60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Mystery, Adventure, Detective.
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?
The Dawning
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.
Call of the Golden Valley
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
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: Crime 15.1%, Detective 12.3%, Drama 10%, Cinematic 9.8%, Mystery 8.7%
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Crime 9.3%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
The Burden of Proof saga continues! Step into the shoes of legendary prosecutor Conrad Cross during a pivotal moment of his journey. Investigate crime scenes, solve mysteries using evidence, and make your case in the courtroom. The burden lies with you to unravel the truth!
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Crime 12.2%, Drama 10.8%, Cinematic 8%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 15.3%, Crime 12.6%, Mystery 11%, Psychological 10%
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 15.5%, Detective 14.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 8.8%, Drama 8.8%
An exploration-driven mystery set on quarantined Scottish islands, where you investigate abandoned settlements, uncover hidden clues, and reveal the truth behind a decades-old government seal.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 15.1%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
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 19.5%, Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Cinematic 9.9%, Story Rich 7.6%
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 20.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Detective 15.5%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%
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 16.2%, Crime 15.6%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Drama 7.6%
The Poisoned Roots is a narrative driven game about abuse, obsession, and the dark secrets of a troubled American home. It’s a short game, and is intended to be played in a single sitting.
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Crime 16.6%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Mystery 11%, Drama 7.6%
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Mystery 9.9%, Cinematic 9.6%, Psychological 9.4%
JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Crime 17.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Drama 9.6%, Cinematic 9.1%
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: Detective 18.8%, Investigation 16.9%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Psychological 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Crime 14%, Mystery 12.8%, Investigation 10.2%, Exploration 7.4%
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 20.8%, Detective 20.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, Story Rich 6.5%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Crime 20.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Investigation 8.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
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: Crime 15.8%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 13.4%, Mystery 11.7%, Cinematic 9.1%
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 16.8%, Investigation 15.8%, Drama 9.4%, Mystery 9.1%, Psychological 8.4%
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Psychological 11.2%, Mystery 11%, Drama 10%
A first-person investigative thriller where your family is kidnapped and you must carry out various demands from the kidnapper in order to prolong their lives. However, if you are sharp, you might also uncover clues to track down their location and devise a rescue plan.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Crime 14.6%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 11%, Walking Simulator 9.8%
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Why similar: Detective 34.3%, Crime 18.9%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Story Rich 5.1%
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 16.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Drama 9.6%
Discover a world where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.
Why similar: Crime 17.2%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover a dark world beneath the surface of her peaceful life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Investigation 14.5%, Psychological 11.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Cinematic 8.3%
Dread: The Cold Case: First-person psychological horror blending investigation and intense melee combat. Scavenge, improvise, and survive using everything at your disposal against unimaginable horrors.
Why similar: Crime 16.7%, Detective 14.3%, Investigation 13%, Psychological 10.6%, 1990's 9.5%
A narrative-driven detective thriller. Reed and partner Grant investigate a murder case that resets through a time loop. Gather clues, interrogate witnesses, build timelines in the mind palace, and uncover the truth through deduction and multiple endings.
Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Detective 21.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Cinematic 9.6%, Mystery 8.2%
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 15.5%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Mystery 9.9%
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 22.5%, Investigation 19.4%, Crime 18.5%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
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 19.9%, Detective 18.5%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Psychological 8%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Crime 19.1%, Investigation 16.8%, Drama 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Crime 17.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Psychological 9.4%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Investigation 16.7%, Detective 16.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Psychological 9.2%
Step into the role of a detective in DETECTIVE Scene Crime, a challenging mystery game where you’ll investigate five gripping crime scenes. Each level presents clues, testimonies, and puzzles to analyze carefully in your quest for the truth. Do you have what it takes to solve them all?
Why similar: Crime 22.1%, Investigation 19.1%, Detective 11.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Walking Simulator 11.2%
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the second episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 17.1%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological 10.8%
Karpatia is a first-person story-driven mystery. Bring pictures to life by matching them with the world, explore an eerie yet home-like castle, unveil its hidden nature and return your lost little brother. If the castle let you.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Psychological 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Drama 9.7%
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕，刑警程佑接到报案，动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入，案件的疑点层层浮现，将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动，深埋的真相即将揭开......
Why similar: Crime 19.3%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 14%, Drama 11%, Mystery 10.7%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 17.2%, Crime 16.8%, Mystery 11%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
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 20.6%, Crime 18.8%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
A first-person perspective mystery puzzle-solving game where players immerse themselves in the role of characters involved in each episode's abnormal event to uncover the truth. The plan is to release 1 episodes per month, totaling 6 episodes per season.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Psychological 12.1%, Cinematic 11.2%, Drama 9.5%
A prankster is loose at the Harvest Grove autumn festival. Find the culprit before things get out of hand.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Crime 15.3%, Mystery 14.1%, Investigation 9.3%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
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 24.2%, Detective 23.6%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Story Rich 5.6%
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 19.3%, Investigation 17.1%, Crime 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%, 1990's 8.5%
You are a detective who wants to investigate how all the inhabitants of a city died due to a virus. It all started in a hotel that was abandoned along with the city, and it was rumored to be haunted. You are on a quest for answers.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12%, Psychological 10.5%, Drama 8.7%
Investigate a murder inside a building as a detective. Interrogate AI-powered residents, uncover hidden evidence, and analyze clues with your team. Every case is unique, with randomized stories and dynamic suspects. Can you catch the real killer?
Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Detective 21.7%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Drama 6.8%
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 24.3%, Detective 23.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
Meiqi 2024 is a narrative puzzle game and the latest installment in the MeiQi series. Liu Qingchun, the bureau chief, personally takes charge of investigating the cases of the 403 Intelligence Division. This season presents you with six unique cases to solve.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.3%, Detective 13.6%, 1990's 11.1%, Drama 11%, Mystery 9.9%
An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Investigation 14.4%, Psychological 11%, Mystery 10.1%, Drama 9.2%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Drama 9.2%, Cinematic 9.1%
Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 7.5%, Puzzle 6.7%
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 cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Investigation 23.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Crime 11.9%, Puzzle 6.9%
Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Cinematic 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
Why similar: Investigation 22.6%, Crime 21.1%, Detective 20.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 6.1%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 16.6%, Crime 13.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
A valuable painting titled "Luo Shen Fu" worth over 100 million was stolen from the top-floor treasure vault of the Central Art Museum in F City. The police department has been ordered to solve the case within 3 days, as a national treasure is involved.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, 1990's 12.3%, Psychological 7.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
Play as Mona, a modern-day witch who has the ability to “enter” crime scenes through photographs. She uses her ability to help the police with supernatural cases. But what happens when, one day, a case becomes personal and the murderer gets too close?
Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 11.2%, Puzzle 9%, Drama 8.9%
210 anomalies, 7 levels, 1 mystery to solve. Uncover the terrible event and fix the time paradox to save a machine and a human. Use the time-travel elevators from the Golden Twenties to 2125 and find the solution through clues in anomalies. You're the guest hotel detective to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Crime 16.1%, Detective 15.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%
Investigate a mysterious case at the old English estate of Ravenhill in this adventure inspired by classic first-person point-&-click games. Explore the mansion and its surroundings, solve puzzles & riddles, and question suspects to find out "what was found at Ravenhill"
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 16.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Crime 11.1%, Story Rich 6.7%
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 28.9%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 16%, 1990's 9.5%, Puzzle 8.6%
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: Detective 15.5%, Crime 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Mystery 9.5%, Drama 8.7%
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 19.3%, Mystery 12.9%, Investigation 10.7%, Cinematic 9.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
