystery 17.2%, RPG 12.6%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #39 锈城 - Rust City
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moran
Windows
A pixel-style horror puzzle RPG game where you will play as a girl named Song Kerr, using your wits to survive in Rust City while exploring the long-hidden truths among the tangled clues... Please note, do not break the rules: monsters will appear at midnight, do not go outside!
Why similar: Drama 24.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Detective 17%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #40 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
73% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Drama 17.4%, RPG 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Mystery 14.3%
- #41 孟铣(116)
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SuBaseSTPub: SuBase
Windows
The player will play a person who survived the car accident, walking alone on the road, exploring in the dark forest, looking for the truth in the strange town, whether he really survived and walked out of the darkness in his heart is up to the player............
Why similar: Drama 23.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, RPG 13.5%, Puzzle 11%, Mystery 10%
- #42 见习侦探
73% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: 全能侦探社
Windows
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Detective 32.9%, Drama 21.8%, Mystery 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, RPG 11.2%
- #43 Gap World Events
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 荔枝加盐
Windows
This is an original orthodox detective mystery game. The player suddenly takes possession of Roran, who hopes to report to the academy. You must investigate and deduce the truth behind a series of bizarre incidents that obstruct his journey, helping him successfully reach the academy.
Why similar: Detective 38.7%, Drama 24.4%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #44 The Fade
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Honeyshade Studios
Windows
The Fade is a psychological horror RPGMaker. In Willowbrook, a reopened moldavite mine revives a forgotten illness that erases people from existence. As sacred flowers bloom again, Winnie Axler, the “sacred child”, must uncover buried secrets and stop the Fade before the town vanishes forever.
Why similar: Drama 23.3%, RPG 18.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 12.4%, Emotional 11.6%
- #45 我的一个多重人格朋友
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, RPG 9.2%
- #46 末日航路-The Termination
72% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
It's a story of deception and redemption. You receive a mysterious invitation to a seven days doomsday journey. An expectant interstellar journey has become a doomsday route to the end. There is only one word difference between "victim" and "perpetrator".
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, RPG 10%, Drama 9.8%
- #47 Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 755 reviews2008
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.
Why similar: Detective 45.5%, RPG 19%, Adventure 15%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #48 消失的第四天
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 游戏峰塔
Windows
"The Fourth Day Disappeared" is a pixel art detective game. As an intern detective, you're caught in a serial murder case on a train trip. Investigate, gather evidence, interrogate passengers, and connect clues to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Mystery 16.5%, RPG 10.9%, Drama 10%, Adventure 9.5%
- #49 The Guilty Hearts
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Singlecore Games
Windows
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 37.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Drama 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Adventure 10.8%
- #50 The Whitaker’s Library - Part 1
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Miloš LužnjaninPub: Yahaha Games
Windows
Welcome to the Whitaker library! You are a young archivist who is invited to enter this mysterious library to explore the truth of those forbidden books. Each book is a key to an unknown world, and every reading may change your destiny... or discover a secret.
Why similar: Drama 24.7%, Detective 20.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Puzzle 13%, Adventure 11.6%
- #51 Memory Tides
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 掌鱼工作室Pub: PalmFin Studio
Windows
Memory Tides is an adventure game set in a near-future metropolis. Haunted by false memories and buried trauma, you're trapped in an endless loop: sink into illusion or face reality? Step into the shoes of Lin Xiaoyu, use "slacking off" as your cover, and uncover the hidden truth.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Drama 24.3%, RPG 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #52 Assistant to the Lost Detective - Remaster -
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: LIKEMAD_GAMES
Windows
A novel-style mystery adventure game. Explore 2D top-down maps! Enjoy easy puzzles and comical text. Become the assistant to the lost detective Chiho-chan and help solve mysteries!
Why similar: Detective 41.7%, Drama 21.8%, Comedy 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Adventure 7.7%
- #53 Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past
67% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: GameXP.com
Windows
What awaits a prisoner who wakes up in the house of a host known for his cruel games?
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, CRPG 16.4%, Drama 15.5%, RPG 11.6%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #54 After Lights Out
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POQI STUDIO
Windows
After Lights Out is a first person psychological horror game. Players will explore a terrifying house that keeps changing in the dark. Use the lights to solve the puzzles and uncover the hidden truth in the room.
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Psychological Horror 29.9%, Mystery 15.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Adventure 4.8%
- #55 Kanna Maze
66% matchVery Positive89% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 11.3%, RPG 10.9%
- #56 Charon's Staircase
68% matchMixed63% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Detective 39.6%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Puzzle 12.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #57 The White Door
67% matchVery Positive94% of 6,666 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty LakePub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enter The White Door and discover Rusty Lake’s universe in a new game with a unique style! Explore Robert Hill’s dreams and help him to find his lost memories. Can you survive the strict daily routine and bring back color to Robert's life?
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Puzzle 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 12.9%
- #58 Imperfect Smile
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lazy Platypus Kft.
Windows
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 38.1%, Mystery 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Adventure 10.7%, Drama 10.6%
- #59 Puzzle Agent
68% matchVery Positive89% of 2,805 reviews2010
Dev: Telltale
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 37.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Comedy 7.6%
- #60 Ivy‘s Dream Cafe
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LunaMi Games
Windows
A narrative puzzle game with cafe management. By day, run a magical cafe; by night, enter dreams to gather clues, investigate mysteries, and uncover a deeper truth behind the nightmares.
Why similar: Detective 38.2%, Drama 22.6%, Emotional 19%, Puzzle 9.7%, Story Rich 3.9%