60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Investigation, Text-Based.
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
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a weird console message appears on your screen should you check it out or shut down the pc the choices are yours but be careful your choices will shift everything
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Investigation 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.8%
a weird console message appears on your screen should you check it out or shut down the pc the choices are yours but be careful your choices will shift everything
Why similar: Detective 12.8%, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Simulation 11%, Immersive Sim 10.5%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Investigation 10%
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Noir 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%
Parent Ted, your own childhood. On this journey, you will have the chance to discover your inner child and better understand the trauma and emotions of your childhood.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.3%, Life Sim 13.9%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
Midline ‘85 is an interactive thriller about the tough work of an emergency service operator. Face panic, horror and human cruelty, break rules and observe the consequences. Save Midline — or let the city burn.
Why similar: Political Sim 19.4% ★, Detective 12.2%, Noir 11.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Why similar: Political Sim 22% ★, Detective 21.7%, Noir 11.5%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Investigation 8.4%
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 25.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Immersive Sim 12%
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 22.8%, Noir 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Sunset Magna Carta (formerly Fertility, Crime, and Economy) is a political simulation game. As a cabinet minister of the United Realm, you will implement policies, handle social crises, and try to sustain order and national prosperity. Be careful: consequences may defy your intentions.
Why similar: Political Sim 25% ★, Politics 18.1% ★, Text-Based 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%, Life Sim 7.8%
5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Cinematic 10.9%, Simulation 10.3%, Investigation 9.3%
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Investigation 11.7%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Investigation 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%
Become a parliamentarian, create a powerful party, and lead it to victory in this humorous adventure game. Manage your popularity and dignity, use unique powers, and navigate a storyline inspired by current events.
Why similar: Politics 22.8% ★, Political Sim 16.4% ★, Life Sim 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Noir 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 12.5%, Investigation 6.8%
Welcome to Winston Springs, Officer! The local police station is in urgent need of a Chief of Police, and you’ve been chosen for the job! Handle incoming reports, renovate and expand the station, solve cases, and fight crime!
Why similar: Political Sim 22.3% ★, Detective 15.1%, Immersive Sim 14%, Life Sim 13.8%, Noir 13.1%
Follow the new worker of the disinformation agency day by day. Decide how to oppose news and people through the use of fake scandals and redirections. Ensure a win for your employers - or find some conscience after all.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.8% ★, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Life Sim 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.8%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Immersive Sim 11.1%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Investigation 8.8%
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Noir 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Investigation 10.4%
Project Judgment is a story-driven detective adventure game where the narrative unfolds as you complete quests. Play as Cain, a detective who has lost his memory. Travel from city to city, solve cases, and uncover the truth behind your forgotten past.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Investigation 12.4%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%
Step into the shoes of a detective in the first realistic VR investigation game! Explore 1980s New Orleans and solve a captivating murder mystery. Interrogate suspects, each with their own motives, and use your deduction skills to reconstruct the events and reach a conclusive resolution.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Cinematic 10.6%, Noir 10.4%
Build a true fake news empire. Fabricate interviews, twist the truth, hire on-air stars - and remember: Reliability first! (as long as it gets clicks…)
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.2%, Detective 16.2%, Life Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Why similar: Political Sim 29.4% ★, Politics 17.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Simulation 9.1%
Launch your newspaper and sway the masses in a unique animal world! Direct reporters, plan stories, blow up Headlines for Impact and throw in Ads for Profit. With every faction gunning for a piece of your front page, how far will you go to keep your paper in print — and yourself out of trouble?
Why similar: Political Sim 29.3% ★, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Play as a visa officer in this chaotic simulator! Inspect passports, catch lies, and decide who crosses the border. But watch out—one bad stamp, and you're in jail! Test your wits in this hilarious battle of logic and deception.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.3% ★, Life Sim 15.7%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Detective 14.4%, Simulation 11.4%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Investigation 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9%
Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Investigation 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Text-Based 10.4%
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Investigation 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.7%
An interrogation mystery aboard a 1936 ocean liner. Five suspects. One murder. No dialogue options — every suspect is powered by AI and will remember every word, deflect every question, and only surrender their secrets under pressure. Four voyages. One truth. Break someone.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Noir 15.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Cinematic 10.1%
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Investigation 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Life Sim 10.1%
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 24.4%, Text-Based 16%, Investigation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Visual Novel 9%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Noir 14.2%, Investigation 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Detective 16.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
Seaburn is a choice-based political simulator where your choices affect the future of the planet. Play as a policymaker as you sign legislation, respond to events, and compete in high-stakes elections. Earn money, become popular, and save the environment.
Why similar: Political Sim 38.5% ★, Politics 19.1% ★, Text-Based 18%, Simulation 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Noir 14.7%, Text-Based 13.9%, Investigation 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Investigation 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.3%
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
Why similar: Detective 19%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Cinematic 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Why similar: Detective 17%, Text-Based 14.9%, Cinematic 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Votica is a election simulation game. Create your politician, run a strategic campaign, and win the votes of Velkarya’s citizens. Every election is unique thanks to randomized demographics. With both single-player and multiplayer modes, it offers a humorous yet deep political experience.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.5% ★, Politics 25.5% ★, Text-Based 21.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Detective 15.9%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Noir 17.1%, Investigation 11.1%, Cinematic 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Noir 21.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Visual Novel 7.8%
Eshina Princess Cultivator is a princess raising political rpg in which you foster the growth of Eleora Eshina so that she may one day govern the Imperial Realm of Ekaria.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.1% ★, Politics 19.7% ★, Life Sim 13.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Noir 20.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter. Experience an extraterrestrial contact while deciphering an overarching mystery of far-reaching consequences. Who is the Outsider?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Life Sim 12.2%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主（你）从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆，发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异，恐怖致命的巨型怪物，你们能否成功逃脱？而这超自然的现象，似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Investigation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%
成为动物城的新晋大法官，在庭审过程中收集证物，记录证言，翻阅新闻，判断原告被告的诉求是否合理，引导案件走向真相并最终做出合理判决和量刑，一同守护动物城司法正义！
Why similar: Political Sim 28.9% ★, Detective 19.1%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 9%
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Detective 20.6%, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Mystery 6.3%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Detective 19.2%, Mystery 14.2%, Visual Novel 13%
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: Detective 16%, Noir 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Puzzle 10.4%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Investigation 11%
Become private detective Dennis Monroe, a relentless investigator driven to catch the infamous "Epiphany Killer," a shadowy figure who has haunted the city for over twenty years. Every clue draws you closer to the truth, but danger lurks behind every revelation.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Cinematic 15.1%, Noir 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 9%
NodeGame，原版游戏名为：脱出ゲーム | Nodes，由岩崎、はとむね开发，并在日本举办的GAMEJAM上首次亮相。 诡雅异俗，出自。原意为：与雅正相悖与长俗相违，也指异端邪说。 之所以选定这个名字，是因为我感觉他更有神秘感，也代表了很强的创作能力！！
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Text-Based 19.8%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Noir 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Text-Based 17.4%, Noir 15.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Noir 19%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%
Pour a coffee, light a match, and crack the case. Micro Mystery Investigator offers infinite procedural logic puzzles in a stylish noir setting. Sift through clues, cross-reference alibis, and deduce the culprit before the trail goes cold. Pure deduction, zero guessing.
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Text-Based 20.8%, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 10.3%, Puzzle 10.2%
