60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Detective, Crime, Adventure.
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.
DEAR SUSPECT
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Criminal Expert
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.
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Crime 16%, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 14.7%, Artificial Intelligence 13.3%, Noir 13.3%
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 31.3% ★, Detective 20.6%, Crime 19.4%, Investigation 18%, Puzzle 4.2%
Science has never been more dangerous! Death is in the air... Sounds pretty ominous, doesn't it? Help the twin detectives solve a new case!
Why similar: Noir 17.6%, Detective 15.2%, Science 14.5%, Crime 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: FMV 31.9% ★, Detective 19.7%, Crime 17.8%, Investigation 16.7%, Multiple Endings 6%
Dive into the enigmatic world of "The Mystery Man," an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that blurs the lines between reality and fiction. In this immersive experience, you become the investigator, unraveling the secrets of the SCP Universe through a series of intricate puzzles and cryptic clues.
Why similar: Crime 15.2%, Alternate History 15.1%, Artificial Intelligence 14.8%, Detective 14.6%, Investigation 12.2%
The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: FMV 32.6% ★, Detective 20.5%, Crime 19.3%, Investigation 18.4%, Simulation 3.8%
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: Detective 19.6%, Crime 19.3%, Investigation 16.5%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Text-Based 8.8%
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Crime 18.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Noir 14%, 2.5D 14%
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: FMV 30.5% ★, Detective 20.3%, Crime 19%, Investigation 17.6%, Story Rich 5%
Set in Pixel-City, 1996, where video games are shot in studios by living and breathing sprite actors. The game follows Bunny Rosenberg, a rising game star whose life shatters after a brutal tragedy. Her grief soon turns to fury as she hunts for the truth - and vengeance.
Why similar: 2.5D 16%, Alternate History 12.3%, Crime 12.3%, Detective 12.2%, Investigation 11.9%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Detective 23%, Investigation 20.2%, Crime 20.2%, Story Rich 5.8%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 18.7%, Detective 16.7%, Crime 15.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Text-Based 10.6%
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% ★, Detective 18.7%, Noir 15%, Crime 14.4%, Investigation 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: Detective 26.2%, Crime 21.1%, Investigation 20.3%, Noir 12.1%, Story Rich 6.2%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: FMV 22.7% ★, Lore-Rich 14.5%, 2.5D 13%, Alternate History 11.9%, Investigation 11%
In Verbal Verdict you're a novice investigator in 1950's Brooklyn, solving crimes and climbing the ranks by interrogating suspects and solving problems in a detective game powered by artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Detective 18.4%, Crime 17.2%, Artificial Intelligence 17%, Investigation 14.5%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Detective 21%, Crime 19%, Investigation 11.8%, Text-Based 11%
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Noir 27%, Detective 26.9%, Investigation 20.8%, Crime 9.2%, 2.5D 8.4%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Noir 24.4%, Crime 23.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Story Rich 5.5%
An FMV game where YOU are a psychiatrist trying to solve a double murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Ask questions and link answers to determine their fates, and your own!
Why similar: FMV 35% ★, Detective 22.7%, Noir 15.7%, Puzzle 8.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Detective 20.9%, Crime 11.9%, Puzzle 10.6%, Investigation 10.1%
Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.
Why similar: FMV 33.6% ★, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Puzzle 6.5%
Investigate the world's first cult in a cryptic mystery adventure that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. We've been keeping an eye on you. Follow us further down the rabbit hole...
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Alternate History 15.5%, Lore-Rich 13.2%
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Investigation 19.2%, Detective 18.4%, Crime 15.9%, Text-Based 10.7%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Noir 24%, Detective 22.6%, Crime 18.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
Why similar: FMV 28.7% ★, Alternate History 15.6%, Artificial Intelligence 14.9%, Detective 14.4%, Noir 12.4%
Viridis, year 2053. Growing inequality drives Bright City and Blind City further and further apart until idealistic detective Axel McCoin starts a revolution to change the world in this fast-paced cyberpunk adventure.
Why similar: Noir 16.6%, Detective 16.4%, Crime 15.3%, 2.5D 15.2%, Investigation 14.4%
Can you solve the riddle of the disappearing visitors before you lose yourself in the gallery’s macabre beauty?
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Detective 19.4%, Crime 13.8%, Investigation 11%, Puzzle 8.3%
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Investigation 17.5%, Detective 17.3%, Crime 13%, Lore-Rich 12.5%
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 20.8%, Investigation 20.1%, 2.5D 13.1%, Crime 12%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
The camera doesn’t lie, but the truth isn’t always obvious. Photograph traces, gather evidence, link clues on the board, search police databases for key info, and identify the culprit and the next attack site. Each case is a standalone mystery waiting to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Crime 22.3%, Investigation 22.1%, Noir 19.3%, Text-Based 5.3%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Investigation 22.8%, Crime 17.4%, Noir 8.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Investigation 27.1%, Noir 18.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Puzzle 6.2%
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Artificial Intelligence 20.2%, Alternate History 17.6%, Science 14.6%, Investigation 12.1%
Investigate your way in a branching noir horror detective game inspired by Lovecraftian horror and ancient Minoan myth. Analyze evidence, connect clues, and uncover dark secrets through genre-bending deduction mechanics. Face a sinister plot—and an ultimate choice.
Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Noir 17%, Detective 15.7%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Investigation 13.9%
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: Detective 22.3%, Noir 21.1%, Crime 20.9%, Investigation 19.7%, Puzzle 6.7%
Crime never rests... but thankfully, neither does Detective Bass! Put on your detective hat and help Detective Bass get to the bottom of a robbery, in this witty, narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Detective 24.4%, Crime 21.7%, Investigation 18.4%, Puzzle 5.5%
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Why similar: FMV 32.2% ★, Detective 20.8%, Crime 20.3%, Investigation 17.6%, Story Rich 4.8%
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: Detective 26.7%, Crime 25.5%, Investigation 17.2%, Noir 15.9%, Story Rich 6.7%
It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?
Why similar: FMV 43.7% ★, Detective 22.8%, Noir 22%, Sci-fi 4.6%, Multiple Endings 4.2%
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 23.7% ★, Crime 17.5%, Investigation 16.6%, Noir 15.7%, Multiple Endings 6%
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: Detective 19.1%, Crime 16.5%, Noir 16.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Alternate History 13.9%
Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.
Why similar: FMV 45% ★, Noir 25.7%, Detective 24.1%, Multiple Endings 3.8%, Sci-fi 1.5%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 19.2%, Noir 17.1%, Crime 15%, Lore-Rich 11.6%
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 32.6% ★, Detective 19.2%, Crime 17.3%, Investigation 16.1%, Story Rich 5.8%
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 29.1%, Investigation 23.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 18.7%, Crime 16.8%, Noir 15.8%, Artificial Intelligence 10.3%
Explore an abandoned mansion, solve puzzles, find secrets, and discover what happened to Penelope Rose in this 2D mystery adventure.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, 2.5D 21.1%, Lore-Rich 18%, Investigation 17.6%, Puzzle 9.9%
A judge's body is discovered with a clean cut across his jugular, setting the stage for an intense puzzle of motives and clues.
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Detective 22.9%, Investigation 13.6%, Crime 11.6%, Puzzle 8.7%
There's no such thing as a perfect crime! You have to solve a series of mysterious murders in San Francisco. It turns out that this bright city has its own dark side...
Why similar: Detective 23%, Noir 22.8%, Crime 15.1%, Investigation 12.1%, Puzzle 8.7%
The line between life and death is as thin as the autumn breeze. Will you escape, or will Darkwood claim you as another victim of its harvest?
Why similar: Detective 23%, Noir 22.7%, Crime 15.2%, Investigation 12.2%, Puzzle 8.7%
Neon lights. Cold coffee. One case at a time. In One Way Mirror: AI, each investigation is AI generated and every suspect can talk back. Interrogate, connect the clues, break alibis, and expose the killer before the truth slips away into the night. Every question matters. Every lie has a tell.
Why similar: Noir 23.7%, Detective 23.6%, Investigation 20.6%, Artificial Intelligence 17.3%, Crime 14.8%
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: Noir 27.9%, Detective 26.7%, Investigation 21.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Crime 8.6%
Get big laughs while you point and click to search for clues and solve mysteries with Hollywood's most deranged private investigators, Frankie and Suede. Be immersed into a cinematic experience with slapstick characters in this film noir comedy adventure.
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Detective 20.3%, Alternate History 17.5%, Crime 12.3%, Investigation 9.9%
San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Detective 20.8%, Crime 20.2%, Investigation 14%, Linear 7.4%
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.
Why similar: FMV 32.5% ★, Investigation 19%, Detective 14.8%, Crime 11%, Puzzle 8.3%
Embark on a mysterious ride. Solve puzzles, make choices, and uncover the truth behind a hidden crime in this point & click with the depth of a visual novel, all set in a haunting subway filled with secrets.
Why similar: Crime 21.7%, Detective 21.1%, Investigation 18.6%, Text-Based 13.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Crime 26.4%, Investigation 20.5%, Science 7.7%, Puzzle 7%
Something has gone wrong at the 28 Leicester Square manor. Danger lurks around every corner. In this horror puzzle game, you will uncover the truth of what happened to this place and reveal secrets that should have stayed hidden. Every man has two sides; let's just hope you help the right one.
Why similar: Science 19.7%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Investigation 17.7%, Puzzle 13.3%, Horror 11.8%
