60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Adventure, Crime, Thriller.
THE MAIN POST - is a visual novel, which takes place in a USSR. You play as a military man who is being taken on a mission to a closed city in the USSR. You will have to reveal all the secrets of this place.
Phantom
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
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An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Crime 18.1%, Investigation 13.8%, Thriller 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Crime 22.4%, Detective 17.2%, Thriller 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Modern 9.7%
Follow the trail of a mysterious amulet, expose deep-rooted corruption, and confront powerful adversaries who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets!
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Crime 16.5%, Thriller 14.3%, Investigation 10.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%
It's time to make your choice! A whole series of crimes happens right before your eyes: a murder in an alley, your boss getting shot, abductions in broad daylight, and so on… Can you deal with it all?
Why similar: Crime 17.1%, Detective 14.7%, Thriller 13.7%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Crime 20.1%, Detective 19.1%, Thriller 15.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Visual Novel 11%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Thriller 19.7%, Crime 16.7%, Investigation 15%, Detective 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%
The life of a detective is unpredictable and very dangerous. You never know what awaits you around the next corner and what secrets you need to unravel. But you knew what you were getting into, there's no turning back!
Why similar: Crime 18.7%, Detective 15.5%, Thriller 15%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
Why similar: Crime 24.6%, Thriller 19.1%, Detective 17.3%, Modern 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Crime 24.1%, Detective 19.8%, Thriller 17.5%, Investigation 11.5%, Dark 9%
A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Crime 25.5%, Investigation 18.9%, Thriller 18.8%, Choices Matter 5%
[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 26.6%, Crime 24.1%, Investigation 20.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Uncover a chilling mystery in this Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure. Search eerie scenes, solve puzzles, and survive a deadly movie come to life.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Thriller 20.9%, Crime 18.7%, Investigation 11.3%, Hidden Object 7.9%
Investigate the life of John Doe as he resides in his lost memories in this story-driven Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that merges Your Real Life with science fiction as it explores the Dark Limits of Alternate History and The SCP Foundation.
Why similar: Crime 25.5%, Detective 19.5%, Alternate History 17.1%, Investigation 15.6%, Thriller 12.9%
Explore the small town of ShadeCreek in this Indie point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Crime 24%, Alternate History 22.8%, Detective 17.6%, Investigation 13.4%, Adventure 7.9%
San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?
Why similar: Crime 23.2%, Detective 19%, Thriller 15%, Investigation 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Crime 20.1%, Thriller 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Detective 11.1%, Dark 8.6%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Thriller 20.1%, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dark 9.9%
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Thriller 25.2%, Crime 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Detective 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.
Why similar: Crime 26.9%, Detective 22.6%, Thriller 18.2%, Investigation 17.9%, Visual Novel 6.9%
Embark on a journey through a maze of deceit and intrigue. Can you maintain your stellar reputation and put an end to these meticulously planned crimes?
Why similar: Crime 25.5%, Detective 18.6%, Dark 11.1%, Investigation 11%, Choices Matter 8.1%
When Sirens Fall Silent is a dark psychological thriller set in 1990s Italy. Play as Mila, a troubled policewoman drawn into a high-profile case of kidnappings and murders. As the case unravels you must not only save her from herself, but from being swallowed by a vortex of violence and confusion.
Why similar: Crime 21.3%, Detective 18%, Thriller 17.9%, Investigation 12.7%, Philosophical 12.6%
Nothing brings people together as well as a common grief or crime! Can you bravely confront a criminal puppeteer with no legal defense?
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Crime 15.2%, Thriller 13.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 8.5%
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Crime 27.3%, Detective 24.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Beat reporter Birdie Malone goes undercover as Hollywood star Clara Bow to stop a masked culprit from stealing The Dragon Blossom in this 1930's point and click whodunnit.
Why similar: Crime 20.2%, Thriller 16.2%, Alternate History 15.4%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 13%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Crime 26.7%, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Thriller 10.6%
Step into the shoes of a detective tasked with solving the enigmatic murder of a man whose past is shrouded in mystery! Can you solve another complicated case?
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Crime 19.7%, Thriller 17%, Investigation 12.6%, Hidden Object 7%
You wake up locked up in an unknown place with 8 strangers. Who are these people ? Why are you here ? You have a bad feeling. But suddenly, the phone rings, and it's up to you : Will you dare answer and go deeper in this mysterious plot ? Will you reveal the horrible truth... and survive it ?
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 19.5%, Crime 17%, Thriller 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Crime 21.5%, Investigation 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 4.6%
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 26.3%, Investigation 20.5%, Thriller 19.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Guilty or Not is a single-player detective simulator where you are the judge, the jury, and the law. Investigate cases, gather evidence, and interrogate suspects and witnesses to uncover the truth. Justice is in your hands, even if it ends in death... What will your final verdict be?
Why similar: Crime 27.1%, Detective 21.8%, Thriller 16.2%, Investigation 14.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Thriller 20.3%, Crime 17.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Modern 11.6%, Detective 10.6%, Dark 10.1%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Crime 27.4%, Investigation 21.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Adventure 3.5%
From a single bone to a name and the truth. A forensic mystery adventure where every case starts with the evidence. Search crime scenes, analyze bones, outwit lying witnesses, and close all 7 cases with your brilliant colleagues — plus 5 minigames and one very good dog. Hand-drawn comic-book style.
Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Detective 21.2%, Investigation 17.1%, Modern 12%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Crime 27.7%, Investigation 23.2%, Detective 22.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Adventure 5.2%
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: Crime 23.8%, Detective 21.8%, Thriller 19.4%, Investigation 17.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
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 26.2%, Crime 25.8%, Thriller 20.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Choices Matter 6.3%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Crime 30.4%, Detective 24.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Point & Click 4.1%
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Thriller 21.2%, Crime 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Detective 15.1%, Investigation 14.1%
Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.
Why similar: Crime 26.2%, Thriller 20.2%, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 15%, Visual Novel 7.9%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 25.6%, Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Investigation 12%, Dark 10.9%
This classic-style mystery adventure game, inspired by the Famicom Detective Club series and illustrated by Famitsu's legend Kiyokazu Arai, will take you on a suspenseful journey through the beautiful landscapes of Ise-Shima.
Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Detective 22.1%, Investigation 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Thriller 11.3%
A self-staged arson at a sales center drags you into the murder case of a female sales agent. With both your career and life in shambles, you must find a way to clear your name. The path to the truth is fraught with danger. Can you rise from this abyss and reclaim the reality you once envisioned?
Why similar: Crime 25.4%, Thriller 21%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Modern 11.2%
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: Crime 24.8%, Detective 24.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Investigation 13.9%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
Trapped in a subway car that seems to have no end, you must solve a crime where the clues contradict each other and the environment changes without explanation. Investigate the passengers, defy logic, and try to escape before claustrophobia completely distorts your reality.
Why similar: Crime 26.4%, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
Miles McDaniel, a police officer, is sent to the Darkvale Motel to investigate the troubling disappearance of a resident. What begins as a routine case quickly descends into a far darker and more terrifying story.
Why similar: Crime 31.2%, Investigation 21.5%, Thriller 18.6%, Dark 13.3%, Choices Matter 6.8%
What is the price of eternal life? Stop the atrocious ritual! Don't let evil prevail! The soul hunter will spare no one. Can you master the willpower to win?
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Crime 19.3%, Thriller 15.5%, Investigation 11.1%, Hidden Object 7.4%
A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Crime 15.8%, Modern 10.9%, Thriller 10.5%
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 29.7%, Crime 27%, Investigation 20%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 3.7%
The noir detective game where you can bribe people for puzzle hints.
Why similar: Crime 24.8%, Detective 24.3%, Thriller 21%, Investigation 15.6%, Dark 8.1%
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Crime 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Crime 22.8%, Investigation 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Adventure 6.1%
Explore atmospheric Parisian locations, collect clues, combine items, crack ciphers and solve dozens of brain-teasing puzzles and mini-games to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Investigation 16.4%, Detective 15.5%, Thriller 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Crime 12.5%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 18.2%, Crime 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Modern 8.8%
The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag is the first part of an episodic adventure game which combines gripping crime story with classic courtroom drama. Immerse yourself into a world set in early 90’s in which you gather (or fabricate!) evidence, deduct and run fierce courtroom battles.
Why similar: Crime 21.5%, Detective 18%, Thriller 17.5%, Investigation 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Crime 21.9%, Investigation 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9%
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Crime 28.6%, Detective 28.1%, Investigation 19.7%, Thriller 14.5%, Adventure 3.7%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 19.1%, Crime 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Thriller 9.1%
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 26.4%, Crime 25.2%, Investigation 15.3%, Thriller 14.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Thriller 20.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dark 12%
