
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Adventure, Story Rich, Singleplayer.

Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.

Memary: Memory of the nameless one
The mysterious cat offer help to guide you. The room with puzzle awaits you and when you solve it, you will regain your memory. To reclaim your identity, you choose to follow mysterious cat and solve all puzzle in the rooms of question.

Mind Diver
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.
The mysterious cat offer help to guide you. The room with puzzle awaits you and when you solve it, you will regain your memory. To reclaim your identity, you choose to follow mysterious cat and solve all puzzle in the rooms of question.
Why similar: Escape Room 37.1% ★, Text-Based 12.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Visual Novel 8.7%, LGBTQ+ 7.9%
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: Noir 18.3%, Detective 13.8%, Investigation 13.6%, Thriller 12.7%, Mystery 11.5%
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 23%, Mystery 17.4%, Investigation 15.6%, Point & Click 10.1%, Puzzle 8%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Mystery 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Romance 13%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 14.6%, Detective 12.9%, Thriller 12.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Text-Based 9.6%
Blankspace is an escape room visual novel with point-and-click elements. Investigate your surroundings, solve puzzles, make meaningful choices, and figure out the the mystery behind Chris and Beryl's predicament.
Why similar: Adventure 31.2%, Indie 19.6%, Mystery 19.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Detective 18.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Noir 7.6%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Thriller 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 11.5%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Thriller 15%, Mystery 13.3%, Investigation 13.2%, Text-Based 10.9%
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: Investigation 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 17.7%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%
Detective Ridelle is a cozy murder mystery game featuring escape room style puzzles. Find clues, interrogate suspects, solve the mystery - before it's too late.
Why similar: Escape Room 31.5% ★, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 9.6%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Mystery 19.8%, Investigation 18.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%
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: Noir 25.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Point & Click 12.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Detective 10.4%
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 21.9%, Mystery 20.3%, Point & Click 16.6%, Puzzle 10.4%
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: Noir 18.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 15.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Mystery 11.3%
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: Investigation 17.1%, Detective 16.3%, Text-Based 14.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
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 22.4%, Noir 19.5%, Point & Click 12.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 8.3%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 16.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 21.6%, Mystery 19.6%, Text-Based 16.2%, Puzzle 9.9%
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: Noir 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Point & Click 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 10.5%
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 17.9%, Mystery 15%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Point & Click 10.2%
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Mystery 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 11.3%, Thriller 10.8%
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Romance 11.3%
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Romance 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
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 24.7%, Mystery 16.7%, Noir 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Investigation 9.9%
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 18.4%, Mystery 7.5%
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Noir 19.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Investigation 10.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 16.8%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%
You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?
Why similar: Escape Room 36.9% ★, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Point & Click 10.6%, Detective 6.8%
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Mystery 20.4%, Romance 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Point & Click 10.3%
A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Mystery 19%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Noir 10%
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: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 17.8%, Thriller 11.9%, Text-Based 10.7%
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: Noir 20.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Investigation 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Detective 12.3%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Text-Based 18.9%, Mystery 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Romance 13.7%
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Mystery 34.5%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Story Rich 17.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 7%
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: Detective 22.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Point & Click 13.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Investigation 10.6%
As a private detective, you’ll crack word clues left by a mysterious informant, gather evidence, and uncover the truth hidden in the shadows.
Why similar: Noir 40.8%, Detective 24.6%, Puzzle 16.1%, Realistic 14.2%, Indie 3%
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: Thriller 18.6%, Detective 18%, Mystery 14.7%, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Noir 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, Mystery 9.7%, LGBTQ+ 7.4%
Hymer 2000 is an interactive text puzzle game, where players freely converse with the "Hymer" and use an open "Search" function to retrieve past conversations. By discovering keywords, gathering clues, and collecting "Faces", players uncover Hymer's secrets and ultimately shut it down.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Detective 16.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Point & Click 10.7%
Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend.
Why similar: Escape Room 48.4% ★, Detective 21.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Puzzle 7.9%, Adventure 4.7%
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 21.4%, Noir 21.3%, Mystery 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Investigation 10.3%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Mystery 30.6%, Investigation 29.5%, Puzzle 12.8%, Story Rich 12%, Detective 6.5%
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 25.6%, Text-Based 25.1%, Mystery 14.3%, Realistic 10.8%, Puzzle 9.3%
Memories are malleable and changing them will modify the present. Tackle mind-bending puzzles that rely on altering your own recollections to shape the future.
Why similar: Detective 34.3%, Thriller 27.5%, Investigation 21.8%, Minimalist 10.1%, Adventure 4.5%
unWorded is an innovative Narrative Puzzle Game where everything is built from letters. Use your imagination to create objects by assembling letters together and discover the story of a writer hospitalized after a serious accident...
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Investigation 10.4%, Adventure 9.4%
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow. Interrogate a "colorful" cast of suspects until they cough up hairballs... and the truth. Will you wrap up the case in time for an afternoon nap, and make injustice knead its last biscuit?
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Detective 18%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Investigation 8.7%
The game presents realistic game graphics through sound effects, narration and imagination. The level design is subtle and challenging, allowing players to challenge their intelligence and logic skills in solving puzzles.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Detective 26.6%, Puzzle 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%, Minimalist 11.6%
Flower in Us is a short, story-driven mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets.
Why similar: Investigation 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Thriller 15.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Unravel the mystery of the King's sudden death... Claim your right for the throne. Try to stay alive as long as possible. Will you take the risk? The story for those who are brave enough to dive in a dark story and are able to think reasonably.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Mystery 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Romance 9%
An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a classic-style graphic adventure.
Why similar: Escape Room 26.1% ★, Investigation 22.9%, Point & Click 16.9%, Mystery 16.4%, Adventure 7.3%
Every corner of this manor holds secrets. You inherit not just the estate, but scattered letters and an intricately designed puzzle. Eyepieces transcending spacetime plunge you into others' memories. Traverse 16 themed chambers, unravel nested mechanisms, until you unveil the buried past...
Why similar: Escape Room 40.2% ★, Mystery 18.1%, Point & Click 13.1%, Puzzle 9.4%, Realistic 9%
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 25.8%, Investigation 24.1%, Mystery 18.4%, Point & Click 13.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Mystery 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Investigation 10.3%
Oniria Crimes is an interactive noir novel with point & click mechanics. Explore crime scenes in a dreamlike world where objects are the only witnesses. Six cases, a hidden conspiracy. Only you can uncover the truth behind the crimes of Oniria.
Why similar: Heist 31.7% ★, Noir 22.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Point & Click 9.4%