Games Like Interrogation: You will be deceived

You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!

Why similar: Political Sim 31.3% ★, Political 30.5% ★, Choices Matter 11.2%, Dark 9.2%, Story Rich 6.4%

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Psychological 18.2%, Dark 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

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 39.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Story Rich 8.7%

Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.

Why similar: Detective 30%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark 10.4%, Story Rich 10.1%

Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.

Why similar: Crime 32.3%, Management 17.2%, Political 16.2% ★, Realistic 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%

Can you commit the perfect murder? Outside a brothel in 1930s Paris, a man recognises one of the orderlies who had cruelly abused him while he was in a mental asylum. Some deeds cannot be forgiven ...

Why similar: Crime 33.8%, Detective 22.3%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Story Rich 9.6%, Dark 9.3%

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Crime 23.5%, Detective 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%

It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

Why similar: Political 33.5% ★, Detective 22.5%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%

As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!

Why similar: Political Sim 39.8% ★, Crime 28%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Story Rich 7.6%

A private-eye must deceive a rich family into revealing their darkest secrets, before the killer amongst them silences everyone.

Why similar: Noir 29.9%, Detective 21.6%, Crime 14.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

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: Political Sim 33.4% ★, Political 27% ★, Detective 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 5.6%

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: Crime 33.2%, Detective 29.6%, Realistic 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.3%

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 27.4%, Crime 27.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

Why similar: Crime 22.8%, Noir 15.6%, Management 13.1%, Detective 11.9%, Political 9.6% ★

Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?

Why similar: Noir 33.9%, Crime 31.7%, Detective 29.8%, Atmospheric 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Dive into a wild story of gangsters and criminals where you decide the fate of the peculiar customers of a luxurious nightclub in a never-ending race against the clock.

Why similar: Crime 32.8%, Mature 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Dark 14.7%, Management 14.3%

A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.

Why similar: Detective 58.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Realistic 7%

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Why similar: Crime 37.7%, Detective 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Story Rich 7.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%

The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.

Why similar: Political 25.9% ★, Noir 20.7%, Detective 16.5%, Psychological 12.1%, Choices Matter 7.3%

You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.

Why similar: Political 30.2% ★, Detective 26.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 9%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.

Why similar: Noir 33.6%, Detective 28.3%, Psychological 18.1%, Dark 13.1%, Story Rich 7%

Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Detective 19.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 9.4%

Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime. Decide who committed the crime and see them get arrested and have their day in court. The latest interactive video experience.

Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Crime 21.1%, Psychological 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Dark 8.7%

Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?

Why similar: Crime 43.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Story Rich 13%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 14.9%, Comic Book 12.4%, Crime 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

Why similar: Political Sim 33% ★, Political 30.3% ★, Choices Matter 11.5%, Dark 10.3%, Story Rich 6.4%

When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.

Why similar: Political Sim 35.1% ★, Political 26.4% ★, Management 9.7%, Dark 9.3%, Choices Matter 5.8%

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Detective 74.4%, Story Rich 11%, Crime 7.6%, Atmospheric 3.8%, 2D 1.7%

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: Choices Matter 51.2%, Political Sim 25.8% ★, Detective 7%, Political 7% ★, Interactive Fiction 3.2%

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 31.8%, Detective 30.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Story Rich 5%

Untangle a gripping conspiracy in this noir-influenced mystery, laced with classic RPG elements. Navigate seedy streets to collect clues, upgrade skills and customize weapons. Brawl in turn-based combat with timed hits & combos, to reveal the dark truth that plagues the city’s core and your sanity.

Why similar: Noir 31.8%, Crime 29.1%, Detective 24.5%, Story Rich 7.9%, 2D 4.5%

You decide how a civil war in the country of Izgub is supposed to end. Visual novel with strong themes of war, political violence and moral dilemma.

Why similar: Political 26.8% ★, Crime 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Dark 8.9%

Prison Notes is a RPG with text-based ADV and cultivation elements. You act as a young migrant worker, wrongly imprisoned in the prison known as "The Coral Reef".What challenges and adventures are awaiting? Will you finally find a way out? Your choices and actions will decide the end of your story.

Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Comic Book 22.5%, Crime 22%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Story Rich 9.4%

Do what it takes to make your fledgling security agency thrive in this 80s noir crime bustin', dirty crossing, vengeance-seeking board game inspired strategy game with dice and cards.

Why similar: Noir 29%, Detective 20.9%, Management 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.2%

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 39.5%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Dark 17.9%, Story Rich 12.1%, Realistic 9.4%

Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.

Why similar: Crime 28.6%, Management 19.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Noir 10.4%

A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.

Why similar: Detective 47.5%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Story Rich 18.5%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.

Why similar: Political 38.1% ★, Political Sim 31.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dark 9.6%, Choices Matter 6.6%

Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.

Why similar: Detective 67.8%, Dark 22.9%, Psychological Horror 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.

Why similar: Detective 60.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Story Rich 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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: Detective 28.7%, Crime 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Story Rich 8.9%

Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 21%, Story Rich 15.4%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Choices Matter 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Story Rich 19.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%, 2D 6.9%

A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.

Why similar: Political 25.9% ★, Detective 17.3%, Psychological 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Can you find out who the Liar is? Will you outsmart everyone in this intense battle of wits?

Why similar: Crime 74.7%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.4%

Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Detective 37.9%, Crime 33%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Visual Novel 6.3%

Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.

Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Detective 19.8%, Dark 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%

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 28.8%, Psychological 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Realistic 10.3%, Dark 9.8%

In the world of City Eye, you’ll become an operator of the Central Monitoring System, who will try to prevent the effects of every single transgression in the game. Use city maps to track dangerous areas and don’t let the suspects run away from the Police.

Why similar: Political Sim 30.2% ★, Crime 19.9%, Detective 14.3%, Management 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%

Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.

Why similar: Political 36.1% ★, Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 7.5%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Psychological 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.

Why similar: Crime 27.5%, Detective 23.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.

Why similar: Crime 21.4%, Psychological 21.2%, Detective 14.6%, Dark 12%, Realistic 8.6%

This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!

Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Crime 13%, Choices Matter 12%

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 37.5%, Dark 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 12.7%, Psychological 12.4%

Become Master of Spies, plant connections and agents in the underworld. Who will you join? Who may be betrayed? Decipher Letters, Solve Mysteries, Manage Businesses, Spy, Bribe, Abduct, Murder, Seduce in an experimental atmospheric hybrid of first-person & top-down espionage experience.

Why similar: Management 53.2%, Choices Matter 31.3%, Atmospheric 15.4%

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 25.5%, Crime 22.3%, Detective 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Dark 8.1%

A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.

Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Visual Novel 27.9%, Dark 21.7%, 2D 9.2%, Choices Matter 5.2%

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Psychological 22.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 11.5%

Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.

Why similar: Noir 28.9%, Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Dark 9%, Realistic 8.9%