- #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% ★, Investigation 14.2%, Thriller 12.3%, Detective 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
- #2 Cold Case: The Red Dress Murder
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nessie Games
Windows
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
Why similar: 1990's 15%, Investigation 14.4%, Detective 13.8%, Logic 12.3%, Thriller 10.9%
- #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 22.8% ★, Detective 15.4%, Psychological 12%, Mystery 10.8%, Emotional 9.7%
- #4 Lost Media Agency
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artur Latkovsky
Windows
A found footage horror game where you need to piece together a timeline in chronological order of a Kaiju incident that occurred.
Why similar: FMV 23% ★, 1990's 15.2%, Investigation 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Detective 9.6%
- #5 Eyes Wide Open
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fallen Horse Entertainment
Windows
Work for a dystopian Inspection Bureau, Determine whether the subjects are humans or not, Uncover secrets, see if you can trust your AI assistant, Endure psychological horrors and reach your work quota - or else.
Why similar: Cult 46% ★, Investigation 11.8%, Detective 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Mystery 7%
- #6 The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Why similar: Cult 50.2% ★, Investigation 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Thriller 8.5%, Psychological 6.3%
- #7 Unhomely
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio 8-Track
Windows
Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.
Why similar: Investigation 15.2%, Thriller 14.5%, Detective 12%, Psychological Horror 11%, Retro 8.7%
- #8 CORPOREAL
92% 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 18.3% ★, Investigation 17.7%, 1990's 13.3%, Thriller 13.1%, Mystery 8.5%
- #9 Linework
91% 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 18.5%, Logic 13.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #10 The Tape: Origins
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alex XPub: Dangly Dango Studio
Windows
The clock is ticking. Investigate real found footage and solve escape-room puzzles to escape the hotel before the cult returns to sacrifice you.
Why similar: Cult 34.1% ★, Investigation 14.1%, Thriller 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Psychological 8.9%
- #11 Shanwen
90% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Thriller 14.6%, Detective 14.3%, 1990's 11.8%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #12 The Shell Part I: Inferno
89% matchVery Positive91% of 1,368 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Cult 47.3% ★, Detective 15%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Mystery 9.4%
- #13 SIMULACRA
89% matchVery Positive90% of 4,633 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 20.7% ★, Detective 14.6%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #14 Point Zero: Victoria
87% matchNo user reviews
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 16.9%, Detective 15.3%, Psychological 10.5%, 1990's 10%, Mystery 9.9%
- #15 Night Book
88% matchMixed68% of 594 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% ★, Thriller 13.4%, Detective 11.2%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 9.1%
- #16 Red Line
86% matchVery Positive97% of 185 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 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Detective 11.6%, 1990's 9.1%
- #17 NAME OF THE WILL
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zeitgeist Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.
Why similar: Cult 56.5% ★, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Thriller 8.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Emotional 8.7%
- #18 Cult Vacui
84% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: LBRTY gamesPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cult Vacui is a horror point-and-click adventure with survival and time management elements where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Cult 51.9% ★, Investigation 12.7%, Thriller 12.2%, Mystery 7.2%, Horror 5.3%
- #19 Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
86% 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 17.5%, Detective 16.2%, Logic 12.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological 9.7%
- #20 Fragmented Memories - Arc One
84% 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 16.1%, Thriller 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 11.5%, Detective 10.4%
- #21 Silent Surveillance
83% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 18.4%, Thriller 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological 10.9%
- #22 欢迎来到林葬屋
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 182 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 29.1% ★, Thriller 12.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Detective 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #23 Afterglow-The fifth ending
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 夜色羽灵
Windows
A Memory Maze Spanning Life and Death: A Tender Web of Salvation and Deception Follow protagonist Ye Yuyao into the Tai Xu. Through fragmented memories and relentless inquiry, unravel the hidden truth behind an anonymous organ donor in this haunting interplay of light and shadow.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Thriller 11%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Investigation 8.6%
- #24 The Roottrees are Dead
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,392 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.8 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 18.2%, Mystery 13.9%, 1990's 11.2%, Logic 9.3%
- #25 Hundreds of Mysteries:Wendy's Home2
82% 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 13%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Thriller 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Detective 9.4%
- #26 DOMUS ABSCONDITA
80% 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: Thriller 17.9%, Investigation 17.3%, Detective 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Psychological 11.4%
- #27 The Lighthouse
82% 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 16.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Detective 12.2%, Psychological 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #28 Psycho-Sleuth
79% 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 15%, Thriller 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Psychological 11%, Investigation 10.7%
- #29 Protocol Non-Human
78% 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 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Detective 12.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 8.9%
- #30 Echoes of the Rest
77% 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 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Emotional 11.6%, 1990's 11.1%, Thriller 10.9%
- #31 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Thriller 13.1%, Investigation 12.3%, Detective 12.1%, Mystery 10%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #32 Employee A
77% 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 17.3%, Thriller 16.1%, Psychological 12.1%, Emotional 10.1%, Mystery 10%
- #33 Local Opera
76% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamy_Chat
Windows
Welcome to the mysterious village of "Folk Show"! This is a domestic plot-oriented micro-horror game that will take you into a rural story full of suspense and thriller.
Why similar: Thriller 17.9%, Investigation 16.9%, Detective 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 12.4%
- #34 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,243 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.6 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 17.1%, Detective 14.4%, 1990's 10.9%, Thriller 10.4%, Mystery 9.4%
- #35 Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare
75% 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 15.1%, Investigation 15%, Thriller 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, 1990's 10.6%
- #36 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,082 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%, Psychological 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Thriller 9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #37 The Havoc Channel
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TRY500Pub: Ralphie Fan Club
Windows · Mac
A mystery comedy visual novel game told strictly through the eyes of a news anchor. Learn about the city of Brookside, report the news as best you can, and guide the citizens toward a happy ending.
Why similar: Investigation 23.9%, 1990's 15.4%, Thriller 15%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 11.7%
- #38 Criminal Expert
75% matchMostly Negative38% 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 24.8% ★, Investigation 18.9%, Detective 17.4%, Thriller 14.3%, Simulation 5%
- #39 The Shell Part III: Paradiso
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 613 reviews2025
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 193.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Why similar: Cult 47.4% ★, Investigation 13%, Detective 11.9%, Mystery 7.9%, Logic 7.8%
- #40 The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
72% matchVery Positive95% of 625 reviews2024
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 167.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?
Why similar: Cult 52.4% ★, Investigation 13.7%, Detective 13%, Mystery 6.9%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #41 Project C██████
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Half Mermaid
Windows
Gifted with the┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄ ┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉kaleidoscopic┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉ ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅future. Sam Barlow ╳ Brandon Cronenberg.
Why similar: FMV 29.2% ★, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #42 Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
73% matchPositive88% of 33 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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Emotional 11.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Mystery 10.9%
- #43 Case Files: Internal Affairs
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 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 25.4% ★, Investigation 18.9%, Detective 17%, Mystery 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
- #44 回煞录 | Phantom Reckoning
71% 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 14.1%, Thriller 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Retro 8.5%, Logic 8.2%
- #45 我的一个多重人格朋友
71% 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%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #46 林葬屋前传:冥声
70% matchVery Positive88% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
"Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" is a Chinese folk horror FMV mystery about a forbidden ghost marriage, a cursed nursery rhyme, and a string of fear-stricken deaths. Investigate a haunted mansion, uncover buried sins, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: FMV 21.3% ★, Thriller 14%, Investigation 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
- #47 Voyeur
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 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 25.1% ★, Investigation 16.4%, Detective 14.8%, 1990's 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
- #48 Two Sisters
70% 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 18.9%, Thriller 16.7%, Psychological 12.9%, 1990's 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #49 MeiQi 2023
71% 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 15.3%, Thriller 14.8%, 1990's 14.2%, Detective 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #50 童年诡事录
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gargoyle
Windows
A 2002 China rural primary school-set horror puzzle game: The protagonist’s younger brother vanishes mysteriously after school. Searching the school, they face eerie supernatural events, solve mechanical puzzles to deduce the truth, and reflect on left-behind children and school violence.
Why similar: Thriller 19.3%, 1990's 17.9%, Detective 14.9%, Horror 11.4%, Investigation 10.3%
- #51 Endless Loop
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 漫森游戏Pub: 2P Games
Windows
《轮回路》是一款中式恐怖悬疑剧情解谜游戏。为了祭奠发小,在一个阴雨连绵的日子,许静怡踏上了漫长的归乡之途。然而意想不到的是,在荒凉萧瑟的故土等待许静怡的,并非只是简单的追忆之旅,而是与本应离世的发小的惊悚重逢。
Why similar: Thriller 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Horror 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #52 I AM RIPPER
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
I AM RIPPER is a British Thriller set in the brutality and economic decline of the 1980's. You are a forensic investigator called on to solve one of the UK's most prolific crimes.
Why similar: Thriller 18%, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Investigation 8.1%
- #53 Runway 66
66% 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 17.5%, Thriller 13.3%, Emotional 9.8%, Horror 9.2%
- #54 Neurosis
67% 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 22.5% ★, Investigation 14.1%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological 10.8%, Logic 10.5%
- #55 The Breakfast Serial Club
67% 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 17.9%, Detective 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #56 Telling Lies
69% matchMixed63% of 1,297 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% ★, Thriller 15%, Investigation 14.9%, Detective 14.4%, Mystery 9.5%
- #57 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 20.2%, Thriller 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Psychological 8%
- #58 Nothing To Remember
69% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Guts United
Windows
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Investigation 16.1%, Thriller 16%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #59 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,076 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 21%, Detective 19.7%, Mystery 14.1%, Thriller 12.7%, 1990's 8.7%
- #60 I Saw Black Clouds
68% matchMixed61% of 640 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 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 23.7% ★, Psychological 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Emotional 8.8%, Female Protagonist 7.4%