60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Detective, Mystery, Indie.
Somebody reported the fire fourteen minutes before it started. Prove it in real SQL. Learn the language from your first line, question a live evidence database, and let the records name the culprit for you.
Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
Faultfinder
She kept the machine that holds the city up. It ran correctly for eleven years, and last night it killed her. Step through her rune-tape, watch the registers, rewind the trace, and name the line that did it. You never write a program. You read one, and you convict it.
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
Why similar: Programming 38.7% ★, Detective 19.7%, Education 13.9%, Investigation 8%, Crime 6.1%
She kept the machine that holds the city up. It ran correctly for eleven years, and last night it killed her. Step through her rune-tape, watch the registers, rewind the trace, and name the line that did it. You never write a program. You read one, and you convict it.
Why similar: Programming 49.2% ★, Detective 25.4%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 6.8%, Puzzle 4.8%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Crime 27.9%, Mystery 14.3%, Investigation 7.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
Regular Expressions (Regex) are a powerful text pattern-matching tool used for searching, replacing, and validating strings. The game wraps Regex into text-based puzzle, allowing players to gradually master regular expressions as they progress through levels.
Why similar: Programming 40.7% ★, Detective 25.8%, Education 12.6%, Strategy 6.3%, Text-Based 5.8%
Explore CyberQuest, where your decisions define you. Journey from a novice freelancer to a skilled hacker. Choose your path: white hat, black hat, or hacktivist, and embrace the cyber challenge!
Why similar: Programming 33.3% ★, Crime 16.6%, Education 12.6%, Detective 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Crime 25.7%, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%
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 45.9%, Crime 24%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 11.6%, Puzzle 4.1%
In the second episode of Finite State Automation Challenges, you will use finite-state automata to overcome 80 challenges from character string manipulation, computer science, and mathematics.
Why similar: Programming 54.2% ★, Detective 24.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Education 5.7%, Puzzle 5.6%
functional is a puzzle game about math and abstraction.
Why similar: Programming 48.2% ★, Level Editor 18.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Text-Based 9.7%, Puzzle 6.7%
Welcome to Laura.ai, the world's leading AGI company. As our developer, you'll investigate logs, browse files, and monitor applications across our proprietary operating system. Your access is limited. Some directories are restricted for good reason. We trust you'll respect those boundaries.
Why similar: Programming 30.4% ★, Detective 28.6%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 7.5%, Puzzle 4.9%
Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Crime 18.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Comic Book 9.6%
Sift through the evidence to find out who did it.
Why similar: Crime 39.9%, Detective 35.3%, Mystery 17.8%, Puzzle 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Replicube is an open-ended programming puzzle game/toy about writing code to replicate 3D voxel-based objects. Solve puzzles, pursue leaderboard glory, or just make art to share with the in-game community.
Why similar: Programming 69.3% ★, Level Editor 16.8%, Simulation 7.2%, Puzzle 6.8%
OCTOPTICOM 3D is a major upgrade to your favorite open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Featuring 3D graphics and gameplay, refined ui, rewritten simulation, all original levels and components plus new additions, histograms and more.
Why similar: Programming 54.1% ★, Level Editor 15.7%, Education 10.8%, Simulation 8.7%, Puzzle 7.3%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Crime 28.7%, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.
Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Crime 27.2%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Text-Based 4.5%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Crime 27.1%, Detective 26.9%, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Text-Based 5.9%
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 35.2%, Crime 26%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 4.9%
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Detective 29%, Crime 23.5%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Crime 24.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Simulation 6.7%
An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.
Why similar: Programming 37% ★, Detective 18.1%, Crime 17.7%, Investigation 9.1%, Education 5.4%
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 35.9%, Crime 22.5%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 6.4%
Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publisher!
Why similar: Programming 47.8% ★, Level Editor 15.3%, Education 12.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Puzzle 6.3%
Crack the cases! The murders are escalating in the city! Follow the clues to crack the cases and arrest the killers!
Why similar: Crime 39.5%, Detective 34.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, 2D 3.6%
A detective investigates nine seemingly unrelated deaths in a corrupt 1949 port city. Search for clues, question witnesses, connect every piece of evidence through pure deduction, and uncover the conspiracy hiding behind every case.
Why similar: Crime 27.9%, Detective 26.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Mystery 10.7%
Computer Sciene Training Program (German Only, sorry)
Why similar: Programming 55.8% ★, Education 20.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Simulation 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
Why similar: Programming 76.8% ★, Education 12.1%, Puzzle 7%, Simulation 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
[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 35.5%, Crime 26.2%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 4.7%
Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!
Why similar: Programming 78.7% ★, Education 9.4%, Puzzle 6.7%, Simulation 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking. Learn the tools, techniques, and tradecraft used in the wild.
Why similar: Programming 41.3% ★, Crime 28.9%, Education 16.8%, Text-Based 6.8%, Simulation 5.7%
An open-ended programming puzzle game with a minimalist, abstract, Assembly-like programming language.
Why similar: Programming 64.5% ★, Level Editor 16.4%, Simulation 6.9%, Puzzle 6.6%, Minimalist 3.8%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Why similar: Programming 68% ★, Education 17.9%, Simulation 6.1%, Puzzle 5.6%, Investigation 2.3%
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 28.6%, Crime 28.2%, Investigation 20.3%, Mystery 12%, Text-Based 6.9%
Program potato workers to process numbers with simple punch-in instructions at a factory that mimics a processor. Optimize solutions to solve challenging open-ended puzzles. Punch, observe, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Programming 71.2% ★, Education 15.8%, Puzzle 7.2%, Simulation 3.7%, 2D 1.6%
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Detective 36.3%, Crime 31.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%, Puzzle 5.7%
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 36%, Crime 21.7%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Puzzle 6%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 38%, Crime 28.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Investigation 7.7%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Crime 28.2%, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Text-Based 6.5%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Crime 31.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Text-Based 6.3%
In a Detective's Mind is an investigation game that seeks to put you in the role of a detective, who needs to solve cases and deal with obscure problems from his past.
Why similar: Detective 45.2%, Crime 22%, Investigation 21.1%, Mystery 9.2%, 2D 2.2%
Write, test, and break through. A programming puzzle game about the joy of trial and error.
Why similar: Programming 74.9% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, Minimalist 6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Bridge2Code is a bridge-building game where you can code a bridge using a simple programming language. Your goal is to create a bridge that can support a car going from the start to the end.
Why similar: Programming 47.6% ★, Education 14.9%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 12.5%, Puzzle 7.6%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 41.4%, Investigation 21%, Crime 15.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 6.3%
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Crime 26%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Puzzle 6.1%
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: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
A shocking murder has rocked the Ironwood Inn. Play as one of four detectives, each with unique interrogation styles. Search for clues, question suspects, and uncover secrets in this high-stakes mystery. Can you solve the case before time runs out?
Why similar: Detective 38%, Crime 36.7%, Mystery 17.2%, Puzzle 6%, 2D 1.7%
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Crime 27%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 12.4%, Strategy 7.1%
Experience the hacker's side of cyberpunk in Cyber Sentinel! This design-based puzzle game features a complete visual programming kit for designing your own viruses.
Why similar: Programming 66.2% ★, Education 18.1%, Puzzle 8.3%, Simulation 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
The story takes place in a future company called "RavenTek". R.O.O.T. - A grid, unit, and signal based computing system. Move the units to create signal links, transmit the signals, and activate other units to generate benefits. Are the benefits generated all for the company, or...?
Why similar: Programming 74.4% ★, Detective 11.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, Strategy 2.9%, Simulation 1.8%
Step into the shoes of a CSI in Dead On Arrival, the ultimate crime scene investigation game. Analyse scenes, collect evidence, and use real-life forensic tools to solve cases. Test your problem-solving skills and uncover the truth to catch the killer. Do you have what it takes to crack the case?
Why similar: Crime 26.7%, Detective 25.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 9.5%, Education 9.3%
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 40.8%, Crime 24.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Comic Book 12.3%, Puzzle 9.4%
Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.
Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Crime 32.8%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Puzzle 4.9%
MHRD is a hardware design game, in which you design various hardware circuits in a hardware description language. The hardware circuits you design get more complex as you go until you create a fully functional CPU design.
Why similar: Programming 68.5% ★, Education 15.1%, Simulation 10.6%, Puzzle 5.8%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Crime 27.9%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
Duke Damian has been murdered! Collect clues, solve puzzles, and deduce the killer. Follow a growing trail of crimes and unravel the conspiracy tying them all together.
Why similar: Detective 42.8%, Crime 20.5%, Mystery 15%, Investigation 14.3%, Puzzle 6%
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Detective 36.7%, Crime 25.7%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 5.5%
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Crime 26.4%, Detective 23.7%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Text-Based 8%
A noir detective game where every clue is hidden in data. Play a night-shift technician who cracks murder cases by asking the city's databases the right questions. No typing, no syntax: build every query from readable blocks, and watch the real SQL write itself.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Education 19.8%, Programming 18.4% ★, Crime 14.2%, Investigation 8.7%
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: Crime 28.2%, Detective 27.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Crime 33%, Investigation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Simulation 5.7%
