60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Detective, Investigation, Adventure.
Murder on the Island is a Visual Novel story, which takes place on a beautiful tropical island, where one of the 14 vacationers found murdered. Paul Parker, the owner of the island has only one week to find out what happened on the first night.
Demons' Timeline
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.
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
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!
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 18.4%, Investigation 17.3%, Text-Based 16.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Crime 9.9%
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 23.2%, Crime 19.6%, Detective 18.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.5%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 21.8%, Crime 20%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 10.1%
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 20.5%, Crime 18.1%, Investigation 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 17.1%, Crime 16.1%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 22.5%, Investigation 19.1%, Crime 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.3%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Investigation 20.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 8.5%
An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 20.3%, Crime 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 10.2%
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 23.7%, Investigation 20.7%, Crime 16.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 9.5%
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: Crime 23.1%, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.2%
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: Crime 21.4%, Detective 19.9%, Investigation 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 10.3%
[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 25.8%, Investigation 24.2%, Crime 20.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 10.9%
The further into the forest the more fantastic things you will see. Do not be afraid of what you do not know or understand. Try to remember the oldest fairy tales about creatures that live deeply in a forest. Be bold enough to face something unusual in a classical English village!
Why similar: Crime 18.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 15.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
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 26.3%, Investigation 21.6%, Crime 20.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 10.7%
Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.
Why similar: Crime 26.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Linear 11.4%, Detective 10.9%
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: Investigation 30.5%, Detective 26.4%, Text-Based 10.2%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Mystery 5.5%
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 29.1%, Detective 27.3%, America 15.1% ★, Investigation 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Crime 12.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Text-Based 11.4%
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 23.8%, Crime 22.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Text-Based 11.3%, Mystery 11.1%
Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.
Why similar: Crime 20.1%, Text-Based 17.7%, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 22.1%, Crime 21.9%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Mystery 9.8%
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 21.2%, Crime 19%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 10.5%
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 27.9%, Investigation 21.9%, Crime 18.7%, Text-Based 11.1%, Mystery 11.1%
A logic deduction game. Read the grid. Deduce, don't guess. Bust the case.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 22.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, Family Friendly 8.6%, Relaxing 8.2%
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: Crime 20.4%, Detective 20.2%, Investigation 15.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Modern 17.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 13.5%, Investigation 12.3%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, Crime 24.7%, Detective 24%, Mystery 14%, Hand-drawn 5.1%
A mystery visual novel set in a fading secondhand bookshop. Five childhood friends confront small-town scandals armed only with what they've read — drawing on the themes of unrelated books to unsettle the things people won't admit. 15 cases, 5–10 minutes each.
Why similar: Investigation 22.9%, Detective 16.4%, Modern 15.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 11.1%
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 28.6%, Investigation 24.1%, Crime 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 9.9%
From a single bone to a name — and the truth. A mystery adventure set in a forensic anthropology lab. Read the bones, search the scenes with your colleagues, run the experiments, and close in on the killer. Seven names waiting, 14 forensic tasks turned into play, and one very good dog.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 19.4%, Crime 17.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%
A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Investigation 24.5%, Crime 23.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Text-Based 8.6%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, Detective 16.3%, Crime 16%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 10.9%
In this short point 'n' click adventure, you are Star Seeker - a WIZARD solving a WIZARD crime to not get put in WIZARD jail by the WIZ- I mean, PLAIN OLD cops. With a useless detective, countless red herrings, and unique dialogue for every evidence combination... will this case ever be cracked?
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Detective 22%, Crime 18.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 10.8%
Gather information on social media in-game to take down every last boss in this deduction-based puzzle adventure game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn. It's release day for the latest entry in a legendary action game series, and you need to beat it. Fun is secondary, victory is all.
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Investigation 23.8%, Text-Based 12.5%, Hand-drawn 7.3%, Mystery 6.9%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 18.6%, Mystery 14.7%, Hand-drawn 14.5%
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: Crime 22.1%, Detective 19.5%, Investigation 19.1%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 11.7%
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 23.3%, Investigation 17.5%, Crime 15%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 12%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Crime 27%, Mystery 15.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Investigation 11.7%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Crime 22.1%, Investigation 20.4%, Detective 18.3%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%
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 21.4%, Crime 19.6%, Investigation 18.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 9.5%
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Investigation 24.5%, Detective 18.7%, Crime 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 12.3%
A dark psychological Visual Novel. Follow Iris a young girl in her quest to take back her life!
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Text-Based 16.2%, Crime 12.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Linear 9.4%
《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 26.8%, Investigation 24.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%
THE MAIN POST - is a visual novel, which takes place in a USSR. You play as a military man who is being taken on a mission to a closed city in the USSR. You will have to reveal all the secrets of this place.
Why similar: Crime 22.4%, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 17.7%, Modern 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%
This is a fragmented narrative puzzle game, you through a treasure chest, shuttle to several different cases, you need to check evidence and ask the characters to find clues, finally find the truth. can you return to the original world? What is the story behind each person?
Why similar: Crime 20.7%, Detective 19.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%
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: Crime 18.2%, Detective 18%, Investigation 16.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Investigation 25.5%, Crime 14.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%
In a Detective's Mind is an investigation game that seeks to put you in the role of a detective, who needs to solve cases and deal with obscure problems from his past.
Why similar: Detective 35.5%, Investigation 29.1%, Crime 18.4%, Mystery 8.7%, 2D 3.8%
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 23.8%, Investigation 22.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Crime 12%
Lu Yan has 9 days to find the truth and bring five strangers back alive. Hours of cinematic video — surveillance, dashcam, interrogations — are the evidence you study; a punishing board demands you connect 130+ clues and 70+ deductions by hand. Stuck? Spend Intuition. 6–8 hours.
Why similar: Crime 25.6%, Detective 24%, Investigation 22.3%, Mystery 12%, Modern 5.4%
Step into the shoes of detective Hank and his sidekick Gwen. This time on a top secret mission in an exotic Mediterranean-like country to uncover an illegal drug trade, but also to use this opportunity to enjoy themselves and perhaps even to savour romantic moments.
Why similar: Crime 22.6%, Detective 21.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Modern 10.1%
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 25.6%, Investigation 22.6%, Crime 16.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 9.8%
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 26.7%, Investigation 24.9%, Crime 21.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Crime 23.5%, Detective 20.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Text-Based 11.5%
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 24.3%, Crime 17%, Investigation 13.8%, Linear 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10%
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 27.7%, Investigation 26%, Crime 21.9%, Mystery 11.6%, Modern 6.3%
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 39.6%, Crime 22.1%, Investigation 21.1%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 4.2%
A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.
Why similar: Investigation 27.7%, Crime 23.4%, Detective 22.9%, Modern 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%
Takemaru Abiko, creator of “Banshee's Last Cry,” the landmark mystery game that sold over 1 million copies, will release A brand-new game based on “Armchair Detective”. Search through in-game apps and Rescue YOUR sister, Hikari Takizawa, who has suddenly gone missing in Nagano Prefecture.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Investigation 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Mystery 15%, Adventure 7.9%
