- #1 First Moon of Mercury
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games by Stitch
Windows
Solve puzzle boxes to assemble a new space station, designed to deflect massive solar flares in this sci-fi thriller. Repair damaged modules, uncover political saboteurs, and don't let anyone find out you're an illegal AI.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Puzzle 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #2 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
Under the control of artificial intelligence, people in the city have fallen into a dream which they cannot wake up. You wake up in the dead city, and suddenly someone find you. Soon you fell into a hunting game, running through the empty streets. At this moment, a strange girl appeared...
Why similar: Word Game 29%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #3 Dragon Maiden: Blossoms of the Past
96% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 不兼容性工作室Pub: 2P Games
Windows
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, Mystery 13.2%, Lore-Rich 13%, Detective 12.6%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #4 ECH8
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MOON@NOON
Windows · Linux
ECH8 is a single-player narrative puzzle game about uncovering the mystery behind the disappearance of an entire species. Communicate with their past to uncover the truth and decide the future of their species. Will you uncover the truth in time, or are you doomed to make the same mistakes?
Why similar: Conversation 26.3%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Space 13%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #5 Tell Me Everything
94% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Word Game 27.6%, Typing 17.2% ★, Detective 16.3%, Mystery 9.8%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #6 WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
94% matchVery Positive93% of 5,446 reviews2017
Dev: WMY Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Mystery 9.2%
- #7 Who Am I エラーコード:九十九
93% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: 奥羽電影
Windows
Who Am I: Error Code 99 is an action novel game where you save memories and uncover the truth.When you wake up, you find yourself in an unfamiliar place.Where is this?Who am I?In search of answers, the protagonist wanders through Toan, a city of desire and despair.
Why similar: Word Game 23.2%, Cyberpunk 18.5%, Sci-fi 13%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #8 23:61
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 35.7%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Conversation 12.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 6.4%
- #9 LIQUID
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: AutomaticGrasshopperPub: East2West Games
Windows
Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.
Why similar: Conversation 16.7%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Detective 14.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #10 ARCA-102
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Atale Studios
Windows
Face logic challenges in this Escape Room game, where every second counts! Join Mirra, your mercenary partner, to uncover the mysteries of an abandoned colonizer ship on an unknown planet.
Why similar: Conversation 19.6%, Mystery 16.2%, Space 13.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.9%
- #11 Welcome To Mars 9
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sonomio Games
Windows
"Welcome To Mars 9: The Tale Of River" is a classic graphic adventure game where you will navigate a luxurious space station orbiting Mars, uncovering dark secrets and making ethical choices. The game's pixel art creates a captivating world with multiple endings, offering a journey of self-discovery
Why similar: Conversation 23.5%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #12 流言侦探
89% matchVery Positive82% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异,烧脑,悬疑推理剧情游戏,在游戏的体验中,玩家自主找出线索,并利用线索,和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法,玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者,玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相,找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Word Game 37.8%, Detective 15.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #13 谜宇酒吧
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DMW Studio
Windows
《谜宇酒吧》是一款舞台在3072年的太空列车上的悬疑推理游戏。玩家将扮演主人公“梅尔”,一名业余的列车酒保,寻找因一块陨石引起的连环杀人案的真相。
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Word Game 21.6%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Space 10.6%
- #14 ROSETIA: A First Contact Simulation
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redshift Panda
Windows
Become the first diplomat to an alien world in this dialogue-driven, Star Trek-inspired RPG. Explore an ancient civilization, befriend its strange inhabitants, and make agonizing choices that will forever shape the future of their species.
Why similar: Conversation 22.7%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #15 Crossword City Chronicles
88% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Trailblazer Games
Windows · Mac
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Typing 19.8% ★, Detective 13.4%, Text-Based 9.2%, Conversation 8.6%
- #16 Nodes Escape
86% matchVery Positive85% of 533 reviews2023
Dev: 夜喵
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The game presents realistic game graphics through sound effects, narration and imagination. The level design is subtle and challenging, allowing players to challenge their intelligence and logic skills in solving puzzles.
Why similar: Word Game 39.1%, Detective 16.8%, Text-Based 12.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #17 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
84% matchVery Positive94% of 267 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.7%, Conversation 18.2%, Word Game 17.1%, Detective 16.2%, Mystery 11.2%
- #18 7 Days to End with You
86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,158 reviews2022
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Word Game 21.4%, Typing 21.2% ★, Conversation 17.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #19 Murder On Space Station 52
85% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: Made From StringsPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped on a space station with the Keychain Killer you must unravel this mystery, or it will be your last. Collect evidence, interrogate suspects and solve puzzles to stand a chance.
Why similar: Conversation 18.1%, Detective 15.5%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Mystery 8.9%
- #20 Honu
84% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: H-BRS GameDev
Windows
Honu is a first-person 3D puzzle adventure where magic meets technology. Solve logic-based puzzles, reshape the world with magitech, and uncover a story set in a mysterious, beautifully stylized world.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 29%, Conversation 25.2%, Puzzle 14.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #21 Andromeda Acolytes
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wade ClarkePub: Heiress Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 29.9% ★, Conversation 15.1%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Text-Based 10.3%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #22 Cube Runk
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Heliongames
Windows
Cyberpunk adventure game about orphan Drew's fight against powerful corporation.
Why similar: Conversation 18.3%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Sci-fi 10%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #23 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
79% matchVery Positive96% of 112 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: Word Game 22.4%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Detective 14.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Mystery 9.6%
- #24 THE FATUM
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DreamLift Studios
Windows
The Fatum — a test of your deduction in a world of total control. Interrogate, inspect, pass a verdict. Compare visual details, analyze dossiers, and converse with residents. Your decisions write the finale — be prepared for the consequences.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.3%, Conversation 18.2%, Detective 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Mystery 9.2%
- #25 银河七日生存法则—Seven Days on the Edge: Galactic Fringe
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CalmSeal
Windows · Mac
Daytime romance, nighttime werewolf! Explore freely by day—then face the “Night Council” nightly. Use what you uncover to choose the right side among factions… because your decisions will decide who lives and who doesn’t. And when you finally piece together every clue, the truth behind Ferron is…
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.7%, Detective 15.1%, Cyberpunk 14%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Mystery 10.6%
- #26 Terra Alia: The Language Discovery RPG
82% matchMixed57% of 128 reviews2021
Dev: 30 Parallel
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Discover a new language with Terra Alia – a unique language learning experience where you can embark on a thrilling RPG adventure in the world full of magic and mysteries!
Why similar: Word Game 23.2%, Typing 22.1% ★, Conversation 20.4%, Sci-fi 9%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #27 The Pilgrimage
80% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Conversation 18.8%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Typing 17.8% ★, Sci-fi 10.8%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #28 Turlock Holmes
79% matchVery Positive80% of 917 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Word Game 28.2%, Detective 20%, Conversation 11.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #29 Kukata: Word of Ghosts
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Word Naz Game Studio
Windows
Your words are your only weapon. Banish the restless dead in this Malaysian folklore typing horror. Face the Pocong and Pontianak in an abandoned school using fast-paced typing combat and ritual crafting. Can you find the words to survive? Start typing now.
Why similar: Typing 34.8% ★, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Word Game 12.9%, Puzzle 7.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #30 KILLA
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Tangerine
Windows
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Conversation 18.9%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #31 Detect-Dev
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Future Funk
Windows
As Devin and AV1NA, players will use a combination of psychic abilities and advanced artificial intelligence to solve intricate puzzles, interact with a cast of richly drawn characters, and untangle a web of intrigue that threatens the very heart of Neo-Chicago.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Conversation 14.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Cyberpunk 13.6%
- #32 Trilingual
76% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Wyatt HubersPub: Tetrafi
Windows
Welcome to the planet, Triangulus. Can you solve the hidden mysteries of each island and escape with your brain intact? Scan these ancient runes to decode a new alien language. Use this alien language to grow plants, move trains, and even save the Trilings of the planet.
Why similar: Typing 38.3% ★, Puzzle 13.5%, Conversation 13.2%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Space 7.7%
- #33 Hidden Words
77% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Alcedo Games
Windows
Hidden Words is an interactive word guessing game that can be played with your Twitch chat! Your viewers will try to find the hidden words in a picture by just typing to your chat. There is also a solo game mode to challange yourself.
Why similar: Word Game 32.3%, Typing 30.8% ★, Conversation 16.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Text-Based 4.7%
- #34 Athanasy
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: WirionPub: 7DOTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.8%, Conversation 16.1%, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Detective 12.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #35 Wax Heads
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Patattie GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Linux
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
Why similar: Conversation 32.4%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Detective 11.6%, Exploration 8.6%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #36 Couch Detective
73% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Gamtropy
Windows · Mac
Couch Detective is a text-based deduction game hosted by AI. Ask questions to uncover bizarre yet logical truths. You can also feed the AI your ideas to generate new puzzles and share them with friends.
Why similar: Typing 25.4% ★, Conversation 19.5%, Detective 16.3%, Word Game 12.2%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #37 Homicipher: Demo
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Conversation 22.3%, Word Game 21.6%, Typing 18.8% ★, Text-Based 9.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #38 Event[0]
76% matchVery Positive80% of 2,270 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Sci-fi 15.9%, Space 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Mystery 11.5%
- #39 VOICE
75% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: WTFMAN
Windows
VOICE is a game about the story of living in a dystopian world where speaking is forbidden.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.9%, Conversation 19.9%, Text-Based 11.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #40 Ventomori
72% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Matter Observatory
Windows
In this asymmetrical multiplayer co-op puzzle game, brave the treacherous unknown and endeavour on a deadly, desolate planet. Be the eyes from above or the scout on the ground and work together with a friend to uncover the mysteries and escape from the planet Xanahspati.
Why similar: Conversation 30.4%, Multiple Endings 13%, Puzzle 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Exploration 10.4%
- #41 Cold Start: The Callisto
74% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GIB Games
Windows
A sci-fi VR exploratory puzzle game, The Callisto pushes the boundaries of VR with stunning visuals, dynamic puzzles, and a rich storyline that unfolds piece-by-piece through your own exploration.
Why similar: Conversation 17.4%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Detective 14.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Mystery 10.1%
- #42 The Inn-Sanity
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Word Game 28%, Conversation 24.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Exploration 7.2%
- #43 Dunes Of Raeth
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kalempirion Studios 13Pub: Kalempirion Games
Windows
Dunes of Raeth is a 1st person Adventure game set in and below the dunes of a war-torn planet. You play as the King of Raeth. Solve the puzzles put before you by the embodiment of the planet you rule. Decide the future of your kingdom and of the ones you love!
Why similar: Conversation 21.4%, Lore-Rich 15%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #44 墨心:波云诡船
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,395 reviews2020
Dev: 1001 Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Conversation 22%, Word Game 17.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Text-Based 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #45 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
71% matchVery Positive88% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Conversation 19.1%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Detective 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #46 Mens Rea
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mens Rea DeveloperPub: Mens Rea Publisher
Windows · Linux
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Word Game 26.5%, Conversation 18.6%, Detective 18.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #47 LiveStream: Chapter One
69% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: Artflux_Games
Windows
You are a streamer who entered an abandoned building for hype. But the game quickly turns into a real nightmare — the chat and donations influence what’s happening, and you try to survive and understand what’s going on.
Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Conversation 21.1%, Detective 13.4%, Text-Based 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #48 Terminus - Ultiverse
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultiverse
Windows
Terminus introduces a cast of AI-powered Non-Player Characters (NPCs) unlike any before. Each character possesses a fully integrated worldview, allowing for deeply meaningful interactions and conversations that branch into multiple paths, each influencing the game's progression and possible endings.
Why similar: Word Game 23.7%, Lore-Rich 22.8%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #49 Keyword 2: Nightfall
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: City From Naught Inc.
Windows
Play detective in this heart-gripping cyberpunk adventure where every dark corner of this intricate vertical city is yours to explore. Interrogate witnesses, investigate murders and even enjoy hotpots! Every choice shapes the outcome, leading you closer to the truth, or deeper into the shadows.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #50 Duppy Detective Tashia
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spritewrench
Windows
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Conversation 22%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Detective 14.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #51 TellTale - Casino Murder Case
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: NeruyaPub: Team Detective
Windows
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Conversation 22.8%, Detective 21%, Mystery 18%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 8.9%
- #52 Quodan: Treachery on the Arheid
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: AnonymousTurtle Games
Windows
When the Arheid III is sabotaged by a spy aboard the spaceship, Captain John Will Smith must get to the bottom of it or risk another attack.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.5%, Detective 15.7%, Text-Based 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #53 Inquiry Counsel逆转茶食人
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZHENG YUFENG
Windows
"Hold on!" A court battle game set in ancient China's Song Dynasty! In the government office of Lin'an County during the Song Dynasty of ancient China, many bizarre murder cases occurred! The protagonist engages in intense court battles with the county captain of Lin'an to find the real culprit!
Why similar: Word Game 24.1%, Detective 19.7%, Conversation 12.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #54 Chants of Sennaar
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 29,231 reviews2023
Dev: RundiscPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
Why similar: Word Game 31.5%, Puzzle 22.9%, Detective 12.8%, Adventure 7.5%, Colorful 6%
- #55 The Riddler
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SemanticOverlordPub: Bunker 22
Windows
Think you're clever? Prove it with an enigmatic AI, the ultimate master of riddles beyond imagination.
Why similar: Conversation 29.1%, Typing 22.3% ★, Word Game 18.9%, Text-Based 11.3%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #56 Treasure at Thornhill Academy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdy Interactive
Windows
A point-and-click mystery set in 1998. Explore the early Internet for clues, connect overlooked details, and uncover what really happened at Thornhill Academy. Come for the mystery, stay for the cozy New England private school vibes.
Why similar: Typing 30.2% ★, Detective 19.4%, Conversation 16.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #57 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
65% matchVery Positive80% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Conversation 24%, Detective 18.3%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Mystery 8.5%
- #58 The Wolf Is Dead
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fat Toad Games
Windows
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Mystery 15.4%, Conversation 13.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #59 Spaceship Down
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raguthra Studios
Windows · Mac
In Spaceship Down, you’re Noah, a stranded tech patching up a crashed spaceship with whatever you can find. With only a sarcastic narrator and a perky AI for company, survival means thinking fast and jury-rigging your way out of a bad situation. Think you’re up for it?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30.9%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Space 8.4%