60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Interactive Fiction, Mystery.
Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.
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A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
COLIVING
COLIVING is an interactive narrative adventure where you play as a hard-boiled detective and a relentless journalist on two distinct paths. As their cases converge on a shared apartment, your choices shape a complex, branching story. Trust no one—the real danger lives right behind the wall.
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Dark Comedy 14.7%, Crime 11.4%, Investigation 10.7%, Point & Click 9.9%
COLIVING is an interactive narrative adventure where you play as a hard-boiled detective and a relentless journalist on two distinct paths. As their cases converge on a shared apartment, your choices shape a complex, branching story. Trust no one—the real danger lives right behind the wall.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Crime 14.5%, Detective 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Crime 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Point & Click 9.8%
Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 11.9%, Point & Click 11.9%, Dark Comedy 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Crime 13.5%, Dark Comedy 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Step inside Crowpoint Manor, where every guest harbours a dark secret. As an undercover detective, you’ll solve bizarre puzzles, navigate dangerous traps, and witness hilariously tragic accidents. Can you uncover the “truth” before you become the next victim?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.1%, Detective 18.3%, Crime 14.3%, Point & Click 12.8%, Comedy 7.1%
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 34.8%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Point & Click 6.5%
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Crime 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Investigation 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Point & Click 12.2%, Investigation 11%, Crime 10.8%
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 19.5%, Crime 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
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: Detective 24%, Crime 17.9%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Mystery 9.5%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Crime 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Point & Click 10.7%, Investigation 10.3%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Point & Click 9.5%, Mystery 8.1%
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Detective 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Crime 10.7%, Point & Click 10.5%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Investigation 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Point & Click 16.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
Beat reporter Birdie Malone goes undercover as Hollywood star Clara Bow to stop a masked culprit from stealing The Dragon Blossom in this 1930's point and click whodunnit.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 14.3%, Detective 14.1%, Crime 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game inspired by the sword in the stone legend. Explore an orphanage, meet weird people and solve logic puzzles, all in a colorful pixel art world. Bonus: Excalibur is the murder weapon.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Crime 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Mystery 8.2%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Crime 17%, Investigation 13.2%, Point & Click 13%, Mystery 10.4%
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 23.9%, Crime 16.5%, Investigation 10%, Mystery 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Dark Comedy 14.1%, Point & Click 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Investigation 9%
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: Detective 17.1%, Crime 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Investigation 9.8%, Point & Click 8.7%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Crime 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Investigation 12.2%, Point & Click 8.5%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Crime 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Investigation 11.3%
[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: Detective 26.5%, Crime 17.6%, Investigation 15.3%, Point & Click 13.2%, Mystery 10.3%
All hands on deck! A strange, oily fog has enveloped the waterfront of the port town of Quietcape, where local fishermen go, never to return again... Can you solve this mystery?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Crime 12.4%, Point & Click 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Investigation 15.3%, Point & Click 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Mystery 10.5%
A 2D/3D Mystery-Adventure Game set in a lavish hotel with a cast full of suspicious sweeties and dubious degenerates... and everyone has something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Dogs 18.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Mystery 8.6%
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: Detective 18.6%, Crime 17.9%, Investigation 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
"All Antarctic researchers dead. Cause of death: Emperor Penguin attack?" Log into the isolated 'Amundsen-4' server. Extract and combine [keywords] from fragmented emails, chats, and logs to uncover the truth behind the bizarre disaster.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Dark Comedy 18.4%, Point & Click 12%, Investigation 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%
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: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Crime 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dark Comedy 11%
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Crime 20.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Investigation 9.1%, Puzzle 6.9%
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: Detective 26.4%, Crime 19.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Point & Click 9.4%
The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.9%, Point & Click 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Investigation 11.9%
Five Day Detective is a point and click style adventure game featuring multiple murder cases and a twisted sense of humour.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Dark Comedy 17.4%, Point & Click 14.6%, Investigation 9.5%, Crime 7.8%
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Crime 16.5%, Investigation 16.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
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: Detective 18.8%, Crime 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Mystery 8.6%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Point & Click 13.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 7.8%
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: Detective 25.9%, Crime 15.2%, Investigation 14.5%, Point & Click 11.3%, Mystery 9.5%
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: Detective 21.3%, Crime 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Investigation 6.7%
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Point & Click 18.8%, Crime 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Crime 16.2%, Investigation 11.5%, Point & Click 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Crime 11.3%, Point & Click 10.6%
Puppet detectives Sherblock & Blockson are on the case to solve a dastardly sabotage against their favorite pub. You control the story in this madcap comedy joyride!
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Crime 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Point & Click 9.1%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Investigation 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Mystery 10.2%
"What happened to Kate" is a gripping puzzle adventure set in a mysteriously silent home. Unravel your coworker's disappearance through challenging puzzles. Delve into the depths of mystery and discover what lies within the quiet.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Point & Click 15.2%, Crime 14.9%, Detective 11.5%, Realistic 8%
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: Detective 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 10.5%, Crime 10.3%
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: Detective 25.4%, Crime 18.3%, Investigation 10%, Mystery 9.4%, Point & Click 9.3%
Shadowless is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a creepy house marked by tragedy, where dark entities and the past haunt you. Defenseless, you face a nightmare that consumes you before you can escape.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Investigation 8%
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Crime 16.8%, Investigation 10.8%, Comedy 10.7%, Mystery 8.8%
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Crime 15.2%, Investigation 10.6%, Point & Click 10.2%, Mystery 8.7%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Crime 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Investigation 11.1%, Point & Click 10.7%
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: Detective 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Point & Click 10.8%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Crime 21.2%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Crime 18.6%, Investigation 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 9.1%
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: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Crime 14.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Crime 14.4%, Point & Click 14%, Investigation 12.7%
You wake on the last train at an unfamiliar terminus. Only one app opens on your phone: Orange Wiki, a guide to this place, its entities, and your escape. Explore, compare clues with wiki entries, and find a way out in this first-person horror adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Investigation 10%, Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 8.7%
