60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Choices Matter, Choose Your Own Adventure.
An interactive VR narrative adventure in which you operate a fully interactive elevator, meet fascinating characters, and make decisions that change their lives, and the fate of the hotel forever.
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Conversation 13.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Point & Click 8.9%
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Narrative 14.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Detective 11.5%, Point & Click 10.8%
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
Why similar: Narrative 21.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Detective 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Conversation 10.4%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Detective 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Investigation 9.3%, Visual Novel 9%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 19.2%, Detective 18.2%, Narrative 18% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Conversation 15%, Investigation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Pale Flamingos is a visual novel murder mystery with choices and a branching narrative. The year is 1986; the place, Miami. Florita and Melba, two Cuban grandmothers, are at the Miami Travel Agents' Convention where the owner of St. Neville Airways is found dead. Florita and Melba investigate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Heist 15.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Conversation 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%
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 14.7%, Conversation 12.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Narrative 14.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Conversation 13.2%, Investigation 10.1%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Conversation 13.8%, Detective 11.8%, Visual Novel 8.6%
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Conversation 13.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Detective 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
Play as a detective and solve multiple cases by interrogating individuals tied to the case through voice-based conversations. Powered by generative AI, every individual responds with unique, context-driven replies, helping you piece together the evidence to crack the case.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Conversation 16.8%, Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Narrative 13.1% ★, Conversation 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Point & Click 10.1%
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 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Investigation 14.3%, Conversation 13.2%
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Drama 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
9 kids who wake up in a mysterious shelter with lost memory. Investigate the signs of intruders and murders and discuss them with your colleagues to move towards the truth! Listen to everyone's statements and use your counter-arguments to uncover the truth behind someone's lies!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Investigation 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Conversation 9.5%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Conversation 14.3%, Detective 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Investigation 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Narrative 20.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Conversation 11.1%, Point & Click 10.8%
A short pixel-art mystery where you play as Nathan, a private investigator drawn into a curious case. Interrogate suspects, examine clues, and uncover hidden details
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 18.4%, Narrative 15.4% ★, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Conversation 12.2%, Narrative 10.1% ★, Choices Matter 9.9%
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 21.9%, Investigation 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Point & Click 10%
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Narrative 23.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Detective 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
Authentic Star Trek adventure from former members of Telltale Games. Engage in diplomacy, pilot shuttlecraft, and use your tricorder and phaser to overcome challenging puzzles and deadly threats. Tough decisions will impact relationships, your story, and the fate of the galaxy. What will YOU do?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Narrative 15.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Point & Click 10.1%
Grayton the Detective is a narrative adventure game about a homeless man who once lived in wealth and comfort, now showers with a kettle, and solves petty mysteries on the streets of Cleveland. However, with the disappearance of mysterious Golden Spoon, everything may change.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 18.4%, Narrative 16% ★, Point & Click 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Detective 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%
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 17.4%, Investigation 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
A detective who accidentally unsealed the monsters must find the man-eating monster before the deadline. Humans are afraid of monsters, but they were also made by themselves.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Drama 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Point & Click 9.5%
In LOVE! again... every choice leads to consequences. Choose your romance, and write your own story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 12.3%, Drama 9.1%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Conversation 13.3%, Investigation 12.2%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
The owner of the Golden Rose Manor died mysteriously in the secret room. Everyone in the manor has an alibi, but their speech is full of loopholes... You will go to the crime scene, search for clues, analyze the suspect's statement, make reasonable inferences, reveal the truth of the case!
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Drama 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Life is easier when you're a small creature on a farm. Everything is decided for you, and your fate is written out until the very end. Sounds like a fairy tale... or maybe a nightmare? Enjoy the peaceful times. You'll never leave it, because you're safe here... Or are you?
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Drama 11%
You are hanging out at a festive Christmas party when your eyes discover the most perfect Christmas confectionery ever! You must have it!... but someone already has it! What will you be willing to do, to get your Christmas wish?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Funny 9.4%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Point & Click 11.2%, Conversation 10.9%
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Narrative 16.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Visual Novel 11%
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 15.1%, Detective 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 12.1%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Detective 16%, Investigation 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Point & Click 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%
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 22.6%, Investigation 17.9%, Point & Click 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Conversation 11.5%, Drama 11.4%
A single-player narrative game where you play as a quirky wannabe cowboy exploring the dystopian futuristic world for his own revenge.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Conversation 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Investigation 20.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Narrative 20.8% ★, Detective 20.6%, Investigation 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Point & Click 7.7%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 17.3%, Conversation 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Point & Click 8.7%
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 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Point & Click 10.8%
ECHO RAILWAY is an adventure with non-linear storytelling, focused on exploration and narrative. It blends the routine of a tram conductor with detective elements and a touch of surreal retrofuturistic noir. You’re bound to the rails. Your story isn’t.
Why similar: Narrative 28% ★, Detective 16.8%, Point & Click 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
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 20%, Conversation 15%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Play cards with a group of adorable animal friends who robbed the largest bank on the Eastern Seaboard 12 years ago, and are willing to let you decorate their boat in return for not being executed by the mafia.
Why similar: Heist 24.7% ★, Narrative 17.7% ★, Detective 12.3%, Conversation 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
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 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Drama 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Point & Click 12.3%
Set in a South Korean elementary school in 1999, 『Come to my party!』 follows 10-year-old Jimin's quest for her first-ever birthday party. Through multiple endings filled with laughs and heart, step into a story that might remind you of your own childhood.
Why similar: Narrative 17.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Drama 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Conversation 11.4%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Conversation 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%
Being a bumbling supervillain's henchman is a thankless job. The spandex chafes, there's tons of late nights, and your boss rarely remembers your name. But in this narrative adventure you'll soon discover that - sometimes - even the choices of the lowliest henchman can change everything.
Why similar: Narrative 21.1% ★, Conversation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
