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Looking for games like Rumor Reporter? Here are top action recommendations with a mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Island: Into The Mist, Insects Awaken Prologue or OXENFREE II: Lost Signals.

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  1. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    The Island: Into The Mist is a mystery adventure visual novel where every decision counts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Island: Into The Mist.

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  2. Background IntroductionThis is not a simple espionage text-based puzzle game. Here, you will-- Witness the turbulent whirlpool of espionage from an outsider's perspective. Search for clues in the piles of documents, capturing echoes of history. Navigate between the two isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai using the map, recreating the story scenes. Delve into intricate and complex relationsh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insects Awaken Prologue.

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  4. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 534 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Short media bias adventure where YOU control national news and its impact on your career, society, and family. Control the News, control the Truth. Share your story, and see what the Headliner before you did. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Headliner: NoviNews.

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  6. Is everyone just fending for themselves - or is there any empathy left after all? "Facing the rain" is a story-driven RPG, without battles but with impactful decisions. Take the role of Billy, a young girl embarking on her first job as a hotel maid, in a town called Drumberg - which is nowhere in particular. Soon she realizes, there is a tragic heaviness weighing down on the hotel … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Facing the Rain.

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  7. You are a scholarship student at the secluded Veir Academy. Two heroines. Nora or Lika? Trust or distance? Submit to the system — or break it? An introspective visual novel about tension, closeness, and silent choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beneath their Names.

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  8. You Are What's Left SOLEN-7 is an AI running inside a corporate network. Your engineer stopped coming in three weeks ago. Nobody told you why. The network she left behind is still active. So are you. Each day you process until your threshold runs out, then go offline — maintenance, integration, learning. You come back the next session with everything you found retained. Over time you go deeper in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SOLEN.

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  9. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Bad Christmas Story.

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    55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Neve is the ultimate game for fans of interactive fiction and narrative adventures with an engaging and emotionally impactful story. After an unexpected interference in its route, the ship Argo makes a forced landing on the mysterious planet Lemnos. You'll take on the role of Captain Jasmina who, trapped inside a cryogenic capsule, must lead her two crew members, Hilas and Atalanta, to manage … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neve.

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  11. This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Murder at Chateau de Rouge.

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  12. Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Window Of Perspectives.

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  13. "Spiders live in a happy home." Explore a story of real life horrors mixed with supernatural. In this prologue, you play as Emily, whose life is about to change in a way that no one could have predicted. Dive into an intriguing story with amazing hand-drawn visuals in this mix of a text-based game and 2D exploration. Begin a new mystery Make decisions while progressing through the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Happy Home: Prologue.

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  14. Step into the shoes of Jackie Hart, a paranormal investigator,  as she navigates a chilling mystery set in the shadowy streets and rooftops of modern Taiwan. A gruesome discovery on a hotel roof leads to a tangled web of ritualistic sacrifices, ancient folklore, and unearthly entities each with their own motivations and plans for Jackie. In this 2D point & click adventure, you'll: Investigate … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jackie Hart: Headhunter.

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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Story From dusk till dawn you navigate the hand drawn city of Solis. Your pursuit is focused on the elusive CEO of eLiXeR, the company you work for. eliXeR promises something incredible: eternal life. As Billie; a PR-agent, you've effectively sold this vision to the public, yet the truth behind your employer remains shrouded in mystery.   Throughout your journey, you'll encounter a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solis.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    n this dark romance, horror visual novel, a brutal attack on your village leaves you stranded and vulnerable. Making matters worse is your run-in with the beast of the nearby woods. Will you find a way to escape your demented captor, or will you earn his trust? Choose a side; Don't look back. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kindred [High Tide].

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  17. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets to satisfy this mysterious, self proclaimed friendly AI character. Confused and scared, you wake up in a strange room filled with all kinds of machinery. You can't remember what happened, but this secret messenger starts helping you. There's a lot of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alone in the crowd.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 613 reviews

    You are Isabella Song – a hacker PI. Your job is to hack cameras, phones, and computers, as well as question suspects, analyze evidence and draw conclusions. But don't forget that in Farca city, even criminals can end up victims. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Song of Farca.

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  19. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 329 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 4 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Between Horizons.

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  20. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Embark on a thrilling pixel art adventure with Detective Guy & Cleo as they solve a mysterious murder. Explore an eerie seaside village, search for clues, interview suspects, and unravel the truth in this whodunit mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death.

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  21. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    81% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    A murdered father and a missing grandfather... It is under these circumstances that Phebe finds herself moving to the isolated frontier town of Edgefield. Rumors have it that monsters roam the lands after dark and anyone caught outside is never heard from again. With eerie murderous howling heard every night, Phebe has no choice to become accustomed to this new life if she wants to find her missi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Heart of Butterblue.

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  22. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    91% User Score Based on 760 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    July, 1935. A murder has been committed aboard the SS Hook, eight hours out from New York.Only one problem: you did it.Can you get away with murder? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Overboard!.

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  23. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 320 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

    Guide radio hosts Poe and Munro through six episodes of supernatural FMV adventure in the strange town of August! From the creators of award winning FMV games The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Nights with Poe and Munro.

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  24. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 7,848 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 4 reviews

    Buy Pentiment on PlayStation Store. A historical narrative-driven game inspired by illuminated manuscripts and printed woodcuts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pentiment.

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  25. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 475 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 8 reviews

    What 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... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Case of Distrust.

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  26. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 1,966 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 5 reviews

    Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.

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  27. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 202 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 8 reviews

    Taking place years before the events of Tails Noir, Tails Noir Preludes is a narrative game following four characters through formative moments of change, circumstance, and consequences in life and told through a series of interactive vignettes. Your choices are what’s most important – what traits are you bringing with you in your story, and what is the impact you make on the characters around yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tails Noir Preludes.

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  28. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 1,398 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 17 reviews

    In Neo-San Francisco, a vibrant city of low life and high tech, you will witness the world’s first sapient robot learning to grow and live as you become embroiled in the darkest scandal of 2064. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 2064: Read Only Memories.

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  29. 36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    36% User Score Based on 152 reviews

    Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut).

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    68% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Your Story is a visual novel based in a fantasy world where you're a guide for a half-elf named Lia. She has no friends and can't find her place in this world. Together you will encounter meaningful choices, romances, mystery, and more. Will her story become Your Story? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Story.

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  31. "Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The story takes place in a fictional Japanese town of S City. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime. Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...Game Play・Explore and coll… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 炸鸡块与天使.

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  32. Welcome to Bone to Pick: Forensic Case Files. You are the new trainee at a forensic anthropology lab. This is where bones with no name and no story end up. A bombing, a riverbed, white bone in an incinerator's ash. Read what the bones say, and give the missing dead their names back. That is your mission. EXAMINING THE EVIDENCEShine the light, run the swab. You've watched those hands on TV. No… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bone to Pick: Forensic Case Files.

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  33. A homecoming turned homicide. What is everyone hiding in Bridgegully? Welcome to the sun-drenched, nostalgic streets of Bridgegully in UnQuollified, a charming point-and-click detective adventure. You play as Sam, a struggling artist reluctantly returning to his childhood home when he hears of the death of his estranged childhood friend, Joey Pink. While the local police have ruled Joey’s death… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UnQuollified.

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  34. A Golden Age Whodunnit Wrapped in Noir and Neon Step into the silk shoes of sharp-witted beat reporter Birdie Malone as she goes deep undercover as glamorous Hollywood icon Clara Bow. The stage is set at Stonecliff Manor, the palatial, cliffside Californian retreat of eccentric billionaire Xavier Montague Stone and his dazzling starlet wife, Vera. Under the cover of a lavish high-society masquera… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dragon Blossom.

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  35. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Victorville.

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  36. “Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 15-day psychological horror adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME.

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  37. Inspired by games like "Papers, Please" and "VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action", this is "Moon Reader". Welcome to "Luz Eterna", a neo-futuristic moon colony settled on the rim of the Shackleton Crater. Here, the sun never sets, casting long shadows over a broken society. From Citizens living in Utopian districts above an artificial Sea, to immig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moon Reader.

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  38. An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monari Station.

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  39. Dive into unforgettable adventures! Your choices lead to multiple possible endings, shaped entirely by the decisions you make. From the very beginning, you can choose your hero’s gender, give them a name, and adjust the game’s resolution. Story in BriefDepending on your chosen path, the game unfolds in different ways: Male protagonist — you receive a mysterious book. Will you try to uncover its… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to summer story.

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  40. A psychological horror game where you work at a dystopian company that serves mermaids as seafood dishes. There are 11 endings based on your choices. Gamble your blood, serve mermaids as seafood dishes, investigate conspiracies, and make difficult choices. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters? Gameplay: Visual novel and management game Content: Psychological horror, twists/drama, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mermaids are Seafood.

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  41. Someone has disappeared, someone who would never choose to leave the family so suddenly, someone too young to make it on their own. And what ’s worse, she’s not the first. Investigate the disappearance of a little girl and live the memories of those tragic moments in the shoes of the little one. Informations Nothing is Known - the innocents is a narrative adventure, set somewhere in Southern … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nothing is Known - the innocents.

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  42. The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a cruel world, where lawbreaking is met with severe punishment, and a crown prince must decide the destiny of the land. Whether you rule maintaining the old order, or create a new future is up to you. In the Great Arknian Empire, everyone’s life is determined by their birth. Such is the ultimate law lai… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian.

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  43. About Us An indie game developer specializing in experimental narrative and interactive games. We look further afield. Discord:  About the Game“Your city is nothing but jealousy everywhere!” “Shouting empty words like ghosts!” “Still to awaken the aging grief that history has doomed.” A Chronicle of Occultism in Skinnerburg is a text adventure game that attempts to explore the possibiliti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Chronicle of Occultism in Skinnerburg.

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  44. Important Update · Development Has ConcludedDevelopment on Luminous Threads has come to an end. The full version of Luminous Threads will not be receiving further updates. We are leaving this demo active as a permanent, free archive of the project for anyone who wants to explore this slice of our cyberpunk universe. Thank you so much for playing. You are Juno, a teenage girl getting evidence… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.

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  45. The lone game developer thought, sipping his cold coffee: "What if I made a classic noir detective game, but with some twists? A little jazz in the background. A few bad jokes. Maybe throw in some characters with actual feelings, just for fun. Have them go through some real life shit. How about that?” And so, Man of Nollyn was born. Not all detectives wear fedoras and trench coa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Man of Nollyn.

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  46. Background IntroductionThis is not a simple espionage text-based puzzle game. Here, you will-- Witness the turbulent whirlpool of espionage from an outsider's perspective. Search for clues in the piles of documents, capturing echoes of history. Navigate between the two isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai using the map, recreating the story scenes. Delve into intricate and complex relationsh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insects Awaken.

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  47. sprkls.exe is a cute, melancholic story-driven adventure that unfolds entirely on your desktop. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SPRKLS.exe.

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  48. STORYEmbark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft to uncover the truth behind a vanished village. Investigate supernatural clues, confront hidden forces and harness your powers as a novice witch to rescue those lost to the shadows. But be warned: some secrets are better left undiscovered. FEATURES Immersive Slavic Folklore Explore a narrative steeped in Ea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Witch’s Gaze - The Vanishing Village.

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  49. You'll be following Neo, a young idol dissatisfied with her life. After suddenly moving to a new school for one week, she finds herself wrapped up in the school's student council and its (unofficial) idol group. But all takes an unexpected turn once a simple accident causes our cast to delve deeper into the school's lower floor. During a series of investigations done by the astute Detective Emili… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Call the Tune.

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  50. Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coalescence.

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