Detective games like Expelled!

Miss the mysterious and story-driven pull of Expelled!? You might settle into these detective games easily.

Overboard!
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
90% of 581 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Black Closet
Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
91% of 248 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
Jenny LeClue is a hand-drawn detective adventure where a sharp young sleuth tries to clear her mother of murder in the sleepy town of Arthurton. You question suspects, spot hidden clues mid-conversation, and solve light puzzles, while the nervous author writing her story argues with you about how it should go.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
This Bed We Made
You are Sophie, a chambermaid at the Clarington Hotel in 1958, and your cleaning round turns into a murder inquiry. You snoop through guests' rooms, inspect their belongings, piece together how their secrets connect, and decide what to do with what you find. A slow, glamorous neo-noir for armchair detectives who like prying.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
90% of 3,271 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$24.99
Kill The Clock
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 45 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
12 Hours to Die
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
74% of 226 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 607 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Darkway: Murder of King Mere
The King Mere is dead. Once the leader of diplomacy in the Dog Empyre, now a bloodstain on snow. You are the Apprentice, sent by the Master Detective to the City of Ink, to uncover who really murdered the King at the edge of the world.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
98% of 80 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Tangle Tower
A murder at the top of a strange tower, and the only suspect is a painting holding a knife. As two detectives, you search the mansion and gardens, question its odd residents, and piece together clues in this hand-drawn detective game with full voice acting and a dry sense of humour.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 6,696 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Burn Me Twice
A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
81% of 270 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Cheaper than Expelled!

Darkway: Murder of King Mere

The King Mere is dead. Once the leader of diplomacy in the Dog Empyre, now a bloodstain on snow.

$7.99

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?

$13.99

Departed Away

Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery.

$4.99

Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel

Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead!

$8.99

One Day in London

Take active part in a nonlinear, interactive visual novel set against the atmospheric backdrop of the 19th century England.

$9.99

Sunset High

Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over.

$6.49

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

Twelve years after a girl vanished from a playground, retired inspector Jeon Gyeong reopens the file.

$6.99

The Chrono Jotter

Ran Ibuki is stuck in a derelict forest school where classmates keep getting murdered, and her missing girlfriend Ann is the reason to get out.

$11.99

Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time

Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer!

$10.99

A Case of Distrust

A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco.

$2.99

The Deed

A murder mystery played backwards: you are the killer. You return to Dunshiel House to murder your sister for the inheritance, then pick a weapon…

$0.99

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Fifteen elite students are locked in Hope's Peak Academy, and a murderous bear offers freedom to anyone who kills and gets away with it.

$1.99

Hidden gems like Expelled!

Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit

Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure!

$24.99

Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker

Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets.

$19.99

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?

$13.99

Yet Another Killing Game

You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?

$16.99

Loco Motive

A murder on the Reuss Express leaves you as one of the suspects, so you set out to clear your name.

$10.79

Mindcop

Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming.

$14.99

Moses & Plato - Last Train to Clawville

A murder mystery where you are the main suspect! An ambassador on a peace mission has been killed on board the Clawville Express.

$19.99

Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time

Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer!

$10.99

On Your Tail

A cozy detective adventure where you play as a vacation-bound writer who stumbles upon an idyllic town plagued by an enigmatic thief.

$19.99

Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized.

$15.99

Departed Away

Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery.

$4.99

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game

A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery.

$14.99

Newest detective games like Expelled!