Games Like To Tell the Truth

Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.

Why similar: FMV 26.3% ★, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

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 41.2% ★, Detective 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Investigation 8.4%

The story centers around a frustrated middle-aged man named Yu Kaijie. Along with his friend Ma Zhigao, they participated in a class reunion and used the chance to rob the safe of their rich classmate. But against all expectations, the tranquil villa turned into a closed-off crime scene...

Why similar: FMV 47.1% ★, Nonlinear 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Investigation 7.8%, RPG 5.9%

"Strange Rites" is a Chinese horror interactive puzzle game. As a reporter with the ability to see the unseen, you investigate monster rumors in the chaotic Republic of China era, navigating a 3D+2D world, finding clues, and sealing evil spirits. Uncover forgotten folk horrors.

Why similar: FMV 34.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Detective 11.7%, Nonlinear 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%

A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

Why similar: FMV 27.1% ★, Detective 15.8%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%

A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.

Why similar: FMV 28% ★, Detective 18.4%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Investigation 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%

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 33.2% ★, Detective 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Investigation 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%

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 33.2% ★, Detective 18%, Nonlinear 13%, Investigation 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?

Why similar: FMV 36.4% ★, Detective 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

Headspun is a FMV/Adventure hybrid set in Cortex; the world of Theo Kavinsky's broken brain - a game about recovery, discovery, and the ongoing battle between logic and emotion.

Why similar: FMV 39.5% ★, Detective 17.5%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%

Code Qingfeng is an interactive cinematic experience featuring multiple heroines, branching storylines, and a range of endings. Every choice you make reshapes the course of fate.

Why similar: FMV 42.6% ★, Detective 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.

Why similar: FMV 35.6% ★, Detective 21.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Story Rich 5.5%

"The Joker's Game" is an FMV crime battle royale. Jack, drowning in debt, joins a lethal game. Critical choices, even small ones, shape outcomes. Outwit rivals, uncover truths, or perish? Every move decides survival... or the deadly prize.

Why similar: FMV 36.9% ★, Detective 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Visual Novel 8%

Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.

Why similar: FMV 38.2% ★, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Story Rich 7%

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 64.3% ★, Detective 25%, Story Rich 3.8%, Indie 3.7%, Mystery 3.2%

"Mutes" is a live-action mystery game. From a third-person perspective, you will make critical choices, engage in deductive reasoning to communicate for the protagonist, and perform quick-time reactions to survive a murder mystery.

Why similar: FMV 48.1% ★, Detective 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%, Visual Novel 5.6%, Simulation 5%

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 36.5% ★, Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Investigation 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.6%

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 35.2% ★, Detective 20.5%, Investigation 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

Why similar: FMV 40.3% ★, Detective 22.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%, Story Rich 5.9%

A survival horror experience inspired by 90s FMV games and VHS nightmares. Choose your path as a paranormal investigator in a haunting interactive film and uncover the secrets of Barlang Valley. Every choice you make shapes the story—leading to new scenes, multiple endings, and many ways to die.

Why similar: FMV 43.3% ★, Detective 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Investigation 6.6%

The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

Why similar: FMV 40.1% ★, Detective 23.2%, Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Mystery 5.1%

In Voyeur, you take on the role of a private investigator hired to collect evidence of wealthy CEO Reed Hawke’s corruption by a member of his family. Originally released on the Phillips CD-i back in 1993, it was one of the first games to fully utilize Full-Motion-Video as an integral game mechanic.

Why similar: FMV 39.6% ★, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Visual Novel 6.9%

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 45% ★, Detective 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 6.7%, Story Rich 6.2%

Shangchuan, 1939, Japanese-occupied. By day a bowing traitor, by night a ghost, in Demon's Lair, No. 86. All wear masks: pretend, kill, survive. When sacrificing a friend is the only way, when betrayed, when only isolated cities remain - fight to the end, live a coward, or take an unimagined path?

Why similar: FMV 48.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Story Rich 7.2%, Visual Novel 6.1%

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: FMV 40.8% ★, Detective 24.7%, Investigation 17%, Interactive Fiction 5.7%, Visual Novel 5.5%

Wright Brothers' Mysteries - A fun interactive multipath full motion visual novel

Why similar: FMV 54.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Mystery 5.8%, Indie 2.8%

“The invisible us” is a FMV game where you play as Song Wufei, a timid high school student targeted by bullies. When a brave classmate intervenes, a series of mysterious events unfold. Investigate and piece together the hidden truth through deduction.

Why similar: FMV 42% ★, Detective 24.6%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Mystery 5.8%

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Why similar: FMV 37.3% ★, Detective 22.1%, Investigation 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Story Rich 5.2%

You are a playboy, fearless of bloody endings, whom even Casanova would envy: Once you get killed, time rewinds. Death may never defeat you, yet... fate prevails.

Why similar: FMV 42.8% ★, Nonlinear 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.2%

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 60% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Detective 14.2%, Story Rich 5.8%, Mystery 4.8%

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 37.8% ★, Detective 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%

"You And I” is an interactive film where you guide Mark, lost deep in the woods with his friend, Ace. However the more time the two spend together, the stranger the two become.

Why similar: FMV 51.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Story Rich 4.4%

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 40.2% ★, Detective 20.6%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Story Rich 6.8%

Nowhere to Run is an interactive film with over 120 choices and 18 different endings! Embark on a journey with Lucy and help her escape the desert before her abductor finds her. But he's not the only one she needs to worry about...

Why similar: FMV 37.6% ★, Nonlinear 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Investigation 8.6%

In"FLAM EVAW ", you will continue to embody the community detective Maple Kurosawa, using your powerful detective and hacker skills to embark on a journey of investigation against the Rainbow Crime Organization with several female assistants of different styles.

Why similar: FMV 51.4% ★, Detective 25.3%, Story Rich 7.7%, RPG 4.6%, Interactive Fiction 4.3%

Mourningwood Lodge is a full-motion video (FMV) live-action mystery horror game. As the first installment in the Funeral Houseseries, players will assume different roles across various game modes to participate in a suspenseful horror journey blending conspiracy and fantasy.

Why similar: FMV 51% ★, Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 5.7%

"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 39.3% ★, Detective 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Visual Novel 8%

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 42.6% ★, Detective 21%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%, Story Rich 6.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6%

A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.

Why similar: FMV 48.7% ★, Visual Novel 21.6%, Detective 13.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, Mystery 7.2%

One day, JURI gets kidnapped and wakes up in dark basement. Desperately seeking her way to escape, JURI runs into a random guy who is indeed another hostage. And someone is chasing them! Who kidnapped them and why? Would they be able to survive?

Why similar: FMV 53.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 9%, RPG 5.9%

An FMV game where YOU are a psychiatrist trying to solve a double murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Ask questions and link answers to determine their fates, and your own!

Why similar: FMV 43.1% ★, Detective 25.6%, Story Rich 8.4%, Visual Novel 7.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%

"Heart Beat Clue" merges detective puzzles with romantic storylines. Players' choices affect both mysteries and relationships, offering a unique, interactive experience where love and investigation intersect.

Why similar: FMV 35.4% ★, Detective 19%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...

Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%

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 62.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Story Rich 6.2%, Indie 1.7%

《Inner Scales 1:Choice》is a first-person FMV. Set in a sealed cage. It pushes survival, humanity, emotion and moral dilemmas to the extreme. You will face surveillance, cages, and the fates of eight trapped women—every choice you make decides life and death for others and yourself.

Why similar: FMV 56% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%, RPG 6%, Story Rich 5.7%

In 2055, "You", the retired soldier king, was assassinated by a comrade who once fought side by side. His peaceful life was suddenly broken. In order to find the truth, he was involved in a series of bizarre murders.

Why similar: FMV 50.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%, Story Rich 6.2%

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 47.9% ★, Detective 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Story Rich 6.3%, Indie 5.7%

《审判者》是一款由金牌编剧冷小张打造的交互式解谜推理影游。《人民的名义》演员黄俊鹏×张志坚化身刑警双雄，携手破解“不可能犯罪”谜局，多米诺骨牌效应引发后续案件环环相扣。密室推演、疑犯审讯、舆论审判、多线结局，影视级沉浸，解构人性困局。喜欢本格及社会派推理的玩家不可错过的悬疑推理罪案刑侦游戏。

Why similar: FMV 48.2% ★, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 12.3%, RPG 11.3%, Story Rich 5%

Cinema-based detective puzzle game based on real images and open world. Beyond the interactive cinema, it is a multi-layered detective adventure where you can solve the secrets with your detective skills and deepen the investigation by doing research.

Why similar: FMV 38.1% ★, Investigation 16.1%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Simulation 5.7%

Ten Dates is the sequel to the interactive rom-com, Five Dates. Misha, a millennial from London in search of that elusive in-person connection, tricks her best friend Ryan into going to a speed dating event with her.

Why similar: FMV 42% ★, Nonlinear 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Story Rich 5.9%

Shi Lei once ruled the underground world and retired at his peak. Years later, unsettling truths emerge, disrupting his peace. Will he resolve old issues or break free from fate to uncover the secrets behind these truths? This time, he won't face it alone; she will help him.

Why similar: FMV 45.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 9%, RPG 7.1%

《DayBreak》 is an anti-narcotics-themed interactive video work, adapted from real volumes, with a unique two-line narrative system that brings a differentiated interactive experience.

Why similar: FMV 42.9% ★, Detective 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Story Rich 5%

"Snake Village：Sacrifice" is a suspense FMV. Players must explore and collect various items and lead to a multitude of distinct endings.You act Lin Xi, the daughter of the village chief. Complete a life-or-death sacrificial to break the curse of transforming your human form forever.

Why similar: FMV 44.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 9.1%, Story Rich 5.6%

Play as the protagonist in this live-action interactive palace survival drama! Take a dynasty's fate into your own hands in Road to Empress II, the upcoming new content of a global hit. Defy fate, navigate intrigue, and claim the throne of power. You decide it all!

Why similar: FMV 58.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Visual Novel 7.5%, RPG 6.3%

《美女，游泳健身了解一下》是一款融合了都市创业与多线恋爱的互动影像游戏。你将扮演一位刚毕业的大学生，临危受命接手舅舅濒临倒闭的“蔚蓝游泳健身中心”。在这段绝地逆袭的旅程中，与六位身份各异、魅力非凡的女性命运交织。

Why similar: FMV 70.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%

A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.

Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Investigation 20%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 9.8%

Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

Why similar: FMV 46% ★, Detective 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Story Rich 6.3%

在本作中，“你”化身为即将迎来毕业季的男主顾易，在对未来的迷茫与憧憬中，你将与六位性格迥异、各具魅力的女生发生一连串的故事，她们或是鬼马少女、或是温柔甜心、猫系娇女、豆腐西施，千娇百媚、亦幻亦真，敬过往。

Why similar: FMV 43.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, RPG 6.6%

17 Ways Not to Die is a movie, first and foremost. A movie in which you can influence what happens on the screen. There are 17 endings, or not endings, or not 17, I don’t know. I don’t care.

Why similar: FMV 46.7% ★, Nonlinear 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%

Cringer's Rise is a visual novel game.Players advance the story through exploration and choices, unlock achievements, and team up with the secret Pavilion Master of the Zhou Clan Army.Together you crush the imperial power of the Yan Kingdom, and experience the ultimate thrill of combat.

Why similar: FMV 47.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, RPG 10.4%, Story Rich 6.5%