60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Adventure, Atmospheric, Story Rich.
My Work Is Not Yet Done is a narrative-driven investigative horror game, combining elements of the survival/simulation genres with a dense, nonlinear plot exploring the imbrication and dissolution of human identities/meanings within uncanny wilderness.
Case 42: The Redwood Files
A Narrative Horror Adventure game where you play as a Detective and unravel the bizarre mysteries of a seemingly Ordinary Hilly Town.
The Shade
A first-person psychological horror set in rural Finland, where isolation and unsettling encounters slowly turn your housekeeping job into something far more disturbing.
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 25.1% ★, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 14.7%, Survival Horror 9.6%, Horror 8.3%
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 23.6% ★, Thriller 12.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Horror 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
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 24.5% ★, Investigation 17.8%, Detective 12.6%, Thriller 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%
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 20.7% ★, Investigation 14.5%, Detective 14.2%, Thriller 10.6%, Mystery 8.9%
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 19.5%, Narrative 17.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Point & Click 9.6%
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 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Detective 10.5%, Thriller 10.3%, Mystery 9.1%
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 23.1% ★, Investigation 15.3%, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Thriller 7.7%
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 16.1%, Narrative 15.3% ★, Thriller 10.4%, Mystery 9.8%
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 16.9% ★, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 15.6%, Thriller 11.5%, Mystery 9.6%
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 22.3% ★, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Mystery 7.6%
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 21.8% ★, Investigation 15.6%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
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 23.9% ★, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Thriller 12.9%, Horror 9.9%
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 21.8% ★, Investigation 18.2%, Detective 18%, Mystery 10.2%, Horror 10%
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 28.4% ★, Detective 17.1%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Mystery 10.4%, Thriller 9.5%
Murmurs of Fear is an episodic psychological horror about those left alone with the unexplainable. Each episode tells a self-contained story of fear, isolation, and the struggle to stay sane when the world around you begins to fracture.
Why similar: Narrative 29.9% ★, Thriller 12.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Detective 10.4%, Walking Simulator 10%
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 21.3% ★, Investigation 15.5%, Detective 12.6%, Thriller 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.6%
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 20%, Detective 16.9%, Thriller 13.5%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
Why similar: GameMaker 15.3% ★, Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
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 23.9%, Detective 18.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Horror 8.1%
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 26% ★, Detective 13.9%, Thriller 13.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Surreal 8.4%
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 25.8% ★, Investigation 22.9%, Detective 15%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 5.8%
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 31.3% ★, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Point & Click 8.6%
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 18.5%, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
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 19.2%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Thriller 9.5%
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 26.4% ★, Thriller 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
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 30.1% ★, Thriller 13.9%, Detective 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 11.4%
Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Investigation 23.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Point & Click 12.1%, Adventure 8%
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 31.6% ★, Survival Horror 12.3%, Horror 10.3%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Mystery 7.5%
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 20.7%, Investigation 18.8%, Thriller 16.9%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 8.3%
A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.
Why similar: Narrative 27.1% ★, Investigation 22.2%, Detective 20%, Mystery 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 18%, Narrative 16% ★, Mystery 9.8%, Point & Click 8.8%
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 20.5%, Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 8.7%
Rest Stop is a short narrative-driven 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.
Why similar: Narrative 33.6% ★, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Thriller 13.9%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 7.4%
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 20% ★, Investigation 19.6%, Detective 17.6%, Thriller 12.1%, Mystery 8.8%
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%, Thriller 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 14.3%, Mystery 11.7%
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 29.4% ★, Detective 17.6%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 9.2%
A war hero returns to a shattered England, searching for his missing family while confronting nightmares that defy reality. A choice-driven, narrative thriller with 8 unique endings.
Why similar: Narrative 26.6% ★, Detective 14.3%, Thriller 14.2%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 7.4%
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 17.1%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 15%, Point & Click 10.9%, Survival 10.3%
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 29.9% ★, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Horror 9.6%, Thriller 9.4%, Survival Horror 8.7%
Radio Ghosts is a narrative game about geometry tests, vampire baristas, and camping with your mom.
Why similar: Narrative 35.5% ★, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
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 23%, Detective 19.5%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Thriller 10.2%, Point & Click 8.5%
VALLEY is a futuristic crime solving thriller where the player controls multiple characters in the hunt for a serial killer.
Why similar: Narrative 25.4% ★, Detective 14.5%, Thriller 11.4%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Survival Horror 10.9%
Survive the Silence. Uncover the Curse. Hunted. Trapped in the South African bush, a heks—woven from folklore and malice—torments you. She whispers. Waits. Every rustle, every crack of bone, is her call.
Why similar: Investigation 18.3%, Detective 16.6%, Thriller 16.5%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Horror 10.8%
The end of the world is near! After a mysterious package unleashes paranormal events in Triton Town, experience a chapter-based narrative through the eyes of multiple protagonists. Solve puzzles, explore detailed environments, and interview witnesses to uncover the truth before time runs out!
Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Investigation 19.4%, Detective 18.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
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: Investigation 25.3%, Detective 25.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Thriller 11.5%, Point & Click 8.4%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Narrative 20.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Detective 20.9%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%
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 15.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Mystery 10.1%
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 14.7%, Detective 13.6%, Thriller 12.9%, Survival 11.1%, Mystery 11.1%
More than just an anomaly hunt, this is a knowledge-based game. Uncover the truth behind the anomalies and confront a massive narrative. Countless documents will be your guide toward the singular truth. Experience unique mechanics and deep puzzles.
Why similar: Narrative 46.7% ★, Mystery 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10%, Story Rich 7.2%, Exploration 5.4%
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: Narrative 24.7% ★, Investigation 22.2%, Detective 21.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Exploration 4.7%
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 21.1%, Detective 16.3%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Worlds collide as your cursed inheritance throws you into the middle of a series of mysterious events. Discover terrifying secrets as you follow your uncle’s disappearance, and confront a terrible truth that will change your life forever in this cosmic horror first-person adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 21%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Survival 10.9%, Horror 10.7%, Survival Horror 9.6%
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Why similar: Narrative 24% ★, Thriller 16.5%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%
Dive into Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate, where your stream turns into a wild, eerie adventure. Uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and expect the unexpected in a haunted asylum where nothing is as it seems. Will you brave the madness and reveal the truth?
Why similar: Thriller 16%, Detective 14.2%, Walking Simulator 13%, Mystery 12.4%, Horror 11.7%
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 30.6% ★, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Horror 9.7%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
After his wife draws her last breath, Dragomir is devastated. As a poor man with a drinking habit, he must not only manage to hold a decent funeral, but also stand for himself in a small town that doesn't see him with good eyes.
Why similar: Narrative 22.2% ★, Investigation 17.8%, Detective 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Mystery 10.9%
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 17.1%, Thriller 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 11.3%
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Narrative 31.6% ★, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 12.7%, Horror 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
A short piece of horror fiction about honey and lies; entomology and etymology; murky secrets and stark realities. Find out what happened to the moths.
Why similar: Narrative 41.2% ★, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Horror 15%, Surreal 14%, Exploration 4.2%
