- #1 Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
97% matchMixed66% of 1,161 reviews2022
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.
Why similar: FMV 31.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Detective 8%, Crime 7.4%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #2 Breakout 13
96% matchVery Positive88% of 7,394 reviews2023
Dev: ALT Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
Why similar: FMV 23.4% ★, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Detective 8.7%
- #3 Late Shift
96% matchVery Positive86% of 9,107 reviews2017
Dev: CtrlMoviePub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
Why similar: FMV 43.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Crime 6.2%
- #4 Erica
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,713 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: FMV 28.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Point & Click 8.4%, Detective 7.6%
- #5 Telling Lies
94% matchMixed63% of 1,290 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 25.6% ★, Detective 10.6%, Crime 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Thriller 7.4%
- #6 SIMULACRA
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 27.9% ★, Detective 13%, Point & Click 10.1%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
- #7 The Operator
92% matchVery Positive92% of 8,099 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: FMV 21.9% ★, Detective 14.5%, Crime 10.9%, Thriller 8.1%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
- #8 The Shapeshifting Detective
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,677 reviews2018
Dev: D'Avekki Studios LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.
Why similar: FMV 60.4% ★, Detective 17.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Mystery 6.3%, Adventure 3.5%
- #9 The Murder Hotel
91% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Crime 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
- #10 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
91% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: FMV 41.2% ★, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #11 Murderous Muses
90% matchMixed68% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.
Why similar: FMV 31.2% ★, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Detective 12.2%, Point & Click 8%, Nonlinear 7.8%
- #12 Contradiction: Spot The Liar
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,223 reviews2015
Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Why similar: FMV 31.3% ★, Crime 14.4%, Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Point & Click 9.2%
- #13 Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
88% matchVery Positive88% of 1,092 reviews2024
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
Why similar: FMV 34.8% ★, Lore-Rich 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #14 Cellveillance
87% matchVery Positive86% of 596 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.
Why similar: FMV 32.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Detective 10.2%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #15 The Council
89% matchVery Positive84% of 5,581 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Choices Matter 23.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #16 The Case of the Golden Idol
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,171 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Point & Click 12%, Crime 11.7%, Mystery 11.5%
- #17 The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,102 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Why similar: FMV 49.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Detective 9%, Mystery 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #18 Misty Judgment
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,412 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: FMV 31.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 11.9%, Crime 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #19 Mystery Hotel: Hidden Objects
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
🔍 Solve the mystery behind a shocking murder at Hotel Noir! 🕵️♂️ Search for hidden objects, uncover clues, and piece together the truth. But remember... trust no one!
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Point & Click 29.3%, Exploration 16.2%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #20 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,141 reviews2019
Dev: Rhinotales
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
Why similar: FMV 44.9% ★, Choices Matter 16.1%, Detective 7.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #21 Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,212 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.
Why similar: FMV 34.8% ★, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Immersive Sim 8%
- #22 Night Book
83% matchMixed68% of 586 reviews2021
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
Why similar: FMV 32.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Detective 8.7%, Thriller 6.9%
- #23 This Bed We Made
80% matchVery Positive91% of 2,983 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Crime 19.6%, Detective 17.1%, Mystery 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
- #24 My Hotel
82% matchMixed44% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: BrainSwapperPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Step into the 1950s with My Hotel. As the new owner of a mysterious hotel, revive its glory through stylish renovations, solve hidden secrets, and master faction intrigues. A captivating blend of history and adventure awaits.
Why similar: Crime 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Immersive Sim 12.5%
- #25 The Séance of Blake Manor
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,784 reviews2025
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 34.9%, Mystery 19.1%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #26 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,245 reviews2016
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Crime 17.9%, Thriller 11.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #27 逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight
81% matchMixed51% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Beijing Changyou Chuangxiang Software Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: Changyou.com HK Limited
Windows
Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!
Why similar: FMV 27.3% ★, Lore-Rich 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Immersive Sim 7.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%
- #28 Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,148 reviews2023
Dev: Microids Studio LyonPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Crime 15.9%, Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Thriller 11.5%
- #29 Deluded I
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: New IDEA Games
Windows
A worn out detective with his demons to fight and a homicide case to solve. Deluded is an interactive crime thriller movie with point-and-click investigation and adrenaline pumped quick time events.
Why similar: FMV 28.2% ★, Detective 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Thriller 8.4%
- #30 Bloodshore
78% matchMixed69% of 916 reviews2021
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Bloodshore is an interactive action movie about a televised battle royale between high-profile streamers, entertainers and death row inmates. You control the fate of Nick, a washed-up actor who fights for a life-changing cash prize.
Why similar: FMV 37% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Point & Click 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #31 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,268 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Mystery 22%, Puzzle 20.3%, Exploration 17.1%, Thriller 13.2%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #32 Who's Lila?
76% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13%, Detective 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Point & Click 10.1%
- #33 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 483 reviews2020
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
Why similar: FMV 28.6% ★, Detective 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #34 As Dusk Falls
75% matchVery Positive91% of 4,052 reviews2022
Dev: INTERIOR/NIGHTPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Crime 19.4%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Thriller 10.6%
- #35 The Gallery
76% matchMixed69% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: PRM Games
Windows · Mac
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
Why similar: FMV 26.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Detective 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Immersive Sim 7.1%
- #36 Five Dates
75% matchVery Positive85% of 2,798 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Five Dates is an interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option.
Why similar: FMV 34.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Point & Click 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #37 The Occult Detective
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Puzzle 11%
- #38 Tangle Tower
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,973 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Point & Click 17.6%, Crime 15%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Mystery 9.5%
- #39 The Narcotic Operation
72% matchVery Positive88% of 507 reviews2025
Dev: Beijing Kuailai Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Why similar: FMV 28.9% ★, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Crime 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 7.3%
- #40 The Roottrees are Dead
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 31%, Point & Click 18.4%, Mystery 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #41 Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
73% matchVery Positive91% of 244 reviews2020
Dev: Limited Games
Windows
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Crime 18.9%, Point & Click 17.4%, Mystery 12%, Thriller 11.9%
- #42 The Dark Side of the Moon: An Interactive FMV Thriller
74% matchMixed67% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Tayanna Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
When his 2 young children vanish mysteriously throughout the night, it's up to single-dad Dean Hamilton to do what any good dad would do: Go to the end of the universe and bring them back home in this thrilling FMV/Interactive Movie.
Why similar: FMV 39.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Detective 11.3%, Mystery 9.6%
- #43 SIMULACRA 2
72% matchVery Positive86% of 1,648 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: FMV 33.5% ★, Detective 15.3%, Point & Click 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #44 Dahlia View
71% matchVery Positive85% of 358 reviews2021
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 25.2%, Thriller 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Exploration 9.6%
- #45 Hotel 188
70% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
Windows
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
Why similar: Nonlinear 32%, Realistic 21.9%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Exploration 15.1%, Adventure 6.6%
- #46 The Last Case of John Morley
69% matchVery Positive85% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Mystery 13%, Exploration 10.4%, Realistic 9.8%
- #47 I Saw Black Clouds
73% matchMixed62% of 633 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: FMV 37.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Visual Novel 8%
- #48 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
69% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Nonlinear 15%, Mystery 13.6%, Choices Matter 13%, Exploration 9.3%
- #49 Keyword: A Spider's Thread
71% matchVery Positive82% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: City From Naught Inc.
Windows
Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Crime 14.7%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Thriller 10.8%, Mystery 9.9%
- #50 The Complex
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,459 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
Why similar: FMV 50% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Thriller 4.8%, Adventure 4%
- #51 Murder at the Birch Tree Theater
67% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Crucible Juice Games
Windows · Mac
Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.3%, Detective 18.9%, Crime 17.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Exploration 11.3%
- #52 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,656 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Realistic 10.9%, Exploration 10.8%
- #53 Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
70% matchVery Positive87% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Visual Interactive
Windows
Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime. Decide who committed the crime and see them get arrested and have their day in court. The latest interactive video experience.
Why similar: FMV 36.3% ★, Detective 12.9%, Crime 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Thriller 7.9%
- #54 Love Love Mystery Club
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 559 reviews2026
Dev: LuminDrivePub: NANA Stories
Windows · Mac
In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?
Why similar: FMV 41.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #55 Narrow Woods Hotel
67% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Freeze Games
Windows
A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.2%, Mystery 18.6%, Exploration 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Adventure 7.2%
- #56 Jessika
70% matchMixed68% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Tritrie GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Why similar: FMV 36.2% ★, Crime 12.2%, Detective 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Mystery 8.3%
- #57 Betrayal At Club Low
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 557 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Detective 17.8%, Point & Click 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #58 Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,228 reviews2021
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Crime 19.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Thriller 9.3%
- #59 Through The Fragmentation
67% matchVery Positive96% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.7%, Mystery 19.8%, Exploration 16.2%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #60 Insight
66% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Detective 41.1%, Thriller 29.8%, Story Rich 15%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Adventure 1.3%