60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Investigation, Adventure.
Step into the shoes of a Time Bureau detective in this uncompromising first-person murder mystery. Travel through written memories, piece together an interconnected timeline, and restore a victim's diary with pure logical deduction and zero handholding.
Vesper Hotel
Explore an abandoned hotel where forgotten rooms hide unsettling memories and shadows whisper of the past. In Vesper Hotel, every step deeper into the halls becomes a struggle for survival against both fear and your own sanity.
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Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Explore an abandoned hotel where forgotten rooms hide unsettling memories and shadows whisper of the past. In Vesper Hotel, every step deeper into the halls becomes a struggle for survival against both fear and your own sanity.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.9% ★, Thriller 14.6%, Detective 13%, 1990's 8.7%, Story Rich 6.6%
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.7% ★, Detective 20.6%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 7.3%, Puzzle 6.6%
Truth is not singular. Gather the evidence, build your own scenario, and experience the outcome.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.5% ★, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Thriller 12%, Mystery 8.7%
This collection is the latest collection of the MeiQi Series, which will include the S09E06 and the 10thSeason.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, 1990's 15.4%, Thriller 14.3%, Investigation 12.9%, 1980s 9.2%
You wake up on a cold bathroom floor, only to discover that you somehow time travelled to a Halloween party in 1999! As you try to make sense of your situation and get closer to the other guests, will your clueless choices let the party take a deadly turn?
Why similar: Time Travel 35% ★, Detective 16.6%, 1990's 14.3%, Thriller 12%, Investigation 9.1%
Time travel to the past as Detective Cobie Cromwell. Find clues and solve puzzles in this story rich, immersive, virtual reality escape room game. Game to be released in successive chapters, with four total planned.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.6% ★, Detective 26.8%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 8.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
210 anomalies, 7 levels, 1 mystery to solve. Uncover the terrible event and fix the time paradox to save a machine and a human. Use the time-travel elevators from the Golden Twenties to 2125 and find the solution through clues in anomalies. You're the guest hotel detective to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.8% ★, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 6%
The legendary Phantom of the Opera has returned! As Inspector Raoul Montand, you are the only one who can pursue the Red Death into the past and prevent him from terrorizing the present in this point and click mystery.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.8% ★, Detective 25.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Thriller 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%
An immersive wandering simulator through the endless Backrooms. Explore empty corridors, listen to their whisper, and lose yourself in the depths of dark spaces. A subtly oppressive atmosphere, meditative strangeness, and the feeling of an alien, silent world.
Why similar: Thriller 19.9%, Time Travel 17.9% ★, Investigation 17%, 1990's 14.2%, Mystery 10.1%
FoldLoop is a detective game that emphasizes logical reasoning. To escape the curse of endless cycles, you'll observe the sandbox from a higher dimension, analyze the rulebook, and deduce the secrets of the real world.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.3% ★, Detective 25.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 8%
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Puzzle 9.1%
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.8% ★, Detective 29%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Puzzle 7.4%
Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, 1990's 18.7%, Thriller 16.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 10.2%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.2% ★, Detective 23.9%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 8.5%, Story Rich 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 33.7%, Investigation 17.7%, 1990's 14%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 10.5%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.3% ★, Detective 21.8%, Thriller 13.4%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 10%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Investigation 19.3%, Thriller 13.5%, Mystery 13.4%, 1990's 10.3%
You are a photo shop owner moonlighting as an informant in the vibrant, but dangerous streets of Neo City. After harboring a strange fugitive, your skills as an informant are put to the test, as the fate of the entire city rests in your hands.
Why similar: Time Travel 40% ★, Detective 23.6%, Thriller 12.4%, Investigation 10.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
An exciting adventure through space and time awaits for you in the newest hidden object game! Immerse yourself into a real investigation, full of intrigue and mysterious temporal anomalies!
Why similar: Time Travel 37.7% ★, Detective 24.8%, Investigation 20.3%, Puzzle 9.8%, Adventure 3.7%
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, 1990's 21%, Investigation 15.8%, Thriller 13.7%, Mystery 10.2%
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Investigation 18.9%, Thriller 11.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Crime 7.7%
At the end of 1990, there was a murder in Changzhuang community. Both mother and son were killed. The case is full of doubts. According to the clues, you plan to visit the murder scene alone at night, search for evidence, obtain clues, and crack the truth.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, 1990's 18.9%, Thriller 17.6%, 1980s 10.7%, Mystery 9.9%
One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 17.4%, 1990's 13.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 7.6%
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Thriller 17.6%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
「ギルド探求団へようこそ！」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう！それでは──良い旅を！
Why similar: Detective 41.5%, Investigation 25.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 4.6%
《The Faceless Prisoner》 is a crime-suspense folklore adventure. Confront suspects, gather clues, and profile minds to expose an urban legend’s buried truth—every choice reshapes fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 25.7% ★, Detective 19.8%, 1990's 12.3%, Investigation 11.6%, Thriller 10.7%
Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.
Why similar: Time Travel 45.6% ★, Investigation 10%, 1980s 8.8%, Mystery 8.7%, Puzzle 8.7%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.2% ★, Detective 18.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Thriller 11.1%, Mystery 7.6%
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 53.9% ★, Mystery 11.6%, Detective 11.5%, Puzzle 8.1%, Investigation 8.1%
Trapped in a deadly time loop on a remote research facility, a security officer must expose an alien imposter before the day resets. A tense, fully voiced sci-fi mystery where you are stuck in a cycle of life, death, and wrongful accusations.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.1% ★, Detective 26.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Artificial Intelligence 8.3%, Story Rich 7.6%
The noir detective game where you can bribe people for puzzle hints.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Thriller 17.9%, Investigation 15.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 8.7%
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.6% ★, Detective 18.4%, Thriller 15.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 7.9%
This is an original orthodox detective mystery game. The player suddenly takes possession of Roran, who hopes to report to the academy. You must investigate and deduce the truth behind a series of bizarre incidents that obstruct his journey, helping him successfully reach the academy.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 9.6%, Drama 9.2%
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 45%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 12.3%, Crime 7.4%, Puzzle 6.6%
A first-person investigative thriller where your family is kidnapped and you must carry out various demands from the kidnapper in order to prolong their lives. However, if you are sharp, you might also uncover clues to track down their location and devise a rescue plan.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Thriller 18.9%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 7.7%
A mystery comedy visual novel game told strictly through the eyes of a news anchor. Learn about the city of Brookside, report the news as best you can, and guide the citizens toward a happy ending.
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, 1990's 20%, Thriller 17.3%, Detective 15.1%, Mystery 12.1%
A 2002 China rural primary school-set horror puzzle game: The protagonist’s younger brother vanishes mysteriously after school. Searching the school, they face eerie supernatural events, solve mechanical puzzles to deduce the truth, and reflect on left-behind children and school violence.
Why similar: 1990's 22.6%, Detective 22.1%, Thriller 21.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Investigation 10.1%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Investigation 24.6%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 8.1%, Thriller 6.9%
The real world no longer exists! I was trapped in this cursed Village made of inkblots on parchment. Every day I'm stalked by an assasin and stuck in a time loop. None of the residents remember me, although I myself have memories. I need to get out of here ASAP
Why similar: Time Travel 43% ★, Detective 22.8%, Investigation 15.4%, Mystery 7.5%, Story Rich 6.5%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 37.4%, Investigation 24.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Story Rich 5%
An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
Why similar: Time Travel 46% ★, Thriller 15.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
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 Travel 40.7% ★, Detective 22.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Puzzle 10.7%, Story Rich 5.8%
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is a 3D horror adventure game, with the direction and the original script by Ruggero Deodato. Take control of different characters in a desperate expedition to the virgin jungles of Borneo.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Thriller 17.2%, Investigation 15.4%, 1990's 14%, Mystery 9.2%
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.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 16.7%, Thriller 16.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Puzzle 7.1%
Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of Brentwood in this mysterious point-and-click adventure. The unique powers you hold will lead to moral choices that directly influence the story, the fate of the town, and which of the multiple endings you unlock. Will you follow destiny or fight against it?
Why similar: Time Travel 50.6% ★, Investigation 13.4%, Story Rich 9.7%, Puzzle 7.5%, Emotional 6.5%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Thriller 10.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
May 2, 1951. The night everyone in the Alston Manor vanished without a trace. As the newest reporter of a paranormal magazine, you are sent back to the night after the happening. Make your way through the mansion, solve puzzles, find evidence and uncover the truth behind the disappearance.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.7% ★, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Puzzle 7.3%, Mystery 6.7%
An old case closed due to lack of evidence resurfaces in 1993. Play as a dismissed detective, investigate the case, gather evidence, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth. Bringing justice to the town of Ridgemour and ending the uncertainty is in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 16.1%, 1990's 14.8%, Story Rich 9%, Puzzle 8.1%
Broken Pieces is a psychological thriller taking place in a french coastal village somehow outside the flow of time. Solve the mysteries by putting the pieces of the story back together by figuring out the enigma behind this mystical place.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.7% ★, Thriller 18.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 10%, Puzzle 7%
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.7% ★, Detective 20.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 7.9%, Puzzle 6.9%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 15.9%, Thriller 12.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Investigation 22.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 9.1%, Crime 7.8%
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 54.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Puzzle 12.3%, Story Rich 7.5%, Investigation 6.7%
Something strange happened in the old manor, but the Pond's premier puzzle-solver is here to uncover the truth. In this ribbiting and cozy mystery, explore the grounds, journey into the past, and unearth the secrets buried at Marsh Manor.
Why similar: Detective 40.4%, Investigation 27.4%, Puzzle 14.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Indie 2%
Explore Silhouette: Chapter One - A First-Person, Story-Driven Mystery Adventure. Assume the role of Jim Grayson, an unwavering homicide detective hot on the trail of a disturbing serial killer with confusing motives.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Investigation 18.3%, Thriller 17%, Mystery 11%, Story Rich 8.3%
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 26.1%, Thriller 16.5%, Investigation 16.5%, 1990's 13.5%, Mystery 10.4%
A prankster is loose at the Harvest Grove autumn festival. Find the culprit before things get out of hand.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Thriller 16.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Puzzle 10.3%, Investigation 10.1%
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: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 18.3%, 1990's 14.9%, Thriller 12.8%, Mystery 10.4%
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 24.3%, Thriller 18.9%, 1990's 17%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 11.3%
Step into the role of a detective, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind your colleague’s disappearance. Travel through time, explore immersive worlds, and crack the mystery in this VR escape room adventure!
Why similar: Time Travel 28.4% ★, Detective 27.5%, Investigation 19%, Puzzle 9.6%, Mystery 7.3%
