60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Mystery, Detective, Story Rich.
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
L'Agence - The Hearts of Paris
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Investigation 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
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: Detective 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Mystery 13%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Mystery 10.3%, Point & Click 8%
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: Detective 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Investigation 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
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 22.4%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
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 23.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 11.6%, Simulation 7.3%
『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 23.9%, Mystery 16.8%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
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: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 15%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game. Start as a cadet in Pinewood, patrol the town, question witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence, and rise through the department ranks.
Why similar: Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Simulation 11.7%, Investigation 10.5%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Mystery 16.8%, Investigation 12.7%, Point & Click 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
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 18.8%, Mystery 17.5%, Detective 17%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.2%
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: Detective 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
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 19.6%, Detective 17%, Investigation 15.5%, Point & Click 10.2%, Mystery 9.8%
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: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Simulation 8.2%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Investigation 11.6%, Mystery 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Investigation 18.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Point & Click 9.7%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Point & Click 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 24.5%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Point & Click 9.3%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Visual Novel 8.8%
A first-person mystery solving game, where you try to find out what happened at Syn Archives.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Investigation 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 6.4%
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: Detective 22.9%, Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
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: Dialogue Heavy 25.7%, Detective 21.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 8.7%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Investigation 7.2%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Choices Matter 9.9%
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Point & Click 9.2%
Interrogate villagers, uncover their secrets, and decide who will burn before sunset.
Why similar: Investigation 22.7%, Mystery 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Psychological 7.2%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Point & Click 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
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 24.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Point & Click 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Point & Click 10.8%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Investigation 17.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
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.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Investigation 15.7%, Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Mystery 10.1%
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: Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Investigation 17.1%, Detective 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 10.5%
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Detective 14.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 19.1%, Psychological 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.2%
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%, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 12%, Point & Click 8.3%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
An interactive VR narrative adventure in which you operate a fully interactive elevator, meet fascinating characters, and make decisions that change their lives, and the fate of the hotel forever.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Investigation 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 10.4%
Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological 12.1%, Choices Matter 9%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%
A narrative social simulator set in a high school. Study, make friends, and live unforgettable moments where every decision matters.
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%, Visual Novel 6.8%
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: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Point & Click 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Within a universe dominated by Artificial Intelligences, you step into the shoes of an AI detective to solve the mystery hidden within the Proxy Bar, a jazz club. You can ask the suspects ANYTHING, but will you ask the right questions?
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 14.6%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Investigation 20.2%, Mystery 15%, Point & Click 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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 17.9%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 11.3%, Mystery 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』！
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Detective 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
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 22.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Mystery 11.3%
「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: Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Mystery 11.4%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Point & Click 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%
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 21.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Choices Matter 15%, Investigation 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
