60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter, Story Rich.
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Welcome to Victorville
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Duppy Detective Tashia
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Detective 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Investigation 8.3%
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Point & Click 9.6%
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 22.6%, Investigation 17.4%, Time Management 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Lore-Rich 7.9%
Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Time Management 17.3%, Investigation 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: Time Management 17.1%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Lore-Rich 9.8%
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 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Detective 14.3%, Point & Click 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Investigation 10.4%
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Time Management 22.2%, Investigation 17.2%, Point & Click 12.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Investigation 12.3%, Point & Click 10.4%, Lore-Rich 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 10.5%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
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 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Detective 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Point & Click 9.5%
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 22%, Investigation 17.8%, Point & Click 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 15.6%, Detective 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 10%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Point & Click 9.2%
Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Time Management 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Point & Click 15.2%, Puzzle 8.4%
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 24.4%, Investigation 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Point & Click 10.9%, Puzzle 7%
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 22.3%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Point & Click 9.8%, Exploration 6.1%
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Detective 13.1%, Point & Click 10.4%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Point & Click 9.3%
Kidnapped by an insane man and dragged into a dark crypt, your only choice is to play along with his twisted games or suffer the consequences for non-compliance. A thrilling text-based interactive fiction game!
Why similar: Time Management 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Text-Based 10.1%
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches is a first-person point-and-click adventure inspired by Welsh mythology, focused on investigation, puzzles, and a dark, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Detective 17.5%, Point & Click 11.9%, Investigation 11.4%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
A short pixel-art mystery where you play as Nathan, a private investigator drawn into a curious case. Interrogate suspects, examine clues, and uncover hidden details
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 20.5%, Point & Click 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%
Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 18.4%, Point & Click 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Point & Click 10.8%, Investigation 10.7%
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
Live as a rookie hacker. Monitor digital lives, uncover secrets, and shape your story.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Time Management 13.3%, Point & Click 12.7%, Investigation 12.6%
Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Point & Click 10.8%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Detective 18.4%, Investigation 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 13.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
Immerse yourself in a fantastic adventure in the snowy Italian Alps. Solve puzzles to find your way out of the tunnels of the Lair of the Beast. You will discover that monsters exist, but they are not the only ones with claws.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Point & Click 13%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Investigation 9.4%
Unravel the lies and uncover the hidden truth within the repeating seven days. A Loop × Mystery × Exploration ADV
Why similar: Time Management 21.4%, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 16.8%, Time Manipulation 10.9% ★, Text-Based 8.2%
Uncover the secrets of Arkham in a dark cosmic horror adventure. Solve puzzles, cross hidden dimensions, and use the Eye of Kadath to reveal the impossible. Knowledge comes at a price... are you willing to pay it?
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Investigation 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Point & Click 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.6%
Mindjack is a plot-progression Visual novels and investigation game about social violence. Hijack instructors' vision terminals, eavesdrop on conspiracies, and capture violent acts. You must uncover dark secrets, and decide whether to save your friends trapped within the time limit.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 19%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Point & Click 10.3%, Time Manipulation 9% ★
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: Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Investigation 17.5%, Lore-Rich 12%, Point & Click 11.3%
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Point & Click 16.3%, Exploration 11.6%, Investigation 8.9%
The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Point & Click 10%
A narrative social simulator set in a high school. Study, make friends, and live unforgettable moments where every decision matters.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Exploration 9.1%, Puzzle 7.8%
[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and interrogate the suspect to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Investigation 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, First-Person 8.2%
A horror visual novel with farming mechanics. Investigate, farm and woo the villagers while trying not to die at the hands of the mysterious dogs that roam the lands at night. A complete game that is free.
Why similar: Time Management 18.6%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Point & Click 9.7%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Investigation 18.3%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Lore-Rich 8.9%
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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Investigation 16.9%, Text-Based 11.5%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
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 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Point & Click 18.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 9.4%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Investigation 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Point & Click 13%, Lore-Rich 12.3%
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 25.6%, Investigation 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Point & Click 4.9%
Mystical audio quest in find objects style, accessable for the blind. By the fading sound of the metronome, Christina woke up in an abandoned house. Now her task is to get out of there.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Point & Click 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Investigation 10.4%, Text-Based 10.3%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%
A first person point and click adventure. Takes place in and around a large house and yard. There are puzzles to solve, and allot of mystery and horror elements blended into the story. Many objects to interact with and to use on the environment.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Point & Click 11.7%, Exploration 8%
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Point & Click 11.7%
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 24.4%, Investigation 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Lore-Rich 9.9%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Detective 11.5%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
Silent Harbor is a first-person horror adventure game that will immerse you in a creepy story.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Investigation 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Exploration 7.6%
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 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Investigation 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 8.8%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Make your choices carefully, as your decisions determine how many clues you uncover before the detective, the final player character, questions you. Will your protagonists know enough to catch the murderer?
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 12.1%, Investigation 11.6%
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Time Management 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Lore-Rich 10%, Puzzle 9.3%
Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Detective 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Exploration 6.4%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Time Manipulation 14.2% ★, Investigation 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%
