60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure, 2D.
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Scarpone Scamps
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Rumor Reporter
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Detective 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Crime 11%, Text-Based 10.2%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Detective 13.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Detective 12.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Narration 13%, Detective 11.9%, Investigation 11.4%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Detective 10.6%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Investigation 10.8%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Investigation 9.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Crime 15.9%, Investigation 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 10.8%, Mystery 10%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Crime 12.1%, Investigation 8.9%
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Narration 10.1%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Narration 13.5%, Detective 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Crime 17.9%, Detective 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 12%
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Mystery 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Narration 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Mystery 14.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Investigation 15.9%, Detective 14.2%, Narration 11.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Crime 16.3%, Investigation 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Investigation 10.6%
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Narration 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Crime 13.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Investigation 10.9%, Detective 10.9%
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Narration 13%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 10%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Detective 14.8%, Crime 14.7%, Mystery 11%
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12%, Investigation 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Narration 9.9%, Text-Based 9.7%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Investigation 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Detective 9.8%
A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?
Why similar: Crime 16.1%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Narration 12.1%, Detective 11.4%
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Investigation 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 15.6%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 11.3%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Investigation 16.3%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Mystery 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
Why similar: Narration 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Investigation 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Text-Based 9%
When a famous Human Rights Lawyer dies under mysterious circumstances in her Sevenoaks mansion, Detective Inspector Rosie Morgan and her team of indefatigable investigators are called on the scene to find out who murdered the barrister and why.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Crime 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Crime 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Narration 13.2%, Detective 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Narration 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Text-Based 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Narration 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Text-Based 11.2%, Detective 11.1%
A visual novel with a very open narrative: Revenge Story offers you to play as an avatar in search of justice, as well as the worst of the scum. Customize your character's gender, romance the character you like or get rid of the others!
Why similar: Narration 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.2%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Text-Based 15.1%, Narration 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Crime 13.2%, Detective 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Narration 14.4%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Why similar: Crime 15.8%, Detective 12.1%, Investigation 11.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Narration 10.8%
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Magic 8.1%
A fantasy interactive tale about the beast-man Hidu investigating murders in a port city.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Crime 14.7%, Narration 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Investigation 19%, Crime 18.3%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 11.8%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Detective 9.9%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Crime 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Detective 10.9%
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Crime 14.8%, Narration 13.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Detective 12%
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Detective 9%
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Investigation 11.9%, Mystery 10.5%
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Detective 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9%
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 8.8%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Text-Based 11%, Crime 10.7%, Narration 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
