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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Singleplayer, Adventure, Detective.

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Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.

Reviews: Mixed — 68% — of 239 reviews
Released: 2020-08-25
Developer: Tritrie Games
Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.5 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 69%

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    97% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,175 reviews2019
    Dev: Rhinotales
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.

    Why similar: FMV 53.3% ★, Detective 9.8%, Thriller 8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%, Adventure 7.3%

  2. #2 SIMULACRA
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 4,689 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    Why similar: FMV 40% ★, Detective 19.6%, Thriller 13%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 5.5%

  3. #3 I Saw Black Clouds
    96% matchMixed61% of 668 reviews2021
    Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

    Why similar: FMV 49.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 6.5%

  4. #4 Telling Lies
    95% matchMixed63% of 1,325 reviews2019
    Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

    Why similar: FMV 27.4% ★, Crime 13.1%, Detective 11.8%, Thriller 10.4%, Mystery 8%

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    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,133 reviews2022
    Dev: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

    Why similar: FMV 56.3% ★, Mystery 10.9%, Detective 10.7%, Realistic 6%, Adventure 5.8%

  6. #6 Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
    94% matchMixed66% of 1,209 reviews2022
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

    Why similar: FMV 37.3% ★, Crime 10.7%, Detective 10%, Drama 9.1%, Mystery 7.8%

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    93% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,765 reviews2021
    Dev: Flavourworks
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    Why similar: FMV 39.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Detective 10.9%, Crime 10.6%, Thriller 9.4%

  8. #8 SIMULACRA 2
    92% matchVery Positive86% of 1,691 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

    Why similar: FMV 53.4% ★, Detective 25.7%, Realistic 9.1%, Story Rich 7.1%, Simulation 4.7%

  9. #9 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
    91% matchVery Positive82% of 620 reviews2017
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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!

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  10. #10 Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 392 reviews2025
    Dev: hannahontrek
    Windows · Mac

    A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.

    Why similar: Detective 24%, Crime 17.9%, Mystery 16.4%, Drama 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

  11. #11 The Death of Erin Myers
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 151 reviews2019
    Dev: Viperante
    Windows

    Erin Myers is dead. But how did she die? And why did she die? Find out as you step back into her life and uncover her darkest secrets.

    Why similar: Adventure 28.8%, Mystery 21.7%, Indie 20.2%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Story Rich 11.1%

  12. #12 Mind Diver
    88% matchVery Positive95% of 383 reviews2025
    Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

    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: Crime 18.9%, Detective 17.4%, Thriller 13.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

  13. #13 Murder Mystery Machine
    89% matchMixed55% of 179 reviews2021
    Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    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: Crime 29.4%, Detective 27.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 9.6%

  14. #14 For Your Tranquility
    89% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2023
    Dev: Gamesung Games
    Windows · Mac

    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 29.8%, Detective 27.9%, Mystery 17.6%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 7.7%

  15. #15 Hacked: The Streamer
    86% matchMostly Positive75% of 341 reviews2026
    Dev: Button InteractivePub: GameDev.ist
    Windows

    You are blackmailed in Hacked: The Streamer. Investigate clues, make impactful decisions, and shape your story to uncover the culprit is in this thrilling interactive movie. The fate of PinkyPie, a fan-favorite streamer, is in your hands.

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    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,693 reviews2021
    Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    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.

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    86% matchPositive90% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Think Ten Media Group
    Windows

    An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

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    85% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%

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    Dev: Sam Barlow
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    84% matchMostly Positive71% of 273 reviews2014
    Dev: Faravid InteractivePub: Screen 7
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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  21. #21 Misty Judgment
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,519 reviews2025
    Dev: 次元边界
    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

    Why similar: Thriller 23.9%, Mystery 18.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Realistic 11.8%, Adventure 9.8%

  23. #23 Dead Secret
    82% matchVery Positive81% of 599 reviews2016
    Dev: Robot Invader
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%

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    83% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2017
    Dev: Autumn Knight
    Windows

    Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.

    Why similar: FMV 53.5% ★, Adventure 10.3%, Drama 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8%, Indie 7.8%

  25. #25 The Case of the Golden Night Apartment
    81% matchMixed58% of 133 reviews2026
    Dev: Buddy Studio
    Windows

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    79% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2026
    Dev: Sparrowland
    Windows

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    Why similar: Mystery 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%

  27. #27 Paradise Killer
    80% matchVery Positive93% of 4,539 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    81% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
    Windows

    A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?

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  29. #29 This Bed We Made
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 3,395 reviews2023
    Dev: Lowbirth Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    77% matchMixed67% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Shu'la Lab LLC
    Windows

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    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,386 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Mystery 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Thriller 14.2%, Female Protagonist 10%

  32. #32 The Almost Gone
    78% matchVery Positive80% of 1,229 reviews2020
    Dev: Happy Volcano
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%

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  33. #33 The Painscreek Killings
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 6,420 reviews2017
    Dev: EQ Studios
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Mystery 20.7%, Thriller 10.9%, Realistic 10%, Story Rich 8.5%

  34. #34 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
    74% matchVery Positive88% of 539 reviews2024
    Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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  35. #35 Late Shift
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 9,275 reviews2017
    Dev: CtrlMoviePub: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.

    Why similar: FMV 61% ★, Crime 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Story Rich 4.9%, Adventure 4.3%

  36. #36 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
    71% matchVery Positive97% of 606 reviews2025
    Dev: Default Cube Games
    Windows · Mac

    Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.

    Why similar: Mystery 25.1%, Detective 21%, Drama 15.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 10.1%

  37. #37 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
    76% matchVery Positive83% of 128 reviews2017
    Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.

    Why similar: Adventure 30.9%, Mystery 25.1%, Indie 21%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 8.8%

  38. #38 Connected Clue
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 121 reviews2026
    Dev: Alpheratz Games Pub: CFK Co., Ltd.
    Windows · Mac

    Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!

    Why similar: Crime 32.9%, Detective 27%, Mystery 14.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Adventure 9.7%

  39. #39 The Method of Hiding a Body
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 92 reviews2024
    Dev: Sea of Ghosts
    Windows

    A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.

    Why similar: Drama 37.1%, Mystery 33.1%, Story Rich 17.8%, Adventure 5.3%, Indie 3.7%

  40. #40 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
    78% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation

    Why similar: Adventure 32.6%, Indie 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 10.3%

  41. #41 FLAM EVAW
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,490 reviews2025
    Dev: 北京万合瑞晟文化传媒有限公司
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    In"FLAM EVAW ", you will continue to embody the community detective Maple Kurosawa, using your powerful detective and hacker skills to embark on a journey of investigation against the Rainbow Crime Organization with several female assistants of different styles.

    Why similar: FMV 51.5% ★, Detective 20%, Mystery 6.5%, Story Rich 6.3%, Interactive Fiction 4.4%

  42. #42 Path of Sin: Greed
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 289 reviews2018
    Dev: Cordelia GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: Detective 32.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Mystery 18.7%, Female Protagonist 14%, Story Rich 8.7%

  43. #43 Knee Deep
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 177 reviews2015
    Dev: Prologue Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  44. #44 [Redacted] The Safehouse
    69% matchVery Positive97% of 155 reviews2026
    Dev: Heartbeast
    Windows · Linux

    You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.

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  45. #45 Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 89 reviews2020
    Dev: Visual Interactive
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2025
    Dev: 麻辣工作室 Spicy GamesPub: INDIECN
    Windows

    Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.

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  47. #47 The Shapeshifting Detective
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,715 reviews2018
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios LtdPub: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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  48. #48 Contradiction: Spot The Liar
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,257 reviews2015
    Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  49. #49 Tales Beyond The Tomb - The Farm's Secret
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 219 reviews2024
    Dev: 616 GAMES
    Windows

    Dragged into a web of secrets and lies, Samantha seems to be part of a puzzle impossible to solve. What once seemed obvious soon turns into something far more sinister, and the line between villain and victim begins to blur.

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  50. #50 Jishogi
    70% matchVery Positive100% of 79 reviews2022
    Dev: Lab Rabbit Games ltd
    Windows

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  51. #51 The Case of the Golden Idol
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

    Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Crime 17.3%, Mystery 15.6%, Thriller 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%

  52. #52 The Blackwell Legacy
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,644 reviews2012
    Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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  53. #53 The Operator
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 8,890 reviews2024
    Dev: Bureau 81
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  54. #54 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 95 reviews2025
    Dev: Active Fungus Studios
    Windows · Linux

    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 38.5%, Mystery 24.6%, Story Rich 12.2%, Adventure 12%, Realistic 10.7%

  55. #55 Whispers of a Machine
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 2,021 reviews2019
    Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

    Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Adventure 20.2%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Mystery 15.7%, Story Rich 6.4%

  56. #56 Night Book
    68% matchMixed67% of 606 reviews2021
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

    Why similar: FMV 39.7% ★, Thriller 11.1%, Detective 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Mystery 9.2%

  57. #57 Conscience
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 174 reviews2024
    Dev: Bowker Studios
    Windows

    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: Detective 33.9%, Mystery 21.1%, Crime 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Indie 7.7%

  58. #58 Lucifer Within Us
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 768 reviews2020
    Dev: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: Detective 47%, Female Protagonist 21%, Mystery 19.9%, Story Rich 12.1%

  59. #59 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 495 reviews2020
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

    Why similar: FMV 42.5% ★, Detective 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Thriller 9.5%, Realistic 6.6%

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