60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Story Rich, Mystery.
Sherlock and 9 other individuals are forced to participate in a mysterious experiment, the purpose of which is unclear. Why are they here, and what is in store for them? The mysteries of the odd facility and even themselves may unfold in unexpected ways….
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
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A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Detective 17.3%, Dark Comedy 16.2%, Thriller 14.9%, Mystery 6.3%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24%, Investigation 20.4%, Detective 20%, Thriller 10.7%, Mystery 6.9%
Welcome to Woodside, a haunting survival horror adventure. Explore, investigate and survive as Grace, confronting supernatural terrors that plague a seemingly quaint British village. Experience dynamic horror as spirits react to the way you play. Can you find the truth before it's too late?
Why similar: Investigation 26.4%, Detective 20%, Supernatural 16.1%, Thriller 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
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 23.4%, Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 8%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Psychological 7.7%
A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.
Why similar: Investigation 25.4%, Dark Comedy 24.1%, Grid-Based Movement 12%, Detective 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Thriller 14.2%, Detective 13.7%, Psychological 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Investigation 26.5%, Detective 25.8%, Thriller 17.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 20%, Supernatural 12.3%, Psychological 11.2%, Sci-fi 9%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 25.8%, Thriller 9.3%, Logic 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
You wake up locked up in an unknown place with 8 strangers. Who are these people ? Why are you here ? You have a bad feeling. But suddenly, the phone rings, and it's up to you : Will you dare answer and go deeper in this mysterious plot ? Will you reveal the horrible truth... and survive it ?
Why similar: Investigation 25.9%, Detective 22.2%, Thriller 13%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Psychological 10%
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 23.4%, Investigation 17.4%, Detective 15.5%, Thriller 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Detective 23.5%, Thriller 14.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Psychological 8.1%
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Investigation 16.1%, Thriller 16%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Lore-Rich 8.2%
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is a 3D horror adventure game, with the direction and the original script by Ruggero Deodato. Take control of different characters in a desperate expedition to the virgin jungles of Borneo.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Investigation 19.8%, Thriller 17.3%, Psychological 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Investigation 26.6%, Detective 26.3%, Thriller 13.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
The director's body was found in the office. It looks like a suicide but the detective has a different opinion.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.2%, Detective 22.3%, Thriller 13.6%, Investigation 13.2%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Detective 20.7%, Thriller 18%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Psychological 8.4%
You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.
Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Thriller 14.4%, Detective 14.3%, Psychological 13.8%, Supernatural 8.8%
A psychological detective thriller. Everyone has already decided who did it. You don't have to. Investigate a double death, question everyone who loved them, and discover how much you can trust your own mind.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 23.5%, Thriller 15.2%, Psychological 11.9%, Mystery 8.1%
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 28.2%, Thriller 13.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Logic 6.6%
Welcome to the mysterious village of "Folk Show"! This is a domestic plot-oriented micro-horror game that will take you into a rural story full of suspense and thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 22.7%, Detective 22%, Thriller 21.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.9%
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: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 21%, Thriller 18.3%, Supernatural 13.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Investigation 29.2%, Detective 27.7%, Mystery 8.7%, Old School 7.6%, Logic 6.6%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Investigation 24.5%, Detective 23.6%, Psychological 10.9%, Thriller 10.5%, Mystery 9.5%
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Thriller 21.5%, Detective 20.8%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%
DOMUS ABSCONDITA is single player horror and mystery adventure. Step into the shoes of a private investigator and try to uncover all the secrets of the Manor. Will you escape with the truth, or will you become another lost soul within its haunted halls?
Why similar: Investigation 23.8%, Detective 23.2%, Thriller 22.1%, Psychological 12.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Investigation 17.4%, Thriller 13.1%, Mystery 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
A first-person investigative thriller where your family is kidnapped and you must carry out various demands from the kidnapper in order to prolong their lives. However, if you are sharp, you might also uncover clues to track down their location and devise a rescue plan.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Thriller 20%, Investigation 18.5%, Psychological 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%
Play as an untethered spirit, collecting fragments of your past while fleeing a cryptic force looking to consume your soul. Explore and survive an increasingly nightmarish world. Who are you? How will you avoid the harvest of your soul? What will you uncover with the time you have left?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.2%, Thriller 20.1%, Investigation 18.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Old School 6.6%
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 23.6%, Investigation 18.7%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Memes 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.8%, Investigation 20.7%, Detective 20.2%, Mystery 7.5%, Logic 7.1%
In a dark world where reality blends with illusion, you strive to uncover the mystery of your sister's death. Explore locations, interact with characters, and gather clues. Gradually, your mind begins to betray you, and each step could lead either to the truth or to madness.
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Detective 21.3%, Thriller 10.9%, Psychological 9.1%, Supernatural 8.9%
Manage a hotel for criminals, spot anomalies, and find out who killed your sister 15 years ago.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Thriller 22%, Psychological 16.3%, Investigation 8.6%, Survival 8.2%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Investigation 31.3%, Detective 25.9%, Supernatural 10.8%, Mystery 10%, Thriller 9.9%
A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.
Why similar: Investigation 25.6%, Detective 22.6%, Thriller 19%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Mystery 8.3%
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 33.6%, Detective 12.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
The mansion your grandfather left you is more than an inheritance. When the power comes on, not only the lights awaken, but the darkness buried inside. Shadow Mansion 2 is a first-person psychological horror focused on atmosphere, exploration, and stealth.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Thriller 23.2%, Investigation 21.8%, Supernatural 7.3%, Mystery 6.3%
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: Detective 21.3%, Investigation 20.7%, Thriller 16.6%, Supernatural 13.7%, Mystery 8.2%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Thriller 18.9%, Investigation 15.7%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Mystery 8.4%
His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.1%, Thriller 17.1%, Memes 13.2%, Detective 13.1%, Investigation 11.8%
Enter a house where every clue feels wrong. Investigate a brutal crime scene, uncover hidden evidence, and use your detective tools to piece together a disturbing truth buried beneath the silence.
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Detective 17.7%, Thriller 15%, Psychological 11%, Supernatural 10.9%
Talk Insomnia is a visual novel that blends suspenseful weird tales with mixology. You play as Ming, a bookstore staff member who prepares drinks for guests during the day and delves into their stories at night. With the warmth of a single drink, you draw out the secrets buried deep in their hearts.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 18.2%, Supernatural 11.7%, Logic 9.3%, Mystery 8.6%
A faceless nightmare is here to rid the world of the chemical that made impossible technology possible. You, as the puny human Chance, have just crashed in the middle of that warzone. Good luck.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 21.8%, Thriller 15.6%, Psychological 13.8%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Investigation 22.5%, Detective 21.1%, Thriller 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%
A first person perspective horror game for finding anomalies. This realistic style of 'Escape from 30 Day Cycle' may be suitable for you. You will play the role of a stay at home man. One day, the player is trapped by a mysterious force and needs to explore secrets and find ways to escape
Why similar: Investigation 31.4%, Supernatural 17.6%, Thriller 16.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11%
A narrative adventure blending point-and-click and visual novel elements. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans, investigate crime scenes, profile suspects, and make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 21%, Detective 19.5%, Thriller 14.1%, Psychological 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
A late-night call sends you to the Millers Residence. What begins as a routine investigation turns into a descent through buried records, missing evidence, and a house arranged to hide something far worse.
Why similar: Investigation 27.4%, Detective 19.9%, Thriller 14.2%, Supernatural 12%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and interrogate the suspect to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Investigation 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Logic 9.5%, Adventure 9.1%
Sewage Crisis: Origins is a first person horror game adapted from human experiments, which exposes the truth behind human experiments buried in hospitals through a terrifying supernatural event.
Why similar: Investigation 30.1%, Thriller 26.4%, Supernatural 16.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8%
A teacher wakes to an empty lecture hall where time stands still. Each loop reveals fragments of truth through questions, memories, and whispers of the past. The only way out is to remember what should have never been forgotten.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 24.4%, Thriller 18.3%, Supernatural 13.3%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Explore the dark corners of a haunted art museum in The Midnight Exorcist, an investigative puzzle game. Discover hidden secrets and follow the clues to piece together the ancient mystery of the museum’s past – and the ghostly dangers of its present.
Why similar: Investigation 28.1%, Thriller 24%, Supernatural 15.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Logic 7.7%
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Investigation 25.7%, Detective 23.9%, Thriller 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
You find yourself in a house that the owners have long since abandoned. But something lurks in the shadows, watching your every move. Explore the rooms, solve the mysteries, and find a way to banish the evil... Before it gets to you.
Why similar: Thriller 22.8%, Investigation 22.7%, Supernatural 16.3%, Detective 15.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Supernatural 11.9%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Supernatural 15.8%, Psychological 15.6%, Thriller 15.1%, Sci-fi 7.1%
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 15.5%, Thriller 14.5%, Supernatural 11.5%, Psychological 9.8%
My Work Is Not Yet Done is a narrative-driven investigative horror game, combining elements of the survival/simulation genres with a dense, nonlinear plot exploring the imbrication and dissolution of human identities/meanings within uncanny wilderness.
Why similar: Investigation 25.6%, Detective 19.3%, Thriller 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Survival 7.8%
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Investigation 25.8%, Detective 15.3%, Psychological 14.7%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
A minimalist surveillance horror game. Flip through security cameras on a deep space station and report subtle anomalies. No jump scares. No combat. Just watch, observe, and try not to miss the moment everything goes wrong.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Psychological 10.9%, Thriller 7.4%
