- #1 Mystery Island:Enigmatic Painting
97% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
After a difficult journey, Ada officially became a detective. This disappearance commission seemed extraordinary. During the exploration of the ancient castle, it seemed that a series of strange events also surfaced...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Detective 21.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Point & Click 12.8%
- #2 Paper Perjury
96% matchVery Positive88% of 190 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 29.3%, Mystery 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Point & Click 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #3 Elegant Sleuth:Mystic Family
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
Agent Allison received an unexpected dinner invitation from the head of the Johnson dynasty, controllers of a sprawling business empire. What required her presence? The story's curtain began lifting...
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Point & Click 11.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #4 The Mystery of Oak Island
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Visionaire Studio UG
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Mystery 17.5%, Point & Click 15.8%, Adventure 12.9%
- #5 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
94% 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 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Adventure 9.2%
- #6 True Game
94% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows · Mac
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 10%, Logic 8.6%
- #7 Major's Heart
93% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Detective 22.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Point & Click 12.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #8 知更鸟-The Robin
92% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 10%, Adventure 7.5%
- #9 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
91% matchVery Positive95% of 385 reviews2025
Dev: Armonica LLC
Windows
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 35.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #10 何度目かの式
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: orange
Windows
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 34%, Mystery 22.6%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #11 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
90% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Detective 25.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #12 十分之四
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 不约分制作组
Windows
"Four of Ten" is a multi-perspective visual novel blending time regression with Avalon-style gameplay. Set in a world where demonic forces invade human territories, ten young maidens gather at an ancient magical site to conduct a five-round ritual aimed at activating a protective barrier.
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Mystery 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Logic 9.2%
- #13 Blackmail Directive
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 青梅不输天降工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #14 迷渡桥
88% 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 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Drama 7.3%
- #15 Grill'd: The Vanishing
87% 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 28%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Adventure 16%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Mystery 7%
- #16 Trials of Innocence
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Visual Novel 8%, Point & Click 7.2%
- #17 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
86% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Detective 21.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Adventure 9.2%
- #18 Duppy Detective Tashia
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spritewrench
Windows
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Point & Click 9.4%
- #19 我死后的那些天-After Death
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Detective 25.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #20 见习侦探
84% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: 全能侦探社
Windows
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Drama 7.3%
- #21 井底-与奇迹邂逅的井底之人
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 井底游戏制作组Pub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows
《井底》是一款2024年3月立项的文字类galgame,题材是“超能力悬疑推理故事”,画风是日系校园风格的 故事主要讲述了游戏女主王语韴作为一个业余“侦探”,遇到各种疑难问题,并在侦探事务所所长天翔及其妹妹天音的帮助下,解决案件的故事。 游戏主要使用鼠标点击来推进剧情
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Detective 20.9%, Adventure 15.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #22 ELISSA :Body in the bedroom
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KANUE
Windows · Mac
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Point & Click 11.6%, Logic 6.4%
- #23 Ezrebeth
82% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Point & Click 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #24 Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Chapter IV: "Sacred Feathers"
81% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Tanuki-sama Studios
Windows · Linux
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Mystery 7.9%
- #25 The False Culprit
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HwachaPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
1년 전, 여중생 한 명이 흔적도 없이 사라진다. 그녀의 흔적을 찾기 위해 사건의 담당 형사는 여중생의 동급생이었던 6명의 학생을 심문하게 되는데...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Detective 21.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Mystery 7.9%
- #26 推理小说的关键一定会出现两次
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReDeer
Windows
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱,而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧,去和推理协会一同调查、思考,最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Point & Click 7.6%
- #27 Root Letter Last Answer
79% matchVery Positive84% of 177 reviews2019
Dev: DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure which is solved by using two visual features: Live Action and Illustrations.
Why similar: Detective 35%, Adventure 28.2%, Mystery 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Anime 7.5%
- #28 Nine in Flight
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shook Loose
Windows
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Point & Click 9.1%, Visual Novel 7.6%
- #29 ゴシックマーダー -運命を変えるアドベンチャー-
79% matchPositive81% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
命を狙われる当主を守るため、メイドの少女が恐るべき殺人計画に挑む!20世紀初頭英国の伯爵家を舞台にした恋愛ミステリーゲーム。予知夢を元に殺人計画の謎を推理して、当主の命を守る――待ち受けるのは死か密やかな恋か? 選択によっていくつものエンディングに分岐します。
Why similar: Adventure 34.5%, Detective 26.5%, Female Protagonist 15%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #30 Orient on the Murder Express
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Connor Atkins
Windows · Mac
This is a murder mystery visual novel where you take the role of the detective. Search for clues, make discoveries, and talk to other characters to find out what is truly going on on the Murder Express.
Why similar: Detective 41.3%, Mystery 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Point & Click 7%
- #31 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
76% matchPositive98% of 44 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 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Point & Click 11.2%, Adventure 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #32 Fayburrow
77% matchVery Positive82% of 473 reviews2022
Dev: The Fayburrow TroupePub: The Animation Workshop VIA
Windows
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Mystery 16%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #33 Puzzle Agent
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,783 reviews2010
Dev: Telltale
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Detective 32%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Mystery 15.6%, Point & Click 13.7%, Adventure 8.4%
- #34 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
73% matchVery Positive98% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Mystery 22.4%, Point & Click 16.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #35 炸鸡块与天使
75% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Hamstachio
Windows · Mac
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Mystery 16.1%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Drama 8%
- #36 The Raven Remastered
76% matchVery Positive81% of 391 reviews2018
Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
London, 1964. An ancient ruby is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the footsteps of The Raven, the legendary master thief who disappeared years before?
Why similar: Detective 38.6%, Adventure 24.9%, Point & Click 17.9%, Mystery 17.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #37 末日航路-The Termination
75% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
It's a story of deception and redemption. You receive a mysterious invitation to a seven days doomsday journey. An expectant interstellar journey has become a doomsday route to the end. There is only one word difference between "victim" and "perpetrator".
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Mystery 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Adventure 6.9%
- #38 Friendly Facade
74% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Emergence
Windows
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Mystery 16.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #39 Ashes
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Mystery 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Adventure 10.5%
- #40 Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One
73% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: Tanuki-sama Studios
Windows · Linux
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #41 Puzzle Spy International
71% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Travel-Friendly Cake
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle rules, decode cryptograms and decipher clues as you solve wordplay & logic puzzles across the globe!
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Mystery 13.4%, Conversation 8.4%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #42 The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: MDNA Games
Windows
Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Adventure 16.6%, Mystery 16.4%, Point & Click 15.6%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #43 BEAST CRIMES
73% matchMixed63% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: LINK
Windows
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Point & Click 10.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #44 Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny
72% matchMixed67% of 148 reviews2018
Dev: City Interactive S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A vicious serial killer leaves a trail of blood across America. He butchers his victims and leaves a card at the crime scene as his signature trademark. But he wants more! He triggers a psychotic face-off with the Federal Agent Nicole Bonnet, whose area of expertise is serial killers.
Why similar: Detective 43.9%, Adventure 28.5%, Point & Click 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%
- #45 Trick Eight
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: White Babel Studio
Windows · Mac
On a remote village shrouded in bloody tradition, a centuries-old ritual endures. You are a detective with unique skills, yet branded as a traitor. Will you surrender your limbs to ascend like an immortal? Or risk everything at the edge of science and plunge into the abyss of truth?
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Mystery 13.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Point & Click 8.1%
- #46 The Detective's Apprentice
70% 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 38.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Point & Click 10.7%, Adventure 10.5%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
- #47 Dr. Doyle & The Mystery Of The Cloche Hat
72% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: PnC Narratives
Windows
A point & click mystery adventure game set in 1920s Southeast England. Assume the role of Dr. Doyle, gather clues, interrogate witnesses, make assumptions, reach conclusions, decide the guilty party and solve the mystery of the cloche hat.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Mystery 19%, Adventure 18.1%, Point & Click 16.5%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #48 Clash: Blue Mirage
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Drone Garden Studios
Windows
Save the day with Clash!
Why similar: Detective 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Adventure 10.5%
- #49 我的一个多重人格朋友
69% 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 27%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Drama 8.2%
- #50 Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem
70% matchMixed55% of 1,118 reviews2019
Dev: HeR Interactive, Inc.
Windows · Mac
How Far Would You Go to Escape the Past? Step into a story filled with danger, intrigue, and complicated relationships in Midnight in Salem, the new 3D mystery adventure with detective Nancy Drew. Time is short, and you, as Nancy Drew, must solve the mystery before the clock strikes midnight.
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Mystery 17.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #51 Busty Barrister Barbara
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Baller Industries
Windows · Mac
A short visual novel set in Hong Kong where you play as Barbara, a newly minted barrister. This game is quite short, you can probably play through it in about two hours. Features two legal cases, fully voice acted and also has nice music.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Detective 20.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Point & Click 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #52 Linework
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overlyunderqualified
Windows
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Logic 8.3%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #53 No Recollection
67% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Mystery 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #54 Art of Murder - FBI Confidential
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 243 reviews2018
Dev: City Interactive S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Become Nicole Bonnet: a young female FBI agent and accept the challenge! Who is the murderer? A psychopath or maybe a meticulous and intelligent man? To solve the mystery you have to start thinking like the felon.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Adventure 32.7%, Point & Click 16.9%, Female Protagonist 15.5%
- #55 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
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: Detective 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Mystery 16.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Adventure 7.1%
- #56 Syystem - The Phantom Train
70% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Sanctum Games - Powered by the CactyysPub: Cactyys Totem Entertainment
Windows
Delve into the haunted underground of Capital City in this paranormal mystery visual novel. Chase down the elusive phantom of an ill-fated railcar and the curse left behind by its doomed passengers. Tread lightly--you aren't the only one scouring the tunnels...
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Adventure 17.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Conversation 8.3%
- #57 Manchester's Crimes: The Beginnings
66% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Nordic Cats Studio
Windows
Manchester, United Kingdom, 1889. 21-year-old Wilson Hellberg is looking for his brother's killer in a big, histile city. Explore rich neighborhoods and dark corners, conducting an investigation, which will lead Wilson closer to the long-awaited justice.
Why similar: Detective 39.9%, Mystery 19.2%, Point & Click 18.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 8%
- #58 Tokyo Dark
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,336 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Point & Click 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #59 Rumor Reporter
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greyhaven Craft
Windows
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Mystery 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Point & Click 7.3%
- #60 栖云异梦
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后,主角方哲收到了一个包裹,其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村,梦境与现实交错,指引他步步逼近真相......
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