- #1 Clairval
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alpharkane
Windows
Silence is your armor. Speech is your only weapon. Online werewolf-style social deduction: 30+ secret roles, timed day/night phases, 5–15 min matches. Native Steam client, achievements, Rich Presence, and an exclusive cosmetic title, full multiplayer on shared live servers, no pay-to-win.
Why similar: Werewolves 31.3% ★, Conspiracy 16.2% ★, Party Game 14.6%, Diplomacy 11.9% ★, Investigation 9.8%
- #2 Shadows of the Werewolf
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Regl Studios
Windows
Step into a thrilling and cinematic horror adventure where a couple falls victim to a ruthless werewolf and other nightmarish creatures. Unravel the dark secrets behind these horrors, fight for your life, and escape the terror under the looming full moon!
Why similar: Werewolves 42.6% ★, Survival Horror 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Third Person 6.7%
- #3 The Ratline
95% matchVery Positive83% of 339 reviews2026
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows · Mac
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 24%, Conspiracy 22.1% ★, Mystery 11.7%, Dark 6.1%
- #4 The Wolf's Den
96% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Fried Octopus
Windows
The Wolf's Den is a suspenseful first person experience through a dark atmospheric mountain. Explore a mysterious train tunnel on your way to escape from a tragic accident that destroyed you and your partner's lab and uncover the truth behind the mysteries that surround you. Enter The Wolf's Den!
Why similar: Werewolves 46.7% ★, Conspiracy 14.2% ★, Investigation 12%, Mystery 10%, Dark 9.3%
- #5 SkinJack
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Punksquab Games
Windows
In this sci-fi multiplayer game, six Parasites hide among eighteen NPCs, while one Overseer watches from above. Infiltrate, impersonate, and outsmart your opponents in this asymmetric multiplayer game of deception, surveillance, and deduction.
Why similar: Party Game 26.9%, Investigation 18%, Conspiracy 11.5% ★, Multiplayer 10.8%, Mystery 8.4%
- #6 Impostor Online
93% matchMixed69% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: SkullSocket Studios
Windows · Mac
Impostor Online is a 4–16 player social deduction game of murder, lies, and paranoia. Every match you're dealt a secret role: investigate, heal, deceive—or kill. Someone at the table wants you dead. Find them first, or make sure they never find you.
Why similar: Werewolves 28.1% ★, Party Game 18.1%, Class-Based 13.1%, Detective 12.6%, Investigation 12%
- #7 Lost in Terra Mora
94% match9 user reviews50% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: FallTrand L.W.
Windows
A scary, adventure horror game with quest elements.
Why similar: Werewolves 36.7% ★, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 12.4%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Dark 7.5%
- #8 Among The Sierra Nevada
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Genesis Machine Studios
Windows
Explore a vast wilderness, track massive footprints, and collect cryptid evidence. Solve environmental puzzles, uncover clues left by a missing ranger, and survive encounters with an intelligent creature. The deeper you go, the more it feels like something is watching you.
Why similar: Investigation 26.6%, Werewolves 23.2% ★, Survival Horror 20.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Third Person 6.5%
- #9 The Wrong Way Round
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alex B.
Windows · Mac
You’re trapped in a town where every way out brings you back from the other side. Explore with up to 5 friends, uncover the mystery and find a way home before the freezing fog takes over.
Why similar: Party Game 16.6%, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #10 Gallery of Shadows - Lycans Returns
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Kings
Windows
Gallery of Shadows Lycans Returns is a Hunting and Stealth game where you must hunt humans to instill fear and recover the lost Territories of the Werewolves or "Lycans".
Why similar: Werewolves 53% ★, Resource Management 13.4%, Dark 10.8%, Third Person 8.7%, Mystery 7.2%
- #11 The Rise of the Golden Idol
89% 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: Conspiracy 30.3% ★, Investigation 21.2%, Detective 21.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Dark 7%
- #12 Redhowl
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BENOM STUDIO
Windows
Social deduction game for 4 to 15 players. 3 factions clash as you fortify the village and master unique roles. Uncover your enemies before the Blood Moon turns against you, or be devoured.
Why similar: Werewolves 43.3% ★, Investigation 14%, Party Game 12.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Mystery 7.8%
- #13 Sign of Silence: 99 Nights
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renderise
Windows
The survivors, lost in the cursed forest, must endure 99 nights, battling merciless monsters and uncovering terrifying secrets. Build a camp, gather resources, and fight the encroaching darkness in this atmospheric survival horror game
Why similar: Werewolves 33.6% ★, Survival Horror 14.9%, Detective 14%, Investigation 10.8%, Dark 8.8%
- #14 Guest Uncovered
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gentle Fox Games
Windows
A murder mystery survival horror game where 4-12 players have been invited to a party as guests, but some guests are killers in disguise! Work together to escape and figure out who the killers are before you become their next victim!
Why similar: Werewolves 35% ★, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Mystery 8.6%
- #15 Cliché Horror 2000s: The Witch’s Lair
86% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: High Room Game studio
Windows
Cliché Horror Anos 2000: The Witch’s Lair is a third-person horror game inspired by 2000s slasher movies. Four young filmmakers enter an abandoned mansion to shoot an amateur film, only to discover that the entity lurking within is just part of something far greater.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.3% ★, Survival Horror 22%, Third Person 11.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #16 Domains of Dusk
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Critique Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Supernatural factions clash over dominance of the city, control exerted from boardrooms and ritual circles, but also reclaimed on the streets and in the underground. Play a new story every game as you lead new factions, new characters and overcome new supernatural challenges. Take the city!
Why similar: Werewolves 33.7% ★, Diplomacy 26.9% ★, Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 11%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #17 Sporadic Fear
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prisym Games
Windows
Play through the stories of Alec Rosman and Bella Sanchez as they battle through an alternate dimension of hellish souls and slowly reveal a surprising conspiracy to be true.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.6%, Investigation 15.9%, Survival 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Third Person 9.5%
- #18 Werewolf Hunter: Night of Horror
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CROWFORGE Games
Windows
Werewolf Hunter is a survival horror game about tracking a deadly predator in a hostile wilderness. Manage hunger and thirst, collect DNA to uncover its weakness, set traps, and barricade shelters. Hunt a regenerating beast that grows more dangerous with every night.
Why similar: Werewolves 49.6% ★, Survival Horror 18.9%, Survival 14.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #19 Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1.5
84% matchVery Positive87% of 6,269 reviews2020
Dev: Eerie GuestPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Hello Neighbor 2 is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson (The Neighbor) who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that tracks and adapts to your every move.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.2% ★, Investigation 18.2%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Detective 12.9%, Survival 11.2%
- #20 Saturnalia
84% matchVery Positive91% of 133 reviews2023
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its labyrinthine roads will change each time you lose all your characters.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.1% ★, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 14.6%, Survival Horror 11%, Third Person 8.9%
- #21 The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ManyDev Studio
Windows
The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag is the first part of an episodic adventure game which combines gripping crime story with classic courtroom drama. Immerse yourself into a world set in early 90’s in which you gather (or fabricate!) evidence, deduct and run fierce courtroom battles.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.2% ★, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Mystery 8.5%
- #22 Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee ~ Episode 2 ~ Reharm
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArcanaXIX
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Solea, a young Witch who travels on behalf of her friend Amadeus to the place they first met... Welcome to the lonely moors of Augur Pyne. A linear narrative Visual Novel + Adventure Game. Episode 2 of 5.
Why similar: Werewolves 60.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 4.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #23 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,702 reviews2026
Dev: yattytheman
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Conspiracy 30.9% ★, Detective 24.6%, Investigation 22.3%, Mystery 15.1%, Dark 4.3%
- #24 Cosmic Seance
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Manganika Studio
Windows
You're the kingdom's Medium. Summon old cosmic gods, beings that don't lie, but don't speak plainly. Ask. Interpret their visions. Every answer brings you closer to the truth. Every vision drags you one step closer to madness.
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.5% ★, Detective 27.3%, Investigation 23.8%, Resource Management 10.5%, Mystery 5.2%
- #25 City of Voices
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.
Why similar: Conspiracy 35% ★, Detective 24.9%, Investigation 23.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Adventure 3.6%
- #26 Selene's Nightmare
82% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: HV
Windows
Selene is trapped in a nightmare, and will have to fight her worst fears along the way to the end.
Why similar: Werewolves 30.8% ★, Survival Horror 16%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Survival 11%, Third Person 8.3%
- #27 Black Pine: Incident Response
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SourBoys Interactive
Windows
Black Pine is a 4-player online co-op horror survival game where you and your crew are hired contractors, sent deep into the Appalachian Mountains to restore critical infrastructure after unknown events devastate the area. Take on dangerous repairs and avoid the horrors lurking in the shadows!
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.7% ★, Survival Horror 20.7%, Investigation 20.3%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 10.1%
- #28 Hotel Perkkow and the Two Vegetarian Werewolves
79% match3 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: John Flex
Windows · Mac · Linux
Let's keep it simple. Detective arrives to Bucarest. Missing guest in a small hotel. And hawaian pizza. If you want to know how those things blend together... Just press the start button.
Why similar: Werewolves 34.8% ★, Conspiracy 18.3% ★, Detective 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Investigation 12.2%
- #29 The Wolf in Me
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dani Marti
Windows
A narrative-driven action game where combat pushes you toward the beast. The more you fight, the harder it is to stay in control.
Why similar: Werewolves 47.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Third Person 10.5%, Dark 7.3%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #30 Trust No Bunny
77% matchVery Positive95% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: Friendly Pixel, Inc.
Windows
Everybunny has a secret. Who do you trust to keep the town safe? Trust No Bunny is a hilarious and incredibly cute social deduction game for fans of Werewolf or Among Us. It’s a game for thinkers, schemers, & downright liars, where guessing the traitors is only half the fun.
Why similar: Werewolves 33.7% ★, Conspiracy 23.2% ★, Party Game 19%, Detective 11.1%, Mystery 6.7%
- #31 Evil Doll
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: RoyDev
Windows
Evil Doll is a survival horror game, where you find yourself trapped in an abandoned house with a demonic-looking doll. With five days to escape, you must solve puzzles while evading the murderous Evil Doll. Will you survive?
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Investigation 12%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #32 A Hand With Many Fingers
77% matchVery Positive83% of 530 reviews2020
Dev: Colestia
Windows
Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.
Why similar: Conspiracy 40.1% ★, Investigation 29.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Detective 11.1%, Adventure 5.7%
- #33 Proytz
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunshine and Crossbows
Windows
A fairytale survival horror. Play as a young squire searching for his missing knight master. Rip answers out of the forest’s strange inhabitants through interrogation, bribery, or threats. Evade the lurking monsters, or slowly become one of them.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 18.6%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Dark 9.5%
- #34 Criminal T
78% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: IVStudio96
Windows
Step into the shoes of a newly formed police officer who receives a promotion opportunity for an investigator, but to get it you will have to solve a series of criminal cases.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Action-Adventure 11.5%
- #35 Toony's Daycare
75% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Little Ghost Games
Windows
Children have vanished without a trace inside Toony’s Daycare. Beneath its playful surface lies a hidden world of science and shadows. Uncover the secrets of the twisted experiments within, piece together the fate of the missing kids, and confront the dark figure who rules the daycare.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Survival Horror 11.7%
- #36 Hello Operator
74% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Leapfrog Studio LLC
Windows
Play as Blissville’s lone switchboard operator in this atmospheric, story-rich mystery. From your dimly lit station, connect calls, listen in, and uncover the secrets that bind the townsfolk—and the darkness beneath their polite masquerade.
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.9% ★, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 13.3%, Dark 12.2%
- #37 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
73% 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: Conspiracy 33.8% ★, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Mystery 10.1%
- #38 This Game Is Easy
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: JeanbonPub: Homyrest
Windows
This Game Is Easy is a game that challenges you. It will test and confuse you. Are you up to the challenge of this super-easy game?
Why similar: Conspiracy 29.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Detective 17%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Third Person 10.2%
- #39 Black File
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Simurg Software and Games
Windows
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 22.6%, Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Mystery 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%
- #40 Retrieve
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jake BryanPub: Desert Star Games
Windows
Navigate a high-rise crisis as a bomb-disposal robot in this 3D detective puzzler. Locate and diffuse the high-tech explosives under strict time limits, analyze evidence left behind, and unmask the mastermind before they strike again.
Why similar: Investigation 24.2%, Detective 23.4%, Conspiracy 15.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #41 Crimson Seer
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meridian Malice
Windows
Crimson Seer is a fantasy detective puzzle game. Investigate murder scenes frozen in time, gather clues, and deduce motive, method, and location. Use your prophetic visions to uncover sinister elven plots, ancient mysteries, and dark rituals in an underground world.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Conspiracy 22.5% ★, Investigation 22.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%
- #42 That's Exactly What a Wolf Would Say!
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celsius OnlinePub: Plug In Digital
Windows
An online social deduction game for up to 10 players. Live the cottage dream by day and survive the wolves by night! You hear howling outside, and the Witch isn't on the line... Coincidence? That's EXACTLY what a wolf would say!
Why similar: Werewolves 48.9% ★, Party Game 17.6%, Investigation 11.9%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Mystery 5.2%
- #43 Concealment
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: HorrorTheory
Windows
Go to an abandoned village to find your missing brother. Explore the objects that come in your way. Solve the terrible mystery of this mysterious place.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Conspiracy 24.4% ★, Dark 13.7%, Investigation 11.8%, Mystery 11.1%
- #44 Noxpheria: The Crimson Madness
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noct Paradox
Windows
Noxpheria is a survival horror where investigation and survival intertwine. Trapped in Ranchester, Logan faces scarce resources, infirm creatures, and a strangely familiar cult while uncovering links between an old literary obsession and the death of his wife and daughter.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Detective 20.7%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Survival 8.4%, Dark 7.6%
- #45 Cursed Deal
69% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: Massive Crystal Studios
Windows
Forget all those other cooperative horror games. You never know who's going to win in this 4v1 game where teams and roles can change. The hunter can be the prey, and the prey can be the hunter. Complete the ritual and become a vampire or die as prey to cursed creatures.
Why similar: Werewolves 44.1% ★, Survival Horror 17.2%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Dark 7.5%, Mystery 7.3%
- #46 The Final Witness
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gamalone
Windows
The Final Witness is a first-person psychological horror detective game where every case tells a different story. Explore a haunted family mansion, uncover hidden truths, analyze conflicting evidence, and identify the true killer before the darkness consumes your sanity.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 23.3%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Dark 7.8%
- #47 Distant
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Snow Peaks Studio
Windows
A mysterious object brings a former detective to a distant place in the middle of nowhere, where the worst nightmares clash with reality. Are you prepared to face your fears in what might be your last investigation?
Why similar: Detective 23%, Investigation 22.1%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 9.3%
- #48 Dark Investigation : Experiment
69% matchPositive92% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: TheLittleGames
Windows
Play as a private detective sent on the trail of a missing person. What seemed like a simple case quickly turns into a nightmare. Will you be the one to solve the case... or just another victim of this mystery?
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 19.6%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Resource Management 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #49 The Silver Crow
67% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: Dreamagination
Windows · Mac
Play as Conrad, the town's executioner. Investigate a mysterious death, gather clues, question suspects and solve puzzles in this classic point-and-click mystery where witchcraft and superstition conceal a far darker truth.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27% ★, Detective 23%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 9.6%, Dark 9%
- #50 Wolfbane
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfbane Games
Windows
A dark fantasy werewolf action RPG focused on exploration, hunting, and brutal melee combat. Hunt enemies, grow stronger in human and beast form, and explore a cursed medieval world filled with secrets and hunters.
Why similar: Werewolves 54.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 20.3%, Survival 9.2%, Action-Adventure 4.7%, Adventure 4.3%
- #51 Killer Inside Us
71% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Source Byte Sp. z o.o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
This game is available to play online with your friends (4-10 people). Inside the station there are killers and crewmates. The job of the killers is to kill the crewmates and don't get caught. They also can sabotage the station by disturbing the work of the space station.
Why similar: Diplomacy 31.8% ★, Investigation 16.9%, Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #52 Twilight Town
71% matchMixed65% of 146 reviews2017
Dev: Absolutist Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Delve up the darkest secrets of mystical city and unravel the web of intrigues in a compelling hidden object game Twilight Town!
Why similar: Werewolves 45% ★, Conspiracy 17.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Resource Management 9%
- #53 MidNight Cemetery
69% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Maloke Games
Windows
A Dark FPS Adventure with Total Freedom and Multiple Endings according to your Acts. Travel to a remote Village to investigate Rumors of a Cursed Cemetery zombifying its dwellers. Explore with Guns or Stealth. A unique non-linear experience for each player. Your acts have irreversible consequences.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.8%, Conspiracy 15.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Dark 12.2%, Mystery 11.1%
- #54 Cat Fred Evil Pet
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: WildGamesNet
Windows
Care for a cute cat Fred. If the pet is displeased, a horror game will start!
Why similar: Werewolves 60.8% ★, Survival Horror 21.6%, Adventure 8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, Action 2%
- #55 The Case of the Golden Idol
66% 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: Conspiracy 28.2% ★, Detective 22.3%, Investigation 21.3%, Mystery 12.9%, Dark 8.3%
- #56 Emma Riley: Dream Detective
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Fort Games
Windows
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 27.6%, Investigation 26.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Conspiracy 8.6% ★
- #57 The Outer Islands
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ancient Clockwork Games
Windows
Explore a quarantined island chain and an automated hospital abandoned for twenty years. Investigate a returning signal, read the evidence left behind, solve mechanical systems, and evade machines that still believe they have patients.
Why similar: Investigation 24.8%, Conspiracy 20.3% ★, Detective 16.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Dark 7.3%
- #58 Mystery of the Sacred King
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tarragon Games
Windows
You are the Lawspeaker, a defender of justice. Decode local rituals. Seek the truth. Dismantle conspiracies to save the innocent from execution. Put an end to the deception by revealing the mystery of the Sacred King in this deduction puzzle game.
Why similar: Conspiracy 37.8% ★, Detective 22.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Investigation 11.4%, Adventure 8.6%
- #59 Friki
68% matchMixed58% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Wompa Labs
Windows
Friki is an online co-op investigative horror. Solve how these supernatural beings have died, collect evidence to be paid, and survive the dangers that await you.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 19%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Mystery 10%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #60 Dark Dimensions: Chasing Legends
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deathtrap
Windows
Track and hunt elusive cryptids in ever-changing environments. Face the unknown solo or with friends in a high-stakes co-op adventure. Set traps, adapt your tactics, and survive intense battles against creatures that won’t go down easy. Stay sharp—the hunted can become the hunter!
Why similar: Investigation 17%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Dark 10.6%