60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Mystery, Detective, Interactive Fiction.
Cinema-based detective puzzle game based on real images and open world. Beyond the interactive cinema, it is a multi-layered detective adventure where you can solve the secrets with your detective skills and deepen the investigation by doing research.
Case Files: Internal Affairs
The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Telling Lies
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: FMV 27.5% ★, Investigation 16.2%, Detective 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Crime 10.8%
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: FMV 25.1% ★, Investigation 12.9%, Detective 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Crime 8.8%
Analyze real video footage to solve a poisoning case. Discover the country, city, neighborhood and final location. Every detail may be a clue.
Why similar: FMV 25.5% ★, Hidden Object 18.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, Detective 8.9%, Investigation 8.6%
13: Origin is a web of clues that you must follow and not miss, as in most room escape/puzzle games. As you untie each knotted loop, you will realize how long and endless the thread you hold on to the end is.
Why similar: Hidden Object 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Investigation 14.6%, Puzzle 8.9%
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: FMV 27.5% ★, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 13.4%, Crime 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%
In Voyeur, you take on the role of a private investigator hired to collect evidence of wealthy CEO Reed Hawke’s corruption by a member of his family. Originally released on the Phillips CD-i back in 1993, it was one of the first games to fully utilize Full-Motion-Video as an integral game mechanic.
Why similar: FMV 29.4% ★, Investigation 15.2%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Detective 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: FMV 30.1% ★, Investigation 16.4%, Detective 13.7%, Crime 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
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: FMV 29.2% ★, Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Detective 12.3%, Cinematic 9.4%
"Mutes" is a live-action mystery game. From a third-person perspective, you will make critical choices, engage in deductive reasoning to communicate for the protagonist, and perform quick-time reactions to survive a murder mystery.
Why similar: FMV 36.9% ★, Detective 12.8%, Cinematic 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Simulation 7.9%
A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.
Why similar: Investigation 18.6%, Detective 15%, Cinematic 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Hidden Object 11.2%
Sotano is a first person 3d escape room puzzle adventure. Explore areas, collect items and take in your surroundings. You will need all of your puzzle solving skills to put together a plan to make your way through the house, solving riddles and through the many rooms to escape the house of Sotano.
Why similar: FMV 23% ★, Hidden Object 13.4%, Investigation 12%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Cinematic 10.9%
A minimalist surveillance horror game. Flip through security cameras on a deep space station and report subtle anomalies. No jump scares. No combat. Just watch, observe, and try not to miss the moment everything goes wrong.
Why similar: Hidden Object 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Detective 12.6%, Realistic 9.3%
Welcome to the Unspace. Not gonna lie, it’s a little scary there, but it’s very attractive for scientists and kind of mysterious as well. But what is the limit of this space? What happened here and why does it even exist? Your mission will be to solve this case.
Why similar: Hidden Object 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Cinematic 12.5%, Investigation 10.9%
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: FMV 28.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Cinematic 12%, Detective 11.2%, Investigation 10.1%
Enter the virtual REMADE world of Under a Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: FMV 32% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Detective 11.1%, Investigation 9.3%, Crime 6.9%
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
Why similar: FMV 28.2% ★, Investigation 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 12.4%, Cinematic 12.2%
A bizarre murder breaks the peace of Jin Xiao Apartment. As the new night guard, your only tools are the surveillance cameras and the residents' passing words. Everyone here has a secret. The truth is hidden between your screens and your deduction notes.
Why similar: FMV 21.9% ★, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Detective 11.7%, Crime 10.4%
Ghost is a first-person horror game made in realistic 3D graphics that immerses you in an atmosphere of horror and scares you in every way. The main goal is to survive and be saved.
Why similar: FMV 23.4% ★, Hidden Object 13.5%, Investigation 11.2%, Detective 10%, Realistic 8.6%
As an operator, you must guide an android through an abandoned mansion in search of the object responsible for the paranormal activities in the location. As you explore, solve puzzles and investigate the dark past that runs in the blood of the Bailey family.
Why similar: FMV 32.8% ★, Investigation 22.1%, Cinematic 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 8.5%
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Why similar: FMV 28.7% ★, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Crime 11.9%
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: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 18%, Crime 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 8.7%
King’s Detectives is a 2–4 player co-op detective game set in the fictional medieval kingdom of Westmoor. Appointed by King Edmund IV, explore castles, monasteries, villages, and towns, gather evidence, question suspects, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Hidden Object 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Detective 11%, Puzzle 10.6%, Investigation 9.6%
Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.
Why similar: FMV 32.2% ★, Investigation 19.4%, Detective 15.6%, Crime 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
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: Investigation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Detective 13.3%, Crime 11.6%, Cinematic 11.1%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: FMV 24.3% ★, Investigation 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 11.2%, Crime 9.8%
A mystery detective FMV game
Why similar: FMV 37.9% ★, Investigation 16.1%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Simulation 5.7%
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Meurtre Au Florian! This game features real actors bringing captivating characters to life. This innovative experience transports you into the mysterious world of an enigmatic murder.
Why similar: FMV 27% ★, Hidden Object 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Detective 13.2%, Investigation 8%
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV adventure game experience that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.
Why similar: FMV 31.5% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Cinematic 9.2%, Realistic 7.4%
Decode eight sci-fi chambers, survive their environmental hazards, and awaken the Nexus in a third-person puzzle adventure built around observation, logic, and discovery.
Why similar: Hidden Object 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Detective 14.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Investigation 9.8%
Thirteen years ago, six girls vanished in Akihabara in the unsolved case “The Akiba Vanishing”. Daiki Shinjo announces a live-action game based on the incident, gathering six women who embody Akihabara’s subculture. But their story begins to seep into reality. Can AKIBA LOST be finished?
Why similar: FMV 31.9% ★, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Cinematic 12.1%, Detective 8.3%
An accident transports you from 1945 to 2010, embroiling you in a high-society kidnapping case. Confused and disoriented, you discover that the victim is your own descendant. Gunfire erupts, chaos escalates, and schemes unfold within schemes... Don’t want to be a pawn? How to become the player?
Why similar: FMV 36.5% ★, Cinematic 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, Simulation 6.4%
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Why similar: FMV 26.7% ★, Detective 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Investigation 12.7%, Crime 9.8%
1 isolated hotel. 1 dead body. 16 suspects... Will YOU be the one to solve The Murder of Jessica Channing in this thrilling FMV murder mystery?
Why similar: FMV 40.4% ★, Cinematic 13.5%, Detective 10.5%, Crime 10.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
Agent Allison received an unexpected dinner invitation from the head of the Johnson dynasty, controllers of a sprawling business empire. What required her presence? The story's curtain began lifting...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Hidden Object 17.3%, Detective 14.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Investigation 11.3%
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Why similar: FMV 37.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Detective 12.6%, Crime 11.5%, Realistic 8.5%
How did this person die?! Use your deduction skills to find out! In this first-person view detective game, you will role-play as a medical examiner through several real-life, weird cases. Inspect the crime scene to gather clues, collect intelligence, examine the corpse and perform an autopsy.
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Hidden Object 14%, Crime 14%, Detective 11.9%, Logic 8%
“20 Minutes” is an episodic horror game blending psychological tension and puzzles. Players race against time in a dark hotel, exploring objects, solving mysteries, and confronting the consequences of their choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Hidden Object 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Puzzle 10%
Full Motion Voyeur is a dark FMV thriller where you're trapped in a nightmare of surveillance, obedience, and sacrifice. Guided by the mysterious ADMIN, Claire is ordered to investigate targets, uncover their secrets, and feed them to a Demon or her lover Mona pays the price.
Why similar: FMV 22.5% ★, Investigation 16.4%, Hidden Object 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Crime 10.9%
This game will take you on a journey of unlocking mysteries, discovering artifacts, solving puzzles and quests, all in a beautifully created Egyptian world at the beginning of the 20th century !
Why similar: Hidden Object 27.1%, Investigation 19.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Detective 10%, Puzzle Platformer 8.4%
A 7-year-old boy has vanished inside his own home. Find him and uncover what happened beneath its walls, while evading the Yōkai that have claimed this place as their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Hidden Object 21.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Cinematic 14.4%, Detective 12.1%
Solve the mystery behind bizarre nightmares in this immersive Full Motion Video Game.
Why similar: FMV 35.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 22%, Investigation 13.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Puzzle 10%
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 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Detective 13.9%, Crime 11.2%, Mystery 7.6%
A dead colonial railway station. A viral ghost hoax. A forgotten secret. First-person psychological horror set in 1942 India. Only your torch. Only the dark.
Why similar: Hidden Object 23.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 9.2%
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: Cinematic 17.1%, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Detective 11.9%, Investigation 11.2%
A live-action comedic courtroom thriller, where YOU are the prosecution, defense and the judge!
Why similar: FMV 29.9% ★, Investigation 16%, Cinematic 13.3%, Detective 11.9%, Crime 9.7%
You are accused of the disappearance of a young woman. To prove your innocence, you must solve the case. Use the computer, the victim's diary, and her videos from the last months. You can use specialized software and the police datas. Make deductions, solve puzzles and find out what happened to Liv.
Why similar: Investigation 19.4%, Detective 17.4%, FMV 15% ★, Hidden Object 14.1%, Cinematic 10.3%
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: FMV 26% ★, Hidden Object 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 10.6%, Cinematic 10.5%
Mia Faircroft is Home for Christmas! Explore her hometown in this wonderful Hidden Object game, perfect for the season. Search through detailed locations, fix up worn antiques, and save the holidays for the community of Mikamaw Point!
Why similar: Hidden Object 26.9%, Investigation 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Detective 12.6%, Puzzle 10.8%
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: Investigation 19.7%, Detective 15.5%, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Cinematic 10.1%
+=- is a narrative video puzzle in which each story has been broken into several fragments. Your goal is to put the scenes back in the correct order to uncover the meaning of the story and discover its ending, which is often unexpected.
Why similar: FMV 42.4% ★, Cinematic 17.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Realistic 10.6%, Mystery 9.7%
A first person point and click adventure. Takes place in and around a large house and yard. There are puzzles to solve, and allot of mystery and horror elements blended into the story. Many objects to interact with and to use on the environment.
Why similar: Hidden Object 19.7%, Investigation 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Detective 15.1%, Puzzle 8.5%
A British detective has vanished in Kyoto. Step into Detective Bennett's shoes and uncover a mystery that reaches far beyond the Yakuza.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Simulation 15.6%, Detective 11.8%, Crime 9.1%, Exploration 8.9%
在《法医探案团之碎嘴小诗》中，玩家将化身被害人小诗，用独特的“逝者视角”沉浸式与法医一同寻找自己死因真相！通过“拟真尸检”和“嫌疑人的调查”、“多样的剧情选择”和“技能释放”中冲出层层迷雾，而在扑朔迷离的案情不断袭来之时，一个「糖果岛」的神秘符号，竟引出无数少女的神秘失踪与被囚禁的线索，把案件再次推向新的高潮！
Why similar: FMV 36.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 8.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
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: Hidden Object 16.9%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 14.5%, Crime 12.2%
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
Why similar: FMV 37.1% ★, Cinematic 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%, Detective 7.8%
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a Mouse? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be inside of a Maze? Wonder no more! In R.A.T.T.Z. Maze you will have to rely on the mouse to smell, and your brain to remember! Welcome to the Maze, Good luck!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Hidden Object 19.8%, Simulation 18.1%, Investigation 14.1%, Puzzle 11.8%
You are a field agent with the criminal investigation unit: sweep the scene, photograph it, bag the evidence and pin it to your board until one name is left. Five cases, 31 suspects, 83 pieces of evidence, no quest markers. Nobody confirms your theory: you sign the accusation.
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Hidden Object 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Detective 14.1%, Crime 12.1%
An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: FMV 35.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Cinematic 15%, Crime 11.7%, Realistic 9.5%
Discovery Yard Investigation is an investigation game. You will be a detective and will have to solve the mysteries, puzzles and explore the scenarios to try to find the clues and solve the cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Investigation 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 10.7%, Crime 10.7%
