60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Story Rich, Multiple Endings, Detective.
In the early 2000s Somewhere in America, There is a serial killer who calls himself the Love Killer who likes to murder any couple indiscriminately For five years, you'll play Elijah Sanders, a private investigator whose partner is Lieutenant Anthony Williams. victim woman named Kate Hernandez.
The Zodiac Trial
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Silent Harbor
Silent Harbor is a first-person horror adventure game that will immerse you in a creepy story.
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.6%, Investigation 13.4%, Detective 11.8%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
Silent Harbor is a first-person horror adventure game that will immerse you in a creepy story.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Investigation 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Dark 9.5%
Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.
Why similar: Investigation 16.2%, Dark Comedy 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
After crash-landing on a mysterious planet, novice engineer Nova Collins must unravel the secrets of a town's messy past to escape it. Talk your way through this enigmatic place, but beware: ideas manifest as things that can be traded and lost, so don't lose yourself along the way...
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 16%, Drama 11.7%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%
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 18.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
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: Nonlinear 16%, Detective 16%, Investigation 14.7%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.3%, Detective 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Dark Humor 10.7%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Investigation 17.4%, Drama 13%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 15.9%, Dark Comedy 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Dark Humor 9.4%
Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world.
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Detective 16.3%, Dark Comedy 13.5%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.5%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, RPGMaker 11.6% ★, Dark 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
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 17.4%, Investigation 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%
Six hours until the hurricane hits. Six hours alone on a Florida island. Six hours to reach fame! What will your headline be?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.4%, Investigation 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Detective 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 19.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Navigate through Silicon Sneaky, where time is of the essence to save your sister. Choose to be an Ethical Hacker or one among those who hide from the police. With various challenges to test your dexterity, evolve with upgrades and make decisions to discover multiple endings.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 20.2%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 9%
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Nonlinear 18%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Puzzle 10.3%
You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?
Why similar: Nonlinear 14.8%, Detective 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 12%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Investigation 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Dark 10.8%
Lost & Found is an adventure-mystery game where you return townsfolk’s lost belongings & uncover personal stories behind each item. It features a hybrid animation style that blends 2D, 3D, pixel art, & more. Gather clues, investigate locals, & ensure every lost belonging ends up in the right hands.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Detective 13.9%, Story Rich 10.3%
An inglorious story of a game developer with plenty of destructive black humor. Interestingly, someone reads this at all?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.9%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
A fully voiced visual novel where your choices actually matter. Welcome to college: annoying frat boys, unhinged goth girls, weird roommates, and every flavor of chaos. Go to class, get wasted, find love, whatever. Just try not to die.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Dark Humor 10.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.9%
Five Day Detective is a point and click style adventure game featuring multiple murder cases and a twisted sense of humour.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Dark Comedy 22.2%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
A little RPG about a kid and their unbending will to get to the top of an infinite mountain- no matter the cost.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.2%, Nonlinear 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
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 24.3%, Investigation 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 9.2%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Investigation 16.3%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Drama 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Drama 12%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
Awaken as the skeleton beside the chest in a darkly comedic, choice-driven mystery. Unravel secrets, face eerie discoveries, and decide whether you’ll escape the vault—or become part of it forever.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Detective 14.2%, Dark Humor 13.5%, Investigation 11.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
Ever gone somewhere and thought "Something's Not Right"? Explore, investigate and experience an ever changing environment. Enter the world and decide if everything is the same or whether something is different. Make your choice carfefully as it may be the last decision you ever make.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19%, Investigation 16.6%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dark Humor 12.6%
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Dark Humor 9.7%
A queer mystery game about book banning. Play as Ruby (they/them), a journalism major on a surreal, after-hours adventure to investigate the disappearance of books from their college library.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.6%, Investigation 18.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.6%, Detective 18.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Investigation 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%
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 19.5%, Investigation 16.5%, Drama 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%
A hard scifi, fantasy, hand-drawn RPG with a unique original story that’s mainly about the characters and delves into topics regarding the human condition from the perspective of one person, Wallace Lovecraft.
Why similar: RPGMaker 22.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Dark Humor 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%
9 kids who wake up in a mysterious shelter with lost memory. Investigate the signs of intruders and murders and discuss them with your colleagues to move towards the truth! Listen to everyone's statements and use your counter-arguments to uncover the truth behind someone's lies!
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Drama 10.7%
『部活動の時間です。さあ、人殺しをはじめてください』 一癖も二癖もある強者ぞろいの巨大コミュニティ、それが鳴神学園。 そこには、ありとあらゆる部活動が存在し、到底常識では考えられない特殊な闇の倶楽部がある。その一つが殺人クラブだ。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.2%, Dark Humor 21.6%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 5.8%
ScreamCap is a team of paranormal investigators live streaming their dives into the unknown to an audience of believers.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.8%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Investigation 13.6%, Drama 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Grayton the Detective is a narrative adventure game about a homeless man who once lived in wealth and comfort, now showers with a kettle, and solves petty mysteries on the streets of Cleveland. However, with the disappearance of mysterious Golden Spoon, everything may change.
Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, Detective 21.1%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Drama 9.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Dark Comedy 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%
You're entangled in a royal conspiracy. A deadly game where the pieces can become friends, foes, lovers, and of course… sacrifices.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.9%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 11.5%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Investigation 17.3%, Multiple Endings 16.2%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.9%, Investigation 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Detective 11.1%
A narrative driven exploration game. Close your eyes and listen. Uncover. Choose. Fight. All within the dark and eccentric sound world of Pitch Black. The light will know.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.1%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dark 8.6%
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
Why similar: Nonlinear 18%, Detective 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Make your choice! Are you an ally or enemy of the monsters living right beneath your feet? Take control of a brother and ghostly sister to discover the mystery of your town, as well as life and death itself.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.4%, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 17.9%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Puzzle 10.2%
Artificial Intelligence, Real Problems: You are Makenzy Turner, an affable RoboTechnician employed by AI megacorp, Indelligent Solutions. With your trusty assistant ARI, use high-tech tools and old-fashioned empathy to mend everything from broken parts to broken hearts.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.9%, Detective 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Humor 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Investigation 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
Sir Bucket is a choose-your-own-adventure game set in a fantasy world with over 30 different endings. Explore the world and have your story told by a wisecracking narrator.
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Dark Humor 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 11%
The mysterious death of a girl on the municipal school sports field shook the small town of Sky Cliffs. Haunting days pass, and amid disappearances, paranormal activity, and ghosts, the Teen Detective Club takes on the investigation of these frightening cases.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.7%, Detective 23.9%, Investigation 22.2%, Dark 11.2%, Exploration 6.9%
The Vanished Soul is a solo-developed, first-person psychological horror set in 2016 in the fictional city of Novazenica. Explore a hauntingly realistic world, solve puzzles, make choices that matter, and face randomized scares in every playthrough.
Why similar: Nonlinear 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.8%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Investigation 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%
This is a point and click adventure where you lead Drok'tar through the town of Gabranth and its surrounding areas while looking for his bounty. You'll meet a slew of characters along with way, and if you play your cards right, you'll find yourself in more... erotic situations with some of them.
Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Nonlinear 17%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
A side-scrolling puzzle adventure where a power outage hits an apartment building during a stormy night. Play as an amateur detective, visit diverse residents, uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and restore power before midnight... Stop rummaging through those useless trash cans!
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Drama 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%
The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.4%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Dark Comedy 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
"Are We in Love?" is a dark, choice-driven visual novel that questions love and family. There are no butterflies in your stomach, only the harsh reality of a chemical sting in your nostrils and the acrid aftertaste of vodka. No common route. Fully branched story.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.5%, Dark Comedy 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Drama 12.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%
Naked Butlers is a hardcore yaoi visual novel rife with dark comedy. Unleash your inner sadist and bully these hot butlers good in this solo project from a developer who absolutely loves butlers!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.5%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Welcome to St Fiacre’s College for Women of Unreliable Size. Your new home. If you can survive your first night… Featuring 40,000 words of text and over 500 images, this heart-pumping visual novel journey will thrill fans of shrinking and giants alike!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.2%, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Drama 11.6%, Dark 9.6%
Explore fading memories, travel through time and uncover what was left unspoken - by following traces, opening old doors and rewriting history. Discover your family's dark history and find out why it still haunts you today.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19%, Drama 16.9%, Investigation 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Dark 8.1%
The director's body was found in the office. It looks like a suicide but the detective has a different opinion.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24%, Detective 21%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Investigation 11.2%, Puzzle 8.7%
