Games like 《道格拉斯警督的日记》
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This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
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$14.99Overboard!
Jun 2 · inkle Ltd
Both: Interactive Fiction · Detective · Puzzle
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
AdventureInteractive FictionDetectivePuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureHand-drawnDialogue HeavyDark ComedyChoices MatterFemale Protagonist👍 572
$13.99Homicipher
Nov 1 · 八名木Games
Both: Visual Novel · Multiple Endings · Choose Your Own Adventure
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
OtomeHorrorVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericMultiple EndingsText-BasedChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureWord Game👍 7,822
$9.99你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
Jul 26 · 橙光游戏
Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Detective
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelAdventureStrategyMysteryDetectivePuzzleStory RichMultiple Endings
$10.99Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
Feb 19 · SelfCrop Studio
Both: Visual Novel · Detective · Multiple Endings
Roman, the wolf detective plans to spend his Christmas vacation in his favorite tavern, but murder cases happened in the tavern put him to work again.
LGBTQ+Visual NovelDetectivePoint & ClickNoirInvestigationStory RichMultiple EndingsMysteryIndie👍 1,395
迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa
Jul 17 · 知行合一
Both: Word Game · Visual Novel · Detective
The Vigilant Villa is a plots-oriented, texts-based AVG adventure game inheriting the classic “A locked room mystery" story mode. Where the game heads towards is completely decided by player’s own deductions and choices.
Word GameVisual NovelMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichCasualAtmosphericAnimeMultiple Endings👍 970
-30%$2.09死亡编码-Death Code
Dec 8 · 橙光游戏
Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Detective
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelMysteryDetectiveCasualStory RichMultiple EndingsStrategyPuzzle
-90%$1.59Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
May 20 · DigiTales Interactive
Both: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Pixel GraphicsDetectiveNoirInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsCyberpunkCrimeDialogue HeavyChoices MatterSci-fi👍 2,160
$12.99我死后的那些天-After Death
Mar 13 · 橙光游戏
Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Detective
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
RPGInteractive FictionCasualVisual NovelAdventureStrategyMysteryDetectiveStory RichMultiple Endings
$8.997Days Origins
May 2 · Buff Studio
Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Story RichHorrorVisual NovelPoint & ClickChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionPsychologicalPsychological HorrorDark Comedy👍 313
-90%$1.49Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Feb 4 · Artefacts Studio
Both: Puzzle · Visual Novel · Detective
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".
Hidden ObjectPuzzleVisual NovelPoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistThird PersonNoirDetectivePsychological HorrorStory Rich👍 2,038
-60%$3.99Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
Aug 3 · Psyop
Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Dating SimPsychological HorrorVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureRomance2DText-BasedAnimeChoices MatterComedy👍 6,039
-60%$2.79Unheard - Voices of Crime
Mar 28 · NEXT Studios
Both: Detective · Puzzle
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
ThrillerDetectiveMysteryCrimeShortPuzzleStory RichTop-DownIndieRPG👍 30,988
$7.99Mystical Riddles: Behind Doll’s Eyes Collector's Edition
Sep 12 · Do Games Limited
Both: Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Visual Novel
What's hidden in an ordinary toy? Is it possible to bring the dead back to life? Find answers to these questions using your wits, knowledge of the paranormal phenomena, and your special equipment – a magic camera! Are you up for the challenge?
Hidden ObjectInteractive FictionPuzzleVisual NovelPoint & Click2DFirst-PersonDetectiveHorrorPsychological Horror
-15%$2.54And who is the maiden?
2 days ago · Cipi Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Multiple Endings
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.
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterShortMultiple EndingsMysteryInvestigationAdventureInteractive Fiction
$4.99Gnosis
Mar 15 · So Ro
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Stylized
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.
Interactive FictionPoint & ClickGothicChoose Your Own AdventureAtmosphericHand-drawnMinimalistMysteryStylizedText-Based
$14.99Night Call
Jul 17 · Monkey Moon, BlackMuffin
Both: Visual Novel · Detective
Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.
IndieSimulationNoirStory RichVisual NovelInvestigationMysterySingleplayerDetectiveAtmospheric👍 406
$5.99Rainy Butcher
Oct 31 · Genunie Studio, 傅真
Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Puzzle
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
AdventureRPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelPuzzle2D Platformer2.5DHand-drawnCinematicMystery
Crosswalks
Mar 31 · XinPo Game
Both: Interactive Fiction · Detective · Choose Your Own Adventure
Crosswalks in a visual novel that tells different stories when you switch among perspectives. In 2018, an explainable portal appeared under the city of Sanghville, linking two parallel universe together. On one side there are dozens of unsolvable crimes, while the other side was always peaceful...
RPGText-BasedInteractive FictionDetectiveChoose Your Own Adventure2DSingleplayerIndieMystery