60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Mystery, Detective, Story Rich.
15 minutes and a terminal. Your sister's life in your hands. Navigate the Silicon Sneaky system, explore the digital underworld to secure $20,000, and make irreversible decisions. Your choices define her fate.
Backseat
A psychological taxi horror game where every passenger may be dangerous. Drive through the night, question criminals, read their behavior, hack for clues, and survive each ride to save your kidnapped wife.
PROTOCOL BOUND
BOUND is a psychological thriller where you search through private conversations, hidden files, and recordings on devices that aren't your own. Manipulate others, uncover dark secrets, and shape the outcome through the choices you make.
A psychological taxi horror game where every passenger may be dangerous. Drive through the night, question criminals, read their behavior, hack for clues, and survive each ride to save your kidnapped wife.
Why similar: Hacking 23.4% ★, Crime 12.1%, Investigation 12%, Thriller 9.3%, Detective 9.3%
BOUND is a psychological thriller where you search through private conversations, hidden files, and recordings on devices that aren't your own. Manipulate others, uncover dark secrets, and shape the outcome through the choices you make.
Why similar: Hacking 19.8% ★, Investigation 14.5%, Detective 13.2%, Thriller 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Why similar: Hacking 45.9% ★, Crime 10.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Detective 8.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Detective 17.1%, Time Management 13.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Lore-Rich 9.6%
A retro office mystery about tech support, deadlines, and a floor that doesn't exist. It's 2001, and you're the L1 helpdesk tech at a corporation running on an OS from another era. Close tickets against the clock. Mind your tone. Don't ask about Floor 7.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.3%, Time Management 13.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Detective 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Detective 17.4%, Crime 14.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Time Management 7.9%
A narrative hacking adventure set in an alternate 1989 Japan. Boot your Bradsonic 69000, dial into underground bulletin boards, solve programming puzzles and crack games you can actually play. Tune into pirate radio and earn the trust of a crew whose secrets put more than your computer at risk.
Why similar: Hacking 34.1% ★, Investigation 13.2%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Detective 8%, Mystery 7.9%
Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter.
Why similar: Hacking 29.6% ★, Detective 14.8%, Crime 12.2%, Thriller 9.8%, Investigation 8.3%
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: Crime 16.1%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Thriller 10.6%, Mystery 9.6%
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 19.9%, Crime 19.3%, Detective 18.5%, Thriller 13%, Mystery 11.8%
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Crime 19%, Investigation 18.2%, Detective 17.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 8.7%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Crime 17.1%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 11.1%, Time Management 8%
In this detective game you will write your own questions and deductions. Use your detective skills to solve these cases and the mystery of your forgotten memories in the way.
Why similar: Hacking 23.4% ★, Crime 17.8%, Investigation 15.6%, Detective 14%, Lore-Rich 9.9%
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Why similar: Hacking 30.8% ★, Crime 14.3%, Detective 12.9%, Investigation 10.5%, Thriller 9.9%
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: Investigation 16.9%, Crime 15.4%, Detective 14.8%, Mystery 11%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Hacking 34.4% ★, Investigation 16.7%, Detective 14.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
Why similar: Hacking 38.5% ★, Thriller 12.5%, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
Investigate the life of John Doe as he resides in his lost memories in this story-driven Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that merges Your Real Life with science fiction as it explores the Dark Limits of Alternate History and The SCP Foundation.
Why similar: Crime 19.5%, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Thriller 9%
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: Time Management 16%, Investigation 14%, Detective 12.8%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Crime 15.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Detective 12.9%, Thriller 12.6%, Mystery 10.2%
Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Time Management 16.5%, Detective 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Crime 10.5%
You started a neighborhood security program, which gradually expanded in size. Over time, it evolved to monitor not only homes but also warehouses, gas stations and various other locations. However, as your program grew, it began attracting the attention of dubious individuals.
Why similar: Hacking 46.5% ★, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Puzzle 7.4%
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 17.7%, Detective 15%, Crime 12.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Thriller 10.8%
Become a forensic specialist in a realistic crime lab simulator. Investigate crime scenes, collect microscopic evidence, and identify perpetrators in the lab using DNA and digital analysis. Based on the experience and insights of experts from the State Criminal Police Office Rhineland-Palatinate.
Why similar: Crime 24.7%, Investigation 24%, Detective 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Simulation 8.5%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 12.3%, Investigation 12%, Detective 11.9%, Crime 11.5%, Thriller 9%
Restless is a detective-style, point-and-click game where you listen to real stories from real people to solve puzzles. Track down spirits, perform divinations, and restore grave sites to bring peace to a mysterious island, all while connecting more deeply with your fellow humans.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Mystery 18.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Time Management 10.5%
Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Investigation 12.6%, Crime 12.5%, Mystery 10.4%
Inspect travel passes and question the strangers who reach your mountain gate after dark. In this yokai inspection game, compare every face, paper, and answer, then let them pass, turn them away, or draw your sword. Your family and the village bear the cost.
Why similar: Time Management 23.7%, Investigation 18.6%, Detective 16.4%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
A psychological detective thriller. Everyone has already decided who did it. You don't have to. Investigate a double death, question everyone who loved them, and discover how much you can trust your own mind.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Detective 16.2%, Crime 15.9%, Mystery 11.6%, Thriller 11.1%
It's 1999. You are sitting at a computer when you receive a mysterious message: “Don’t let them walk free,” along with a strange set of files. Can you piece together the truth before you run out of time?
Why similar: Crime 15.7%, Investigation 15.4%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Detective 11.9%, Thriller 11.6%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Crime 20.2%, Investigation 17.2%, Detective 15.5%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Detective 17.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%
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 19.8%, Detective 15.2%, Thriller 15%, Investigation 14.3%, Mystery 11.5%
VSCS-II is a retro-styled narrative game about privacy and security. Using an upgraded '80s operating system, navigate an underground network to make connections, unearth conspiracies, and ultimately decide the fate of the dark web.
Why similar: Hacking 31.9% ★, Crime 14.9%, Investigation 13%, Detective 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Hacking 22.2% ★, Investigation 15.6%, Thriller 13.6%, Detective 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Detective 19.3%, Mystery 16.5%, Crime 12.7%, Thriller 9.9%
Guilty or Not is a single-player detective simulator where you are the judge, the jury, and the law. Investigate cases, gather evidence, and interrogate suspects and witnesses to uncover the truth. Justice is in your hands, even if it ends in death... What will your final verdict be?
Why similar: Crime 20.5%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 15%, Thriller 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Every file is a puzzle. Every clue is hidden in plain sight. Dive into your brand new computer system, solve intricate challenges, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Hacking 37.8% ★, Crime 20.8%, Investigation 14.5%, Detective 11.3%, Puzzle 7.7%
You are Isabella Song – a hacker PI. Your job is to hack cameras, phones, and computers, as well as question suspects, analyze evidence and draw conclusions. But don't forget that in Farca city, even criminals can end up victims.
Why similar: Hacking 38.8% ★, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Crime 7.5%
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Investigation 24%, Crime 17.9%, Detective 17.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Nonlinear 6.9%
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Why similar: Crime 19.4%, Detective 18.8%, Investigation 14.3%, Thriller 13.9%, Mystery 12.1%
Sound Agent is a narrative puzzle game where you solve cold cases by listening. Use the sound device to rewind to crime scenes, listen to the sounds at the scene, and uncover truths hidden in plain sound.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Crime 17%, Thriller 16.6%, Mystery 15%, Puzzle 10.2%
REMEMBER! You can't escape the guilt, can you? You must remember and face the truth. Are you the one to blame? There is one way to untangle your mind: collect lost tapes, repair corrupted recordings, and watch your past. But be careful who you trust. Even yourself.
Why similar: Hacking 32.5% ★, Thriller 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Time Management 9.7%, Crime 7.4%
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.5%, Crime 15.9%, Mystery 13%, Thriller 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
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: Investigation 16.7%, Crime 16.5%, Detective 13.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Thriller 10.8%
Build a flawless murder plan, then savor the mistake. Plan every detail. Choose the time, place, method, alibi and frame. But no plan is perfect. Serve your murder with style, then watch a brilliant detective find the one tiny detail you missed. Every murder leaves an aftertaste.
Why similar: Crime 29.2%, Choices Matter 14%, Mystery 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Investigation 9.2%
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: Crime 18.4%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Choices Matter 10%
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: Investigation 21.1%, Detective 18.8%, Mystery 15.9%, Thriller 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 17.7%, Crime 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Thriller 11.3%
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: Investigation 21%, Detective 16.9%, Crime 15.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Uncover the truth investigating the RE:Solver case files. Dive into murder mysteries, solo or with friends. Hack, investigate and unravel cases in a virtual internet. Photorealistic characters, engaging gameplay, and stream-friendly. Crack cases reveal secrets. Can you solve the mysteries?
Why similar: Hacking 32% ★, Crime 16.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Detective 12%, Mystery 8.9%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Crime 21%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Thriller 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
You find an old computer with a forgotten program installed: Phantom Strike. A single server is still online, frozen in time and waiting for someone to finish the match. What begins as nostalgic curiosity becomes a descent into something far stranger.
Why similar: Hacking 37.7% ★, Investigation 12.6%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Puzzle 7.3%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Investigation 17%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Crime 13.9%, Mystery 12.9%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.7%, Crime 16.7%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 10.6%
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 27.2%, Detective 21.8%, Mystery 18.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Crime 18.4%, Detective 16%, Thriller 13.6%, Mystery 11.8%
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 19.6%, Detective 15.6%, Thriller 14.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Investigation 24%, Crime 23%, Detective 18.5%, Mystery 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
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: Investigation 17.1%, Crime 17.1%, Detective 14.5%, Thriller 12.8%, Mystery 11.3%
