- #1 Murder at Ironwood Inn
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SAK70Games
Windows
A shocking murder has rocked the Ironwood Inn. Play as one of four detectives, each with unique interrogation styles. Search for clues, question suspects, and uncover secrets in this high-stakes mystery. Can you solve the case before time runs out?
Why similar: Crime 30.1%, Detective 23%, Mystery 21.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #2 子归 - Blossom
96% matchVery Positive89% of 618 reviews2024
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Crime 21.9%, Mystery 18.4%, Drama 15.4%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #3 Clue For Your Thoughts
96% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Sean Kuehl
Windows
Sift through the evidence to find out who did it.
Why similar: Crime 38.6%, Mystery 25.7%, Detective 25.3%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #4 执念刑警之消失的证人
95% matchNo user reviews88% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: 迷雾工作室
Windows · Mac
Lu Yan has 9 days to find the truth and bring five strangers back alive. Hours of cinematic video — surveillance, dashcam, interrogations — are the evidence you study; a punishing board demands you connect 130+ clues and 70+ deductions by hand. Stuck? Spend Intuition. 6–8 hours.
Why similar: Crime 28.2%, Drama 24.7%, Detective 20.9%, Mystery 17.6%, Puzzle 3.8%
- #5 Gap World Events
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 荔枝加盐
Windows
This is an original orthodox detective mystery game. The player suddenly takes possession of Roran, who hopes to report to the academy. You must investigate and deduce the truth behind a series of bizarre incidents that obstruct his journey, helping him successfully reach the academy.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Crime 21.8%, Drama 19.3%, Mystery 17.2%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #6 The Wild Detective: The Hound of the Foggy City
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZombieDogStudio
Windows
The Wild Detective: The Hound of the Foggy City is a classic detective mystery game. You play as Duke, a private investigator, collecting evidence through investigation and interviews, then using deductive reasoning to solve cases and reveal hidden truths.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Drama 25%, Mystery 14.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Indie 5.8%
- #7 锈城 - Rust City
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moran
Windows
A pixel-style horror puzzle RPG game where you will play as a girl named Song Kerr, using your wits to survive in Rust City while exploring the long-hidden truths among the tangled clues... Please note, do not break the rules: monsters will appear at midnight, do not go outside!
Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Drama 19.9%, Mystery 15.6%, Detective 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #8 Escape The Ordinary: Tales of Romina Manor
92% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: megaseven
Windows
Based on the escape room board game of the same name. Discover the mystery of Romina Manor as you investigate the disappearance of the Master by searching for clues and solving puzzles in locations like the Parlor, Kitchen or even the Observatory.
Why similar: Crime 31%, Detective 27.3%, Mystery 25.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 3.8%
- #9 消失的第四天
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 游戏峰塔
Windows
"The Fourth Day Disappeared" is a pixel art detective game. As an intern detective, you're caught in a serial murder case on a train trip. Investigate, gather evidence, interrogate passengers, and connect clues to find the killer.
Why similar: Crime 28.4%, Detective 21.8%, Mystery 18.8%, Drama 8.2%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #10 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
91% 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: Crime 28.8%, Detective 28.4%, Mystery 17.8%, Drama 11.6%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #11 The Chessboard Mystery:47 West Street,Highgate
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BlackFog Studio
Windows
Step into Highgate a fog-shrouded town in 1956, where a mysterious murder shatters the silence. As a private investigator, explore scenes, gather evidence, and question suspects. Use your evidence board to trace lies, face branching choices, and uncover the hidden truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Drama 25%, Detective 18.1%, Mystery 15.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, RPG 13.1%
- #12 Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel
89% matchPositive87% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: GenuinePub: Giiku Games
Windows
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 32.3%, Detective 23.9%, Mystery 18%, Puzzle 9.3%, Multiple Endings 5%
- #13 密市大亨
89% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Dream Clockwork
Windows
Welcome to the brand new world of Mississauga Tycoon. Various styles of Mississauga, including horror, suspense, thriller, science fiction, and aesthetics, are waiting for you to explore. Can you escape perfectly and find out the truth? Become an escape master and create a perfect escape myth?
Why similar: Detective 25%, Drama 24%, Mystery 19%, Multiple Endings 14%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #14 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
88% matchVery Positive89% of 7,813 reviews2014
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Why similar: Detective 39.2%, Crime 27.8%, Mystery 20.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, Adventure 4.5%
- #15 捞金骗徒
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 云洲工作室
Windows
You play as a tourist trapped in a scam compound. fight to survive, sneak around and seize escape chances. Gather hidden clues, master scam skills reluctantly to survive, meet captives stuck here for various reasons, dig out its dark secrets, and choose between escaping the den or ruling it.
Why similar: Crime 26.7%, Detective 25.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Drama 13.3%, RPG 10.8%
- #16 Unheard - Voices of Crime
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,170 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Detective 45.6%, Mystery 22.6%, Puzzle 14.4%, RPG 6.4%, Crime 5.9%
- #17 Wolf Peak: The Case of Ruth Choi
86% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
In 1991 Ruth Choi was murdered, it was whittled down to 6 suspects, but the case was never solved. Watch interviews, go through evidence and build your case. A game where you are never told who the killer is, unless you convict them. Use your own deductive skills to find out, who killed Ruth Choi.
Why similar: Crime 40.4%, Detective 29.9%, Mystery 18.7%, Multiple Endings 7.1%, Indie 3.9%
- #18 业火 Hellfire
85% matchVery Positive99% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: Aki
Windows
“阿难,是等皆以业火乾枯,酬其宿债,傍为畜生。” 《业火Hellfire》是一款中国本土题材的剧情悬疑解谜游戏。 故事发生在一个夏秋之交,年轻的摄影师回乡探寻故人。但随着探查深入,深埋已久的回忆被悄然激起…… 题材取自铁链女和乌衣事件,部分剧情改编来自白茕《周娘娘》。
Why similar: Drama 43.7%, Mystery 28.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, Indie 4.8%, RPG 4.7%
- #19 黑土无归
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CATTOFUN GAMES
Windows · Mac
As an ordinary truck driver seeking the truth behind his father's demise, you must pierce through a web of conspiracy fueled by tech-obsession and a rapidly shifting era.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Drama 25.3%, Mystery 18%, RPG 10%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #20 Fateful End: True Case Files
84% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: GenuinePub: Giiku Games
Windows
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Why similar: Crime 27.5%, Detective 21.6%, Mystery 18.5%, Multiple Endings 11%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #21 Bleu
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sam Penberthy
Windows
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Crime 20.3%, Multiple Endings 19.8%, Mystery 19.1%, Puzzle 4.2%
- #22 知更鸟-The Robin
83% 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 24.9%, Mystery 21%, Drama 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #23 Hidden Clues
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows
Crack the cases! The murders are escalating in the city! Follow the clues to crack the cases and arrest the killers!
Why similar: Crime 44.7%, Detective 28.8%, Puzzle 17.1%, 2D 6.2%, Indie 3.1%
- #24 The Fifteenth: A Pluvial Prelude
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 精武馆工作室
Windows
2000年,暴雨封锁的奇瑶坞教堂,是只邀请“有罪之人”的命运舞台。主角冼夏涛为追查弟弟死亡的真相只身入局,却跌入敌对组织编织的罗网。这场以性命为筹码的游戏中,精英人士,帮派组织,边缘人群悉数登场,每个人都背负着不可言说的秘密。你必须在成为下一个受害者前,推演出案件的真相和唯一的生路。
Why similar: Crime 28.3%, Drama 24.5%, Detective 22.3%, Mystery 15.7%, RPG 6.5%
- #25 The Duke is Dead
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bunk Bed Software, LLC
Windows
The duke is dead! Collect clues, solve puzzles, and use deduction to find the killer. Put your detective skills to the test to unravel the trail of crimes and uncover the truth!
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Mystery 24.5%, Crime 22.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Indie 6%
- #26 爱与命的彼端
81% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
《爱与命的彼端》是一款悬疑推理AVG。游戏中你将扮演男主角路杰,为拯救恋人许琳,开始一段爱与命的离奇冒险。你即将卷入扑朔迷离的连环杀人案件,也会接触到离奇的民间传说,躲藏在暗处的阴影也注视着你,蠢蠢欲动……你必须依靠自己的推理能力找出真凶,拯救恋人。
Why similar: Detective 39%, Multiple Endings 25.6%, Mystery 24.7%, RPG 6.7%, Indie 4.1%
- #27 心灵侦探
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 榭季生
Windows
This is a fantastic journey that shuttles between reality and the inner world. You need to follow six companions with distinct personalities to explore the deepest secrets of people's hearts together. It includes mild decryption and some psychological horror elements
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Drama 24%, Mystery 19.9%, Puzzle 12%, RPG 7.4%
- #28 炸鸡块与天使
79% matchPositive93% of 41 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 29.8%, Mystery 22.3%, Drama 22.2%, Puzzle 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #29 Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 406 reviews2023
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.
Why similar: Crime 39%, Detective 20.6%, Mystery 16.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #30 侦探R和预言者J
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NUMBER7Pub: Pujia8 studio
Windows
收集证据,与多方周旋,揭开真相。 过去与现在交错的案件,沟通型的悬疑冒险游戏。
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Drama 21.9%, RPG 15%, Puzzle 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #31 Murder In Complex
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Khalil HammoudaPub: AKM Games
Windows
Investigate a murder inside a building as a detective. Interrogate AI-powered residents, uncover hidden evidence, and analyze clues with your team. Every case is unique, with randomized stories and dynamic suspects. Can you catch the real killer?
Why similar: Crime 32.1%, Detective 24.4%, Mystery 17.8%, Drama 13.2%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #32 The Deed: Dynasty
78% matchVery Positive82% of 1,022 reviews2016
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Getting away with murder has never been easy. These three members of a proud and noble family are separated by five centuries, but have in common a vengeful and murderous intent. Plans must be formed, blood must be spilled and evidence must be planted ...
Why similar: Crime 37.8%, Detective 22%, Mystery 14.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, RPG 5.9%
- #33 The Wolf Is Dead
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fat Toad Games
Windows
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Crime 33.8%, Detective 28.6%, Mystery 21.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 2.3%
- #34 In Memoriam
76% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: MoCaps
Windows · Linux
Step into a gripping medieval political thriller where intrigue, betrayal, and power struggles shape your fate. As a ghostly detective, you’ll uncover conspiracies, navigate a web of deception and unravel a larger mystery tied to your own demise
Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Mystery 21.3%, Drama 19.4%, Puzzle 13.7%, Indie 6.2%
- #35 An Exercise in Mortality - Chapter I
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CorDubiumArts
Windows
Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.
Why similar: Crime 36.7%, Detective 27.9%, Mystery 21.6%, Puzzle 9%, Adventure 4.2%
- #36 The Missing Threads
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wynd_devPub: wysg
Windows
[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 30.3%, Crime 30.2%, Mystery 21.7%, Puzzle 9%, 2D 3.3%
- #37 The Dagby Files
73% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Huge Workshop
Windows
Solve jigsaw puzzles to crack the case in this relaxing, cozy mystery game. Join Inspector Dagby as he investigates crime scenes, questions suspects, and leaves the final deduction to you. Seven perplexing mysteries. 28 hand-illustrated puzzles by artist Dave Montes.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Crime 27.4%, Mystery 21.1%, Puzzle 17.6%
- #38 Nangong Detective Agency
75% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: 喵噫酱(Miao Yee)
Windows
A detective themed game where players transform into the son of a famous detective and freely explore crime scenes and question suspects. The producer challenges players' reasoning ability and encourages them to assist the police in solving cases in the fastest way possible!
Why similar: Crime 17.8%, Drama 17.7%, Detective 14.1%, Puzzle 14%, RPG 12.5%
- #39 Inspector Pug: The Furrious Murder Case
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wardrobe Entertainment
Windows
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 36.2%, Mystery 23.8%, Crime 16.6%, Puzzle 14.3%, Adventure 6.2%
- #40 Rabbit Detective
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: PinkTokum Studio
Windows
《兔子侦探》是一款手绘风格的悬疑解谜互动游戏。玩家将扮演兔子侦探,在前往拜访好友时,竟发现对方已意外身亡!案发现场疑点重重,线索错综复杂。玩家将使用时间回溯机制,从现场抽丝剥茧,在正确的时机放置正确的证据,找出杀害受害兔的真凶,洗清自己被迫背负的嫌疑。最终将罪犯绳之以法,并在审讯中揭露其罪行!
Why similar: Detective 45.4%, Mystery 28.4%, Puzzle 17.8%, RPG 5.4%, Indie 3%
- #41 妖睨之境The Sight of Darkness
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 豹肝工作室 SEALIVER STUDIO
Windows
A detective who accidentally unsealed the monsters must find the man-eating monster before the deadline. Humans are afraid of monsters, but they were also made by themselves.
Why similar: Drama 29.9%, Detective 27.3%, Mystery 21%, Multiple Endings 17%, Indie 4.8%
- #42 Fools, Maniacs and Liars
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NanZhai GamePub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
A narrative-driven game of suspense, crime, and dark humor. Amid exquisitely crafted art and a gripping story, the Wushan Great Buddha's demise unfolds.
Why similar: Crime 29.2%, Drama 26.8%, Mystery 23.7%, RPG 8%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #43 The Occult Detective
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 326 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 28.9%, Drama 21.4%, Mystery 18.9%, Puzzle 14.5%, RPG 6.6%
- #44 Marcella Moon: The Phantom of Harvest Grove
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
A prankster is loose at the Harvest Grove autumn festival. Find the culprit before things get out of hand.
Why similar: Mystery 23.6%, Crime 23.3%, Detective 22.9%, Drama 15.1%, Puzzle 12.8%
- #45 15LANDS: Where Stars Fall / 十五区:星落何处
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WMY Studio
Windows · Mac
In a world where intellect is survival, humanity's brains are decaying. As an engineer fixing the obsolete Campfire System, you discover the encrypted memories of teenagers hidden in broken data. Solve diverse logic puzzles to decrypt their past and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Drama 35.2%, Detective 13.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, Mystery 13%, RPG 10.2%
- #46 For Your Tranquility
71% matchMixed68% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
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 33%, Detective 27.3%, Mystery 21.3%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Indie 4.5%
- #47 A Case of Fraud
68% matchVery Positive98% of 404 reviews2025
Dev: Hesperus Games
Windows · Mac
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Crime 30.1%, Detective 29.9%, Mystery 20.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Indie 2.6%
- #48 流言侦探
71% matchVery Positive82% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异,烧脑,悬疑推理剧情游戏,在游戏的体验中,玩家自主找出线索,并利用线索,和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法,玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者,玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相,找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Drama 26.9%, Detective 21.9%, Mystery 19.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #49 Graywood: Noir Detective
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bobby & Jeni
Windows
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Crime 28.1%, Detective 24.3%, Drama 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #50 Case Files: Behind Closed Doors
69% matchPositive90% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Think Ten Media Group
Windows
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: Crime 30.4%, Detective 24.2%, Mystery 18.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Drama 10%
- #51 死亡旅店Ⅱ亡者归来-Death Inn Ⅱ The Immortal Is Coming
70% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Mystery 24.3%, Drama 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15%, RPG 12.7%
- #52 春泥 Soil of Rebirth
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 298 reviews2026
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕,刑警程佑接到报案,动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入,案件的疑点层层浮现,将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动,深埋的真相即将揭开......
Why similar: Crime 31.3%, Detective 23%, Mystery 19%, Puzzle 10.5%, RPG 6.4%
- #53 Laura Bow and the Mechanical Codex
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NineZyme OÜ
Windows · Mac · Linux
LAURA BOW IS BACK, in an all new point-and-click adventure! Get ready for lots of wonderful nostalgia, in this third installment of the Laura Bow franchise, originally created by Sierra Online and designed by Roberta Williams & Bruce Balfour.
Why similar: Crime 30.3%, Detective 20.3%, Drama 20%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #54 Back to the Dawn
66% matchVery Positive95% of 10,038 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Crime 27.9%, Detective 26.8%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Mystery 14%, RPG 9.9%
- #55 Echoes of Ash
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ash Studio
Windows
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 32.2%, Crime 26%, Mystery 18.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #56 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
69% 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: Detective 24.9%, Mystery 21.8%, Drama 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, RPG 11.4%
- #57 The Detective's Apprentice
67% 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 35.6%, Mystery 23.4%, Crime 18.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #58 回ル!ハッカー探偵
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: 総合コンテンツ制作サークル
Windows
Become a righteous hacker detective who solves people's problems... and hack the requested PC by solving riddles! Analyze the PC by hacking! And... solve the source of your client's problems in the PC! This game is a puzzle solving adventure. You can hack by solving riddles.
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, Mystery 26.5%, Drama 21.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Adventure 7.6%
- #59 深渊档案
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Walker Studio
Windows
You are a special investigator sent to a construction site halted by a supernatural event. Beneath it lies a deadly mining accident where almost no one survived. Using old photos, trace the memories of the dead, relive their final moments, and uncover long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Detective 40.4%, Mystery 28.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 5.6%
- #60 末日航路-The Termination
67% 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 27.7%, Mystery 22.9%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Drama 9.7%