Games Like Oblivistar

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: Conspiracy 21.3% ★, Investigation 20.6%, Detective 17.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%

Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.

Why similar: Conspiracy 20.6% ★, Investigation 18.5%, Detective 15.2%, Mystery 12.4%, 2.5D 7.5%

An exploration game about knowledge and discovery. Change between seasons, investigate plants, and discover secrets about the world to stop an ecological disaster.

Why similar: Conspiracy 21.6% ★, Investigation 20.4%, Detective 15.9%, 2.5D 12.4%, Mystery 12%

A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.

Why similar: Conspiracy 24.9% ★, Investigation 22.5%, Detective 18.9%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 7.1%

A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.

Why similar: Investigation 26.8%, Detective 22.8%, Conspiracy 18.1% ★, Mystery 14.2%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Help solve a crime.

Why similar: 2.5D 19%, Investigation 16.1%, Detective 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 9.7%

Become a trickster detective embarking on an Eastern European adventure full of spatial puzzles. Observe your relatives’ loops, sabotage them, and piece the story together at a grandiose feast. Solve a mystery while pranking your family!

Why similar: Investigation 24.9%, 2.5D 15.5%, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Story Rich 10.2%

The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

Why similar: Conspiracy 23.8% ★, Investigation 22.7%, Detective 17.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 5.5%

Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.

Why similar: Conspiracy 19.3% ★, Investigation 17.4%, Detective 15.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 8.5%

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 19.8%, Conspiracy 18% ★, Detective 15.1%, Mystery 12%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%

Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.

Why similar: Investigation 22.1%, Detective 19.4%, Mystery 14.8%, Conspiracy 14.1% ★, Story Rich 8.7%

Uncover the terrifying truth behind the Blackwood conspiracy in this first-person psychological horror. Use emerging psychic powers to solve deep, environmental puzzles and survive the secrets of Project GENESIS.

Why similar: Investigation 19.7%, Conspiracy 15.3% ★, Mystery 12.7%, Detective 10.9%, Horror 9.7%

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: Investigation 21.6%, Detective 19.1%, Conspiracy 14.2% ★, Mystery 13.8%, Story Rich 7.5%

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 25.5%, Investigation 21.9%, Mystery 18.5%, Story Rich 7.3%, LGBTQ+ 6.1%

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 21.1%, Conspiracy 20.5% ★, Detective 17.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

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 26%, Investigation 25.3%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 9.9%

Explore the settlement, gather clues, interact with its inhabitants, and uncover a conspiracy. Your actions shape your relationships with the locals – will they help you, or deceive you? Your choices will determine whether the protagonist can escape, or if his tragic fate will repeat itself again.

Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Conspiracy 18.3% ★, Detective 17.7%, 2.5D 12.2%, Story Rich 8.2%

A Geoguessr-inspired narrative detective puzzle game set on an alien planet. As the Cartographer, you must gather and examine clues to locate missing archaeologist Abigail Lidari and uncover the fate of an ancient alien civilization.

Why similar: Investigation 23.2%, Conspiracy 23.2% ★, Detective 16.7%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 5.1%

《枫叶》是一款以南海市时代疑案为背景的中式恐怖悬疑解谜游戏。故事横跨三个年代，你将通过新人警察宋逸平的视角，从一桩看似普通的寺庙杀人案入手，逐步揭开一宗尘封数十年的冤案真相。当正义与程序、真相与代价纠缠不清，你能否在迷雾中找到那一片染血的枫叶？

Why similar: Conspiracy 16.3% ★, Detective 15.2%, Mystery 15%, Horror 14.3%, Investigation 13.2%

Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!

Why similar: Investigation 26.8%, Detective 22%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%

A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.3% ★, Investigation 19.1%, Detective 16%, Mystery 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%

Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.

Why similar: Conspiracy 20.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 11.2%, Mystery 9.3%

You are the Lawspeaker, a defender of justice. Decode local rituals. Seek the truth. Dismantle conspiracies to save the innocent from execution. Put an end to the deception by revealing the mystery of the Sacred King in this deduction puzzle game.

Why similar: Conspiracy 28.4% ★, Detective 18.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Investigation 11.7%, Story Rich 5.6%

Olivia Herrera's closest friend Kyle went missing at a frat house two years ago. A party at that frat house is her chance to investigate what happened to him, and get to the bottom of a strange connection she shares with her former group of friends.

Why similar: Investigation 19%, Conspiracy 18.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Stylized 8.5%

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 23.9%, Investigation 23.3%, Mystery 16.4%, Conspiracy 13.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 6.5%

Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.

Why similar: Investigation 21.6%, Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Detective 17.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Investigation 28.1%, Mystery 22.3%, Story Rich 12.3%, Conspiracy 12.2% ★, Atmospheric 9.4%

An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.

Why similar: Investigation 32.3%, Detective 30.4%, Mystery 18.4%, Story Rich 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%

Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.

Why similar: Conspiracy 17.4% ★, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

Lost & Found is an adventure-mystery game where you return townsfolk’s lost belongings & uncover personal stories behind each item. It features a hybrid animation style that blends 2D, 3D, pixel art, & more. Gather clues, investigate locals, & ensure every lost belonging ends up in the right hands.

Why similar: 2.5D 21.5%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Detective 12.9%, Story Rich 10.9%

Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.

Why similar: Investigation 28.2%, Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Stylized 8.5%

Explore a quarantined island chain and a vast automated hospital abandoned for twenty years. Uncover the secrets of the Malin Corporation while evading the machines that still believe they have patients.

Why similar: Investigation 26.2%, Mystery 17.3%, Conspiracy 15.7% ★, Detective 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%

A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?

Why similar: Investigation 23.8%, Detective 19.6%, Mystery 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%

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: Investigation 24.8%, Detective 23.3%, Mystery 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%

Blue Bird Land is an AVG with horror and puzzle elements. There are 2 episodes, including 6 endings and four chapters. In each chapter, the form of the game is unique and different from others. Let’s follow the alluring characters, addicted to the dangerous amusement park!

Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Detective 20.1%, Horror 11.5%, RPG 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

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: Investigation 26.4%, Detective 23.7%, Mystery 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

You're an Inquisitor following a trail of death. A cult is at work, your predecessor has vanished, and the region teeters on the edge of chaos. Find the truth. Uphold the Inquisition. Do not fail.

Why similar: Conspiracy 21.8% ★, Investigation 20.6%, Detective 18.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Story Rich 8.2%

Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.

Why similar: Investigation 22.2%, Conspiracy 21.4% ★, Detective 12.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%

A fading seaside town, a dark secret lurking beneath the waves, and a plot that will test your powers of deduction... Use logic, observation and your trusty notebook to untangle your way to the truth in this puzzling mystery.

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Conspiracy 21.4% ★, Mystery 19.1%, Investigation 16.1%, Story Rich 9.7%

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 29%, Detective 20.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 8.8%

Go to an abandoned village to find your missing brother. Explore the objects that come in your way. Solve the terrible mystery of this mysterious place.

Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Conspiracy 19.5% ★, Mystery 13.1%, Investigation 12.9%, Horror 12.8%

A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.

Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 17%, Mystery 12.6%, 2.5D 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 11.4%

《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: Investigation 26.3%, Detective 22.6%, Mystery 18.7%, 2.5D 12.4%, RPG 11%

first-person exploration game, explore the forbidden exoplanet, uncover the dark secrets.

Why similar: Investigation 26.7%, Mystery 17.1%, Horror 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Linear 7.8%

Petrichor is a first person horror game inspired by Outer Wilds. Other older games inspired us for the graphics. You are in a cabin in the woods, some strange things are happening here.

Why similar: Conspiracy 23.1% ★, Investigation 17.6%, Detective 15.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Stylized 9.1%

While on a school trip to Jabberwock Island, students are ensnared in Monokuma’s deadly game, forced into mutual killing and Class Trials to expose the culprit. Break through contradictions with high-speed detective action. Includes both a brand-new scenario and the enhanced original!

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 13.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, 2.5D 11.2%

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: Investigation 23.9%, Detective 21.5%, Mystery 15.7%, Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.

Why similar: Investigation 31.8%, Detective 27.6%, Mystery 17.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Linear 5.4%

Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.3% ★, Investigation 22.4%, Detective 19.3%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 7.6%

A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.

Why similar: Investigation 24.9%, Detective 20.8%, Mystery 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Story Rich 9.3%

What's this? A Point and Click, "Who Done It?", Murder Mystery Visual Novel, set in a Gothic Hotel on top of a lonely hill, during the Night of Halloween?

Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Stylized 7.4%

Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.

Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, Detective 17.9%, 2.5D 14.9%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.

Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Conspiracy 14.9% ★, Detective 14.3%, 2.5D 14.2%, Mystery 11.2%

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: Investigation 25.2%, Detective 20.8%, Mystery 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Colorful 7.3%

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 26.7%, Mystery 17.6%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Story Rich 9.9%

FoldLoop is a detective game that emphasizes logical reasoning. To escape the curse of endless cycles, you'll observe the sandbox from a higher dimension, analyze the rulebook, and deduce the secrets of the real world.

Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 17%, Conspiracy 16.8% ★, Story Rich 9.5%

A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases

Why similar: Investigation 26.6%, Detective 24.9%, Mystery 17.8%, 2.5D 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Crimson Seer is a fantasy detective puzzle game. Investigate murder scenes frozen in time, gather clues, and deduce motive, method, and location. Use your prophetic visions to uncover sinister elven plots, ancient mysteries, and dark rituals in an underground world.

Why similar: Investigation 24.6%, Detective 20.8%, Conspiracy 18.4% ★, Mystery 17.8%, Story Rich 6.5%