- #1 Blackhall
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: André ÅkessonPub: Anton Segovia Lundh
Windows
Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Detective 17.1%, Adventure 14.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Logic 7.9%
- #2 Open Roads
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Open Roads TeamPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Investigation 18.2%, Detective 16.5%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%
- #3 Cracks Where the Light Gets In
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highland Boundary
Windows · Mac
Peek through gaps. Piece together history. Save your country. Explore lovingly painted locales in first-person, comb it for clues, and weave elaborate deductions that tell the story of a recluse, a revolution, and the intricate history of an alpine shack.
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, First-Person 13.1%, Investigation 11.3%, Logic 10.7%, Adventure 9.6%
- #4 Artificial: Proxy Bar
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HinaGames
Windows
Within a universe dominated by Artificial Intelligences, you step into the shoes of an AI detective to solve the mystery hidden within the Proxy Bar, a jazz club. You can ask the suspects ANYTHING, but will you ask the right questions?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Detective 26.3%, Investigation 15.5%, Logic 8.8%, First-Person 7%
- #5 The Guilty Hearts
94% 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 28%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Adventure 16.1%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Mystery 7%
- #6 The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery
93% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: MDNA Games
Windows
Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 19.2%, Adventure 17.7%, First-Person 9.2%, Mystery 7.6%
- #7 Yokai Crossing
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jotaz Larrain
Windows
A 7-year-old boy has vanished inside his own home. Find him and uncover what happened beneath its walls, while evading the Yōkai that have claimed this place as their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Detective 17.8%, Adventure 16%, Investigation 12.2%, First-Person 9.5%
- #8 Point Zero: Victoria
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RosyGame
Windows · Mac
One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, First-Person 8.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #9 Reflections of Life: Spindle of Fate Collector's Edition
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Grandma StudiosPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
When a long-forgotten race returns for an artifact capable of controlling the destiny of the know worlds, can you find the Spindle of Fate first and save the realms from destruction?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Detective 20.8%, Adventure 19%, Investigation 14.1%, First-Person 11.1%
- #10 Eye 4 Eye
89% matchVery Positive98% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Team Eye 4 EyePub: Yi Dai
Windows
Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Investigation 17.9%, First-Person 12.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #11 Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill
90% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Adventure 10.2%, First-Person 9.6%
- #12 Alchemist: Journey of the Soul Prologue
89% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
First-person escape room game. Use your magical abilities to solve puzzles or navigate through areas! Explore, use items, brew potions and unlock your full alchemical potential. Are you willing to do what it takes to claim a soul of your own?
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Investigation 17.8%, First-Person 13.2%, Logic 12.3%, Adventure 11.7%
- #13 Mystery Case Files: Incident at Pendle Tower
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Grandma StudiosPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Pendle Tower was once a lavish high-rise hotel, but a new renovation has awakened a long-dormant secret within its foreboding halls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Adventure 18.7%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 12.7%, First-Person 10.1%
- #14 A Little Time
87% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Michael Thorson
Windows
A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Investigation 18.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #15 The Detective's Apprentice
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
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 cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 35.6%, Investigation 23%, Adventure 11.7%, Logic 10.2%, Mystery 7.8%
- #16 Afterglow-The fifth ending
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 夜色羽灵
Windows
A Memory Maze Spanning Life and Death: A Tender Web of Salvation and Deception Follow protagonist Ye Yuyao into the Tai Xu. Through fragmented memories and relentless inquiry, unravel the hidden truth behind an anonymous organ donor in this haunting interplay of light and shadow.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, First-Person 12%, 3D 8.4%, Investigation 8.4%
- #17 Filter World
86% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: DaWenYu
Windows
《影视界》是一款兼具视觉小说、冒险、探索、悬疑和剧情元素的独特游戏体验。在这个神秘的世界中,每个场景都有多个NPC实时演绎剧情,而玩家需要精明地选择观察哪一部分剧情。通过掌握有限的信息或不断重复游玩,以不同视角审视事件,玩家将逐渐理解每个角色的行为轨迹和动机,最终破解一切的谜团。 在《影视界》中,您将扮演局外人的角色,以上帝视角观察并影响这个充满悬念和挑战的世界。选择不同的视角会对剧情有着不同的理解。准备好挑战自己的观察力、推理能力,探索这个引人入胜的冒险世界,揭示隐藏在每个角色之间的秘密,解开这个充满谜团的世界的终极真相。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 12.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 8.9%
- #18 Call of the Golden Valley
84% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: O'Saurus Studios
Windows · Mac
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Investigation 14.6%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, First-Person 8.4%
- #19 Christopher Ledger: Corporate Auditor
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Donnerwelle Inc.
Windows · Mac
A courtroom-inspired visual novel set in the boardroom. Interrogate executives, uncover financial cover-ups, and audit your way to the truth alongside a team of investigators.
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Investigation 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #20 Beach Cafe: Caribbean Sand
84% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Killbug StudioPub: Cooking and Publishing
Windows
Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Investigation 22%, Adventure 19.5%, Mystery 9.6%, First-Person 9.3%
- #21 Kona II: Brume
82% matchVery Positive83% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: ParabolePub: Ravenscourt
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, First-Person 10%, Adventure 8.9%
- #22 Grim Tales: The Time Traveler
82% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Elephant ARPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A time-traveling killer is taking out the Gray family, one by one.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Adventure 18.7%, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 12.9%, First-Person 9.9%
- #23 Linework
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overlyunderqualified
Windows
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Investigation 19.6%, Logic 13.6%, Mystery 7.4%
- #24 Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Chapter IV: "Sacred Feathers"
80% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Tanuki-sama Studios
Windows · Linux
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Investigation 16.9%, Logic 9.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #25 Chimeras: Blinding Love
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Elephant ArPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Something dangerous prowls the streets... Can you find out what's targeting young men in Paris?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Adventure 19.8%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 13%, First-Person 10.5%
- #26 Wits' End Labyrinth
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Vodka
Windows
Wits' End Labyrinth is a first-person psychological adventure game where you explore a shifting maze, solve environmental puzzles and collect personal items to uncover fragments of your forgotten past. Immersive atmosphere blending psychological tension with memory-driven storytelling.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.9%, First-Person 16.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, 3D 8%
- #27 Major's Heart
78% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Detective 23.2%, Adventure 18.5%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 5.2%
- #28 The hidden game society
79% matchMixed68% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: digital2 games
Windows
The hidden game society is a digital escape room experience. You have been invited to be a member of this mysterious club. You will find yourself alone and trapped in this curious board game-themed room full of atmosphere. Use your wit and deduction skills to find a way out.
Why similar: Detective 34.5%, Investigation 19.6%, First-Person 13.2%, Logic 10.5%, Adventure 7.4%
- #29 DETECTIVE - The Motel
78% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
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 29%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Investigation 15.1%, First-Person 8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #30 The Big Hollow: 1982
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Krams DesignPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
The Big Hollow: 1982 is a tightly focused 2D animated murder mystery. A serial killer’s dumping ground is exposed in a small truck stop town. Find details in the evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI’s new Behavioral Science Unit as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 33%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Investigation 21.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #31 Shattered Dreams
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ince Czechner
Windows
A story-driven puzzle game where players unravel the mystery of a tragic accident by solving riddles and uncovering clues hidden in the lyrics of haunting songs.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Adventure 18.5%, Detective 17.4%, First-Person 11%, Investigation 10.5%
- #32 Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Detective 19%, Investigation 15.2%, Logic 9.6%, Adventure 8.3%
- #33 Beach Cafe II: The Escape Room
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Killbug StudioPub: Cooking and Publishing
Windows
Grandpa is still missing. It's time to find out what's hidden in this beach cafe. Continue the adventure of puzzles and mystery with Cafe Beach II: The Escape Room! Explore, discover all the clues and interpret them correctly to advance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Adventure 20.5%, Investigation 15.2%, First-Person 11.1%, 3D 8.3%
- #34 This is the last time
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Zelldon
Windows
This is the Last Time is a minimalist first-person narrative game with a dark and heavy atmosphere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.2%, Adventure 24.4%, First-Person 17.5%, 3D 12.9%, Exploration 4%
- #35 Discarded Memories: A Red Iron Story
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toby Davis
Windows · Linux
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Detective 26.9%, First-Person 14.9%, Investigation 8.5%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #36 Brinkmanship
74% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Jimi StinePub: USC Games
Windows
Brinkmanship is a first person sci-fi mystery about greed, manipulation, and trust. As a spaceborne colonist 20 years into your voyage you’ve just discovered that your ship has secretly altered its heading. Your parents give you a gun. The ship goes into lockdown. What do you do? Who will you trust?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Detective 26.1%, First-Person 14.3%, 3D 10.6%, Adventure 9.2%
- #37 Reports from Vera Cruz
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Monkey Suits
Windows
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 27.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, First-Person 7.9%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #38 Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
72% matchMixed56% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
A thrilling blend of adventure, mystery, and history! Play as Nancy Drew to uncover the truth behind the theft of a client's heirloom necklace. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover a sinister web of cyber crime, and sleuth through Prague's mysterious streets entwined with medieval legends and alchemy.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Investigation 18.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Adventure 8.1%
- #39 Attachment Error
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Susachiman
Windows
Attachment Error is a psychological horror experience where emotional attachment becomes a system failure. Test a VR build inside your own apartment while memories, messages, and a presence you can’t ignore push back. The closer you feel, the harder it is to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.9%, Adventure 23%, First-Person 17.5%, 3D 13.2%, Story Rich 6%
- #40 It Happened Here: Streaming Lives
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Elephant ArPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Are you ready, detective? Step into a tale of mystery, intrigue, deceit, and murder!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Detective 20.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Investigation 11%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #41 The Roottrees are Dead
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,392 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Logic 9.6%, Mystery 9.2%
- #42 Beach Cafe III: The Escape Room
74% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Killbug StudioPub: Cooking and Publishing
Windows
Grandpa is still missing and as you dive deeper into the investigation, everything becomes stranger and more enigmatic. The adventure of puzzles and mysteries continues with Beach Café III: The Escape Room. Investigate, discover all the clues and interpret them properly in order to advance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Adventure 21.1%, Investigation 14.3%, First-Person 10.5%, 3D 7.9%
- #43 迷渡桥
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏,你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移,背负着家族十年的冤屈,在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥,换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案,窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽,揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Investigation 11.4%, Logic 11%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #44 The Outer Islands
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slapstick Games
Windows
An exploration-driven mystery set on quarantined Scottish islands, where you investigate abandoned settlements, uncover hidden clues, and reveal the truth behind a decades-old government seal.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Adventure 19.1%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #45 [Redacted] The Safehouse
68% matchVery Positive100% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Heartbeast
Windows · Linux
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Detective 28.6%, Investigation 19.8%, First-Person 8%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #46 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
71% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Investigation 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Adventure 11.9%, Logic 9.7%
- #47 Private Eye: The Young Heir
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Investigation 17.3%, Logic 10.1%, Adventure 7.4%
- #48 Mind Diver
68% matchVery Positive96% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Investigation 16.1%, Logic 10.2%, First-Person 9.7%
- #49 Wrongly Accused
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elomelo GamesPub: SwopBots Ltd.
Windows
Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Investigation 20.9%, Adventure 16.2%, First-Person 6.4%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #50 The Final Print
69% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Dummy DetectivesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Investigation 12.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Logic 8.8%
- #51 Black Layer
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Montego
Windows
You take part in testing a next-generation experimental android on a restricted floor of a research complex. But soon it becomes clear that the experiment is far more complicated, and you'll have to uncover what’s really happening here.
Why similar: Detective 31%, Investigation 24.8%, Adventure 15%, Story Rich 12%, First-Person 7.2%
- #52 Get off Work
70% matchMixed50% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: 1tempobro
Windows
After coming home from work, the usual atmosphere is different. Suddenly, someone appears and starts giving you terrifying and strange tasks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.8%, Adventure 22.6%, First-Person 13.9%, 3D 11.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #53 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
67% matchVery Positive94% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: Armonica LLC
Windows
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 37.5%, Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 8.4%
- #54 Murders on the Yangtze River
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,567 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 38.2%, Investigation 15.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Logic 10.3%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #55 Case Files: Internal Affairs
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows
The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 7.9%
- #56 The Last Hospital
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Reve Realm
Windows
Every decision made influences humanity's fate, with USMLE level medical questions woven into patient care, revealing the mysteries of a dying world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Detective 23.5%, Investigation 16.4%, Logic 11.3%, Adventure 11%
- #57 The Empty Desk
67% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: CheesecakeGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Investigation 15.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 8.6%
- #58 Strange Investigations: Two for Solitaire Collector's Edition
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: ElephantPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
An investigation into a fellow detective’s death uncovers details of his last case – and now Dana may be the next target!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Detective 20.3%, Adventure 18.4%, Investigation 13.8%, First-Person 13.6%
- #59 Marcella Moon: The Phantom of Harvest Grove
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
A prankster is loose at the Harvest Grove autumn festival. Find the culprit before things get out of hand.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, First-Person 13%, Logic 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Investigation 9.6%