Games Like Rule the Dungeon

You are Britain’s last librarian. Investigate a world of censorship and secrets in this first-person mystery puzzle game. Analyse clues, deduce which books each patron needs, uncover forbidden stories and decide what knowledge survives.

Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, Investigation 15%, Detective 12.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Lore-Rich 9%

A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.

Why similar: Investigation 21.2%, Narrative 20.8% ★, Detective 18.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.

Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Investigation 13.8%, Detective 12.4%, Lore-Rich 10%, Mystery 9.1%

The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

Why similar: Narrative 22.9% ★, Detective 15%, Investigation 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.9%

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 28.2%, Investigation 16.3%, Narrative 14.2% ★, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Mystery 11.8%

一个以好奇心为驱动力，你可以改写结局的解谜游戏

Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Mystery 18.3%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 8.4%

In a Detective's Mind is an investigation game that seeks to put you in the role of a detective, who needs to solve cases and deal with obscure problems from his past.

Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Investigation 25.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Top-Down 10%, Mystery 9.6%

Become a pathologist in a sinister mansion filled with unsolved mysteries. Examine bodies and make decisions that alter the course of the investigation. Your choices shape multiple story endings in this narrative-driven psychological horror — where every secret could cost your sanity.

Why similar: Narrative 21.9% ★, Detective 20.6%, Investigation 18%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 7.2%

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: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 9.6%

Gazelle in a Winter Coat is a story-exploration game with narrative puzzles and deep characters. Play through memories of Rene's adventure to find his mysteriously-vanished Big Bro in a looming-but-whimsical, mundane-but-magical, pixel and ink world.

Why similar: Narrative 28.3% ★, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Story Rich 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Choices Matter 7.1%

The end of the world is near! After a mysterious package unleashes paranormal events in Triton Town, experience a chapter-based narrative through the eyes of multiple protagonists. Solve puzzles, explore detailed environments, and interview witnesses to uncover the truth before time runs out!

Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 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 19.8%, Investigation 18.3%, Narrative 17.4% ★, Mystery 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%

Explore the settlement, gather clues, interact with its inhabitants, and uncover a conspiracy. Your actions shape your relationships with the locals – will they help you, or deceive you? Your choices will determine whether the protagonist can escape, or if his tragic fate will repeat itself again.

Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 17.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Story Rich 7.1%

After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?

Why similar: Investigation 26%, Mystery 16.8%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, Detective 10.5%

A point-and-click mystery game set during the summer of 2000 in the mysterious landscapes of Okinawa. You play as Kami, a guardian angel tasked with guiding Haruki, a struggling journalist, as he delves into the baffling disappearance of a beloved actress.

Why similar: Narrative 34.9% ★, Investigation 17.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Mystery 9.8%

An investigative RPG where every choice changes the town, and you. Explore dangers across Day, Night, and Twilight, uncover what’s really happening, and survive the things that notice you noticing them.

Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 18%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, RPG 13%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

一款以清末民初的上海为时代背景的社会派推理游戏。你在一台历史悬案核查终端前接手这项任务：为墙中无名遗骸重建家族谱系。翻阅泛黄的婚书、讣告与老照片，看清旧秩序崩塌之际每个人的选择与挣扎。

Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Investigation 22.6%, Narrative 21.8% ★, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 5.8%

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: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%

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: Narrative 23.8% ★, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 13%, Lore-Rich 12%, Mystery 9.1%

Investigate the mysteries of a haunted mansion as you solve various challenging puzzles in this Victorian-inspired, narrative-driven escape room game. With only your wit and a lantern to light the way forward, will the choices you make seal your fate, or open the path to freedom?

Why similar: Narrative 27.1% ★, Investigation 17.6%, Detective 15.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

Play as five human heroes in this pacifist 2D RPG taking place in a world where some friendly (and not so friendly) angels conduct balance and harmony together... and where your only instruments for fighting are words and melodies.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Story Rich 10%, Mystery 9.1%

Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?

Why similar: Narrative 23.8% ★, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%

A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.

Why similar: Narrative 26.6% ★, Detective 22.5%, Investigation 21.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Cute 5.8%

The miners of Rabbit Burrows are falling ill, and it is hurting production. As an eminent scholar of the Animal Kingdom, Charles Quill has been summoned by the Crown to help them solve the outbreak. The miners know and respect the young scholar, but there seem to be other things at play.

Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 24.2%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Story Rich 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.

Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.7%

Grayton the Detective is a narrative adventure game about a homeless man who once lived in wealth and comfort, now showers with a kettle, and solves petty mysteries on the streets of Cleveland. However, with the disappearance of mysterious Golden Spoon, everything may change.

Why similar: Investigation 22.5%, Detective 21.7%, Narrative 20.5% ★, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 8.2%

The Kid Detective! The Murder Mystery RPG game that asks the question,"What's so great about the truth anyway?!?"

Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 8.3%

A short pixel-art mystery where you play as Nathan, a private investigator drawn into a curious case. Interrogate suspects, examine clues, and uncover hidden details

Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Investigation 22.5%, Narrative 19.8% ★, Mystery 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Point-and-click adventure game with a thrilling, Native American-inspired narrative. Use your wit to solve fun and challenging puzzles as you explore and interact with the townsfolk of Birchwood Hollow and the Native reservation. Secrets will be uncovered, and truths revealed, as the leaves fall.

Why similar: Narrative 24.2% ★, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 7.6%

A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.

Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Investigation 26.7%, Mystery 13.8%, Narrative 12.5% ★, Adventure 5.5%

Field Recordings is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure set in the fragments of a collapsing reality. Guided by a lonely AI from the abandoned Project Ariadne, explore isolated pockets of the world and search for survivors. Use a Field Recorder to tune into echoes and uncover what remains.

Why similar: Narrative 28.9% ★, Mystery 17.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Story Rich 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.

Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Narrative 24% ★, Investigation 21.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 6%

On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”

Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Investigation 22.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Mystery 8.6%

Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.

Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

You play as Audrey, who has just inherited a mansion from an uncle she never met. Step inside and explore the mansion to unveil the story of what happened to your uncle Otto, his butler, and this kinda creepy place. 😬

Why similar: Narrative 37.9% ★, Investigation 27.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Adventure 5.3%, Story Rich 4.6%

The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.

Why similar: Narrative 32.2% ★, Investigation 20.5%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 6.9%

It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.

Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 21.1%, Narrative 14% ★, Mystery 11.6%, Story Rich 8.4%

Step into the shoes of a rookie police officer. Complete missions, solve mysteries, and rise through the ranks, all while using your detective skills to help your neighbor find her missing cat. Explore an open world full of quests, mini-games, and career choices that lead to multiple endings.

Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Investigation 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

Unravel the mysteries of the ocean spirit world by accompanying a recent high school graduate, Bulut, who lost all of his memories of family and friends. The Inspireist is a story-rich puzzle adventure narrative set in a recent 21st century, alternate realm Izmrr.

Why similar: Narrative 47% ★, Mystery 14.3%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Adventure 6.2%

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 22.7%, Detective 22.4%, Narrative 16.3% ★, Mystery 14.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.

Why similar: Narrative 39.6% ★, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 12%, Mystery 9.5%

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: Detective 21.1%, Investigation 20.2%, Narrative 17.4% ★, Mystery 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.1%

The world doesn't need saving. You do. Explore a strange 3-bit world, wield mysterious powers, uncover forbidden secrets, and find your way home across realities.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.5%, Top-Down 12.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

A monster is hiding behind one of the voices on the line. Identify the liar before you reveal your location. One wrong judgment, and it comes to your door. Each playthrough changes who's lying.

Why similar: Narrative 26.3% ★, Detective 21.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 12.4%, Story Rich 6.2%

Life is easier when you're a small creature on a farm. Everything is decided for you, and your fate is written out until the very end. Sounds like a fairy tale... or maybe a nightmare? Enjoy the peaceful times. You'll never leave it, because you're safe here... Or are you?

Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 17%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Mystery 9%

A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?

Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Detective 17.2%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.

Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.2%

CaveDive is a game about exploring an unknown cave and descending toward its end with a group of unruly companions.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, RPG 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%

The Lyra Signal is a story-driven visual novel about memory, mystery, and the echoes of the past. Follow Leo as he uncovers a strange recording left by his father and begins searching for the meaning behind a name that refuses to disappear: Lyra.

Why similar: Narrative 28.3% ★, Mystery 19.4%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 10.8%

brothers move to a new residence, the apartment owner makes them live for free, but one of the brothers suspects that this man is bad. Live their lives, make fateful decisions, find the truth about the owner of the apartment and be careful people hide much more than they show

Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Detective 18.7%, Mystery 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

Explore an abandoned mansion, solve puzzles, find secrets, and discover what happened to Penelope Rose in this 2D mystery adventure.

Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 17.7%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Top-Down 10.1%

When items go missing and mysterious occurrences disrupt every day life, Detective Leonardo Mane is on the scene. Investigate, interrogate, accuse and solve the case.

Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Investigation 15.3%, Mystery 14.6%, Top-Down 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Join Rat Girl on a gloriously unhinged adventure. Explore a hand-painted world filled with bizarre creatures and unforgettable characters. Solve creative puzzles, make choices that shape your journey, and discover an irreverent story full of dark humor about rebellion and identity.

Why similar: Narrative 31.7% ★, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%

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 25.8%, Mystery 18.7%, Detective 18.4%, Choices Matter 9%, Story Rich 8.5%

Bent Oak Island is a 1990's point and click adventure set on a mysterious island! Join twins Archer and Sam as they delve into the secrets of both the island and their own heritage, and maybe save the world!

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.8%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Funny 8.6%

To ensure your career doesn't end sooner than the apocalypse, work hard to collect "Well-Done Stamps" and save your performance review!

Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 22.7%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 6.5%

In Spaceship Down, you’re Noah, a stranded tech patching up a crashed spaceship with whatever you can find. With only a sarcastic narrator and a perky AI for company, survival means thinking fast and jury-rigging your way out of a bad situation. Think you’re up for it?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.6%, Investigation 14%, Choices Matter 13.5%, RPG 12.3%, Story Rich 7.8%

An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.

Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Investigation 29.9%, Mystery 16.7%, Story Rich 6.5%, Adventure 4.9%

A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.

Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Investigation 18%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Story Rich 8.2%

Inspired by fault and The House in Fata Morgana, this dark fantasy visual novel takes place in a world shaped and ruled by the the Numerals (Arkhes), where even magic is bound by equations.You will make choices for two protagonists: a stoic warrior, and a young sorceress.

Why similar: Narrative 32.1% ★, Lore-Rich 14%, Mystery 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%