60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Detective, 2D.
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.
Case Sealed
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.
My Child New Beginnings
My Child New Beginnings is a parenting simulator where you go through everyday life of growth. After a series of traumatic events that you and your child went through, you now get to rebuild life together in a new region of Norway.
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 18.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Emotional 8%, Puzzle 7.3%
My Child New Beginnings is a parenting simulator where you go through everyday life of growth. After a series of traumatic events that you and your child went through, you now get to rebuild life together in a new region of Norway.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Simulation 20.3%, Emotional 13.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
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 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Detective 15%, Story Rich 9.8%, Emotional 9.2%
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 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Simulation 14.4%, Life Sim 10.9%, Drama 9.7%
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.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Text-Based 10.6%, Puzzle 10%
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 19.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Story Rich 8.4%, Text-Based 8.4%
Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Drama 10.4%
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Detective 17%, Mystery 12.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Story Rich 9.2%
You play as a tourist trapped in a scam compound. fight to survive, sneak around and seize escape chances. Gather hidden clues, master scam skills reluctantly to survive, meet captives stuck here for various reasons, dig out its dark secrets, and choose between escaping the den or ruling it.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 16.9%, Life Sim 14.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Exploration 7.8%
In 2016, a group of ambitious students got together to make the best adventure game ever — but they failed. Discover their story by playing through different builds of their game and reading their development logs.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Simulation 16.9%, Investigation 10.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
One day during a study session at the campus library, you instinctively scratch an itch through your pants due to a recurring skin condition. Unbeknownst to you, a girl seated across misinterprets your action as something indecent and records a video to report you.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Simulation 18.2%, Detective 12.1%, Drama 9.5%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Drama 10.4%, Emotional 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
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 16.4%, Emotional 15.4%, Investigation 11.9%, Story Rich 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
《梦蝶》是一款水墨画风，以汉字拆解重组为解谜核心的游戏。辽沐跟随着一只蝴蝶，来到了儿时母亲提起的“隐世”，为了能见到隐世中的仙人完成心愿，开始了一场与”汉字”紧密结合的冒险。通过对“汉字”的理解，重新拆解组合，变化出能破解谜题的“关键字”，重新感悟每个汉字背后所寄宿的故事。
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Drama 13.8%, Text-Based 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Puzzle 9.2%
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 24.6%, Investigation 18.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Mystery 8.9%, Story Rich 8.8%
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 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Drama 9.3%, Mystery 7.5%
A colourful narrative adventure game. You're one of the first sheep to attend university. Roam the campus, attend lectures by day and enjoy friend-time at night. Discover campus truths, and sniff out secrets. Live the life of a campus sheep, but beware: not everybody wants to see a sheep graduate!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Emotional 13.8%, Drama 10%, Story Rich 8.6%
She wakes in a cold room, an empty pill bottle by her side. Did she forget something important? Drawn into twisted dreams of anxiety and self-doubt, she must confront familiar mental shackles. Face deep grief and find the light in this psychological adventure...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Life Sim 14.8%, Emotional 13.8%, Detective 12.1%, Drama 10.6%
A bakery falls to arson and a city falls to chaos. With the harmony between human and dragon crumbling, can Rimentus solve the Mystery of Caketropolis before his kind face exile?
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Detective 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Drama 8.6%
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后，主角方哲收到了一个包裹，其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村，梦境与现实交错，指引他步步逼近真相......
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Drama 14.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
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 32%, Story Rich 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Puzzle 11.1%
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 19.8%, Investigation 14.9%, Drama 10.8%, Emotional 9.5%, Story Rich 9%
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 19.4%, Investigation 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Puzzle 9%
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 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Investigation 15.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Puzzle 9%
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 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Detective 15.3%, Emotional 9.1%, Text-Based 8.9%
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 16.5%, Detective 16.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Investigation 11.1%, Text-Based 9.8%
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 23.5%, Investigation 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
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 18.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Emotional 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Drama 9.2%
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: Detective 21.3%, Investigation 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Emotional 11.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
[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 24.3%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 10.5%, Conversation 8.5%
Just Another Life is a narrative-driven "life simulation" visual novel mixed with adventure game puzzle elements. Play as John Doe, just another life in the little town of Hope. Help John learn the stories of the various characters of Hope, and help him overcome the hurdles to his own happiness.
Why similar: Life Sim 15.5%, Emotional 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Drama 10.8%, Conversation 8.6%
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...
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Drama 11.3%, Emotional 10.8%, Conversation 9.1%
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
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 31.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Emotional 9.4%
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%
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 30.2%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 11.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
The Dawning is a first-person puzzle mystery game. Play as Detective Madison as he searches 7 beautifully crafted areas for clues to catch a killer. Use stealth to sneak past deadly enemies. Solve complex puzzles to access new areas, progress the rich storyline, and obtain key items.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Emotional 14.4%, Drama 13.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
A narrative noir thriller set in Kyoto. Detective Thomas Bennett investigates the disappearance of a British agent, only to collide with the Yakuza, a shadowy conspiracy, and a truth that should never surface.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Simulation 17.2%, Detective 16.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Drama 9.8%
Step into a gripping medieval political thriller where intrigue, betrayal, and power struggles shape your fate. As a ghostly detective, you’ll uncover conspiracies, navigate a web of deception and unravel a larger mystery tied to your own demise
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Investigation 14.8%, Puzzle 11.5%, Drama 11.2%, Mystery 10.4%
The ideal corporate city has fallen after a global data breach. The terrible secrets of its citizens became known to everyone. Lives were ruined. You must return peace to this city: make the criminals answer for their actions and, perhaps, find out the cause of the global failure.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Drama 12%, Puzzle 10.3%
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 19.2%, Life Sim 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Text-Based 10.4%, Investigation 9.6%
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Investigation 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Puzzle 9%
"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 31.1%, Investigation 13%, Drama 11.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Story Rich 11.1%
GRAFTAGE is a solarpunk hacking game where a bug has turned an office building into a cage. As you hack the corrupted machines through puzzles within their allotted runtimes, you bring the trapped denizens of the office building one step closer to freedom with each win you make against the virus.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Emotional 12.7%, Simulation 12%, Investigation 11.1%
A grizzled private eye in a sci-fi adventure takes a murder case no one else will touch. He’s seen it all before, but nothing’s prepared him for a conspiracy that leads off-world. Something big is about to happen. Whatever it is... it goes live at midnight.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Investigation 11%, Exploration 8.9%
在城市打拼的你，意外接手了奶奶留下来的餐馆。因此回到了童年生活过的家乡，自己去感受这个乡村世界带来的愉快体验。
Why similar: Life Sim 35%, Emotional 17%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Simulation 8.3%
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Emotional 13.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Drama 11.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Emotional 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Conversation 12.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Drama 11.5%, Emotional 11.4%
In an alternate post-war divided city, players take on the role of Detective Lucas. Use your eloquence, intelligence, the ability to rewind time (or even violence) to investigate and deduce various bizarre cases, unraveling a shocking secret behind them. Justice or love? The decision is yours.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Emotional 12.4%, Drama 11.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Conversation 8.1%
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 26.8%, Investigation 16.8%, Puzzle 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 10.5%
A short first-person psychological horror game about repeatedly descending into the same stretch of ocean. Each dive reveals new anomalies and fragmented memories as you search for the truth hidden beneath the waves.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.6%, Detective 15.7%, Emotional 12.9%, Drama 11.3%, Simulation 10.1%
继《栖云异梦》系列前两作的好评之后，第三作《栖云异梦3：溯源》将以解谜加轻度文字RPG的形式，带来更深刻的情感体验与更精妙的叙事设计。这一次，玩家将只身进入赤乌神的游戏场，调查十几年前的考古队员失踪大案，揭开方哲父母死亡的缘由。隐藏在真相之下的究竟是饱含恨意的贪婪？还是跨越生死的羁绊？
Why similar: Detective 26%, Puzzle 11.3%, Text-Based 9.9%, Emotional 9.8%, Casual 9.7%
Play as an idol wota(otaku) and mystery novelist in this pixel world filled with various game memes and joyful daily life. Continuously improve your abilities and befriend wota friends with different attributes, working together to confront a conspiracy hidden within the idol wota world...
Why similar: Life Sim 24.6%, Detective 16.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Drama 11.2%, Mystery 10.5%
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 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Investigation 13.6%, Text-Based 9.8%, Simulation 9.4%
A black-and-white stylized collection of visual novel stories with pixel graphics gameplay and lineart artwork. Experience how new bonds are created, how they evolve, twist and change. Complete with a separate open-ended adventure mode.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.1%, Detective 15.3%, Drama 12.6%, Emotional 11.6%, Story Rich 8.9%
In a town filled with cats, all the colors have been kitnapped! Luckily, you Mr. Detective, are on the case! Uncover the stories of the towncats and catch the Color Kitnapper! The Color Kitnapper is a short and sweet interactive walking simulator with an ASCII look, set in a town of adorable cats!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Detective 19.1%, Emotional 11.9%, Drama 11.5%, Casual 9.7%
Here is a short story about little Lisa, who wants to congratulate her mother on her birthday. But the child has no money for a present. Lisa has to look for ways to earn money for a present all day. But is there any sense in this? Maybe the girl shouldn't strain herself so much for such a mother?
Why similar: Life Sim 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Drama 12.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Exploration 9.5%
Become a Crime Scene Investigator, gather evidence, and connect not obvious facts which will lead you to solve the crime and find the guilty! Don't let criminals get more innocent victims!
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Life Sim 21.6%, Investigation 16%, Puzzle 9.2%, Exploration 9.1%
Play as the titular Spiritguide Ale in this beautiful top down 2D pixel art RPG. It's the night of the day of the dead festival, and families both celebrate and mourn their loved ones. You must take their gifts, and good memories and deliver it to the Spirits, so they may never forget who they are.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Emotional 15.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Puzzle 12%, Casual 10.6%
