Games Like Kid Detective

Step into the shoes of a rookie police officer. Complete missions, solve mysteries, and rise through the ranks, all while using your detective skills to help your neighbor find her missing cat. Explore an open world full of quests, mini-games, and career choices that lead to multiple endings.

Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12%, Open World 9.7%, RPG 9.5%

A bitter RPG where every enemy has their own unique minigame, and where there are two sides to every soul: Main and Invert!

Why similar: Soundtrack 39.6% ★, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 9.8%, RPG 8.5%

A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.

Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Mystery 11.6%, RPG 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.3%

Open world RPG where every quest is small puzzle.

Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Open World 13.8%, RPG 9.7%, Mystery 7.7%

Explore the underground, customize your party, fight clogs and uncover secrets in this turn based RPG about the lives of funny looking plumbers.

Why similar: Soundtrack 30.4% ★, Funny 10.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, RPG 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.

Why similar: Detective 38.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%

I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.

Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.3%

Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, RPG 11.7%, Story Rich 11.4%

A shocking murder has rocked the Ironwood Inn. Play as one of four detectives, each with unique interrogation styles. Search for clues, question suspects, and uncover secrets in this high-stakes mystery. Can you solve the case before time runs out?

Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Mystery 17.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 7.6%

一个以好奇心为驱动力，你可以改写结局的解谜游戏

Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Mystery 17.8%, RPG 12%, Story Rich 10.1%

Flint's Hints is an escape-room-like puzzle game where you investigate your surroundings to appease your fussy pet cat, Flint. Search for hints to figure out what he wants and how to give it to him, but be careful with what you investigate. Some things are meant to be left alone and forgotten...

Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Mystery 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

《爱与命的彼端》是一款悬疑推理AVG。游戏中你将扮演男主角路杰，为拯救恋人许琳，开始一段爱与命的离奇冒险。你即将卷入扑朔迷离的连环杀人案件，也会接触到离奇的民间传说，躲藏在暗处的阴影也注视着你，蠢蠢欲动……你必须依靠自己的推理能力找出真凶，拯救恋人。

Why similar: Detective 45.3%, Multiple Endings 22%, Mystery 15%, Visual Novel 9.2%, RPG 8.4%

A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.

Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Funny 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Story Rich 9%

Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Choices Matter 23.6%, RPG 12.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Mystery 9.8%

Why DID The Chicken Cross The Road? Time to solve a murder most... fowl. Join Detective Cox, the amnesiac squirrel, on an adventure through 10+ hrs of story, 20+ mini-games, references, a fully-voice-acted cast, and endless British humour. Be careful. You won't want to leave... No Stone Unturned.

Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Open World 11.8%, Mystery 10%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 8.7%

Set in school life, “Who is the Criminal” is a text-based adventure game featuring comedian and inference elements. With inquiring suspects and debating with “evildoers”, he gathers pieces of puzzles and reveals what truly happens in every incident.

Why similar: Detective 30%, Memes 12.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Funny 9.6%, Story Rich 9.2%

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 34.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.4%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, RPG 17.8%, Story Rich 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

`·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.·Welcome to the Hellevator·._.··`¯´´·.¸¸.·` Hellevator is a ballet hell (with an “a”) RPG. Your job is to deliver food to our most valued guest. How hard can that be?

Why similar: Multiple Endings 18%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Story Rich 13%, Funny 12.2%, RPG 11.3%

Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Make your choices carefully, as your decisions determine how many clues you uncover before the detective, the final player character, questions you. Will your protagonists know enough to catch the murderer?

Why similar: Detective 21%, Soundtrack 18.4% ★, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 8.6%

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, RPG 9.3%

Step into a story of mystery, drama and the supernatural as a father searches for his missing son. Solve puzzles, follow clues and uncover the hidden truth.

Why similar: Soundtrack 29.7% ★, Story Rich 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, RPG 10.7%, Mystery 10.4%

Nonestory is an RPG game that tells the entertaining story of one man who decided to prove his case to everyone to the world.

Why similar: RPG 21.1%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Funny 18%, Story Rich 11.4%

This is an RPG adventure game that combines puzzle solving and role-playing elements. Players will take on the role of a high school student who, in addition to his busy academic schedule, explores a mysterious world hidden in his computer.

Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, RPG 10.4%

Explore a misty 90's small town where every choice you make unravels a dark, haunting mystery. Investigate clues, manage tense relationships, and face the consequences of your actions in this psychological horror visual novel that may leave you questioning your own sanity.

Why similar: Soundtrack 31.2% ★, Detective 22.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 8%, Mystery 7%

Play as Bow, a teen who moves to High School Hills—where dreams and nightmares merge with reality. After your mother mysteriously vanishes, you're caught in a quest that spans two worlds. Encounter real-time combat, puzzles, and a choice-driven story in this top-down, pixel-art adventure.

Why similar: Soundtrack 43.6% ★, Choices Matter 16.8%, Story Rich 12.8%, RPG 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Claude, a high school student, pays a visit to his classmate Emma. He stumbles upon a strange knife in the attic, and both are thrown into an otherworldly realm, haunted by ghosts. Now they must find a way to restore the house to its original form, and seal back the rampaging ghosts.

Why similar: Choices Matter 24%, Multiple Endings 23.2%, RPG 15.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, Puzzle 8%

Go ahead and take on this psychological point and click puzzle adventure. Uncover the truth behind Jim’s shady past, his current mental illness and his peerless journey to vanquish a madman!

Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Story Rich 9%, Funny 9%

Apopia: Sugar Coated Tale is a comedic adventure with dark mysteries. Help young girl Mai to find her way home. Progress by solving puzzles and outsmarting enemies in minigames. Make friends and foes with talking animals. Unravel the mystery of Mai’s identity from her dark and blurry memories.

Why similar: Soundtrack 42.9% ★, Mystery 13.3%, Funny 13.3%, Story Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 6.1%

Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%

A story about friendship, the internet, and creation that plays with your heartstrings.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 15.9%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Funny 11.6%, Story Rich 10%, RPG 9.4%

You will explore a mysterious world with the little fairy, Sir Leonardo. An adventure awaits where you'll meet companions, fight wicked enemies, and uncover the secrets of a world in crisis. The end of the story is in your hands.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.5%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Top-Down 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Mystery 10.6%

FALLSAGA! The journey of Marcel in search of a legendary waterfall!

Why similar: Multiple Endings 23.1%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Story Rich 15.2%, RPG 14.4%, Funny 8.2%

Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.

Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Soundtrack 19.5% ★, Top-Down 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, RPG 9.3%

Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.

Why similar: Detective 33.7%, RPG 16.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%

Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

Why similar: Detective 35%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Mystery 7.7%

This is a murder mystery visual novel where you take the role of the detective. Search for clues, make discoveries, and talk to other characters to find out what is truly going on on the Murder Express.

Why similar: Detective 47.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Funny 7.1%

Ghostlight Melancholia is a retro horror first person mystery solving game, where you find out what connects the four ghostlights, the evil that is after them and the secrets behind it all.

Why similar: Soundtrack 27.2% ★, Detective 26.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...

Why similar: Detective 40.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Visual Novel 6.7%

Dive into "Homewords," a captivating, story-driven RPG without any combat. Explore Orbtüse with Zoë, a rude child, as you skillfully interrupt and guide her through conversations. Use the power of words to overcome conflicts, unravel mysteries, and help Zoë learn the art of empathy.

Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Funny 13.1%, Memes 12.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Choices Matter 10%

A narrative puzzle adventure about a girl lost in a fragmented wonderland where memories become places and reality shifts without warning. Explore surreal spaces, meet strange companions, and uncover a personal story about trauma, healing, and finding a way forward.

Why similar: Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 10.4%, Top-Down 9.4%

《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？

Why similar: Detective 38.4%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%, RPG 10%

Embrace the darkness as a demon-possessed altar boy in this Horror RPG. Explore the city, battle demons, upgrade your weapons, and embark on an unforgettable journey with unique characters and anime-style cutscenes.

Why similar: Soundtrack 42.1% ★, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, RPG 7.7%

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 33.6%, Mystery 15%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 6.1%

A top-down detective adventure with point-and-click mechanics, inspired by classic Game Boy games. Follow Waffles in his first days as an inspector who wants to prove to everyone that he is more than just a rookie. But beware… Your future worst enemy is hiding in the shadows.

Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Funny 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Top-Down 11%, Mystery 10.8%

Wynnia is the only child in the sanatorium, spending her days lost in adventurous fantasies. Dr. Kai is a cold, meticulous physician who treats patients and diagnoses difficult cases. Innocent imagination and clinical rationality travel different tracks, yet quietly shape each other.

Why similar: Detective 27%, RPG 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Top-Down 9.6%

Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.

Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%

The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.

Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Multiple Endings 18%, Mystery 15.2%, Story Rich 7.6%

Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Top-Down 9.3%, Story Rich 7.7%

UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.4%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Funny 12.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Memes 10.6%

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Mystery 17.7%, Story Rich 14.9%, Memes 10.9%, Funny 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...

Why similar: Detective 38.9%, Multiple Endings 15%, Mystery 14.6%, RPG 8.6%, Story Rich 7.8%

Nora & Riji: The Hole in the Ghetto. A stylized detective RPG. Play as Nora, a chaos & wild black-furred cat, and Riji, his orange-furried cat friend who's glam & gloss. Investigate a murder, manage the media scandal, and use a unique combat system where you must subdue enemies without killing them.

Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Choices Matter 19.9%, RPG 13%, Story Rich 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%

Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.

Why similar: Choices Matter 22.4%, Detective 20%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Mystery 17.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%

~ ~ A Comedic Mystery Visual Novel with Relationship Building ~ ~ Play as a paranormal investigator hired by the paranormal to investigate! Search for a headless horseman's missing head before the night is over.

Why similar: Memes 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Funny 10.3%, RPG 10.2%

A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.

Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, RPG 9.4%

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 25.3%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14%, Story Rich 12%

Shadow Seeker is a 2D survival-horror action game with a noir detective story. You are Carlos Ramirez, a detective from the Amorita Police Department. You must solve a mysterious case while braving the looming evil that awaits you at every turn.

Why similar: Detective 35.6%, Mystery 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, RPG 10.9%

The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Soundtrack 18% ★, Mystery 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Story Rich 8.3%