Games like A Detective's Novel
Looking for games like A Detective's Novel? Here are top action recommendations with a mystery and thriller focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Major\Minor, Sepia Tears or Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
1 79%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, replayability79% User Score 359 reviewsVisual Novel game about a wave of murders that sweep across a city.
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89%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, grinding89% User Score 619 reviewsA visual novel about a memory that a boy named Mark tries very hard to forget, and a girl named Myra who unearths it.
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91%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, grinding92% User Score 886 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviewsLucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
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67%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, character development73% User Score 636 reviewsCritic Score 61%30 reviewsBuy Twin Mirror on PS4. Lose yourself in a rich, intricate storyline anchored in the gritty reality of small-town America.
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85%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, grinding85% User Score 1,417 reviewsTrick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more? Could you be the one that unfolds the truth about the Wychwood forest that have been hidden about hundred years, and release the forest from its curse?
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71%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, optimization81% User Score 2,946 reviewsCritic Score 63%16 reviewsBLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad! Based on the noir comic series by the same name. The game features a noir detective story about a PI by the name of Blacksad that gets dragged into the case of a murdered boxing club. The game feature an interactive system much reminiscent of Grim Fandango w…
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90%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization90% User Score 2,586 reviewsBecome the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic. Will you follow your moral compass, or will you apply the letter of the law? The great freedom of action in Crimes …
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, grinding85% User Score 430 reviewsCritic Score 79%8 reviewsWhat Is This? A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game. Explore underground...
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View Game85%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, stability88% User Score 2,562 reviewsCritic Score 77%3 reviewsIn THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.
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