60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Detective, Story Rich, Mystery.
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.
Judge SIM 2 Precedent
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Accident Investigator Simulator: Black Box
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Detective 16.7%, Mystery 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Noir 5.9%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Dynamic Narration 10.6% ★, Noir 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%
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 18.5%, Investigation 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Mystery 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 15.4%, Noir 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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: Detective 17.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Dynamic Narration 14.6% ★, Investigation 12.4%, Noir 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%
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 22.3%, Noir 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Noir 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 12.1%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Dynamic Narration 13.7% ★, Investigation 12.5%, Noir 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
A private eye mystery game where you decide how to solve the case. Use your detective skills to solve the case or rely on the abilities of your little dragon partner to see things from a new angle.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.4% ★, Detective 18.4%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Mystery 9%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 18.3%, Noir 17.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 14.7%, Text-Based 14.1%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 10.9%
Noir gamebook. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Noir 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Investigation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
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 23.2%, Investigation 17.6%, Text-Based 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%
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 24%, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Noir 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 9.8%
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 15%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Noir 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.3% ★, Detective 15.6%, Noir 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 10.3%
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Detective 13.2%, Dynamic Narration 12.7% ★, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Investigation 23.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Noir 12.8%, Visual Novel 6.6%
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 17.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Noir 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Mystery 8.4%
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 18.9%, Noir 14.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.2%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Investigation 15.8%, Noir 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Text-Based 8.9%
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 27.2%, Investigation 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 11.9%, Mystery 7.7%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 19.2%, Detective 18.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Investigation 20.4%, Noir 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Mystery 11.8%
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: Noir 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Detective 12.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Investigation 9.8%
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.3% ★, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Investigation 11%, Choices Matter 10.5%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 32%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Investigation 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 14.6%, Noir 11.6%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 10.9%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.4%
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 18.6%, Investigation 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%
The Divine Deception awaits you in Panthea. Will you be able to find the truth? Deduce, brainstorm, fight, and hack your ways through obstacles. But remember: Panthea's story is a game to be bet on. Nothing more.
Why similar: Investigation 16.4%, Detective 14.8%, Noir 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Noir 10.2%
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: Noir 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth. Ring of Fire is a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 16%, Noir 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Mystery 8.9%
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Investigation 19.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Noir 9.2%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Text-Based 10%
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Noir 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 17.8%, Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Mystery 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Investigation 9.1%
'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 19.1%, Noir 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
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: Detective 17.4%, Dynamic Narration 15.2% ★, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Investigation 15%, Choices Matter 10.2%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
Takemaru Abiko, creator of “Banshee's Last Cry,” the landmark mystery game that sold over 1 million copies, will release A brand-new game based on “Armchair Detective”. Search through in-game apps and Rescue YOUR sister, Hikari Takizawa, who has suddenly gone missing in Nagano Prefecture.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Investigation 22.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Cinematic 9.8%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Noir 13.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 11%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 24.3%, Detective 23.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 9.8%
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Investigation 11%, Text-Based 10.7%
