60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Investigation, Adventure.
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
The Last Night of Olivia Harrow
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
180 Files: The Aegis Project
Uncover a web of evil as a superspy! Break rules, break hearts–don't break cover.
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Espionage 29.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Detective 10.8%, Investigation 8.4%
Uncover a web of evil as a superspy! Break rules, break hearts–don't break cover.
Why similar: Espionage 57.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Text-Based 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.1%, Adventure 3.5%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Espionage 23.8% ★, Crime 17.6%, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
Steal a face. Study a life. Survive the conversation.
Why similar: Espionage 38.5% ★, Detective 10.5%, Investigation 10%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%
Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets to satisfy this mysterious, self proclaimed friendly AI character.
Why similar: Espionage 30.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Detective 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
Think fast and lie faster! When you go undercover to retrieve a deadly new bio-weapon, can you pull off the mission and escape with your life?
Why similar: Espionage 61.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Adventure 3.5%
A model denied four thousand people this morning. The law says a human has to explain why. Read the file, work out what the machine saw, write the reason, and decide whether to sign your name to it. Sixty cases before the deadline.
Why similar: Espionage 47.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Detective 10.4%, Investigation 8.8%, Point & Click 7.9%
A prequel set in the SYS.POST-FUTURE universe: a cyberpunk interface simulation where your decisions permanently shape the main game. As a covert operations director, dispatch agents, manage cyber defenses, and write the official canon through community-driven choices.
Why similar: Espionage 38.5% ★, Investigation 13.9%, Immersive Sim 9%, Text-Based 7.7%, Point & Click 6.5%
Conduct a high-stakes espionage operation at the height of the Cold War. Intercept and decipher classified intelligence to uncover a hidden threat. Break codes, cover your tracks, and escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Espionage 45% ★, Detective 12.4%, Investigation 11.6%, Point & Click 10.3%, Mystery 7.2%
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Point & Click 14.4%, Text-Based 11.5%, Simulation 8.6%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Investigation 10.2%
Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game. Start as a cadet in Pinewood, patrol the town, question witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence, and rise through the department ranks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Crime 14.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Detective 10.1%
Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Espionage 14.1% ★, Detective 13.1%, Text-Based 11.8%
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 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Investigation 12.1%, Detective 12%, Text-Based 10.6%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Espionage 50.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Detective 9.3%, Point & Click 5.8%, Simulation 5.7%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Detective 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Investigation 12.3%, Text-Based 11.2%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Espionage 70.6% ★, Investigation 15.8%, Simulation 8.3%, Detective 1.5%, Interactive Fiction 1.3%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 13.1%, Detective 12.8%, Text-Based 11.9%, Investigation 11.9%
To save your life, an underground resistance group fused you with a hostile entity. Now as 'partners', you need to work as investigators to pay off your debt… and find out what truly happened to you.
Why similar: Espionage 38.2% ★, Crime 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Detective 9.5%, Investigation 8.5%
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: Espionage 35% ★, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 11.4%, Point & Click 10.7%, Crime 8%
Reopen your late father's phone repair shop to survive. But every device holds someone's secrets — and the deeper you dig, the closer you get to the sister who vanished. Repair. Extract. Investigate. The truth has a price, and so does staying clean.
Why similar: Espionage 57.3% ★, Point & Click 11%, Detective 10.4%, Investigation 6.7%, Mystery 4.6%
quietd is a no-input game you simply watch. A terminal hacks on its own across all 50 stages while you idle by. No commands, no clicks, no win, no score, no game over. Just chill, ambient cyberpunk: silent monospace text drifting in a corner of your desktop. Glance over and let it run.
Why similar: Espionage 52.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Simulation 11.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Adventure 4.9%
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: Crime 18.9%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Point & Click 10.7%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Detective 14.6%, Point & Click 14.6%, Investigation 11.8%, Crime 11.5%
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 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Detective 14.9%, Investigation 9.5%, Text-Based 6.8%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Crime 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Detective 14.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Investigation 12.1%
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Crime 19.6%, Detective 17%, Point & Click 15.3%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Text-Based 10.1%
Take up the mantle, read the fates, control them, use them. You are The Fortuneteller. You are to be the best of the best. Use the tools given to take what is rightfully yours, vengeance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Point & Click 13.8%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Crime 11.1%
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Crime 16.2%, Point & Click 15.2%, Text-Based 13%, Detective 11.2%
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Point & Click 13.6%, Investigation 8.1%
a weird console message appears on your screen should you check it out or shut down the pc the choices are yours but be careful your choices will shift everything
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Simulation 13.1%, Text-Based 11.3%, Immersive Sim 10.5%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Crime 12.6%, Investigation 10.9%, Point & Click 10.6%, Text-Based 10.5%
Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Investigation 16.3%, Point & Click 16%, Crime 13.6%
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Point & Click 13.2%, Crime 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Crime 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Investigation 12.5%, Detective 12.4%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Crime 13.5%, Investigation 12.6%, Detective 11.4%, Text-Based 8.9%
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 17.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Dark 8.2%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Detective 10.6%, Stylized 10%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Investigation 15%, Point & Click 14.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Detective 11.4%
5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!
Why similar: Crime 14.9%, Detective 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Text-Based 11.1%
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 22.6%, Detective 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Immersive Sim 15%, Investigation 11.4%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Crime 20.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Detective 16%, Text-Based 11.3%, Mystery 8.7%
A short pixel-art mystery where you play as Nathan, a private investigator drawn into a curious case. Interrogate suspects, examine clues, and uncover hidden details
Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Detective 18.8%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Crime 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Immersive Sim 12%, Point & Click 11.4%
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Point & Click 14.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Mystery 10.4%
Play as the vengeful secret agent Virginia West and take on a silver-loving madman called The Silver Fox in this single-player interactive spy novel. Surveil your enemy, get revenge for your partner's demise, and maybe - just maybe - save the world along the way. Don’t do your best … Do your worst!
Why similar: Espionage 50.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Crime 12.7%, Text-Based 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
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 23.6%, Point & Click 19.2%, Detective 14.6%, Investigation 12.3%, Adventure 9%
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: Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Crime 14.7%, Detective 12.9%, Point & Click 12.7%
ROMANCE AFTER DARK is a noir blend of visual novel and adventure game experience. Play as Trevor, once successful private investigator and help him put his miserable life on the right track again. Use your detective hunch and interact with characters and objects.
Why similar: Crime 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Detective 10.4%
A 2.5D surveillance sim in a private museum. Work the night shift: listen at doors, observe the people around you, take on their jobs, and decide moment to moment who to trust and who to expose. Your employer tells you what to ignore. Something is being moved that was never meant to be seen.
Why similar: Espionage 46.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Point & Click 12.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Crime 14.6%, Detective 10.1%, Adventure 8.5%
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Point & Click 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Detective 10.6%, Text-Based 9.3%
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Crime 18.1%, Detective 17%, Point & Click 16.7%, Investigation 10.5%
An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 12.2%, Detective 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Investigation 11.3%
Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?
Why similar: Crime 21%, Investigation 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Text-Based 11.1%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Point & Click 15.7%, Crime 14.3%, Detective 14.1%
You are a passport control officer at a busy international airport. Inspect documents, catch wanted criminals, and choose whether to resist or accept bribery. Every stamp shapes your rank and your fate.
Why similar: Espionage 68.9% ★, Simulation 15.9%, Dark 6.5%, Atmospheric 4.1%, 2D 3.8%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Detective 13.4%, Point & Click 11.6%, Text-Based 11.4%
