- #1 The Murder Of Yesterday
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Next Month EntertainmentPub: WRONGEST SYSTEM
Windows
A psychological horror crime experience featuring Story mode and Anomaly mode. Where time is your only weapon.. travel back through fractured moments to stop a brutal crime before it happens uncover the truth, alter the outcome, and face the consequences of changing fate in a haunting reality.
Why similar: Detective 41.4%, Crime 27.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, First-Person 7.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #2 Wild East: The Straw Man
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David Zacik
Windows · Mac
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Point & Click 22.2%, Crime 16.3%, 1990's 9.3%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
- #3 ELISSA :Body in the bedroom
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KANUE
Windows · Mac
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Point & Click 18.6%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, RPG 6.3%
- #4 Heaven Does Not Respond
95% matchVery Positive91% of 458 reviews2026
Dev: Rise Studios
Windows
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Crime 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Point & Click 14.2%, Surreal 7.4%
- #5 The Next Stop
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paranoid Delusion
Windows
Embark on a mysterious ride. Solve puzzles, make choices, and uncover the truth behind a hidden crime in this point & click with the depth of a visual novel, all set in a haunting subway filled with secrets.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Crime 20.2%, Point & Click 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #6 Paradise Killer
94% matchVery Positive93% of 4,449 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Detective 24.8%, Crime 17.9%, Point & Click 14.4%, Psychedelic 12.6%, Surreal 8.6%
- #7 L'ultimo Partenopeo
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elia Federico OrlandoPub: EfooGames
Windows
Experience a graphic adventure set in a dystopian Naples. Play as Walter and Anna, gather clues, make deductions, and choose your words carefully — every decision shapes the story and may lead you to the truth… or to the wrong culprit.
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Point & Click 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Crime 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #8 Turlock Holmes
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 954 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Crime 23.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Point & Click 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
- #9 Womb of Worms
91% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Isopodomancer
Windows
A short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms, maggots, etc, looking to be reborn through someone's body. You will have to find that someone, speaking to the locals, investigating, uncovering truths and decide who to kill before the world is taken over.
Why similar: Detective 47%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%, First-Person 5.6%
- #10 The Accuser and The Abyss
91% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Spectre Sun Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems. Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Crime 20.7%, Point & Click 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Surreal 8.7%
- #11 Another Day of My Life
90% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Foxy KK & Squeaky ZZ
Windows · Mac
In the game, the little girl has the strangest day of her life. It starts in a quite peaceful morning and ends up in a really weird night. Her mom is missing, and her dad is acting crazy... What happens this day seems all mixed up and strange, but it's actually meant to be.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Detective 23.3%, Point & Click 20.4%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, RPG 7.8%
- #12 Das Geheimnis von Lakeshore
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: derrx_o Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D Point and Click Adventure in Pixel Art
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Point & Click 28.5%, Crime 18.3%, 1990's 17.2%, 2D 5.5%
- #13 春泥 Soil of Rebirth
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2026
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕,刑警程佑接到报案,动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入,案件的疑点层层浮现,将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动,深埋的真相即将揭开......
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Crime 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, RPG 8.4%
- #14 Tangle Tower
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,170 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 39%, Point & Click 20.9%, Crime 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.9%, Hand-drawn 5.9%
- #15 Who Summoned It?
86% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Crooked Foot
Windows
Unravel the Knotgud disaster in this point and click deduction mystery. Explore the kingdom of Knotgud, interrogate townsfolk, and investigate with magical tools. Use your discoveries to piece the events together word by word in your scroll of truth to find out, Who Summoned It?
Why similar: Detective 45.3%, Point & Click 22.1%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 5.7%, Exploration 4.7%
- #16 Contraindication
86% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Point & Click 22.4%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Psychedelic 13.5%, RPG 12.4%
- #17 Bad Dream: Fever
87% matchVery Positive82% of 1,325 reviews2018
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.8%, Detective 25.9%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Indie 3.4%
- #18 Ezrebeth
85% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 36%, Point & Click 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Exploration 5%
- #19 Time O'Clock: The Mask of Crime
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fractal Pop Games
Windows
The mask of a legendary thief has been stolen. Follow Detective Time in a point-and-click investigation using her watch to witness key moments and uncover who is behind this new wave of robberies. Observe the past. Investigate the present. Uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 38.6%, Point & Click 26%, Crime 20.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, 2D 2.4%
- #20 Ashes of Berlumvale
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VERTIGOD GAMES
Windows
Ashes of Berlumvale is a hand-drawn 2D horror detective game. Return to a ruined war-orphan asylum in 1952 to reclaim your past. Survive terrifying ghostly encounters, relive the victims' final moments, and use brutal deductive reasoning to uncover the dark truth behind a tragic fire.
Why similar: Detective 40.2%, Point & Click 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Crime 8.8%
- #21 Inner Darkness
83% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Inner Darkness is a first-person horror game made in pixelated 3D graphics that immerses you in an atmosphere of loneliness. The gameplay consists in walking around locations, solving riddles.
Why similar: Detective 39.9%, Psychological Horror 20%, Psychedelic 14.4%, Surreal 10.5%, First-Person 7.7%
- #22 Unheard - Voices of Crime
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,330 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 31.2%, Crime 23%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Point & Click 14.4%, RPG 7.5%
- #23 Void : EMMA | 空:艾玛
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbit Punch
Windows
A 2D side-scrolling point-and-click puzzle game. A mouse awakens in a nightmare, with no memory of who he is. But one image lingers in his mind — the one he loved most. Why is she gone? Find the way out. Find her.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Point & Click 23.6%, Psychological Horror 20%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Surreal 9.4%
- #24 Disordered
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Lumas Studio
Windows · Linux
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Crime 19.8%, Point & Click 16.6%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, 1990's 9.9%
- #25 Detective tales: A Study in Scarlet
81% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Escape Pod
Windows
Step in the shoes of Mr. Holmes or Dr. Watson and venture on a journey filled with intrigue and mystery. Use your logic and teamwork skills in order to solve the mysterious murder which shocked the 19th century London. Play it with a friend on 2 devices with an open voice connection.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Point & Click 22.1%, Crime 21.6%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 7.2%
- #26 Mind Echoes: Remnants of the Past Collector's Edition
80% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Uncover hidden secrets in a haunted medieval park! Solve puzzles, find clues, and escape a ghostly knight in this thrilling hidden object adventure.
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Point & Click 21.7%, Crime 17.1%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, First-Person 8.1%
- #27 Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exit 73 Games
Windows
When a pet goes missing, Hank Shaw's the detective to turn to. But when there's been a breakout at the zoo? You're going to need to do more than chat with low down dirty rats and stool pigeons. Call in every favor you got and get your hands dirty as you sniff out clues. It's up to you gumshoe!
Why similar: Detective 39.9%, Point & Click 17.9%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Crime 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 7.1%
- #28 Detective Club: Missing in the Fog Collector's Edition
79% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Join Thomas and George, two young detectives, as they solve mysteries and find hidden objects in the foggy streets of Victorian London.
Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Point & Click 21.8%, Crime 16.9%, Hand-drawn 13%, First-Person 8.1%
- #29 Dream Hollow
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cup Dragon Games
Windows
A cozy-horror adventure game where choices matter. Manage your resources each day to delve deeper into an eerie storybook forest. Gather items, aid the frightened denizens, and make it back to your cottage before your RESOLVE runs out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38%, Point & Click 24.4%, Hand-drawn 17%, Exploration 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #30 Little Detektiv
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Detektiv
Windows · Mac
Embark on a 2D mystery and puzzle adventure where you will try to find out what it means to be a real Detective.
Why similar: Detective 36.2%, Crime 18.6%, RPG 15%, Surreal 11.3%, Exploration 7.7%
- #31 Mind Echoes: The Lost Mysteries Collector's Edition
77% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Join investigator and medium Emily Rivers as she explores the abandoned Starlight Dreams Hotel to find hidden objects and confront a malevolent force known as the Lurker!
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Point & Click 22%, Crime 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #32 Stories Adrift: Wake - Prologue
76% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: HIATUS ProductionsPub: Jamk Games
Windows
As the new owner of a book boat, you are entrusted with returning a single page of a book and embarks on a journey through a world both mysterious and familiar. By solving intricate puzzles and piecing together scattered clues, you uncover the truth of the world - and of yourself.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Point & Click 23.2%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, 2D 4%
- #33 The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 813 reviews
Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Why similar: Detective 40.4%, Point & Click 37.5%, Crime 21.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #34 In Stone
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hamstershoulder
Windows
A sculptor is confined in a monastery asylum.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Point & Click 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Surreal 9.1%
- #35 Detective Super Star
75% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Ourhsow Games
Windows
Join the famous Detective Doyle to solve a series of murder cases in this captivating hidden object, adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Crime 24.4%, Point & Click 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, RPG 7%
- #36 Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel
76% matchPositive87% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: GenuinePub: Giiku Games
Windows
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 37%, Crime 26.7%, Point & Click 19.7%, RPG 5.2%, Dialogue Heavy 3.9%
- #37 Mystical Riddles: Ghostly Park Collector's Edition
74% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
What is the price of eternal life? Stop the atrocious ritual! Don't let evil prevail! The soul hunter will spare no one. Can you master the willpower to win?
Why similar: Detective 37.1%, Point & Click 21.2%, Crime 16.7%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, First-Person 7.8%
- #38 Mistmoon Falls
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: portmantoga
Windows · Mac
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Crime 18.8%, Point & Click 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
- #39 Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Because Because Games
Windows
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Point & Click 18.4%, Crime 15.3%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
- #40 Mystery of Myths: Mystery of the Fjords Collector's Edition
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Unravel divine conspiracies and find hidden objects scattered across breathtaking Scandinavian landscapes, from misty fjords to the halls of Valhalla!
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Point & Click 21.7%, Crime 17.1%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, First-Person 8.1%
- #41 When Sirens Fall Silent
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
When Sirens Fall Silent is a dark psychological thriller set in 1990s Italy. Play as Mila, a troubled policewoman drawn into a high-profile case of kidnappings and murders. As the case unravels you must not only save her from herself, but from being swallowed by a vortex of violence and confusion.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Crime 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, 1990's 9.8%, Surreal 8.5%
- #42 Through The Murky Water
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NickNickolasPub: NickNIckolas
Windows
VHS mockumentary horror game. You're an employee of an underwater station. Something lurks in these depths. Something is waiting for you. Something calling to you. Make your way through the murky water.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Detective 20.7%, Point & Click 17.1%, Psychedelic 15.8%, 1990's 10.4%
- #43 青鳥樂園 Blue Bird Land EP.2 下篇
72% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Dark Light Studio
Windows
Blue Bird Land is an AVG with horror and puzzle elements. There are 2 episodes, including 6 endings and four chapters. In each chapter, the form of the game is unique and different from others. Let’s follow the alluring characters, addicted to the dangerous amusement park!
Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Point & Click 20.9%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Hand-drawn 12%, RPG 9.6%
- #44 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
70% matchPositive98% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Sungazer Software LLC
Windows
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Detective 36.4%, Point & Click 22.1%, Crime 21.6%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #45 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
70% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Point & Click 17%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Surreal 9.5%
- #46 Word of the Law: Death Mask Collector's Edition
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Investigate serial crimes and city government secrets! You're the only one who can get on the trail and break the chain of murders. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Detective 29%, Crime 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Point & Click 17.5%, Hand-drawn 13.5%
- #47 Twin Mind: Ghost Hunter Collector's Edition
71% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Can the twin detectives solve a new case? You are the only one who can help them catch the killer. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Crime 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Point & Click 17.2%, Hand-drawn 13.9%
- #48 Unsolved Case: Whispers of Elderwick Collector’s Edition
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows · Mac
A killer hides behind familiar faces. Solve puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and expose the conspiracy tearing the village apart before fear consumes it whole.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Crime 24.9%, Point & Click 22.7%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, First-Person 5.4%
- #49 Hidden Object Secrets: The Whitefield Murder Collector's Edition
70% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Step into the shoes of a detective tasked with solving the enigmatic murder of a man whose past is shrouded in mystery! Can you solve another complicated case?
Why similar: Detective 33%, Point & Click 21.6%, Crime 17.9%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, First-Person 8.6%
- #50 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
71% matchVery Positive89% of 7,863 reviews2014
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Why similar: Detective 60.3%, Crime 22.8%, Point & Click 11.2%, Choices Matter 3.1%, First-Person 1.8%
- #51 The Missing Threads
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wynd_devPub: wysg
Windows
[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 43.9%, Crime 23.3%, Point & Click 21.8%, Choices Matter 6%, 2D 3.3%
- #52 Death Trick: Double Blind
68% matchVery Positive87% of 278 reviews2024
Dev: Citreat StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Crime 18.1%, Point & Click 17.4%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #53 The Wolf Is Dead
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fat Toad Games
Windows · Linux
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Detective 42.2%, Crime 26.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, First-Person 7.7%, Exploration 5.2%
- #54 Apestin Explorer
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SAND Games
Windows
Monsters roamed among us, wearing masks of wealth and status. In the early 2000s, disturbing crimes were hidden behind power and influence. Explore, gather evidence, connect clues, and expose a web of corruption. The real monsters are never supernatural, they are people protected by power.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Crime 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Point & Click 14.6%, Surreal 6.9%
- #55 The Deed
69% matchVery Positive90% of 3,740 reviews2015
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.
Why similar: Detective 35.4%, Crime 28.7%, Point & Click 15.4%, RPG 10.4%, Choices Matter 4.1%
- #56 The old house
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exent
Windows
A journey through Gravewood's woods reveals a small town's secrets. A spontaneous vacation, new friends, and a horror-detective story reminiscent of classic PS1 games. Fear grows slowly but is constant.
Why similar: Detective 44.9%, Psychological Horror 35.3%, 1990's 8.6%, First-Person 5.7%, Exploration 4.4%
- #57 For Your Tranquility
67% matchMixed68% of 192 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
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 39.5%, Crime 25.5%, Point & Click 22.1%, Choices Matter 7.1%, 2D 2.9%
- #58 Mystery of Myths: Heart of Athens Collector's Edition
66% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Step into a world where ancient legends come alive and danger lurks in every shadow. Uncover the truth behind a deadly cult and save Athens from ancient horrors!
Why similar: Detective 36.1%, Point & Click 21.9%, Crime 17.3%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, First-Person 7.5%
- #59 Lord Winklebottom Investigates
67% matchVery Positive93% of 234 reviews2022
Dev: Cave Monsters
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Crime 21.9%, Point & Click 21.8%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Surreal 9.1%
- #60 Droste Detective
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Figmenthol
Windows
A recursive anomaly and psychological horror where you wake up stuck in an office corridor and find out there is a framed photo of the corridor on the wall. There is something very strange about this picture...
Why similar: Detective 39.3%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Surreal 15.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Choices Matter 3.4%