60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Adventure, Detective, Puzzle.
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.
The Case of the Golden Idol
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.
The Roottrees are Dead
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.
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: Detective 18%, Investigation 16%, Crime 11.8%, Thriller 11.5%, Mystery 10.6%
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 27%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Puzzle 8.4%, Logic 8%
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Detective 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 8.8%, Realistic 6.1%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 22.1%, Mystery 17.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Story Rich 9%, Crime 8.5%
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: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 18.3%, Crime 15.9%, Thriller 14.2%, Mystery 9.9%
A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Crime 17.3%, Detective 17%, Logic 10.1%, Mystery 9.6%
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: Crime 18.1%, Detective 17%, Thriller 15%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 9.6%
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Noir 18.3%, Detective 13.8%, Investigation 13.6%, Thriller 12.7%, Mystery 11.5%
Trapped on a space station with the Keychain Killer you must unravel this mystery, or it will be your last. Collect evidence, interrogate suspects and solve puzzles to stand a chance.
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Detective 20.7%, Thriller 10.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Crime 22.3%, Detective 20.9%, Thriller 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Emotional 7.9%
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 20.1%, Crime 13.5%, Thriller 11.9%, Logic 10.2%, Investigation 8.5%
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Noir 22.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay. Immerse yourself in a period drama that intertwines romance with murder mystery, as a young cleric who must resist or give in to the charms of a strikingly beautiful maid.
Why similar: Crime 15.6%, Thriller 15.1%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Emotional 10.1%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 20.8%, Thriller 20%, Emotional 13.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 9.3%
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: Detective 18.1%, Noir 18%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 9.6%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Mystery 22.3%, Logic 13.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Story Rich 8.7%
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Mystery 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Puzzle 9.3%, Realistic 8.5%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Noir 18.4%, Crime 15.7%, Mystery 9%, Investigation 8.1%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Puzzle 8.4%
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Detective 24%, Crime 22.8%, Mystery 10%, Puzzle 6.8%
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Noir 20.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Investigation 12.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Crime 16.6%, Detective 16.1%, Thriller 12.5%, Investigation 11.7%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Noir 17.7%, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Thriller 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
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: Noir 22%, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 15.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Crime 6.6%
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: Detective 21.1%, Investigation 19.7%, Crime 15.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 7%
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Thriller 25.6%, Emotional 14%, Dark 11.2%, Story Rich 9.8%
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Crime 26.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Crime 20.5%, Mystery 13.7%, Logic 10.9%, Thriller 10.5%
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions. Explore the evidence, scrutinize statements, and connect the dots.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Investigation 20.3%, Noir 18.1%, Crime 17%, Mystery 10.9%
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Detective 30.8%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, First-Person 10.3%
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 27.2%, Investigation 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Story Rich 7.7%, Mystery 6.1%
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Investigation 14.9%, Detective 14.3%, Thriller 13.2%, Mystery 9.8%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Mystery 18%, Puzzle 11.5%, First-Person 8.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Investigation 35.6%, Detective 33.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%
As a private detective, you’ll crack word clues left by a mysterious informant, gather evidence, and uncover the truth hidden in the shadows.
Why similar: Noir 34.8%, Detective 24.6%, Puzzle 14.3%, Logic 12.2%, Realistic 10.6%
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: Noir 15%, Detective 13.4%, Crime 11.6%, Thriller 10.1%, Investigation 9.1%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 12.3%, Emotional 11.1%, Logic 11.1%, Puzzle 9.6%
You're a Stardiver on a mission. Descend into the depths of an underwater world filled with wonder, mysteries, and peril. Discover the story behind the abandoned base. Explore this submerged planet and learn its history.
Why similar: Investigation 24%, Mystery 17.3%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Realistic 12%, Story Rich 9.3%
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 14.3%, Thriller 11.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Dark 8.5%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Crime 22.3%, Detective 21.3%, Investigation 19.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Story Rich 7%
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Investigation 22.5%, Dark 10%, Puzzle 7.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?
Why similar: Mystery 15.8%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Puzzle 10.8%, First-Person 9.2%, Realistic 9.2%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Crime 20.9%, Thriller 18.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Dark 7.4%
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 6.4%
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: Noir 21.4%, Detective 15.8%, Crime 15.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 10.5%
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 37.7%, Mystery 17.3%, Story Rich 14.9%, Puzzle 13.5%, Exploration 7.2%
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Crime 21.9%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 12%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Crime 15.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Crime 32.8%, Investigation 27%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
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: Noir 21.9%, Detective 17.9%, Thriller 14.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
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: Investigation 22%, Detective 21.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Thriller 8.1%, Puzzle 6.2%
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 15.4%, Crime 15%, Thriller 13.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
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 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Logic 11%, Puzzle 10.1%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Detective 43.4%, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%, First-Person 8.6%
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: Crime 20.1%, Detective 18.8%, Noir 15.7%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 8.9%
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Crime 21.7%, Detective 21.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Realistic 9%, Sci-fi 8.9%
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Detective 13%, Investigation 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%
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 19.3%, Crime 15.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Detective 13.5%, Mystery 11.7%
"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 31.5%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Logic 9.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
