60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Visual Novel, Investigation, Puzzle.
Mindjack is a plot-progression Visual novels and investigation game about social violence. Hijack instructors' vision terminals, eavesdrop on conspiracies, and capture violent acts. You must uncover dark secrets, and decide whether to save your friends trapped within the time limit.
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
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A mystery adventure game featuring a camera-headed detective and a superpowered girl teaming up to solve crimes. Play as the detective to gather and combine clues, reveal the hidden truth, and tear down fabricated lies.
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 9.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
A mystery adventure game featuring a camera-headed detective and a superpowered girl teaming up to solve crimes. Play as the detective to gather and combine clues, reveal the hidden truth, and tear down fabricated lies.
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Investigation 25%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Point & Click 11.9%, Puzzle 7.3%
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate witnesses and organize your evidence to catch the culprit. Solve multiple different cases in varying areas and talk to many unique and fun characters. Can you solve it? Come and see.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Investigation 24.5%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Point & Click 8.1%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Point & Click 9.5%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Investigation 23.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Point & Click 11.9%, Puzzle 6.9%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Point & Click 11.8%, Text-Based 11.4%
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Investigation 17.3%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Investigation 25%, Detective 24.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Text-Based 6.7%
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Investigation 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 9.7%, Point & Click 8.2%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Investigation 20%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Point & Click 12.2%, Text-Based 9.3%
Trapped in a subway car that seems to have no end, you must solve a crime where the clues contradict each other and the environment changes without explanation. Investigate the passengers, defy logic, and try to escape before claustrophobia completely distorts your reality.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Investigation 17.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Point & Click 9.7%, Text-Based 9.3%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Investigation 21.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Lore-Rich 8.6%, Puzzle 8.5%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Investigation 14.9%, Point & Click 11.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
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 34.8%, Investigation 23.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Point & Click 7.6%, Story Rich 5.7%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Investigation 15.4%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Point & Click 8.4%
A medical detective game set in the late Victorian era. Uncover the perpetrators behind an assortment of grizzly murders by examining meticulously hand-animated cadavers.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Point & Click 11.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 15.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Point & Click 12.6%, Text-Based 8.5%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Investigation 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 9.5%, Puzzle 7.6%
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 32.7%, Investigation 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Puzzle 7.2%, Story Rich 5.2%
Anime courtroom murder mystery, set in the corporate world. Cross-examine executives, collect evidence, and correct misstatements one contradiction at a time.
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Investigation 25%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
Abyss Archives is a detective mystery game with elements of horror. You play as an investigator sent to a construction site shut down after a supernatural incident. Using old photographs, you trace the memories of the dead and piece together the truth hidden beneath the abyss.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Time Manipulation 20.9% ★, Investigation 20.3%, Puzzle 9.2%, Point & Click 7.6%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 40.1%, Investigation 29.7%, Point & Click 13.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, Story Rich 4%
An escape room game where you manipulate time within a room to break free. A man awakens in a strange place, wearing a mysterious helmet. Rewind and alter time to uncover the helmet’s secret and the reason you are trapped—and escape.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Time Manipulation 15.8% ★, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Point & Click 12.5%
A deep and immersive narrative puzzle game.
Why similar: Investigation 43.5%, Visual Novel 28.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Story Rich 7.4%, 2D 4.7%
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Visual Novel 20%, Investigation 15.6%, Lore-Rich 6.8%, Text-Based 6.3%
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 19%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Point & Click 10.3%, Time Manipulation 9.1% ★
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Investigation 28.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Point & Click 8.4%, Puzzle 7%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Point & Click 10.4%
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Investigation 22.3%, Point & Click 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Puzzle 9%
A hard sci-fi murder mystery in space. Scour the bowels of the Ark ship for tactile clues, uncover hidden connections, and unlock the secrets of the sleeping passengers.
Why similar: Investigation 23.4%, Detective 20.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Point & Click 10.5%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Investigation 23.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Puzzle 8.1%, Point & Click 6.1%
To ensure your career doesn't end sooner than the apocalypse, work hard to collect "Well-Done Stamps" and save your performance review!
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Investigation 23.1%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Point & Click 11.8%, Puzzle 9.3%
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 28.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Point & Click 14.7%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 24.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 11%
When the Arheid III is sabotaged by a spy aboard the spaceship, Captain John Will Smith must get to the bottom of it or risk another attack.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Point & Click 12.3%, Text-Based 11.8%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Investigation 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Point & Click 9.1%, Text-Based 8.8%
The miners of Rabbit Burrows are falling ill, and it is hurting production. As an eminent scholar of the Animal Kingdom, Charles Quill has been summoned by the Crown to help them solve the outbreak. The miners know and respect the young scholar, but there seem to be other things at play.
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Investigation 26.3%, Point & Click 13.8%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Story Rich 6%
In an investigation where the thieves are not necessarily the ones you think they are, follow the clues, question the suspects, and get to the truth by avoiding false leads. But beware, some people are not ready to give up so easily.
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Investigation 33%, Point & Click 14.9%, Text-Based 8%, Hand-drawn 4.1%
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Investigation 22%, Point & Click 13.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Text-Based 9.3%
After a crime has occurred within the walls of a university, the main character finds himself in the very epicenter of events. So be patient and put on your knight's armor. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of student life and other people's secrets.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Investigation 18.5%, Point & Click 14%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Investigation 23.4%, Text-Based 8%, Story Rich 4.7%
《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 31.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Investigation 13.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, Strategy 7.1%
Sinisomnia is a psychological point-and-click horror game that traps you in a looping nightmare of uncertainty and dread. Scattered fragments, unsettling oddities, and the constant sense that something isn’t right await at every turn.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Point & Click 10.2%
This city fears me. I saw its true face... And it smelled like sawdust. Welcome to the world of pretentious film noir, where it rains even indoors, and cool guys don't look at explosions (because they forgot to wear sunglasses).
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Detective 24.1%, Point & Click 15.2%, Text-Based 12.8%, Puzzle 11.9%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Investigation 25.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Text-Based 8.6%, Point & Click 8.4%
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Investigation 13.3%, Point & Click 12.5%, Puzzle 10.6%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Investigation 13.6%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 28.6%, Detective 26.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 9.3%, Story Rich 5.4%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 22.3%, Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 10.3%, Story Rich 5.9%
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
A comedic detective visual novel in a noir style. Try on an old raincoat, arm yourself with a half-eaten éclair, and set out to find the Mayor's stolen wig! Read dialogue, make choices, and try not to lead the investigation down a dead end before the Sausage Baron takes over the city.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Investigation 23.2%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Multiple Endings 4.4%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Investigation 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 9.4%, Puzzle 6.2%
In this story-rich detective game, uncover clues through a card-like system to solve a series of bizarre murders. Combine pieces of evidence to build your case against the most likely culprit from within an eclectic cast of unusual characters.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Investigation 26.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Puzzle 9.7%, Story Rich 5.1%
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 13.6%, Text-Based 11.3%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 22%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 14.7%, Puzzle 7.5%
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 31.3%, Investigation 25.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Choices Matter 6.6%
[IS THE GIRL IN THE MANOR ALIVE OR DEAD?] Investigate an abandoned manor, gather evidence, and make choices that affect both the past and future in this mystery point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 26.4%, Detective 26.3%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Puzzle 6.9%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Investigation 23.5%, Point & Click 7.2%, Story Rich 6%
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 29.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Point & Click 13.8%, Investigation 12.3%, Text-Based 8.8%
"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 38.8%, Investigation 18.3%, Puzzle 12.9%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
