- #1 Detroit: Become Human
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 263,955 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.1%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, Cinematic 18.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, Emotional 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Quantic Dream's most refined branching narrative uses cinematic scenes, QTEs, investigations, and dramatically divergent character fates in much the same way as Heavy Rain.
- #2 Beyond: Two Souls
96% matchVery Positive88% of 43,686 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.3%, Cinematic 17.8%, Story Rich 13.1%, Quick-Time Events 10.9% ★, Emotional 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Another Quantic Dream interactive drama, it pairs emotional storytelling and cinematic choice sequences with a supernatural mystery.
- #3 Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,910 reviews2015
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) was a breakthrough in interactive narrative. This newly remastered edition features updated textures in HD, expanded controller support, and is based on the uncut and uncensored international version of the game.
Why similar: Quick-Time Events 26.6% ★, Choices Matter 15.9%, Story Rich 15.7%, Cinematic 12%, Detective 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Heavy Rain's direct spiritual predecessor delivers a surreal murder investigation through dialogue choices, multiple protagonists, and signature QTE scenes.
- #4 As Dusk Falls
95% matchVery Positive90% of 4,479 reviews2022
Dev: INTERIOR/NIGHTPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19%, Cinematic 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Crime 10.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its interwoven cast, high-stakes family crime story, and extensive branching consequences make it an excellent choice-driven thriller alternative.
- #5 The Quarry
94% matchVery Positive82% of 25,301 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: 2K Games
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.5%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Cinematic 16.7%, Quick-Time Events 12.1% ★, Story Rich 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This cinematic ensemble horror game uses timed decisions and QTEs to determine who survives a night of escalating danger.
- #6 Until Dawn™
94% matchVery Positive83% of 5,319 reviews2024
Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.2%, Multiple Endings 18%, Cinematic 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished interactive-horror structure where split-second choices, exploration, and character relationships radically change the outcome.
- #7 The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
93% matchMixed55% of 6,297 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.5%, Multiple Endings 20.1%, Crime 11.2%, Quick-Time Events 11% ★, Cinematic 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A serial-killer premise, investigative atmosphere, QTEs, and a cast that can all survive or die make this especially close to Heavy Rain's tone.
- #8 Twin Mirror
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,737 reviews2021
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.2%, Detective 16.6%, Cinematic 15.8%, Crime 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This grounded psychological mystery from Dontnod follows an investigator reconstructing events and confronting personal demons through choice-driven scenes.
- #9 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,968 reviews2019
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
Why similar: Choices Matter 40.8%, Cinematic 21.9%, Quick-Time Events 13% ★, Story Rich 9.6%, Violent 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Like Heavy Rain, it turns exploration, dialogue, and sudden QTE failures into life-or-death consequences for an ensemble cast.
- #10 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,814 reviews2020
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 30.2%, Quick-Time Events 25.3% ★, Story Rich 16.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Mystery 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror mystery builds tension through player decisions, branching relationships, and multiple possible fates for its protagonists.
- #11 The Wolf Among Us
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 40,310 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Story Rich 11.9%, Cinematic 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A noir detective story with meaningful dialogue choices, moral ambiguity, episodic cliffhangers, and a compelling murder investigation.
- #12 Erica
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,765 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.1%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Detective 13.2%, Cinematic 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A stylish FMV psychological thriller where player choices shape relationships, clues, and several possible endings to a murder mystery.
- #13 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
89% matchVery Positive89% of 11,042 reviews2021
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.8%, Multiple Endings 22.4%, Dynamic Narration 22.2% ★, Story Rich 12.1%, Mystery 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic multi-protagonist storytelling and consequential action sequences deliver another strong survival-focused branching drama.
- #14 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,175 reviews2019
Dev: Rhinotales
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.1%, Cinematic 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Detective 9.6%, Story Rich 8%
Why You'll Like It: This compact FMV murder thriller offers rapid branching decisions and multiple endings centered on uncovering a violent crime.
- #15 The Council
87% matchVery Positive84% of 5,731 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Choices Matter 35.4%, Detective 23.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Mystery 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A political mystery built around deduction, social manipulation, and choices that permanently alter relationships, information, and endings.
- #16 L.A. Noire
86% matchVery Positive86% of 36,979 reviews2011
Dev: Team BondiPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 32.3%, Crime 18.6%, Cinematic 11.5%, Investigation 9.9%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more open-ended, its period crime cases, interrogations, clue gathering, and facial-performance-driven detective work strongly suit Heavy Rain fans.
- #17 Telling Lies
86% 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: Detective 17.9%, Thriller 14.3%, Crime 13.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Investigation 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its unconventional investigation asks you to search through filmed conversations and piece together a tense, morally complicated crime story.
- #18 Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
85% matchVery Positive82% of 1,066 reviews2021
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.9%, Thriller 18.4%, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 15%, Choices Matter 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic psychological thriller about trauma, memory, and investigation that emphasizes dialogue choices and dramatic perspective shifts.
- #19 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 47,413 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 33.4%, Multiple Endings 20.1%, Story Rich 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Dynamic Narration 9% ★
Why You'll Like It: Its emotionally punishing choices, relationship-focused dialogue, and enduring consequences make it a benchmark for interactive drama.
- #20 Late Shift
84% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: {CRYTIME}
Windows
Late Shift is a first-person horror game. Immerse yourself in a realistic thriller and try to escape the death that follows your life as a night shift worker at a gas station.
Why similar: Thriller 33.9%, Story Rich 24.1%, Multiple Endings 23.4%, Mystery 8.3%, Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This fast-paced live-action crime thriller is built around frequent decisions that send its protagonist down sharply different criminal paths.
- #21 Murdered: Soul Suspect
83% matchVery Positive86% of 17,433 reviews2014
Dev: Airtight GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Why similar: Detective 50.2%, Crime 15.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This supernatural detective adventure revolves around investigating a killer, reconstructing crimes, and exploring a dark murder mystery.
- #22 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
82% matchVery Positive89% of 8,060 reviews2014
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 36.2%, Crime 15%, Investigation 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Mystery 9%
Why You'll Like It: A series of intricate investigations lets you inspect evidence, form deductions, and make ethically consequential accusations.
- #23 The Signifier Director's Cut
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.7%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Thriller 15.1%, Investigation 13.4%, Emotional 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cerebral psychological investigation into memory and consciousness offers a similarly somber, unsettling mystery atmosphere.
- #24 AI: The Somnium Files
80% matchVery Positive91% of 9,439 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Story Rich 16%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Mystery 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its elaborate murder investigation, multiple routes, and character-focused twists make it a strong choice for players who value narrative mysteries.
- #25 The Shapeshifting Detective
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,715 reviews2018
Dev: D'Avekki Studios LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.
Why similar: Detective 34.1%, Choices Matter 27.8%, Sexual Content 9.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Mystery 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural FMV whodunit where questioning suspects and deciding whom to trust recreates Heavy Rain's clue-driven suspense.
- #26 The Isle Tide Hotel
81% matchMixed65% of 279 reviews2023
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.2%, Detective 16.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Crime 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This FMV mystery places you in a strange cult-linked hotel and lets your decisions determine what secrets are uncovered and who is saved.
- #27 The Forgotten City
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,737 reviews2021
Dev: Modern StorytellerPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.8%, Multiple Endings 20%, Investigation 19.1%, Story Rich 13.9%, Mystery 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its tightly constructed mystery, moral dilemmas, and numerous endings reward careful investigation and consequential decisions.
- #28 Rainswept
79% matchVery Positive87% of 310 reviews2019
Dev: Frostwood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Crime 17.7%, Thriller 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Cinematic 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This melancholic detective drama focuses on an emotionally charged murder case, personal trauma, and an atmospheric rainy-town setting.
- #29 IMMORTALITY
78% matchVery Positive84% of 2,006 reviews2022
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Half Mermaid
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Cinematic 24.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Emotional 14.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply unsettling interactive-film investigation asks you to uncover the truth behind a disappeared actress by examining fragmented footage.
- #30 Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong
78% matchMixed63% of 756 reviews2023
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Play as 3 vampires, wield their powers wisely, and strike the right balance between your human and animal side in a heart-pounding story in which your choices will decide the fate of Boston.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.5%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 14.2%, Thriller 10.9%, Violent 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its three protagonists investigate a conspiracy through dialogue, deduction, and choices that can reshape the story's political and personal outcomes.
- #31 Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
77% 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 19%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Crime 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Investigation 9.5%
- #32 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
77% 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 22.1%, Crime 14%, Thriller 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 10%
- #33 Late Shift
76% matchVery Positive86% of 9,275 reviews2017
Dev: CtrlMoviePub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
Why similar: Choices Matter 38.1%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Crime 9%
- #34 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Detective 39.7%, Crime 30%, Mystery 15.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Adventure 5.4%
- #35 Kara no Shojo
76% matchVery Positive92% of 457 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 153.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Investigation 11.1%, Thriller 9.3%
- #36 Life is Strange: True Colors
74% matchVery Positive89% of 16,903 reviews2021
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.5%, Multiple Endings 20%, Story Rich 13.7%, Cinematic 11.9%, Emotional 10%
- #37 Mind Diver
72% 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: Detective 18.5%, Crime 13.4%, Thriller 13.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #38 Life is Strange Remastered
73% matchVery Positive92% of 11,246 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.3%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Story Rich 14.6%, Cinematic 11.6%, Emotional 10.2%
- #39 Rainy Butcher
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Genunie Studio
Windows
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Why similar: Cinematic 20%, Detective 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Investigation 11.3%, Thriller 9.8%
- #40 Deluded I
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: New IDEA Games
Windows
A worn out detective with his demons to fight and a homicide case to solve. Deluded is an interactive crime thriller movie with point-and-click investigation and adrenaline pumped quick time events.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Thriller 15%, Quick-Time Events 14% ★, Investigation 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #41 Russian Psychiatric Pastoral: Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan Lysenko
Windows
Introductory demonstration version. An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: Quick-Time Events 20.2% ★, Cinematic 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Crime 11%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #42 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
72% matchVery Positive85% of 4,957 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.9%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Cinematic 12.6%, Emotional 9.8%
- #43 Alan Wake
73% matchVery Positive90% of 60,064 reviews2012
Dev: Remedy Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Why similar: Thriller 30.7%, Story Rich 23.9%, Cinematic 14.5%, Mystery 7.6%, Third Person 7.4%
- #44 Paradise Killer
71% matchVery Positive93% of 4,539 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Crime 14.6%, Investigation 13.3%
- #45 Insight
70% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Thriller 20.3%, Cinematic 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Story Rich 14%
- #46 A Plague Tale: Requiem
70% matchVery Positive91% of 27,560 reviews2022
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.
Why similar: Cinematic 30%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Emotional 14.8%, Thriller 8.7%, Mystery 7.6%
- #47 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,386 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 18.4%, Thriller 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #48 A Plague Tale: Innocence
70% matchVery Positive93% of 72,930 reviews2019
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.
Why similar: Story Rich 46%, Emotional 14.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Violent 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #49 Batman - The Telltale Series
71% matchVery Positive88% of 18,280 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
Why similar: Choices Matter 35.1%, Quick-Time Events 23.6% ★, Story Rich 17.1%, Detective 11.6%, Adventure 4.8%
- #50 Blues and Bullets
73% matchMixed62% of 1,375 reviews2015
Dev: A Crowd of Monsters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Blues and Bullets is a dark and violent crime thriller. Set in an alternative Eliot Ness & Al Capone story, Blues and Bullets blends a stunning script with detective work to deliver an amazing interactive experience.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Quick-Time Events 17.2% ★, Choices Matter 17.1%, Cinematic 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #51 Leaving DNA
69% matchVery Positive86% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: The Impious Monk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Leaving DNA is a story-driven adult visual novel with dark themes. Play as a criminal prosecutor whose commitment to the justice system is challenged when a cold case murder investigation leads to his father's military special forces unit.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.8%, Detective 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Sexual Content 11.8%, Crime 10.2%
- #52 Isabella: Chasing Shadows
69% matchVery Positive80% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Badtimetales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Isabella - Chasing Shadows is an erotic thriller with adult elements. After the death of your fiancée, you’ll try to uncover the city’s darkest secrets. What connection does a ‘High Fashion’ model have to your fiancée’s death and can you protect those you care about? It’s up to you!
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.7%, Crime 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Thriller 12.2%, Sexual Content 12%
- #53 A Way Out
68% matchVery Positive88% of 103,226 reviews2020
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.
Why similar: Story Rich 28.6%, Crime 20.1%, Cinematic 13.4%, Emotional 11.5%, Sexual Content 6.2%
- #54 Nobody Wants to Die
67% matchVery Positive83% of 7,520 reviews2024
Dev: Critical Hit GamesPub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Thriller 14.4%, Investigation 11.8%
- #55 The Murder Hotel
66% matchVery Positive93% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Crime 18.9%, Story Rich 14.4%, Thriller 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%
- #56 The Casting of Frank Stone™
67% matchMixed62% of 6,021 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.1%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Cinematic 14.6%, Story Rich 8.9%, Thriller 7.8%
- #57 Misty Judgment
63% matchVery Positive94% of 1,519 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.9%, Detective 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Crime 10.4%
- #58 Deathless Death
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 888 reviews2024
Dev: Dream Delivery CenterPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.
Why similar: Cinematic 24.5%, Crime 16.8%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #59 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
65% matchVery Positive88% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Dynamic Narration 16.6% ★, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Investigation 12.6%
- #60 A.D. 2047
68% matchMixed68% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Leenzee Games
Windows
A.D. 2047 is a cyberpunk sci-fi VR interactive movie.The sudden car accident involved you, a detective, into serial killings.Only rely on your own hand to find the murderer, you can prevent the repeated fatal murder...
Why similar: Quick-Time Events 19% ★, Cinematic 16.6%, Dynamic Narration 14.7% ★, Thriller 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%
