60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Text-Based, Typing, Interactive Fiction, Puzzle.
A slow-burn investigative experience focused on reading, deduction, and uncovering connections between cases. Settle in for quiet night shifts, piece together hidden truths, and uncover the stories buried within The Archive.
Treasure at Thornhill Academy
A point-and-click mystery set in 1998. Explore the early Internet for clues, connect overlooked details, and uncover what really happened at Thornhill Academy. Come for the mystery, stay for the cozy New England private school vibes.
At Sixes and Sevens
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.
A point-and-click mystery set in 1998. Explore the early Internet for clues, connect overlooked details, and uncover what really happened at Thornhill Academy. Come for the mystery, stay for the cozy New England private school vibes.
Why similar: Typing 35.5% ★, Detective 17.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Thriller 6.4%
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: Typing 31.7% ★, Detective 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 10.5%, Investigation 9.4%
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Why similar: Typing 35.8% ★, Text-Based 20.5%, Point & Click 15.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Minimalist 9.1%
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 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Point & Click 10.9%, Text-Based 10.1%
This is a text-based deduction game. Your choices will change the development of events, make up different timelines, and lead to different endings. Your primary task is to sort out the cause-and-effect relationships between events from textual descriptions.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 17.2% ★, Detective 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Time Travel 13.1% ★
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Point & Click 10.9%, Time Manipulation 10.6% ★
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, discover and deduce redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Typing 26.3% ★, Detective 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 15.1%, Investigation 11.3%
Explore an abandoned facility in this narrative-driven terminal adventure. Unlock hidden files, solve text-based puzzles, and piece together a fragmented AI as you uncover the truth behind a failed salvation and a buried past in this cold, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Typing 35.9% ★, Detective 14%, Text-Based 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Investigation 7.8%
A short, experimental indie game where you figure out who you can trust while home alone. Point, click and chat as you investigate on your new computer in this puzzle mystery.
Why similar: Typing 20.9% ★, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 12.1%, Investigation 9.6%
A meditative and story-driven puzzle game, where you must discover answers to decisions, we all have to make. Can you make a change in a world of endless wars?
Why similar: Typing 37.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Alternate History 13.1%, Text-Based 11.2%, Puzzle 7.3%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Point & Click 18%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 10.2%, Text-Based 8.9%
A Better World Company is hiring! We’re looking for a skilled new recruit to alter the past and reshape the future! Use our Computer to travel back in time, and make game-changing choices to make the world a better place! You decide what to do… as long as you follow our internal policies.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 21.6% ★, Alternate History 18.9%, Time Travel 18.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 13.6%
A game in the Chatbot Roleplay category.Among the ancient Egyptian ruins, a book is found, and in our game, we talk to this book. The book answers everything we write. The book's general power is that everything written in it becomes real in the world, but we discuss the consequences with the book.
Why similar: Typing 52.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 10.1%, Puzzle 8.3%, Choices Matter 4%
Hymer 2000 is an interactive text puzzle game, where players freely converse with the "Hymer" and use an open "Search" function to retrieve past conversations. By discovering keywords, gathering clues, and collecting "Faces", players uncover Hymer's secrets and ultimately shut it down.
Why similar: Typing 32.4% ★, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Detective 10.7%, Point & Click 8.3%
My Helpers is an experimental horror game that hides a group of virtual… "assistants" inside your machine. FIND THEM by combing through your real files, exploring weird applications, and using your computer in ways you may have never expected - and remember: this is just a game.
Why similar: Typing 20.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Alternate History 12%, Investigation 9%
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
Why similar: Typing 29.4% ★, Alternate History 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Point & Click 12%
Uncover the truth behind a 1982 air crash in Blackbox. Use audio recordings and investigation documents to solve the mystery. A story-rich, suspenseful detective experience that puts your skills to the test.
Why similar: Typing 34.2% ★, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Investigation 9.9%, Point & Click 9.2%
A word-guessing game in which you have to guess the word with hinted "similarity" value
Why similar: Typing 40.2% ★, Text-Based 24.7%, Detective 13%, Minimalist 11.1%, Puzzle 4.6%
Typing Fireworks is a casual game where your fingers run across the keyboard to set off fireworks! You can only move to adjacent keys, escape the danger zone before the fuse burns out, and look up to enjoy the dazzling display when the fireworks bloom!
Why similar: Typing 57.7% ★, Text-Based 21%, Puzzle 7.7%, Minimalist 6.1%, Casual 3.9%
Welcome to What’s father’s father called? — a relative relationship puzzle game that has you laughing your head off while questioning life itself!
Why similar: Typing 58.4% ★, Detective 21.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Casual 3.5%
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Why similar: Typing 44% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 17.7%, Investigation 13.3%, Story Rich 3%
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Typing 38.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 8.3%, Minimalist 7.8%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 20.2% ★, Time Travel 16% ★, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 8.6%
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Typing 29.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 20%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Thriller 6.2%
Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of Brentwood in this mysterious point-and-click adventure. The unique powers you hold will lead to moral choices that directly influence the story, the fate of the town, and which of the multiple endings you unlock. Will you follow destiny or fight against it?
Why similar: Time Travel 25% ★, Point & Click 17%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Time Manipulation 8.8% ★
You're a hacker. Your handler is Mr. Bob. Your mission: breach North Korea's STAR-7 launch control and redirect their ICBMs to the Moon. Type real commands. Crack WiFi. Exploit servers. Buy tools on the darknet. Every keystroke matters. No one will ever know you were here.
Why similar: Typing 50.9% ★, Detective 14.3%, Text-Based 9.5%, Point & Click 8.7%, Puzzle 7%
Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 20.4% ★, Time Travel 17.8% ★, Investigation 11.6%, Detective 10.7%, Point & Click 10.1%
Soul Nexus is a text-based adventure game where you explore strange environments and interact with even stranger individuals. Will you wander the spaces forever or will you eventually fulfil your goal of being free?
Why similar: Typing 19.8% ★, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Puzzle 7%
Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!
Why similar: Alternate History 20.2%, Text-Based 16.6%, Detective 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Lore-Rich 14.3%
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
Why similar: Alternate History 19.9%, Time Manipulation 19% ★, Detective 16.2%, Point & Click 14.5%, Choices Matter 7.4%
A court-driven, text-based strategy game where your words become decrees. Two petitions per turn—type carefully, face the backlash, and remember: you WERE a King.
Why similar: Typing 51.3% ★, Alternate History 23.7%, Text-Based 20.9%, Choices Matter 4%
Crack the case of the missing video store employee in this 3D point and click mystery game by solving escape room puzzles, combing the computer database, and stocking shelves as an undercover detective posing as a cashier during your first weekend at the suspiciously understaffed Neighborhood Video.
Why similar: Typing 32.9% ★, Detective 22.3%, Text-Based 17.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Lore-Rich 7.6%
探偵となって依頼人の失踪した婚約者を探しましょう。 現場にいるキャラクターからさまざまな情報を引き出すことで、思わぬ真実にたどり着くかもしれません。
Why similar: Typing 46.4% ★, Detective 18.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Investigation 10.6%, 3D 4%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 16.4%, Text-Based 15.6%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
A reimagining of the classic 'Hangman' game turned into a horrific thrill ride...
Why similar: Typing 43.9% ★, Point & Click 15.9%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Puzzle 8.2%, Thriller 7.3%
Seven murders in motion by a killer calling himself the Messiah. Interrogate witnesses, spot contradictions in their testimonies, and build a criminal profile piece by piece in this detective thriller where every word is evidence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 17.4%, Point & Click 14.5%, Thriller 9.7%, Puzzle 8.3%
A missing person case straight out of 1995. Search the early internet, dig through emails and dusty floppy discs, and uncover the secrets behind the disappearance of Victoria Mason.
Why similar: Typing 35.9% ★, Detective 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 14.1%, Puzzle 7.3%
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 16.7%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Point & Click 13.8%, Text-Based 13.4%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Typing 20.5% ★, Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Detective 12.2%, Minimalist 7.5%
The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Text-Based 16%, Point & Click 15.9%, Thriller 9.7%, Investigation 8.3%
Finish Report is a short science fiction horror game. All communications have been lost to a space station far in deep space. You as a one-man investigation unit has been sent to find out why did the station go silent.
Why similar: Typing 47.5% ★, Text-Based 19.9%, Investigation 10.1%, Thriller 8.9%, Puzzle 7.4%
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Point & Click 14.6%, Detective 11.2%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 47.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 17.5%, Puzzle 8%, Story Rich 5.6%
Can you survive an evil King who kills a bride every night by telling stories? A story-crafting game based on a unique narrative system — Become the storyteller Scheherazade from Persian folklore, weave tales to the King through typing, and guide his words to forge magical weapons for your revenge!
Why similar: Typing 41.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Alternate History 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.3%
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
Why similar: Typing 32% ★, Detective 16.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Investigation 9.8%
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Typing 28.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Choices Matter 7.1%
cr4ckr is a puzzle game about cracking passwords.
Why similar: Typing 57.2% ★, Text-Based 18.3%, Linear 8.6%, Minimalist 6%, 2D 4.5%
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
Why similar: Typing 34.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Point & Click 15.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
A science fiction point and click word puzzle video game. Navigate an off-course spaceship, and find a way toward returning home. The end is near… Can you save the Bay Bell?
Why similar: Typing 47% ★, Time Travel 16.2% ★, Point & Click 14.9%, Puzzle 8.1%, Story Rich 5%
Race against time to save a kidnapped teen in 2 hours! Play as a cunning PI, diving into a thrilling mystery. Type commands for retro vibes or use arrow keys to pick actions, crafting solutions to conquer obstacles in this classic-meets-modern adventure. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Typing 38.4% ★, Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Point & Click 11.4%, Puzzle 6.4%
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Point & Click 25.1%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Casual 6.9%
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Point & Click 15.3%, Investigation 15.1%, Text-Based 11.9%, Thriller 10.3%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Point & Click 16.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Investigation 11.6%
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 17.6%, Point & Click 17.2%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 8.9%
Someone sits in your office with questions that should have never been asked. You have your handbook, mind and courage – but how long will it last? Search answers to ancient mysteries, but choose your responses carefully. Wrong answers have consequences, and the costs are unaffordable.
Why similar: Typing 41.8% ★, Detective 17.8%, Alternate History 16.9%, Puzzle 7.2%, Choices Matter 6.4%
Step into a magical world of hidden objects and mind-bending puzzles where every discovery brings you closer to restoring the balance of time!
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Point & Click 17.7%, Time Travel 17.4% ★, Linear 9.9%, Puzzle 9.5%
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: Detective 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Investigation 14%, Text-Based 12.8%, Thriller 10.4%
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Point & Click 16.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Puzzle 9.6%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Typing 37.2% ★, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Point & Click 10.7%, Investigation 10.7%
A short 90s bureaucratic horror game where you process impossible tax forms for the living, the dead, and the unborn.
Why similar: Typing 48.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Thriller 11.5%, Linear 8.7%, 3D 4.8%
