60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Story Rich, Detective, Mystery.
After crash-landing on a mysterious planet, novice engineer Nova Collins must unravel the secrets of a town's messy past to escape it. Talk your way through this enigmatic place, but beware: ideas manifest as things that can be traded and lost, so don't lose yourself along the way...
Almanac: Detective Agency
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Edicts of the Truthsinger: The Orb of Artemagus
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
A queer mystery game about book banning. Play as Ruby (they/them), a journalism major on a surreal, after-hours adventure to investigate the disappearance of books from their college library.
Why similar: Investigation 17.1%, Nonlinear 17%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Emotional 9%
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Investigation 16.4%, Detective 12.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Nonlinear 9.5%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Investigation 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Mystery 9.4%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Detective 16%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Mystery 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Investigation 12.6%, Crime 11%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Emotional 9.8%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 11%, Crime 9.3%
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 18.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Investigation 14.7%, Nonlinear 13%, Mystery 10.4%
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: Dialogue Heavy 22%, Detective 21.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Crime 8.4%
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Investigation 19.1%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Crime 8.3%
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: Detective 24%, Investigation 19.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Crime 10.7%
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Investigation 23.8%, Detective 21.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Crime 9.3%
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 25.9%, Mystery 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Crime 12.5%, Investigation 10.1%
The mysterious death of a girl on the municipal school sports field shook the small town of Sky Cliffs. Haunting days pass, and amid disappearances, paranormal activity, and ghosts, the Teen Detective Club takes on the investigation of these frightening cases.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Investigation 20.3%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Mystery 8%, Side Scroller 7.9%
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Nonlinear 11.7%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Crime 10.5%
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Investigation 15.6%, Detective 15.4%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Mystery 9.5%, Emotional 8%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Investigation 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Restless is a detective-style, point-and-click game where you listen to real stories from real people to solve puzzles. Track down spirits, perform divinations, and restore grave sites to bring peace to a mysterious island, all while connecting more deeply with your fellow humans.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Mystery 18.7%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Choices Matter 8%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%, Crime 7.5%
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Nonlinear 15%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Mystery 10.4%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Crime 9.6%
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 25.5%, Investigation 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Crime 8.4%
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 26.5%, Investigation 20.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Crime 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 22.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Mystery 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 9.6%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Nonlinear 14%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 8.9%
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 25.5%, Investigation 22.7%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Mystery 13%, Crime 10.2%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Investigation 22.4%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
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: Detective 18%, Investigation 17%, Mystery 10.8%, Crime 8.9%, Emotional 8.5%
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 23.9%, Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 9.3%, Choices Matter 8%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Detective 23.3%, Mystery 16.6%, Crime 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Choices Matter 6.3%
What traps us is not time, but our faith in it.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Investigation 16.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 10.5%
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.9%, Detective 21%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 6.9%
Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Investigation 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Emotional 10%, Mystery 10%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, Investigation 26%, Mystery 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%, Crime 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 37.2%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Crime 10.5%, Story Rich 5.6%
One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Crime 9.9%, Psychological 8.1%
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Crime 5.9%
Something's hiding in the cassette. Rearrange the words of your enemies to investigate a small-town conspiracy in this mystery puzzle game.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Detective 12.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Mystery 10.6%
A quiet bookshop. A magical past. A murder and Tarot cards that can twist fate itself. Craft beautiful covers, read between the lines of your customers’ lives, and decide which secrets deserve to stay hidden… including your own.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%, Dark 9.2%
2D RPG about the brutal daily life of Ray - an artist struggling with addiction, who takes care of her little sister. Look after your condition - no one should know about the addiction. Improve your skills, sell paintings, do everything to ease the withdrawal. Survive and look for a way out.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Detective 17.9%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Emotional 7.9%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Crime 9%, Interactive Fiction 9%
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: Investigation 22.9%, Detective 20.1%, Mystery 14.8%, Dark 7.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 20.1%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Detective 16.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
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 31.5%, Investigation 20.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Story Rich 6.6%, LGBTQ+ 6%
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Mystery 12%, Crime 9.2%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 13%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Detective 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
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: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Mystery 9.8%
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Crime 10.4%
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 21.9%, Mystery 19%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Story Rich 6.2%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Investigation 21.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Crime 11.5%, Side Scroller 9.9%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Investigation 17.3%, Detective 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 10%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 16.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Crime 10.4%, Story Rich 7.5%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Investigation 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Mystery 9.6%, Crime 8.9%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 17.6%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Dark 7.6%
