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  1. #1 Suhoshin
    97% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2022
    Dev: No More 500
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    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 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Detective 8.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%, Mystery 7.9%

  2. #2 Already Recorded The Statement
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blue conia
    Windows

    Your statement is already on record. Search messages, social media, and your calendar for evidence. Defend your story, explain contradictions, or shift the blame. What you submit will change the investigation and the story.

    Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Detective 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Mystery 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%

  3. #3 Remnants of Dawn
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fiendish Fiction
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Investigation 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Thriller 8.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

  4. #4 Omen Exitio: Hunger
    95% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2026
    Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: 2P Games
    Windows · Mac

    A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.

    Why similar: Noir 12.1%, Detective 10.8%, Investigation 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%, Hand-drawn 7.1%

  5. #5 Kindred [High Tide]
    94% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2026
    Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
    Windows

    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 16.6%, Investigation 14%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Mystery 9%, Visual Novel 8.7%

  6. #6 Grégoire Lefèbvre Investigations : The Vow of Hate
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: TcherryPub: Viridis Cosmos Games
    Windows

    Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.

    Why similar: Noir 14%, Detective 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%

  7. #7 Prison Chain: The Unredeemed Thought
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 落梅序
    Windows

    A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Noir 13%, Mystery 10.4%, Choices Matter 8%

  8. #8 Death off the Cuff
    93% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
    Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
    Windows

    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 13.9%, Investigation 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%

  9. #9 FAKEBOOK
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 889 reviews2024
    Dev: banjihagames
    Windows · Mac

    Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

    Why similar: Investigation 15.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Mystery 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%

  10. #10 Suas Escolhas - O Caso do Magnata Desaparecido
    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Firma Game
    Windows

    Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.

    Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Investigation 9.9%

  11. #11 Обо: Шоу Теней
    90% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2025
    Dev: Julliet Pub: Julliet Tales
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.

    Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Noir 13.6%, Investigation 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

  12. #12 Siberian Way
    89% matchVery Positive82% of 70 reviews2025
    Dev: ROOT GAMES
    Windows

    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 13.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dark 9.1%

  13. #13 Look Inside
    89% match3 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: Bitwise Games
    Windows

    Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.

    Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Noir 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 11%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

  14. #14 L'Agence - The Hearts of Paris
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 1888 Studio
    Windows

    Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

  15. #15 Stay Alive For Me
    86% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
    Dev: OneRoomFilms
    Windows

    Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Thriller 8.5%

  16. #16 Nothing To Remember
    87% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2021
    Dev: Guts United
    Windows

    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 13.4%, Investigation 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Text-Based 9.5%

  17. #17 CARTAGRA
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 98 reviews2026
    Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
    Windows

    Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…

    Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Investigation 9.9%, Gore 8%, Dark 8%

  18. #18 Brood Year
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wurm Fud
    Windows

    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 12%, Investigation 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

  19. #19 Judge SIM
    84% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2026
    Dev: sunsistudiosPub: sunsixstudios
    Windows

    Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.

    Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Noir 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%

  20. #20 The Island: Into The Mist
    86% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
    Dev: BADA Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.

    Why similar: Noir 15.2%, Detective 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%

  21. #21 Whispering Eclipsia
    83% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: First Front Game Studios
    Windows

    "Whispering Eclipsia is a gripping first-person psychological horror detective game. Step into the shoes of Inspector Keshav to solve a series of ritualistic murders, survive reality-bending loops, and uncover the dark secrets lurking in the shadows of Woodslane."

    Why similar: Noir 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%

  22. #22 Holy Shift
    82% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2024
    Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
    Windows

    This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Detective 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10%

  23. #23 Death Trick: Double Blind
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 291 reviews2024
    Dev: Citreat StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Investigation 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

  24. #24 Is There a Way?
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SS GC Omnipotens
    Windows · Mac

    USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.

    Why similar: Detective 14%, Investigation 13%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Noir 9.4%

  25. #25 Remedy for Personality
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
    Windows

    Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.

    Why similar: Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Investigation 9.9%

  26. #26 THE 13th Digit
    80% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Uesho Co., Ltd.
    Windows

    In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.

    Why similar: Noir 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%

  27. #27 System Says Normal
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: KovalGames
    Windows · Mac

    You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.

    Why similar: Investigation 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Noir 10.2%, Detective 9.9%, Horror 7.7%

  28. #28 Electio
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: HDchrom
    Windows

    Four blanks, two bullets, and a choice. Save yourself and sacrifice the others, or save them and risk your eternal death. Electio is a short narrative horror game that can be played only once. Choose wisely.

    Why similar: Noir 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

  29. #29 BLACKMIND: Psychic Social Simulator
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!

    Why similar: Noir 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 12%, Investigation 10.7%

  30. #30 KILLA
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Black Tangerine
    Windows

    A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?

    Why similar: Investigation 12.9%, Detective 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9%

  31. #31 Last Night Last Call
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rogueside
    Windows · Mac

    Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.

    Why similar: Noir 13.9%, Detective 13.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

  32. #32 YOUR HOUSE
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2025
    Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
    Windows · Mac

    A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

    Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Noir 13.8%, Investigation 13.1%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Thriller 8.8%

  33. #33 Contra Spem Spero
    76% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
    Dev: DADZINGO
    Windows · Linux

    Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Horror 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%

  34. #34 The Wolf Among Us Remastered
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Telltale
    Windows

    A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.

    Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Noir 15.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%

  35. #35 The Breakfast Serial Club
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lucian Gallacane
    Windows

    Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.

    Why similar: Investigation 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 12.1%, Thriller 9.9%

  36. #36 The Island of Crossed Destinies
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Paper Tigers
    Windows

    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: Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

  37. #37 Expelled!
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 254 reviews2025
    Dev: inkle Ltd
    Windows · Mac

    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: Investigation 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Detective 10.4%

  38. #38 Mycelium Protocol: Prologue
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: SIMIRIALS
    Windows

    You are the Supreme Mortimarch’s apprentice. Discarded documents challenge Kudesh’s history. The more answers you seek, the harder it is to keep your mentor’s trust and know whose side you’re on.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Hand-drawn 8.7%

  39. #39 キズツケ kizutsuke
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 852話
    Windows

    To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%

  40. #40 Veils of the Past
    73% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: TangoScarMike Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.

    Why similar: Noir 15.5%, Detective 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Investigation 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9%

  41. #41 Mothmen 1966
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 329 reviews2022
    Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

    Why similar: Noir 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Visual Novel 9.4%

  42. #42 Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Tohakusha Inc.
    Windows

    “Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.

    Why similar: Investigation 16%, Detective 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 10.9%

  43. #43 The Farm of the Living
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: PlayBook
    Windows

    A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.

    Why similar: Noir 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 9.9%

  44. #44 正体 SHOUT-AI
    70% matchMixed61% of 31 reviews2026
    Dev: 852話
    Windows

    Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

  45. #45 Launderley
    71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Braisque
    Windows · Linux

    A horror and exploration adventure that tells the story of Blanche, who was found alone in the gardens of Launderley, in front of a pile of twenty-nine corpses.

    Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Investigation 15.1%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Dark 9%

  46. #46 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
    70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Pixel Paradise
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!

    Why similar: Noir 16.2%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

  47. #47 Accident Investigator Simulator: Black Box
    69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: Cottondream Studio
    Windows

    Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.

    Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Noir 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Mystery 9.6%

  48. #48 City Legends: Trapped In Mirror Collector's Edition
    71% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2022
    Dev: Do Games Limited
    Windows

    On your way to writing the perfect supernatural novel, be prepared to face danger. Are you ready for such desperate measures?

    Why similar: Noir 15.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Detective 12.3%, Thriller 9%, Visual Novel 8.9%

  49. #49 Wildwake
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonhaze Games
    Windows

    Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Hand-drawn 9.5%

  50. #50 Evil Spirits
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: NVORON
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Horror 8.5%

  51. #51 Blake: The Visual Novel
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2021
    Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
    Windows · Mac

    Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

    Why similar: Noir 17.1%, Detective 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

  52. #52 Man of Nollyn
    67% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2026
    Dev: Slater Chae
    Windows

    A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.

    Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Detective 17.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Mystery 9.1%

  53. #53 Kamilia
    67% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
    Dev: RQ play
    Windows · Mac

    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 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Investigation 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 10.8%

  54. #54 Linework
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Overlyunderqualified
    Windows

    Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death

    Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.5%

  55. #55 Not It: Spookiest Edition
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
    Dev: Snowhaven Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Text-Based 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

  56. #56 Circus Saboteur
    68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: No Sequels Cooperative
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Investigation 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Detective 8.6%

  57. #57 DEAR SUSPECT
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
    Windows

    Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.

    Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Investigation 14.3%, Noir 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

  58. #58 南海饥年志
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Framea Studios
    Windows

    乱世饥年,岭南盐沼中的丰浦仍有热饭与灯火。你是账房执笔者江砚:翻名册、核份额,把「添丰」与「归丰」一笔一笔记清楚。供期临近,潮路、闭门规矩与人们过分周全的好意,让熟悉的日常渐渐显出不对劲。

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

  59. #59 The Lost & The Found
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ironic Despair
    Windows

    The Lost & The Found is a game about cooperation, deduction, and making the right choices. You and your colleague must reunite the people with their forgotten treasures. But be aware, all is not what it seems. Opposing forces vie for both your inventory and your loyalty.

    Why similar: Noir 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Investigation 9.2%

  60. #60 The Mofu Game
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rasen Horror
    Windows · Mac

    The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Story Rich 7.8%

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