- #1 Paradise Killer
97% matchVery Positive93% of 4,378 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Mystery 37.7%, RPG 26.4%, Story Rich 18.4%, Multiple Endings 15%, Adventure 2%
- #2 Thimbleweed Park™
96% matchVery Positive93% of 4,127 reviews2017
Dev: Terrible Toybox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
Why similar: Adventure 32.8%, Pixel Graphics 25.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Indie 11.4%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #3 Return of the Obra Dinn
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,398 reviews2018
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Mystery 56.5%, Story Rich 18.1%, Indie 9.5%, Adventure 6.5%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #4 Detective Grimoire
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,328 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Mystery 47.8%, Story Rich 26.4%, Adventure 16%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #5 Tangle Tower
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,973 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Mystery 46.9%, Story Rich 22.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 10.6%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #6 The Case of the Golden Idol
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,171 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 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: Mystery 48.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Story Rich 17.3%, Adventure 11.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #7 Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
92% matchVery Positive92% of 5,442 reviews2018
Dev: Grace BruxnerPub: worm club
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
Why similar: Mystery 57.7%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 10.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #8 Lost At Sea
93% matchMixed57% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Studio FizbinPub: Headup
Windows
What are the most important moments in your life? Lost At Sea is a game about life and death, about coming to terms with your past and about family. Set on a beautiful island, this game will force you to face your fears and take stock of your life through imaginative puzzles and a relatable story.
Why similar: Adventure 32.4%, Mystery 27.7%, Indie 23.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #9 For Your Tranquility
91% matchMixed68% of 190 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
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: Mystery 42%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 14.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #10 I Am Dead
91% matchVery Positive82% of 449 reviews2020
Dev: Hollow PondsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.
Why similar: Adventure 40.3%, Indie 29.3%, Mystery 18.5%, Story Rich 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #11 Ghost on the Shore
90% matchVery Positive84% of 214 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Mystery 37.1%, Story Rich 22.3%, Adventure 22.1%, Indie 8.1%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #12 The Hex
89% matchVery Positive94% of 5,416 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Mystery 30.6%, Indie 16.6%, Story Rich 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, RPG 9.9%
- #13 Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder
89% matchVery Positive82% of 307 reviews2017
Dev: Goldbar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Mystery 50.9%, Story Rich 18.7%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 10.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #14 OneShot
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 61,459 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26.5%, Story Rich 24%, Indie 11.9%, RPG 11.7%, Adventure 11.5%
- #15 Lamplight City
88% matchVery Positive90% of 828 reviews2018
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Mystery 38.7%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Adventure 16.2%, Story Rich 14.2%, Indie 10.3%
- #16 Boodunnit
86% matchMixed68% of 526 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Koprol
Windows
Boodunnit?! is an adventure-sandbox game where you play as a ghost that has to solve the mystery of her own murder!
Why similar: Mystery 45.9%, Story Rich 26.4%, Adventure 21.2%, Singleplayer 6.4%
- #17 Left in the Dark: No One on Board
86% matchVery Positive83% of 779 reviews2014
Dev: Moonrise InteractivePub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.
Why similar: Mystery 51.1%, Adventure 32.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 3%
- #18 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
83% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
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: Mystery 35.6%, RPG 20.3%, Story Rich 15.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #19 Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 327 reviews2017
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lead the Police investigation in the afterlife!
Why similar: Adventure 43.1%, Mystery 32.8%, Story Rich 12%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #20 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
84% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Mystery 39.1%, Story Rich 18.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #21 After Death
84% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Adventure 34.1%, Indie 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 23.5%, Story Rich 13.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #22 This is Interesting
81% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Mystery 32.3%, RPG 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 9.9%
- #23 Murdered: Soul Suspect
82% matchVery Positive86% of 17,132 reviews2014
Dev: Airtight GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Why similar: Mystery 48.7%, Adventure 24.3%, Story Rich 14.6%, RPG 8.3%, Singleplayer 4%
- #24 Flipping Death
81% matchVery Positive90% of 283 reviews2018
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
Why similar: Adventure 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #25 The Roottrees are Dead
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Mystery 60.3%, Story Rich 17.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #26 The Samaritan Paradox
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 265 reviews2014
Dev: Faravid InteractivePub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A writer has died. His daughter seeks the help of you, Ord Salamon, to find his secret last novel. During the search, questions will emerge. Did her father really kill himself? What is the secret novel all about? What is going on at the island of Fardo?
Why similar: Adventure 48.4%, Mystery 28.9%, Indie 22.7%
- #27 Corinne Cross's Dead & Breakfast
80% matchVery Positive99% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: bad chalk
Windows · Mac
A story-driven adventure game about a haunted bed & breakfast. A dead & breakfast!
Why similar: Adventure 41.8%, Indie 34.4%, Story Rich 23.8%
- #28 The Method of Hiding a Body
77% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Mystery 47.9%, Story Rich 23.2%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 4.2%
- #29 The Death of Erin Myers
79% matchVery Positive81% of 151 reviews2019
Dev: Viperante
Windows
Erin Myers is dead. But how did she die? And why did she die? Find out as you step back into her life and uncover her darkest secrets.
Why similar: Mystery 31.7%, Adventure 31%, Indie 22.7%, Story Rich 14.5%
- #30 SUNLESS SEA
78% matchVery Positive83% of 9,470 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: RPG 33.3%, Story Rich 28.8%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 11.5%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #31 Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
76% matchVery Positive88% of 324 reviews2024
Dev: Sarepta StudioPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Why similar: Adventure 31.9%, RPG 21.2%, Story Rich 16.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Indie 9.9%
- #32 Dead Dreams
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Mystery 33.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.9%, Story Rich 17.4%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Adventure 11%
- #33 Dead By Murder
78% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Bmovie gamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
“Dead By Murder”, is a murder mystery strategy game, where the user plays as a police detective and must solve a series of homicide cases.
Why similar: Adventure 66.2%, Indie 33.8%
- #34 Creepy Castle
76% matchVery Positive90% of 239 reviews2016
Dev: DopterraPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A conspiracy is welling deep within the stone walls of an ancient castle.The keep’s master is leading its denizens to construct a revolutionary new device made to move the world forward onto a new path of evolution.
Why similar: RPG 36.8%, Adventure 25.2%, Indie 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #35 The Mooseman
75% matchVery Positive88% of 1,190 reviews2017
Dev: Morteshka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You are the Mooseman and you have the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. You are about to visit three layers of this universe - the first one is the Lower World where dead reside…
Why similar: Adventure 45.2%, Indie 32.5%, Story Rich 18.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #36 The Drifter
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,092 reviews2025
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Why similar: Mystery 39.7%, Pixel Graphics 25.3%, Story Rich 19.5%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #37 Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town
73% matchVery Positive89% of 547 reviews2020
Dev: imaginarylab
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...
Why similar: Mystery 48.6%, Story Rich 23.1%, Adventure 22.8%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #38 The Caribbean Sail
74% matchVery Positive94% of 524 reviews2017
Dev: Victorian Clambake
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Name your crew, purchase supplies, sail the world, harpoon fish, plunder your enemies, die horribly, unlock a new Captain and do it all over again!
Why similar: RPG 37.6%, Pixel Graphics 32.6%, Adventure 25.4%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #39 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
75% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.
Why similar: Mystery 32.6%, Adventure 29.5%, Indie 21%, Story Rich 14%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #40 Whispering Willows
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,862 reviews2014
Dev: Night Light InteractivePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.
Why similar: Mystery 39.4%, Story Rich 23.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 13.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #41 The Outbound Ghost
73% matchMixed69% of 281 reviews2022
Dev: Conradical Games
Windows
The Outbound Ghost is an adventure RPG about helping ghosts ascend to the afterlife. Battle the past using figments of your personality. Craft badges to earn abilities. Explore a town of troubled spooks and discover life can be tough, even when you're dead.
Why similar: Mystery 31.2%, RPG 24%, Story Rich 15.3%, Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #42 Murder Is Game Over
72% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: HitherYon Games
Windows
Join the investigation in Murder Is Game Over, a pixel art point-and-click game where you and Cleo try to solve the murder of a famous game designer. Can you uncover the clues and catch the killer before it's game over?
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.6%, Story Rich 45.4%
- #43 The Shapeshifting Detective
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,677 reviews2018
Dev: D'Avekki Studios LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.
Why similar: Mystery 35.6%, Adventure 31.3%, Indie 19.8%, Story Rich 13.3%
- #44 Mythargia
71% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: RunByCoffeePub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows · Linux
You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.
Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Mystery 25%, Adventure 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #45 The Séance of Blake Manor
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,784 reviews2025
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Why similar: Mystery 44.9%, Story Rich 19.4%, Adventure 18%, Indie 12.5%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #46 Hotel Sowls
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 579 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Sott
Windows · Mac
Hotel Sowls is a mysterious adventure game with unique and appealing 2D graphics. As an pharmacologist, you managed to get a valuable and mysterious stone after a hard journey and you decided to take a break at the Hotel Sowls. But the next morning, someone in the hotel stole the stone!
Why similar: Mystery 36.3%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 27.5%
- #47 Shipwreck
73% matchVery Positive82% of 255 reviews2015
Dev: Brushfire Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shipwreck is a top down adventure game in which you must travel the land, explore dungeons, and defeat monsters to earn safe passage off the island on which you are stranded.
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Indie 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, RPG 16.1%
- #48 Don't Escape Trilogy
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 701 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.
Why similar: Mystery 29.8%, Adventure 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Indie 13.6%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #49 The Endless Empty
71% matchVery Positive96% of 297 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 17.9%, Story Rich 14.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #50 24 Killers
68% matchVery Positive99% of 435 reviews2023
Dev: Happy Shabby Games
Windows
Explore a desert island full of oddities, transform into monsters you've rescued, collect mysterious spirits, and unlock mods that change up future playthroughs.
Why similar: RPG 29.2%, Story Rich 28.9%, Adventure 24.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Singleplayer 3%
- #51 Mystery of the Malign
68% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Gameplay Supremacy
Windows
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Mystery 55%, Story Rich 22.4%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #52 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,264 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Mystery 28.2%, Pixel Graphics 25.5%, Story Rich 18.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 9.5%
- #53 Unusual Tales: Deep Below
65% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Jall
Windows
You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, RPG 27.3%, Mystery 24.8%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #54 Noir Syndrome
71% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2014
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: RPG 32.1%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 15.9%, Mystery 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 15%
- #55 Unavowed
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,539 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Mystery 26.4%, Adventure 20.6%, Story Rich 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Indie 11.7%
- #56 Saltsea Chronicles
67% matchVery Positive97% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Die Gute Fabrik
Windows · Mac
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.
Why similar: Mystery 50.3%, Story Rich 22.8%, Adventure 21.8%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #57 Inspector Waffles
67% matchVery Positive95% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: Goloso Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Mystery 33%, Pixel Graphics 27.1%, Story Rich 16.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 8.3%
- #58 The Darkside Detective
67% matchVery Positive94% of 5,075 reviews2017
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Why similar: Mystery 33.9%, Pixel Graphics 22.9%, Story Rich 16.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 8.3%
- #59 Insight
66% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 38.6%, Story Rich 35.7%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Adventure 6.1%
- #60 RESTLESS SOUL
66% matchVery Positive92% of 319 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.9%, RPG 29.5%, Adventure 22.1%, Story Rich 11.2%, Singleplayer 6.3%