60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Singleplayer, Crime.
In this game you abstractly follow the narration of a murderer and a joung detective through their lifes and thoughts. This leads you straight into the middle of an exciting murder case and a murder mystery unlike you have ever seen before unfolds.
Murder Diaries
Figure out what happened, explore fascinating yet almost surreal landscapes and enjoy the thrilling storytelling. Collect pieces of the story while freely floating through related environments and immerse yourself into an intriguing story filled with blood and murder unlike you have ever seen before
Detective - The Test
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Figure out what happened, explore fascinating yet almost surreal landscapes and enjoy the thrilling storytelling. Collect pieces of the story while freely floating through related environments and immerse yourself into an intriguing story filled with blood and murder unlike you have ever seen before
Why similar: Crime 20.1%, Detective 15.4%, Flight 14.4%, Mystery 8.7%, Walking Simulator 8%
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 27.1%, Detective 17.2%, Walking Simulator 14%, Mystery 12.1%, Noir 8.5%
In this game you abstractly follow the narration of a joung man who slowly but surely becomes insane. This leads you straight into the middle of an exciting murder case and a murder mystery unfolds while you listen to the testimonies of witness, friends and relatives.
Why similar: Flight 26.2%, Detective 20.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Third Person 7.5%, Exploration 7.2%
The Curse of Grimsey Island is a futuristic detective game in two parts. Collect evidence, find motives, construct a timeline, and solve one of the greatest mysteries in modern times. Why are so many notable individuals disappearing across the world?
Why similar: Crime 27.1%, Detective 21.8%, Flight 18.6%, Exploration 8%, Mystery 6.9%
A noir first-person murder mystery set in a gloomy 1947 Pacific Northwest city. Play as the renowned Detective D.W. Dagger to help solve his latest case. A violent murder, a possible suicide, and a handful of suspects. Can you deduce what happened?
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Detective 22.7%, Crime 21.5%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Exploration 7.2%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Crime 29.1%, Noir 22.5%, Mystery 8.6%, Third Person 4.6%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Crime 26.1%, Detective 23.5%, Noir 23%, Mystery 12.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Sift through the evidence to find out who did it.
Why similar: Crime 41.3%, Detective 29.7%, Mystery 21.8%, Casual 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A dark murder mistery game combined with a visual novel revolving around a disturbing plot. Embark on the frightening adventure of a young priest entangled in a forbidden affair with a beautiful lady who meets a gruesome end. Lust, wrath, murder, despair.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Detective 16.2%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Crime 10.5%
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Noir 20.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Crime 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Crime 31.9%, Detective 26.5%, Noir 14.5%, Exploration 8.2%, Simulation 6.1%
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
Why similar: Crime 26.5%, Detective 22.3%, Noir 19.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Dark 5.5%
The Burden of Proof saga continues! Step into the shoes of legendary prosecutor Conrad Cross during a pivotal moment of his journey. Investigate crime scenes, solve mysteries using evidence, and make your case in the courtroom. The burden lies with you to unravel the truth!
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Crime 19.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Walking Simulator 9.5%
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: Crime 22%, Noir 19%, Detective 16%, Mystery 14.3%, Walking Simulator 10.6%
Step into the role of a detective in DETECTIVE Scene Crime, a challenging mystery game where you’ll investigate five gripping crime scenes. Each level presents clues, testimonies, and puzzles to analyze carefully in your quest for the truth. Do you have what it takes to solve them all?
Why similar: Crime 30.7%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Detective 14%, Mystery 13.7%, Realistic 8.9%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Noir 32.8%, Detective 32.2%, Mystery 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Why similar: Detective 41.7%, Crime 20.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Noir 12.4%, Third Person 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 28.9%, Crime 21.4%, Noir 17.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Crime 25.7%, Noir 25.4%, Mystery 16%, Story Rich 2.7%
1954. You killed a man. Now cover your tracks. Getting Away With Murder is a noir point-and-click mystery where every decision is about what you leave behind and whether anyone will find it.
Why similar: Noir 29.7%, Detective 26.2%, Crime 22.7%, Mystery 17.9%, Story Rich 3.1%
Are you ready to solve the case and bring a criminal to justice?
Why similar: Crime 46%, Detective 35.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Casual 7.2%
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: Crime 34%, Detective 24.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 12%, Dark 6%
Detective Dana is a 2D story-rich game about an Arabic police officer investigating murder cases. Investigate the crime scene, interrogate the witnesses, solve the mysteries and uncover the secrets until you catch the criminal!
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Crime 20.9%, Noir 18.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 11.3%
Crime never rests... but thankfully, neither does Detective Bass! Put on your detective hat and help Detective Bass get to the bottom of a robbery, in this witty, narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Crime 28.7%, Detective 25.5%, Noir 25.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Casual 3.6%
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: Crime 29.7%, Detective 29.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Noir 12.4%, Realistic 4.2%
Based on the escape room board game of the same name. Discover the mystery of Romina Manor as you investigate the disappearance of the Master by searching for clues and solving puzzles in locations like the Parlor, Kitchen or even the Observatory.
Why similar: Crime 33.2%, Detective 32.1%, Mystery 21.4%, Dark 6.5%, Casual 3.3%
Step into the shoes of an experienced detective and uncover dark secrets while solving criminal cases. In this thrilling detective world, you'll face stressful decision-making moments, reconstruct crime scenes, and utilize cutting-edge technology for evidence analysis.
Why similar: Crime 29.4%, Detective 20.7%, Noir 16.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Simulation 8%
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.
Why similar: Crime 22.3%, Detective 17.2%, Noir 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Third Person 8.1%
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 22.5%, Detective 22.5%, Walking Simulator 15%, Mystery 11.6%, Exploration 7.9%
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Noir 27.2%, Crime 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 9.4%
A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Noir 24.8%, Crime 22.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Third Person 2.8%
Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.
Why similar: Crime 34.2%, Detective 28.6%, Mystery 16%, Exploration 5.8%, Realistic 4.8%
Play as Lloyd Arch, the young private detective known for being total dick, and unravel the mystery of the Black Scar Serial Killer in this visual novel adventure, but remember that the truth tends to hurt the most.
Why similar: Crime 26.2%, Detective 21.5%, Noir 17%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%
A noir narrative puzzle adventure where you manipulate time to investigate a space filled with physically identical characters. Pause, rewind, and fast-forward individual lives, connect fragmented pasts and futures, and uncover the single truth needed to avert impending tragedy.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Noir 25.9%, Crime 18.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Abstract 5.1%
Something is wrong in the ward. As a detective investigating a serious crime, navigate the ruins of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, gather evidence, and follow a trail that leads deeper into madness
Why similar: Crime 32.3%, Detective 28.1%, Noir 24.9%, Third Person 7.3%, Casual 2.9%
Experience how people with autism see, feel and interact with the world around them in this thrilling detective adventure, taking place near the Belgian coast and in the woods around a local nature reserve.
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Crime 22.8%, Noir 22.5%, Mystery 9.3%, Simulation 6.2%
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Crime 23.9%, Noir 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 6.9%
You are a detective about to enter the island where the crime of the century happened. Disturbing crimes were hidden behind power and influence. Explore, collect evidence, connect clues, and expose the truth that real monsters are never supernatural, they are people protected by power.
Why similar: Crime 24.5%, Detective 21%, Noir 20.9%, Walking Simulator 12%, Mystery 10.4%
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 31.8%, Crime 28.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Story Rich 3.7%
Play as a noir detective in a dark, seductive world — investigate the Blood Moon case while making choices, uncovering secrets, and indulging in explicit encounters.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Crime 22%, Noir 16.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%
Be free as a bird, by being a bird. Fly around a vast landscape to explore it's nature and meet its inhabitants, both animal and human.
Why similar: Flight 44.5%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Third Person 8.7%, Casual 5.8%
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: Crime 24.3%, Detective 21.6%, Noir 20.3%, Mystery 12.8%, Realistic 6.2%
In 1991 Ruth Choi was murdered, it was whittled down to 6 suspects, but the case was never solved. Watch interviews, go through evidence and build your case. A game where you are never told who the killer is, unless you convict them. Use your own deductive skills to find out, who killed Ruth Choi.
Why similar: Crime 40.4%, Detective 32.9%, Mystery 14.8%, Casual 5.6%, 3D 3.9%
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 32.9%, Crime 24.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Noir 8.3%
The Department is a narrative driven detective game. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects and bring the killer to justice in this gritty detective sim // Mae Trosedd yn gêm dditectif sy'n cael ei gyrru gan stori. Ymchwiliwch olygfeydd troseddau, holi amheuon a dod â'r lladdwr i gyfiawnder.
Why similar: Crime 30.2%, Detective 24.5%, Mystery 14%, Realistic 7.9%, Third Person 7.6%
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 23.9%, Crime 23.9%, Noir 19.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Crime 24.2%, Detective 20.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, Mystery 12.7%, Exploration 8.6%
You are a field agent with the criminal investigation unit: sweep the scene, photograph it, bag the evidence and pin it to your board until one name is left. Five cases, 31 suspects, 83 pieces of evidence, no quest markers. Nobody confirms your theory: you sign the accusation.
Why similar: Crime 25.9%, Detective 21.6%, Noir 18.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Exploration 6.6%
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Crime 27.5%, Mystery 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Exploration 3.7%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Crime 31.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 15.3%, Story Rich 3.7%
NeonCode is a one hour long cyberpunk-retro adventure game made by one developer. It was inspired by classics such as the Blade Runner-movies, Miami Vice, Grim Fandango and the games of Telltale.
Why similar: Crime 28.2%, Detective 23.5%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Noir 16.6%, Mystery 11.9%
A Pigeon Detective Game: Twin Beaks is a 3rd person, murder-mystery novel game. Explore a surreal village as you investigate the death of the town's delivery pigeon. Utilise your sleuthing skills to uncover the secrets and mysteries of the residents of Twin Beaks.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Mystery 15.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Exploration 8.5%
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: Detective 28.7%, Noir 27.5%, Mystery 16%, Crime 11.7%, Exploration 7.1%
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 30.2%, Detective 24.2%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 7.7%
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Crime 25.3%, Detective 22.6%, Noir 19.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%
San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?
Why similar: Crime 27.4%, Detective 22.3%, Noir 21.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Realistic 7.1%
A Bartender point-and-click simulator game mixed with visual novel-style storytelling set in a noir-fabled world. As you have only 7 days to live, to save yourself from a collapsing life, it’s time to investigate, mix the drink and discover the secret recipe of success you deserve all along.
Why similar: Noir 29.3%, Crime 21.2%, Detective 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 8.8%
Explore the guilt-ridden mind of a deeply deranged individual in this short first-person psychological horror walking simulator. Discover the unspeakable nature of their crimes in this dark, narrative-driven underground cult classic.
Why similar: Crime 25.6%, Noir 22.5%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Exploration 9.4%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Crime 31.2%, Detective 25.5%, Noir 14.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 9%
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Why similar: Crime 27.4%, Detective 25.3%, Noir 20.5%, Mystery 13.2%, Dark 7.5%
