60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, Detective, Adventure.
A Frankenstein-inspired Gothic RPG. You’re an eccentric physician’s apprentice whose unique skills (and shortcomings) shape every conversation. Explore the city, follow leads, and find your missing mentor and the man you helped raise from the dead. Save them, condemn them, or alter death itself.
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一款生存角色扮演游戏——中原大乱，你将扮演一介寒门书生，从长安出发，远赴西北凉州。一路上，你将结交形形色色的伙伴，与他们共同面对战争和死亡。
Londoleon: not a single penny
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
一款生存角色扮演游戏——中原大乱，你将扮演一介寒门书生，从长安出发，远赴西北凉州。一路上，你将结交形形色色的伙伴，与他们共同面对战争和死亡。
Why similar: CRPG 33.3%, Detective 17.6%, RPG 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: CRPG 27.3%, Detective 19.9%, RPG 12.6%, Investigation 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
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: CRPG 30.2%, Detective 23.9%, RPG 14.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Investigation 10.5%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Choices Matter 19.8%, RPG 16.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Historical 7.3%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, CRPG 17.4%, RPG 16.4%, Choices Matter 15%, Story Rich 11.5%
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
Why similar: CRPG 19.8%, Detective 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Lore-Rich 7.8%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, RPG 17.1%, CRPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Story Rich 10.6%
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 18.4%, Investigation 11.4%, Point & Click 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Historical 9.1%
Speak for Earth in ROSETIA—a first contact CRPG for fans of hopeful sci-fi and hard choices. Win the trust of an alien civilization. Change their world or stay your hand. Become humanity’s finest diplomat or a disaster of cosmic proportions.
Why similar: CRPG 21.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, RPG 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Point & Click 8.8%
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 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Point & Click 9.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
Is a psychological dialogue-based RPG set in a world where genetic experiments coexist with occult practices.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, CRPG 18.1%, RPG 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 9.4%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: CRPG 20.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Point & Click 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: CRPG 23%, Detective 17.7%, RPG 11%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Investigation 8.1%
A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Commune with the realm of the dead and struggle with your descent into madness. Build the power to raise an undead army and march against your enemies. Progress through secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion and seduction.
Why similar: CRPG 21.5%, Gothic 14.6% ★, Detective 13.1%, RPG 8.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%
Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, RPG 24.3%, Point & Click 12.1%, Historical 8.1%, Investigation 7.8%
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 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Historical 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Point & Click 9.4%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 18%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Investigation 10.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Point & Click 9.5%
Detective RPG • TTRPG-Style Interrogation • Dark Political Thriller In Zehergrad, crime is a disease. As Inspector Mehmed Başar, break suspects in brutal interrogations and make the political choices that will decide the city's fate.
Why similar: CRPG 27.2%, Detective 16.6%, RPG 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
An adventure mystery game set in the world of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.A game for people who:Like to solve mysteriesEnjoy exploring beautiful pixel art environmentsWant their dialogue choices and moral decisions to matterAre fans of Les Mis!
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, CRPG 13.2%, Investigation 10.5%, Historical 10.4%, RPG 10.1%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 10%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Investigation 10%, Mystery 9.5%
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty. Every choice leads the story down a different path, and the world itself evolves in response to your actions.
Why similar: CRPG 21.4%, Detective 20.6%, Historical 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Point & Click 9.8%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Investigation 8.4%
The Unleaving is a Chinese folk-horror Cthulhu RPG. As a member of a paranormal investigation group, venture into rural ghost stories and uncover the truth through dialogue, skill checks, and a little dice luck. Many stories, occupations, endings—some answers lie beyond knowing. They never left.
Why similar: RPG 24%, CRPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 14%, Investigation 11.1%, Story Rich 10.9%
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, RPG 10.7%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Point & Click 10.1%
As a reality-destroying storm known as "The Pale" creeps across the world, you must prepare for a return journey into the heart of the storm. Make your recovery, plot your route, help those who have themselves been impacted by the storm, and descend into hell once again. You are a Pale Rider.
Why similar: CRPG 29.3%, RPG 22.5%, Gothic 17.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
A detective RPG with no combat in it. Question a river town that would rather you left, gather what people let slip, and name the guilty party yourself — the game never tells you the answer. 28 cases, and every one can be solved from what you were actually shown.
Why similar: RPG 31.6%, Detective 20%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Investigation 10.6%, Mystery 7.7%
Become a legendary detective of ancient China! In "Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator", play as Di Renjie, solving thrilling cases across Bianzhou and Bingzhou in the Tang Dynasty and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Historical 14.3%, RPG 12.8%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 8.8%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Investigation 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Investigation 10.2%, Point & Click 8.4%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Historical 12.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, RPG 12.7%, Historical 10.6%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Why similar: Detective 30.8%, Historical 15.9%, RPG 14.4%, Story Rich 12%, Mystery 11.1%
OPEN MIC is the free prologue to the upcoming Clam Man 2: Headliner - a narrative adventure RPG where you escape your boring desk job to become a comedian!
Why similar: CRPG 30.4%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Point & Click 10.5%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 10.4%, Point & Click 10.3%, Choices Matter 10%
A Historical Visual Novel RPG where you explore and investigate a web of intrigue between Nationalists, Communists and Japanese Collaborators. Pave your path, Pave history itself, build your identity and deconstruct the world and navigate puzzles.
Why similar: CRPG 31.7%, RPG 14.1%, Detective 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Gothic 20% ★, Investigation 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Mystery 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
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 25.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Investigation 10.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Gothic 15.8% ★, Faith 15.1% ★, Choices Matter 10.4%, Point & Click 8.6%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Point & Click 8.2%
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 24.2%, Investigation 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Investigation 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Point & Click 9.7%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Investigation 12.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: RPG 18.5%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Detective 11.6%, Historical 11.5%, Story Rich 11%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Historical 8.8%, Investigation 8.4%
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 28.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Point & Click 9.2%
一个以好奇心为驱动力，你可以改写结局的解谜游戏
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, RPG 19.4%, Mystery 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Story Rich 10.5%
The Emperor’s Own is a story-driven adventure game with RPG elements, set in an alternate universe, inspired by the Russian Empire at the dawn of the 19th century. It features multi-dimensional characters, difficult moral dilemmas, and a mature, branching narrative.
Why similar: CRPG 22.1%, RPG 21.3%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Story Rich 13.9%, Historical 6.9%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Investigation 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Point & Click 9.4%, Mystery 8.6%
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. Your second life begins tonight...
Why similar: CRPG 26.3%, RPG 12.5%, Choices Matter 12%, Story Rich 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
A gothic horror role-playing game with three playable protagonists thrust into a murder mystery. Explore an old manor. Interrogate suspects. Try not to go insane.
Why similar: CRPG 26.5%, Gothic 16.5% ★, RPG 10.9%, Point & Click 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Point & Click 7.9%
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: Detective 21.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Lore-Rich 9.1%, RPG 8.8%
Designed by some of the team behind the groundbreaking Disco Elysium, Hopetown is a narrative-first RPG with resonant storytelling and seismic conversations. Things will change under your nose and under your heel. Words will be your weapons, and you'll make your own truth.
Why similar: CRPG 23.2%, Detective 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, RPG 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%
A Narrative Roguelite Detective RPG where every choice matters. Explore Oakwood Manor, interrogate suspects, uncover clues, and reveal the truth behind a demonic presence hidden among the living. Each playthrough may uncover a different truth.
Why similar: CRPG 20.9%, Detective 20.4%, Gothic 12.9% ★, Choices Matter 9.5%, Point & Click 7.6%
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 36.9%, RPG 26.4%, Point & Click 14%, Mystery 8.1%, Adventure 7.6%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
