- #1 Misadventures of Laura Silver
97% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Comic Book 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Point & Click 12.2%, Detective 11.7%
- #2 Expelled!
96% matchVery Positive95% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Conversation 12.5%, Detective 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #3 A Bad Christmas Story
96% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: S&J Games
Windows · Mac
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Detective 15.5%, Horror 13.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #4 Pararecords
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 6th Sense GamesPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
As a counselor in a mysterious facility, you are to examine children with strange powers and fill in their "Paranormal Records". In this story-based, choice-driven game, you will have to pry open your subjects' minds... but what you find inside them could prove dangerous.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Point & Click 20.9%, Conversation 17.4%, Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #5 One Night: Burlesque
94% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Conversation 14.4%, Comic Book 13%, Detective 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #6 Death Trick: Double Blind
94% matchVery Positive88% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Misty Mountain StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Conversation 12.3%
- #7 Major's Heart
93% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
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 22.8%, Point & Click 20.6%, Detective 17.5%, Conversation 10.4%, Adventure 6.6%
- #8 The Princess and the Porcupine
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small is Beautiful Studio inc.
Windows
First the King’s sheeps then the King himself! Everyone seems to be mysteriously disappearing lately. As the King’s intrepid daughter, and with the help of a strange talking porcupine, travel through the kingdom and interrogate your subjects to solve the mysterious disappearances.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Point & Click 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Detective 13%, Adventure 5.6%
- #9 The Guilty Hearts
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Singlecore Games
Windows
Seoyeon Yu, a former police officer, works as a private investigator for a rich family. However, during her investigation, she discovers evidence linking them to her husband's death. Using her ability to see people's guilt, she begins an investigation to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Point & Click 13.2%, Conversation 7.5%
- #10 Overboard!
91% matchVery Positive90% of 640 reviews2021
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Conversation 12.9%, Comic Book 11.7%
- #11 44 The Jail
90% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Marcial Gutierrez
Windows · Linux
They got locked up in a prison for a reason. Try to get the answers in this point and click adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Point & Click 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Detective 15%, Conversation 11.2%
- #12 SideEye High
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fundamental Studios
Windows
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.3%, Detective 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Conversation 12.1%
- #13 Morth
89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Crawlspace Studios
Windows
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Point & Click 13.4%, Conversation 11.3%
- #14 Leviathan: An Interactive Comic Book
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A seaside village – and a monstrous threat. Explore as you choose, by day or by night. Can you unravel the secrets of history and defeat the Leviathan? A choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Comic Book 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Choices Matter 10%
- #15 Pixel Detective: Curse of the Paintings
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NorthLightPixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Detective 23.3%, Point & Click 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Investigation 7.3%
- #16 Rumor Reporter
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greyhaven Craft
Windows
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #17 Isle of Maligree
86% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 7.5%
- #18 Purrfect Tale
85% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: BadMouse
Windows · Mac
When you awake, you find yourself transported back to the time when you were a student. You find it hard to breathe under the massive study load and oppressive environment, until you meet a stray cat that manages to wriggle its way into your world by chance...
Why similar: Comic Book 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Point & Click 15%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #19 The Big Hollow: 1982
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Krams DesignPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
The Big Hollow: 1982 is a tightly focused 2D animated murder mystery. A serial killer’s dumping ground is exposed in a small truck stop town. Find details in the evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI’s new Behavioral Science Unit as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Point & Click 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Comic Book 15.1%, Investigation 8.1%
- #20 KaRu
84% matchPositive81% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: Mirror Studio
Windows · Linux
- Search for clues to progress the story. - Make choices to help your partner. - Collect bits and pieces to reveal secrets and lore bits. - Use your visions to see what he is feeling at the moment. - Don't drown in your own regrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Point & Click 19%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Horror 7.8%
- #21 Pale Flamingos
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mrs. Battle's Games
Windows
Pale Flamingos is a visual novel murder mystery with choices and a branching narrative. The year is 1986; the place, Miami. Florita and Melba, two Cuban grandmothers, are at the Miami Travel Agents' Convention where the owner of St. Neville Airways is found dead. Florita and Melba investigate.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Conversation 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.8%
- #22 Camille and Laura
82% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Point & Click 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #23 King of the Cul-De-Sac
82% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Matthew Vimislik
Windows · Mac · Linux
An Interactive Comic with PUNCHING in it.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Point & Click 18%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #24 Vulnerable
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breakpoint Games
Windows
Embody a displaced therapist in a futuristic refugee camp. Discover the life in the camp and share your everyday life alongside people with heavy pasts. Use logic and your therapeutic skills to solve mysteries threatening both your survival and the camp.
Why similar: Comic Book 15.8%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Conversation 10.8%
- #25 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
81% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Comic Book 17.3%, Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Conversation 11.8%, Point & Click 11.6%
- #26 Am I Nima
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HO! Games
Windows · Mac
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Point & Click 15.3%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Conversation 9%
- #27 Detective Bureau
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Endless Thyme
Windows
Play as a detective and solve multiple cases by interrogating individuals tied to the case through voice-based conversations. Powered by generative AI, every individual responds with unique, context-driven replies, helping you piece together the evidence to crack the case.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Conversation 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%
- #28 A Case of Missing Identity
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AwesomeTrinket
Windows
A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 14.5%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Horror 9.3%
- #29 The Last Reunion
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 제이게임즈
Windows
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Conversation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Point & Click 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
- #30 A Weekend Trip
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: lukepagca
Windows
A short narrative about a trip with friends over the weekend. Decide what River does during the trip. Help your friends, explore the place, or just enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Point & Click 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Conversation 15.5%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #31 Big Ear Detective
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fabula Improviso
Windows · Mac
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Point & Click 18.7%, Comic Book 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #32 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
78% matchMixed63% of 150 reviews2014
Dev: Arberth StudiosPub: Meridian4
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches is a first-person point-and-click adventure inspired by Welsh mythology, focused on investigation, puzzles, and a dark, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Detective 17%, Point & Click 16.3%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #33 Frieda is Changing
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mucks! Games
Windows · Mac
A fun-horror point & click adventure following Frieda, a 14-year-old girl, determined to uncover the mystery of her sister's disappearance. Explore an expansive village, solve puzzles, unlock memories, and discover monsters where you least expect them.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Point & Click 16%, Comic Book 15.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Horror 8.6%
- #34 Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 247 reviews2023
Dev: Veratrum
Windows · Linux
Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Point & Click 14.8%, Conversation 11.2%
- #35 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,453 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Comic Book 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Point & Click 11.7%
- #36 Alone in the crowd
75% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Machine Nun
Windows · Mac
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: Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Conversation 11.2%
- #37 Legend of Cozar
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Legend of Cozar is an interactive fantasy graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. There are 3 possible story endings. Lead Cozar on a quest to return the Fire Stone to the Temple of Vulcan.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Comic Book 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Adventure 8%
- #38 イカスミポーション
73% matchVery Positive100% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Nyamoli@
Windows
"イカスミ"でポーションをつくる!?怪しいポーション屋さんのイカ『スミミ』と共に、個性豊かな人外キャラクター達にポーションを売るアドベンチャーゲーム!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Point & Click 14.1%, Comic Book 13.5%, Conversation 9.8%
- #39 Finding Fate
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Superpog ApSPub: Playtopia.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hidden object game following the journalist Fate, in her quest to uncover the truth and her own past.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Point & Click 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Comic Book 12.2%
- #40 Operation Blackfox
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Operation Blackfox is an interactive graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective is to rescue as many characters as possible. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Comic Book 24.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Adventure 8.4%
- #41 Mama
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pat-o-Logic Studio
Windows · Mac
An emotional narrative point-and-click about a daughter caring for her mother as dementia reshapes their bond. Explore heartfelt conversations, fragmented memories, and simple story-driven puzzles on a journey of caregiving and learning to let go.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Point & Click 21.2%, Comic Book 16%, Conversation 8.6%, Adventure 6.5%
- #42 The Beyond: An Interactive Comic Book
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your death was a tragedy... your afterlife is a mystery. Unravel the secrets of death with the help of Xochitl, your guide. Can you find your way through the doors of the great library of the Beyond? A new choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Comic Book 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Hand-drawn 5.3%
- #43 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
71% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Screen Savor Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Point & Click 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Detective 14.6%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
- #44 Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness
71% matchVery Positive98% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: Zima software
Windows · Mac
Join the crazy police detective Francis in his search for a kidnapped cloned beauty and go through countless escapades with him in this classic point & click adventure full of comedy.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Comic Book 15.9%, Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%
- #45 War of the Western Deep
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunsgrove Studios
Windows
Explore a lush, hand-animated world as you solve puzzles, meet intriguing characters, and duel nefarious foes in tense sword battles. Join Mirren, a royal courier sent to the dangerous Border Coast on the eve of war, and immerse yourself in this innovative mix of adventuring and cinematic combat.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Point & Click 16.5%, Conversation 13%, Female Protagonist 12.2%
- #46 The Island: Into The Mist
73% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #47 Always On
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Skydome Studios
Windows
Choices matter in this interactive short story. It only takes about 1 hour to play through once, but there are multiple endings to explore. You play as an AI assistant to the 7 year old Evie. What kind of bot will you be?
Why similar: Comic Book 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Conversation 9.1%
- #48 Times and Galaxy
69% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Copychaser GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Comic Book 15.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Conversation 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%
- #49 Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Point & Click 16%, Detective 15.7%, Conversation 14.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #50 Halloween Stories: Horror Movie Collector's Edition
70% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2021
Dev: Elephant GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
It’s Only a Movie... Right?
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Point & Click 20.6%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Horror 10.3%, Linear 9.6%
- #51 Duppy Detective Tashia
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spritewrench
Windows
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 16.7%, Point & Click 16.1%, Conversation 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #52 Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries
69% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Outsider Games
Windows · Linux
In 1921, young French artist Jennifer Chevalier becomes embroiled in death, espionage and revolution, assisted by the ghost of Oscar Wilde. A hand-drawn Point & Click adventure with a unique comic book inventory design.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.5%, Detective 17.7%, Comic Book 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13%, Conversation 7.7%
- #53 It Happened Here: Streaming Lives
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Elephant ArPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Are you ready, detective? Step into a tale of mystery, intrigue, deceit, and murder!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Point & Click 20%, Detective 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Linear 7.5%
- #54 Trick Eight
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: White Babel Studio
Windows · Mac
On a remote village shrouded in bloody tradition, a centuries-old ritual endures. You are a detective with unique skills, yet branded as a traitor. Will you surrender your limbs to ascend like an immortal? Or risk everything at the edge of science and plunge into the abyss of truth?
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Comic Book 15%, Point & Click 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
- #55 Z Virus: Outbreak
68% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Z Virus: Outbreak is an interactive graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective is to escape the city of Redrock during a zombie outbreak. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Comic Book 24%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Adventure 8.1%
- #56 Arthur & Susan: Almost Detectives
67% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Apexchimps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Arthur and Susan, two inseparable friends solving mysteries together. Fun and cozy indie point&click. Don't miss it!
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Comic Book 15.4%, Investigation 7.3%
- #57 Along the Edge
68% matchVery Positive83% of 863 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Comic Book 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #58 A Sketchbook About Her Sun
67% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Team SolEtude
Windows
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Comic Book 17.6%, Point & Click 17.4%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Conversation 12.4%
- #59 Perseverance: Part 3
67% matchMostly Negative41% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Titanite NovelsPub: Feardemic
Windows
Perseverance: Part 3 is the much-awaited conclusion to the drama/horror visual novel series full of intrigue, guts, and gossip. Swap between Jack, a father trying to protect his family, and Karen, an ex-agent on the run from her troubled past, and help them form an unlikely alliance. 🧟♂️🧟♀️
Why similar: Comic Book 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Point & Click 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #60 ELISSA :Body in the bedroom
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KANUE
Windows · Mac
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Point & Click 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Conversation 10.6%, Hand-drawn 6.3%