Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game similar games & best alternatives

Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS • 2017

Should you play it?

Mysterium is a cooperative deduction game set in the 1920s in which a ghost guides a group of psychics to uncover a murderer, as well as the weapon and location of the murder, using only visual clues.

What works

  • Faithful and immersive adaptation of popular board game
  • Strong cooperative gameplay with friends
  • Beautiful art and atmospheric music
  • Engaging deduction and puzzle solving
  • Good replayability and multiple modes

Things to keep in mind

  • Small online player base limits matchmaking
  • Some ui and technical bugs reported
  • Ai can be unpredictable or unhelpful
  • Lack of private game options and lobby features
  • Multiplayer server issues have occurred

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Operation: Tango - Friend Pass

  • Operation: Tango

  • Sunderfolk

  • The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition

  • Sentinels of the Multiverse

  • Spirit Island

Less social

Games that feels like Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Yog-Sothoth’s Yard

  • Vault of the Void

  • Monster Train 2

  • Slay the Spire

  • Pyrene

  • Ancient Enemy

More violent

Games that feels like Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game but with more combat and destruction

  • Indies' Lies

  • Descent: Road to Legend

  • The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth

  • Battle Suit Aces

  • Talisman: Digital 5th Edition

  • Journey to the West

More competitive

Games that feels like Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game but with more competition against others

  • Mythgard

  • Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition

  • SolForge Fusion

  • ManaRocks

  • Faeria

  • HELLCARD

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Dead In Bermuda

  • Mansions of Madness

  • Thea 2: The Shattering

  • We Need To Go Deeper

  • Shanhe

  • Vivid World

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Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival.

Last update: 03/08/2026