60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Interactive Fiction, Puzzle, Text-Based.
A forensic challenge - help private eye solve cases for their clients using OSINT and digital forensics techniques.
Terminal Hacker: Override
Step into the shadows. Terminal Hacker: Override is an infinite, procedurally generated hacking simulator. Accept dark web contracts, bypass firewalls using pure word-deduction logic, and upgrade your system. No hand-holding, just you, the terminal, and the next target.
Profession investigator
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Step into the shadows. Terminal Hacker: Override is an infinite, procedurally generated hacking simulator. Accept dark web contracts, bypass firewalls using pure word-deduction logic, and upgrade your system. No hand-holding, just you, the terminal, and the next target.
Why similar: Hacking 32.2% ★, Text-Based 23.4%, Minimalist 20.5%, Puzzle 13%, Casual 8.5%
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Minimalist 11.8%, Narration 11.5%
A short narrative deduction game set in the overly litigious bowels of Hell. A simple text-based investigative game about asking the right questions of the right people. When surrounded by pathological liars always remember, the detail's in the devils. A simple text-based investigative game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Text-Based 22.9%, Detective 20.5%, Minimalist 12.4%, Puzzle 11.9%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Text-Based 23.2%, Narration 17.8%, Psychological 13.9%, Minimalist 13.8%
Yuntai is a story-driven horror game, where Veris travels to Yuntai City for the Qiqiao Festival after a friend's invitation, but ends up uncover a sinister cult and a series of eerie supernatural events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Detective 15.4%, Narration 14.3%, Puzzle 14%
《梦蝶》是一款水墨画风，以汉字拆解重组为解谜核心的游戏。辽沐跟随着一只蝴蝶，来到了儿时母亲提起的“隐世”，为了能见到隐世中的仙人完成心愿，开始了一场与”汉字”紧密结合的冒险。通过对“汉字”的理解，重新拆解组合，变化出能破解谜题的“关键字”，重新感悟每个汉字背后所寄宿的故事。
Why similar: Text-Based 24.1%, Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Minimalist 15.6%, Puzzle 11.6%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Detective 26.8%, Text-Based 23.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Indie 1.9%
Retro Hacker simulates hacking from a computer terminal with a text based operating system.
Why similar: Hacking 42.3% ★, Text-Based 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1%
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Text-Based 21.9%, Minimalist 20.4%, Detective 20.2%, Psychological 4.8%
HELLO HACKER features a realistic terminal. Use real Linux commands, network scanning, password cracking, and cryptography to infiltrate 10 interconnected servers and expose a deadly government surveillance program. Your colleague is missing. You're next. Are you ready to be a hacker?
Why similar: Hacking 36.3% ★, Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Minimalist 12%, Puzzle 10.6%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 51%, Text-Based 39.7%, Puzzle 6.6%, Indie 2.8%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46.3%, Text-Based 40%, Casual 9.4%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 2%
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 34.6%, Detective 19.9%, Narration 17.1%, Puzzle 14%, Casual 13.5%
A puzzle game where you are the newest recruit to a government agency dedicated to stopping cyber crimes. You must prove yourself and level up in the system by solving puzzles, at the same time there is a mystery to uncover at the agency. Who can you trust?
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Text-Based 25.4%, Hacking 18.6% ★, Narration 14.1%, Puzzle 10.9%
A text-based sandbox PC game about exploring the world through short phrases in the terminal. The player roams through events, acquires new items, locations, facts, or acquaintances, and combines them to unlock new events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Text-Based 25.5%, Narration 23.3%, Minimalist 9.2%, Puzzle 7.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Detective 22.2%, Text-Based 21.1%, Puzzle 10.2%, Minimalist 10%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Detective 30.9%, Text-Based 19.5%, Puzzle 16.4%, Indie 1.2%
《MistyPuzzle》A Serene Mind-Bending Puzzle Experience
Why similar: Detective 41.7%, Minimalist 28.1%, Puzzle 17.7%, Casual 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
DECODE is a minimalist logic puzzle game inspired by classic deduction systems. Analyse clues, break digital locks, and uncover hidden rules through text-based challenges. Every move matters. Think carefully.
Why similar: Hacking 40.2% ★, Minimalist 19.2%, Detective 16.4%, Puzzle 16%, Casual 6.3%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 52.4%, Text-Based 42.4%, Indie 5.2%
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Narration 20.7%, Detective 14%, Puzzle 8.7%
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.6%, Text-Based 33.7%, Detective 20.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Retro terminal mystery: explore a live IBM PS/2, decode corrupted logs, and learn who waits behind the blinking prompt.
Why similar: Hacking 41.1% ★, Text-Based 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Casual 12.2%, Indie 1.2%
Live as a rookie hacker. Monitor digital lives, uncover secrets, and shape your story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.5%, Detective 28.7%, Text-Based 23.9%, Casual 8.8%, Indie 1.3%
NodeGame，原版游戏名为：脱出ゲーム | Nodes，由岩崎、はとむね开发，并在日本举办的GAMEJAM上首次亮相。 诡雅异俗，出自。原意为：与雅正相悖与长俗相违，也指异端邪说。 之所以选定这个名字，是因为我感觉他更有神秘感，也代表了很强的创作能力！！
Why similar: Text-Based 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Detective 22.2%, Minimalist 12.2%, Puzzle 10.1%
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 32.8%, Detective 25.1%, Text-Based 20%, Puzzle 12.7%, Casual 8.3%
Welcome to the cutting edge of virtual mayhem in "ByteBurst" – the ultimate hacker's playground. Immerse yourself in a thrilling journey through the digital realm, where your skills will be pushed to the limit, and every line of code is a potential weapon.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Hacking 33.7% ★, Puzzle 15.8%, Narration 11.9%, Indie 2.8%
Pour a coffee, light a match, and crack the case. Micro Mystery Investigator offers infinite procedural logic puzzles in a stylish noir setting. Sift through clues, cross-reference alibis, and deduce the culprit before the trail goes cold. Pure deduction, zero guessing.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Minimalist 23.9%, Detective 20.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Casual 12.9%
Press the button. That's the game, really. Nothing more, nothing less.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Minimalist 19.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, Narration 14.2%, Casual 13.1%
Fulfilling puzzle game.
Why similar: Minimalist 40%, Puzzle 27.7%, Casual 26.1%, Indie 6.2%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Text-Based 23.9%, Minimalist 23.7%, Psychological 15.4%, Casual 8.8%
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Text-Based 28.5%, Narration 15.6%, Psychological 13.8%, Casual 7.6%
Flip and color it all. It is a simple puzzle game.
Why similar: Minimalist 37%, Puzzle 30.5%, Casual 22.6%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Hifuu OS: Immersive hacking simulator based on the Touhou Project. Play as Renko Usami, learn and use authentic terminal commands to hack into the Great Hakurei Barrier. Unravel the truth behind Maribel Hearn's mysterious coma as you search through Gensokyo's secret and private documents.
Why similar: Hacking 37.2% ★, Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Minimalist 12.5%, Puzzle 8.1%
This is a puzzle game like a mathematical book, based on logic and deduction. In this game, you don't need to beat the level, but need to prove it is beatable. Your goal is not to win, but to prove you can win.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.8%, Minimalist 29.2%, Puzzle 23.7%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 2%
Join Dr. What and Detective Son on an exhilarating journey through mind-bending puzzles and perplexing mysteries in this immersive logic game! With multiple levels to conquer, sharpen your deductive skills and unravel intricate cases.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.9%, Detective 28.3%, Puzzle 20%, Casual 11%, Indie 1.7%
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.8%, Text-Based 21.2%, Puzzle 15.6%, Casual 13.9%, Psychological 9%
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Text-Based 29.5%, Detective 17.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Casual 6.1%
Passcode Breaker: The Day Before is a casual puzzle game in which players try to crack passcodes to deactivate computers, inspired by classic board game Mastermind with different modes and mechanics for everyone to enjoy.
Why similar: Hacking 56% ★, Casual 19.5%, Puzzle 17.8%, Indie 6.7%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.6%, Detective 28.3%, Psychological 18.1%, Casual 17%, Indie 1.8%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.1%, Text-Based 31.6%, Psychological 13.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Casual 7.4%
"Touch the arrow to slide the balls together, leading to One Away, then Bingo!" There are sheets on the floor marked with the same colors and numbers as the balls, and you move the balls to their matching sheets to reach the goal, line them up to get Bingo, and sink them.
Why similar: Minimalist 41.5%, Puzzle 30.8%, Casual 22.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 2.6%
一个普通的早晨，五个大学生踏入同一间教室，却在陌生的空间醒来。纸条上写着： “在七天内找到真相，否则这里就会崩塌。”——你将如何度过这七天？
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 21.3%, Narration 13.6%, Puzzle 11.7%
Narrative experience from the mind of Thomas Hunt. Skateboarding Cows? Sentient boxes? A deep, emotional melodrama about the video games industry? Yep, it's got it all! NOT FOR YOU is a collection of short experiences, which you can play in any order you would like!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.9%, Narration 28.9%, Psychological 23%, Casual 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
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 28.4%, Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Narration 17.4%, Puzzle 12.7%
Make friends, cast spells, and uncover secrets in your magical small town! Will you preserve the forest or let the town grow?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.1%, Text-Based 36.8%, Casual 17.1%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Mindsight is a minimalistic evolution of a match-3 game. The goal of the game is to find all sets of three adjacent symbols whose characteristics either match or differ.
Why similar: Minimalist 41.9%, Puzzle 26.2%, Casual 23.1%, Indie 8.7%
Picross for a Cause is a puzzle game where you reveal pictures by using logic to fill in pixels. All proceeds are donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
Why similar: Minimalist 37.4%, Puzzle 33%, Casual 22.8%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Indie 3.2%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Hacking 34.9% ★, Text-Based 24.2%, Detective 22.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Casual 5%
The internet is dying. You're a verification operator. Filter out AI impostors from humanity's last clean network. Interrogate live LLM agents that think, lie, and bribe in real-time. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the internet.
Why similar: Hacking 29.4% ★, Detective 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Psychological 8.8%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Detective 29.9%, Text-Based 23.8%, Puzzle 14.2%, Indie 0.3%
A simple short horror game that requires no gaming skills.It takes around one hour to unlock all achievements. No jump scares.No chase sequences.No screen shaking effects. Controls are limited to WASD and left click only. Discover multiple hidden endings and unlock all achievements.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.1%, Minimalist 29.7%, Casual 19.7%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 55.4%, Text-Based 44.6%
Please Insert Disc is a horror game about navigating the underbelly of a 2000's era gaming console to restore its functionality, but awakening something in the process. From the creators of Home Safety Hotline.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Hacking 28.3% ★, Text-Based 20.4%, Puzzle 13.5%, Casual 7.1%
A forensic challenge – find out who the owner of the USB stick was and reconstruct their story.
Why similar: Narration 35.9%, Detective 22.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Minimalist 10.7%, Puzzle 10.1%
Unbalance is a minimalist physics puzzle about geometry and balance.
Why similar: Minimalist 41.9%, Casual 25.1%, Puzzle 24.3%, Indie 8.7%
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.2%, Text-Based 22.8%, Detective 18.6%, Puzzle 14.8%, Casual 7.3%
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Detective 25.9%, Text-Based 18.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Psychological 8.7%
