- #1 Case 42: The Redwood Files
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A DeadGame Studio
Windows
A Narrative Horror Adventure game where you play as a Detective and unravel the bizarre mysteries of a seemingly Ordinary Hilly Town.
Why similar: Narrative 23.8% ★, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 14.2%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Horror 8%
- #2 The Shade
96% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Nonsense Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror set in rural Finland, where isolation and unsettling encounters slowly turn your housekeeping job into something far more disturbing.
Why similar: Narrative 22% ★, Thriller 12%, Investigation 11.5%, Horror 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%
- #3 On Tape << Rewind
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pixfork Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
On Tape << Rewind is a psychological horror story told through cassette tapes. Play recordings, search for clues, discover hidden cassettes, and manipulate audio. Unravel the mystery of a scientist’s disappearance and the obsession that consumed him — tape by tape.
Why similar: Narrative 22.9% ★, Investigation 16.8%, Detective 12%, Thriller 9.7%, Mystery 8.8%
- #4 Fragmented Memories - Arc One
95% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: PlatomentiPub: YSY Softworks
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
Why similar: Investigation 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Detective 9.9%, Thriller 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%
- #5 Unhomely
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio 8-Track
Windows
Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.
Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Detective 12.4%, Thriller 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Horror 8.2%
- #6 As The Leaves Fall
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clay Crown Games
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click adventure game with a thrilling, Native American-inspired narrative. Use your wit to solve fun and challenging puzzles as you explore and interact with the townsfolk of Birchwood Hollow and the Native reservation. Secrets will be uncovered, and truths revealed, as the leaves fall.
Why similar: Narrative 20.5% ★, Investigation 14.6%, Detective 14.3%, Thriller 10.5%, Mystery 8.9%
- #7 Foghorns Drown
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Laaya
Windows
Foghorns Drown is a psychological thriller where you play as a ferryman, bringing passengers across a foggy lake to a town drenched in mystery and folklore.
Why similar: Narrative 24% ★, Detective 13%, Thriller 12.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Horror 7.9%
- #8 Pixel Detective: Curse of the Paintings
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NorthLightPixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short pixel-art mystery where you play as Nathan, a private investigator drawn into a curious case. Interrogate suspects, examine clues, and uncover hidden details
Why similar: Investigation 20%, Detective 19.6%, Narrative 17.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #9 Scrutator Tenebris
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Empty Die Studio
Windows
Become a pathologist in a sinister mansion filled with unsolved mysteries. Examine bodies and make decisions that alter the course of the investigation. Your choices shape multiple story endings in this narrative-driven psychological horror — where every secret could cost your sanity.
Why similar: Narrative 20.1% ★, Investigation 17%, Detective 16.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Horror 9.4%
- #10 Liar’s Line
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PexeliesPub: Aroko Game Studio
Windows
A monster is hiding behind one of the voices on the line. Identify the liar before you reveal your location. One wrong judgment, and it comes to your door. Each playthrough changes who's lying.
Why similar: Narrative 22.2% ★, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 15.3%, Thriller 12.1%, Horror 9.4%
- #11 InVein
89% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: SlowDrip StudiosPub: Student Game Developer Association
Windows
Traverse this never-ending hospital as you discover clues of where and who you are. As each day passes by, the world around you decays, and you can’t help but wonder what is real. Utilize your time and resources as you roam these collapsing halls, but be careful; you may not be alone after all...
Why similar: Narrative 19% ★, Survival Horror 12.4%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Survival 10.2%, Horror 9.2%
- #12 The Alley
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AIXLABPub: Smilegate
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Ghost Traces" and deceptive "Ghost Feints" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.
Why similar: Thriller 13.6%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Investigation 10.6%, Horror 10.5%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #13 Murmurs of Fear - A whisper of loneliness
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
Murmurs of Fear is a psychological horror about those left alone with the unexplainable. It is a self-contained story about fear, isolation, and the struggle to stay sane as reality itself begins to fracture.
Why similar: Narrative 27.9% ★, Thriller 11.6%, Investigation 11%, Detective 9.9%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #14 The Brothers Hotel
88% matchMixed60% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Detective 15.8%, Thriller 12.6%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Mystery 9.4%
- #15 The Case of the Golden Idol
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,351 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Detective 16.3%, Narrative 15.1% ★, Thriller 10.3%, Mystery 9.8%
- #16 The End of the Sun
86% matchVery Positive97% of 283 reviews2025
Dev: The End of the Sun TeamPub: The End of the Sun Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Ashter – a Slavic fire mage and tracker of mythical beings. Following a legendary creature, you reach a village caught in a time rift. Embark on a magical investigation – travel through time, explore the ancient land, and bond with fire to shape villagers’ fate and uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Narrative 16.7% ★, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 15.6%, Thriller 11.5%, Mystery 9.6%
- #17 Xochi's Apothecary
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Single Effect Studios
Windows · Mac
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 23.1%, Narrative 22% ★, Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 7.6%
- #18 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,277 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Narrative 22.9% ★, Investigation 15.4%, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Thriller 7.7%
- #19 The End of the Sun: Prologue
83% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: The End of the Sun TeamPub: The End of the Sun Forge
Windows
The End of the Sun: Prologue is a first-person, story-driven mystery adventure set in a Slavic fantasy world. As the ashter, a sage sorcerer gifted with the ability to travel in time, you come to a mysterious village where the line between myth and reality begins to fade perilously.
Why similar: Narrative 28.1% ★, Detective 17.2%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Mystery 10.4%, Thriller 9.5%
- #20 Final Remedy
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OznaroxPub: HobOznarox
Windows
You wake up in an unfamiliar, snowy place. You don't know how you got there or who you are. Solve the mystery, avoid or defeat enemies, and escape... An atmospheric, story-rich, post-apocalyptic walking simulator with puzzle elements and crafting mechanics
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.7%, Detective 12.7%, Thriller 11.9%, Survival 10.4%, Mystery 10.3%
- #21 Radiolight
82% matchVery Positive92% of 411 reviews2025
Dev: Krystof KneslPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
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: Narrative 21% ★, Investigation 15.5%, Detective 12.6%, Thriller 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.8%
- #22 The Painscreek Killings
84% matchVery Positive91% of 6,095 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Investigation 23.4%, Detective 18.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Horror 7.9%
- #23 Intruder In Antiquonia
82% matchVery Positive90% of 113 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Narrative 21.6% ★, Investigation 15.7%, Detective 15.5%, Mystery 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #24 Unwashed
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Good Monkey
Windows
Explore the nightmarish, simulated world of Unwashed, a horror game that you must stay clean! Play as AA and uncover the truth behind Lumina, a government secret project, while racing against time to stop a secret mission that endangers countless millions of lives.
Why similar: Narrative 29.2% ★, Survival Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.7%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, Mystery 7%
- #25 Shadow Mansion 2
80% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
The mansion your grandfather left you is more than an inheritance. When the power comes on, not only the lights awaken, but the darkness buried inside. Shadow Mansion 2 is a first-person psychological horror focused on atmosphere, exploration, and stealth.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 17.9%, Thriller 16%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 7.8%
- #26 CH13: Rest Stop
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yellow Smile
Windows
Rest Stop is a psychological horror game set in early 2000s Poland. What begins as a calm drive through the woods turns into something you weren't prepared for... Will you find out what awaits at the end of the road?
Why similar: Narrative 30.9% ★, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Thriller 12.9%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #27 How Was Your Day?
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mad Carnival
Windows · Mac
After her beloved dog Beans vanishes and 13-year-old Diya finds herself trapped in a nightmarish time loop, each day reveals darker secrets in the sleepy town of Lakeview. Nothing, and no one, is what it seems. Groundhog Day meets Stranger Things in this supernatural thriller set in 80s New Zealand.
Why similar: Investigation 20.2%, Narrative 18.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Thriller 9.9%
- #28 Field Recordings
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DuskSoft
Windows
Field Recordings is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure set in the fragments of a collapsing reality. Guided by a lonely AI from the abandoned Project Ariadne, explore isolated pockets of the world and search for survivors. Use a Field Recorder to tune into echoes and uncover what remains.
Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, Mystery 14.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
- #29 Meal: Mystery Escape Room
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Unyielding Pixel Games
Windows
A lavish dinner. A locked room. And a truth no one wants you to uncover. Meal: Mystery Escape Room is a cinematic puzzle adventure where every solved clue pulls you deeper into a web of secrets. Unravel an unforgettable night through story-driven escape-room challenges.
Why similar: Investigation 21.7%, Detective 18.5%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Thriller 9.6%, Point & Click 8%
- #30 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
76% matchVery Positive92% of 227 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Thriller 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 10.3%
- #31 Chasing Static
78% matchVery Positive87% of 504 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Narrative 27.9% ★, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Horror 9.1%, Thriller 8.8%, Survival Horror 8.2%
- #32 Quest: Escape Room 3
79% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: KuKo
Windows
The jolly party of Paul and his friends ends with a kidnapping. It turns out that they are locked in an abandoned factory by some maniac who decided to play a deadly game with them. Will they be able to solve all the riddles and escape from this dark place?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Point & Click 10.3%, Survival 9.8%
- #33 Valley
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Observer Interactive
Windows
VALLEY is a futuristic crime solving thriller where the player controls multiple characters in the hunt for a serial killer.
Why similar: Narrative 23.7% ★, Detective 13.8%, Thriller 10.8%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Survival Horror 10.3%
- #34 Adios
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2021
Dev: Mischief
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer.
Why similar: Narrative 26.1% ★, Thriller 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #35 The Last Case of John Morley
74% matchVery Positive84% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
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: Narrative 27.8% ★, Detective 16.9%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 8.7%
- #36 Heritage
75% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Karayolu Games
Windows
Heritage is a psychological horror game where you dive into the dark secrets of a forgotten mansion. Explore shadowy rooms, solve puzzles, and uncover the hidden truth behind a family tragedy, all within a tense and eerie atmosphere.
Why similar: Thriller 14.3%, Investigation 13.3%, Detective 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Mystery 9.4%
- #37 Bahnsen Knights
74% matchVery Positive97% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
Why similar: Narrative 29.8% ★, Thriller 13.9%, Detective 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 11.5%
- #38 The Restricted Index
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Minus
Windows
Read between the lies in this first-person mystery puzzle game. You are the last librarian in Britain. Identify books. Recommend them. Ban them. Burn them. Uncover a catalogue of secrets and lost stories buried between the pages.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Investigation 22.9%, Detective 15.1%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #39 The Alien Cube
75% matchVery Positive80% of 569 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 19.7%, Walking Simulator 11%, Survival 10.3%, Horror 10.2%, Survival Horror 9.1%
- #40 Woodside
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Flower Games
Windows
Welcome to Woodside, a haunting survival horror adventure. Explore, investigate and survive as Grace, confronting supernatural terrors that plague a seemingly quaint British village. Experience dynamic horror as spirits react to the way you play. Can you find the truth before it's too late?
Why similar: Investigation 23.9%, Detective 17.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Thriller 7.5%
- #41 Shadowed Halls
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vidribute
Windows
Survive in a haunted colonial mansion in Bengal. Complete daily chores to keep order by day, then face supernatural anomalies at night. Explore, uncover secrets, and fight for your sanity in this first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Detective 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Horror 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #42 Uncle Chuck Incorporated
71% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: RedRockGS
Windows
Uncle Chuck Incorporated is a short animatronic survival horror game. Step into a funplex shrouded in mystery and suspense as you unravel the secrets behind the downfall of the legendary robotics entertainment company, Uncle Chuck Inc.
Why similar: Investigation 15.2%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Horror 11.4%, Thriller 11.1%
- #43 Runway 66
70% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A weaponless psychological thriller. Become trapped in the dark simulation within Gabriel’s mind after surviving a deadly plane crash. Run, hide, and piece together your memories to wake from this dystopian nightmare before Protocol 66 is activated.
Why similar: Investigation 20%, Detective 18.6%, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #44 Lord Winklebottom Investigates
72% matchVery Positive93% of 233 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: Narrative 31% ★, Detective 17.6%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Point & Click 8.7%
- #45 SOMBRAS: negative frames
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maboroshi ArtworksPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
‘SOMBRAS: negative frames’ is a first person narrative game with a focus on photography and light horror elements. Follow Shiomi, a Japanese-Spanish photography student, as she is spirited away in a dark mirror of her 2000s Japanese town and must confront fragments of her own psyche.
Why similar: Narrative 25.3% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Thriller 7.7%
- #46 The Repairing Mantis
73% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Narrative 26.5% ★, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Horror 12.1%, Surreal 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #47 Terrifying Tales: Watcher’s Point
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Burning Cinder Games
Windows
Harper Jones is missing. In a last-ditch attempt to find him, Sheriff Oaklyn heads out to the forest surrounding the infamous Watcher’s Point to investigate. But she soon finds herself experiencing the unsettling nature of the forest, one snapshot at a time, when she discovers an abandoned camera.
Why similar: Narrative 28.5% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Investigation 14.4%, Horror 9.2%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
- #48 Scarred
70% matchMixed58% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: KOEX studioPub: iterco
Windows
Scarred is a first-person atmospheric horror puzzle game where you must uncover the truth about one of your schoolmates before it’s too late. Traverse a world of nightmares inspired by nostalgic Singaporean architecture as you fight to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 30.1% ★, Survival Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Thriller 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #49 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,243 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Investigation 19.1%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Thriller 9.5%
- #50 Local Opera
70% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamy_Chat
Windows
Welcome to the mysterious village of "Folk Show"! This is a domestic plot-oriented micro-horror game that will take you into a rural story full of suspense and thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 17.6%, Thriller 16.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 9.9%
- #51 Curse of the Crimson Stag
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Curse of the Crimson Stag is a story-driven mystery thriller in which you explore a blurred line between supernatural occurrences and past tragedy. Uncover what led to the abandoning of the once luxurious Whiteroot Hotel. Local myth tells of a wrathful spirit known as the Crimson Stag…
Why similar: Investigation 28.7%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Thriller 13.8%, Mystery 7.5%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
- #52 [Southern Fjords] Veil of Pestilence
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Southern Fjords Games
Windows
In a remote village ravaged by the Black Death, a young man uses his late mentor's knowledge of medicinal herbs to help a desperate community, facing more than just the plague.
Why similar: Narrative 38.1% ★, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Horror 12.3%, Thriller 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #53 Dad left me in the car
69% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: MA
Windows
Survival horror game about a girl trapped in a car
Why similar: Narrative 21.6% ★, Survival Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Thriller 11%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #54 The Operator
67% matchVery Positive92% of 8,280 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Narrative 19.8% ★, Investigation 19.7%, Detective 17.7%, Thriller 12.1%, Mystery 8.8%
- #55 Imprinted
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cobalt Lane
Windows · Mac · Linux
Looking for a forensic specialist to restore damaged audio tapes (late 1970s). Warning: The artist was involved in the occult; she disappeared under suspicious circumstances. The nature of the recordings may be distressing. Mental clarity and resilience are a must. QUOTE REQUESTED.
Why similar: Narrative 30.2% ★, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 13.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Surreal 8.2%
- #56 SAS: Heks
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZenVision Games
Windows
Investigate a second-hand laptop in this first-person psychological horror experience, uncovering files, messages, and anomalies that don’t match reality.
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Thriller 15.8%, Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Mystery 8.2%
- #57 Taguan
66% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
David Lagani is an ordinary Filipino worker whose quiet life turns to dread when a mysterious figure begins breaking into homes and making people disappear. Each night feels longer, every sound closer, and all he can do is pray the footsteps don’t reach his door.
Why similar: Narrative 35.5% ★, Horror 13.8%, Thriller 13.2%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #58 IFU
68% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Setonika GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
Windows
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Why similar: Investigation 15%, Thriller 14.8%, Detective 13.5%, Walking Simulator 13%, Horror 9.5%
- #59 What have you done, Father?
67% matchVery Positive91% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Darkania Works
Windows
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: Thriller 15.8%, Narrative 14.4% ★, Detective 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Mystery 10.4%
- #60 Kona II: Brume
67% matchVery Positive83% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: ParabolePub: Ravenscourt
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
Why similar: Investigation 21%, Detective 16.4%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%