Games like The Trace

Hooked on the mysterious and tense side of The Trace? These games are worth a look next.

Curious Cases
For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore. He has solved more cases than one can count, where others hit dead-ends, he gets to work.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
70% of 344 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.79
Shadows of Truth VR
As a detective you need to find clues and plotted them in your mind and got close to the answers, but things took different turn someone is chasing you in your nightmares and it keeps coming! Back in reality someone else is also trying to reach to John. You need to escape and get to the answers!
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
50% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
The Invisible Hours
The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
92% of 327 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$29.99
Detective VR: NFT secret Files
The mysterious missing of a collector challenges you to start your own investigation. Explore secret locations, pick up details like a detective, build logic chains and solve riddles. Use vintage gadgets and incredible alchemical compounds. Resist the digital spirits of the NFT. Be careful!
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
36% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
A.D. 2047
A.D. 2047 is a cyberpunk sci-fi VR interactive movie.The sudden car accident involved you, a detective, into serial killings.Only rely on your own hand to find the murderer, you can prevent the repeated fatal murder...
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
62% of 79 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
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.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
85% of 283 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
Dead Secret
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
81% of 487 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
I Expect You To Die
A VR escape room where you play a secret agent with telekinesis, solving deadly puzzles across seven missions to stop the evil Zoraxis corporation. You stay seated, move objects with your mind, and die a lot. Funny, tense and clever, it feels like starring in a spy film where the traps are smarter than you.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
95% of 2,186 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Ghost Files 2: Memory of a Crime
The life of a private detective is tough and no one knows it better than Arthur Christie - an ex-cop, effective and tough as a nail. This time he will face an investigation in which not only truth is at stake, but also his life.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
82% of 139 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
CSI VR: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI VR: Crime Scene Investigation is the first episode and unique game of an upcoming CSI VR game series we are glad to introduce you. A realistic crime solving experience game for HTC Vive and/or Oculus. The aim is to find the murderer following the solving process.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
30% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Room VR: A Dark Matter
London, 1908. Built for VR from the ground up, The Room VR: A Dark Matter puts ornate puzzle boxes, hidden machines and one otherworldly discovery right in your hands.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
97% of 3,902 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$24.99
Beyond The Evil
Unravel a dark mystery by searching for hidden secrets that may reveal a deadly conspiracy in this psychological horror thriller. A strange phone call will put your life in danger, and you’ll have to make a decision that could change the fate of the world.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
82% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

Cheaper than The Trace

Curious Cases

For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore.

$2.79

Shadows of Truth VR

As a detective you need to find clues and plotted them in your mind and got close to the answers, but things took different turn someone is chasing…

$6.99

CSI VR: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI VR: Crime Scene Investigation is the first episode and unique game of an upcoming CSI VR game series we are glad to introduce you.

$4.99

The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets

Help your grandfather solve the mystery of the stolen pets by solving puzzles in wonderful miniature worlds crafted for VR.

$6.99

SIMULACRA 2

Investigate a dead influencer's phone, interrogate three lying suspects and shape an ending with every choice you make.

$7.99

Crowhille - Detective Case Files VR

Play as detective Wales and get amazed in this Virtual reality game as a GHOST HUNTER

$5.99

Grandma's Legacy VR – The Mystery Puzzle Solving Escape Room Game

Mystery, puzzle solving, challenges and secrets surround your grandmother's disappearance.

$4.99

[Redacted] The Safehouse

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

$3.99

Entwined: Strings of Deception

Can you solve the grisly murder of Mr Christopher Edward, who has been brutally murdered in his home!

$7.99

A Hand With Many Fingers

Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives.

$4.99

逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight

Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game.

$8.99

Trace of the Villa

Jin has spent years searching for his missing sister, pursuing leads that took him to a remote, decaying mansion where he recovered manifests and…

$6.99

Hidden gems like The Trace

[Redacted] The Safehouse

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

$3.99

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

The Operator

Search files, calls and photos on a console, guide field agents through their cases, and watch a conspiracy close in on you.

$13.99

The Case of the Golden Idol

Twelve strange deaths, fifty years apart, all connected. Examine each frozen scene, gather names and clues, then fill in the blanks to name the…

$17.99

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.

$24.99

The Room VR: A Dark Matter

Work through ornate contraptions and hidden machines in 1908 London as an otherworldly mystery unfolds around you.

$24.99

The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets

Help your grandfather solve the mystery of the stolen pets by solving puzzles in wonderful miniature worlds crafted for VR.

$6.99

SIMULACRA 2

Investigate a dead influencer's phone, interrogate three lying suspects and shape an ending with every choice you make.

$7.99

Keyword: A Spider's Thread

Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve…

$11.89

A Hand With Many Fingers

Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives.

$4.99

Red Matter

Explore an abandoned Volgravian base on Rhea, solve hands-on puzzles and uncover what happened to its vanished crew.

$24.99

Ghost Files 2: Memory of a Crime

The life of a private detective is tough and no one knows it better than Arthur Christie - an ex-cop, effective and tough as a nail.

$14.99

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