- #1 Forensics: Crime Scene Detective
97% matchMixed64% of 327 reviews2026
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Become a forensic specialist in a realistic crime lab simulator. Investigate crime scenes, collect microscopic evidence, and identify perpetrators in the lab using DNA and digital analysis. Based on the experience and insights of experts from the State Criminal Police Office Rhineland-Palatinate.
Why similar: Crime 25.4%, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 12.9%, Simulation 9.7%, Realistic 8.1%
- #2 FORENSIC - M.E. Protocol
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Put on your gloves and enter the crime scene. In this investigation simulator, you will have to solve 9 unique and independent cases full of plot twists. Use drones, robots, and chemical analysis to discover what really happened. Here, you don't shoot the bad guys; you catch them with science.
Why similar: Crime 21.4%, Detective 14.4%, Investigation 13.1%, Realistic 9.7%, Logic 7.9%
- #3 Day 22
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MTTLE Games
Windows
You're a cop checking an abandoned barn. Simple assignment. But the longer you're there, the less you can trust what you see — or yourself. A first-person psychological anomaly horror experience built around paranoia and perception.
Why similar: Crime 17.3%, Investigation 13.4%, Detective 12.6%, Realistic 8.7%, Thriller 8.2%
- #4 Obscura
95% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: NomadsPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Obscura is a first-person investigation game where, you play a medium who must solve cold cases by interacting with various elements and performing rituals. Learn about their past to understand their motives and crack the case. Please understand that the game will features sensitive topics.
Why similar: Crime 22.9%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Realistic 12%, Logic 9.9%
- #5 Mind Diver
94% matchVery Positive95% of 383 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: Crime 17.4%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Thriller 10.4%, Logic 8.9%
- #6 Detective Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Assume the role of a modern detective and solve fascinating cases using lots of gadgets and your own skills. Let a sophisticated narrative help you uncover clues and secrets that might not be apparent right away and become a star detective.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Crime 20.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Simulation 9.3%, Realistic 8.7%
- #7 The Unclosed Case
93% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: CazimG
Windows
A psychological detective thriller. Everyone has already decided who did it. You don't have to. Investigate a double death, question everyone who loved them, and discover how much you can trust your own mind.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Crime 18.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Thriller 10.3%, Choices Matter 8%
- #8 Detective - The Test
92% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 26%, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Realistic 11.9%, Logic 7.4%
- #9 Case Files: Internal Affairs
91% matchPositive93% of 14 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: Crime 22.5%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Realistic 7%, Interactive Fiction 6%
- #10 Last Guest at Sunset
90% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Blackglass Interactive
Windows · Mac
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Crime 23%, Detective 21.4%, Investigation 14.8%, Thriller 10.3%, Logic 8.4%
- #11 Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,577 reviews2021
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Crime 20.9%, Investigation 11.9%, Thriller 8.8%, Choices Matter 8%
- #12 Dark Alley
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CheesecakeGamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
A British detective has vanished in Kyoto. Step into Detective Bennett's shoes and uncover a mystery that reaches far beyond the Yakuza.
Why similar: Crime 23.9%, Detective 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Simulation 8.7%, Investigation 7.5%
- #13 Unreachable
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Lost Art Studios
Windows
A first-person investigative thriller where your family is kidnapped and you must carry out various demands from the kidnapper in order to prolong their lives. However, if you are sharp, you might also uncover clues to track down their location and devise a rescue plan.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Crime 17.1%, Thriller 13.5%, Investigation 10.8%, Realistic 7.9%
- #14 Devi : A light in the dark
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Crime 20.8%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 14%, Thriller 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #15 The way you died
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosy Entertainment
Windows
How did this person die?! Use your deduction skills to find out! In this first-person view detective game, you will role-play as a medical examiner through several real-life, weird cases. Inspect the crime scene to gather clues, collect intelligence, examine the corpse and perform an autopsy.
Why similar: Crime 23.9%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Logic 10.6%, Realistic 8.1%
- #16 PROTOCOL BOUND
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pixel Team RED
Windows
BOUND is a psychological thriller where you search through private conversations, hidden files, and recordings on devices that aren't your own. Manipulate others, uncover dark secrets, and shape the outcome through the choices you make.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 13.3%, Thriller 11.5%, Crime 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #17 Scene Investigators
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,038 reviews2023
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.
Why similar: Crime 23.4%, Detective 21%, Investigation 18.3%, Logic 12.7%, Realistic 9.6%
- #18 Midnight Files: THE NOIR CUT
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Paper Lynx Games
Windows
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database. Connect clues on the detective board, return to locations when something does not add up, and identify the culprit in each standalone case.
Why similar: Crime 24.5%, Detective 21.1%, Investigation 16.2%, Logic 9.8%, Psychological 8.8%
- #19 The Empty Desk
84% matchPositive82% of 28 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: Crime 21.3%, Detective 18.4%, Investigation 12.2%, Thriller 10.3%, Realistic 7.7%
- #20 Forget Her
84% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Jester's Jest Entertainment
Windows
Forget Her is a survival psychological horror game where you explore a haunted house, uncover chilling secrets, solve the mystery, and perform a deadly ritual or run.. Can you survive Alison’s ghost and discover the truth?
Why similar: Crime 16.5%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Thriller 10.5%, Realistic 9%
- #21 The Rivergrove Files
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ninja Chompek
Windows
It's 1999. You are sitting at a computer when you receive a mysterious message: “Don’t let them walk free,” along with a strange set of files. Can you piece together the truth before you run out of time?
Why similar: Crime 18.8%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 12.4%, Thriller 11.1%, Logic 9.5%
- #22 Crime Scene Technician
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Technician Team
Windows
Become a Crime Scene Investigator, gather evidence, and connect not obvious facts which will lead you to solve the crime and find the guilty! Don't let criminals get more innocent victims!
Why similar: Crime 24.8%, Detective 19.9%, Investigation 13.9%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Realistic 6.8%
- #23 Private Eye: The Young Heir
82% 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 20.5%, Crime 19.1%, Investigation 14.1%, Logic 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #24 Protocol Non-Human
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DreadGear Games
Windows
A realistic first-person horror deduction game. Identify NON-HUMAN entities and navigate critical decisions within the Zone. Earn your survival, upgrade your booth, and-above all-don't let the NON-HUMANS in.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Investigation 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Realistic 9.8%, Psychological 8.2%
- #25 DETECTIVE - Scene Crime
81% matchMixed48% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the role of a detective in DETECTIVE Scene Crime, a challenging mystery game where you’ll investigate five gripping crime scenes. Each level presents clues, testimonies, and puzzles to analyze carefully in your quest for the truth. Do you have what it takes to solve them all?
Why similar: Crime 26.4%, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 12.8%, Realistic 12.1%, Logic 9.8%
- #26 Unsolved Case: Ash and Secrets Collector's Edition
80% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Follow the trail of a mysterious amulet, expose deep-rooted corruption, and confront powerful adversaries who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets!
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Crime 17.7%, Thriller 11.2%, Logic 11%, Investigation 10.5%
- #27 Dahlia View
79% matchVery Positive84% of 374 reviews2021
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Crime 17.9%, Thriller 11.3%, Investigation 10.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #28 DETECTIVE - The Motel
78% matchMixed47% of 19 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: Crime 28.2%, Detective 24.7%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 8%, Simulation 6.8%
- #29 Cold Verdict 2
79% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Detective 18.6%, Thriller 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Realistic 8.2%
- #30 Narco Check
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Craftone GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Revive an abandoned airport in 2000s Colombia. Verify documents, stop smuggling with X-ray scans, and upgrade your terminal. Will you stay a loyal officer or collaborate with the cartels to rot the system from within? Every stamp and every bribe leads you either to justice or to a dark fortune.
Why similar: Crime 24.8%, Detective 19%, Investigation 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Realistic 8.1%
- #31 It Was Not a Suicide
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Poisonic Studio
Windows
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 26.8%, Crime 25.2%, Investigation 17.5%, Thriller 13.6%, Choices Matter 6.2%
- #32 Wolf Peak: The Case of Ruth Choi
77% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
In 1991 Ruth Choi was murdered, it was whittled down to 6 suspects, but the case was never solved. Watch interviews, go through evidence and build your case. A game where you are never told who the killer is, unless you convict them. Use your own deductive skills to find out, who killed Ruth Choi.
Why similar: Crime 32.8%, Detective 28.2%, First-Person 9.9%, Logic 9.1%, Investigation 7.9%
- #33 TRAILCAM
76% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: NiceSoup
Windows
In TRAILCAM, you are a wildlife investigator called to the Appalachian Mountains to solve mysterious missing person cases. Using trail cameras from your watchtower, you’ll uncover a sinister truth, navigating a non-linear plot full of twists. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 30.3%, Investigation 16%, Thriller 15.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Realistic 7.7%
- #34 When Sirens Fall Silent
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
When Sirens Fall Silent is a dark psychological thriller set in 1990s Italy. Play as Mila, a troubled policewoman drawn into a high-profile case of kidnappings and murders. As the case unravels you must not only save her from herself, but from being swallowed by a vortex of violence and confusion.
Why similar: Crime 20.1%, Detective 17.9%, Thriller 12.3%, Investigation 11.2%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #35 Ashes of Holloway Bay
74% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Cold Case Inc
Windows
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 26.1%, Crime 25.1%, Investigation 16.2%, Thriller 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 5.9%
- #36 Bleu
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sam Penberthy
Windows
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Crime 16.5%, Investigation 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10%, First-Person 9.2%
- #37 Point Zero: Victoria
74% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Crime 21.6%, Detective 20.7%, Investigation 14.8%, Psychological 7.8%, Logic 7.7%
- #38 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,521 reviews2016
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Crime 23.4%, Thriller 13.4%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #39 Dark Memories: Prologue
73% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Crime 19.8%, Detective 18%, Investigation 13.5%, Thriller 10.4%, Realistic 10.2%
- #40 COLIVING
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Taiwan Computer Graphics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Windows
COLIVING is an interactive narrative adventure where you play as a hard-boiled detective and a relentless journalist on two distinct paths. As their cases converge on a shared apartment, your choices shape a complex, branching story. Trust no one—the real danger lives right behind the wall.
Why similar: Crime 21%, Detective 15.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Investigation 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #41 Police Officer
71% matchMixed66% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: Turquoise GamesPub: TK Interactive
Windows
Police Officer is a first-person police station simulator where you manage a police station: process suspects, hear citizens' pleas, and manage the daily chaos of law enforcement—one decision at a time.
Why similar: Crime 33.7%, Detective 24.8%, Simulation 13.8%, Investigation 9.1%, Realistic 8.2%
- #42 Case Files: Behind Closed Doors
72% matchPositive90% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: Crime 23.5%, Detective 21.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Realistic 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #43 Criminal Archives: City on Fire Collector's Edition
73% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2021
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?
Why similar: Crime 22.3%, Detective 19.2%, Thriller 10.5%, Investigation 10.4%, Logic 9.9%
- #44 Blackwood's Dilemma
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The K Game Studio
Windows
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Crime 21.9%, Detective 19.4%, Investigation 11.8%, Thriller 11.6%, Logic 10.1%
- #45 The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JasperMarie
Windows
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: Crime 19.9%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 15.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
- #46 Supernormal
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,234 reviews2024
Dev: Hitori de Productions
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
Why similar: Crime 19.3%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Realistic 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%
- #47 Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Crime 17.5%, Investigation 15.3%, Logic 12.9%, Thriller 7.7%
- #48 Corridors of Their Memories
71% matchPositive85% of 48 reviews2020
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Thriller 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Psychological 10.2%
- #49 HIRUGAO
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TEAM RESERVOIR DOGAMES
Windows
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Crime 25.8%, Detective 22.2%, Thriller 13.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #50 An Exercise in Mortality - Chapter I
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CorDubiumArts
Windows
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: Crime 29.4%, Detective 26%, Investigation 15.3%, Logic 12.7%, Realistic 6.5%
- #51 Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows · Mac
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: Crime 24.3%, Detective 21.7%, Investigation 15%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Realistic 7.7%
- #52 Phantom: Hidden Sins
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prioplot Games
Windows
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Crime 20.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Thriller 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #53 Hired Eye
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nightdesk
Windows
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Crime 20.9%, Investigation 18%, Thriller 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #54 Sealed In
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Basement Key Studio
Windows
Explore this haunted mansion as a detective, discover chilling secrets with your UV flashlight and fight to stay sane before the mannequins gets you.
Why similar: Crime 25.6%, Detective 23%, Realistic 13.8%, Investigation 12.2%, First-Person 9.9%
- #55 DETECTIVE - Minerva case
68% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.
Why similar: Crime 22.4%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 13%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%, Realistic 7.3%
- #56 Bus Terminal Simulator
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Poisonic StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Experience an immersive terminal management simulator. Manage passengers, organize schedules, inspect luggage, catch smugglers, and prevent illegal activities. Not every passenger is innocent some will try to trick you or smuggle illegal items. Stay alert and run your terminal efficiently.
Why similar: Crime 27.1%, Detective 16.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Realistic 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #57 Profiler Files - New Orleans
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Land Creations
Windows
10 EPISODES. 8 HOURS+ OF GAMEPLAY. HUMOR, CHOICES, MULTIPLE ENDINGS. PROFILING, INTERROGATIONS AND INVESTIGATION. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans: search scenes, interrogate and profile suspects. Make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Crime 20%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 13.3%, Thriller 10.3%, Logic 10.1%
- #58 Telling Lies
68% matchMixed63% of 1,325 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Crime 20.1%, Detective 18.6%, Thriller 13.1%, Investigation 12.5%, Realistic 9.8%
- #59 The Department / Trosedd
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: COPA Gaming
Windows
The Department is a narrative driven detective game. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects and bring the killer to justice in this gritty detective sim // Mae Trosedd yn gêm dditectif sy'n cael ei gyrru gan stori. Ymchwiliwch olygfeydd troseddau, holi amheuon a dod â'r lladdwr i gyfiawnder.
Why similar: Crime 26.2%, Detective 22.5%, Investigation 16.9%, Realistic 10.8%, First-Person 7.4%
- #60 Heavy Rain
66% matchVery Positive86% of 31,694 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Crime 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Thriller 10.4%