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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%, Investigation 19.8%, Mystery 19.2%, Puzzle 7.4%, 1990's 7%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title focuses entirely on navigating a database to piece together a complex narrative through meticulous research.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Conspiracy 21.2% ★, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Thriller 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same focus on deductive reasoning and piecing together disparate clues to understand a larger, overarching mystery.

Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Conspiracy 24.6% ★, Detective 20.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 10.9%, Thriller 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game places you behind a terminal, forcing you to use investigative tools and databases to solve crimes in real-time.

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: Detective 23.6%, Investigation 19%, Mystery 15.4%, Thriller 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Similar to the seed game, you must search through a massive database of text and video clips to uncover a hidden conspiracy.

A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Investigation 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Puzzle 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game pioneered the database-driven investigation format, requiring players to search through video archives to solve a mystery.

Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.

Why similar: Conspiracy 35.5% ★, Investigation 26.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Detective 11.3%, Thriller 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the 'conspiracy board' style of investigation, where you must connect physical documents and clues to solve a historical mystery.

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

Why similar: Investigation 70.5%, Simulation 13%, Detective 6.7%, Mystery 4.2%, Interactive Fiction 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: You act as a government investigator sifting through personal data and digital files to uncover secrets, mirroring the investigative loop of the seed game.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Detective 29%, 1990's 22.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: The gameplay revolves around exploring a simulated 90s-style internet, capturing the same retro-digital investigation feel as the seed game.

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Detective 49.4%, Mystery 19.1%, Puzzle 8.4%, Investigation 7.2%, Story Rich 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on audio-based investigation, requiring you to listen to recordings and map out events, much like reading through articles in the seed game.

Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter.

Why similar: Detective 31%, Mystery 14.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Thriller 12.7%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines investigative puzzle-solving with hacking mechanics, requiring you to dig through digital information to find the truth.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Detective 49.3%, Mystery 28.3%, Puzzle 8.6%, Story Rich 8.6%, Atmospheric 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for deductive mystery games, requiring players to synthesize information to identify the fate of everyone on a ship.

The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.9% ★, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct follow-up to the original that continues the tradition of complex, logic-based detective work.

Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Investigation 28.2%, Mystery 19.5%, Thriller 7.4%, Story Rich 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes exploration and note-taking, rewarding players who pay close attention to the details found in their environment.

Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

Why similar: Detective 74%, Puzzle 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, RPG 4.4%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This immersive sim provides a procedurally generated city where you must use detective tools and databases to track down killers.

Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.

Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 20%, Mystery 14.9%, Thriller 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique mystery game that tasks you with diving into memories to reconstruct events through investigation.

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: Detective 23.4%, Mystery 17.9%, Thriller 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-thriller that uses puzzle mechanics to uncover dark secrets in a small town setting.

A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Investigation 25.6%, Mystery 17.1%, Conspiracy 14% ★, Puzzle 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A focused detective game that tasks you with investigating documents and evidence to uncover a corporate conspiracy.

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Investigation 25.7%, Mystery 23.6%, Conspiracy 14.7% ★, Story Rich 9.1%, Puzzle 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a strong focus on exploration and puzzle-solving within a mystery-driven narrative.

Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Investigation 22.7%, Mystery 16.8%, Lore-Rich 8%, Story Rich 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends mystery and puzzle-solving with a dark, atmospheric tone that complements the seed game's vibe.

Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.

Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 17.9%, Thriller 12.2%, Text-Based 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy, interactive-fiction puzzle game that requires deep reading and attention to detail to progress.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Simulation 23%, Pixel Graphics 22%, Story Rich 19.2%, Puzzle 17.6%, Indie 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: The bureaucratic, document-heavy gameplay creates a similar tension to the investigative work found in the seed game.

A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.

Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Investigation 22.6%, Conspiracy 20.1% ★, Mystery 13.8%, Puzzle 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the investigative, mystery-solving focus while maintaining a strong narrative-driven structure.

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Conspiracy 20.2% ★, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%

Why You'll Like It: This FMV detective game requires you to cross-reference statements and find inconsistencies in testimony, similar to verifying facts in the seed game.

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.2%, Story Rich 26%, Text-Based 16.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the 90s aesthetic and text-based communication style that defines the era of the seed game.

Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.

Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 18.4%, Conspiracy 18.3% ★, Thriller 12.3%, Mystery 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric thriller that relies on investigation and exploration to uncover the truth behind a strange disappearance.

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Story Rich 36.6%, Pixel Graphics 25%, Simulation 20.7%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: You must observe and research subjects through a digital surveillance interface, matching the investigative curiosity of the seed game.

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.

Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Investigation 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Mystery 6.8%

Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?

Why similar: Conspiracy 28.8% ★, Detective 24.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Text-Based 11.9%, Story Rich 7%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich detective game that utilizes word-based puzzles to challenge the player's investigative skills.

A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?

Why similar: Conspiracy 29.4% ★, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%

The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.

Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Investigation 16.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Thriller 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click detective game that focuses on story-rich investigation in a remote, mysterious location.

Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

Why similar: Investigation 25.2%, Mystery 19.7%, Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 10.6%

After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

Why similar: Simulation 28.8%, Puzzle 24.8%, Story Rich 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hacking-themed detective game that requires you to use a simulated OS to gather evidence and build a case.

Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.

Why similar: Conspiracy 20.6% ★, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Thriller 12.3%

Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Conspiracy 20.8% ★, Investigation 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, 1990's 9.4%

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 22.4%, Mystery 17.4%, Lore-Rich 7.4%, Story Rich 6.9%

Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!

Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Investigation 21%, Mystery 14.3%, Text-Based 10.3%, 1990's 9.9%

Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.

Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Investigation 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Puzzle 7.5%

10 CDs, 10 passwords. Find hidden messages, text, numbers to unlock next CD to continue your steganography puzzle journey.

Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Mystery 26%, 1990's 15.6%, Puzzle 11%, Text-Based 8%

Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths

Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Text-Based 17.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Puzzle 9.7%

"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.

Why similar: Detective 36.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 8.3%, Puzzle 8.2%

Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.

Why similar: Detective 36.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 13.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Simulation 8.9%

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Detective 10.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Mystery 8.4%

A missing person case straight out of 1995. Search the early internet, dig through emails and dusty floppy discs, and uncover the secrets behind the disappearance of Victoria Mason.

Why similar: Detective 34.5%, Mystery 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, 1990's 10.5%, Puzzle 8.1%

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Mystery 9.6%, 1990's 7.7%

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Text-Based 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.6%

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 30%, Investigation 25.7%, Mystery 16.4%, Puzzle 6.8%, Story Rich 6.8%

A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.

Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Investigation 28.1%, Mystery 17%, Text-Based 11.5%, Puzzle 5.5%

An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.

Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Conspiracy 23.5% ★, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Lore-Rich 7%

Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.

Why similar: Detective 37.6%, Investigation 30.6%, Old School 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Story Rich 7.3%

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

Why similar: Conspiracy 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Thriller 15.1%, Story Rich 8%

Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!

Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 21.4%, Conspiracy 17.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 10.4%

You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.

Why similar: Conspiracy 32.8% ★, Detective 27.5%, Investigation 22.7%, Story Rich 7.8%, Puzzle 7.2%

The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.

Why similar: Investigation 25.7%, Mystery 21%, Thriller 18.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Puzzle 6.5%

Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)

Why similar: Conspiracy 33.9% ★, Detective 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Story Rich 7.1%, Puzzle 6.1%

Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Why similar: Detective 39.5%, Mystery 22.8%, Story Rich 13.9%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 20.3%, 1990's 19.4%, Mystery 17.6%, Lore-Rich 9.6%

You play as a postman, sorting mail for the five intriguing residents of a remote island. Pick up on their peculiar habits, discover their secrets without opening the envelopes, and try to save this peaceful haven from its fate!

Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Detective 19.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Text-Based 11.3%

Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.

Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Investigation 28.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Dark 8.3%

Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.

Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Conspiracy 23.2% ★, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 17.3%, Puzzle 7.6%

This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

Why similar: Investigation 46.1%, Puzzle 16.6%, Story Rich 15.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, 1990's 7.1%