AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Mysteries.ai
A game where you play detective and solve a mystery
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mysteries.ai launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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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Solve logical mystery riddles by asking AI yes/no questions
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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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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Interrogate AI suspects and solve ever‑changing murder cases
Jan 2026 · murdermysterygame.org · its alternatives →
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Who is the robot and who is the human?
2015 · detective.stefanbohacek.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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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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A game of Detectives, Robots, and Impostors.
2015 · fourtonfish.com · its alternatives →
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The interrogation game — crack the mystery in 10 questions
Jul 2026 · whoamai-theta.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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AI noir mystery where every choice shapes your fate
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Chat for 2 minutes and guess who you talked to: AI or Human?
2024 · humanornot.so · its alternatives →
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Chat with AI characters. Solve mysteries. Explore stories.
2025 · its alternatives →
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Guess what artificial intelligence labeled random images
2021 · thinklikeabot.com · its alternatives →
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Guess the word behind the AI image
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to stefanbohacek/detective development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Play Sleuth▲54A series of open-ended, detective role playing games
2015 · playsleuth.com · its alternatives →
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