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A replayable interactive fiction adventure where you're the murderer trying to get away with it on a cruise ship.

The Mermaid Mask
A charming, dialogue-heavy point-and-click murder mystery aboard a strange submarine, with sharp humour, tricky puzzles, and a roughly 10-hour story-driven investigation.
2026-07-16
- Action
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie
- Mystery

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Overboard!
Games like Overboard!

Find the Steam hidden gems

single-players with secrets you find without a guideor

Edit search

Games like Overboard!

A replayable interactive fiction adventure where you're the murderer trying to get away with it on a cruise ship.

The Mermaid Mask
A charming, dialogue-heavy point-and-click murder mystery aboard a strange submarine, with sharp humour, tricky puzzles, and a roughly 10-hour story-driven investigation.
2026-07-16
- Action
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie
- Mystery

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

A short, story-driven mystery adventure on a train, where a woman's disappearance is forgotten by all but you, featuring minimal investigation and a visual-novel feel.

2025-11-26

Adventure
Text
Mystery
Visual Novel

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game

A compact single-player murder-mystery set in Hollywood, with crime-scene investigation and clue-finding in a 4-5 hour playthrough.

2026-01-12

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Text
Mystery
Point-and-click
Drama

Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

A 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure aboard a generation ship, where choice-driven investigation shapes a branching story in a compact 6-9 hour experience.

2024-03-25

Science fiction
Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Text
Mystery
Drama

Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder

A casual, free-to-play locked-room murder mystery set on a haunted cruise ship, playable in about 10 hours.

2017-05-26

Adventure
Indie

Paper Perjury

A single-player detective adventure in the Ace Attorney vein, with a well-crafted mystery and a roughly 18-hour campaign.

2024-12-09

Indie

Drops of Death

A compact, replayable murder mystery visual novel where the randomly chosen killer may be your romantic interest.

2025-08-07

Thriller
Indie
Simulator
Mystery
Romance
Visual Novel

Unheard - Voices of Crime

A short single-player detective game where you solve connected mysteries by replaying audio from crime scenes.

2019-03-28

Puzzle
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Point-and-click
Auditory

Detective Beebo: Night at the Mansion

A single-player indie detective mystery in a mansion, blending character-driven warmth with thriller tension and a romance subplot, in a ~8.5-hour adventure.

2026-03-23

The Murder Hotel

A story-focused single-player mystery adventure about investigating murders and interrogating suspects in a foreboding hotel, with an engaging narrative that reviewers estimate lasts roughly 32 hours.

2025-09-17

Adventure
Mystery
Visual Novel

Detective Ridelle

A cozy escape-room-style murder mystery where you find clues and interrogate suspects to solve the case in about 7-8 hours.

2024-02-04

First person
Puzzle
Indie
Mystery
Visual Novel

The Case of the Golden Idol

A dark, story-rich detective adventure where you freely investigate 12 bizarre deaths, gather clues, and deduce motives to crack the case.

2022-10-13

Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Historical
Mystery
Point-and-click

The Mermaid Mask