60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Story Rich, Puzzle, Detective.
Papers, Please in the afterlife. Question the dead, uncover their sins with strange instruments, and decide: Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory. Even Johny Goldstein has a story that makes him innocent. Check it before you reach for the stamp.
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Vienna, 1901. A bureau that authenticates antiques: without your certificate the piece is worth nothing. Silver, paintings, watches, papers — each carries a truth and a lie about its history. A predecessor’s debt makes bribes tempting. And you won’t get this right every time — mistakes cost.
Detective Boto: Belle Memoir
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.
Vienna, 1901. A bureau that authenticates antiques: without your certificate the piece is worth nothing. Silver, paintings, watches, papers — each carries a truth and a lie about its history. A predecessor’s debt makes bribes tempting. And you won’t get this right every time — mistakes cost.
Why similar: Job Simulator 32.9% ★, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Noir 11.3%, Puzzle 5.3%
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 24.5%, Investigation 18.6%, Noir 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%, Mystery 7.6%
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 20.7%, Investigation 16.3%, Noir 15.7%, Supernatural 14.2%, Choices Matter 7.7%
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Noir 13.4%, Dark Humor 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
The Final Witness is a first-person psychological horror detective game where every case tells a different story. Explore a haunted family mansion, uncover hidden truths, analyze conflicting evidence, and identify the true killer before the darkness consumes your sanity.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Investigation 20.9%, Supernatural 12.4%, Mystery 7.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 17.4%, Noir 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
You are the hotel doorman and a demon hunter. Check each guest, and if you find an anomaly, exorcise it without hesitation. After guarding the hotel for 10 days, you will face him on the final day.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 15.8%, Supernatural 14.8%, Dark Humor 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 15.5%, Noir 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Choices Matter 7.6%
Death did not end your career as a judge. Review the lives of the deceased, investigate conflicting evidence, follow ever-changing celestial regulations, and decide who belongs in Heaven or Hell.
Why similar: Job Simulator 24.4% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Noir 14.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Supernatural 10.5%
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Investigation 21.9%, Noir 14.5%, Mystery 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.8%
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Supernatural 15.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Noir 14.5%, Choices Matter 6.9%
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Detective 19%, Mystery 11%, Puzzle 9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
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 28.7%, Investigation 18.4%, Noir 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 6.8%
Dust, blood, and lies. Salvation’s Edge, 1899 — a dying town where you’re a killer, a thief, and a fraud — handed a dead man’s badge and told to solve a murder. Do they deserve redemption? Do you? Or will everyone forever be MARKED?
Why similar: Detective 19%, Noir 18.2%, Investigation 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Inspired by Malaysian culture and folklore, the game follows Lim Ming, a supernatural investigator tasked with uncovering whether the apartment hotel is truly haunted and the evil within.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 20.1%, Supernatural 16.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
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 32.8%, Investigation 26.8%, Noir 14.7%, Mystery 9.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
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 29.5%, Investigation 22.4%, Noir 21.4%, Mystery 9.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 9%, Puzzle 7.9%
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 17%, Noir 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%
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 26.4%, Noir 21.5%, Investigation 20.8%, Mystery 8.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
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 31.4%, Investigation 26.2%, Noir 13.9%, Mystery 8.6%, Puzzle 6.8%
Bia's sister has vanished into a desert of dunes and lagoons, where an old legend has awoken. Guided by a compass that doesn't point north, investigate the disappearances and choose carefully: every decision defines who you save.
Why similar: Investigation 20.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Supernatural 11.5%, Story Rich 10.9%
A singleplayer first-person horror puzzle adventure set in a dark, atmospheric house. Keep calm and solve riddles to unravel a strange disappearance. Gather clues, face demonic entities, and survive the nightmare.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Investigation 23.2%, Demons 9.3%, Supernatural 9.1%, Mystery 9.1%
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Investigation 22%, Noir 20.7%, Mystery 9%, Puzzle 7.9%
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 27.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Puzzle 8.1%, Mystery 7.7%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Mystery 9.7%
A horror job sim set in a remote wellness hotel. Clean rooms, serve guests, and try to keep it together.
Why similar: Job Simulator 42.2% ★, Supernatural 15.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%, First-Person 5.7%
Step behind the curtain of an occult salon in Victorian London. Night after night, visitors come seeking their fortunes. Read their souls, uncover their secrets, and write their fate. Among your clients are those who rule the Empire — and those who plot to burn it down.
Why similar: Job Simulator 27.3% ★, Detective 21.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%, Puzzle 6.9%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Noir 17.8%, Investigation 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
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 27.7%, Investigation 22.2%, Noir 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Mystery 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 25.5%, Investigation 20.9%, Noir 15%, Mystery 8.2%, Choices Matter 6.8%
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 23.4%, Investigation 19.6%, Noir 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Mystery 7.7%
Regret has chased Lilith across the years… but a chance to escape is within reach. Drawn in by a message from your estranged daughter, you must reshape reality with a mystical Film Reel to solve a mass vanishing. To erase your guilt, you'll decide what… and who… to leave on the cutting room floor.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Supernatural 21.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Mystery 7.5%
For God and For Profit is a Renaissance investigation game. Audit the ledgers, question the merchants, and uphold the truth...for God and for profit.
Why similar: Job Simulator 44.9% ★, Investigation 21.5%, Detective 18.4%, First-Person 6.3%, Simulation 3.9%
You've been hired as a chief editor to make this newspaper grow, but your writers are awful. Correct their drafts, set the tone of the news to fit your audience, make readership grow; and form a relationship with the shady politicians that will push you to give them good press in an electoral year
Why similar: Job Simulator 38.7% ★, Noir 18.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Story Rich 6.3%
Nightfall Berlin is an occult detective RPG with a focus on exploration, case-solving and our relationship to the places where we live and die, set in the dynamic, seductive and violent history of an alternate Berlin.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 15%, Noir 13.8%, Supernatural 13.5%, Dark Humor 11.3%
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Investigation 20.8%, Supernatural 14.8%, Mystery 8.5%, Noir 7%
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 25.2%, Detective 23%, Investigation 10.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Investigation 27.3%, Detective 26.1%, Noir 9.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
In 1921: a kidnapping, a revolution... Investigate and uncover the truth behind a dark, mysterious story.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 8.8%, Noir 8.2%
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Detective 30.1%, Noir 23.5%, Investigation 22.5%, Story Rich 7.9%, Mystery 5.6%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Noir 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 8.6%
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 32.8%, Investigation 24.2%, Mystery 8%, Story Rich 7.3%, Noir 7%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 39.9%, Investigation 30.1%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 8.1%, Story Rich 5.6%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 21.4%, Noir 17%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
You are a bouncer at an exclusive club. The requirements are shallow as you expect but the money is good and the desperate ones bribe. The pretty get in, and the money machines need to show they can front. No fake designer shoes allowed. It's a big club and you ain't in it.
Why similar: Job Simulator 43.6% ★, Dark Humor 17.2%, Noir 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
A sci-fi interrogation game. No more than ten people in the galaxy can do your job. The person across the table is already convicted. Find out why they did it, then decide what the truth will cost them.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Mystery 7.2%
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Noir 16.4%, Investigation 16.3%, Dark Humor 9%, Puzzle 8.8%
You are not afraid of ghost stories, so your pursuit of inspiration leads you to the strangest of places. But this time something truly sinister is in the air. Can you survive the encounter with a real spirit?
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 16%, Noir 15.7%, Supernatural 15%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%
Dual role as detective and fixer, commanding the perfect cover-up from your desk. Intercept calls, stay ahead of the media, gather intel, and decide the fate of everyone involved before the masses catch on. Try again and again to reshape the narrative in this choice-driven mystery. Or you are fired.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Supernatural 13.3%, Investigation 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
You take part in testing a next-generation experimental android on a restricted floor of a research complex. But soon it becomes clear that the experiment is far more complicated, and you'll have to uncover what’s really happening here.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 29.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Choices Matter 10%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Investigation 19%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Story Rich 9.2%, Mystery 8.7%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Investigation 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Mystery 9.1%
A first-person mystery game with puzzles and story-rich dialogue. Explore a 3D environment with original art, character design, and a distinct cartoon-y style. Investigate your own murder through branching conversations and a unique possession mechanic. Featuring original music by Svetlana Rudenko.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Dark Humor 21.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, First-Person 9%
Investigate a murder at Grimwick’s harvest festival in this hand-drawn point-and-click mystery. Question suspicious locals, collect clues, use items, and uncover the truth behind a town that insists there was no murder.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 21.1%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Mystery 8.6%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 26.6%, Supernatural 12.7%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 7.2%
In this gothic point-and-click adventure, Eleanor Rosewood must confront a vampire haunting Victorian London. Gather evidence and seek help from the city’s diverse populace, each hiding their own secrets, in this atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 21.4%, Noir 16.4%, Supernatural 9.7%, Mystery 7.8%
Blueman — a grim intern simulator set inside a hellish corporation. On each floor, a new mini-game awaits you, reflecting everyday office life.
Why similar: Job Simulator 41.9% ★, Supernatural 12.9%, Demons 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Puzzle 7%
