- #1 Case Files: Internal Affairs
97% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows
The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: FMV 19.6% ★, Crime 16.4%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #2 Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows · Mac
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: FMV 19.8% ★, Crime 17.5%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #3 Case Files: Behind Closed Doors
96% matchPositive90% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: FMV 21.8% ★, Crime 17.2%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Immersive Sim 7.3%
- #4 Misty Judgment
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,414 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: FMV 20.2% ★, Detective 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Crime 11.1%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #5 DETECTIVE - The Motel
94% 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: Crime 21.6%, Detective 18.9%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 11.7%
- #6 Telling Lies
94% matchMixed63% of 1,302 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 20.1% ★, Crime 15.1%, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #7 Contradiction: Spot The Liar
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,235 reviews2015
Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Why similar: FMV 20.2% ★, Crime 18%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #8 Criminal Expert
92% matchMostly Negative38% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.
Why similar: FMV 22.9% ★, Crime 20.1%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 14.9%, Point & Click 7.1%
- #9 Detective - The Test
91% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 14.8%, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Realistic 7.1%
- #10 莫比乌斯疑案
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: YiMiao Game
Windows · Mac
多条故事线,高智商烧脑反转型剧情类RPG游戏,线索伏笔众多。
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Crime 17.2%, CRPG 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #11 The Isle Tide Hotel
90% matchMixed65% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: FMV 22.3% ★, Crime 11.7%, Detective 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Point & Click 8.6%
- #12 FORENSIC - M.E. Protocol
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Put on your gloves and enter the crime scene. In this investigation simulator, you will have to solve 9 unique and independent cases full of plot twists. Use drones, robots, and chemical analysis to discover what really happened. Here, you don't shoot the bad guys; you catch them with science.
Why similar: Crime 20.2%, Investigation 14.9%, Detective 13.7%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
- #13 Her Story
89% matchVery Positive89% of 10,323 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: FMV 17.2% ★, Crime 14.8%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #14 Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Chapter IV: "Sacred Feathers"
87% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Tanuki-sama Studios
Windows · Linux
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Crime 18.9%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10%
- #15 Voyeur
89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Philips P.O.V. Entertainment GroupPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In Voyeur, you take on the role of a private investigator hired to collect evidence of wealthy CEO Reed Hawke’s corruption by a member of his family. Originally released on the Phillips CD-i back in 1993, it was one of the first games to fully utilize Full-Motion-Video as an integral game mechanic.
Why similar: FMV 23.3% ★, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Point & Click 8.1%
- #16 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
86% 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 18.9%, Crime 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Point & Click 11.7%, Investigation 11.4%
- #17 DETECTIVE - Minerva case
86% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.
Why similar: Crime 17.6%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Immersive Sim 11.6%
- #18 The Operator
85% matchVery Positive92% of 8,338 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, FMV 15.1% ★, Crime 14.5%, Investigation 14.5%, Immersive Sim 11%
- #19 Scene Investigators
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,000 reviews2023
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.
Why similar: Crime 20.5%, Investigation 18.9%, Detective 18.1%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Logic 9.1%
- #20 Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn
84% 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 17.3%, Crime 16.1%, Detective 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #21 The Empty Desk
83% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: CheesecakeGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Crime 18.5%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Point & Click 6.8%
- #22 Spy Alliance
82% matchMixed67% of 795 reviews2024
Dev: ALT Lab
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
这是一款适合朋友/情侣体验的双人联机互动影游,双人单局游戏时长30-40分钟。在层层考验中,你们可以携手合作,亦可互撩互坑。两个人的选择,将共同决定故事走向,创造你们独属的冒险故事。
Why similar: CRPG 22.2%, FMV 18.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Detective 11.1%
- #23 Uncover the Smoking Gun
82% matchVery Positive95% of 437 reviews2024
Dev: ReLU Games, Inc.
Windows
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Crime 19.1%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%
- #24 Paper Perjury
81% matchVery Positive89% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Cat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Crime 14%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Point & Click 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #25 Trials of Innocence
79% matchVery Positive92% of 1,700 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 18.1%, Crime 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Visual Novel 10%
- #26 Tokyo Detectives
81% matchMixed69% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: Rincho Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Crime 21.2%, Investigation 18.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Point & Click 7.3%
- #27 Tex Murphy: Under a killing moon Remake
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lunar Phoenix
Windows
Enter the virtual REMADE world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: FMV 25.8% ★, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Crime 11.8%, Point & Click 10.2%
- #28 Ashes of Holloway Bay
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 22.1%, Crime 21.4%, Investigation 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Point & Click 8.4%
- #29 DETECTIVE - Scene Crime
78% matchMixed43% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the role of a detective in DETECTIVE Scene Crime, a challenging mystery game where you’ll investigate five gripping crime scenes. Each level presents clues, testimonies, and puzzles to analyze carefully in your quest for the truth. Do you have what it takes to solve them all?
Why similar: Crime 23.2%, Investigation 17.3%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Detective 11.1%, Realistic 7.4%
- #30 Jessika
80% matchMixed68% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Tritrie GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Why similar: FMV 27.2% ★, Crime 17.7%, Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 6.5%
- #31 The Missing Threads
77% 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 23.5%, Crime 20.3%, Investigation 19.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #32 Docket 87: The Novikov's Files
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Investigation 20.1%, Detective 19.6%, Crime 18.7%, Point & Click 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #33 我的一个多重人格朋友
76% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 11%
- #34 Call of the Golden Valley
73% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: O'Saurus Studios
Windows · Mac
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Crime 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #35 雾尽时分
76% 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: Crime 21.6%, Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Investigation 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #36 GENBA no Kizuna
74% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Gosatsu Visual Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?
Why similar: Crime 21%, Detective 17.6%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #37 The Gallery
75% matchMixed69% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: PRM Games
Windows · Mac
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
Why similar: FMV 22.5% ★, Detective 15.8%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Investigation 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #38 Time O'Clock: The Mask of Crime
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fractal Pop Games
Windows
The mask of a legendary thief has been stolen. Follow Detective Time in a point-and-click investigation using her watch to witness key moments and uncover who is behind this new wave of robberies. Observe the past. Investigate the present. Uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Crime 19.2%, Investigation 18%, Point & Click 15.2%, Logic 7.8%
- #39 The Spectre Files: Deathstalker
75% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Game RefugePub: Galloping Ghost Productions
Windows
Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.
Why similar: FMV 19.1% ★, Investigation 15.4%, Detective 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Immersive Sim 13%
- #40 Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium
72% 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: Crime 17.2%, Detective 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Point & Click 10.2%
- #41 Recontact London: Cyber Puzzle
74% matchMixed48% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Recontact Games
Windows
Cinema-based detective puzzle game based on real images and open world. Beyond the interactive cinema, it is a multi-layered detective adventure where you can solve the secrets with your detective skills and deepen the investigation by doing research.
Why similar: FMV 21.9% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Detective 11.7%, Crime 10.5%
- #42 The Detective's Apprentice
72% 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 27.4%, Investigation 21.1%, Crime 12.2%, Point & Click 11.2%, Mystery 8.5%
- #43 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
73% 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: Crime 17.8%, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #44 Devi : A light in the dark
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Crime 19.2%, Detective 18.4%, Investigation 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
- #45 迷渡桥
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏,你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移,背负着家族十年的冤屈,在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥,换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案,窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽,揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 10.2%, Logic 8.1%
- #46 Grill'd: The Vanishing
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Yellow Room
Windows
[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 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Investigation 17.2%, Logic 9.8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #47 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 25.7%, Crime 22.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Investigation 7.9%
- #48 The Big Hollow: 1982
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Krams DesignPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Investigation 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Crime 15.5%, Point & Click 12.6%
- #49 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,153 reviews2024
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Detective 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Point & Click 11.3%
- #50 Laws of Nadragia
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Become a prosecutor in the totalitarian Nadragia. Convict criminals: use the laws and facts of court cases to get a verdict at any cost... But can you keep your conscience?
Why similar: CRPG 19.5%, Crime 17.8%, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #51 Mandate Of Heaven
66% matchVery Positive91% of 6,170 reviews2025
Dev: 木焱工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You will take on the role of the Second Prince of Xuan, heir of the Southern Regime. With foreign invaders entrenched in the north and a complacent court content to linger in the south, you face a defining choice:The choice… is yours!
Why similar: FMV 32.7% ★, CRPG 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #52 For Your Tranquility
70% matchMixed68% of 192 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: Crime 22.7%, Detective 21.6%, Point & Click 12.3%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #53 To Tell the Truth
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Humanity 1 Studios
Windows · Mac
A mystery detective FMV game
Why similar: FMV 29.8% ★, Detective 20.2%, Investigation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #54 Marcella Moon: Saboteurs on the River
70% 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: Crime 20.6%, Investigation 17.2%, Detective 16.5%, Point & Click 12.2%, Mystery 8.3%
- #55 Point Zero: Victoria
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RosyGame
Windows · Mac
One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?
Why similar: Crime 19.5%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 16%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Mystery 7.2%
- #56 The List
69% matchVery Positive80% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Dan Trimble
Windows
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Why similar: FMV 19.6% ★, Detective 16.6%, Crime 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Investigation 10.1%
- #57 The Breakfast Serial Club
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucian Gallacane
Windows
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Investigation 15.9%, Crime 15.9%, Detective 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%
- #58 Unknown Number: A First Person Talker
67% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: godolphin gamesPub: Meaning Machine
Windows · Mac
An innovative voice-controlled adventure game, played through a series of interactive 'phone calls'. Join the heist and save the world... using nothing but your voice. Will you answer the call? *WARNING: THIS GAME CONTAINS FLASHING LIGHTS*
Why similar: FMV 21.1% ★, Crime 13.4%, Detective 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Immersive Sim 10.7%
- #59 Mystery Island:Missing Amy
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Point & Click 12.9%, Crime 12.8%
- #60 Talk Insomnia
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
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 15.9%, Investigation 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Immersive Sim 10%, Logic 10%