- #1 City of Voices
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.
Why similar: Conspiracy 28.3% ★, Detective 26.8%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #2 Where is Starlingdive
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio N
Windows · Mac
A college radio DJ has vanished, but the school says she withdrew. Search forum posts and confidential records to uncover the people behind anonymous handles. Piece together what happened to Starlingdive in a deduction mystery spanning three connected cases, from college radio to the music industry.
Why similar: Detective 31.7%, Conspiracy 19.1% ★, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #3 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,702 reviews2026
Dev: yattytheman
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Conspiracy 25.1% ★, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Text-Based 6%
- #4 The Ratline
95% matchVery Positive83% of 339 reviews2026
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows · Mac
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Investigation 24.9%, Conspiracy 20.3% ★, Mystery 9.3%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #5 CENSOR
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quack Duck Games
Windows · Mac
A sci-fi interrogation game. No more than ten people in the galaxy can do your job. The person across the table is already convicted. Find out why they did it, then decide what the truth will cost them.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Investigation 19.1%, Conspiracy 17.5% ★, Psychological 9.8%, Mystery 7.6%
- #6 Faultfinder
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Endpaper
Windows
She kept the machine that holds the city up. It ran correctly for eleven years, and last night it killed her. Step through her rune-tape, watch the registers, rewind the trace, and name the line that did it. You never write a program. You read one, and you convict it.
Why similar: Programming 35.8% ★, Detective 27.1%, Investigation 19.5%, Puzzle 7.4%, Mystery 6.5%
- #7 传家
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paisley
Windows · Mac
A genealogy deduction game set in Republican-era China. Play as a lawyer, search newspapers, case files, letters, and old photos, and follow clues to identify people and uncover family ties. Reconstruct the Chen family tree and uncover the secrets behind your commission.
Why similar: Detective 36.8%, Investigation 26.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #8 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: BRANEPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Conspiracy 28.7% ★, Detective 21.8%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 7.4%, Puzzle 6%
- #9 Cosmic Seance
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Manganika Studio
Windows
You're the kingdom's Medium. Summon old cosmic gods, beings that don't lie, but don't speak plainly. Ask. Interpret their visions. Every answer brings you closer to the truth. Every vision drags you one step closer to madness.
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Conspiracy 26.4% ★, Investigation 24.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, Mystery 4.1%
- #10 ギルド探求団へようこそ!
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,557 reviews2026
Dev: ぱるそに工房
Windows
「ギルド探求団へようこそ!」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう!それでは──良い旅を!
Why similar: Detective 42.6%, Investigation 28.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Adventure 4.3%
- #11 Acolyte
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: SuperstringPub: Pantaloon
Windows
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Conspiracy 20.6% ★, Investigation 17.1%, Artificial Intelligence 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 7.1%
- #12 The Rise of the Golden Idol
89% matchVery Positive93% of 4,156 reviews2024
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Conspiracy 28.6% ★, Detective 26.5%, Investigation 22.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #13 The Current Past
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Picky Bits
Windows · Mac
A fading seaside town, a dark secret lurking beneath the waves, and a plot that will test your powers of deduction... Use logic, observation and your trusty notebook to untangle your way to the truth in this puzzling mystery.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Conspiracy 22.7% ★, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #14 TellTale - Casino Murder Case
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: NeruyaPub: Team Detective
Windows
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%
- #15 The Duke is Dead
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bunk Bed Software, LLC
Windows · Linux
Duke Damian has been murdered! Collect clues, solve puzzles, and deduce the killer. Follow a growing trail of crimes and unravel the conspiracy tying them all together.
Why similar: Detective 38.9%, Investigation 18.8%, Conspiracy 16.9% ★, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #16 The Price of Grief
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero Budget Mystery
Windows · Mac
Dive into a decade of secrets, mysterious characters and their inexplicable deaths - in the shadow of the darkest time in human history. Investigate crimes, decode documents, collect clues and solve riddles - one word at a time. The deeper you read, the less any of it seems to be an accident.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Conspiracy 23.5% ★, Investigation 22.7%, Mystery 7.8%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #17 I'M YOUR HOST
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Calligram Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 42.5%, Investigation 30.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 8.2%, Adventure 3.8%
- #18 Trust No One
85% matchMixed61% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Triomatica Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.6% ★, Detective 22%, Investigation 17.1%, Philosophical 10.9%, Minimalist 8.7%
- #19 The Honeypot Murders
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Supernormal Games
Windows
Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.2% ★, Detective 25.1%, Investigation 20.3%, Mystery 9.5%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #20 Eye 4 Eye
84% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Team Eye 4 EyePub: Yi Dai
Windows
Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Investigation 22.5%, Conspiracy 17.2% ★, Mystery 10.5%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #21 Mystery of the Sacred King
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tarragon Games
Windows
You are the Lawspeaker, a defender of justice. Decode local rituals. Seek the truth. Dismantle conspiracies to save the innocent from execution. Put an end to the deception by revealing the mystery of the Sacred King in this deduction puzzle game.
Why similar: Conspiracy 33% ★, Detective 26.5%, Investigation 11.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #22 Hired Eye
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nightdesk
Windows
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Investigation 24.3%, Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #23 The Detective's Apprentice
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
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 39%, Investigation 28.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Puzzle 8.6%, Adventure 4.1%
- #24 Wild East: The Straw Man
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David Zacik
Windows · Mac
1993, just after Czechoslovakia split in two. Play as reporter Marek and investigate the death of a company director in name only. In Prague, journalist Eva pursues a case of her own. Explore locations, read documents, and uncover where their cases meet in a classic 2D point-and-click mystery.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Investigation 21.9%, Conspiracy 21.2% ★, Mystery 9.2%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #25 Turtle Soup World
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Xufan Studio
Windows
Turtle Soup World – lateral-thinking mystery game. Each chapter: one strange case. Explore, inspect, question NPCs, ask the host Yes/No/Both questions to find the truth. Works with local LLM or API.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
- #26 The Operator
79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,890 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27% ★, Detective 26.2%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 8%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #27 Ghost in the SQL Data
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Isaac MENARD
Windows · Mac
Somebody reported the fire fourteen minutes before it started. Prove it in SQL by exploring the call centre data.
Why similar: Programming 30.2% ★, Detective 28.7%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 7.5%, Puzzle 4.9%
- #28 Demons' Timeline
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,164 reviews2026
Dev: DigitalCats
Windows
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Investigation 21.3%, Text-Based 12.1%, Mystery 12%, Psychological 6.7%
- #29 Locator: The Search for Abigail Lidari
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Empty ExhibitPub: Playstack
Windows
A Geoguessr-inspired narrative detective puzzle game set on an alien planet. As the Cartographer, you must gather and examine clues to locate missing archaeologist Abigail Lidari and uncover the fate of an ancient alien civilization.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.6% ★, Detective 24.8%, Investigation 23%, Mystery 10.7%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #30 All Possible Suspects
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Johann Anton Myburgh
Windows
A point-and-click deduction game where you unravel complex events. Explore frozen moments in time, analyze the scene, and fill in the blanks. Piece together the who, how, and why behind each curious scenario.
Why similar: Detective 36.8%, Investigation 33.2%, Mystery 16.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, Adventure 4.4%
- #31 Call of the Golden Valley
77% matchPositive85% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: O'Saurus Studios
Windows · Mac
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.6% ★, Detective 24.1%, Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Psychological 8.8%
- #32 A Hand With Many Fingers
78% matchVery Positive83% of 530 reviews2020
Dev: Colestia
Windows
Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.
Why similar: Conspiracy 37.6% ★, Investigation 31.5%, Detective 13.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Adventure 4.2%
- #33 Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
76% matchMixed57% of 352 reviews2024
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
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 29.2%, Investigation 23.1%, Conspiracy 19.2% ★, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #34 The Silver Crow
74% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: Dreamagination
Windows · Mac
Play as Conrad, the town's executioner. Investigate a mysterious death, gather clues, question suspects and solve puzzles in this classic point-and-click mystery where witchcraft and superstition conceal a far darker truth.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Conspiracy 24.4% ★, Investigation 19.9%, Puzzle 7.7%, Mystery 7.5%
- #35 NoBody Found
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nobodiant
Windows
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 38.9%, Investigation 30%, Puzzle 13%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 4.6%
- #36 The Golden Girl Case
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StickyLabs
Windows · Mac
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 35.3%, Investigation 23%, Conspiracy 16.2% ★, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #37 Clean
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MyProject5
Windows
Every room has something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Investigation 23.6%, Philosophical 15%, Psychological 9.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #38 Mysteries of Perception
74% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: 50 Rats Games
Windows · Mac
Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.9% ★, Detective 27.4%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #39 REWIND
71% matchVery Positive91% of 421 reviews2026
Dev: Damian_Zhao
Windows
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 25.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #40 FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT: Botanical Investigator
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael Mato
Windows
An exploration game about knowledge and discovery. Change the seasons, investigate plants, and discover secrets about the world to stop an ecological disaster.
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.6% ★, Detective 27.2%, Investigation 23.2%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 7%
- #41 The Marsh Manor Mystery
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: castergrams
Windows · Mac
Something strange happened in the old manor, but the Pond's premier puzzle-solver is here to uncover the truth. In this ribbiting and cozy mystery, explore the grounds, journey into the past, and unearth the secrets buried at Marsh Manor.
Why similar: Detective 41.8%, Investigation 31.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Indie 1%
- #42 The Pale Place
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Shore Studio
Windows
A deductive investigation game with a faded pixel art aesthetic. Set in a dreamlike, mysterious environment, the player becomes a conductor, (re)organizing and (re)positioning objects, characters, and puzzles while recovering lost fragments of their memory.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Conspiracy 25.5% ★, Investigation 21.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #43 Crimson Seer
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meridian Malice
Windows
Crimson Seer is a fantasy detective puzzle game. Investigate murder scenes frozen in time, gather clues, and deduce motive, method, and location. Use your prophetic visions to uncover sinister elven plots, ancient mysteries, and dark rituals in an underground world.
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Investigation 23.3%, Conspiracy 20.9% ★, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #44 Black File
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Simurg Software and Games
Windows
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 32.3%, Investigation 24.2%, Conspiracy 15.7% ★, Mystery 9.9%, Dialogue Heavy 6%
- #45 A Case of Fraud
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 573 reviews2025
Dev: Hesperus Games
Windows · Mac
A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 34.5%, Investigation 26.6%, Conspiracy 13.4% ★, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #46 On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 373 Studio
Windows
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 35.1%, Investigation 25.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Mystery 6.9%
- #47 a permanent echo
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Three More Years
Windows · Mac
Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.6% ★, Investigation 20.2%, Detective 18.8%, Philosophical 14.7%, Mystery 8%
- #48 Emma Riley: Dream Detective
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Fort Games
Windows
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 33.7%, Investigation 27.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Puzzle 8%, Conspiracy 7.9% ★
- #49 Nomenocide
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stormy Ice
Windows
The Examiner has a number. You are not issued a name. You do not require one. Names are an operational measure applied to units, for the reasons set out above, and staff are not units. You do have a name. You are simply not using it here. Nobody has asked for it in some time.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 23.9%, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Psychological 11%, Dialogue Heavy 5.9%
- #50 Hello Operator
69% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Leapfrog Studio LLC
Windows
Play as Blissville’s lone switchboard operator in this atmospheric, story-rich mystery. From your dimly lit station, connect calls, listen in, and uncover the secrets that bind the townsfolk—and the darkness beneath their polite masquerade.
Why similar: Conspiracy 28.8% ★, Detective 24.2%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #51 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
70% matchVery Positive86% of 3,791 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Conspiracy 20.2% ★, Investigation 18.8%, Artificial Intelligence 12.4%, Mystery 9.7%
- #52 W.I.T.S: INITIATION
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Rashidi Interactive
Windows
A puzzle game where you are the newest recruit to a government agency dedicated to stopping cyber crimes. You must prove yourself and level up in the system by solving puzzles, at the same time there is a mystery to uncover at the agency. Who can you trust?
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Investigation 29.5%, Conspiracy 14.3% ★, Text-Based 11.7%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #53 Cracks Where the Light Gets In
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highland Boundary
Windows · Mac
Spy through cracks. Solve deductions. Save your country. You’re an outsider observing clues and characters through the walls and floorboards of an alpine shack. Become entangled in the mystery: a recluse who shapes a revolution.
Why similar: Detective 46.5%, Investigation 16.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, Mystery 8.1%, Minimalist 7.5%
- #54 Thousand Wheels
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sloth Machine Studios
Windows · Mac
Investigate murders across parallel universes in a hand-drawn detective puzzle game inspired by Ottoman medieval art. Gather clues, identify suspects, and reconstruct events to uncover a mystery spanning multiple realities.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Conspiracy 27.4% ★, Investigation 22.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Mystery 3.9%
- #55 Thank You 4 Playing
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Libragames
Windows
Gather information on social media in-game to take down every last boss in this deduction-based puzzle adventure game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn. It's release day for the latest entry in a legendary action game series, and you need to beat it. Fun is secondary, victory is all.
Why similar: Detective 38.2%, Investigation 25.5%, Puzzle 9.5%, Text-Based 8%, Mystery 6.8%
- #56 The Case of the Golden Idol
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
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 27.6%, Conspiracy 26.2% ★, Investigation 22.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Puzzle 7%
- #57 The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
Regret has chased Lilith across the years… but a chance to escape is within reach. Drawn in by a message from your estranged daughter, you must reshape reality with a mystical Film Reel to solve a mass vanishing. To erase your guilt, you'll decide what… and who… to leave on the cutting room floor.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Investigation 17.2%, Conspiracy 17.1% ★, Mystery 9.5%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #58 Judge SIM 2 Precedent
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SunsixStudios
Windows
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: Detective 30.4%, Investigation 29.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Text-Based 6.7%, Simulation 6.5%
- #59 Deep Focus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitamins
Windows
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 40%, Investigation 30.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Puzzle 7.6%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #60 One Rainy Night
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Werner Viljoen
Windows · Linux
Population 812. Current residents: none. Dinner is still on the tables, the bridge out is flooded, and the aerosol factory on the hill is running with nobody inside it. A pixel-art Sierra-style mystery: 26 scenes, 14 puzzle systems, three endings. One rainy night.
Why similar: Detective 29%, Conspiracy 25% ★, Investigation 20.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Mystery 8.4%