60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, Mystery, Investigation.
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Kamilia
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.
Tale'Switch
Tale'Switch is a narrative mystery puzzle game about changing events recorded in a book. Replace the people, objects, and places in its sentences, witness the consequences, trace the choices behind recurring tragedies, and carry clues between stories to unlock the next character's record.
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: Investigation 17%, Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Mystery 9.4%
Tale'Switch is a narrative mystery puzzle game about changing events recorded in a book. Replace the people, objects, and places in its sentences, witness the consequences, trace the choices behind recurring tragedies, and carry clues between stories to unlock the next character's record.
Why similar: Investigation 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Narrative 11.4% ★, Mystery 11.1%, Detective 8.9%
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Narrative 19.9% ★, Investigation 16.1%, Detective 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Narrative 13.2% ★, Multiple Endings 8%
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: Investigation 20.1%, Detective 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Narrative 12.1% ★, Choices Matter 9.3%
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Why similar: Investigation 19.2%, Narrative 18.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Investigation 28.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Detective 10.4%
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 26.5%, Detective 16.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Investigation 18%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Narrative 11.9% ★, Emotional 9.2%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 5.6%
Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.
Why similar: Narrative 26.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Investigation 28.9%, Detective 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 10%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Dungeons are just another day at the office — an urban fantasy Adventure about Elysia's dungeon bureau.
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Narrative 20.8% ★, Detective 18.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Mystery 9.3%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
A deductive investigation game with a faded pixel art aesthetic. Set in a dreamlike, mysterious environment, the player becomes a conductor, (re)organizing and (re)positioning objects, characters, and puzzles while recovering lost fragments of their memory.
Why similar: Investigation 21.2%, Detective 19.7%, Narrative 18.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 9%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Detective 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%
A point-and-click mystery game set during the summer of 2000 in the mysterious landscapes of Okinawa. You play as Kami, a guardian angel tasked with guiding Haruki, a struggling journalist, as he delves into the baffling disappearance of a beloved actress.
Why similar: Narrative 25.5% ★, Investigation 20.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9%, Emotional 8.1%
Tearoom of Terror is a cozy-gothic narrative cooking mystery where you investigate the mysterious death of your estranged aunt in a tearoom filled with sinister patrons, unsettling secrets, and morally questionable requests.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Narrative 13.3% ★, Choices Matter 9.2%
COLIVING is an interactive narrative adventure where you play as a hard-boiled detective and a relentless journalist on two distinct paths. As their cases converge on a shared apartment, your choices shape a complex, branching story. Trust no one—the real danger lives right behind the wall.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 15.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
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 26%, Investigation 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 9.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Investigation 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Detective 17%, Story Rich 6.8%, Emotional 6.8%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Investigation 16.5%, Detective 15.6%, Narrative 14.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 9%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Detective 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Narrative 12.5% ★, Multiple Endings 8.6%
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Investigation 19%, Narrative 16.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Emotional 8.6%, Mystery 8.3%
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Investigation 20.8%, Detective 19.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Investigation 25.7%, Detective 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Mystery 10.2%, Multiple Endings 6%
Lost & Found is an adventure-mystery game where you return townsfolk’s lost belongings & uncover personal stories behind each item. It features a hybrid animation style that blends 2D, 3D, pixel art, & more. Gather clues, investigate locals, & ensure every lost belonging ends up in the right hands.
Why similar: Investigation 19.5%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Detective 14.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Explore the settlement, gather clues, interact with its inhabitants, and uncover a conspiracy. Your actions shape your relationships with the locals – will they help you, or deceive you? Your choices will determine whether the protagonist can escape, or if his tragic fate will repeat itself again.
Why similar: Investigation 21.6%, Detective 21.3%, Narrative 18.2% ★, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Mystery 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%
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 32.1%, Investigation 20.8%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Narrative 11.5% ★, Mystery 9.6%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Investigation 23.6%, Detective 23.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Mystery 7.6%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Investigation 27.2%, Detective 26.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Narrative 7.3% ★
My Work Is Not Yet Done is a narrative-driven investigative horror game, combining elements of the survival/simulation genres with a dense, nonlinear plot exploring the imbrication and dissolution of human identities/meanings within uncanny wilderness.
Why similar: Investigation 22.9%, Narrative 21.9% ★, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 7.6%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Investigation 25%, Detective 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Mystery 8.6%, Fantasy 7.3%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Mystery 10.1%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 18.9%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Grayton the Detective is a narrative adventure game about a homeless man who once lived in wealth and comfort, now showers with a kettle, and solves petty mysteries on the streets of Cleveland. However, with the disappearance of mysterious Golden Spoon, everything may change.
Why similar: Investigation 26.4%, Detective 22.7%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 6.2%
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: Investigation 26%, Detective 23%, Narrative 11.8% ★, Mystery 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
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: Narrative 24.4% ★, Investigation 21%, Detective 16%, Mystery 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
You play as a postman, sorting mail for the five intriguing residents of a remote island. Pick up on their peculiar habits, discover their secrets without opening the envelopes, and try to save this peaceful haven from its fate!
Why similar: Narrative 20.5% ★, Investigation 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Detective 14.5%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Narrative 18% ★, Detective 16.9%, Investigation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Lost & Found is a standalone, short story game taking place aboard a 1960s transatlantic ship. Play as Sophie Roy in her new job as a stewardess, and help solve a curious series of thefts in this narrative-driven mystery set after the events of This Bed We Made.
Why similar: Investigation 19.4%, Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 11%, Emotional 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: Investigation 23.3%, Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Narrative 12.7% ★, Mystery 9.5%
A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 25.5%, Detective 24%, Narrative 20.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Mystery 9.7%
「ギルド探求団へようこそ！」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう！それでは──良い旅を！
Why similar: Detective 38.3%, Investigation 33.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Fantasy 10.1%, Adventure 5.5%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Investigation 10.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Choices Matter 7.5%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: Narrative 19.2% ★, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 17%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Investigation 17.3%, Detective 16.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.5%, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Investigation 29.9%, Detective 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Adventure 5.2%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Detective 11.5%, Mystery 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 23.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Fantasy 7.6%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 21.1%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Mystery 11.8%
An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 26.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
