60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Story Rich, Adventure, Singleplayer.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
The Roottrees are Dead
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.
Heaven's Vault
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
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 28.4%, Investigation 25.2%, Mystery 17.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Narrative 22.7% ★, Mystery 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Drama 10.1%
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: World War II 28.9% ★, Detective 14.7%, Drama 12.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, Mystery 9.2%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 45.7%, Mystery 25.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Story Rich 12.2%, Adventure 1.3%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Investigation 29.7%, Detective 23.8%, Philosophical 15%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Investigation 21.7%, Detective 20.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Drama 12.5%, Story Rich 10.2%
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Detective 17.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Narrative 10.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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: Investigation 20.2%, Detective 17.8%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Why similar: Detective 29%, Investigation 22.9%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Puzzle 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
Over The Alps is a choices-matter narrative adventure game told through interactive postcards, sent from a secret agent to their handler, in 1930s Switzerland.
Why similar: World War II 45% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Story Rich 18.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Adventure 4.3%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: Story Rich 24%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Mystery 20%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Narrative 9% ★
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 17.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%
2D sidescrolling adventure narrative game with puzzle solving and platforming elements.
Why similar: World War II 32.3% ★, Detective 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Puzzle 11.2%, Story Rich 9.8%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Puzzle 8.9%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Investigation 32.3%, Detective 28.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Puzzle 8.7%, Narrative 6.2% ★
Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
Why similar: Story Rich 25.2%, Mystery 21.7%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Why similar: Investigation 33%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Mystery 15.5%, Sci-fi 9%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Investigation 25.4%, Detective 18.8%, Mystery 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Story Rich 8.5%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Investigation 24.7%, Detective 20.5%, Dynamic Narration 15.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Story Rich 8.3%
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.2%, Detective 30.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 8.4%, Adventure 7.5%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Investigation 27.8%, Mystery 16.9%, Soundtrack 14.8% ★, Drama 13.6%, Puzzle 12.7%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Investigation 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Detective 16.9%, Story Rich 10.6%, Drama 10.5%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Detective 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Dynamic Narration 12.7% ★, Mystery 11.3%
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.2%, Investigation 20.6%, Narrative 14% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.3%, Story Rich 25.1%, Female Protagonist 17%, Adventure 13.9%, Mystery 9.5%
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: Investigation 26.2%, Detective 18.2%, Mystery 17.3%, Story Rich 10%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Why similar: World War II 35.7% ★, Investigation 26.7%, Drama 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Story Rich 9.7%
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: Investigation 26.6%, Detective 19.6%, Nonlinear 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Puzzle 8%
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: Investigation 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 15.1%, Drama 12.1%, Mystery 11.5%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Investigation 29.6%, Detective 24.8%, Mystery 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Why similar: Sci-fi 45.7%, Mystery 27.4%, Adventure 24.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Investigation 19.4%, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Drama 11.9%, Puzzle 9.3%
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.7%, Investigation 21.1%, Narrative 17.9% ★, Mystery 13.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.
Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 9.1%
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Why similar: World War II 48.4% ★, Drama 21.6%, Story Rich 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Adventure 3.4%
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Investigation 23.9%, Detective 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Puzzle 11.9%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Investigation 28.3%, Puzzle 18.2%, Mystery 18%, Story Rich 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.1%, Mystery 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Why similar: Investigation 28.1%, Mystery 23%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Investigation 29.9%, Detective 23.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 8.7%, Narrative 8.3% ★
An elaborate puzzle challenge combined with an unconventional story.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.4%, Puzzle 25%, Adventure 21.6%, Story Rich 14%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.6%, Story Rich 26.3%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Adventure 4.9%, 2D 3.6%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 36%, Mystery 18.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Story Rich 9.1%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Investigation 20.2%, Detective 17%, Dynamic Narration 14.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Narrative 10.6% ★
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Investigation 33.3%, Detective 27.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Alternate History 18.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Investigation 11.1%, Story Rich 9.3%
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 18%, Story Rich 12.2%, Puzzle 11.9%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Investigation 34.3%, Detective 27%, Mystery 16.1%, Story Rich 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 33%, Mystery 21.2%, Puzzle 13.4%, Story Rich 12.8%, Nonlinear 11.7%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Investigation 22.9%, Detective 18.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Drama 10.5%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Investigation 27.4%, Detective 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 9.3%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Investigation 34.9%, Mystery 22%, Puzzle 16.3%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Story Rich 9.7%
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Mystery 24.5%, Detective 23.7%, Puzzle 17.8%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
Why similar: Alternate History 29.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Soundtrack 13.8% ★, Sci-fi 10.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 29.2%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.5%, Mystery 29.3%, Story Rich 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Adventure 8.9%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Drama 16.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 12.7%
