60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Mystery, Detective, Story Rich.
Navigate through Silicon Sneaky, where time is of the essence to save your sister. Choose to be an Ethical Hacker or one among those who hide from the police. With various challenges to test your dexterity, evolve with upgrades and make decisions to discover multiple endings.
Cyber Manhunt
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.
Keyword: A Spider's Thread
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.
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 46.1% ★, Crime 10.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Detective 8.7%, Puzzle 8.6%
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 29.7% ★, Detective 14.7%, Crime 12.2%, Thriller 9.8%, Investigation 8.4%
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 17.9%, Investigation 15.6%, Detective 13.9%, Lore-Rich 10%
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 30.9% ★, Crime 14.4%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 10.6%, 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 17%, Crime 15.4%, Detective 14.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
Why similar: Hacking 38.3% ★, Thriller 12.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
A pixel-style horror puzzle RPG game where you will play as a girl named Song Kerr, using your wits to survive in Rust City while exploring the long-hidden truths among the tangled clues... Please note, do not break the rules: monsters will appear at midnight, do not go outside!
Why similar: Hacking 25.4% ★, Crime 18.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
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 17%, Time Management 16.7%, Detective 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Crime 10.5%
A powerless, FAKE therapist facing raw truth. Balance financial pressure and patients' collapse in this narrative RPG. Use speechcraft and the "Mind Reading Spell" to dive into minds and shatter cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or redemption?
Why similar: Time Management 16.1%, Investigation 14%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Detective 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
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 17.8%, Detective 14.9%, Crime 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%, Thriller 10.7%
DotSec is a modern hacking simulator where you can choose your path as a Black Hat, White Hat, or Gray Hat hacker. The choices you make will directly impact your journey through the hacking world while also guiding you through complex puzzles and challenges.
Why similar: Hacking 37.9% ★, Crime 19.4%, Simulation 14%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
The internet is dying. You're a verification operator. Filter out AI impostors from humanity's last clean network. Interrogate live LLM agents that think, lie, and bribe in real-time. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the internet.
Why similar: Hacking 29.1% ★, Investigation 17.2%, Detective 12%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Mystery 7.1%
Truth is not singular. Gather the evidence, build your own scenario, and experience the outcome.
Why similar: Investigation 17.8%, Detective 16.1%, Crime 15.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Thriller 11%
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 20.3%, Investigation 17.3%, Detective 15.4%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
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 20.4%, Investigation 19.6%, Detective 18.9%, Mystery 13%, Thriller 9.3%
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 15.7%, Thriller 13.5%, Detective 13.3%, Choices Matter 10%
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 24.1%, Investigation 23%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Detective 9.4%, Simulation 9.2%
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 18.9%, Detective 17.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
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 38.7% ★, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 15%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Crime 7.5%
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 17.7%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 14%, Thriller 11.6%, Mystery 10.4%
You wake up on a red chair in the waiting room of a closed psychiatric hospital. You know this place. Clothes that aren't yours. A file with your name you don't remember reading. Your heartbeat rises. The memories come back. Not all of them want to be remembered. St. Mary's, 1985.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Mystery 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%
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 20.9%, Investigation 14.6%, Detective 11.2%, Puzzle 7.6%
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 19.5%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 14.3%, Thriller 13.8%, Mystery 12.1%
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 18.2%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
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 21.1%, Detective 16.8%, Crime 15.7%, Mystery 13.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
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 20.8%, Crime 15.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Thriller 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%
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 27.4%, Detective 21.7%, Mystery 18.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
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%, Detective 18.2%, Mystery 15.8%, Thriller 11%, Lore-Rich 7.2%
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 18.5%, Crime 18.5%, Detective 15.9%, Thriller 13.5%, Mystery 11.7%
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 19.7%, Detective 15.5%, Thriller 14.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
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 17%, Crime 16.8%, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 10.6%
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 31.8% ★, Crime 15%, Investigation 13.1%, Detective 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
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 37.4% ★, Investigation 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Puzzle 7.2%
The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Hacking 35.2% ★, Investigation 15.1%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
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 50.1% ★, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Puzzle 7.8%
A troubling missing persons case soon snowballs into an investigation of a shadowy criminal enterprise and vast conspiracies that even affect your own family. Will you be able to solve the mystery while protecting those dear to you? Will your fledgling romance survive full knowledge of your past?
Why similar: Crime 22.4%, Investigation 19.2%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Why similar: Time Management 19.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Detective 14.7%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
Welcome to Purgatory, Alchemist. Your task is simple: inspect transmutations, weigh each ingredient, and judge those who dare reshape reality. The rules are absolute. Follow them well, and in time, you may even find your place among us.
Why similar: Time Management 26.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Dark 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Mystery 10.5%
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: Crime 17.3%, Investigation 17.2%, Detective 14.4%, Thriller 12.8%, Mystery 11.3%
Retro Hacker simulates hacking from a computer terminal with a text based operating system.
Why similar: Hacking 51.6% ★, Time Management 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Simulation 8.7%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Investigation 10%, Crime 9.5%
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 16.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Detective 13.9%, Thriller 13.5%, Mystery 11%
A modern-day narrative mystery where you explore a seemingly ordinary laptop to uncover hidden layers of conspiracy, surveillance, and stolen data, blending investigative gameplay with branching choices and a grounded tech-thriller tone.
Why similar: Hacking 26.1% ★, Crime 18.8%, Investigation 11.3%, Mystery 10.8%, Detective 10.4%
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Time Management 22.7%, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 20.1%, Mystery 15%, Choices Matter 10%
90s-style Japanese survival horror about a cursed deep-web marketplace. RedLantern posts manifest in your room. Hack targets, trace shipments, upgrade your rig, and survive home invaders as you file reports to your boss.
Why similar: Hacking 33.8% ★, Crime 16.2%, Time Management 15.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Puzzle 5.5%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Investigation 24.2%, Detective 21.4%, Crime 20.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
Why similar: Crime 20.7%, Investigation 19.4%, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Thriller 6.6%
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 29.6%, Crime 20.3%, Investigation 19%, Mystery 14.4%, Puzzle 6%
Fight to escape debt in a world of corporate intrigue where reputation and information are your currency. Sell sensitive information & navigate office politics in this Office-noir RPG set in 1990s Japan.
Why similar: Hacking 38.6% ★, Crime 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Thriller 11.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, Multiple Endings 15%, Mystery 14.2%, Thriller 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%
Step into the role of a digital detective. Solve cases in a simulated OS by collecting evidence, linking clues, and making impactful decisions.
Why similar: Hacking 37.2% ★, Detective 19.2%, Simulation 13.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
The noir detective game where you can bribe people for puzzle hints.
Why similar: Crime 19.3%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 16.9%, Thriller 14.7%, Mystery 10.3%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Crime 18.7%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 14.8%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 12%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Detective 14.3%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.8%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Detective 13.1%, Investigation 12.3%, Crime 11.8%
A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.
Why similar: Hacking 41% ★, Crime 14.9%, Investigation 12%, Detective 9.2%, Dark 7.4%
The scarlet super thief Carmen Sandiego is back! Adorn Carmen’s signature red hat and play as the vigilante herself to navigate a world of espionage, utilizing high-tech gadgets, and ultimately capturing VILE.
Why similar: Investigation 30.3%, Hacking 24.3% ★, Detective 20.7%, Time Management 14.8%, Puzzle 8.2%
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 24.7%, Mystery 18.6%, Detective 14.2%, Puzzle 10%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 85.2% ★, Crime 4.9%, Detective 3.5%, Choices Matter 2.7%, Simulation 1.6%
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: Crime 20.6%, Investigation 19.2%, Detective 17%, Mystery 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
