Games Like Interrogation: You will be deceived

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 24.9%, Crime 21.1%, Detective 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Text-Based 9.4%

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 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

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 23.5%, Psychological 18%, Dark 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

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 35.7%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Dark 16.1%, Management 15.2%, Funny 5.8%

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 30.3%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark 10.3%, 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 38.6%, Management 20.1%, Realistic 17.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Atmospheric 6.3%

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 44.6% ★, Choices Matter 16.1%, Dark 13.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%

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 33.7%, Detective 22.6%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Dark 9.3%

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: Detective 34.1%, Choices Matter 25.4%, Story Rich 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%

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 25.6%, Crime 24.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

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 27.9%, Detective 23.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Text-Based 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%

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 39.5% ★, Crime 28%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Story Rich 7.7%

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 26.9%, Detective 19.4%, Management 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Dark 8%

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 20.6%, Crime 20.1%, Psychological 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Dark 8.4%

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 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Story Rich 19.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, 2D 6.9%

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 33.3%, Crime 31.9%, Detective 30.4%, Atmospheric 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%

There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow. Interrogate a "colorful" cast of suspects until they cough up hairballs... and the truth. Will you wrap up the case in time for an afternoon nap, and make injustice knead its last biscuit?

Why similar: Noir 30.4%, Detective 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Story Rich 7.3%

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

Why similar: Noir 30.1%, Detective 21.8%, Crime 14.5%, Psychological 13.3%, 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 26.7%, Noir 18.7%, Management 15.1%, Detective 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%

Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?

Why similar: Detective 32.4%, Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Realistic 11.1%

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 57.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Story Rich 9.6%, Realistic 7%, 2D 1.6%

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 21.3%, Detective 15.1%, Comic Book 12.6%, Crime 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

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 28.1%, Management 19.7%, Story Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Noir 10.3%

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 32.8%, Detective 29.8%, Realistic 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%

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

Why similar: Crime 36.3%, Detective 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 7.2%, Atmospheric 7%

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 27.4%, Comic Book 22.7%, Crime 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Story Rich 9.4%

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 39.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Noir 23%, Crime 19.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Story Rich 6.3%

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 28.7%, Detective 27.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Text-Based 9%

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 51.6%, Political Sim 28% ★, Detective 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 3.9%, Story Rich 3.2%

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 32%, Crime 28.8%, Detective 24.7%, Story Rich 7.9%, 2D 4.5%

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: Crime 32.7%, Detective 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Story Rich 8.2%

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 49.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 18.6%, Story Rich 8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.

Why similar: Political Sim 37.8% ★, Detective 28.8%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Funny 5.3%

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 39.8%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Dark 17.9%, Story Rich 12.1%, Realistic 9.6%

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 33.7%, Detective 28.5%, Psychological 17.8%, Dark 13%, Story Rich 7%

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 29.1%, Psychological 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Realistic 10.6%, Dark 9.7%

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 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Crime 11.2%

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

Why similar: Crime 49.4%, Text-Based 33.9%, Dark 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%

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 25.4%, Story Rich 18.5%, 2D 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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 47.7% ★, Management 13%, Dark 12.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%

The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!

Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Crime 17.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 12.4%

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 28.9%, Crime 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Story Rich 8.9%

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 18.6%, Detective 18.3%, Dark 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 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 23.8%, Crime 20.5%, Detective 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Dark 7.5%

The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

Why similar: Detective 39.7%, Choices Matter 19%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...

Why similar: Noir 35.5%, Crime 27.2%, Detective 21.4%, Story Rich 6.1%, Funny 4.5%

Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?

Why similar: Noir 28.6%, Detective 26.4%, Psychological 13.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Story Rich 7.9%

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 Sim 50.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Dark 15.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, 2D 5.6%

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 30.4%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Dark 21.5%, 2D 9%, Choices Matter 5%

Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets. Break them with words or evidence — or realize too late that you were only a pawn in their game. A detective game built around truly lifelike NPCs.

Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Realistic 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Story Rich 10.8%

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: Detective 38.8%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Story Rich 13%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Management 9.7%

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 48.6%, Choices Matter 29%, Atmospheric 14.5%, 2D 7.9%

A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?

Why similar: Crime 34.6%, Detective 30.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 9%, Story Rich 7.6%

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 38.4%, Crime 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Visual Novel 6.2%

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 21.2%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%

An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

Why similar: Crime 31.5%, Detective 29.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Realistic 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.

Why similar: Crime 30.9%, Detective 23.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Dark 8.5%, Story Rich 7.3%

A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.

Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%