60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Mystery, Investigation, Detective.
Beat reporter Birdie Malone goes undercover as Hollywood star Clara Bow to stop a masked culprit from stealing The Dragon Blossom in this 1930's point and click whodunnit.
SideEye High
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Death Trick: Double Blind
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.6%, Detective 14%, Investigation 12.5%, Crime 12.1%, Point & Click 9%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Crime 13.4%, Detective 12.1%, Historical 11.3%, Investigation 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
Lie, blackmail, and steal your way down The Low Road. Rookie agent Noomi Kovacs must navigate her way through the world of corporate espionage in this dark spy comedy set in the 1970s.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.8%, Crime 14.4%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.9%, Point & Click 10.1%
Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 14.4%, Detective 14.1%, Crime 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
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 15.1%, Investigation 14.1%, Crime 11.9%, Thriller 11.1%, Historical 9.4%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 15.2%, Investigation 13.9%, Detective 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
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: Crime 19.9%, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Thriller 9.7%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Historical 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Step inside Crowpoint Manor, where every guest harbours a dark secret. As an undercover detective, you’ll solve bizarre puzzles, navigate dangerous traps, and witness hilariously tragic accidents. Can you uncover the “truth” before you become the next victim?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.4%, Crime 16.5%, Detective 15.2%, Point & Click 12.6%, Mystery 7.2%
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: Crime 18%, Detective 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 12.7%, Investigation 11.5%
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.
Why similar: Crime 17.8%, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Point & Click 12.2%, Dark Comedy 11.6%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Detective 13.6%, Historical 12.2%, Point & Click 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
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: Thriller 16.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Crime 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Detective 12.3%
1799. A historical narrative thriller adapted from the novel by Catherine Lheureux. Uncover the truth in a troubled village through an adventure that blends dialogue, exploration, and the visual charm of early 2000s point-and-click games. With english subtitles.
Why similar: Crime 15.7%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Point & Click 12%
Explore a raptor-infested compound in classic retro horror style. Gather "evidence" to shift blame of your crimes. Survive in the courtroom of your few remaining peers. Do not accept any responsibility. Do not try to escape.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.9%, Point & Click 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Crime 12.5%, Point & Click 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 17.7%, Crime 16.7%, Point & Click 15.7%, Mystery 10.1%
Explore the small town of ShadeCreek in this Indie point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Alternate History 21.7%, Crime 18.9%, Point & Click 15.7%, Detective 13.5%, Investigation 12%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Crime 17.4%, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Thriller 12.9%, Point & Click 10%
When a retired cross-country ski team meets to celebrate their past victories, the past soon catches up to them. It's up to you to make sense of the slaughter that follows in this comedic point-and-click murder mystery.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.9%, Crime 15%, Detective 14.2%, Point & Click 11%, Investigation 9.6%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.9%, Detective 16.3%, Point & Click 11.6%, Investigation 11.2%, Mystery 8.9%
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 16%, Crime 15.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Point & Click 12.8%
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 14.9%, Crime 13.5%, Thriller 12.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Point & Click 12.7%
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 14.4%, Historical 14.2%, Point & Click 13.5%
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 20%, Crime 18.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Point & Click 16.2%, Mystery 8.9%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Crime 20.6%, Thriller 16.4%, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 9.5%
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 22.3%, Investigation 19.2%, Crime 14.8%, Point & Click 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%
LAURA BOW IS BACK, in an all new point-and-click adventure! Get ready for lots of wonderful nostalgia, in this third installment of the Laura Bow franchise, originally created by Sierra Online and designed by Roberta Williams & Bruce Balfour.
Why similar: Crime 19.5%, Alternate History 19.5%, Detective 14.1%, Point & Click 13.2%, Historical 11.7%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Crime 16.3%, Detective 14.5%, Dark Comedy 13.4%, Investigation 12.5%, Thriller 9.7%
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 20.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Point & Click 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Crime 20.6%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 16.1%, Thriller 12.1%, Mystery 11.6%
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.6%, Detective 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Thriller 8%
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: Crime 21.7%, Investigation 20.3%, Detective 17.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.5%
Step into a small town in 90s China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Mystery 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
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 16.1%, Investigation 15.1%, Crime 13.5%, Dark Comedy 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
Join Leo Parker in 1917 China to unravel a mystery tied to a lost Ming empress. Part puzzle, part adventure, part graphic novel, Silk features hand-drawn art, rich storytelling, 50+ puzzles, and an intuitive hint system.
Why similar: Alternate History 19%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Point & Click 11.3%, Historical 8.8%, Mystery 8.5%
Five Day Detective is a point and click style adventure game featuring multiple murder cases and a twisted sense of humour.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.8%, Detective 19%, Point & Click 14.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Crime 8.8%
A detective visual novel set in Victorian London. Play as a veteran detective and his young daughter, investigate scenes through point-and-click gameplay, question suspects, and make tough choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Historical 19.2%, Detective 18.8%, Point & Click 15.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Mystery 10.3%
THE MAIN POST - is a visual novel, which takes place in a USSR. You play as a military man who is being taken on a mission to a closed city in the USSR. You will have to reveal all the secrets of this place.
Why similar: Crime 20.4%, Thriller 16.1%, Alternate History 15.3%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 13%
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Crime 15.9%, Investigation 14.5%, Historical 12%, Interactive Fiction 11%
A narrative adventure blending point-and-click and visual novel elements. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans, investigate crime scenes, profile suspects, and make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Crime 16.2%, Detective 13.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Thriller 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 15.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Detective 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10%
Sherlock and 9 other individuals are forced to participate in a mysterious experiment, the purpose of which is unclear. Why are they here, and what is in store for them? The mysteries of the odd facility and even themselves may unfold in unexpected ways….
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.8%, Investigation 17%, Detective 15.1%, Thriller 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.5%
Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world.
Why similar: Investigation 16.1%, Detective 15.9%, Dark Comedy 14.5%, Point & Click 12.5%, Crime 11.8%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Investigation 15%, Crime 14.4%, Point & Click 10.6%, Historical 10.3%
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Investigation 20.8%, Crime 18.9%, Detective 18.6%, Point & Click 12.3%, Mystery 11.5%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Crime 20.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Thriller 15.7%, Crime 14%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 10.1%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Crime 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
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 30.8%, Crime 20.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Point & Click 6.8%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Alternate History 18.3%, Detective 16.2%, Point & Click 12.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Make your choices carefully, as your decisions determine how many clues you uncover before the detective, the final player character, questions you. Will your protagonists know enough to catch the murderer?
Why similar: Detective 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Point & Click 11.3%, Investigation 9.9%
You wake up as Bon, the dorm’s beloved cat — memories gone, paws in place. Roam a century-old student dorm, chat with residents, nap under the kotatsu, enjoy a cat life while uncovering lost secrets and your past. ※This game is distributed with permission from the Yoshida Dormitory Student Council.
Why similar: Alternate History 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 13.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Thriller 14.5%, Investigation 14.4%, Dark Comedy 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Crime 17.2%, Detective 16.3%, Dark Comedy 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Point & Click 12.4%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Crime 21.5%, Detective 19%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
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 20.8%, Investigation 19.4%, Point & Click 15.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Retro 7.7%
What is the price of eternal life? Stop the atrocious ritual! Don't let evil prevail! The soul hunter will spare no one. Can you master the willpower to win?
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Crime 15.3%, Point & Click 13.3%, Thriller 11.8%, Mystery 10.6%
