60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Story Rich, Investigation, Mystery.
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover a dark world beneath the surface of her peaceful life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
Open Roads
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.
Point Zero: Victoria
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?
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: Investigation 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Cinematic 13.1%, Detective 12.3%, Emotional 6.8%
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 15%, Investigation 14.5%, Psychological 11.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Cinematic 8.3%
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 17.3%, Investigation 16.4%, Cinematic 13.7%, Noir 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Noir 16.3%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Cinematic 11%, Investigation 10.6%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Noir 15.7%, Detective 14.6%, Investigation 13.2%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Psychological 9.8%
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Noir 14.1%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Logic 8.6%
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 16.3%, Investigation 15.1%, Noir 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 9.4%
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: Noir 17.5%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Emotional 8.7%
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Detective 19.5%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 6.3%
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 26.5%, Detective 15.5%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Investigation 8.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
A queer mystery game about book banning. Play as Ruby (they/them), a journalism major on a surreal, after-hours adventure to investigate the disappearance of books from their college library.
Why similar: Nonlinear 15.6%, Investigation 15.4%, Emotional 10.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Stylized 6.5%
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 14.9%, Noir 14.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Cinematic 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 19.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Logic 7.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%
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: Noir 17.6%, Detective 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Investigation 10.7%, Mystery 8.8%
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: Investigation 13%, Detective 12.8%, Cinematic 11.7%, Psychological 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Detective 9.2%, Nonlinear 8.8%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Psychological 11.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Logic 10.8%
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Detective 15.3%, Cinematic 11.5%, Investigation 11.4%, Mystery 9.8%
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 23.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Logic 8.4%, Puzzle 8.1%
A powerless, FAKE therapist facing raw truth. Balance financial pressure and patients' collapse in this narrative RPG. Use speechcraft and the "Mind Reading Spell" to dive into minds and shatter cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or redemption?
Why similar: Psychological 14.6%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Logic 8.6%, Emotional 8.1%
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
Why similar: Noir 17.8%, Investigation 13.2%, Psychological 13.1%, Detective 12.7%, Emotional 10.3%
A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Detective 14.9%, Investigation 13.9%, Psychological 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
The camera doesn’t lie, but the truth isn’t always obvious. Photograph traces, gather evidence, link clues on the board, search police databases for key info, and identify the culprit and the next attack site. Each case is a standalone mystery waiting to be solved.
Why similar: Investigation 17.8%, Noir 17.4%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological 14.9%, Logic 8.6%
Seven murders in motion by a killer calling himself the Messiah. Interrogate witnesses, spot contradictions in their testimonies, and build a criminal profile piece by piece in this detective thriller where every word is evidence.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 8.7%, Logic 8.3%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Investigation 21.5%, Noir 16.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Logic 6.6%
Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.
Why similar: Investigation 15.6%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Cinematic 10%, Psychological 9.1%
“I hope she’s ok” is a single-player first-person atmospheric mystery inspired by Nordic folklore. Set around a beautiful lakeside cabin in the heart of Finland during the midsummer solstice, the idyllic scene takes a turn for the worse when you discover that your friend is missing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Psychological 11.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%
After crash-landing on a mysterious planet, novice engineer Nova Collins must unravel the secrets of a town's messy past to escape it. Talk your way through this enigmatic place, but beware: ideas manifest as things that can be traded and lost, so don't lose yourself along the way...
Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Detective 15.3%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Mystery 9.6%, Emotional 8.1%
Lost & Found is an adventure-mystery game where you return townsfolk’s lost belongings & uncover personal stories behind each item. It features a hybrid animation style that blends 2D, 3D, pixel art, & more. Gather clues, investigate locals, & ensure every lost belonging ends up in the right hands.
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Detective 12.4%, Nonlinear 11.5%
[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and interrogate the suspect to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Investigation 15.6%, Logic 10.2%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Noir 18.8%, Detective 17.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Mystery 9.7%
Silence is a luxury you don't have. Unravel a dark noir point-and-click mystery where justice and revenge blur. You have exactly 26 moves to reach the end. In this psychological duel, are you the master of your own fate, or just a pawn in someone else’s game?
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Detective 14.6%, Psychological 14.1%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 10.6%
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Detective 17%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Mystery 10.4%
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 20%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Puzzle 6.8%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Investigation 14.4%, Cinematic 13%, Detective 12.6%, Mystery 11.4%
An arcane detective game set in an ill-fated magical academy. Find traces of magic and deduce the meaning of incantations. Examine scenes for clues to help you piece together the story, and determine the identity and fate of each former resident.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 13%, Logic 12.9%, Noir 11.4%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Elara is a dark, narrative-driven visual novel where players investigate a corporate death, navigate manipulation and power dynamics, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Noir 16.8%, Psychological 14.8%, Cinematic 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Detective 11%
You’re sick. So is the city. Explore a crumbling Terminal that loops when you die. Solve cursed investigations. Weaponize your symptoms. Find the truth, or spiral with it.
Why similar: Noir 16.8%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Choices Matter 8%
Fallen into the sewer, a lone rat embarks on the long journey of returning home in an estranged, crumbling apartment. Navigate forgotten corners and unfamiliar spaces, befriend unlikely allies, and slip through dangers and shadows in the cracks of a broken world.
Why similar: Investigation 13.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Emotional 12.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Noir 16.9%, Investigation 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 9%
Save the Imperial Capital from supernatural invasion in a 90s-style adventure that uses real deduction and research skills. Explore Tokyo, snap photos and analyse evidence for 40+ landmarks, from prehistory to the present. Confront a cast of wandering spirits to separate truth from fiction.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Logic 10.9%, Stylized 7.5%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 21.7%, Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Emotional 9.1%
A 20 minute story about a mysterious ghost and an even more mysterious journalist.
Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Cinematic 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Detective 22.2%, Investigation 20.9%, Mystery 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
Why did the chicken cross the road? Only one squirrel can solve a murder most... fowl. Join Detective Cox as he encounters quirky characters, challenging puzzles, countless mini-games, and a town in disrepair where choices matter but morals don't. Will you be leaving... No Stone Unturned?
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Detective 20.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Mystery 9.2%
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
Why similar: Noir 18.5%, Detective 17%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Investigation 11.6%, Mystery 9.5%
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 15.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 11.7%, Psychological 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 15%, Cinematic 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Brás Cubas is dead, and he wants you to find out why. Explore a noir-drenched 1937 Rio de Janeiro in this time-loop murder mystery. Relive the same day, manipulate characters, and uncover secrets in a game where death is the client and time is your only weapon.
Why similar: Noir 20%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 14.5%, Logic 9.9%, Mystery 8.7%
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: Noir 19.6%, Investigation 16.9%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Mystery 9.9%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Noir 19.3%, Mystery 11.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Investigation 9.8%
In a reality stuck in a technologically unadvanced society stricken with the negative impacts of a worldwide climate disaster, you are a uniquely powered private investigator tasked with uncovering advanced technology from another reality with the potential to save your whole world.
Why similar: Noir 23.7%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
In this classic Investigative Mystery game, you are hired to find the truth behind Mr. Grady's untimely death. Explore 40+ areas, compile a multitude of evidence, and interview over 30 unique characters to assist you in your search for answers. Do YOU have what it takes to crack the case?
Why similar: Noir 18.6%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 15%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Mystery 10.5%
Explore, unravel enigmas, and solve puzzles to master the four elements of nature and get rid of the magic that keeps you trapped in this dome.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.9%, Investigation 20.8%, Logic 15.1%, Puzzle 8.1%, Exploration 7.3%
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Noir 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Mystery 10.1%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 22.5%, Mystery 17.4%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Puzzle 9.7%, Story Rich 9.2%
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Noir 17.5%, Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Logic 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
