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Mystery

Weaving intrigue and suspense, these experiences challenge players to uncover hidden truths, solve puzzles, and piece together clues in enigmatic narratives or atmospheric settings.

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Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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GIF
FeedVid Live
You stumble upon a strange livestream.
Varun R.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(1,067 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Stillwater
Private Investigator Hugo Laurent, gets reeled into a murky mystery entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Studio Clump
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(663 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Perfect Vermin
It's Not Violence.
ItsTheTalia
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(571 total ratings)
Action
ARD: Anomalous Research Department (DEMO)
What is the Anomalous Research Department? What were they looking for? More importantly, what did they find?
Modus Interactive
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(213 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
GIF
Interview with the Whisperer
Interview an old man who claims he's built a radio that allows him to speak to god.
Deconstructeam
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(210 total ratings)
Save the Last Dance
Dance to live? Or dance to die?
Carrot
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(111 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Inversed
Dead eyes see white lies.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(165 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
11.45 A Vivid Life
A short weird tale about a girl who discovered her skeleton isn't hers.
Deconstructeam
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(600 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Feet In The Snow
I keep having this strange dream...
Abstract Machine
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(237 total ratings)
Kyle is Famous
Kyle prepares for his most important interview yet. Decide his path through 21 endings in this comedic adventure.
Ducky
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(257 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Off-Peak
Lose yourself in a cathedral-like train station from the near future.
Cosmo D
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(245 total ratings)
Adventure
Curio Compendium Ch.0
How to (not) get scammed by a Shopping Channel!
zetareishi
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(199 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The House In The Woods
You are lost in a seemingly endless forest. Heavily inspired by the Blair Witch Project.
MINIGOLIATH
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(369 total ratings)
Adventure
Bring Your Pet To School Day
Bring your pet to school day didn't go as planned
G.C. Katz
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(60 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Not Involved [The Second Chapter]
Stray Feet
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(91 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(127 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Pirate Fox Detective: The Case of The Conspicuous Klawz Crew
What happened to Kaptain Klawz' eyepatch?
CAJJI
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(137 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
From Next Door
There seems to be something wrong with your new house after all.
SpaceZeta
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(141 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Guidelicious
Let Him be your Guide.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(325 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Illiteracy
How to learn
Le Slo
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(106 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
MY WISHMAKER [Prologue/DEMO]
I'm not going to ask what you would wish for. You already made your choice.
arcadekitten
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(45 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Gidget & The Mysterious Thievery of Hoppity Town
Help Detective Gidget solve the crime of the mysterious thief!
Fable Novel
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Disparity of the Dead (2020)
Solve Death
Bryce Bucher
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Platformer
EyeOS
Find your lost friend by snooping through their Apple II inspired computer.
trainspotter
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Contemp
Contemp, a short horror game set in a abandoned house.
Micaka
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(304 total ratings)
Asobi
A taxi driver, a girl and memories.
Team SolEtude
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Ridgewood Road
Nobody has seen Lisa Hughes leave her house in a few days. Her neighbors are starting to get a bit worried...
Milkbar Lads
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(106 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
THE INTERLUDE
a realtime claustrophobic anti-thriller
Crawlspace
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(123 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
To Swat a Fly
An interview with a serial killer
LunaRaydue
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(129 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
WHERE IN THE WORD IS FARMING SANDY EGGO?
A Hypercard adventure.
DOMINO CLUBVerified Account
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Soulbound Route
A coach of shadows, on spectral wheels it rides
azureXtwilight
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE TO INVESTIGATE
Explore the town. Find the clues. Solve the murder.
Hot Girls With Broken Legs
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
I Want Out!
A short and retro style 'escape the room' game.
i_want_out
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Adventure
doubts
Was running away the right decision?
Fulmen
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(87 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Horror Within
A horror game inside a horror game
Pollero
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(154 total ratings)
Puzzle
notes on the disappearance of a sister
this is a gravestone. this is a eulogy. this is an investigation.
LITHOBREAKERS
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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