60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure, Mystery.
Lost & Found is a standalone, short story game taking place aboard a 1960s transatlantic ship. Play as Sophie Roy in her new job as a stewardess, and help solve a curious series of thefts in this narrative-driven mystery set after the events of This Bed We Made.
This Bed We Made
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Twin Mirror
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Cinematic 12.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Investigation 11.4%, Detective 11%, Mystery 8%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Cinematic 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
A 20 minute story about a mysterious ghost and an even more mysterious journalist.
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Cinematic 12.2%, Mystery 9%
The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Cinematic 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Emotional 10.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%
An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.
Why similar: Detective 13.2%, Cinematic 12.9%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Cinematic 15.6%, Detective 13.7%, Drama 8.3%
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Emotional 8.7%, Drama 8.2%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Emotional 10%, Cinematic 9%
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 18.3%, Investigation 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Drama 10%
Just a Memory is a story based choice and consequence game featuring Aaron Page, a 19 year-old college student investigating the murder of his best friend while confronting his demons.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Cinematic 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Detective 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%
Immerse yourself in a fairy tale, where your actions shape the story! Become a princess, navigate the murky political landscape, forge an alliance with the Fae, or turn your back on them. Make decisions that could save your kingdom, or destroy it if you misjudge the circumstances.
Why similar: Cinematic 19.8%, Third Person 11.3%, Emotional 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Female Protagonist 9%
Project Vesperi is a branching narrative sci-fi game where you play as Doctor Evelyn Roth, sent to investigate a potential sign of life on Venus. When an intruder threatens the only habitable station on the planet, your choices will shape the fate of those around you—and humanity itself.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Emotional 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Third Person 8.1%
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Investigation 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, LGBTQ+ 9.3%
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 15%, Emotional 13%, Investigation 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
Awaken in a ruined world with no memory. A second chance to redeem yourself, but survival is a daily challenge. Aid survivors, manage madness with a black cat's help, and uncover your true purpose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Cinematic 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Investigation 10.2%, Emotional 9.8%
A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Cinematic 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 9.5%
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 21.7%, Investigation 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 10.9%
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
Why similar: Naval 22.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Drama 9%
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Cinematic 16.1%, Detective 14.9%, Drama 13%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Cinematic 15.4%, Investigation 15.3%, Drama 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
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 20.7%, Detective 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Emotional 9.8%
Don't Turn Back is a first-person, single-player psychological horror game. You play Bethany, A young woman who has just inherited her grandfather's mansion. Get immersed in the deeply emotional story of Bethany's family, and experience everything there is inside this home...good and evil.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Investigation 12.9%, Emotional 10.7%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Cinematic 15.1%, Mystery 10.2%, Historical 10%, Investigation 10%
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Emotional 11%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Cinematic 14.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Drama 9%, Emotional 8.9%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Cinematic 14.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
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 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 12.5%, Drama 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Cinematic 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts is a brief and cozy narrative game that lets you explore a character via thoughts and momentos you find in stages of their life. Its an introspective game, meant to share some experiences a peer-group of neurodivergent queers, including the dev, had growing up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Cinematic 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Emotional 11.8%, Drama 11.1%
In our story rich game Gold Of Lotusland you play as Lead Engineer Daniel Quinn as he uncovers the dark truth about the robots he designed as well as the world he lives within. Could the machines be capable of murder? What is Lotusland? You as the player must make the choices to discover the truth.
Why similar: Cinematic 15%, Detective 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Investigation 12.2%
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover a dark world beneath the surface of her peaceful life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Investigation 14.3%, Cinematic 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Emotional 10.5%
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: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 16.3%, Drama 11.1%, Cinematic 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 16.9%, Emotional 13.3%, Drama 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Cinematic 12.4%, Drama 11.3%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Drama 9.6%
Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Emotional 11.5%, Drama 10.7%, Third Person 8.9%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Emotional 11.1%, Drama 10.6%, Cinematic 10.6%
Olivia Herrera's closest friend Kyle went missing at a frat house two years ago. A party at that frat house is her chance to investigate what happened to him, and get to the bottom of a strange connection she shares with her former group of friends.
Why similar: Investigation 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Cinematic 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Emotional 12.3%, Cinematic 10.5%, Drama 9.6%
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Cinematic 17.8%, Emotional 14%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Drama 12.9%
After crash-landing on a mysterious planet, novice engineer Nova Collins must unravel the secrets of a town's messy past to escape it. Talk your way through this enigmatic place, but beware: ideas manifest as things that can be traded and lost, so don't lose yourself along the way...
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Investigation 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Drama 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
The Dawning is a first-person puzzle mystery game. Play as Detective Madison as he searches 7 beautifully crafted areas for clues to catch a killer. Use stealth to sneak past deadly enemies. Solve complex puzzles to access new areas, progress the rich storyline, and obtain key items.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.3%, Detective 14.2%, Drama 13.3%, Emotional 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
The Cost of Salvation is a story-rich adventure about a being created to preserve the world’s balance. Awaken across centuries, form fragile bonds, and face the weight of sacrifice in a journey through time, memory, and the meaning of life itself.
Why similar: Emotional 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Cinematic 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Detective 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Investigation 10.6%, Drama 10.3%
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 19.2%, Investigation 14.9%, Drama 11.5%, Third Person 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Cinematic 12.7%, Emotional 11.3%
A secret recipe has been stolen and you’re charged with finding the culprit…trouble is, you’re the one whodunnit. Investigate, interrogate and manipulate your way to framing the perfect scapegoat in this reverse detective visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Investigation 12%, LGBTQ+ 12%
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Cinematic 11.9%, Drama 7.9%
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: LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
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: Detective 18%, Investigation 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Cinematic 12.3%, Drama 11.6%
5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!
Why similar: Cinematic 16%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Drama 11.2%
AIDA is an interactive movie/game with unique mechanics. Help Aida escape the ghetto and reach the mythical E continent.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Drama 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Emotional 11.8%
[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: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Detective 23.4%, Investigation 16.5%, Adventure 9.5%, 3D 8.5%
London, 1888: The people of Whitechapel live under the ghastly shadow of Jack the Ripper, tempting Arthurian legends - Du Lac & Fey - back to English shores to intervene. Will they stop Jack before more blood is spilt on the cobbled streets? Victorian London awaits you...
Why similar: Detective 14.8%, Cinematic 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Emotional 11.5%, Drama 11.3%
An atmospheric first-person adventure set on a ship lost at sea. Uncover a mysterious retro-scifi story set in 1953, through exploration and puzzle solving, using unique 3D audio mechanics. An audiovisual experience blending retro graphics with modern visual effects.
Why similar: Naval 33.2% ★, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Cinematic 11.3%, Historical 9.5%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Investigation 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Cinematic 12.2%, Emotional 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Historical 13.1%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 8.9%
