60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Puzzle, Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer.
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.
Unheard - Voices of Crime
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?
Profession investigator
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
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 52.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 12.8%, Simulation 9%, Horror 5.5%
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Simulation 16.8%, Text-Based 16.5%, Puzzle 10.9%
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 16.4%, Simulation 9.3%, Puzzle 8.8%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Text-Based 15%, Puzzle 13.5%, 2D 4%
A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.
Why similar: Detective 41.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Puzzle 12.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
You were just the owner of an office, but something piqued your curiosity. Understand what happened to Andy by browsing through his most personal archives and memories. OS: Memories is a short and engaging storyline about the everyday life of a game developer.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Text-Based 10.6%, Puzzle 10%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Text-Based 16%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 10.2%
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 14.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Simulation 8.3%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Detective 35%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Puzzle 14.6%, Mystery 14.3%, Horror 4.7%
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: Detective 29%, Narrative 14.9% ★, Mystery 12.2%, Horror 11.9%, Simulation 8.4%
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 24.2% ★, Text-Based 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 13%, Simulation 9.1%
Live as a rookie hacker. Monitor digital lives, uncover secrets, and shape your story.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Text-Based 19.7%, Simulation 12.1%, 2D 2.6%
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 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Mystery 15.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Puzzle 8%
《兔子侦探》是一款手绘风格的悬疑解谜互动游戏。玩家将扮演兔子侦探，在前往拜访好友时，竟发现对方已意外身亡！案发现场疑点重重，线索错综复杂。玩家将使用时间回溯机制，从现场抽丝剥茧，在正确的时机放置正确的证据，找出杀害受害兔的真凶，洗清自己被迫背负的嫌疑。最终将罪犯绳之以法，并在审讯中揭露其罪行！
Why similar: Detective 54%, Mystery 18.2%, Puzzle 16.4%, Retro 7.5%, Indie 2.2%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Detective 27%, Puzzle 12%, Text-Based 10.8%, Mystery 9.7%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 8.9%
A minimalist surveillance horror game. Flip through security cameras on a deep space station and report subtle anomalies. No jump scares. No combat. Just watch, observe, and try not to miss the moment everything goes wrong.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Detective 26.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Puzzle 11.3%, Horror 10%
A short narrative deduction game set in the overly litigious bowels of Hell. A simple text-based investigative game about asking the right questions of the right people. When surrounded by pathological liars always remember, the detail's in the devils. A simple text-based investigative game.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Text-Based 23.7%, Puzzle 12.4%, 2D 6.1%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 12.3%
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Detective 22.5%, Text-Based 19.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Puzzle 10.8%
10 CDs, 10 passwords. Find hidden messages, text, numbers to unlock next CD to continue your steganography puzzle journey.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Mystery 17.2%, Puzzle 14.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
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: Detective 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Narrative 13.4% ★, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Mystery 9.6%
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...
Why similar: Detective 38.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 12.5%, Puzzle 9.5%
The Mournmore Killings a story-driven, deduction based mystery game where you step into the shoes of a detective trying to solve the enigmatic riddles left behind by a serial killer.
Why similar: Detective 43.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Text-Based 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.6%, Text-Based 36.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Atmospheric 5.1%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Text-Based 19.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Mystery 8.5%
A forensic challenge - help private eye solve cases for their clients using OSINT and digital forensics techniques.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Detective 26.9%, Text-Based 23.9%, Puzzle 13.6%, Indie 1.9%
Join Dr. What and Detective Son on an exhilarating journey through mind-bending puzzles and perplexing mysteries in this immersive logic game! With multiple levels to conquer, sharpen your deductive skills and unravel intricate cases.
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Text-Based 31.8%, Puzzle 16.9%, Mystery 10.9%, 2D 4.3%
This is a password game that decrypts hidden information by finding it. You need to be very careful to find the password to solve the puzzle. It is a very difficult game!
Why similar: Simulation 24.8%, Detective 23.8%, Text-Based 16.3%, Puzzle 14.4%, Mystery 11.2%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Mystery 14.8%, Horror 11.5%, Text-Based 5.4%
Heya! Long time no see. I just have a small -tiny- little favor to ask of you, could you buy me some soup? ...How? Well, that's for you to find out!
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Simulation 11.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Mystery 10.8%
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Detective 21.8%, Text-Based 19.1%, Puzzle 12.5%, 2D 5.1%
In the summer of 1990, you return to the secluded mountain village of Iwao as your grandfather falls critically ill. The village shrine is said to seal the yokai "Tsuchigumo." As the "Mushi Okuri Festival" nears, its ritual flames may awaken a thousand-year-old curse…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 20.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Detective 14.5%, Horror 13.9%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 22.9%, Puzzle 10.3%, Mystery 8.9%
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: Detective 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Narrative 16.4% ★, Mystery 12.2%, Puzzle 10%
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: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Detective 23.1%, Mystery 14%, Text-Based 13.4%, Horror 9.7%
《轮回路》是一款中式恐怖悬疑剧情解谜游戏。为了祭奠发小，在一个阴雨连绵的日子，许静怡踏上了漫长的归乡之途。然而意想不到的是，在荒凉萧瑟的故土等待许静怡的，并非只是简单的追忆之旅，而是与本应离世的发小的惊悚重逢。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Horror 17.7%, Mystery 15.2%, Puzzle 13.9%, Detective 10.3%
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 44%, Simulation 17.6%, Mystery 16.7%, Puzzle 8%, Horror 7.4%
The main character is the usual average schoolboy, who can be found on the street after the 7th lesson. But it's not so simple, because he has a dream inside of his head, a dream that you have to implement!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 24.9%, Horror 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, 2D 9.2%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Text-Based 22.8%, Mystery 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Puzzle 7.2%
Dig into the truth hidden in the artist's strange paintings through the puzzle.
Why similar: Detective 39%, Simulation 29.5%, Puzzle 19%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 2.7%
FILENDS is a dark multiplayer riddle-solving game for 3-7 players. Work together to solve levels filled with murder mysteries and tragic tales. Use environmental clues and real-time chat to uncover the truth. Will you solve the riddles or become a part of them?
Why similar: Detective 37.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Puzzle 14.8%, Text-Based 11.2%
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 43.3%, Mystery 18.2%, Puzzle 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Atmospheric 3.5%
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Text-Based 25.8%, Detective 21.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Horror 7.9%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Text-Based 26.1%, Detective 21.9%, Mystery 13.5%, 2D 4.5%
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Detective 34.2%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, 2D 2.4%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 52.2%, Mystery 20.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, Atmospheric 4%, Horror 3.6%
Spirits and Secrets is a Bartender Simulator Murder Mystery game set in a medieval fantasy world. Talk to patrons, make their orders, and solve their mysteries by piecing together clues.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Simulation 19.3%, Puzzle 10%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Puzzle 10.3%
_전언:(_message:)은 심리적 공포 요소가 포함된 텍스트 어드벤처 게임입니다. 달에 잔류하여 지구에 있는 본부와 통신을 하는 사이, 당신은 점점 이상한 낌새를 눈치채기 시작합니다...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Text-Based 24.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Horror 11.6%, Simulation 9.3%
The "Meiqi" series is a plot-oriented puzzle game. This collection is the beginning of the Meiqi Series, including all 6 episodes of the first season, namely Meiqi/Tingting/Sifeng/Aiguo/Cuilan/Jasmine, This is the entrance to the little universe of Sun Meiqi's mysterious case.
Why similar: Detective 36.7%, Horror 16.3%, Mystery 16.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 50.7%, Text-Based 39%, Puzzle 6.5%, Indie 3.8%
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: Detective 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Text-Based 14.8%, Puzzle 11%, Simulation 7.7%
A fantasy mystery otome RPG with time loop mechanics. Explore a cursed castle, collect clues, solve puzzles, make critical choices, and experience branching storylines, emotional bonds, and life-or-death survival in an inescapable cycle.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Detective 26.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Mystery 9.1%
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.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Narrative 20.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 28%, Mystery 19.1%, Puzzle 13.5%, 2D 4.4%
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, discover and deduce redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Text-Based 21.3%, Mystery 6%, Retro 2.4%
