60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Story Rich, Singleplayer.
Find notes and clues that will lead to memories. Change the present by manipulating your past. You must save your childhood friend in order to escape the mansion of memories.
Broken Voyage
Broken Voyage is a detective-focused horror game that takes place on an whaling boat gone silent where the player will solve murders, unweave the strings behind a grander mystery, and resist the allure of a lovecraftian monster!
The Case of Arcadia Springs
A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.
Broken Voyage is a detective-focused horror game that takes place on an whaling boat gone silent where the player will solve murders, unweave the strings behind a grander mystery, and resist the allure of a lovecraftian monster!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 38.2% ★, Detective 27%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 8.7%, First-Person 6.4%
A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Story Rich 15.4%, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 7.8%
Explore & embrace SONDER, a first-person exploration game set within an asteroid in which time flows back and forth, harbouring a vibrant paradise and a communal civilisation doomed by an imminent flood.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 25.8% ★, Detective 18.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Story Rich 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Driven by a rare neurological affliction plaguing his family, Joshua has to recover his memories by exploring parallel realities through déjà vu. Facing the innermost depths of his past – moments both joyous and painful – seems to be the only way to get his life and family back together.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 25.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Detective 14.4%, Story Rich 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
A cart, a manor, and a family that deserves everything coming to it. The hours repeat. Conversations shift. Lies unravel. Explore, observe, and gamble with what you learn to prevent a murder that refuses to stay solved. Just you, your cards, and a house that would rather you stayed ignorant.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.9% ★, Detective 28.6%, Mystery 16.3%, Story Rich 9.9%, Puzzle 5.2%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.3% ★, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 7%
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.8% ★, Detective 22.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 6.4%, Puzzle 5.8%
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Detective 25.6%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
Why similar: Time Manipulation 42.3% ★, Detective 20.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Story Rich 7%
It's a story of deception and redemption. You receive a mysterious invitation to a seven days doomsday journey. An expectant interstellar journey has become a doomsday route to the end. There is only one word difference between "victim" and "perpetrator".
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Mystery 16.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10%
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Detective 24.4%, Mystery 16.1%, Story Rich 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
In an alternate post-war divided city, players take on the role of Detective Lucas. Use your eloquence, intelligence, the ability to rewind time (or even violence) to investigate and deduce various bizarre cases, unraveling a shocking secret behind them. Justice or love? The decision is yours.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32% ★, Detective 19.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Story Rich 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Murder Mystery Stories is a digital detective game featuring 4 unique murder cases. Examine evidence, interrogate witnesses, and uncover the truth. Each case challenges your logic and observation skills in a gripping interactive experience.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Mystery 18.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 40%, Mystery 22.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Puzzle 7.8%
SU is a 2.5D deduction puzzle game. The submarine Nautilus suffers a mechanical failure during its voyage. Dr. Pierre investigates and finds anomalies in every area. Explore the deep blue depths, follow Dr. Pierre as he unravels the secrets of the Nautilus.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.2% ★, Detective 28.4%, Mystery 16.1%, Puzzle 9.9%, Drama 4.3%
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 35.5%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, First-Person 9%
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Detective 24.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Story Rich 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
This is a science fiction detective themed visual novel game, where players need to play the role of a "detective", connecting seemingly unrelated events and discovering mysterious truths hidden behind them, Please survive, and walk with your head held high towards the 'perfect ending' you expect.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Mystery 15.4%, Time Manipulation 12.4% ★, Multiple Endings 8.6%
"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 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
Brás Cubas is dead, and he wants you to find out why. Explore a noir-drenched 1937 Rio de Janeiro in this time-loop murder mystery. Relive the same day, manipulate characters, and uncover secrets in a game where death is the client and time is your only weapon.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.7% ★, Detective 20.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
Time backtracking secret room decryption game, analyze the character dialogue, find the key to decryption, complete the needs to leave the room. In the end all regret, go back to the past, looking for clues to make up for regret.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.2% ★, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Mystery 8.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女，将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。［想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ？准 备 好 ］浅冰背后，为何会有寒意深藏？战斗，悬疑，治愈，推理，剧情持续反转，不断的匿名威胁，绑架，真相到底是……
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Story Rich 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
[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 28.8%, Detective 27.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Story Rich 10.2%, Mystery 8.3%
You're stuck in a time loop ⌛. Whenever you find a dead body, you go back to the past. The only way to escape the loop is to cheat destiny & change the future. Explore the castle and uncover its dark secrets to prevent the next killing.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 40.2% ★, Detective 19.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Story Rich 8.6%, Puzzle 5.1%
Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.7% ★, Detective 21.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%
An immersive storytelling experience that gives you the freedom to roam and explore a large and mysterious building at your own pace while an interwoven narrative plays out around you. Rewind time and watch each story from every angle.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%, First-Person 7.3%, Story Rich 6.4%
A noir narrative puzzle adventure where you manipulate time to investigate a space filled with physically identical characters. Pause, rewind, and fast-forward individual lives, connect fragmented pasts and futures, and uncover the single truth needed to avert impending tragedy.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.7% ★, Detective 27.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
The "Meiqi" series is a plot-oriented puzzle game. This collection is the beginning of the Meiqi Series, including all 6 episodes of the first season, namely Meiqi/Tingting/Sifeng/Aiguo/Cuilan/Jasmine, This is the entrance to the little universe of Sun Meiqi's mysterious case.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Mystery 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Puzzle 8.3%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Mystery 18.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Detective 19.7%, Story Rich 11.8%, Mystery 8.2%, First-Person 7.8%
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, metal-detecting narrative game. It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a dramatic story, all set in a beautiful English countryside. It’s a game about trying to find something.
Why similar: Mystery 25.6%, Story Rich 19.8%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, First-Person 15.6%
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Mystery 17.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 26.2% ★, Detective 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore the hidden paths! Go deeper in a limited time and discover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 42% ★, Detective 25.4%, Story Rich 9.7%, Cartoony 7.2%, Puzzle 6.3%
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 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
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 35.8%, Mystery 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 9%
Brinkmanship is a first person sci-fi mystery about greed, manipulation, and trust. As a spaceborne colonist 20 years into your voyage you’ve just discovered that your ship has secretly altered its heading. Your parents give you a gun. The ship goes into lockdown. What do you do? Who will you trust?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Detective 27%, First-Person 9.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Detective 21.7%, Mystery 16%, Story Rich 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
《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 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Mystery 16.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Mystery 16%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Into the Sands is a mystery game set in a desert. As a scrapper, explore the dunes and find interesting treasures. As you explore you may uncover new and interesting secrets!
Why similar: Mystery 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Story Rich 16.2%, Puzzle 13%, 3D 4.5%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Mystery 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
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 52.9%, Mystery 19.8%, Puzzle 9.9%, Story Rich 9.8%, Atmospheric 3.5%
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 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Mystery 16.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, First-Person 7.4%
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 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 34%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Seoyeon Yu, a former police officer, works as a private investigator for a rich family. However, during her investigation, she discovers evidence linking them to her husband's death. Using her ability to see people's guilt, she begins an investigation to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Mystery 19%, Story Rich 9.5%, Drama 4.1%
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, Detective 28.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Story Rich 7.9%
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Detective 28%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
The Wild Detective: The Hound of the Foggy City is a classic detective mystery game. You play as Duke, a private investigator, collecting evidence through investigation and interviews, then using deductive reasoning to solve cases and reveal hidden truths.
Why similar: Detective 46.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Drama 8.8%
This is a text-based deduction game. Your choices will change the development of events, make up different timelines, and lead to different endings. Your primary task is to sort out the cause-and-effect relationships between events from textual descriptions.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.5% ★, Detective 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Puzzle 6.1%
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后，主角方哲收到了一个包裹，其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村，梦境与现实交错，指引他步步逼近真相......
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Mystery 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Story Rich 11.5%, Puzzle 8.1%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Mystery 17.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, Puzzle 5.3%
Space station Forgotten is in a decaying orbit and engineer Max Novak is the only hope of averting catastrophe with only 23 minutes and endless time loops to spare. Navigate a dark sci-fi adventure, learn more with every loop, solve challenging problems, and uncover the dark secret of the Forgotten.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 38.9% ★, Detective 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Atmospheric 6%
You've been confined your whole life. Peering through cracks and eavesdropping passes the time, but it won't change the world. Until a foreign military threatens your home and forces you to act. Solve a cozy and fiendish detective-mystery, making logical deductions from limited perspectives.
Why similar: Detective 43.9%, Story Rich 14.3%, Mystery 12.9%, First-Person 10.9%, Puzzle 10.4%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Time Manipulation 22.8% ★, Detective 21.9%, Mystery 14.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Mystery 15.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Crimson Silk is a political detective thriller with a mind-controlling villain. Investigate the assassination of your grandfather. Plunge into a world of complicated law and wild ESP powers. Gather clues, choose sides, jump timelines, and try not to get stuffed with lead.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.8% ★, Detective 22.3%, Mystery 16.6%, Story Rich 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
