AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to DETECTIVE.OS

Interrogate AI suspects and solve ever‑changing murder cases

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Mysteries.ai▲93

   A game where you play detective and solve a mystery

   2023 · mysteries.ai · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SQL Noir – Learn SQL by solving crimes▲463

   I built SQL Noir, an interactive detective game that challenges you to solve mysteries using real SQL queries. It’s fully open source, designed to give you a practical and immersive way to learn SQL while engaging with a narrative-driven mystery.

   2025 · sqlnoir.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   SQL Police Department – Learn SQL while solving crimes▲550

   SQL Police Department is an online game where you solve crimes using SQL (and learn SQL in the process). Learn SQL while playing a game!

   2020 · sqlpd.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AM
   A murder mystery game built on an open-source gen-AI agent framework▲43

   Hey HN, Michael and Scott here. We’re open-sourcing an interactive murder mystery featuring LLM-driven character agents. Solve the mystery by finding clues, taking notes, and interrogating agents. They all have distinct motives, personality, and can impact the game in different ways (attacking you, running away, etc). Try it out, it’s pretty fun! We’re also open-sourcing the framework that we used to make and refine the agents. The goal is to create an intuitive interface for storytellers to create, debug, and test game agents. We then take those game agents and expose an API beyond just…

   2023 · gron.games · its alternatives →

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   Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice▲215

   Hey HN! I'm excited to show off this really fun project I put together. I originally built this project 2-3 years ago, AI was already booming at the time, however voice AI agents were still very early. I loved my proof of concept at the time, but wasn't quite happy with it. I recently had the desire to check out the tech again, and know many of you will be interested. Interviews are speech to speech with OpenAI's gpt-realtime-2.1 over WebRTC. This model is... expensive, and because of that, I have to add some amount of restrictions, conversations are tied to a authenticated Clerk user id. I…

   Aug 2026 · whodunnitai.com · its alternatives →

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   I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia▲318

   Hi HN! Worked on this side project for a while and wanted to share it. It's free to play.

   2025 · detective.wiki · its alternatives →

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   Detective Game▲75

   Who is the robot and who is the human?

   2015 · detective.stefanbohacek.com · its alternatives →

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   I built an AI that turns any book into a text adventure game▲280

   It's a web app that uses AI to turn any book into a playable text adventure. Your favorite book, but your choices, hence your story. You can even "remix" the genre like playing Dune as a noir detective story. Note: Work in progress. Suggestions are welcome.

   2025 · kathaaverse.com · its alternatives →

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   Symphony▲207

   An OS where AI controls keyboard and mouse

   2025 · symphon.co · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Detective, a chat-based game, now open source▲11

    Contribute to stefanbohacek/detective development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Osmo Detective Agency▲78

    Solve mysteries around the world with Detective Agency

    2018 · playosmo.com · its alternatives →

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    AI Game Master ▲415

    Fully immersive DnD inspired experience powered by AI

    2024 · aigamemaster.app · its alternatives →

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    Sounds from Beyond▲7

    AI noir mystery where every choice shapes your fate

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Play Sleuth▲54

    A series of open-ended, detective role playing games

    2015 · playsleuth.com · its alternatives →

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    Detective (a “chat” game)▲5

    A game of Detectives, Robots, and Impostors.

    2015 · fourtonfish.com · its alternatives →

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    PERDIFY▲4

    AI interrogation mystery game for iOS

    Jun 2026 · perdify.com · its alternatives →

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    Detective Stories -Lateral thinking detective game with Deepseek player▲13

    2025 · detective-stories.com · its alternatives →

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    Her Story▲114

    A real life crime story where you play detective

    2015 · herstorygame.com · its alternatives →

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    Jack the detective▲62

    Player VS Player murder mystery game on mobile

    2016 · prefundia.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    SQL Police Department▲121

    Learn SQL while solving crimes! Climb the ranks of SQL PD.

    2020 · sqlpd.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Mystery Of Criminal Detective▲2

    An amazing and intellectual investigation game...

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    LLM Noire▲8

    AI-Native Mystery Game

    2025 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    SQL Noir▲10

    A Detective SQL Learning Game

    2025 · sqlnoir.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Situation Puzzle▲87

    Solve logical mystery riddles by asking AI yes/no questions

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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