60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Adventure, Singleplayer, Mystery.
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Expelled!
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
The Case of the Golden Idol
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.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Conversation 12.4%, Comic Book 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
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: Detective 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Historical 15.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
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: Detective 20.3%, Conversation 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Comic Book 14.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Comic Book 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Mystery 11.4%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 54.7%, Mystery 17.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Historical 12%, Adventure 2.5%
Join the investigation in Murder Is Game Over, a pixel art point-and-click game where you and Cleo try to solve the murder of a famous game designer. Can you uncover the clues and catch the killer before it's game over?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.8%, Detective 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Detective 44.1%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Mystery 15.1%, Adventure 1%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Conversation 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%
Guide Hamlet, Ophelia and Hamlet Sr. to hundreds of hilarious deaths in Ryan North's chooseable-path edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.8%, Comedy 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Adventure 23.3%, Comedy 21.1%, Puzzle 16.9%, Mystery 9.9%
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Choices Matter 21.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Visual Novel 4.9%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Comic Book 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Text-Based 10.1%
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
Why similar: Detective 45.9%, Comedy 23.8%, Mystery 17.2%, Adventure 7.9%, 2D 5.2%
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 29%, Text-Based 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Comedy 12.3%
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: Detective 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Drama 10.1%
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 22%, Dark Comedy 19.7%, Text-Based 12%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Comedy 10.5%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Mystery 11%, Comedy 8.2%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Conversation 18%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Comedy 8.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Historical 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%
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 48.5%, Mystery 16.8%, Puzzle 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Adventure 4.2%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Conversation 21.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.7%, Detective 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Conversation 23.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Comedy 11.2%, Puzzle 9.7%
An action novel adventure game in which you instantly judge and understand the contents of multiple conversations displayed simultaneously and continue to make the correct choice. You can experience the wonder of listening to several conversations at once.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Comic Book 15%, Text-Based 11.4%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 12.1%
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Detective 17.3%, Comic Book 15.6%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Puzzle 8.8%
Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 10%, Drama 8.9%
Negative Nancy is a choose your “no” adventure for people who have had enough. An interactive sitcom where you can only say “no” (or nothing at all). Your choices control the story.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Comedy 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Historical 19.6%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Puzzle 9.4%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Conversation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 12%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Hand-drawn 14%, Historical 12.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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: Detective 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Conversation 10%, Text-Based 9%
Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.
Why similar: Detective 43.5%, Puzzle 14%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Drama 9.7%
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21%, Detective 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Conversation 13.4%, Text-Based 12.6%
A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.2%, Comedy 26.3%, Mystery 18.9%, Adventure 10.7%, 2D 6.9%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Historical 13.2%, Mystery 13.1%
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Comedy 13.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
"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 40.7%, Historical 14.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Drama 8.5%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Text-Based 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 14.1%, Adventure 5.4%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Detective 38%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Puzzle 10.2%, Mystery 9.6%
Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder. As a ghost, you will have to possess people and use them to investigate your surroundings. But in this place no one is who they seem...and everyone has a secret.
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
A murder-mystery visual novel following 12 strangers with mysterious pasts. Make arguments and identify the murderer, but don't lose sight of the ultimate goal of eliminating the Game Master.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 45.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Puzzle 16.1%, Drama 12%, Text-Based 6%
Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!
Why similar: Conversation 20.9%, Comedy 19.2%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%
Join the ladies of Kawaii Island for a Wet 'n' Wild vacation! Enjoy casual gameplay, build relationships, unlock special outfits, and explore each girl's unique story with fully voiced and animated artwork!
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.1%, Comedy 45.2%, 2D 8.7%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Detective 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 13%
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Comedy 11.9%
Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.
Why similar: Detective 40.9%, Puzzle 18%, Mystery 17.2%, Drama 12%, 2D 6%
Episode 1 and 2 of the award winning murder mystery, visual novel adventure in which you become the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, the glamorous and stylish detective!
Why similar: Detective 41.2%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Adventure 16.3%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Conversation 19.5%, Comic Book 19.4%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Mystery 9.7%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Detective 7.3%
"No men in this house" is a visual novel set in Thailand. This edge-of-your-seat detective story about mysterious deaths on a touristy island will make you suspect everyone, including yourself!
Why similar: Detective 41.8%, Visual Novel 20%, Mystery 16.5%, Text-Based 15.6%, Adventure 6.2%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Conversation 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.3%
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Visual Novel 8.8%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Detective 37%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Drama 8.7%
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Comic Book 15.9%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Comedy 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Conversation 18.9%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Comedy 12.8%, Mystery 9.7%
