
You keep returning to the same woodland over and over again, but why? Something that you can't quite remember holds you captive in this cozy, mystery, adventure RPG.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Detective, 2D, Singleplayer.

You keep returning to the same woodland over and over again, but why? Something that you can't quite remember holds you captive in this cozy, mystery, adventure RPG.

Rumor Reporter
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.

Breathing Fear
Breathing Fear is a non-linear 2D horror game with survival elements. Solve all the secrets of the mysterious house and try not to go crazy with horror.
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 18%, Investigation 14.8%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Breathing Fear is a non-linear 2D horror game with survival elements. Solve all the secrets of the mysterious house and try not to go crazy with horror.
Why similar: Investigation 15%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Detective 11.9%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Point & Click 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
“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 16.4%, Detective 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%
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 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Investigation 11.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Investigation 9.7%, Point & Click 9.3%
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Mystery 9.6%
Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Point & Click 17%, Mystery 12.8%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
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: Investigation 17.5%, Detective 13.5%, Point & Click 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Anime 13.1%, Investigation 13%
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 10.3%
As a weird detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Anime 10.4%, Point & Click 10.2%
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Point & Click 9%, Puzzle 7.4%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Detective 15.6%, Mystery 15%, Point & Click 13%, Visual Novel 12.3%
A side-scrolling puzzle adventure where a power outage hits an apartment building during a stormy night. Play as an amateur detective, visit diverse residents, uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and restore power before midnight... Stop rummaging through those useless trash cans!
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.9%, Detective 14.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
A mystery detective game where you investigate a disappearance, search for clues, solve puzzles, question suspects, and uncover the truth before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Investigation 22%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 10%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
A mystery adventure game featuring a camera-headed detective and a superpowered girl teaming up to solve crimes. Play as the detective to gather and combine clues, reveal the hidden truth, and tear down fabricated lies.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Investigation 22%, Mystery 13.7%, Point & Click 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Mystery 19.8%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%
This is a game where you can escape if you do something "Yuri."
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Point & Click 9.2%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 11%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Point & Click 9%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Investigation 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Point & Click 10.5%, Mystery 9.8%
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 18.3%, Investigation 15%, Point & Click 13.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
Night Errand is a 2D detective adventure where you play as Sage & Nur, an unlikely detective duo solving murder and mixing coffee in the quiet town Morrowpines. Collect clues, piece together contrasting perspectives, uncover the truth — and don't forget to mix a cup of coffee while you're at it.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Investigation 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Point & Click 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 30.8%, Investigation 23.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Point & Click 14.4%, Puzzle 6.7%
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 23.5%, Mystery 15.6%, Investigation 13.8%, Point & Click 13.3%, Visual Novel 12%
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 9%
Cute visual novel murder mystery game
Why similar: Point & Click 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Detective 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Investigation 13.8%
Step into a dramatic K-drama mystery where nothing is quite what it seems. Investigate suspicious behavior, uncover hidden evidence, compare contradictions, and piece together the lies that reveal what really happened.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Detective 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Point & Click 11%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
An exploration adventure set in St. Dorothia Academy, a magical educational institution hidden deep within a forest. A story that begins with an encounter with a girl named Lulunya, and unfolds through mysterious phenomena and dream worlds.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Detective 10.5%, Adventure 9.2%
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
Search Detective Patetaro is a free mystery adventure set in a shopping street in 2050. Trace patents, designs, and trademarks with young detective Patetaro, compare testimony and clues, and eliminate impossible answers one by one. All 5 episodes free. Your search query becomes your deduction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Detective 15%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Mystery 9.6%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 20%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Anime 10.9%
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 23.5%, Investigation 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Point & Click 9.9%
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 19.6%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Investigation 16.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Mystery 12%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 19.8%, Mystery 15.6%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Point & Click 8.6%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Investigation 22.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Point & Click 12.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
A thrilling blend of adventure, mystery, and history! Play as Nancy Drew to uncover the truth behind the theft of a client's heirloom necklace. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover a sinister web of cyber crime, and sleuth through Prague's mysterious streets entwined with medieval legends and alchemy.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 17.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 12%, Anime 9.6%
Explore the mist-shrouded town of Rose Harbor in an atmospheric point-and-click puzzle adventure. Collect and use unusual items, unravel riddles, solve handcrafted puzzles, and follow the tangled clues behind a celebrated rose gardener’s mysterious disappearance.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.1%, Investigation 19.4%, Detective 16.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Puzzle 8.9%
Alone in a forest that won’t let her go, Nora is being followed by an unseen entity that draws closer with every step. A 2D psychological horror with seven endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.7%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
How Far Would You Go to Escape the Past? Step into a story filled with danger, intrigue, and complicated relationships in Midnight in Salem, the new 3D mystery adventure with detective Nancy Drew. Time is short, and you, as Nancy Drew, must solve the mystery before the clock strikes midnight.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Point & Click 15.7%, Mystery 15.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Puzzle 7.7%
An Ace Attorney/Danganronpa style Murder Mystery-esque Visual Novel where an unlikely duo must find the vampiric killer stalking the halls of a stormy manor.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Detective 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Point & Click 10.2%, Investigation 10.1%
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 22.4%, Detective 20.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
And now, for today's story.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Point & Click 8.4%
After 20 years, you receive a letter about your missing mom and sister. Answers are waiting at the Freedom Hotel, but nothing there is quite as it seems. Can you overcome your deepest fears and save your family in time?
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Point & Click 17.4%, Investigation 15.3%, Action-Adventure 13%, Adventure 10.5%
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 23.4%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Anime 7.4%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Point & Click 12.9%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Investigation 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Investigation 18.3%, Detective 17.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Mystery 9.9%
Yuki, a lonely teenager, embarks on a desperate quest for popularity and fame. But her path soon turns into a dark and tragic journey that will change her life forever. A retro graphic adventure with challenging puzzles, intense tweet battles, and a pixelated world filled with humor and mysteries.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.4%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 9%
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Detective 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 11.3%, Mystery 8.5%
Trapped in a strange underground world, every choice shapes the story, leading to multiple endings that together reveal the full narrative. Explore, face tense horror moments, and uncover secrets in this unique experiment.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Investigation 9.3%, Anime 9.2%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Detective 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Investigation 11.6%, Anime 9.9%
You wake up in a locked classroom with a few strangers and no memories of how you got there... With only your puzzle-solving skills to rely on, can you uncover the secrets and mysteries behind your captivity and escape? Put your skills to the test and escape if you can!!
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Anime 7.7%
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Anime 10.8%, Point & Click 10.3%