- #1 The Case of the Golden Idol
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Crime 13.2%, Thriller 13.1%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It asks you to reconstruct elaborate murders from frozen scenes, names, motives, and small visual clues in much the same methodical way Unheard asks you to connect voices.
- #2 The Operator
96% matchVery Positive92% of 8,890 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Crime 16.1%, Thriller 14.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: You investigate crimes remotely through databases, calls, surveillance material, and linked clues, giving it a similarly hands-on analytical detective feel.
- #3 The Rise of the Golden Idol
96% matchVery Positive93% of 4,156 reviews2024
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Detective 22.5%, Crime 18.6%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This expanded sequel delivers more densely layered cases built around identifying people, relationships, and causes of death from scattered evidence.
- #4 Cyber Manhunt
95% matchVery Positive92% of 15,723 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Detective 16.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Simulation 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its computer-based investigations have you trace suspects through messages, files, social networks, and digital behavior to expose conspiracies.
- #5 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
94% matchVery Positive93% of 5,705 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 13.4%, Point & Click 12.2%, Puzzle 8%
Why You'll Like It: This sequel continues the clue-linking digital-investigation format with a larger conspiracy and more information to sift through.
- #6 The Roottrees are Dead
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,219 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 30.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Point & Click 10.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: You solve a sprawling inheritance mystery by researching identities, family connections, and documentary evidence rather than being handed answers.
- #7 Telling Lies
94% matchMixed63% of 1,325 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Crime 16.6%, Detective 15.4%, Thriller 15%, Investigation 10.2%, Mystery 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Searching a large archive of fragmented video conversations to identify connections and hidden truths closely captures Unheard's listening-based investigation.
- #8 Murders on the Yangtze River
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,291 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 10.9%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This story-rich historical detective game offers a sequence of murder cases centered on evidence, contradictions, and logical deductions.
- #9 The Invisible Hours
92% matchVery Positive91% of 527 reviews2017
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Game Trust
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.
Why similar: Detective 53.2%, Mystery 46.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its mansion mystery lets you freely follow characters and overhear their conversations across a looping timeline to uncover what really happened.
- #10 Mind Diver
90% matchVery Positive95% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
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: Crime 18.1%, Detective 17.1%, Thriller 15%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: You enter damaged memories to untangle a mystery, piecing together subjective fragments and relationships through close observation.
- #11 Her Story
91% matchVery Positive89% of 10,424 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Crime 21.5%, Detective 18.8%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Point & Click 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This compact mystery is built around reviewing, searching, and interpreting interview footage until the contradictions between testimonies become clear.
- #12 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
89% matchVery Positive89% of 8,060 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 34.2%, Crime 20.8%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 11.9%, Point & Click 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines crime-scene analysis, suspect questioning, and evidence boards while allowing you to reach—and live with—your own conclusions.
- #13 Scene Investigators
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,038 reviews2023
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.
Why similar: Crime 24.7%, Detective 22.3%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Puzzle 7%
Why You'll Like It: Each case focuses on patiently examining a crime scene and forming your own deductions from physical details without excessive guidance.
- #14 Return of the Obra Dinn
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 35,293 reviews2018
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 44.7%, Mystery 22.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Story Rich 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It rewards careful reconstruction of deaths, identities, and timelines from short supernatural glimpses of a disaster aboard a ship.
- #15 CaseCracker
86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,489 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Story Rich 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It presents text-heavy cases that require scrutinizing documents, statements, and digital material for concealed answers.
- #16 The Painscreek Killings
87% matchVery Positive91% of 6,420 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Thriller 9.5%, Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its slow-burn investigative structure leaves you to explore an abandoned town, read records, and assemble a murder case independently.
- #17 CaseCracker2
86% matchVery Positive91% of 829 reviews2024
Dev: BlackRobePub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Mystery 17%, Point & Click 12.3%, Story Rich 9.2%, Simulation 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its investigation puzzles continue the series' focus on reading closely, interpreting evidence, and cracking cases from information alone.
- #18 Shadows of Doubt
84% matchVery Positive82% of 17,829 reviews2024
Dev: ColePowered GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
Why similar: Detective 66.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, RPG 9%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This systemic noir sandbox lets you investigate procedural crimes by following routines, searching records, listening in, and connecting leads.
- #19 SIMULACRA
85% matchVery Positive90% of 4,689 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Thriller 16.9%, Point & Click 11.1%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: Investigating a missing person's phone through messages, videos, and apps provides an intimate found-footage version of clue-based detective work.
- #20 Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
82% matchVery Positive95% of 6,719 reviews2024
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Why similar: Detective 35%, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 12%, Point & Click 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A concise and charming mystery whose core pleasure is arranging clues and correctly inferring who everyone is and what they did.
- #21 Keyword: A Spider's Thread
84% matchVery Positive82% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: City From Naught Inc.
Windows
Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Crime 16.3%, Thriller 14.6%, Mystery 8.7%, Investigation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This browser-style detective game has you search online information and connect keywords to gradually reveal a larger criminal story.
- #22 Tangle Tower
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,826 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Crime 18.8%, Point & Click 12.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Investigation 7%
Why You'll Like It: This polished point-and-click whodunit balances eccentric suspect interviews with evidence gathering and clear logical deduction.
- #23 The Forgotten City
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,737 reviews2021
Dev: Modern StorytellerPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Why similar: Investigation 30.1%, Mystery 25.2%, Story Rich 12.6%, Exploration 10.1%, RPG 10%
Why You'll Like It: Its time-loop investigation relies on repeatedly observing conversations, learning social dynamics, and using knowledge to expose a hidden crime.
- #24 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
82% matchVery Positive90% of 15,585 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Investigation 59.8%, Simulation 19.8%, Detective 7%, Mystery 3.8%, Interactive Fiction 3%
Why You'll Like It: You investigate a terrorist conspiracy through surveillance, private communications, and data profiles, deciding which connections matter.
- #25 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
79% matchVery Positive93% of 131,540 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Detective 40.8%, Story Rich 16.2%, RPG 14.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: Its unforgettable detective role-playing centers on interviews, evidence, competing theories, and gradually understanding a strange murder case.
- #26 Detective Grimoire
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,625 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Detective 23%, Crime 20.5%, Point & Click 11.9%, Investigation 11.7%, Mystery 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a compact, character-driven murder investigation built around questioning suspects and matching clues to deductions.
- #27 Contradiction: Spot The Liar
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,257 reviews2015
Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Detective 19%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its interrogation-focused cases ask you to compare video testimony and pinpoint the exact statements that do not add up.
- #28 CaseCracker3
76% matchVery Positive86% of 433 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Mystery 14.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #29 Firework
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 44,473 reviews2021
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Puzzle 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #30 The Incident at Galley House
75% matchVery Positive94% of 4,375 reviews2026
Dev: William RousPub: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Mystery 24.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Story Rich 9.6%, Horror 7.1%
- #31 The Flower Collectors
79% matchVery Positive82% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Mi'pu'mi Games GmbH
Windows
Barcelona, 1977. An ex-cop in a wheelchair witnesses a murder, and teams up with a young ambitious journalist to bring the truth to light. With camera, binoculars and transmitter in hand, uncover the town’s secrets from your balcony in this soul-searching detective mystery.
Why similar: Crime 21.5%, Detective 21.3%, Thriller 15.3%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: You investigate a 1970s Barcelona murder from a window, observing neighbors and uncovering their secrets through patient surveillance.
- #32 Turlock Holmes
77% matchVery Positive80% of 997 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Crime 28.1%, Detective 24.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Point & Click 8.4%
- #33 Hearing Voices
76% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Fuupu
Windows
Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.
Why similar: Investigation 29.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Puzzle 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Horror 7.7%
- #34 Heaven Does Not Respond
75% matchVery Positive90% of 565 reviews2026
Dev: Rise Studios
Windows
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Crime 18.2%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Point & Click 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #35 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
78% matchVery Positive82% of 620 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Detective 28.3%, Mystery 15.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: This supernatural detective game revolves around typing questions, probing witness accounts, and finding the truth within unreliable testimony.
- #36 The Shapeshifting Detective
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,715 reviews2018
Dev: D'Avekki Studios LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Detective 59.9%, Mystery 19.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Indie 6.8%, Horror 5%
Why You'll Like It: This FMV murder mystery lets you question suspects from multiple perspectives and seek out contradictions in their stories.
- #37 Homicide Desk
74% matchMixed67% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Shu'la Lab LLC
Windows
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Crime 20.9%, Detective 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 11.6%, Point & Click 11.6%
- #38 Desktop Explorer
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 15.3%, Point & Click 11%, Mystery 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #39 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Crime 22.9%, Detective 20.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 8%
- #40 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: BRANEPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 12%
- #41 Interrogation Simulator
73% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Crime 26.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Point & Click 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #42 Paper Bride
73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,306 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Thriller 18.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Horror 9.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #43 Perfect Crime
74% matchMixed69% of 477 reviews2020
Dev: Skeleton
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
With superb script and calm narrative style, Perfect Crime will reproduce every detail of a criminal case. How to make use of common objects to make a perfect crime is all up to you. An editor of cases is accompanied if help is needed. Now it’s time to log on and create your own murder.
Why similar: RPG 60.1%, Indie 23%, Puzzle 16.9%
- #44 疑案追了声
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: 布衣个人工作室
Windows
疑案追声粉丝自制，为爱发电，一样的声音推理游戏 在《疑案追了声》中，你将扮演一名拥有特殊能力的侦探，通过收集、分析和解读案发现场的回声，还原案件的真相。每个案件都有其独特的故事背景和情节，你需要仔细聆听角色的对话，观察现场的细节，寻找线索，逐步揭示案件的真相。
Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Top-Down 18.5%, RPG 14.4%, Exploration 13.6%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #45 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 45,237 reviews2019
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Crime 22.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Point & Click 8.1%
- #46 Chinese Parents
71% matchVery Positive91% of 27,054 reviews2018
Dev: 墨鱼玩游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.9%, Simulation 20.8%, RPG 15.3%, Horror 7.1%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #47 Trials of Innocence
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,812 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏Pub: Right Mind
Windows
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Crime 19.6%, Investigation 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 10%
- #48 SIMULACRA 2
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,691 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Point & Click 15.2%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #49 Sultan's Game
67% matchVery Positive94% of 35,266 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Story Rich 22.4%, RPG 19.6%, Simulation 17%, Singleplayer 10.7%
- #50 Karisvale
70% matchVery Positive94% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: Brendan Tighe
Windows
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Top-Down 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Horror 8.1%
- #51 New Folder
68% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Evicted Games
Windows
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 10.7%, Simulation 9%
- #52 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,733 reviews2024
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 23.1%, Detective 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Point & Click 14.3%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #53 Insight
69% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Thriller 32.4%, Detective 32.1%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #54 TRAILCAM
70% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: NiceSoup
Windows
In TRAILCAM, you are a wildlife investigator called to the Appalachian Mountains to solve mysterious missing person cases. Using trail cameras from your watchtower, you’ll uncover a sinister truth, navigating a non-linear plot full of twists. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 31%, Thriller 22.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Horror 12.1%, Simulation 8.6%
- #55 Sanfu
68% matchVery Positive83% of 17,858 reviews2023
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2000年，山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告，而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入，一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。
Why similar: Mystery 21.5%, Detective 17.7%, Crime 15.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, RPG 10.2%
- #56 A Case of Fraud
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 573 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: Detective 24.7%, Crime 21.2%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Point & Click 10%
- #57 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,521 reviews2016
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 21.5%, Crime 19.9%, Thriller 15.9%, Mystery 10%, Investigation 9.8%
- #58 The Case of the Golden Night Apartment
67% matchMixed58% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Buddy Studio
Windows
A bizarre murder breaks the peace of Jin Xiao Apartment. As the new night guard, your only tools are the surveillance cameras and the residents' passing words. Everyone here has a secret. The truth is hidden between your screens and your deduction notes.
Why similar: Crime 22.6%, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #59 Connected Clue
65% matchVery Positive87% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Alpheratz Games Pub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!
Why similar: Crime 27.1%, Detective 22.9%, Investigation 14.5%, Point & Click 10.6%, Mystery 10.6%
- #60 Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,875 reviews2024
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 32.7 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 26.7%, Detective 23.3%, Investigation 20.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 7.2%
