60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Atmospheric, Singleplayer, Point & Click.
A desk investigation game set in a fictional 1970 communist state. Every morning, a new evidence bag arrives. Intercepted letters, coded messages, wiretap recordings. Somewhere in that paper trail is a network of names. Cross-reference. Decipher. Identify. Then decide what to do with what you know.
Beholder 2
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!
Beholder: Conductor
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!
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 24.6% ★, Dystopian 21.3%, Lore-Rich 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Point & Click 8.6%
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 32.5% ★, Dystopian 15.4%, Investigation 9.2%, Point & Click 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 20.2%, Point & Click 17.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 7.9%
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 25.8% ★, Dystopian 20.1%, Dynamic Narration 13.9% ★, Point & Click 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Political Sim 27.6% ★, Dystopian 22.9%, Point & Click 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
In 1921: a kidnapping, a revolution... Investigate and uncover the truth behind a dark, mysterious story.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Retro 8%, Story Rich 7.7%
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%
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 18.8% ★, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.3%, Point & Click 10.2%, Logic 9.1%
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 19.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Point & Click 12.2%, Dark 7.2%
Dreambreak is a story-driven adventure set in an alternative post-Cold War world, a quirky and unique mix of clashing gameplay genres. Get fingered for murder in without actually going there!
Why similar: Cold War 32.6% ★, Dystopian 20.2%, Point & Click 10.9%, Investigation 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 18.4%, Story Rich 7.8%, Lore-Rich 7.2%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.2% ★, Dystopian 17.6%, Detective 12.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Mystery 7.4%
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.6%, Detective 20.7%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Dark 10.6%
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 14.6%, Point & Click 12.7%, Mystery 10.9%
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%, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 14.9%, Point & Click 13.2%, Logic 8.8%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Mystery 19.2%, Story Rich 10.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Point & Click 19.2%, Investigation 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%
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 21.9% ★, Detective 16%, Investigation 15%, Point & Click 12.3%, Retro 8%
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Logic 15.6%, Dark 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Story Rich 12.4%
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: Dynamic Narration 24.4% ★, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9%
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Point & Click 17.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Investigation 10.4%
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: Dystopian 18.2%, Investigation 17.9%, Detective 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Investigation 42.8%, Choices Matter 23.7%, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Dystopian 6.4%, Detective 4.1%
You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Dystopian 15.8%, Investigation 15%, Point & Click 14.7%, Logic 13.1%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Mystery 18.6%, Puzzle 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Retro 7%
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 30.1% ★, Detective 23.9%, Investigation 13.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Mystery 7.4%
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: Detective 15.5%, Dystopian 14.1%, Investigation 13%, Point & Click 11.1%, Mystery 8.5%
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 28.3%, Investigation 23.4%, Mystery 14.7%, Logic 8%, Puzzle 6.8%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 21.9%, Dark 16.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Point & Click 18.5%, Detective 17%, Mystery 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Investigation 11.4%
Become Master of Spies, plant connections and agents in the underworld. Who will you join? Who may be betrayed? Decipher Letters, Solve Mysteries, Manage Businesses, Spy, Bribe, Abduct, Murder, Seduce in an experimental atmospheric hybrid of first-person & top-down espionage experience.
Why similar: Mystery 27.3%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Puzzle 18.8%, First-Person 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.9%
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 25.9%, Political Sim 18.5% ★, Point & Click 18.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.9%, Story Rich 16.5%, Dark 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Atmospheric 14.6%
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 14.6%, Investigation 12.4%, Lore-Rich 12%, Point & Click 10.8%, Mystery 9.5%
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Point & Click 20.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Investigation 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%
As a private detective, you’ll crack word clues left by a mysterious informant, gather evidence, and uncover the truth hidden in the shadows.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Puzzle 20.4%, Logic 19.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%
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 27.5%, Investigation 23.4%, Mystery 14.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.8% ★, Dystopian 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Dark 9.1%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%
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 23.3%, Point & Click 18.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Dark 11.6%, Retro 9.6%
Welcome to the Department of Liberty. Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like surveillance agency and decide: will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? Spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives and decide their fate in this modern surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Political Sim 72% ★, Point & Click 13.3%, Story Rich 8.1%, Puzzle 6.5%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.8% ★, Investigation 16.9%, Detective 16.3%, Dystopian 15.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
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: Detective 20.4%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 14%, Retro 11%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
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 24.4%, Point & Click 23%, Mystery 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Logic 13.6%, Point & Click 11.8%
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 21.6% ★, Point & Click 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Mystery 9.2%
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: Detective 20.3%, Point & Click 17%, Investigation 15.3%, Mystery 9.7%, Dark 7.8%
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: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 20.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Dark 7.3%
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Logic 17.5%, Mystery 16.3%, Point & Click 15.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Cold War 31.9% ★, Dystopian 18.7%, Point & Click 13.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 11.3%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.3%, Point & Click 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Investigation 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Dystopian 14.1%, Lore-Rich 14%, Point & Click 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
Nobodies: After Death is a puzzling point-and-click adventure in cleaning up dirty work. After your agency takes out a target, you make the evidence disappear without a trace. Find a way to get in, get out, and leave no bodies behind.
Why similar: Cold War 34% ★, Point & Click 16.7%, Investigation 15.8%, Dark 8.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Why similar: Political Sim 32.3% ★, Dystopian 18.6%, Point & Click 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
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 19.3%, Investigation 16.4%, Point & Click 14.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Logic 8.5%
Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.4%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, First-Person 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 11.4%
A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Investigation 19.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Logic 12.5%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 14.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Point & Click 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 35.6%, Point & Click 30%, Puzzle 14.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, 2D 6.5%
