60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Story Rich, Investigation.
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Logic 12%, Mystery 11.2%, Visual Novel 8.3%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
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 18.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Visual Novel 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 25%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
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 24.8%, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Logic 10.1%, Investigation 8.8%
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 22.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Logic 9.2%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Thriller 6.7%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Investigation 22.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Logic 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%
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 32.4%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 15.9%, Logic 10%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Mystery 11%, Visual Novel 8.9%
[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 25.9%, Investigation 20.4%, Mystery 17.9%, Logic 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 6.4%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Investigation 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 28%, Mystery 13.3%, Investigation 12%, Logic 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
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%, Detective 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Mystery 10%
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 cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Investigation 25.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Logic 11.5%, Point & Click 4.7%
A procedural mystery game where you play as a detective racing against time to solve a murder case. As toxic gas slowly shrinks the map, find hidden clues and freely interrogate suspects with open-ended questioning. Manage your investigation under increasing pressure in a challenge against time.
Why similar: Investigation 19.8%, Detective 16.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Logic 10%
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Investigation 22.2%, Mystery 15.6%, Logic 10.7%, Thriller 5.8%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Investigation 20.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 7.1%
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 28.2%, Investigation 23.3%, Mystery 14%, Logic 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
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 29.5%, Investigation 21.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Logic 9.8%, Mystery 8.3%
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate witnesses and organize your evidence to catch the culprit. Solve multiple different cases in varying areas and talk to many unique and fun characters. Can you solve it? Come and see.
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Investigation 25.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Logic 13%, Mystery 11.5%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Logic 11.1%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Investigation 19.6%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Logic 11%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Mystery 14.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Logic 10.1%
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Logic 17.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Search Detective Patetaro is a free mystery adventure set in a shopping street in 2050. Trace patents, designs, and trademarks with young detective Patetaro, compare testimony and clues, and eliminate impossible answers one by one. All 5 episodes free. Your search query becomes your deduction.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Investigation 13.3%, Mystery 10.4%
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』！
Why similar: Logic 15%, Mystery 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Investigation 22.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Logic 5.6%
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Logic 12.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Investigation 11.4%
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 28.7%, Investigation 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Mystery 9.3%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
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 25.6%, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, 1990's 8.8%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 21.3%, Detective 20.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 7.5%
A short, experimental indie game where you figure out who you can trust while home alone. Point, click and chat as you investigate on your new computer in this puzzle mystery.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Logic 9.8%
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 21.6%, Investigation 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Mystery 14%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Logic 11.2%
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 21.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
Within a universe dominated by Artificial Intelligences, you step into the shoes of an AI detective to solve the mystery hidden within the Proxy Bar, a jazz club. You can ask the suspects ANYTHING, but will you ask the right questions?
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Investigation 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Logic 11.4%
Play as a camera-headed detective and partner with a superpowered girl to solve memory manipulation crimes. Gather clues, piece together the truth, and shatter fabricated lies in this unique mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Investigation 26.8%, Mystery 15.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Point & Click 5.4%
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 20.5%, Investigation 16.5%, Logic 11.7%, Mystery 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Logic 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Visual Novel 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
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: Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Anime corporate murder mystery. Interrogate executives, uncover financial cover-ups, and audit your way to the truth alongside a team of investigators.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Investigation 24%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Logic 7.9%
[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and interrogate the suspect to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Investigation 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Logic 15.2%, Mystery 9.4%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 20%, Mystery 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
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 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Logic 10.8%
A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 18.9%, Logic 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Mystery 11.3%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Investigation 21.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Mystery 17.7%, Investigation 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 17%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Mystery 10.3%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Logic 11.3%, Mystery 11%
