Games like Rainswept

If Rainswept left you wanting something mysterious and story-driven, you have options. These games make natural next picks for you.

The Painscreek Killings
An abandoned town, a dead woman, and nobody left to ask. As journalist Janet you search empty houses for clues, codes and diaries, and piece together who killed Vivian Roberts. No quest markers, no hints: just you, your notebook and a town full of secrets.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
90% of 5,926 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$19.99
Tangle Tower
A murder, a mansion, and a suspect who is literally a painting. Explore Tangle Tower, question its oddball residents, and piece together clues in a fully voiced, hand-drawn detective story with genuinely funny writing and clever puzzles. Come for the banter and the beautiful rooms; the case itself is one you will want to crack.
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
94% of 6,695 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$19.99
Detective Grimoire
A murder in a swamp, and the prime suspect is a mythical creature. Detective Grimoire is a short, funny point-and-click whodunit: explore a hand-painted marsh, grill a fully voiced cast of suspects, and piece your clues together into deductions. Cozy, colorful and cleverly written.
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
96% of 2,279 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$6.99
Kathy Rain
A 90s-set point-and-click mystery about a journalism student digging into her grandfather's strange death. Armed with a motorcycle, a pack of cigs and a notepad, Kathy Rain follows clues through a small town where people are going mad. Logical puzzles, full voice acting and a dark, Twin Peaks-flavored story in crisp pixel art.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
93% of 1,869 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$0.99
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 Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Dahlia View
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
85% of 283 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
A hand-drawn detective adventure about a sharp young sleuth whose mother is accused of murder. Explore the town of Arthurton, read suspects for tells, and make choices that bend the story the narrator is writing. Witty, atmospheric and surprisingly heartfelt, with a mystery that keeps pulling you forward.
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
DETECTIVE - Rainy night
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
69% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
89% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Rainy Butcher
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.
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
72% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
A game based on a simple concept: a mystery puzzle you can complete in an hour. Can you solve the cases narrated in this beautiful pixel-art adventure?
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
77% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99

Cheaper than Rainswept

Detective Grimoire

Question a colorful cast of suspects, gather clues around a hand-painted marsh, and argue your way to the culprit of one very strange murder.

$6.99

Kathy Rain

Play a sharp-tongued student unraveling her grandfather's death in a town full of secrets.

$0.99

DETECTIVE - Rainy night

Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction.

$10.99

Utter a Name

Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.

$6.99

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

Question the locals, piece together the clues and follow a family mystery to its dark ending in this fully voiced '90s-style detective adventure.

$3.74

Rainy Butcher

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.

$5.99

The Wisbey Mystery

For many years people from one little town keep away from a local manor by the woodside.

$7.99

AI: The Somnium Files

Interrogate suspects by day, then step into their dreams on a six-minute clock to crack a serial killer case in Tokyo.

$3.99

Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death

Embark on a thrilling pixel art adventure with Detective Guy & Cleo as they solve a mysterious murder.

$4.99

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

A retired detective reopens a missing girl's case from memory alone, piecing together 54 fragments of testimony to find the truth.

$6.99

Still Life

Still Life 2 also now available!

$7.99

Why Am I Dead At Sea

Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder.

$4.99

Hidden gems like Rainswept

[Redacted] The Safehouse

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.

$3.99

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

Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

Track a murderer through a noir city, chasing clues and a cash reward while the case pulls you somewhere much darker.

$10.99

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

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

$13.99

Mind Diver

Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.

$17.99

Mindcop

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

$14.99

Drops of Death

A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in…

$11.99

Utter a Name

Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.

$6.99

LumineNight

Team up as veteran Detective Kelvin Foster and his code-cracking daughter Selen to solve murders unsolved for a decade in 1950s Summerset.

$24.99

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

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

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

A retired detective reopens a missing girl's case from memory alone, piecing together 54 fragments of testimony to find the truth.

$6.99

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