60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Interactive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter.
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.
Beware of the Cartographer!
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?
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.
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: Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Investigation 15.1%, Historical 13%, Detective 10%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
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: Historical 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Investigation 11.2%, Detective 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
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 17.8%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Detective 9.1%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Historical 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Investigation 15.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Detective 12.3%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Historical 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Text-Based 8.9%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Historical 13.4%, Detective 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Investigation 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Investigation 12.6%, Detective 10.2%
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Investigation 15.2%, Historical 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Detective 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Historical 14.6%, Detective 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Text-Based 10.5%
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Detective 11%, Text-Based 11%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 11.1%, Text-Based 11%, Detective 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Detective 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Text-Based 9.2%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Historical 13.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Detective 9.3%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Investigation 11.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Detective 9.6%
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: Investigation 17%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Historical 15.2%, Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Investigation 15.4%, Detective 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 8.6%
When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?
Why similar: Historical 19.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Character Customization 11.5%
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 18.7%, Investigation 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Detective 14.1%, Adventure 8.2%
An oriental narrative mystery. The story branches upon your choices. The dice lies.
Why similar: Historical 17.3%, Detective 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Investigation 12.2%, Text-Based 9.8%
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 24.7%, Detective 16.7%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Investigation 10.1%, Point & Click 7.1%
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: Historical 15.6%, Investigation 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Text-Based 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Detective 13.1%, Pirates 12.3% ★, Hand-drawn 8.2%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 16.5%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
A short narrative about a trip with friends over the weekend. Decide what River does during the trip. Help your friends, explore the place, or just enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Investigation 13.6%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Historical 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Investigation 15.9%, Detective 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
《江华号》是一款国风水墨横版卷轴叙事游戏。1928年，武汉的大街小巷流传着一则“头七夜死者还魂”的诡异消息，引发各界关注。《楚城时报》新人记者虞慧龄奉命前去采访，却误打误撞，被种种谜团指引着登上了一艘名为“江华号”的豪华客轮。在那里，一段不为人知的隐秘往事渐渐浮出水面……
Why similar: Historical 16.9%, Investigation 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Detective 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Historical 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Exploration 8.2%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
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: Investigation 22.1%, Detective 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%
The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.
Why similar: Investigation 20%, Historical 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Detective 11.4%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Detective 17.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Story Rich 8%
You play as pharaoh Horem during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. You have to balance your work and home life as the living embodiment of a god, how hard could it be? What is right and wrong? Can there be an allowance for a lapse in judgment? Can you forge a path to getting to sleep peacefully each night?
Why similar: Historical 26.8%, Investigation 23.4%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 6.1%
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: Investigation 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Detective 16.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Historical 12.2%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Historical 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 6.1%
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 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Investigation 11.8%
You're a NASA intern working on the Apollo 11 project. Each day, you have a checklist to complete. Your tasks are well-reasoned and appropriate to your skill level as an intern. The Apollo team are all competent professionals. Everything goes very well, and you have no difficulties at all. 😛
Why similar: Historical 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Detective 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%
《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: Historical 21.1%, Detective 19.7%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 7.9%
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Investigation 17%, Historical 16.3%, Detective 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Detective 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Text-Based 9.5%, Detective 9.4%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Investigation 20.2%, Detective 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Mystery 6.6%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 12.4%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Detective 13.3%, Mystery 10%
An urban fantasy 2D point & click adventure set in Taipei, where the supernatural lurks beneath reality. You play as a paranormal investigator with abilities of her own. Unravel a brutal case of human sacrifice, piece together the clues, interview witnesses and try to keep your head—literally.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Investigation 6.8%
The Mona Lisa is missing! Sleuth through a sprawling space museum, read the past through psychic abilities and unravel an interstellar art caper in this cosy, gas‑lamp mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Detective 16.4%, Historical 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Story Rich 8.4%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Investigation 18.3%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%
A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables, with classic adventure puzzles, hand drawn art and an amazing voice cast.
Why similar: Historical 32.3%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 10.2%
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 25.3%, Detective 13.7%, Mystery 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%, Story Rich 8.2%
After washing onto a private island, you soon find yourself in the middle of a murder mystery puzzle. The worst part? Everyone thinks you've dunnit! Will you be able to prove Detective Sal's innocence? Find clues, spot contradictions and solve puzzles to discover the truth and find the real killer.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.9%, Detective 18.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 6.3%
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Investigation 19.5%, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Choices Matter 7%
