Games like Subsurface Circular
by Bithell Games
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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$5.99Quarantine Circular
May 22 · Bithell Games
Both: Visual Novel · Text-Based · Investigation
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
Visual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedAliensDiplomacyInvestigationSci-fiChoices MatterMultiple EndingsCasual👍 432
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Apr 11 · Bithell Games
Both: Visual Novel · Detective · Choices Matter
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
AdventureVisual NovelDetectiveChoices MatterMysteryPuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureSci-fiStory RichMultiple Endings👍 274
-90%$1.59Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
May 20 · DigiTales Interactive
Both: Detective · Dialogue Heavy · Choices Matter
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
$6.99No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Jan 17 · Somi
Both: Investigation · Visual Novel · Text-Based
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
InvestigationPuzzleInteractive FictionVisual NovelPoint & ClickStory RichAdventurePixel GraphicsFemale ProtagonistText-Based👍 10,341
$14.99Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Apr 20 · James Patton, Clockwork Bird
Both: Choices Matter · Investigation · Dialogue Heavy
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?
Choices MatterStory RichInvestigationCyberpunkDialogue HeavyMultiple EndingsAdventureEmotionalDetectiveAtmospheric👍 218
$13.99Homicipher
Nov 1 · 八名木Games
Both: Visual Novel · Text-Based · Choices Matter
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
$16.99Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
Apr 30 · Team Tetrapod
Both: Detective · Mystery · Visual Novel
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
DetectiveStory RichMysteryVisual NovelAtmosphericAnimeStrategyCrimeText-BasedExploration👍 4,077
$10.99Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
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Both: Visual Novel · Detective · Investigation
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
-60%$1.191bitHeart
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Both: Visual Novel · Detective · Mystery
Welcome to 1bitHeart―the latest title from Alicemare and LiEat developer △○□× (Miwashiba). In this unique and endearing adventure game, take on the role of Nanashi, a lonely, agoraphobic boy, as you solve a slew of mysteries around town while also making friends.
IndieCasualAdventureAnimeVisual NovelDetectiveGreat SoundtrackMystery2DSingleplayer👍 849
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$0.99"I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
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Both: Detective · Visual Novel · Sci-fi
The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...
Detective1990'sExplorationAtmosphericPuzzleSurrealVisual NovelHidden ObjectSci-fiFirst-Person👍 144
$7.99Misadventures of Laura Silver
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Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Mystery
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Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel
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CinematicAtmosphericStory RichCyberpunkChoices MatterVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureDystopian RPG2D👍 5,754
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Both: Choices Matter · Detective
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Both: Text-Based · Detective
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Text-BasedDetectivePuzzlePsychological HorrorHackingRPGWord GameStory Rich2DSimulation👍 3,314
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Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Detective
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Hidden ObjectVisual NovelMysteryDetectiveInvestigationPoint & ClickThrillerCrimeCasualChoices Matter
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ThrillerDetectiveMysteryCrimeShortPuzzleStory RichTop-DownIndieRPG👍 30,988
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Both: Investigation · Detective · Mystery
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Both: Investigation · Detective
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Both: Detective · Mystery · Text-Based
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DetectiveMysteryImmersive SimWord GameStory RichLogicText-BasedTypingSingleplayerSimulation👍 760
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Both: Detective · Investigation · Mystery
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DetectiveStory RichInvestigationMysteryPoint & ClickPuzzleSingleplayerExplorationInteractive FictionChoices Matter
-15%$2.54And who is the maiden?
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Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterShortMultiple EndingsMysteryInvestigationAdventureInteractive Fiction
$4.99Crossword City Chronicles
Jan 25 · Trailblazer Games
Both: Text-Based · Detective · Investigation
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
Word GameSpellingCasualText-BasedSingleplayerDetectiveInvestigationMysteryPuzzleStory Rich
-90%$1.49Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Feb 4 · Artefacts Studio
Both: 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
$14.99Night Call
Jul 17 · Monkey Moon, BlackMuffin
Both: Visual Novel · Investigation · Mystery
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.
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$7.99GRUNND
Jan 26 · SEKTAHOUSE
Both: Mystery · Detective · Investigation
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
MysteryInteractive FictionPuzzleDetectivePoint & ClickInvestigationVisual Novel2.5DNoirStory Rich
$0.99Leningrad
Jan 31 · Under Three
Both: Text-Based · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
Cataclysm destroyed the sky and the earth, but it didn't destroy "Leningrad" - an autonomous underwater city-fortress. It is up to you to take on the role of the Captain of the "Leningrad". The future of the ship and its citizens depends on your actions.
Text-BasedUnderwaterPost-apocalypticVisual NovelSubmarineInteractive FictionChoices MatterAdventureMultiple EndingsRPG
$14.99Let Bions Be Bygones
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Both: Detective · Choices Matter
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.
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$9.99Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Feb 25 · Kiary Games
Both: Mystery · Detective · Investigation
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
PuzzlePoint & ClickMysteryLogicAdventureDetectiveExplorationInvestigationHidden ObjectStylized👍 813
Crosswalks
Mar 31 · XinPo Game
Both: Text-Based · Detective · Mystery
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...
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Both: Detective · Sci-fi · Investigation
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.
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$19.99Crime O'Clock
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Both: Investigation · Detective · Mystery
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
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