Games Like Long Knives

古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……

Why similar: Martial Arts 26.3% ★, Detective 18.2%, Historical 14.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Investigation 7.1%

Rogue-lite RPG Dicebuilding game. Roll the dice, choose your companions, organize your gear, explore all of Kardia, and die. Then try again! Try again and again. Experience a different story each time. Until you find The Winds of Fate.

Why similar: Dice 42% ★, CRPG 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%, Text-Based 6.8%

A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.

Why similar: Historical 17.3%, Detective 13.9%, Conversation 12.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Text-Based 9.9%

Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.

Why similar: Dice 24.4% ★, Detective 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Investigation 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Kensei is a branching narrative RPG where you can influence events as a Samurai, a Ronin, or a Monk. Set in 1612 Japan, the game features a historical fiction based storyline which ends with the most famous duel of all time.

Why similar: Martial Arts 29.9% ★, Historical 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Conversation 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

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: Detective 19.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, Investigation 11.9%, Conversation 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

A visual novel with RPG elements set in a Cyberpunk dystopia where you play a detective tasked with solving a smorgasbord of cases.

Why similar: Dice 18.8% ★, Detective 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 14.7%, Conversation 9.5%

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: Dice 18.3% ★, Detective 15.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%

The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.

Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Historical 16.4%, Conversation 12.1%, Investigation 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.

Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Historical 14.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Conversation 9.3%

《異麒麟：旭日初升》是融合了CRPG玩法以架空三國為背景的CRPG遊戲，玩家將自訂扮演一位與妹妹相依為命的流民少年，於邊境安身立命，尋找屬於自己的歸宿，並在逐漸紛亂，妖孽橫生的江湖中，撕開命途多舛的前路，改變必定到來的亂世……

Why similar: Martial Arts 38% ★, Historical 16.1%, CRPG 13.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.2%

Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.

Why similar: Dice 35.1% ★, CRPG 17.9%, Conversation 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%

An immersive choose your own adventure mystery game with sci-fi and detective/crime themes. Explore a brave new world containing unique puzzles, hidden clues, intriguing characters, monsters / enemies, weapons, survivalist elements and games of chance.

Why similar: Dice 43.7% ★, Detective 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.4%

GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Historical 14.7%, Conversation 12.8%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.

Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Conversation 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Story Rich 8.8%

A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Investigation 10.3%, Conversation 10.1%

A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

Why similar: Detective 16%, Investigation 15.7%, Conversation 14.1%, Historical 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Battle for love as a gladiator in this epic romance of swords and sandals! Win glory, victory, a better life, your freedom - and spark a revolution!

Why similar: Martial Arts 27.4% ★, Historical 16.8%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%

An adventure mystery game set in the world of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.A game for people who:Like to solve mysteriesEnjoy exploring beautiful pixel art environmentsWant their dialogue choices and moral decisions to matterAre fans of Les Mis!

Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Historical 18.3%, Investigation 13.6%, CRPG 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%

On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”

Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Investigation 17.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.8%

Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.

Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Historical 14.6%, Conversation 14.2%, Investigation 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!

Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Conversation 15.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%

Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.

Why similar: Historical 20.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Detective 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Story Rich 9.2%

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: Detective 26.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Investigation 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Historical 22.3%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

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: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 15.5%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%

Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?

Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Historical 17.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Conversation 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%

A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.

Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Conversation 15.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%

A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.

Why similar: Detective 33%, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Historical 11.9%, Story Rich 7.8%

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: Detective 19.3%, Text-Based 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Investigation 9.6%

This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, CRPG 20.4%, Investigation 11.1%, Text-Based 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%

A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.

Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Conversation 13.7%, Detective 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Text-Based 9.6%

Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.

Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Conversation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Historical 22.4%, Investigation 13.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.

Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Historical 16.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Conversation 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%

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: Detective 30.7%, Investigation 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Conversation 6.8%

In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.

Why similar: Historical 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%

「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。

Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%, Conversation 10.1%

"Hold on!" A court battle game set in ancient China's Song Dynasty! In the government office of Lin'an County during the Song Dynasty of ancient China, many bizarre murder cases occurred! The protagonist engages in intense court battles with the county captain of Lin'an to find the real culprit!

Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Historical 19.9%, Investigation 15%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Conversation 7.9%

Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!

Why similar: Historical 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%

You play as pharaoh Horem during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. You have to balance your work and home life as the living embodiment of a god, how hard could it be? What is right and wrong? Can there be an allowance for a lapse in judgment? Can you forge a path to getting to sleep peacefully each night?

Why similar: Historical 27.7%, Investigation 19%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Detective 10.1%

Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.

Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Historical 21.2%, Investigation 15.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Conversation 9.5%

Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?

Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

"Scientific evidence, eyewitness testimony, and objective facts—when these align, the truth emerges. As my grandfather Holmes used to say: Whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Investigation 14.1%, Conversation 12.3%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.

Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Text-Based 16.3%, Historical 15.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

In a dystopian world ruled by megacorporation's, you're a mercenary with a $15,000 debt. Face dice-based combat, moral dilemmas, and irreversible choices in this hardcore Sci-Fi Cyberpunk Text RPG. Will you reclaim your freedom or vanish in the shadows?

Why similar: Dice 50.9% ★, Detective 18.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, Story Rich 6.9%, Multiple Endings 4.4%

Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Historical 17.9%, Text-Based 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?

Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Text-Based 15%, Investigation 13.5%, Conversation 11.8%, Choices Matter 10%

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: Detective 30.3%, Investigation 16.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%

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: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

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: Detective 16.6%, Text-Based 12.5%, Conversation 11%, Investigation 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.7%

A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?

Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Conversation 15.5%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%

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: Detective 27.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!

Why similar: Historical 39.6%, Choices Matter 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 9%

[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.

Why similar: Detective 31%, Investigation 18%, Conversation 14.6%, Text-Based 12.6%, Story Rich 6.3%

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: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 12.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%

『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Conversation 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%