- #1 speak of my sin
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sagros
Windows
Speak of My Sin is a word reasoning game - players are supposed to find the truth of the cases, restore the story in a number of interrelated cases and finally detect the identification of “me”, speaking out “my” sin.
Why similar: Crime 14.9%, Detective 14.1%, Word Game 13.1%, Text-Based 12%, Drama 9.8%
- #2 Detective Super Star
96% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Ourhsow Games
Windows
Join the famous Detective Doyle to solve a series of murder cases in this captivating hidden object, adventure game.
Why similar: Crime 21.4%, Detective 18.1%, Word Game 15.8%, Mystery 10%, Drama 7.4%
- #3 琉璃烟火-Flame in Glass-
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gloria Works
Windows
他期待着事业的成果,她期待着追逐的爱情,她期待能给身边的人们带来笑容,他期待能成为故事的主角,他们生活的这座城市期待着海啸后的痊愈……可是,一场突如其来的爆炸扰乱了这一切。烟火暗淡,琉璃蒙尘,他们所期待的,能够实现吗?
Why similar: Crime 23.8%, Detective 22.4%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Text-Based 10.8%, Drama 8.3%
- #4 春泥 Soil of Rebirth
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 282 reviews2026
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕,刑警程佑接到报案,动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入,案件的疑点层层浮现,将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动,深埋的真相即将揭开......
Why similar: Crime 20.8%, Detective 17.5%, Clicker 12.8%, Drama 12.3%, Mystery 10.1%
- #5 Turlock Holmes
94% matchVery Positive80% of 917 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Crime 25.2%, Detective 21.8%, Word Game 19.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #6 File Tricks
93% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows
"File Tricks" is a visual novel with puzzle solve. It is not only a test of logical thinking and observation, but also a reasoning feast full of suspense and reversal. You need to investigate the crime scene, collect evidence, confront the people involved and finally solve the case.
Why similar: Word Game 27.2%, Detective 21.2%, Logic 12.1%, Crime 9.9%, Drama 7.2%
- #7 雾尽时分
94% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: 济沧海工作室Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
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: Crime 22.8%, Detective 19.1%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Text-Based 9.6%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #8 Tales of the Mirror
92% matchMixed56% of 261 reviews2021
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Tales of the Mirror is a landscape-mode visual novel game created by Cotton Games. As a player, you solve a series of mysteries in the mid and late Ming Dynasty, in the south of Yangtze River.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Detective 14.5%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Drama 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #9 What's done is Done
91% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: ShallowStomach
Windows
A narrative-driven puzzle game about souls and forgetting. On the brink of reincarnation, she loses all her memories, and her soul is scattered. The memories of lingering spirits on the bridge seem to be connected to her story...
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Drama 11.1%, Word Game 10.7%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #10 Rubbings
91% matchVery Positive89% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑,根据匿名信件中的拓片线索,深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村,这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事,并在村庄中展开调查,你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Word Game 17.2%, Crime 16.1%, Detective 15.4%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Drama 10.2%
- #11 Case Sealed
90% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Mergen Games
Windows
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Clicker 13%, Logic 11.8%, Text-Based 10.8%, Drama 8.5%
- #12 学校七不思议怪谈
89% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Morning Song Game
Windows
This is a click to decrypt game that includes storyline, role-playing, and detective gameplay. The student played by the player will reason and decrypt school gossip events in the school.
Why similar: Crime 19.6%, Word Game 18.6%, Detective 17%, Clicker 12.9%, Drama 12.3%
- #13 The Simen Rumors
88% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Word Game 16.6%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Drama 12.9%
- #14 Hidden Clues
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows
Crack the cases! The murders are escalating in the city! Follow the clues to crack the cases and arrest the killers!
Why similar: Crime 34.2%, Detective 25.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, Linear 9.4%
- #15 Fools, Maniacs and Liars
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NanZhai GamePub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
A narrative-driven game of suspense, crime, and dark humor. Amid exquisitely crafted art and a gripping story, the Wushan Great Buddha's demise unfolds.
Why similar: Crime 24.9%, Clicker 18%, Drama 17.8%, Mystery 16%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
- #16 The Dagby Files
86% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Huge Workshop
Windows
Solve jigsaw puzzles to crack the case in this relaxing, cozy mystery game. Join Inspector Dagby as he investigates crime scenes, questions suspects, and leaves the final deduction to you. Seven perplexing mysteries. 28 hand-illustrated puzzles by artist Dave Montes.
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Crime 20.7%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #17 Detective Dunkadoo
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goosewing Creative
Windows
"Detective Dunkadoo" is a serious detective game. A blackmail has thrust the Well-Done supermarket into the spotlight. This crisis shatters the store and forces the employee Dunkadoo out of his passive routine. Can this bird see through the case and avert disaster before the impending doom strikes?
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Lore-Rich 14%, Logic 9.9%, Clicker 9.5%, Drama 9.1%
- #18 Revelation
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GaLaTECH
Windows
Revelation(레벨레이션)은 텍스트 기반의 1인칭 2D 어드벤처 게임입니다. 여러분은 탐정이라는 직업이 없는 세상인 '알바트로스'에서 탐정을 꿈꾸는 주인공 류드가 되어 다양한 사건을 수사합니다. 이젠 어른이 된 류드의 다섯 친구들과 함께, 강력 범죄를 수사하며 거대한 진실에 도달하는 여정을 떠나보세요.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Crime 15.6%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Text-Based 11.6%, Mystery 10.8%
- #19 Clue For Your Thoughts
84% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Sean Kuehl
Windows
Sift through the evidence to find out who did it.
Why similar: Crime 37.3%, Detective 27.9%, Mystery 19.9%, Puzzle 8.9%, Casual 6%
- #20 CaseCracker
84% matchVery Positive90% of 3,209 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In order to improve the efficiency of selecting talents, the Chicheng police specially developed a test system-the true detection system, with the black robe company. As a tester, you need to complete the cracking of the case under the rules of the system.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Word Game 17.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Drama 9.3%, Logic 9.2%
- #21 Sanfu
82% matchVery Positive83% of 17,512 reviews2023
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2000年,山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告,而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入,一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。
Why similar: Drama 17.8%, Mystery 16%, Detective 12.6%, Crime 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #22 Demons' Timeline
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DigitalCats
Windows
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Text-Based 17.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Crime 13.3%, Logic 11.4%
- #23 Mystery Island:Missing Amy
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Word Game 16.9%, Detective 16.8%, Crime 13.4%, Drama 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%
- #24 Dragon Maiden: Blossoms of the Past
81% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 不兼容性工作室Pub: 2P Games
Windows
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Word Game 19.4%, Detective 16.4%, Drama 15.5%, Mystery 15%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #25 Detective Bloodphobia
79% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.
Why similar: Crime 30.8%, Logic 16.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Detective 11.3%, Linear 10.8%
- #26 AI探案集
81% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Zane Studio
Windows
《AI Detective Collection》 combines the AI large language model to create a detective deciphering game. Players will be integrated into the deduction story, using AI assistants to deeply investigate clues, examine evidence, and uncover the truth behind the case through logical thinking and deduction.
Why similar: Word Game 22%, Detective 18.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Logic 11.8%, Mystery 11.4%
- #27 Dr. What & Detective Son
80% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: VILQ
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join Dr. What and Detective Son on an exhilarating journey through mind-bending puzzles and perplexing mysteries in this immersive logic game! With multiple levels to conquer, sharpen your deductive skills and unravel intricate cases.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.7%, Detective 23.6%, Logic 18.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, Mystery 10.1%
- #28 Murders on the Yangtze River
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,376 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Drama 12.6%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Logic 10%
- #29 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
77% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Sungazer Software LLC
Windows
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Crime 21.7%, Drama 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Logic 9.2%
- #30 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
76% matchVery Positive94% of 267 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Word Game 13.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Mystery 12.2%
- #31 星象迷案 The Zodiac Mystery
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LazyBoy
Windows
Step into The Zodiac Mystery, where a suspense-filled adventure begins! Players are immersed in a complex and bewildering cold case, searching for clues across time and space. Examine crime scenes, review files, and analyze evidence, following the trail concealed within a celestial haze.
Why similar: Crime 30.4%, Detective 22.2%, Mystery 18.2%, Drama 15.2%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #32 Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,353 reviews2019
Dev: Mografi
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Crime 21.8%, Detective 20%, Drama 12.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Emotional 10.8%
- #33 The Bygone Days of Her and the Flowers
76% matchVery Positive99% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: luern0313
Windows · Mac · Linux
和纳西妲一起,回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城,你能否揭开命案的真相,探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密,然后…与「那个人」再次相见? 和伙伴们一起,去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Lore-Rich 15%, Mystery 14.5%, Drama 11.8%
- #34 Incinera: Pandemonium
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Potaras Studio
Windows · Mac
This is a stream-of-consciousness romantic narrative puzzle game that blends narrative deduction with visual novel storytelling. Five romances, six stories, and a single journey of the soul. When conspiracay arises, can you shoulder your destiny, and protect the last idealism amongst human world?
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Drama 19%, Word Game 15%, Emotional 10.9%, Clicker 8.4%
- #35 栀子花
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: 青芒
Windows
An RPG narrative game that tells the story of a hospital director's disappearance through the memories of a police officer, with the truth behind it being extremely complex.
Why similar: Drama 19.2%, Text-Based 18%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Word Game 15.6%, Emotional 9.7%
- #36 How Many Secrets Under Ceiling
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 稻歌游戏工作室
Windows
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here! A dentist dead in a double-locked room seems like a suicide, but unexplained contradictions connect different truths. Each investigation and puzzles are up to you. But wait, what's wrong with this suspicious "assistant" following?!
Why similar: Crime 20.7%, Detective 18.5%, Word Game 18.4%, Drama 11.3%, Mystery 8.8%
- #37 CaseCracker2
73% matchVery Positive91% of 761 reviews2024
Dev: BlackRobePub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Jia huasheng ,the policeman of Chicheng police station, got disappeared without any trace after leaving a letter which illustrates the police station to start the CaseCracker system version 2.0.
Why similar: Word Game 17.4%, Detective 16.8%, Text-Based 12.6%, Drama 11.5%, Logic 10.4%
- #38 谜宇酒吧
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DMW Studio
Windows
《谜宇酒吧》是一款舞台在3072年的太空列车上的悬疑推理游戏。玩家将扮演主人公“梅尔”,一名业余的列车酒保,寻找因一块陨石引起的连环杀人案的真相。
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Word Game 17.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Logic 14.3%, Drama 6.8%
- #39 无生之荣
73% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: 逐枫
Windows
Murder in a back room? Headless corpses? Disappearing murder weapon? Deadly messages?Murder? Suicide? You want it, it's all here. Let's start from the bloodshed in the Imperial City that shook the nation, pull them out of their cocoons, and get a glimpse of the truth behind them.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Drama 15.3%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Logic 13.6%, Mystery 11.1%
- #40 栖云:遗忘之境 Oriental Dreams : The Forgotten Realm
71% matchPositive100% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: 山灰猫 ShanHuiMao
Windows
This is an AVG narrative puzzle game, the story background is set in the late 19th century Europe, players will experience it as the protagonist . The game is divided into three main lines and one hidden line.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.9%, Text-Based 17.1%, Emotional 16%, Detective 15.5%, Drama 11.4%
- #41 鲤氏奇人异闻录
72% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: 顽童计划
Windows
《明日方舟》同人游戏,以原作角色“老鲤”为主角,在二十年前的龙门,展开一系列解谜探案故事。
Why similar: Word Game 25.3%, Mystery 17.1%, Detective 14.1%, Drama 11%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #42 Requiem Song
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 木木的婉约风
Windows
“噬魂狱”守护者莫名失踪,一场腥风血雨即将来临,连接地狱与人间的通道在升灵仪式之时打开,这一次谁来守护人间? 墨瞳莫名其妙的成为了守护者,在“风铃音”的指引下,开始接手工作。 “升灵仪式”当天,却是发生了令人意想不到的突发事故。 侍魂来袭,奇怪的绷带男,过去前辈的消失,谜团如雾一般笼罩开来。 为了解开心中的疑惑,墨瞳跟随”风铃音“步入了”噬魂狱“当中。 死而复生的传闻,究竟是否属实? 这是关于青春与爱的救赎之歌!
Why similar: Word Game 25.8%, Lore-Rich 19.4%, Text-Based 15%, Clicker 13%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #43 Marcella Moon: Killer at the Cove
73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a murder in a coastal California town.
Why similar: Crime 20.6%, Detective 20.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Logic 12.2%, Emotional 9.9%
- #44 Lymph City Blues
74% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Quillity Studios LLCPub: Quillity Studios LLC
Windows
Take on the role of a detective immune cell named Dan Dendrick in this neo-noir narrative. Track down and uncover the murderer of the mayor of Lymph City using your sleuthing prowess and bring justice back to Lymph City...for no one is immune to justice.
Why similar: Clicker 21.5%, Detective 21.1%, Crime 15.8%, Logic 9.4%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #45 Kanna Maze
71% matchVery Positive89% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 23.8%, Detective 15.1%, Drama 13.3%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Emotional 9.4%
- #46 Another Day of My Life
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Foxy KK & Squeaky ZZ
Windows · Mac
In the game, the little girl has the strangest day of her life. It starts in a quite peaceful morning and ends up in a really weird night. Her mom is missing, and her dad is acting crazy... What happens this day seems all mixed up and strange, but it's actually meant to be.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Mystery 13.1%, Drama 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Emotional 12.1%
- #47 深潜过载
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 本源界游戏工作室
Windows
Burnout Dive is a science fiction suspense style text AVG puzzle game. Please enjoy the space full of eternal happiness! Just... The sudden crisis, the invisible shadow, the silent manager, the untranslatable information, and the threat hidden in the dark are tearing all this apart.
Why similar: Word Game 23.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Drama 14.3%, Emotional 9.1%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #48 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
67% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Word Game 18.1%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Drama 11.1%
- #49 Phonetic
70% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: Cameron Wang
Windows
Phonetic is a casual brain teaser game. A simple game in which the player deciphers the phonetic spelling of various words. Try it out and see what highscore you can set!
Why similar: Word Game 33.6%, Text-Based 20.4%, Logic 14%, Puzzle 11.9%, Casual 8.4%
- #50 Trials of Innocence
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Crime 20.9%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Logic 9.6%
- #51 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 619 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
Why similar: Word Game 19.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Drama 13.7%, Clicker 12.6%, Mystery 10.8%
- #52 Murder at Ironwood Inn
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SAK70Games
Windows
A shocking murder has rocked the Ironwood Inn. Play as one of four detectives, each with unique interrogation styles. Search for clues, question suspects, and uncover secrets in this high-stakes mystery. Can you solve the case before time runs out?
Why similar: Crime 34.1%, Detective 29.8%, Mystery 19.2%, Puzzle 8.2%, Story Rich 6%
- #53 Detective tales: A Study in Scarlet
69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Escape Pod
Windows
Step in the shoes of Mr. Holmes or Dr. Watson and venture on a journey filled with intrigue and mystery. Use your logic and teamwork skills in order to solve the mysterious murder which shocked the 19th century London. Play it with a friend on 2 devices with an open voice connection.
Why similar: Crime 24%, Detective 18.6%, Hand-drawn 12%, Logic 10.8%, Mystery 8.9%
- #54 GRIDBUSTERS
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jion Interactive
Windows
A logic deduction game. Read the room. Deduce, don't guess. Bust the case.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Logic 17.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Puzzle 8.5%, Relaxing 7.6%
- #55 Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
67% matchVery Positive94% of 3,907 reviews2023
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Crime 21.5%, Text-Based 13.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Drama 10.3%
- #56 Hidden Sin 8
68% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: 本格工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
《隐秘的原罪》是由本格工作室开发的推理解谜系列游戏。本作以架空的民国时代为故事背景,围绕侦探和巡警联手侦破一个个奇案的故事,在扣人心弦的推理过程中,弘扬人性的真善美,抨击人性的丑恶,同时科普诸多的常识知识。
Why similar: Mystery 22.1%, Clicker 20.7%, Drama 19.4%, Puzzle 12%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #57 Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Crime 17%, Logic 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Text-Based 12.3%
- #58 Forest Grove
67% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Miga GamesPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
In Forest Grove, a teenage heiress has gone missing. Foul play is suspected. Uncover a cast of characters, collect evidence, and find the truth in this futuristic detective game!
Why similar: Crime 20.6%, Detective 20%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Mystery 10.7%, Drama 10.2%
- #59 Murder On The Island
69% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Forever Young Games
Windows
Murder on the Island is a Visual Novel story, which takes place on a beautiful tropical island, where one of the 14 vacationers found murdered. Paul Parker, the owner of the island has only one week to find out what happened on the first night.
Why similar: Crime 21.2%, Detective 19.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Hand-drawn 9.4%