Games like No Case Should Remain Unsolved

This is a narrative detective game where players connect memory fragments to solve a cold case. It features a jigsaw-like reasoning system and a melancholic, investigative feel.

97% positive from 1,814 · 2024 · Steam Deck Playable · Lowest ever $4.89 (2025-10-13)

Interactive FictionPuzzle Visual Novel Investigation Point & ClickAdventure

Six games like No Case Should Remain Unsolved

Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring

95% positive from 6,315 reviews2021Deck Verified

This is a narrative-driven adventure game with a focus on exploration and uncovering a dark mystery. Players will experience a melancholic atmosphere as they unravel the secrets of a cursed paradise.

What players likedPlayers praise the impressive central theme and story, especially how subplots and DLC enhance the true ending and character development.

The catchThe English translation is rough enough to make the writing hard to follow.

Both are tagged Investigation, Interactive Fiction and Visual Novel.

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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo

82% positive from 1,033 reviews2021Deck Playable

A narrative adventure game where players investigate a psychological mystery by exploring multiple timelines and character perspectives. It focuses on uncovering a disturbing truth through exploration and deduction.

What players likedPlayers praise its amazing, hooking story and graphics, similar to other choice-driven games where choices don't significantly alter outcomes.

The catchPacing crawls, padded with filler and quick time prompts for mundane everyday chores.

Both are tagged Investigation, Interactive Fiction and Adventure.

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Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning

81% positive from 1,028 reviews201812% finish it

This is a story-driven dark comedy game where you use persuasion to make animals scavenge for resources. You'll bargain, trade, and gamble to survive the zombie apocalypse.

What players likedPlayers praise this 2D side-scrolling adventure game for its great humor, entertaining dialogue, and cartoon art style.

The catchHeavy scripted dialogue with little actual gameplay between it

Both are tagged Interactive Fiction, Point & Click and Visual Novel.

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Star Trek: Resurgence

89% positive from 3,125 reviews2024Deck Playable

Narrative adventure game with dialogue choices and exploration. Features a Star Trek story with a focus on crew interaction and problem-solving.

What players likedPlayers praise it as a TNG-era Star Trek movie or episode, with an engaging story and meaningful choices.

The catchBugs, glitches and stutter run right through it and were never patched out.

Both are tagged Interactive Fiction, Point & Click and Visual Novel.

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Tales of the Neon Sea

85% positive from 4,962 reviews201924% finish itDeck Playable

This is a retro pixel-art adventure game where players investigate a murder case in a cyberpunk city. Players analyze details and interact with NPCs to uncover a conspiracy.

What players likedPlayers praise its engaging story and characters, reminiscent of classic point-and-click adventures.

The catchConstant unrelated puzzles crowd out the actual detective work you came for.

Both are tagged Investigation, Point & Click and Adventure.

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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

95% positive from 1,274 reviews202437% finish itDeck Verified

This is a point-and-click adventure game featuring a globe-trotting mystery with fully voiced characters and challenging puzzles. Players explore exotic locations, solve riddles, and uncover conspiracies.

What players likedPlayers praise the beautiful remaster of this classic point-and-click adventure, which looks and feels like their nostalgic memories.

The catchSlow pacing with drawn-out, hard-to-skip animations

Both are tagged Investigation, Point & Click and Adventure.

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More about No Case Should Remain Unsolved

What players liked

Players praise this short, unique detective puzzle game for its compelling, emotional story and clever dialogue-fragment mechanics.

The catch

Tracking huge walls of text through a clumsy interface turns deduction into tedium.

Reviews: 97% positive from 1,814
Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Playable
Price: Lowest ever $4.89 (2025-10-13)
Play: Single-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 97% positive, but with 1,814 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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