60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Mystery, Puzzle, Adventure.
Tale'Switch is a narrative mystery puzzle game about changing events recorded in a book. Replace the people, objects, and places in its sentences, witness the consequences, trace the choices behind recurring tragedies, and carry clues between stories to unlock the next character's record.
Private Eye: The Young Heir
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.
Beach Cafe: Caribbean Sand
Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.
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: Investigation 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Logic 9.3%, Puzzle 8.6%
Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.
Why similar: Investigation 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Mystery 20.5%, Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 9.7%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 23.2%, Mystery 22%, Puzzle 14.5%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%
In this third installment of the popular RHEM series of intricate pure-puzzle first-person adventure games, the adventures of brothers Kales and Zetais continue in the mysterious land of RHEM.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Investigation 20.2%, Mystery 19.9%, Puzzle 17%, Adventure 11.4%
A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 20.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Narrative 12.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Logic 12.1%
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Mystery 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Logic 10.4%, Detective 9.4%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Narrative 11.4% ★, Mystery 11.1%, Detective 8.9%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Investigation 19.8%, Mystery 19.8%, Puzzle 14.1%, Detective 13.2%, Logic 9.3%
一款以清末民初的上海为时代背景的社会派推理游戏。你在一台历史悬案核查终端前接手这项任务：为墙中无名遗骸重建家族谱系。翻阅泛黄的婚书、讣告与老照片，看清旧秩序崩塌之际每个人的选择与挣扎。
Why similar: Investigation 22.3%, Mystery 15.4%, Logic 13%, Puzzle 12.3%, Detective 12.3%
Piece together ancient secrets hidden in plain sight in this surreal open-world mystery set in a strange desert.
Why similar: Mystery 19.1%, Investigation 18.7%, Logic 15%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Puzzle 11%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.
Why similar: Mystery 26.1%, Puzzle 15.7%, Logic 12.8%, Detective 11.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Mystery 17.3%, Detective 12%, Puzzle 11.3%, Logic 11%
Restless is a detective-style, point-and-click game where you listen to real stories from real people to solve puzzles. Track down spirits, perform divinations, and restore grave sites to bring peace to a mysterious island, all while connecting more deeply with your fellow humans.
Why similar: Mystery 24.1%, Puzzle 14.9%, Investigation 14%, Detective 11.4%, Nonlinear 10.5%
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 24.1%, Puzzle 17%, Mystery 14.4%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 8.8%
A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
Why similar: Investigation 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Puzzle 22%, Story Rich 11.5%, Indie 2.1%
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Logic 10.2%, Nonlinear 9.4%
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: Investigation 24.2%, Mystery 17.6%, Detective 11.4%, Puzzle 10.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Mystery 23%, Investigation 21.7%, Puzzle 13%, Logic 12.3%, Detective 10.7%
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 23.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Puzzle 11.9%, Detective 11.2%, Logic 10%
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Investigation 24.9%, Mystery 22.1%, Puzzle 13.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Detective 8%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 16%, Detective 14%, Story Rich 11.5%, Narrative 7.8% ★
Explore, unravel enigmas, and solve puzzles to master the four elements of nature and get rid of the magic that keeps you trapped in this dome.
Why similar: Investigation 23.4%, Logic 16.3%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Mystery 8.1%
Turtle Soup World – lateral-thinking mystery game. Each chapter: one strange case. Explore, inspect, question NPCs, ask the host Yes/No/Both questions to find the truth. Works with local LLM or API.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Mystery 18.2%, Investigation 17.4%, Puzzle 15.1%, Detective 11.9%
"Your job is to write the death certificate." In 1959, a mysterious death awaits inside a grand British manor. Investigate eerie scenes and complete forensic documents, including death certificates and emergency reports. Stylish 1960s detective comic art. Perfect for fans of vintage whodunits.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Logic 10.8%, Narrative 10.6% ★
Identify how every participant in the death game died, and submit your report.
Why similar: Mystery 31.5%, Puzzle 19.8%, Investigation 18.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Adventure 8.6%
Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Puzzle 14.1%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Logic 10.3%
Spy through cracks. Solve deductions. Save your country. You’re an outsider observing clues and characters through the walls and floorboards of an alpine shack. Become entangled in the mystery: a recluse who shapes a revolution.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Puzzle 15.8%, Investigation 15.3%, Logic 13.3%, Mystery 12.4%
A strange request arrives at the detective agency, concerning a missing homeowner. Explore a silent mansion and unravel the intricate puzzles hidden throughout its rooms. Why did the homeowner vanish? A mystery adventure where you pursue the truth.
Why similar: Investigation 24.2%, Mystery 22.6%, Puzzle 18%, Logic 10.6%, Adventure 8.7%
House of Wisdom is a first person puzzle game where the protagonist, one of the many creations of a deity, attempts to find out what happened to its creator who recently disappeared, helping the main character’s kins to deal with their distress along the way.
Why similar: Mystery 18.7%, Puzzle 15.2%, Nonlinear 14%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Investigation 27.4%, Mystery 17.3%, Detective 13.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Logic 7.6%
A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Investigation 24.5%, Mystery 17.1%, Logic 12.6%, Detective 12.1%, Puzzle 11.8%
A genealogy deduction game set in Republican-era China. Play as a lawyer, search newspapers, case files, letters, and old photos, and follow clues to identify people and uncover family ties. Reconstruct the Chen family tree and uncover the secrets behind your commission.
Why similar: Investigation 27.9%, Mystery 17.7%, Detective 14.5%, Puzzle 13.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
This is a first person adventure about helping an inventor start a very unusual and untested reactor, to save a distant civilization. You explore the island, find clues in the environment, and make progress by solving simple, but interconnected and layered puzzles ( see main description for more ).
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Mystery 15%, Puzzle 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Logic 11.5%
A queer mystery game about book banning. Play as Ruby (they/them), a journalism major on a surreal, after-hours adventure to investigate the disappearance of books from their college library.
Why similar: Investigation 20.8%, Mystery 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Nonlinear 11.8%
「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: Investigation 29.6%, Mystery 19.7%, Detective 16.8%, Puzzle 16.8%, Fantasy 7.4%
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: Investigation 24.4%, Mystery 19.2%, Puzzle 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 9.4%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Investigation 27.9%, Mystery 19.2%, Detective 14.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, Logic 11.4%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Mystery 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, Detective 13%, Investigation 11.6%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Investigation 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Mystery 17.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Detective 10%
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: Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 18.1%, Logic 15.5%, Puzzle 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%
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 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Mystery 14.5%, Logic 11%, Puzzle 9.5%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Mystery 16.8%, Puzzle 15%, Detective 10.8%, Investigation 9.7%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
Why similar: Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 18.7%, Puzzle 11.2%, Logic 10.7%, Detective 8.7%
A deductive investigation game with a faded pixel art aesthetic. Set in a dreamlike, mysterious environment, the player becomes a conductor, (re)organizing and (re)positioning objects, characters, and puzzles while recovering lost fragments of their memory.
Why similar: Investigation 20.2%, Mystery 16%, Narrative 13.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Puzzle 10.2%
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Mystery 25.2%, Puzzle 15.1%, Story Rich 13.9%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Investigation 11.4%
Switch between multiple protagonists in this suspense visual novel and follow the event of the three days leading up to Halloween. Piece together clues from each perspective to uncover the truth, as your choices reshape the fates of the others.
Why similar: Mystery 19.1%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Story Rich 10.4%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 14.2%, Logic 10.8%, Nonlinear 10.1%
A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.
Why similar: Investigation 24.7%, Mystery 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Detective 11.8%, Puzzle 11.4%
In 1921: a kidnapping, a revolution... Investigate and uncover the truth behind a dark, mysterious story.
Why similar: Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 19.3%, Puzzle 13.4%, Detective 12.8%, Story Rich 10.4%
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: Investigation 22.8%, Mystery 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Detective 12.3%, Story Rich 8.5%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 23.3%, Mystery 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 12.5%, Puzzle 11.3%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 19.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, Detective 10.4%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Investigation 30.7%, Mystery 21%, Detective 16.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Story Rich 7.5%
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Narrative 12.5% ★, Puzzle 10.7%
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Investigation 23.2%, Mystery 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Nonlinear 10.7%
The House Dreams Along With Them is a first person puzzle adventure with an emphasis on interactivity and logic. Sleep and dream in the rooms of a mysterious house. Solve the puzzles to make the dreams real and take a step towards the enigmatic reification of night.
Why similar: Mystery 21.4%, Investigation 20%, Puzzle 17.1%, Logic 15.4%, Adventure 10.9%
explore the forbidden planet, uncover the dark secrets. first-person exploration game.
Why similar: Investigation 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Mystery 19%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 8.1%
Explore the mist-shrouded town of Rose Harbor in an atmospheric point-and-click puzzle adventure. Collect and use unusual items, unravel riddles, solve handcrafted puzzles, and follow the tangled clues behind a celebrated rose gardener’s mysterious disappearance.
Why similar: Investigation 24.7%, Mystery 21.2%, Puzzle 15.8%, Nonlinear 9%, Detective 8.8%
Bia's sister has vanished into a desert of dunes and lagoons, where an old legend has awoken. Guided by a compass that doesn't point north, investigate the disappearances and choose carefully: every decision defines who you save.
Why similar: Mystery 29.4%, Investigation 22.5%, Story Rich 15.6%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Adventure 7.6%
