60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Crime, Adventure, Interactive Fiction.
A cozy-thriller adventure game focused on exploration, story, and following clues. Have friends, think about life, think about death, eat tasty food, and play games in the arcade!
Mind Shadows
Mind Shadows is the first standalone game that my friend and I have made since graduating. It is a short psychological horror experience set in the 1980s. You will see multiple cinematic locations in First Person as you slowly gather hints to what is going on.
DETECTIVE - Minerva case
DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.
Mind Shadows is the first standalone game that my friend and I have made since graduating. It is a short psychological horror experience set in the 1980s. You will see multiple cinematic locations in First Person as you slowly gather hints to what is going on.
Why similar: Assassins 22.5% ★, Crime 16.3%, Conspiracy 15.3% ★, Detective 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.
Why similar: Crime 21.2%, Detective 21%, Assassins 18.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Philosophical 9.2%
Something is wrong in the ward. As a detective investigating a serious crime, navigate the ruins of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, gather evidence, and follow a trail that leads deeper into madness
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Crime 26.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Third Person 7.8%
Join Connor O'Ryan and his inseparable friend Brian Moloney in a classic Point & Click thriller that will take them from the gloomy streets of Dublin to the sweltering heat of Kenya, where they will become embroiled in a conspiracy hidden in time.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Crime 22.7%, Conspiracy 21.2% ★, 1990's 10.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
When Sirens Fall Silent is a dark psychological thriller set in 1990s Italy. Play as Mila, a troubled policewoman drawn into a high-profile case of kidnappings and murders. As the case unravels you must not only save her from herself, but from being swallowed by a vortex of violence and confusion.
Why similar: Crime 20.5%, Detective 20.1%, Philosophical 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Escape the London Ripper while you work as a night girl.
Why similar: Assassins 28.5% ★, Crime 23%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Third Person 8.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
A psychological horror crime experience featuring Story mode and Anomaly mode. Where time is your only weapon.. travel back through fractured moments to stop a brutal crime before it happens uncover the truth, alter the outcome, and face the consequences of changing fate in a haunting reality.
Why similar: Detective 36.3%, Crime 34.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, 3D 3.4%
Trapped on the night shift, June investigates the mysterious disappearance of a coworker in a dark, silent office building. Explore, solve puzzles, and face fear as something watches from the shadows. Cutter is an intense, atmospheric first-person psychological horror game.
Why similar: Assassins 27.7% ★, Crime 19.9%, Conspiracy 18.7% ★, Detective 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
Investigate a little girl's disappearance at a rundown trailer park. Play as Detective Partridge and cross examine three suspects to find the truth with fully freeform interrogation. Type anything and ask anything you want.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Crime 18%, Conspiracy 14.3% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Crime 21.8%, Detective 21.6%, Assassins 20.7% ★, Conspiracy 14.4% ★, Psychological Horror 12.4%
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Crime 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Detective 20.7%, Comedy 16.5%, Adventure 9.6%
Help solve a crime.
Why similar: Crime 24.8%, Detective 21%, 2.5D 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Exploration 7.9%
A deduction game where every case challenges you to uncover who committed the murder, with what, and where. Step into the shoes of Leah Sharp, a detective working for an agency that uses neural synchronization to send its investigators into reconstructed crime scenes across time and space.
Why similar: Assassins 30.4% ★, Crime 22.1%, Detective 18.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 9.1%
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 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Assassins 12.3% ★, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, 1990's 8.3%
"The Fourth Day Disappeared" is a pixel art detective game. As an intern detective, you're caught in a serial murder case on a train trip. Investigate, gather evidence, interrogate passengers, and connect clues to find the killer.
Why similar: Crime 27.5%, Detective 27%, Capitalism 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%
After Death is a police horror videogame based on real events, where the fate of Bisman is in your hands. Prosecutor Bisman is murdered, next to his body there is only his ghost, without memories, wanting to solve the mystery of his own death. Meanwhile, the Reaper is on the prowl...
Why similar: Assassins 30.3% ★, Crime 21.1%, Conspiracy 19.9% ★, Detective 17.4%, Exploration 6.8%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Crime 21%, Detective 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Comedy 11.8%, Story Rich 7.9%
Use your most valuable chicken detective skills to solve the Bartolomeu's mystery. In this point'n click game you explore a kidnapper house guided by a series of ink marks of poor Rubens, the Butcher of the city. Judite gathered the information and just disappeared. Now, fend for yourself!
Why similar: Crime 31.5%, Detective 26.8%, Assassins 25.4% ★, Exploration 6.4%, Funny 5.5%
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: Crime 23.8%, Detective 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Story Rich 8.5%
Detective Penguin is the first and only physics-and-penguin-based detective game on the market. Solve cases in your own way. Interrogate suspects, find clues, or use your flippers to punch your way to the answers.
Why similar: Assassins 22.2% ★, Detective 20.1%, Conspiracy 16.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Comedy 9.4%
DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".
Why similar: Crime 22.5%, Assassins 22.3% ★, Detective 21.1%, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.
Why similar: Crime 31.2%, Detective 30.3%, Philosophical 11.9%, Story Rich 7%, Adventure 5.7%
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Crime 31.3%, Detective 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Story Rich 8.3%, Exploration 7.5%
Twilight Protocol is an atmospheric detective horror about an employee who becomes trapped in a corporate mystery. Explore the city, gather clues, talk to locals and colleagues, and uncover the truth hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Conspiracy 19.8% ★, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Top-Down 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
Nightmere is a detective-mystery game with psychological horror elements fused into it. Set in 1991, you play as Amelia, a young private investigator who reluctantly takes on a missing persons case in the small, quiet town of Nightmere – and finds something much darker.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Crime 18.2%, 2.5D 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
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 24.9%, Crime 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, 1990's 10.6%, Story Rich 7.6%
Play as an adorable yet trouble-making turnip. Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!
Why similar: Crime 24.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Comedy 14.1%, Top-Down 11.8%, Story Rich 9%
A first-person horror investigation game set against a wartime backdrop. Explore an abandoned asylum, use psychometric abilities to uncover a criminal case from the past, solve puzzles, and collect evidence before time runs out.
Why similar: Crime 29.5%, Detective 25.3%, 1990's 11.9%, Comedy 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
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 25.5%, Crime 24.2%, 1990's 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Story Rich 9.3%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Crime 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Comedy 10.1%, Story Rich 9%
An indie detective RPG inspired by titans such as Fallout: New Vegas and Disco Elysium. Talk to the residents, explore the neighbourhood, solve crimes, and dive into the world of the city of Bayview in 3D voxel glory!
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Conspiracy 17.7% ★, Capitalism 15.2%, Crime 14%, Story Rich 8.4%
Boodunnit?! is an adventure-sandbox game where you play as a ghost that has to solve the mystery of her own murder!
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Crime 22.1%, Comedy 17.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Exploration 8.1%
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Comedy 15.2%, 1990's 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
Jack Graves has been invited to a mysterious mansion by a killer who has yet to finish their work. Investigate supernatural echoes, uncover the next victims, and stop the culprit before it’s too late.
Why similar: Assassins 23.6% ★, Crime 17.6%, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Detective 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%
WORK. DIE. REPEAT. Can you break out from the sinister cycle?
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Detective 15.8%, Adventure 7%
A shocking murder has rocked the Ironwood Inn. Play as one of four detectives, each with unique interrogation styles. Search for clues, question suspects, and uncover secrets in this high-stakes mystery. Can you solve the case before time runs out?
Why similar: Crime 36.7%, Detective 35.8%, Adventure 8.7%, Story Rich 8.1%, Top-Down 6.2%
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Detective 31%, Crime 24.7%, Comedy 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Funny 8.2%
In a Detective's Mind is an investigation game that seeks to put you in the role of a detective, who needs to solve cases and deal with obscure problems from his past.
Why similar: Detective 43.5%, Crime 22.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Top-Down 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
Colors:Zero is an interactive storytelling set in a neo noir universe. You will play as a detective and will be assigned to investigate about strange murders.
Why similar: Assassins 26.2% ★, Crime 19.7%, Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Third Person 8.1%
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: Crime 28.2%, Detective 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Top-Down 9.8%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Crime 28.2%, Detective 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 7.1%
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Top-Down 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Exploration 9%
This is a fantastic journey that shuttles between reality and the inner world. You need to follow six companions with distinct personalities to explore the deepest secrets of people's hearts together. It includes mild decryption and some psychological horror elements
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Comedy 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Emotional 9.3%
Repetitive work in the metropolis pushed you to the limit. Vacation and grandfather's inheritance — a house in Gravewood. But the closer you get, the clearer: something is wrong. The road will be your first test. Meet strangers, explore locations, and be ready: silence is only a cover.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Psychological Horror 23%, Story Rich 8.9%, Adventure 8.8%, 1990's 8.5%
Look for what you forgot, be very careful, you are not the only one in the building and there are signs of it, search, explore and interact in search of what you are looking for! Get ready to enter into mystery and unrest, something is not right and you need to find out why. PS2 style horror game.
Why similar: Assassins 30.4% ★, Crime 21.4%, Detective 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Exploration 7.5%
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Crime 26%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Comedy 11%, Story Rich 9.6%
Twelve guests at a Chicago hotel plot to steal millions in jewels. Stop them before midnight strikes.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Crime 20%, Conspiracy 14.9% ★, Comedy 12.5%, Exploration 9%
A comedy dating sim about a serial killer, an italian, and a psychologist.
Why similar: Assassins 30.6% ★, Crime 21.2%, Detective 18.9%, Comedy 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
Connected Fates is a surreal top down Puzzle Adventure game where you guide a child through a dying world and help him return home. The game knows you exist, and you are able to influence it through unconventional means.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Comedy 13.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Top-Down 10.3%, Exploration 9.4%
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: Detective 28.9%, Conspiracy 26.9% ★, Crime 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Adventure 4.7%
You're a cop checking an abandoned barn. Simple assignment. But the longer you're there, the less you can trust what you see — or yourself. A first-person psychological anomaly horror experience built around paranoia and perception.
Why similar: Crime 23.3%, Detective 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
Play as Alias Node, a human detective working on planet, Armpit VI. Your assignment? Catch a shifty criminal, wanted for grand theft and murder, before whatever it is, escapes to another world!
Why similar: Crime 22.9%, Detective 22.7%, Conspiracy 14.5% ★, Capitalism 12.9%, 1990's 11.2%
First-person horror game where you work the night shift at a Mexican convenience store, handling daily tasks while facing eerie and unexpected events.
Why similar: Assassins 31.7% ★, Crime 24.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%, 3D 5.1%
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Crime 23.2%, Conspiracy 19.1% ★, 1990's 11.5%, Story Rich 8.2%
As Kiran Deshmukh, survive a decaying monolith in this classic survival horror. Uncover the psychological rot of a corrupt mega-corp and the grisly crimes of its Board. In this dystopian thriller, the bottom line is written in blood. Profit is temporary. Pain is eternal.
Why similar: Crime 22.5%, Detective 18.8%, Conspiracy 18.8% ★, Capitalism 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
ONE GAME, TWO COLOURS. ONE ADVENTURE, MANY PUZZLES. A short story-based 2-D Puzzle-Adventurer with a 1-Bit Pixel art style.
Why similar: Assassins 27.5% ★, Crime 19%, Conspiracy 17.7% ★, Top-Down 9.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
Play as Conrad, the town's executioner. Investigate a mysterious death, gather clues, question suspects and solve puzzles in this classic point-and-click mystery where witchcraft and superstition conceal a far darker truth.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Conspiracy 21.8% ★, Crime 21.6%, Story Rich 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Uncover an existential conspiracy, rescue your friend and save the world from mindless drudgery in this irreverent Sci-fi point and click adventure!
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.3% ★, Detective 18.3%, Crime 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Philosophical 10.7%
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Crime 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Comedy 10.1%, Exploration 8.3%
There is a big discussion going on about a mysterious group named The Katydids proposing riddles and challenges on online forums, Are you clever enough to unravel the mystery of this obscure organization?
Why similar: Crime 25.4%, Conspiracy 23.1% ★, Assassins 22.1% ★, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
