60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Detective, Investigation, Visual Novel.
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
TellTale - Casino Murder Case
[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.
The Girl Who Wasn't There
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
[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 24.7%, Investigation 18.3%, Text-Based 9.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 8.2%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Logic 8.3%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 9.7%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Investigation 17.8%, Text-Based 16.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Mystery 8.5%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Investigation 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 6.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Investigation 23.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 10.7%, Mystery 7.6%
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate witnesses and organize your evidence to catch the culprit. Solve multiple different cases in varying areas and talk to many unique and fun characters. Can you solve it? Come and see.
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Investigation 24.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Puzzle 8.5%, Logic 7.8%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Investigation 18.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Mystery 7.3%
Mystery detective with eye-catching pixel art graphics. Gather clues, solve riddles, and collect unexpected and interesting game endings!
Why similar: Investigation 21%, Detective 16.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Comedy 9.1%, Mystery 8.1%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Investigation 19%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Mystery 8.2%
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Comedy 7.5%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Mystery 8.5%
A mystery adventure game featuring a camera-headed detective and a superpowered girl teaming up to solve crimes. Play as the detective to gather and combine clues, reveal the hidden truth, and tear down fabricated lies.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Investigation 25.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 7.4%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Investigation 23.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%
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 24.2%, Investigation 15.6%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Puzzle 7.2%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Investigation 12.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
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 32%, Investigation 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 8.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Investigation 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Puzzle 7.1%, Story Rich 6.8%
《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: Detective 29.5%, Investigation 22%, Text-Based 13.6%, Puzzle 10.7%, Mystery 9.2%
A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Investigation 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Comedy 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
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 35.9%, Investigation 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 7.8%, Story Rich 7.4%
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 22.6%, Investigation 17.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Puzzle 7.7%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Investigation 21.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Logic 9.8%, Mystery 8.3%
Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Investigation 22.2%, Logic 11.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Puzzle 11.3%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Investigation 25.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Text-Based 9.3%, Mystery 8.5%
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 25.8%, Investigation 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 12.4%, Mystery 8.8%
"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 35%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 9.9%, Text-Based 9.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Investigation 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 9.9%, Mystery 7.4%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 28%, Investigation 20%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Puzzle 7.9%
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 25.4%, Investigation 19.8%, Text-Based 11.2%, Logic 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 37.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Puzzle 10.5%, Story Rich 8%, Logic 7.2%
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 25%, Investigation 14.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Comedy 7.9%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Investigation 23.6%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 7.9%, Logic 6.9%
「ギルド探求団へようこそ！」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう！それでは──良い旅を！
Why similar: Detective 43.1%, Investigation 27.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Adventure 4.1%
Duke Damian has been murdered! Collect clues, solve puzzles, and deduce the killer. Follow a growing trail of crimes and unravel the conspiracy tying them all together.
Why similar: Detective 38.3%, Investigation 17.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Puzzle 8.3%
A novel-style mystery adventure game. Explore 2D top-down maps! Enjoy easy puzzles and comical text. Become the assistant to the lost detective Chiho-chan and help solve mysteries!
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Text-Based 20.1%, Investigation 13.8%, Comedy 9.1%, Mystery 6%
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 37.4%, Investigation 26.4%, Mystery 9.1%, Puzzle 8.7%, Logic 7.6%
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 21.5%, Investigation 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Mystery 8.9%
Mindjack is a plot-progression Visual novels and investigation game about social violence. Hijack instructors' vision terminals, eavesdrop on conspiracies, and capture violent acts. You must uncover dark secrets, and decide whether to save your friends trapped within the time limit.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 9.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Logic 8.4%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Puzzle 9%, Mystery 8.5%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Detective 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 13.2%, Puzzle 8.4%
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Detective 29%, Investigation 18%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Puzzle 7.9%, Story Rich 7.7%
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: Detective 36.7%, Investigation 27.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
Andrey comes to the city to enroll in college and moves into a communal apartment. Neighbors, alcoholics, cult members, and gangsters test his mettle. Every decision is a choice between morality and survival. A visual novel where one wrong move turns a college applicant into a criminal.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Text-Based 19.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Investigation 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Investigation 15%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 10.6%, Mystery 8%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Logic 9.1%
Go undercover as a ballroom dance teacher on a cruise ship full of wacky murder suspects. Create dance routines to uncover their dark secrets, follow the leads, and combine clues to find who killed the head scientist of the Bolero Chocolate Company.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 23.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, Puzzle 8%
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: Detective 31.4%, Investigation 24.5%, Mystery 9%, Puzzle 7.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Investigation 20.6%, Text-Based 11.9%, Puzzle 9.2%, Mystery 9.2%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 42.2%, Investigation 28.9%, Mystery 10%, Puzzle 8.6%, Story Rich 5.4%
A point-and-click deduction game where you unravel complex events. Explore frozen moments in time, analyze the scene, and fill in the blanks. Piece together the who, how, and why behind each curious scenario.
Why similar: Detective 35.4%, Investigation 30.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Puzzle 9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
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 27.2%, Investigation 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 11.9%, Mystery 7.7%
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 7.9%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Investigation 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
Why similar: Detective 29%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Text-Based 8.3%
Logic Grid Puzzle is a multilingual story-driven logical deduction game in which you have to discover the whole story by using partially given facts.A pleasant yet challenging recreation for lovers of logical games and mystery-solving games.Are you ready for the challenge?
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Investigation 21.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Logic 11.3%, Puzzle 8.7%
Find evidence, interrogate suspects, and shoot down contradictions in this magical girl detective game! Your magic turns each interrogation into a bullet hell logic battle - use it to prove your skills and uncover the truth of each magical mystery! Will you live up to the ideals of a true detective?
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Logic 8%, Mystery 7.3%
