- #1 Security 51
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 416 reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.
Why similar: Political Sim 18.9% ★, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.3%, Point & Click 10.1%, Logic 9.1%
- #2 Thank You For Your Application
96% matchVery Positive82% of 963 reviews2026
Dev: IceLemonTea Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Thank You for Your Application is a story-driven interview simulation game. After 15 rounds of interviews, you are reassigned as a junior interviewer, tasked with screening candidates’ resumes according to company requirements and issuing the appropriate thank letters.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.6%, Political Sim 18.7% ★, Point & Click 17.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #3 Strange Antiquities
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,487 reviews2025
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Investigation 13.4%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Point & Click 11.5%, Mystery 10.2%
- #4 Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
96% matchVery Positive90% of 397 reviews2020
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.6%, Political Sim 21.7% ★, Point & Click 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Mystery 9.2%
- #5 THE FATUM
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DreamLift Studios
Windows
The Fatum — a test of your deduction in a world of total control. Interrogate, inspect, pass a verdict. Compare visual details, analyze dossiers, and converse with residents. Your decisions write the finale — be prepared for the consequences.
Why similar: Dystopian 14.9%, Detective 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Investigation 10.6%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #6 DEAD INTERNET THEORY: SUPERSTARS
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FIAgames
Windows
Dead Internet Theory is an interactive visual novel with social media elements. Join the Celebration of Humanity, the ultimate legally sanctioned killing game. Eighteen digital superstars. One Holy Grail. One unlimited wish. Survive the murder mystery court drama of the century!
Why similar: Dystopian 17.8%, Dynamic Narration 14.4% ★, Detective 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
- #7 Human or Not
93% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Haguy EisPub: Eis Interactive
Windows
Aliens are infiltrating Earth disguised as humans! It's your job to expose these imposters. Can you tell who is human and who is not? Choose your own path while you keep the Earth safe.
Why similar: Dystopian 18%, Detective 13.7%, Investigation 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Point & Click 11.1%
- #8 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
92% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Investigation 15.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 10.2%, Logic 8%
- #9 My New Computer
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Alan Munirji
Windows
A short, experimental indie game where you figure out who you can trust while home alone. Point, click and chat as you investigate on your new computer in this puzzle mystery.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.6% ★, Detective 12.3%, Investigation 11.5%, Point & Click 10.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
- #10 Beholder: Conductor
91% matchVery Positive91% of 5,237 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Political Sim 34.3% ★, Dystopian 16.2%, Investigation 9.7%, Point & Click 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #11 Ministry of Truth: False Memory
90% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2026
Dev: IKKOSAMAPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Ministry of Truth: False Memory is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. The Great Father is watching you!
Why similar: Political Sim 26% ★, Dystopian 20%, Dynamic Narration 13.8% ★, Point & Click 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #12 Justice.exe
89% matchMixed69% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Late Game ClutchPub: Gameclaw Studio
Windows · Mac
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: Dystopian 20.2%, Detective 14.5%, Point & Click 11%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Mystery 8.4%
- #13 Ministry of Order
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VoltekPlay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inspect the parents’ medical record and match the newborn who can only be theirs — that is the day’s work in this 1920s dystopian puzzle. A fire burned the birth records, and the Ministry put you in charge of giving the children back. Your choice goes into the report.
Why similar: Political Sim 20.7% ★, Dystopian 17.7%, Point & Click 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Investigation 8.7%
- #14 Beholder 2
88% matchVery Positive87% of 8,130 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Political Sim 26.6% ★, Dystopian 22.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #15 The Roottrees are Dead
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,873 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 25.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Investigation 14.9%, Point & Click 13.2%, Logic 8.7%
- #16 The Restricted Index
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Minus
Windows
You are Britain’s last librarian. Investigate a world of censorship and secrets in this first-person mystery puzzle game. Analyse clues, deduce which books each patron needs, uncover forbidden stories and decide what knowledge survives.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.5%, Investigation 12.7%, Detective 12.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Lore-Rich 9%
- #17 Headliner: NoviNews
87% matchVery Positive89% of 817 reviews2018
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Dystopian 15.3%, Point & Click 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #18 Aaron Drake: Ace Detective
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fullmetal Typist
Windows
Become Aaron Drake and experience the thrill of the hunt as you interrogate suspects, spot contradictions, and corner killers across three murder cases — alongside a rookie partner who is trying her very best.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.8% ★, Detective 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Investigation 10.3%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #19 Death's Intern
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pink Sakura Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Death’s Intern is a choice-driven adventure game where you review soul case files, talk to the deceased, and decide their fate in the afterlife. Death's Intern combines dark humor with corporate satire; your decisions shape multiple possible endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.1%, Dynamic Narration 20.9% ★, Point & Click 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #20 KILLA
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Tangerine
Windows
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 12.7%, Lore-Rich 11%, Point & Click 10.7%
- #21 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
83% matchVery Positive88% of 527 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Detective 12.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%
- #22 The Detective's Apprentice
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 13%, Point & Click 12.5%, Logic 9.7%
- #23 Trials of Innocence
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,779 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏Pub: Right Mind
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 20.9 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 17.1%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 9.3%
- #24 Green Mist over Portland
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Point & Click 11%, Mystery 9.6%
- #25 Almanac: Detective Agency
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bergamot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Detective 18.5%, Dynamic Narration 17% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 11.2%
- #26 The Propagandist
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roundy Ducky
Windows · Mac
Step into the desk of a state Propagandist! Design posters, shape public opinion, and censor any media that challenges the state. Enlighten the people, serve your glorious country, and uphold the vision of the Mother. Every poster you create can shift the fate of the nation.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.6% ★, Dystopian 16.8%, Point & Click 15.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #27 Coldline: Disconnect
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grawire Studio
Windows · Mac
It's not who you are, it's what you do that matters! As an agent inside the enemy base, repair devices by solving puzzles! Plant your bug in the correct device! Listen on the radio at night and transmit critical intel. You are entirely alone in every decision, but your choices will affect everyone.
Why similar: Cold War 24.7% ★, Dystopian 19.6%, Point & Click 15.3%, Puzzle 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #28 Heaven Does Not Respond
78% matchVery Positive91% of 529 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: Dynamic Narration 19% ★, Detective 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Point & Click 10.7%
- #29 The Watcher
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yesterday's Sandwich
Windows
A surveillance simulator set in a psychological thriller world. You are an unknown observer watching the residents of an apartment building across the street, in the strange city of Z, part of the totalitarian State of Nodia. But who's really watching whom?
Why similar: Political Sim 29.9% ★, Dynamic Narration 17.1% ★, Investigation 14.3%, Point & Click 10.9%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #30 Searchbar Detective
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ohana Studio
Windows
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.8% ★, Dystopian 16.6%, Detective 15.6%, Logic 9%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #31 Beware of the Cartographer!
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tohu Bohu Games
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Investigation 15%, Detective 14.5%, Point & Click 13.5%, Mystery 9%
- #32 Tape Detective
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renewal Art Studio
Windows
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 19.5%, Investigation 16%, Point & Click 12.4%, Mystery 10.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
- #33 Chinatown Detective Agency
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
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: Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Detective 14.1%, Dystopian 12.8%, Investigation 11.9%, Point & Click 10.1%
- #34 CHERNOGRAD
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wirehead Studios
Windows · Linux
You have been appointed as an Observer for the 15th District of Chernograd. Inspect apartments, identify violators, record evidence and file reports. But what if order is just a convenient illusion?
Why similar: Political Sim 26.2% ★, Dystopian 15.9%, Detective 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #35 Edicts of the Truthsinger: The Orb of Artemagus
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Triple Cerberus Studios
Windows
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #36 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
76% matchVery Positive94% of 256 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Dystopian 14.9%, Investigation 14.6%, Detective 12%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #37 Vivian Wade: Danger Down The Aisle
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Michelley Studio
Windows
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Detective 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #38 TellTale - Casino Murder Case
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: NeruyaPub: Team Detective
Windows
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Mystery 17%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Investigation 16.3%, Logic 11.4%
- #39 Sinheritance
71% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: STIM GAMES
Windows
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Investigation 15.8%, Point & Click 12.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Logic 12.2%
- #40 Dynasty Detective
73% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: COSDOTS
Windows
DynastyDetective is a visual Novel-style mystery story game set in the fictional Joseon Dynasty where monsters appear.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.5% ★, Detective 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 9.8%
- #41 Emma Riley: Dream Detective
73% 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 21.4%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Point & Click 11.8%, Logic 8.1%
- #42 Sobakistan: The Land of Dogs
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Terletski Games
Windows · Mac
Sobakistan — the land of dogs, is a darkly satirical narrative immersion in a closed-off totalitarian dog state — where any step could send you to prison.
Why similar: Cold War 31.6% ★, Dystopian 22%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #43 Wild East: The Straw Man
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David Zacik
Windows · Mac
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 18.1%, Investigation 15.4%, Point & Click 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Mystery 10.9%
- #44 The Darkest Files
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 744 reviews2025
Dev: Paintbucket Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Why similar: Political Sim 30.2% ★, Detective 23.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 7.4%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #45 CINEMA
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trinity Team
Windows
"CINEMA" is an immersive investigative thriller game where player wields control over time and the intricate interplay of cause and effect within the storyline inspired by silent films.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Detective 12.7%, Point & Click 10%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #46 Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 14.3%, Mystery 12.8%, Logic 12%
- #47 Trips'n'Traps - A Vicious Odyssey
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Vagabundo
Windows
Join Rat Girl on a gloriously unhinged adventure. Explore a hand-painted world filled with bizarre creatures and unforgettable characters. Solve creative puzzles, make choices that shape your journey, and discover an irreverent story full of dark humor about rebellion and identity.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.1%, Point & Click 13.7%, Investigation 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Mystery 9.3%
- #48 Freud's Bones-the game
71% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Katabasi StudioPub: Fortuna Imperatore AxelFox
Windows
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.1% ★, Detective 17.7%, Point & Click 14%, Investigation 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #49 Directive 220
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SethAngel
Windows · Mac
A dystopian management game where you act as an energy dispatcher in a collapsing regime. Allocate power, make tough decisions, and balance stability, government pressure, and citizen survival in a dark retro-futuristic world.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.2% ★, Dystopian 20.3%, Dynamic Narration 19.4% ★, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #50 Paws of Coal
70% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Gamechuck
Windows
The miners of Rabbit Burrows are falling ill, and it is hurting production. As an eminent scholar of the Animal Kingdom, Charles Quill has been summoned by the Crown to help them solve the outbreak. The miners know and respect the young scholar, but there seem to be other things at play.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 18.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.5%
- #51 Wrongly Accused
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elomelo GamesPub: SwopBots Ltd.
Windows
Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 17.7%, Point & Click 13.7%, Mystery 9.8%, Dystopian 9.6%
- #52 Bureau of Hero Affairs
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: indigoblue
Windows
Bureau of Hero Affairs is a bureaucratic thriller simulation about uncovering the truth an agency buried.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.5% ★, Dystopian 21%, Point & Click 14.8%, Investigation 11.9%, Detective 10.8%
- #53 Kamilia
67% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17%, Detective 15.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #54 Mistmoon Falls
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: portmantoga
Windows · Mac
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: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 12.4%, Point & Click 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #55 Linework
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overlyunderqualified
Windows
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 17.3%, Logic 13.7%, Mystery 13%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
- #56 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
66% matchVery Positive93% of 5,660 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 21.8 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: Dystopian 18.2%, Detective 17.6%, Investigation 14.7%, Point & Click 12.7%, Mystery 10.9%
- #57 That Time I Got Trapped in an Office Dungeon
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lost Gator Collective, LLC
Windows
Explore a unique 2nd-person horror puzzle adventure in the corporate world that will put your spatial reasoning to the test. How far are you willing to go to for a job? We're a family here after all.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.2%, Logic 14.6%, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
- #58 Murder Mystery Mayhem AI
65% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: AI Media Design
Windows
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Investigation 14.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Mystery 10.5%
- #59 Plowing
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikita AntipovPub: Nikolay Moskvin
Windows
Plowing is a point and click simulation game, where you have to subdue the whole town in 13 days to establish order. Shoot. Imprison. Pardon. Hear the visitors out. Keep track of time. But most importantly — keep calm…
Why similar: Dystopian 29.2%, Political Sim 21.3% ★, Point & Click 17.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 7%
- #60 Marcella Moon: Saboteurs on the River
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
Why similar: Investigation 16.5%, Detective 15.7%, Point & Click 14.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Logic 9.7%