- #1 Cradlemoor
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TallHead
Windows · Mac
Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.
Why similar: FMV 20.3% ★, Investigation 14.1%, Detective 12.3%, Thriller 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #2 Shanwen
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FirstMove Studio
Windows
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Detective 13.2%, Thriller 12.8%, 1990's 10.7%, Investigation 10%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
- #3 看不见的我们
96% matchVery Positive93% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
“The invisible us” is a FMV game where you play as Song Wufei, a timid high school student targeted by bullies. When a brave classmate intervenes, a series of mysterious events unfold. Investigate and piece together the hidden truth through deduction.
Why similar: FMV 23% ★, Detective 15.4%, Psychological 12.5%, Mystery 10.5%, Emotional 9.6%
- #4 CORPOREAL
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Out Interactive
Windows
Piece together a cursed family photo album in 1990s NZ. Examine haunted photographs, encounter the paranormal & uncover your dark family history.
Why similar: FMV 18.7% ★, Investigation 17.7%, 1990's 13.2%, Thriller 12.5%, Mystery 8.4%
- #5 Night Book
94% matchMixed68% of 586 reviews2021
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
Why similar: FMV 28.3% ★, Thriller 12.8%, Detective 11.3%, Investigation 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #6 Town of Dusk
94% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Detective 14.1%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #7 Linework
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overlyunderqualified
Windows
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: Investigation 19.2%, Detective 18.7%, Logic 13%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #8 Fragmented Memories - Arc One
92% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: PlatomentiPub: YSY Softworks
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Psychological 12%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Thriller 11.8%, Detective 10.4%
- #9 Silent Surveillance
91% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: 8x5y1a
Windows
Silent Surveillance is a horror puzzle game where you monitor multiple security cameras to find anomalies. Stay vigilant—you wouldn't want to succumb to the lurking terror waiting for a single moment of distraction. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Thriller 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Psychological 11.5%, Mystery 11%
- #10 SIMULACRA
91% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 21.2% ★, Detective 14.8%, Thriller 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Psychological 7.9%
- #11 Hundreds of Mysteries:Wendy's Home2
90% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: KKKPub: QZQ Studio
Windows
Every case has a story behind it! You need to find and collect clues in the scene and reason at every level to find the truth. The clues can be associated or cross-layered.
Why similar: 1990's 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Thriller 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Detective 9.5%
- #12 The Roottrees are Dead
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 13.7%, 1990's 11.2%, Logic 9.2%
- #13 The Lighthouse
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: Shadow Knights Studio
Windows
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
Why similar: Thriller 15.4%, Investigation 14.6%, Detective 12.4%, Psychological 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #14 Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Detective 16.5%, Logic 12%, Mystery 11.3%, Psychological 10.2%
- #15 DOMUS ABSCONDITA
87% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Elmeryn Studios
Windows
DOMUS ABSCONDITA is single player horror and mystery adventure. Step into the shoes of a private investigator and try to uncover all the secrets of the Manor. Will you escape with the truth, or will you become another lost soul within its haunted halls?
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Thriller 17.1%, Detective 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Psychological 12%
- #16 Red Line
86% matchVery Positive97% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Thriller 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 12.3%, Detective 11.9%, 1990's 9.2%
- #17 欢迎来到林葬屋
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
Mourningwood Lodge is a full-motion video (FMV) live-action mystery horror game. As the first installment in the Funeral Houseseries, players will assume different roles across various game modes to participate in a suspenseful horror journey blending conspiracy and fantasy.
Why similar: FMV 29.5% ★, Thriller 11.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Detective 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #18 Protocol Non-Human
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreadGear Games
Windows
A realistic first-person horror deduction game. Identify NON-HUMAN entities and navigate critical decisions within the Zone. Earn your survival, upgrade your booth, and-above all-don't let the NON-HUMANS in.
Why similar: Investigation 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Detective 12.4%, Psychological 12.3%, Horror 9%
- #19 Echoes of the Rest
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Feronline Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore Joe's house and psyche after his accident, solve clues while trying to escape the house, and attempt to uncover the underlying issue behind Joe's mental state.
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Emotional 11.6%, 1990's 11.1%, Thriller 10.4%
- #20 Criminal Expert
84% matchMostly Negative35% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.
Why similar: FMV 25.3% ★, Investigation 18.8%, Detective 17.5%, Thriller 13.6%, Simulation 5%
- #21 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Detective 14.6%, 1990's 10.8%, Thriller 10%, Mystery 9.3%
- #22 Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is a 3D horror adventure game, with the direction and the original script by Ruggero Deodato. Take control of different characters in a desperate expedition to the virgin jungles of Borneo.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Investigation 15%, Thriller 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychological 10.9%
- #23 背后3:阴戏
81% matchVery Positive96% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back3:Spooky》 is a moderately horror-themed FMV.As the third game in the Back series, the story unfolds after protagonists Ren Xing and Gao Yan survive their escape from the strange realm in the previous Back2. embarking on a brand-new adventure.
Why similar: FMV 19.7% ★, Thriller 12.6%, Psychological 10.7%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #24 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 513 reviews2026
Dev: yattytheman
Windows · Linux
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: Investigation 20.2%, Detective 18.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Thriller 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #25 Employee A
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: cross_couloir
Windows · Mac
A pixel art point-and-click adventure set in the heart of the modern-day high tech industry, which will test your logic and deductive reasoning skills as you investigate the murder mystery that's upturned your life.
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological 12.7%, Emotional 10.1%, Mystery 9.8%
- #26 Voyeur
83% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Philips P.O.V. Entertainment GroupPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In Voyeur, you take on the role of a private investigator hired to collect evidence of wealthy CEO Reed Hawke’s corruption by a member of his family. Originally released on the Phillips CD-i back in 1993, it was one of the first games to fully utilize Full-Motion-Video as an integral game mechanic.
Why similar: FMV 25.3% ★, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%, 1990's 7.6%
- #27 Project C██████
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Half Mermaid
Windows
Gifted with the┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄ ┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉kaleidoscopic┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉ ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅future. Sam Barlow ╳ Brandon Cronenberg.
Why similar: FMV 30% ★, Thriller 15.2%, Mystery 10.2%, Horror 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #28 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
79% matchVery Positive95% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: 1990's 15%, Thriller 14.4%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #29 Remedy for Personality
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
Windows
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Thriller 13.4%, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #30 回煞录 | Phantom Reckoning
77% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Archimedes Nicholas XiaPub: 阿基米德 尼古拉斯 夏
Windows
Phantom Reckoning En este juego psicológico de terror chino en miniatura, encarnarás a una enfermera de un hospital rural en los años 90, atrapada en una pesadilla que se repite sin fin.
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Retro 8.5%, Psychological 8.4%
- #31 Case Files: Internal Affairs
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows
The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: FMV 25.8% ★, Investigation 18.8%, Detective 17.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
- #32 Two Sisters
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Room Studio
Windows
Witness the obscure scenario of a massacre, in the shoes of the photographer Bárbara, who received an unusual proposal: To photograph a village with bizarre secrets from decades ago.
Why similar: Investigation 19%, Thriller 16.1%, Psychological 13.6%, 1990's 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #33 I Saw Black Clouds
78% matchMixed62% of 633 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: FMV 23.9% ★, Psychological 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Emotional 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
- #34 Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
77% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: Reijo
Windows · Mac
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Psychological 12%, Emotional 11.7%, Mystery 10.7%
- #35 Kindred [High Tide]
73% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
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 19.4%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Lore-Rich 8.7%
- #36 Woodside
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Flower Games
Windows
Welcome to Woodside, a haunting survival horror adventure. Explore, investigate and survive as Grace, confronting supernatural terrors that plague a seemingly quaint British village. Experience dynamic horror as spirits react to the way you play. Can you find the truth before it's too late?
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Detective 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 10%, Mystery 9.6%
- #37 MeiQi 2023
75% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
This collection is the latest collection of the MeiQi Series, which will include the S09E06 and the 10thSeason.
Why similar: Investigation 15.4%, Thriller 14.3%, 1990's 14.3%, Detective 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #38 Midnight Therapy
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
A powerless, FAKE therapist facing raw truth. Balance financial pressure and patients' collapse in this narrative RPG. Use speechcraft and the "Mind Reading Spell" to dive into minds and shatter cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or redemption?
Why similar: Investigation 14.6%, Detective 14.4%, Psychological 13.7%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #39 Runway 66
73% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A weaponless psychological thriller. Become trapped in the dark simulation within Gabriel’s mind after surviving a deadly plane crash. Run, hide, and piece together your memories to wake from this dystopian nightmare before Protocol 66 is activated.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Detective 17.7%, Thriller 12.6%, Emotional 9.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #40 Point Zero: Victoria
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RosyGame
Windows · Mac
One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Detective 16.6%, Psychological 11.8%, 1990's 10.6%, Mystery 10.5%
- #41 The Breakfast Serial Club
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucian Gallacane
Windows
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Thriller 17.1%, Detective 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #42 Observer Protocol: The Station - First Shift
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: BuderWorks
Windows
A minimalist surveillance horror game. Flip through security cameras on a deep space station and report subtle anomalies. No jump scares. No combat. Just watch, observe, and try not to miss the moment everything goes wrong.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #43 Telling Lies
74% matchMixed63% of 1,290 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 23.4% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Detective 14.5%, Thriller 14.4%, Mystery 9.3%
- #44 The Test: Secrets of the Soul
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,554 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from 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 unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Investigation 14.6%, Detective 13.2%, Psychological 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Visual Novel 9%
- #45 [Bober Bros] Happy House
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Based on my childhood. Happy House is a first person psychological horror where you play as a child trapped with a mother who's perfect in public but monstrous behind closed doors.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 13.2%, Thriller 12.4%, Horror 8.6%
- #46 Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
71% matchVery Positive89% of 720 reviews2021
Dev: Maze Theory
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.
Why similar: FMV 18.8% ★, Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 11%
- #47 To Tell the Truth
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Humanity 1 Studios
Windows · Mac
A mystery detective FMV game
Why similar: FMV 31.1% ★, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #48 LakeLady
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Thriller 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #49 Nocturnal Visitors: Book One
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miguel H. DeathPub: Judatone Studios
Windows
Discover a world where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.
Why similar: Investigation 16.5%, Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Thriller 10.2%
- #50 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,081 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Psychological 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Thriller 8.9%
- #51 BitterSweet: Detectives' Tea Party
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ConsteRia
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel about chasing the past of a phantom thief. As you investigate the old cases of a Phantom Thief - Raven, new murder incidents unfold one after another. With every case solved, the hidden truth behind the past slowly comes to light.
Why similar: Investigation 15.9%, Detective 15.2%, Logic 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #52 Neurosis
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MindMaze Studios
Windows
Neurosis is a horror-thriller interactive movie where every choice matters. Play as a psychiatrist leading an online group of troubled patients, each hiding secrets. Unravel psychological mysteries, confront real mental health issues, and stop a lurking psychopath before it’s too late.
Why similar: FMV 22.9% ★, Investigation 14%, Psychological 11.3%, Thriller 11.1%, Logic 10.3%
- #53 我的一个多重人格朋友
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Mystery 11%
- #54 Case File: Archived 3:12AM
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zippy Creative Studio
Windows
At 3:12 AM, someone knocked. The door was locked from the inside. A story-rich psychological horror where you explore and investigate a Kolkata home as reality begins to repeat, change, and remember.
Why similar: Investigation 20.1%, Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Lore-Rich 9.7%, Mystery 8.7%
- #55 Psycho-Sleuth
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PHOSEPO
Windows
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Thriller 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 11.2%, Mystery 10.2%
- #56 When Sirens Fall Silent
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
When Sirens Fall Silent is a dark psychological thriller set in 1990s Italy. Play as Mila, a troubled policewoman drawn into a high-profile case of kidnappings and murders. As the case unravels you must not only save her from herself, but from being swallowed by a vortex of violence and confusion.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Thriller 14.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, 1990's 10.1%
- #57 Reflection Link
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 14%, Investigation 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Thriller 10.9%
- #58 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
70% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: FMV 26.7% ★, Detective 15.1%, Psychological 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Mystery 9%
- #59 KILLA
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Tangerine
Windows
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Investigation 17.1%, Detective 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Psychological 10.4%, Lore-Rich 10.4%
- #60 Shadow Mansion 2
64% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
The mansion your grandfather left you is more than an inheritance. When the power comes on, not only the lights awaken, but the darkness buried inside. Shadow Mansion 2 is a first-person psychological horror focused on atmosphere, exploration, and stealth.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Thriller 18.8%, Investigation 17.9%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%