- #1 Arthur & Susan: Almost Detectives
97% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Apexchimps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Arthur and Susan, two inseparable friends solving mysteries together. Fun and cozy indie point&click. Don't miss it!
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Investigation 19.9%, Point & Click 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Comic Book 10.9%
- #2 The Missing Threads
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wynd_devPub: wysg
Windows
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 23.6%, Point & Click 13.8%, Crime 13.6%, Mystery 7%
- #3 The Detective's Apprentice
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
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 cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Investigation 25.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Crime 8.1%, Mystery 7.3%
- #4 Deep Focus
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitamins
Windows
Play as a camera-headed detective and partner with a superpowered girl to solve memory manipulation crimes. Gather clues, piece together the truth, and shatter fabricated lies in this unique mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Investigation 26.2%, Point & Click 14.3%, Mystery 7.7%, Cartoony 6.1%
- #5 Ashes of Holloway Bay
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Cold Case Inc
Windows
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: Detective 29.1%, Investigation 20.7%, Crime 14.6%, Point & Click 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #6 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
94% matchVery Positive89% of 7,813 reviews2014
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Why similar: Detective 43.5%, Investigation 19.2%, Crime 13.9%, Point & Click 7.3%, Mystery 7.2%
- #7 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
93% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 16.2%, Comic Book 13.7%, Crime 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #8 Neon Hearts City
92% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 14.4%, Crime 11%
- #9 Pixel Detective: Curse of the Paintings
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NorthLightPixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short pixel-art mystery where you play as Nathan, a private investigator drawn into a curious case. Interrogate suspects, examine clues, and uncover hidden details
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Investigation 22.8%, Point & Click 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 4.9%
- #10 Major's Heart
91% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
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: Detective 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Investigation 18.3%, Point & Click 17.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #11 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
90% matchPositive98% of 45 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 27%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Investigation 15.5%, Point & Click 14.8%, Crime 13.5%
- #12 The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: MDNA Games
Windows
Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Investigation 23.9%, Point & Click 19.8%, Mystery 8%, Adventure 7.4%
- #13 Methods: The Canada Files
89% matchVery Positive96% of 367 reviews2026
Dev: LockedOn GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!
Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Detective 20.8%, Crime 12.5%, Comic Book 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #14 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
88% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
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: Detective 30.3%, Investigation 24.6%, Point & Click 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Mystery 6.8%
- #15 A Case of Fraud
86% matchVery Positive98% of 404 reviews2025
Dev: Hesperus Games
Windows · Mac
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: Detective 31.6%, Investigation 24.5%, Crime 14.3%, Point & Click 13.5%, Mystery 7.1%
- #16 Methods: The Detective Competition
87% matchVery Positive91% of 717 reviews2020
Dev: LockedOn GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Crime 10.9%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #17 A Death in the Red Light
86% matchMixed68% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Mystery City Games BV
Windows
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 20%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Comic Book 9.9%, Crime 9.9%
- #18 In a Detective's Mind
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Justo DiasPub: Justo Dias
Windows
In a Detective's Mind is an investigation game that seeks to put you in the role of a detective, who needs to solve cases and deal with obscure problems from his past.
Why similar: Detective 41.4%, Investigation 28%, Crime 12.2%, Story Rich 7.5%, Mystery 5.5%
- #19 Detective Hindsight
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broccoli Bunny Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 37.6%, Investigation 24.4%, Point & Click 10.3%, Mystery 8.6%, Crime 7.2%
- #20 雾尽时分
84% 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: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Crime 15.7%, Point & Click 12.2%
- #21 Big Ear Detective
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fabula Improviso
Windows · Mac
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 28.8%, Investigation 21.5%, Point & Click 15%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Comic Book 9.9%
- #22 Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill
83% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 19.5%, Point & Click 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Crime 9.7%
- #23 The Roottrees are Dead
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,392 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Detective 36.9%, Investigation 21.7%, Point & Click 14.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #24 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Comic Book 13.6%, Crime 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #25 D.W. Dagger: Chapter One
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Lime Interactive
Windows
A noir first-person murder mystery set in a gloomy 1947 Pacific Northwest city. Play as the renowned Detective D.W. Dagger to help solve his latest case. A violent murder, a possible suicide, and a handful of suspects. Can you deduce what happened?
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Investigation 21.7%, Crime 12.8%, Point & Click 12.1%, Comic Book 11.3%
- #26 Star Seeker in: the Secret of the Sorcerous Standoff
81% matchVery Positive100% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Benedict Ide
Windows · Mac
In this short point 'n' click adventure, you are Star Seeker - a WIZARD solving a WIZARD crime to not get put in WIZARD jail by the WIZ- I mean, PLAIN OLD cops. With a useless detective, countless red herrings, and unique dialogue for every evidence combination... will this case ever be cracked?
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Investigation 23.8%, Point & Click 15.5%, Crime 13.1%, Mystery 7.1%
- #27 City of Voices
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
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: Detective 30.8%, Investigation 24.6%, Point & Click 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Mystery 7.7%
- #28 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 18.3%, Comic Book 12%, Point & Click 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #29 Gap World Events
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 荔枝加盐
Windows
This is an original orthodox detective mystery game. The player suddenly takes possession of Roran, who hopes to report to the academy. You must investigate and deduce the truth behind a series of bizarre incidents that obstruct his journey, helping him successfully reach the academy.
Why similar: Detective 35.3%, Investigation 22.8%, Crime 13.4%, Point & Click 10.4%, Mystery 7.6%
- #30 Tokyo Detectives
79% matchMixed69% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Rincho Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Investigation 25.8%, Crime 16.2%, Point & Click 9.6%, Mystery 7.1%
- #31 Crime O'Clock
77% matchMixed69% of 505 reviews2023
Dev: Bad SeedPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 20.9%, Crime 13.9%, Comic Book 12.2%, Point & Click 11.9%
- #32 False Testimony
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bizi Games
Windows
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 28.9%, Point & Click 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Investigation 9.9%, Mystery 7.2%
- #33 Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Seam Entertainment
Windows
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Investigation 24.9%, Detective 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Crime 12.7%, Mystery 8.2%
- #34 L'affaire est dans le sac
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Jean-Marc VanbalberghePub: Association Let's Develop Change
Windows
In an investigation where the thieves are not necessarily the ones you think they are, follow the clues, question the suspects, and get to the truth by avoiding false leads. But beware, some people are not ready to give up so easily.
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, Investigation 33.5%, Point & Click 17.3%, Adventure 5%, 2D 4%
- #35 The Murder of Ava Monroe
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BUNKWORKS
Windows · Mac
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 38.7%, Investigation 29.9%, Point & Click 10%, Mystery 8.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #36 In Memoriam
74% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: MoCaps
Windows · Linux
Step into a gripping medieval political thriller where intrigue, betrayal, and power struggles shape your fate. As a ghostly detective, you’ll uncover conspiracies, navigate a web of deception and unravel a larger mystery tied to your own demise
Why similar: Detective 39.1%, Investigation 19.9%, Point & Click 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Mystery 7.9%
- #37 Trials of Innocence
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,658 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 27.4%, Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Crime 13.1%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #38 Embers Of Spiritflame
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Simon Hytte
Windows
Embers of Spiritflame is an Emotional Point & Click detective adventure about the exploration of an old abandoned house. Inside, You go through comic book-inspired levels and begin to uncover why everyone is missing. View events and memories of the place and piece the story together.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 18.9%, Comic Book 13.6%, Point & Click 13.2%, Mystery 6.6%
- #39 Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,457 reviews2024
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30.7 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 28.8%, Detective 27.8%, Crime 17.1%, Mystery 7.8%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #40 The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
75% matchVery Positive80% of 3,865 reviews2012
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!
Why similar: Detective 48.7%, Point & Click 18%, Investigation 9.6%, Adventure 7.4%, Mystery 7.2%
- #41 Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 13.3%, Crime 12.9%
- #42 Grayton the Detective
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Incidental Minds
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28.3%, Investigation 25.1%, Point & Click 16.5%, Cartoony 6.4%, Story Rich 6%
- #43 Midnight Saturn
70% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
A grizzled private eye in a sci-fi adventure takes a murder case no one else will touch. He’s seen it all before, but nothing’s prepared him for a conspiracy that leads off-world. Something big is about to happen. Whatever it is... it goes live at midnight.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Point & Click 18.5%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Adventure 6.5%
- #44 Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel
73% matchPositive87% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: GenuinePub: Giiku Games
Windows
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Crime 18.5%, Investigation 16.6%, Point & Click 14.6%, Mystery 7.4%
- #45 The Case of the Golden Idol
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,351 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Investigation 22%, Point & Click 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Crime 10.2%
- #46 Marcella Moon: Saboteurs on the River
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 23.7%, Point & Click 15.7%, Crime 15.3%, Mystery 8.2%
- #47 春泥 Soil of Rebirth
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 298 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: Detective 26.4%, Investigation 18.5%, Crime 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Mystery 7%
- #48 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,574 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 33.3%, Investigation 26.4%, Point & Click 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 6.5%
- #49 遥かなる円形世界
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ONIMUSHI HyogoPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
The sequel to “Return to Shironagasu Island.” Two stories unfold simultaneously, occasionally intersecting. Advance both stories to avert a major crisis!
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Comic Book 19.2%, Investigation 18.8%, Crime 14.7%, Mystery 5.5%
- #50 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 37.6%, Crime 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 11.1%, Mystery 7.6%
- #51 ギルド探求団へようこそ!
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 900 reviews2026
Dev: ぱるそに工房
Windows
「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 46.7%, Investigation 32.1%, Mystery 9.2%, Adventure 5.8%, 2D 3.9%
- #52 Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game
67% matchVery Positive91% of 474 reviews2025
Dev: Posh Cat StudiosPub: Amplified Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Little Problems is a Cozy Detective game about solving minor inconveniences, everyday misunderstandings, and of course, little problems. This game is not about saving the world; it's about enriching it, one case at a time.
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Investigation 21.7%, Comic Book 14%, Point & Click 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
- #53 As The Leaves Fall
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clay Crown Games
Windows · Mac
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 24.9%, Investigation 18.7%, Point & Click 16.1%, Crime 11%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #54 Paws of Coal
69% matchVery Positive92% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Gamechuck
Windows
The miners of Rabbit Burrows are falling ill, and it is hurting production. As an eminent scholar of the Animal Kingdom, Charles Quill has been summoned by the Crown to help them solve the outbreak. The miners know and respect the young scholar, but there seem to be other things at play.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Investigation 27.6%, Point & Click 16.5%, Story Rich 6.6%, Adventure 5%
- #55 Man of Nollyn
67% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Investigation 24.5%, Crime 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 7.1%
- #56 The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 812 reviews
Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Point & Click 28.5%, Crime 15.4%, Mystery 8.5%, Adventure 8.1%
- #57 For Your Tranquility
68% matchMixed68% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Crime 17.4%, Point & Click 16.2%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 8%
- #58 DETECTIVE - The Motel
67% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Detective 33%, Crime 19.6%, Investigation 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #59 Abscission
66% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Point & Click 22.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 13.2%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #60 The Rise of the Golden Idol
65% matchVery Positive93% of 3,925 reviews2024
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Investigation 25.5%, Crime 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Mystery 8.1%