60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Investigation, Crime.
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Private Eye: The Young Heir
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI
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.
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Crime 13.3%, Noir 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Investigation 9.4%
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 16.6%, Crime 13.4%, Historical 12.1%, Noir 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 20%, Detective 19.7%, Crime 18.1%, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Noir 15.8%, Crime 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Investigation 9.6%
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database. Connect clues on the detective board, return to locations when something does not add up, and identify the culprit in each standalone case.
Why similar: Crime 19.5%, Detective 19.3%, Noir 15.5%, Investigation 12.3%, Logic 6.6%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Crime 19.3%, Detective 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Noir 11.1%, Investigation 8.2%
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: Noir 18.2%, Detective 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Crime 10.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
A 3D psychological detective thriller in a radical film noir style. Explore immersive environments, examine clues from every angle, and connect your evidence on a deduction board to solve a dark conspiracy. Use your pure logic to untangle the truth.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Noir 18%, Crime 14.7%, Historical 11.1%, Investigation 10.6%
A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Noir 20.4%, Crime 14.9%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 10.6%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Noir 15.7%, Crime 13.7%, Historical 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Noir 22%, Crime 17.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 11.4%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Crime 23%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Puzzle 7.9%
A hand-drawn and story-rich deduction mystery set in 1887. Pearl Lundgren is dead and two men have been arrested for her murder, but the full truth remains to be discovered, and only you can piece it together.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Historical 14.4%, Investigation 12.7%, Crime 12.1%, Logic 9.2%
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Noir 13.5%, Investigation 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Crime 10.2%
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 35%, Crime 18.6%, Investigation 11.2%, Mystery 11%, Historical 6.8%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Noir 16.5%, Investigation 11.7%, Crime 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Crime 15.4%, Detective 14.5%, Noir 14.3%, Historical 13.1%, Investigation 8.7%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 18.3%, Crime 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 15%, Investigation 8.5%
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 24.2%, Crime 20.4%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Noir 10.7%
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Crime 15.8%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
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 20.9%, Crime 15.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 11%, Historical 10.8%
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 19.1%, Noir 17%, Crime 13%, Investigation 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Noir 22.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Crime 7.7%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Noir 17.4%, Crime 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 8.7%
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: Noir 22.1%, Detective 21.1%, Crime 16.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Dark 8%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Noir 17.6%, Crime 16.3%, Detective 14.3%, Mystery 11%, Investigation 10.3%
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: Noir 17.9%, Detective 17.1%, Crime 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Investigation 10.2%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Crime 22.5%, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
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 20.1%, Crime 12.7%, Historical 12%, Investigation 11.9%, Mystery 10.3%
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 24.1%, Crime 24%, Noir 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Investigation 10.3%
Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.
Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Detective 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Crime 13.1%, Mystery 9%
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Noir 17.2%, Investigation 13.3%, Crime 10.9%, Mystery 10.3%
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: Noir 23.7%, Detective 18.9%, Crime 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Mystery 8.2%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Detective 20.1%, Crime 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Investigation 7.5%
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Detective 21.1%, Crime 18.3%, Investigation 9.1%, Puzzle 6.2%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Crime 16%, Noir 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Investigation 10.3%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Crime 23%, Noir 22.3%, Investigation 8.2%, Mystery 7%
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Crime 17%, Noir 14.3%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%
Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Crime 24.4%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Logic 8.9%
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Crime 14.7%, Noir 14.6%, Investigation 11.7%, Mystery 9.2%
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 19.5%, Noir 14.8%, Crime 14.2%, Historical 12.2%, Investigation 11.6%
A supernatural mystery where perspective informs reality. Guide agents from the Eventide Agency through paranormal investigations across a neon-soaked cityscape. Explore, collect clues, and interpret the evidence to uncover the facts of each case and expose a deeper truth.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Noir 19.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Puzzle 8%
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 26.9%, Detective 20%, Crime 11.8%, Puzzle 9.6%, Investigation 6.4%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Crime 20.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.3%
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: Detective 22.4%, Crime 21%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Noir 12.1%
《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 25.8%, Historical 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Logic 8.1%
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Noir 19.8%, Crime 18.7%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 9.8%
Are the murders of three different people connected? Or are we dealing with three different incidents? Cunning and logic are your best weapons in solving this case!
Why similar: Noir 19%, Detective 17.2%, Crime 15.7%, Historical 15.3%, Investigation 8.8%
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
Why similar: Detective 21%, Crime 20.5%, Noir 18.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 11.6%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 25%, Crime 19.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Investigation 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
Crime never rests... but thankfully, neither does Detective Bass! Put on your detective hat and help Detective Bass get to the bottom of a robbery, in this witty, narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Detective 22.8%, Crime 21.2%, Investigation 11.4%, Mystery 10.4%
Are you ready for the session? Let yourself be hypnotized and immerse yourself in the dazzling world of Moka Efti, known from the series Babylon Berlin. As a journalist, you follow the clues to a mysterious case at the famous nightclub. But can you trust your memories?
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Historical 25.7%, Noir 24.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Adventure 5.8%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Investigation 16.7%, Noir 15.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Puzzle 6.9%
一款以清末民初的上海为时代背景的社会派推理游戏。你在一台历史悬案核查终端前接手这项任务：为墙中无名遗骸重建家族谱系。翻阅泛黄的婚书、讣告与老照片，看清旧秩序崩塌之际每个人的选择与挣扎。
Why similar: Detective 29%, Historical 16.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Logic 9.9%
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 29.2%, Crime 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Investigation 6.2%
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Noir 17.7%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Investigation 10.7%, Mystery 8.8%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Noir 16.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Crime 11.1%, Mystery 11%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Crime 17.4%, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Noir 7.5%
