Games Like RE:Solver

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 18% ★, Crime 18%, Conspiracy 17.3% ★, Detective 10.5%, Investigation 9.2%

As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering

Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 16.7%, Crime 16.2%, Conspiracy 12.4% ★, Nonlinear 11.4%

An interactive story about hacking, unveiling secrets, chatting with people, and searching for purpose.

Why similar: Hacking 30.1% ★, Conspiracy 19.2% ★, Alternate History 15.1%, Investigation 14%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Crime 19.7%, Investigation 19.6%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Conspiracy 10.4% ★

A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?

Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Investigation 17%, Crime 16.2%, Conspiracy 14.1% ★, Nonlinear 11%

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: Conspiracy 24.8% ★, Investigation 18.7%, Detective 18.3%, Crime 16.2%, Mystery 10.4%

Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.

Why similar: Conspiracy 17.9% ★, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 16.4%, Crime 14%, Mystery 9.3%

Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Conspiracy 22.3% ★, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 16.6%, Crime 15.5%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

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 25.4% ★, Detective 18.3%, Crime 14.5%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Investigation 8.4%

Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!

Why similar: Conspiracy 24.6% ★, Detective 18%, Investigation 16.5%, Crime 16.2%, Mystery 9.4%

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 22.8%, Detective 22.1%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Nonlinear 10.2%

You're a desk-jockey processing life-insurance claims. Collect and investigate 3D objects to piece together the cause of death. Case by case, the true nature of Bliss unfolds in this story-rich supernatural mystery.

Why similar: Hacking 17.9% ★, Detective 17.6%, Conspiracy 16.2% ★, Alternate History 13.2%, Local Co-Op 11.4%

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: Conspiracy 17.9% ★, Detective 16.7%, Crime 16.5%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Investigation 11.5%

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 30.5% ★, Crime 23.4%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Detective 13.1%

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 26.5% ★, Crime 17.2%, Detective 16%, Conspiracy 14.6% ★, Investigation 10.7%

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 43.1% ★, Crime 14%, Detective 11.8%, Mystery 9.9%, RPG 6.6%

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 26.7%, Detective 21.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.

Why similar: Conspiracy 29% ★, Detective 21.8%, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%

A narrative-driven hacking simulator set in an alternate 1989. Enter a clandestine, hacker Bulletin Board System to crack games, control communities, and solve programming puzzles. Featuring retro-inspired mini-games, irl global leaderboards, and a story that will haunt you long after you log off.

Why similar: Hacking 27.7% ★, Alternate History 18.4%, Detective 12.4%, Conspiracy 12.4% ★, Investigation 10.6%

A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.

Why similar: Crime 25.4%, Investigation 22.5%, Detective 21.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%

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: Conspiracy 22% ★, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 17.9%, Crime 14.4%, Mystery 10.3%

A Geoguessr-inspired narrative detective puzzle game set on an alien planet. As the Cartographer, you must gather and examine clues to locate missing archaeologist Abigail Lidari and uncover the fate of an ancient alien civilization.

Why similar: Conspiracy 24.5% ★, Investigation 19.3%, Crime 17.7%, Detective 17.5%, Mystery 11.2%

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 19.7%, Conspiracy 17.4% ★, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Immersive Sim 8.2%

Survive the night in an insane asylum where the patients have taken over. Kill, hide, sneak, think, inject, blast, and whack your way through this survival horror action adventure immersive sim inspired by System Shock and classic survival horror games.

Why similar: Hacking 22.1% ★, Conspiracy 17.8% ★, Alternate History 16%, Crime 15.9%, Investigation 11.9%

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: Conspiracy 21.6% ★, Detective 16.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Crime 12.6%, Mystery 11.3%

A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.

Why similar: Investigation 23.6%, Crime 20.7%, Detective 20.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Nonlinear 10.4%

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.

Why similar: Hacking 32.1% ★, Crime 16.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Detective 12%, Mystery 8.9%

You are Juno, a teenage girl getting evidence to clear her brother's name. Choose who helps you solve the mystery. With multiple endings, some scenes are flashbacks to the past. Your actions there may even change who committed the crime, with what, and where!

Why similar: Hacking 26.5% ★, Investigation 16.2%, Conspiracy 14.8% ★, Crime 14.3%, Mystery 9.1%

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 22.4%, Investigation 18.8%, Crime 16.7%, Conspiracy 16.3% ★, Mystery 9%

A podcast simulator horror game with cozy vibes. Become a podcast editor, repair audio files, and find the hosts of the podcast Spooky Sacramento before the hard drive dies!

Why similar: Hacking 17.2% ★, Nonlinear 16.5%, Investigation 16.4%, Alternate History 15%, Detective 12.8%

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Why similar: Crime 22.1%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Conspiracy 16.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.1%

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: Conspiracy 27.1% ★, Detective 22.9%, Investigation 21.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%

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 27.1% ★, Crime 17.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Detective 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%

Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 20.4%, Conspiracy 14% ★, Crime 12.6%, Mystery 10.5%

Netghost is a Crime Drama visual novel with a mystery-driven story full of intrigue, twists and turns. The story follows Ian Newfield, a cyber security engineer who transforms into a cold-blooded criminal in his struggle to protect the company he works for and aid his ailing sister.

Why similar: Hacking 27.3% ★, Crime 17.3%, Conspiracy 16.4% ★, Detective 12%, Investigation 8.7%

Crimson Seer is a fantasy detective puzzle game. Investigate murder scenes frozen in time, gather clues, and deduce motive, method, and location. Use your prophetic visions to uncover sinister elven plots, ancient mysteries, and dark rituals in an underground world.

Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 19.7%, Crime 18.8%, Conspiracy 18.7% ★, Mystery 12.5%

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 20.1%, Conspiracy 19.6% ★, Crime 19.4%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 10.1%

A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

Why similar: Alternate History 22.6%, Investigation 20.7%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Detective 15.5%, Mystery 9.4%

Duke Damian has been murdered! Collect clues, solve puzzles, and deduce the killer. Follow a growing trail of crimes and unravel the conspiracy tying them all together.

Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Crime 17.6%, Investigation 17%, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Mystery 14%

Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!

Why similar: Crime 25.4%, Investigation 25.1%, Detective 20.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Story Rich 5.9%

The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag is the first part of an episodic adventure game which combines gripping crime story with classic courtroom drama. Immerse yourself into a world set in early 90’s in which you gather (or fabricate!) evidence, deduct and run fierce courtroom battles.

Why similar: Conspiracy 22.8% ★, Crime 19.1%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 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: Crime 23.1%, Hacking 21.8% ★, Detective 18.8%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 9%

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: Hacking 28.3% ★, Conspiracy 24.1% ★, Crime 21.5%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%

Explore the small town of ShadeCreek in this Indie point-and-click adventure.

Why similar: Alternate History 27.1%, Crime 22.8%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 7.5%

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 31.6% ★, Detective 19.5%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Dystopian 8.5%

After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.

Why similar: Crime 23.9%, Investigation 19.4%, Detective 18%, Mystery 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Crime 24.2%, Investigation 21.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 6.8%

A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?

Why similar: Investigation 22%, Crime 19.4%, Detective 17.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%

"Your job is to write the death certificate." In 1959, a mysterious death awaits inside a grand British manor. Investigate eerie scenes and complete forensic documents, including death certificates and emergency reports. Stylish 1960s detective comic art. Perfect for fans of vintage whodunits.

Why similar: Crime 20.8%, Conspiracy 18.2% ★, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 9.2%

The mysterious death of a girl on the municipal school sports field shook the small town of Sky Cliffs. Haunting days pass, and amid disappearances, paranormal activity, and ghosts, the Teen Detective Club takes on the investigation of these frightening cases.

Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 21.2%, Nonlinear 19.4%, Crime 13.5%, Mystery 7.5%

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 23.1%, Crime 22.4%, Investigation 21.4%, RPG 9.1%, Mystery 8.8%

A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.

Why similar: Crime 29.4%, Detective 26.5%, Mystery 16.3%, Investigation 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

Discover a surreal Venice in this gripping point-and-click-novel-adventure game. Solve a variety of puzzles and chat with quirky characters to uncover the mystery surrounding the Stucky family. Find out what it means to be human!

Why similar: Hacking 28.5% ★, Conspiracy 22.6% ★, Alternate History 18.8%, Detective 14.9%, Mystery 8.6%

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 25.1%, Alternate History 21%, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 6.3%

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: Conspiracy 23.3% ★, Detective 21.1%, Crime 18.7%, Investigation 18%, Mystery 8.5%

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 22%, Detective 18.2%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 9.5%

Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.

Why similar: Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Crime 19.3%, Detective 16.9%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 8.6%

A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.

Why similar: Crime 25%, Detective 22.2%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%

Ichth.ys is a visual novel with turn-based combat where your choices affect the story! You follow Fraser, a hacker who was recently expelled from university, in a tale of mystery, deception, censorship, freedom, and board game cafes!

Why similar: Hacking 24.3% ★, Conspiracy 19.5% ★, Alternate History 17.5%, Detective 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

Play as Lloyd Arch, the young private detective known for being total dick, and unravel the mystery of the Black Scar Serial Killer in this visual novel adventure, but remember that the truth tends to hurt the most.

Why similar: Crime 22.5%, Detective 18.2%, Conspiracy 18.1% ★, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 9.1%