
Vaudeville is an experimental whodunit game based on the latest AI technologies to generate dialogues in real time. This tale of murder, suspense and absurdity unfolds as you play, and you are the protagonist.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Adventure, Story Rich, Investigation.

Vaudeville is an experimental whodunit game based on the latest AI technologies to generate dialogues in real time. This tale of murder, suspense and absurdity unfolds as you play, and you are the protagonist.

Shadows of Doubt
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!

Doki Doki AI Interrogation
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
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: Noir 29.6%, Detective 27.4%, Sandbox 15.2%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Open World 8.6%
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 24.5%, Detective 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21%, Detective 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Investigation 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%
Acolyte: Prologue is the first act in a dynamic narrative detective/puzzle game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely without pre-defined dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Experimental 33.2%, Artificial Intelligence 18.9%, Investigation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 6%
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 21.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Crime 15.2%, Narrative 14.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Crime 26.9%, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Mystery 8.3%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: Noir 53.6%, Detective 27.5%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Mystery 8.3%
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Crime 21.2%, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.
Why similar: Crime 26.5%, Detective 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.
Why similar: Crime 32.3%, Detective 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 9.9%
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: Noir 23.4%, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Detective 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Investigation 13%, Interactive Fiction 13%
Doomed Detective Game is a game in which you will play the role of a detective who has arrived in the city of Redrock to figure out a very mysterious crime. Your task is to explore the city, find clues, talk to the residents of the city and find the killer! P.S: Every city resident is an AI...
Why similar: Noir 31.9%, Detective 20.3%, Artificial Intelligence 20.2%, Investigation 12.6%, Exploration 7.7%
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: Noir 21.3%, Crime 17.8%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Why similar: Noir 32%, Crime 28.5%, Detective 28.3%, Mystery 10%, Singleplayer 1%
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Experimental 24.5%, Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Investigation 19.2%, Detective 17.8%, Choices Matter 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: Crime 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Investigation 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 22%
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Narrative 21.9% ★, Detective 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Mystery 8.1%
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: Experimental 29.3%, Artificial Intelligence 23.7%, Detective 23.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 31.1%, Detective 19.8%, Narrative 17.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Mystery 6.9%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Crime 18.3%, Detective 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Crime 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Investigation 12.1%
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Narrative 18.3% ★, Detective 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Investigation 11.7%
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 38.4%, Noir 30.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Exploration 4.6%
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 33.5%, Detective 30.6%, Dialogue Heavy 21.9%, Mystery 13%, Singleplayer 1%
Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.
Why similar: Detective 37.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%
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 24.4%, Crime 20.1%, Narrative 19.3% ★, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 10%
You are Consortium Bishop Six, a celebrity peacekeeper in the year 2042. Choose to speak out loud using your own voice to shape relationships and navigate the story. Experience a murder mystery thriller aboard a futuristic aircraft with a narrative twist. Every choice counts.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.1%, Narrative 19.6% ★, Level Editor 18.7%, Investigation 10.1%, Mystery 8.9%
"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: Detective 47.2%, Mystery 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choices Matter 6.1%
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: Crime 22.8%, Detective 20.5%, Investigation 16.2%, Open World 9.8%, Mystery 9.5%
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: Detective 34.2%, Investigation 28.9%, Mystery 15.3%, Noir 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.3%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Noir 28.7%, Detective 24.4%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 40.6%, Mystery 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, First-Person 14.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%
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: Noir 21.1%, Crime 17.5%, Detective 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Investigation 12.9%
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 51.5%, Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Investigation 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 49.4%, Mystery 19.4%, Artificial Intelligence 15.7%, Exploration 12%, Singleplayer 3.5%
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 27.5%, Detective 23.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Mystery 10%
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 22.4%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
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Why similar: Narrative 20.8% ★, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Mystery 9.4%
Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.
Why similar: Noir 28.5%, Crime 19.7%, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 10.9%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 27.5%, Crime 21.5%, Detective 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 9.8%
NEWSPAPER EDITING ADVENTURE. "In 1996, a congressman was murdered...The prime suspect is a congressman's aide. As the suspicious article was published the story begins" Play the role of editor-in-chief of a newspaper. You become the editor of a newspaper and write a front-page article every day.
Why similar: Noir 44.1%, Dialogue Heavy 25.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Mystery 11.2%, First-Person 5.2%
No rules, no censorship, the only limit is your imagination, not someone else's. AIdventure is a text adventure game with an AI as a storyteller. It is shipped with more than 25 starting scenarios. Unleash your creativity by writing and sharing your own stories with other players.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 41.8%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Detective 15.5%, Crime 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Noir 33.2%, Crime 24.7%, Detective 20%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 8.1%
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Crime 17.2%, Detective 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Investigation 11.3%
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 42.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 9.8%
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 25.7%, Noir 20.7%, Crime 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Mystery 8%
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Detective 31%, Investigation 22.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Exploration 9.6%
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: Detective 32%, Investigation 21.9%, Procedural Generation 17.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%
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 25.5%, Crime 21.7%, Dialogue Heavy 20.9%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 8.9%
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 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Investigation 24.8%, Mystery 6.5%, First-Person 6%
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 23.9%, Dialogue Heavy 20%, Crime 19.2%, Narrative 14.7% ★, Investigation 11.7%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Crime 24.1%, Dialogue Heavy 22.1%, Detective 20%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 11.1%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Noir 29.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Exploration 5.6%
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: Detective 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Crime 21.7%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 13.5%
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 27.2%, Detective 23.9%, Noir 21.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 9.7%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Detective 57.3%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Mystery 19.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
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: Crime 30.6%, Detective 30.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Investigation 11.2%