60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Story Rich, Mystery.
What?! is a single-player mystery game that focuses on its compact story and unconventional solutions. Players will take on the role of Pat Irvin, a ditzy private investigator struggling to maintain his family business.
SideEye High
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Wild East: The Straw Man
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Dark Comedy 16.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Crime 11.6%, 1990's 11.4%
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 17.3%, Crime 14.8%, 1990's 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%
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: Detective 14.5%, Crime 14.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Multiple Endings 9%
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Detective 23%, Crime 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Investigation 12.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Crime 14.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Dark Comedy 12.7%
Trapped in a subway car that seems to have no end, you must solve a crime where the clues contradict each other and the environment changes without explanation. Investigate the passengers, defy logic, and try to escape before claustrophobia completely distorts your reality.
Why similar: Comic Book 19%, Crime 18.8%, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 16.1%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
In this espionage-action game, you have to use your very particular set of skills to “recruit” a pair of scientists into the agency before your rivals, who will use any means necessary to get to them first.
Why similar: Comic Book 26.3%, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 15.2%, Third Person 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Investigation 19.5%, Crime 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Comic Book 18.7%, Investigation 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Third Person 9.7%
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 24.8%, Detective 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Investigation 12.7%, Third Person 7.6%
Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world.
Why similar: Investigation 18.6%, Detective 18.4%, Dark Comedy 14%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Crime 11.1%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Crime 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
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: Comic Book 19%, Investigation 16.9%, Detective 16.1%, Crime 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%
Splittown is a point-and-click adventure inspired by 90s classics such as Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit The Road. You are Leonard Nimby, a former top agent of the IM5, hot on the trail of a villanous mayoral candidate on the eve of a fateful election.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.9%, Detective 14.8%, 1990's 14.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Crime 16%, Investigation 15.9%, Detective 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Third Person 8.2%
Solve online cases with 2–6 players: investigate scenes, track leads, compare notes, and piece together the truth in Red Chair where misdirection is real, but evidence wins.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Crime 18.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Comic Book 25.1%, Investigation 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Detective 13.2%, Funny 7.6%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Crime 18.5%, Investigation 15.7%, Third Person 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
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 23.9%, Crime 19.5%, Investigation 14.5%, Third Person 10.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 18.3%, Comic Book 15.9%, Dark Comedy 13.3%, Crime 13.3%
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: Investigation 17%, Crime 16.8%, Detective 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Why similar: Comic Book 18.9%, Detective 18.4%, Investigation 18.3%, Crime 17.9%, Funny 7.1%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 18.5%, Crime 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.4%, Detective 18.7%, Crime 17.3%, Investigation 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%
Something is wrong in the ward. As a detective investigating a serious crime, navigate the ruins of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, gather evidence, and follow a trail that leads deeper into madness
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Crime 23%, Investigation 12.8%, 1990's 10.9%, Third Person 10.7%
In most visual novels, you only read what characters say. In The Bastard Who Rewrote the Empire, you decide how deeply to read each line. Use Inner Voice, Sincerity, Appraisal, and X-Ray Vision to expose thoughts, lies, profiles, and secrets—then outwit conspiracies and rewrite a kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Dark Comedy 17.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Get big laughs while you point and click to search for clues and solve mysteries with Hollywood's most deranged private investigators, Frankie and Suede. Be immersed into a cinematic experience with slapstick characters in this film noir comedy adventure.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19%, Detective 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Crime 11.5%, Investigation 9.3%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 18.7%, Crime 16.9%, Third Person 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Investigation 19.8%, Comic Book 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Crime 10.9%
Become a Crime Scene Investigator, gather evidence, and connect not obvious facts which will lead you to solve the crime and find the guilty! Don't let criminals get more innocent victims!
Why similar: Crime 22.1%, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 18.4%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
The owner of the Golden Rose Manor died mysteriously in the secret room. Everyone in the manor has an alibi, but their speech is full of loopholes... You will go to the crime scene, search for clues, analyze the suspect's statement, make reasonable inferences, reveal the truth of the case!
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 16.4%, Third Person 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 9.4%
Control the unlikely duo of detectives Magret, a refined duck, and FaceDeBouc, a diabolically opposed goat! Help them solve the mystery of the murder of Mr Couane, a local shopkeeper found turned into sausages, in this cartoonish point-and-click police investigation.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.7%, Comic Book 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13%, 1990's 11.8%, Detective 11.1%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Funny 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Crime 24.9%, Investigation 19.3%, Puzzle 6.6%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
The director's body was found in the office. It looks like a suicide but the detective has a different opinion.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.8%, Detective 20.7%, Crime 13.5%, Third Person 12.5%, Investigation 10.8%
A first-person horror investigation game set against a wartime backdrop. Explore an abandoned asylum, use psychometric abilities to uncover a criminal case from the past, solve puzzles, and collect evidence before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Crime 22.8%, Detective 20.3%, 1990's 15.2%, Puzzle 7%
Become a forensic specialist in a realistic crime lab simulator. Investigate crime scenes, collect microscopic evidence, and identify perpetrators in the lab using DNA and digital analysis. Based on the experience and insights of experts from the State Criminal Police Office Rhineland-Palatinate.
Why similar: Investigation 26.8%, Crime 26.4%, Detective 15.5%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Investigation 19%, Crime 17.2%, Puzzle 8.8%
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.1%, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Crime 9.4%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Crime 14.4%, Story Rich 10.7%
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Comic Book 26%, Detective 21.2%, Investigation 19.2%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Puzzle 8.6%
A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Dark Comedy 20.1%, Comic Book 16.4%, 1990's 10.5%, Detective 10%
A comedic detective visual novel in a noir style. Try on an old raincoat, arm yourself with a half-eaten éclair, and set out to find the Mayor's stolen wig! Read dialogue, make choices, and try not to lead the investigation down a dead end before the Sausage Baron takes over the city.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Comic Book 21.9%, Investigation 21.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
Have you ever thought about the best place to start your criminal empire without any legal consequences? Now you will finally be able to experience prison life in Project Prison. try to stay alive in a prison which contains’ s the world’s most ruthless inmates.
Why similar: Crime 24%, Dark Comedy 22.8%, Immersive Sim 15%, Third Person 12.2%, Investigation 9.4%
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 38.4%, Crime 20.5%, Investigation 19.3%, Puzzle 6.3%, Story Rich 6.2%
You take part in testing a next-generation experimental android on a restricted floor of a research complex. But soon it becomes clear that the experiment is far more complicated, and you'll have to uncover what’s really happening here.
Why similar: Investigation 27.5%, Detective 26.4%, Story Rich 12.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Stylized 8.9%
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Investigation 19%, Crime 17.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 8.8%
An adventure game in the genre of mystical detective. Student Kris is on the trail of the killer. Every decision has consequences, and every wish may be the last.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Third Person 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
Dust, blood, and lies. Salvation’s Edge, 1899 — a dying town where you’re a killer, a thief, and a fraud — handed a dead man’s badge and told to solve a murder. Do they deserve redemption? Do you? Or will everyone forever be MARKED?
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Detective 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Crime 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Crime 18.7%, Investigation 17.3%, 1990's 13.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Crime 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Investigation 16.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 20.1%, Detective 18.3%, Funny 8.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
Lie, blackmail, and steal your way down The Low Road. Rookie agent Noomi Kovacs must navigate her way through the world of corporate espionage in this dark spy comedy set in the 1970s.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.1%, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 17.1%, Crime 16.9%, Retro 8.6%
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
Why similar: 1990's 22.6%, Detective 20.4%, Investigation 18.3%, Crime 17%, Retro 11%
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Why similar: Comic Book 22.1%, Detective 16.6%, Crime 16.5%, Investigation 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Tape Detective is a text-based mystery puzzle game. Collect dialogue fragments on cassette tapes and replay them to challenge witness testimonies, uncover the truth behind a mysterious cold case, and track down every suspect.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 22.1%, 1990's 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%, Puzzle 8.2%
Play as the crew of the Nexus VI, forced to deliver a GetFunky shipment in less than 2 hours under the cruel eye of the trash TV KillVision. Broken ship, dangerous stopovers, puzzles and hard choices: cooperate, repair, and survive… or explode live before the entire galaxy.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Third Person 14.3%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Inspector Sommers in: Ouroborian Madness: The escape room that breaks the laws of physics and time. Investigation, time travel, and a warping mansion await in this Cold War-era mystery adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 28.6%, 1990's 17.7%, Crime 15%, Puzzle 9.9%, Third Person 8.9%
Five Day Detective is a point and click style adventure game featuring multiple murder cases and a twisted sense of humour.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Dark Comedy 22.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Funny 10.5%, Crime 9.3%
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Crime 16.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
