60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Choices Matter, Story Rich.
What's it like to be queer in a totalitarian regime? Explore your identity as a wolf detective working for the state. Sniff for clues. Interrogate or date other characters. Make lasting choices. Will you fight your instincts or embrace who you really are and face the consequences?
The Grant Grover Anthology
In Neo Naarm in the 22nd century, augmentation technology has run amok. Combining deduction, visual novel and point and click gameplay, play as Grant Grover, private detective, one of the only remaining citizens without augmentations, as he solves crimes across the city.
The Beat: A Glam Noir Game
In The Beat you take on the role of Leo, a closeted cop investigating a murder in the gay community. Each choice you make has a meaningful effect on the story and the more drama you create the higher your score.
In Neo Naarm in the 22nd century, augmentation technology has run amok. Combining deduction, visual novel and point and click gameplay, play as Grant Grover, private detective, one of the only remaining citizens without augmentations, as he solves crimes across the city.
Why similar: Transhumanism 27.6% ★, Noir 16.9%, Detective 16%, Investigation 10.5%, Dystopian 10.2%
In The Beat you take on the role of Leo, a closeted cop investigating a murder in the gay community. Each choice you make has a meaningful effect on the story and the more drama you create the higher your score.
Why similar: Noir 21%, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Detective 16.9%, Investigation 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Transhumanism 24.5% ★, Detective 15%, Noir 14.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Dystopian 10.8%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.4% ★, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 13.3%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Psychological 11.6%
A game about building and exploring connections. Explore a rich vibrant world of diverse people as you figure out what mystery awaits in The Mossfield Archives
Why similar: Transhumanism 36.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Investigation 7.3%, Story Rich 6.4%
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Dynamic Narration 17.4% ★, Investigation 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Psychological 12%
A true narrative roleplaying experience. Explore an alien city inhabited by human-insect hybrids. Roll dice, join a revolution, become a mutant yourself. The choices are yours, but so are the consequences.
Why similar: Transhumanism 32.8% ★, Choices Matter 12.1%, Dystopian 11.5%, RPG 10%, Investigation 8.8%
A 2.5D game immersing you in the atmosphere of Soviet perestroika. A grim mystery awaits in the city of M, where a terrifying incident has occurred. You’ll explore locations, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets hidden in the shadows of events that shook this world.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.9% ★, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 16.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Dynamic Narration 18% ★, Noir 15.4%, Dystopian 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%
The Fatum — a test of your deduction in a world of total control. Interrogate, inspect, pass a verdict. Compare visual details, analyze dossiers, and converse with residents. Your decisions write the finale — be prepared for the consequences.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 17.6%, Dystopian 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
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 21.2%, Investigation 16.4%, Noir 15.6%, Dystopian 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Detective 18.8%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Dystopian 9.3%
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 18.2%, Noir 18.1%, Investigation 17%, Psychological 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
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 31.7%, Investigation 23.6%, Transhumanism 20% ★, Noir 7.8%, Story Rich 6.9%
Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.
Why similar: Transhumanism 31.7% ★, Noir 19.5%, Detective 18.8%, Dynamic Narration 15.5% ★, Choices Matter 8.3%
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 26.8%, Investigation 21.2%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Psychological 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Noir 20.7%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Investigation 15.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Explore the world of the dieselpunk society of robot-bugs in The Energy Case. Follow Detective "Dec" in solving the murder of a scientist, who was working on cleaner energy sources, and maybe join the energy transition for a cleaner, greener future!
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Noir 24.6%, Investigation 17.3%, Dystopian 9.9%, Stylized 5.9%
The camera doesn’t lie, but the truth isn’t always obvious. Photograph traces, gather evidence, link clues on the board, search police databases for key info, and identify the culprit and the next attack site. Each case is a standalone mystery waiting to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Investigation 22.1%, Noir 17.8%, Psychological 16.3%, Stylized 6.3%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Noir 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Investigation 11.5%
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: Detective 20.1%, Psychological 16.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%
When a famous Human Rights Lawyer dies under mysterious circumstances in her Sevenoaks mansion, Detective Inspector Rosie Morgan and her team of indefatigable investigators are called on the scene to find out who murdered the barrister and why.
Why similar: Detective 22%, LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Noir 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Investigation 10.2%
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Noir 25.9%, Investigation 22%, Stylized 7.5%, Story Rich 5.2%
The human microbiome, activated by an ancient virus, develops self-awareness, creating a conflict between the microbial consciousness and human self-awareness. The protagonist's father is controlled by the awakened microbiome, setting off a series of tragedies.
Why similar: Transhumanism 38.9% ★, Detective 15.1%, Investigation 15.1%, Dystopian 8.6%, Story Rich 6.9%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Transhumanism 29.2% ★, Noir 18.9%, Detective 18.2%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Dystopian 10.1%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Investigation 20.4%, Psychological 16.6%, Noir 15.2%, Dark 6.8%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Investigation 24.7%, Psychological 18.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 5.2%
Go ahead and take on this psychological point and click puzzle adventure. Uncover the truth behind Jim’s shady past, his current mental illness and his peerless journey to vanquish a madman!
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Noir 20.6%, Psychological 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Noir 25.1%, Investigation 23.4%, Story Rich 6.3%, Adventure 5.1%
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Investigation 14.7%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Dating Sim 10.3%
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 24.3%, Noir 19.2%, Investigation 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 18.3%, Noir 17.9%, Psychological 12%, Choices Matter 7.9%
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Psychological 16.7%, Dynamic Narration 16.6% ★, Choices Matter 11.2%, Dystopian 10.8%
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 24.8%, Investigation 20.8%, Noir 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
Silence is a luxury you don't have. Unravel a dark noir point-and-click mystery where justice and revenge blur. You have exactly 26 moves to reach the end. In this psychological duel, are you the master of your own fate, or just a pawn in someone else’s game?
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Detective 20.4%, Investigation 17.6%, Psychological 15.6%, Story Rich 6.7%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 36.1%, Investigation 24.7%, LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Story Rich 8.4%, Stylized 4.3%
A text-based psychological horror game where you execute a list of people based on gradually revealed information about their lives, all while secretly following a trail laid out by a mysterious messenger.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Psychological 16.7%, Dynamic Narration 15.6% ★, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dystopian 11%
An investigative RPG where every choice changes the town, and you. Explore dangers across Day, Night, and Twilight, uncover what’s really happening, and survive the things that notice you noticing them.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Investigation 19.9%, RPG 15.3%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Choices Matter 9%
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 18.4%, Dynamic Narration 18.2% ★, Choices Matter 9.7%, Dark 6.7%
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Noir 19.5%, Investigation 15.3%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Story Rich 7.3%
Play as a memorialist and investigate a dystopian city in this 3D adventure game. Collect memories, unlock visions, hack encrypted data, and expose the truth in the face of a regime that manipulates memory.
Why similar: Investigation 27.2%, Dystopian 21.2%, Detective 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%, Stylized 6.8%
Silent Harbor is a first-person horror adventure game that will immerse you in a creepy story.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Dark 7.5%
Investigate the world's first cult in a cryptic mystery adventure that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. We've been keeping an eye on you. Follow us further down the rabbit hole...
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Noir 17.7%, Investigation 17.3%, Dystopian 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12.3%
Welcome, detective, to World’s End’s most luxurious hotel: the Tangerine Antarctic at Mt. Hope. The ultimate comfort for the powerful elites past, present and future. No desire is off-limits, privacy is absolute and nothing is certain. Except: you shouldn't be here. And the murders are very real.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Noir 19.9%, Dynamic Narration 16.3% ★, Investigation 15.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Sunset Inferno is a choice-driven narrative adventure where you are a Recycler: a machine built to hunt war deserters. But a targeted explosion shatters your programming. Find the saboteur before your makers decide you've learned too much.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.3%, Investigation 17.6%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Psychological 13.9%, Story Rich 9.2%
Embody a displaced therapist in a futuristic refugee camp. Discover the life in the camp and share your everyday life alongside people with heavy pasts. Use logic and your therapeutic skills to solve mysteries threatening both your survival and the camp.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Dystopian 14.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Dynamic Narration 13.8% ★, Psychological 13.7%
A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Detective 22.6%, Investigation 18.9%, Psychological 15.2%, Dark 6.5%
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Noir 25.1%, Investigation 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Investigate your way in a branching noir horror detective game inspired by Lovecraftian horror and ancient Minoan myth. Analyze evidence, connect clues, and uncover dark secrets through genre-bending deduction mechanics. Face a sinister plot—and an ultimate choice.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Noir 17.4%, Investigation 15.6%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Why did the chicken cross the road? Only one squirrel can solve a murder most... fowl. Join Detective Cox as he encounters quirky characters, challenging puzzles, countless mini-games, and a town in disrepair where choices matter but morals don't. Will you be leaving... No Stone Unturned?
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Noir 26.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 6.9%
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Noir 20%, Investigation 18.8%, Dystopian 11.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 20.3%, Psychological 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%
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: Noir 21.3%, LGBTQ+ 21%, Investigation 18.8%, Detective 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
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 31.5%, Investigation 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 8%
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: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 19.9%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Psychological 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
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 35.9%, Investigation 28.9%, Noir 18.6%, Adventure 6.7%, Dark 5.2%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Noir 27.3%, Investigation 24.6%, Story Rich 6.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.2%
Every headline has a cost. Shape the story of a city — and watch what it turns you into.
Why similar: Psychological 21.9%, Dystopian 20.4%, Choices Matter 15%, Dynamic Narration 10.8% ★, Story Rich 9.9%
After his wife draws her last breath, Dragomir is devastated. As a poor man with a drinking habit, he must not only manage to hold a decent funeral, but also stand for himself in a small town that doesn't see him with good eyes.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 18.9%, Noir 17.9%, Psychological 15.3%, Dark 6.8%
You are an anthropod, a synthetically crafted life form. Your objective is to save the ones who are stuck on an uninhabited planet. Persuade, charm, manipulate: use your ultimate power—freedom of choice—in sci-fi role playing hyper variative game LOCUS EQUATION.
Why similar: Transhumanism 34.3% ★, Psychological 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Dystopian 10.3%
