- #1 Liar’s Line
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PexeliesPub: Aroko Game Studio
Windows
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 18.4% ★, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 13.6%, Thriller 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #2 Foghorns Drown
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Laaya
Windows
You're a ferryman in Birchwood, a remote village isolated beyond a lake veiled in thick fog. Mysteries and folklore haunt your dreams in this narrative-driven psychological horror game.
Why similar: Narrative 21.2% ★, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Thriller 13%, Detective 12.3%, Mystery 11.1%
- #3 My Work Is Not Yet Done
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sutemi ProductionsPub: Raw Fury
Windows
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: Narrative 22.9% ★, Investigation 16.8%, Detective 12%, Thriller 9.7%, Mystery 8.8%
- #4 Scrutator Tenebris
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Empty Die Studio
Windows
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 18.4% ★, Investigation 16.8%, Detective 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 11.2%
- #5 Case 42: The Redwood Files
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A DeadGame Studio
Windows
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 23.9% ★, Investigation 17.2%, Detective 15.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Mystery 9.3%
- #6 THIEF'S SHELTER
94% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
Windows
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Narrative 24.6% ★, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 14.8%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #7 Incident Reports: Millers Residence
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faint Signal Games
Windows
A late-night call sends you to the Millers Residence. What begins as a routine investigation turns into a descent through buried records, missing evidence, and a house arranged to hide something far worse.
Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Detective 13.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%
- #8 Local Opera
92% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamy_Chat
Windows
Welcome to the mysterious village of "Folk Show"! This is a domestic plot-oriented micro-horror game that will take you into a rural story full of suspense and thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Detective 15.6%, Thriller 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Mystery 13.5%
- #9 The Simulation
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playmestudio
Windows
A never-before-seen game is the only clue left at a crime scene. Called in as a retired game designer to help with the case, you discover hidden breaches that let you cross into game worlds from within.
Why similar: Narrative 19.7% ★, Investigation 15%, Thriller 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 8.8%
- #10 The End of the Sun
90% matchVery Positive97% of 312 reviews2025
Dev: The End of the Sun Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Detective 15.6%, Investigation 15.3%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Thriller 11.9%, Mystery 11.4%
- #11 Draugen
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,139 reviews2019
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Narrative 13.8% ★, Mystery 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Investigation 10.7%
- #12 The Shade
89% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Blindside Studio
Windows
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 22.9% ★, Thriller 14.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Mystery 8.7%
- #13 MeiQi 2023
88% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
This collection is the latest collection of the MeiQi Series, which will include the S09E06 and the 10thSeason.
Why similar: Investigation 15.2%, Detective 13.6%, Thriller 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, 1980s 11.2%
- #14 The End of the Sun: Prologue
86% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: The End of the Sun Forge
Windows
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 25.8% ★, Detective 16.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 10%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #15 In Fear I Trust
89% matchMixed49% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: Black Wing FoundationPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In Fear I Trust is a critically acclaimed first-person horror adventure. Explore eerie locations, solve puzzles and unravel the dark truth behind a secret soviet experiment in this story-driven psychological thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Thriller 14.6%, Cold War 14.3% ★, Psychological Horror 11.9%, 1980s 7.5%
- #16 Folcroft Monastery
87% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: Black Knife Games
Windows
You've been hired by an outfit known as SMS Group to retrieve an artifact lost somewhere inside the abandoned Folcroft Monastery. Locals say the place is haunted by restless spirits, but the pay was too good to pass up. You asked little questions. Find the artifact requested and get out alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Detective 11.4%, Investigation 11.3%, Mystery 10%, Dark 8.2%
- #17 Meal: Mystery Escape Room
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Unyielding Pixel Games
Windows
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 20.6%, Detective 17.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Thriller 9.7%, Exploration 6.8%
- #18 SOMBRAS: negative frames
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maboroshi ArtworksPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
‘SOMBRAS: negative frames’ is a first person narrative game with a focus on photography and light horror elements. Follow Shiomi, a Japanese-Spanish photography student, as she is spirited away in a dark mirror of her 2000s Japanese town and must confront fragments of her own psyche.
Why similar: Narrative 21.7% ★, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Investigation 13.3%, Story Rich 7.9%, Thriller 7.5%
- #19 Conscience
84% matchVery Positive93% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: Bowker Studios
Windows
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 20% ★, Investigation 19.6%, Detective 19.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #20 The Case of the Golden Idol
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,922 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 18.5%, Detective 16.5%, Narrative 14.3% ★, Mystery 12%, Thriller 11.1%
- #21 Unhomely
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio 8-TrackPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
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 17%, Thriller 14%, Detective 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Mystery 10.3%
- #22 The Event
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Games
Windows
The Event is a first-person psychological horror game that offers immersive gameplay and a rich narrative. Find yourself stuck in mystery and struggle in the dark against paranormal activities, demons from other worlds and much more. Will you be able to find out the truth and return home?
Why similar: Narrative 16% ★, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Thriller 13.1%, Mystery 8.5%, Surreal 7.8%
- #23 Empty Gauge
81% matchNo user reviews97% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Playnova Studio
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Investigation 20.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Thriller 12.9%, First-Person 6.6%
- #24 As The Leaves Fall
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clay Crown Games
Windows · Mac
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 20.5% ★, Investigation 15.7%, Detective 15.3%, Thriller 12%, Mystery 11.4%
- #25 Atheris
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Weird Potro Studio
Windows
Dr. Roth wakes from cryosleep with his memory gone. The crew of the Atheris is dead, and the ship's AI speaks to him like a mother, then orders him to dance. Only she knows who did this. So will you, in an hour. If you're good enough.
Why similar: Narrative 21.3% ★, Investigation 15.7%, Thriller 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 10.2%
- #26 Shadow Mansion 2
80% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
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 19.4%, Thriller 17.1%, Investigation 16.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Mystery 8.9%
- #27 The Brothers Hotel
79% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
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 19.7%, Detective 16.5%, Thriller 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Mystery 11.8%
- #28 IFU
79% matchMixed68% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Setonika GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
Windows
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Why similar: Thriller 14.8%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Mystery 8.3%
- #29 The Ratline
77% matchVery Positive83% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows · Mac
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 25.4%, Detective 23.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Narrative 10.7% ★, Thriller 5.3%
- #30 Alone After Dark: Head Practitioner
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tachycardia Games
Windows
Attend to patients and fill out paperwork as 22-year-old Kimora Jackson on her first shift after graduating nursing school. Draw blood, administer medications, and try not to lose your head in the chilling hallways of Coldrock Medical Center.
Why similar: Narrative 32.8% ★, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Thriller 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #31 Nowhere Near
78% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: VYRE Studios
Windows
Do you believe in ghosts? As a skeptical video blogger, you will travel to France to one of the most cursed places - the abandoned Lagarde psychiatric hospital. Will you be able to capture something. or someone.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Thriller 13.9%, Investigation 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Mystery 11.5%
- #32 Imprinted
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cobalt Lane
Windows · Mac · Linux
An audio restoration job becomes an investigation into the occult, as an elusive musician’s damaged cassette tapes are exhumed in northern Italy. Use a fully-operational desktop to sift through files, descending into the artist’s world in this slow-burning ghost tale of creativity and obsession.
Why similar: Narrative 26.8% ★, Investigation 15%, Detective 12.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Surreal 8%
- #33 Radiolight
75% matchVery Positive91% of 482 reviews2025
Dev: Krystof KneslPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
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 20% ★, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 12.8%, Thriller 12.5%, Mystery 8.9%
- #34 PROJE ARAF
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: obscuradev
Windows
PROJE ARAF is an atmospheric first-person psychological horror and puzzle game trapped between reality and nightmare. Explore dark rooms, examine cryptic evidence, and unlock the dark secrets of your mind to uncover the truth. Can you survive the unseen tension following your every step?
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Thriller 13.6%, Mystery 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #35 The Painscreek Killings
78% matchVery Positive91% of 6,246 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 24.1%, Detective 19%, Mystery 14.2%, Thriller 7.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #36 Inside The Forest
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stepan Tsokur
Windows
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Detective 14.9%, Thriller 11.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #37 Uncle Otto's Mansion
73% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Henano
Windows
You play as Audrey, who has just inherited a mansion from an uncle she never met. Step inside and explore the mansion to unveil the story of what happened to your uncle Otto, his butler, and this kinda creepy place. 😬
Why similar: Narrative 32.9% ★, Investigation 26.2%, Mystery 17.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #38 The Disappearance of Emily Crowe
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nemoris Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror built on stealth and dread. Raise your real phone to reveal what your screen can't — hidden threats, impossible paths, and the truth about a sister who vanished 15 years ago. What took Emily never left, and it remembers you.
Why similar: Narrative 22.7% ★, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Investigation 10.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #39 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
72% matchMixed58% of 355 reviews2026
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Nacon
Windows
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Detective 13.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Thriller 9.4%
- #40 Silent Love
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Thriller 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Surreal 9.6%
- #41 The Evaluation
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Unicorn Games
Windows
A first-person horror puzzle game about solving cryptic puzzles and surviving a deadly night inside an abandoned drive-in theater.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Investigation 18.4%, Thriller 12.4%, Mystery 10.4%, First-Person 9.2%
- #42 The Backrooms Origins
73% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hypnos Games
Windows
The Backrooms Origins is a first person exploration and psychological horror game about famous creepypasta the backrooms. Explore levels of backrooms and try to keep your sanity.
Why similar: Cold War 16.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Thriller 13.9%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 8%
- #43 Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is a 3D horror adventure game, with the direction and the original script by Ruggero Deodato. Take control of different characters in a desperate expedition to the virgin jungles of Borneo.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Investigation 16.1%, Thriller 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Mystery 10.2%
- #44 Lord Winklebottom Investigates
73% matchVery Positive93% of 237 reviews2022
Dev: Cave Monsters
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28.1% ★, Detective 17%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Surreal 7.5%
- #45 It Was Not a Suicide
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Poisonic Studio
Windows
A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.
Why similar: Investigation 22.8%, Detective 22.4%, Thriller 14.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #46 查无此人
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CopyCat.Studio
Windows · Mac
一款以清末民初的上海为时代背景的社会派推理游戏。你在一台历史悬案核查终端前接手这项任务:为墙中无名遗骸重建家族谱系。翻阅泛黄的婚书、讣告与老照片,看清旧秩序崩塌之际每个人的选择与挣扎。
Why similar: Detective 24%, Investigation 22.9%, Narrative 19.9% ★, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #47 Who Killed The Streamer?
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bozhidar Petrov ValchevPub: BossyFi
Windows
Investigate the murder of a famous streamer and find out who the killer is, but beware of people who don't like you meddling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Mystery 20.3%, Investigation 17.5%, Exploration 9.5%, First-Person 9.3%
- #48 The Last Case of John Morley
69% matchVery Positive82% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
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 25.5% ★, Detective 16.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Story Rich 6%
- #49 Michael Test
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fancysquare
Windows
This is a test about sin. An audio-driven horror mystery where you reconstruct the hidden timeline inside a painting through sound and expose the sin concealed within.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Surreal 7.4%
- #50 Condition Unknown
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Narrative 21.8% ★, Investigation 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 12.4%, Mystery 9.9%
- #51 Backrooms: Lost Tape
70% matchVery Positive82% of 1,411 reviews2022
Dev: Cortez Productions
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Why similar: Investigation 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 12.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Surreal 7.6%
- #52 The Nightwal Legacy
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quantum Division
Windows
A first-person supernatural thriller where you explore a manor overtaken by darkness. Wield a mysterious power to confront an ancient evil, unravel the truth, and save your brother.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Thriller 9.5%
- #53 The Final Witness
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gamalone
Windows
The Final Witness is a first-person psychological horror detective game where every case tells a different story. Explore a haunted family mansion, uncover hidden truths, analyze conflicting evidence, and identify the true killer before the darkness consumes your sanity.
Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Detective 21.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Mystery 12.2%, First-Person 5.7%
- #54 They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DEKLAZONPub: PQube
Windows
A first-person alien abduction horror game inspired by cult sci-fi thrillers. In this cinematic, story-driven experience, play as local journalist Taylor Fox, sent to investigate chilling reports of unexplained phenomena at a remote family farm.
Why similar: Investigation 15.9%, Detective 15.2%, Thriller 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 9.4%
- #55 Fragments of Dread - Late Lines FM
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Late Lines FM is a first-person, story-driven psychological horror experience. Your night shift at 107.9 FM turns into a nightmare with the forbidden 99.9 frequency. When the cursed song plays, you should cover your ears but to find the radio, you must listen.
Why similar: Narrative 24.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Thriller 13.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #56 Unheard - Voices of Crime
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,881 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 17.3%, Thriller 16%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #57 Woodside
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Flower Games
Windows
Welcome to Woodside, a haunting survival horror adventure. Explore, investigate and survive as Grace, confronting supernatural terrors that plague a seemingly quaint British village. Experience dynamic horror as spirits react to the way you play. Can you find the truth before it's too late?
Why similar: Investigation 23.8%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Thriller 7.9%
- #58 Detective Hindsight
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broccoli Bunny Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 23.2%, Mystery 16.2%, Thriller 10.8%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #59 The Alley
64% matchVery Positive94% of 227 reviews2026
Dev: AIXLABPub: Smilegate
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Aberrations" and deceptive "Deceptions" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Thriller 15.7%, Investigation 11.6%, Mystery 9.2%, Dark 7.3%
- #60 The Colour Beyond: A Zeroth Kind
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infigo Games
Windows
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Investigation 26.8%, Mystery 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Detective 9.3%