Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
A murder, a hack, and a bombing push the solar system toward war, and CDI agent Neil Conrad catches the case.
91% of 2,192 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$1.59
Detective games like Subsurface Circular
Hooked on the story-driven and mysterious side of Subsurface Circular? These detective games are a good place to start.
Quarantine Circular
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.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
88% of 434 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Let Bions Be Bygones
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.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
69% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Burden Street Station
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
97% of 380 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
A murder, a hack, and a bombing push the solar system toward war, and CDI agent Neil Conrad catches the case. You question suspects, gather evidence, and file your conclusions on deduction sheets where wrong answers stick. A dialogue-driven sci-fi noir worth playing for armchair detectives who like pressure with their paperwork.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
91% of 2,192 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$1.59Jenny 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 · Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
You are the Carimara, small, mute and sorcerous, wandering a grief-stitched house where every object holds a memory. You ask questions through glyph cards, press gently or risk waking what is sealed, and piece together a short folk-horror mystery worth replaying for its secrets.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
96% of 2,962 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Between 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. 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.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
88% of 413 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.19Her Story
You sit at an old police computer and search hundreds of interview clips to work out what happened to a missing husband. Type a word she says, watch her answer, follow the next lead. A quiet, tense puzzle for armchair detectives who like listening closely and joining the dots themselves.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
89% of 8,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99Overboard!
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 · Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
90% of 581 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Detective 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 · Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
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?
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
94% of 222 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Whispers of a Machine
Vera is a cybernetically augmented agent sent to a quiet Nordic town to solve a string of murders tied to banned AI research. You question suspects, follow clues, and shape her empathy, analysis, or assertiveness to unlock different augmented ways through puzzles, with multiple endings waiting.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
93% of 1,422 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$2.99
Cheaper than Subsurface Circular
The Samaritan Paradox
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.
71% of 167 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest (Complete Season)
What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship?
80% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$2.24
Nothing To Remember
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop.
69% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Paws of Coal
The miners of Rabbit Burrows are falling ill, and it is hurting production.
92% of 63 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker.
82% of 552 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.60
Tell Me Everything
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer.
50% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Acolyte
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options.
75% of 55 Steam reviews are positive$1.64
√Letter - Root Letter -
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared.
78% of 556 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and…
79% of 992 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
You are Agent A, sent into rival spy Ruby La Rouge's hideout to stop her plans.
95% of 5,975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$1.99
Curious Cases
For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore.
70% of 344 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$2.79
Hidden gems like Subsurface Circular
Burden Street Station
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
97% of 380 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
TR-49
A WWII machine hums in a church basement and asks you to find a stolen book.
94% of 1,243 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99
Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them.
90% of 1,392 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Heaven Does Not Respond
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline.
90% of 577 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$9.99
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
You are the Carimara, small, mute and sorcerous, wandering a grief-stitched house where every object holds a memory.
96% of 2,962 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hymer 2000
You are sent to shut down Hymer 2000, an old computer watching over an empty building.
89% of 1,050 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Au Revoir
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071.
94% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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.
88% of 413 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.19
Phoenix Springs
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world.
85% of 233 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Newest detective games like Subsurface Circular
Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them.
90% of 1,392 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Burden Street Station
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
97% of 380 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Venice After Dark
Discover a surreal Venice in this gripping point-and-click-novel-adventure game.
91% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Heaven Does Not Respond
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline.
90% of 577 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$9.99
TR-49
A WWII machine hums in a church basement and asks you to find a stolen book.
94% of 1,243 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Hymer 2000
You are sent to shut down Hymer 2000, an old computer watching over an empty building.
89% of 1,050 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
You are the Carimara, small, mute and sorcerous, wandering a grief-stitched house where every object holds a memory.
96% of 2,962 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
90% of 234 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Au Revoir
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071.
94% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$4.99