60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Adventure, Detective, Exploration.
Slimy Dude is a hand-drawn action-adventure where you play as a soldier, running from kingdom to kingdom against forces greater simply to escape his past. You will meet new allies, become stronger, uncover secrets and explore new environments.
What Happened to Penelope Rose?
Explore an abandoned mansion, solve puzzles, find secrets, and discover what happened to Penelope Rose in this 2D mystery adventure.
Poltergirl
Make your choice! Are you an ally or enemy of the monsters living right beneath your feet? Take control of a brother and ghostly sister to discover the mystery of your town, as well as life and death itself.
Explore an abandoned mansion, solve puzzles, find secrets, and discover what happened to Penelope Rose in this 2D mystery adventure.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, 2.5D 18.3%, Investigation 14%, Puzzle 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.5%
Make your choice! Are you an ally or enemy of the monsters living right beneath your feet? Take control of a brother and ghostly sister to discover the mystery of your town, as well as life and death itself.
Why similar: Stealth 32.4%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Puzzle 10%, Adventure 5.3%
Billy is back for an investigative adventure in Summer camp. Unravel mysterious events in this colorful journey as campers’ worries manifest as Fearlings. Explore the camp, investigate its secrets, and confront those fears through clever puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Hand-drawn 16%, Investigation 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Adventure 8.5%
Winnia is the only child in the sanatorium, spending her days lost in adventurous fantasies. Dr. Kai is a cold, meticulous physician who treats patients and diagnoses difficult cases. Innocent imagination and clinical rationality travel different tracks, yet quietly shape each other.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Stealth 15.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 11.8%
The Orchard Estate is Haunted! Investigate a spooky cartoon mansion and its zany suspects, uncover the clues, and unmask the monsters prowling its halls in this action-adventure whodunnit! But beware, the mansion appears to shift each case, and seems to hold deeper mysteries…
Why similar: Investigation 19%, Detective 18.4%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Puzzle 8.1%
Set in a Brazilian school, it is a Point-and-Click game focused on solving puzzles and mysteries concerning the dangers of the digital environment. The plot features anthropomorphic characters inspired by Brazilian fauna, known as the 'Bando Detetive'.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Puzzle 10.2%, Investigation 9.6%, Adventure 9.3%
Become a trickster detective embarking on an Eastern European adventure full of spatial puzzles. Observe your relatives’ loops, sabotage them, and piece the story together at a grandiose feast. Solve a mystery while pranking your family!
Why similar: Investigation 22.1%, Detective 18.6%, 2.5D 15.9%, Puzzle 14.1%, Adventure 9.8%
FILENDS is a dark multiplayer riddle-solving game for 2-7 players. Work together to solve levels filled with murder mysteries and tragic tales. Use environmental clues and real-time chat to uncover the truth. Will you solve the riddles or become a part of them?
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Stealth 21.6%, Investigation 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Puzzle 11.9%
Help solve a crime.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.2%, Detective 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Exploration 9%
Use your investigating skills to solve Zephyr City’s most heinous crimes through the eyes of infamous detective Nick Spade. This steampunk noir city is a rats nest of secrets and lies. Do you have what it takes to earn the title The Ace of Spades?
Why similar: Stealth 21.7%, Detective 18.2%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Open World 8.8%
Make new friends, convince the citizens of Mitopia, and run for mayor in this humorous 2.5D paper-style RPG! Play as Viktor the Dino, explore the island, and fight the corrupt mayor's henchmen in tactical turn-based battles.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, 2.5D 15.8%, Detective 15.5%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.6%
A top-down stealth immersive sim set inside fractured memories. Stay hidden, manipulate light and shadow, uncover story-rich mysteries, and make choices that shape the truth behind your death.
Why similar: Stealth 37.2%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11%, Story Rich 9.2%, Detective 8.5%
The scarlet super thief Carmen Sandiego is back! Adorn Carmen’s signature red hat and play as the vigilante herself to navigate a world of espionage, utilizing high-tech gadgets, and ultimately capturing VILE.
Why similar: Investigation 28%, Detective 27.8%, Stealth 22.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 5.5%
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 21.5%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Puzzle 10.4%
In a world full of flightless birds, your goal is to find an ancient artifact called the Sky Stone which is said to restore the power of flight to all birds. Explore a world above the clouds, steering and controlling a hot air balloon in VR. Manipulate your environment to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Investigation 10.9%
A 7-year-old boy has vanished inside his own home. Find him and uncover what happened beneath its walls, while evading the Yōkai that have claimed this place as their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 13.6%, Adventure 10.3%
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: Detective 24%, Investigation 21.3%, Hand-drawn 19.8%, Puzzle 8.9%, Story Rich 7.7%
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones™.
Why similar: Stealth 23.6%, Action-Adventure 18.7%, Investigation 14.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Open World 9.4%
Survive in a haunted colonial mansion in Bengal. Complete daily chores to keep order by day, then face supernatural anomalies at night. Explore, uncover secrets, and fight for your sanity in this first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Stealth 19.7%, Investigation 18%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, 2.5D 17.5%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 13.1%
Harold Rabbit : Finder of Lost Things is a fully hand-drawn point & click game for all ages. Join Harold and his sidekick Maud on a quest to recover Harold's stolen trumpet!
Why similar: Detective 21%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Puzzle 12%, Adventure 11.7%
Investigate and unravel the horrors of Clear County. Gather evidence and survive the North Ridge Loop while uncovering the fate of a missing hiker. Explore and escape procedurally generated levels in nightmare mode, avoiding or confronting the dangers within. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Detective 23%, Stealth 21.7%, Investigation 20.5%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Puzzle 6.9%
Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, 2.5D 8.7%
Dive into a world of mystery and wonder in Shattered Dimension. As an unexpected investigator, you're plunged into a labyrinthine plot filled with enigmatic puzzles and intriguing characters.Uncover hidden truths by engaging in conversations and following the intricate web of relationships.
Why similar: Investigation 27.4%, Hand-drawn 21.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Puzzle 9.4%, Casual 9%
I AM RIPPER is a British Thriller set in the brutality and economic decline of the 1980's. You are a forensic investigator called on to solve one of the UK's most prolific crimes.
Why similar: Stealth 24.2%, Detective 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Puzzle 8.3%
Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.
Why similar: Stealth 21.9%, 2.5D 17.2%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
Play as Ollie and Spade, a rebel and detective, on both sides of a high-profile murder case, in a dual-character investigative-stealth experience. Discover the secrets plaguing the citizens of Andropolis.
Why similar: Stealth 22%, Detective 17.8%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 11.7%
Follow Amelia, a stressed and overworked gamedev (or as people in the industry call it... Just a gamedev) through a surreal trip with three distinctly different game modes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, 2.5D 17.4%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Puzzle 9.1%
You take part in testing a next-generation experimental android on a restricted floor of a research complex. But soon it becomes clear that the experiment is far more complicated, and you'll have to uncover what’s really happening here.
Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Investigation 26.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 9.2%
An exploration game about knowledge and discovery. Change the seasons, investigate plants, and discover secrets about the world to stop an ecological disaster.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Investigation 20.4%, 2.5D 14.4%, Open World 10.3%, Exploration 8.7%
Explore the scenes, find clues, and sort out people, pets, and belongings in this cozy slice-of-life detective puzzle game. Fans of Duck Detective, Little Problems, and The Case of the Worst Day Ever will enjoy this new deduction game for all ages.
Why similar: Detective 34.1%, Investigation 25.4%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 5.6%
Encounters is an open-world, Exploration game about hunting for aliens and cryptids
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Action-Adventure 19.7%, Investigation 14.6%, Exploration 14.2%, Open World 12.3%
"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 35.4%, Investigation 16.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Lore-Rich 7.8%
Dream is a 2.5D adventure where Luna explores the dream world while conquering dreamlike mazes by rotating the environments to uncover poem fragments and memories of her late father, seeking the warmth of his lost embrace through non-linear puzzle-solving.
Why similar: 2.5D 26.6%, Action-Adventure 20.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Adventure 8.4%
Moonshot is a stealth puzzle platformer that puts you in the role of a spy of a fictional country in the 'moon race' era. In competition with the USA and the Soviet Union, you will have to use espionage and sabotage to make sure that your nation will be the first on the moon.
Why similar: Stealth 40%, Detective 23.9%, Investigation 15.7%, Puzzle 10.9%, Story Rich 6.3%
Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 500 years of secrets. A non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the complex history of a community cursed by supernatural forces.
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 8.4%
Follow a small cute robot in a puzzle game where nature suffers the consequences of a reckless past! Help H.O.P.E. decipher a strange language and create a new world where, this time, there is a little hope.
Why similar: 2.5D 22%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, Exploration 10%
Pendle Tower was once a lavish high-rise hotel, but a new renovation has awakened a long-dormant secret within its foreboding halls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle 11.2%
BROKEN MIND is an action Survival Horror. Investigate, solve the puzzles and find out what happened to Laura Campbell. If she is still alive you must act quickly!
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, 2.5D 13.2%, Stealth 12.6%, Action-Adventure 12.2%
Nightmere is a detective-mystery game with psychological horror elements fused into it. Set in 1991, you play as Amelia, a young private investigator who reluctantly takes on a missing persons case in the small, quiet town of Nightmere – and finds something much darker.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, 2.5D 17%, Investigation 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Investigation 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, 2.5D 10.1%, Adventure 6.3%
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 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Investigation 9.1%
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Investigation 17.3%, 2.5D 14.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
In Wishville, all dreams come true, for a price.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Action-Adventure 19.8%, Investigation 15.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Puzzle 13.1%
A short story-driven game about two inquisitors, Arun and Quila, investigating a murder. During the game you'll control both, each having their own set of skills you'll need to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Stealth 26.5%, Detective 20.9%, Investigation 20.4%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Exploration 8%
50 Minutes 'Til Impact is set in a retro-futuristic world aboard an advanced, yet luxurious space train! It's a linear narrative adventure where players utilize 3D exploration, code solving, and visual novel interactions to do whatever they can to save everyone on board before time runs out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, 2.5D 28.6%, Investigation 25.1%, Adventure 10.1%, Casual 3.3%
「ギルド探求団へようこそ！」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう！それでは──良い旅を！
Why similar: Detective 41.6%, Investigation 28.1%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 8.6%, Fantasy 4.8%
When letters from an unknown figure arrive in Julia's mailbox, she unravels a forgotten, painful truth behind it. Witness a unique narrative experience illustrated in a series of hand-painted scenes that tell the story of Julia and a familiar stranger that lives inside her fractured memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Hand-drawn 25.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
The House of Toys is a horror game in which the player ventures into an old mansion filled with seemingly harmless toys. His mission is to explore each room, searching for clues to discover which of the toys is cursed. To free the soul trapped in this toy, the player must solve intricate puzzles.
Why similar: Stealth 33.4%, Investigation 23.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Detective 6.7%, Exploration 6.4%
When a long-forgotten race returns for an artifact capable of controlling the destiny of the know worlds, can you find the Spindle of Fate first and save the realms from destruction?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Detective 21.2%, Investigation 16.4%, Adventure 12.6%, Puzzle 12%
A first person point and click adventure. Takes place in and around a large house and yard. There are puzzles to solve, and allot of mystery and horror elements blended into the story. Many objects to interact with and to use on the environment.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Investigation 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Puzzle 9.4%
A narrative-focused mimicry game. Observe and blend in to survive. Disguise yourself, deceive enemies, and discover the secrets of a mysterious world.
Why similar: Stealth 32.4%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
CLeM: The First Attribute is a free prologue that offers the first loop of CLeM, a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, 2.5D 17.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Exploration 8.5%
A mystery adventure game where you play as a shapeshifting lizard, transforming into any NPC to unlock unique dialogue, solve intricate puzzles, and complete diverse quests to unravel a town's secrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Detective 20%, 2.5D 17.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Puzzle 10.7%
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 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Adventure 6.9%
Are you afraid of the dark? you should be. Enjoy this horror game that thrives on your fear of darkness and unknown.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Stealth 22.2%, Action-Adventure 20.6%, Exploration 13.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
Every dream can come true, for the right price. Your husband Jack has gone there, but when he doesn’t return, you follow in his footsteps. The town is threatened by enchanted roses that choke the life out of anyone they ensnare. Can you save your husband from his deadly contract?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.8%, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 15.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Puzzle 13.1%
A horror and exploration adventure that tells the story of Blanche, who was found alone in the gardens of Launderley, in front of a pile of twenty-nine corpses.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Investigation 20.6%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
Journey Back to DreamSpace is a quirky top-down, single-player, cyberpunk, adventure game. Interact with angry gangers, crafty corporations and all kinds of strange characters in Port hope. Most of all though, help Jo find a way back to DreamSpace!
Why similar: Stealth 33.8%, 2.5D 19.8%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Top-Down 7.6%, Lore-Rich 6.6%
