- #1 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
97% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Detective 15.1%, RPG 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Mystery 9.8%
- #2 知更鸟-The Robin
96% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Detective 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 10.1%, RPG 9.8%
- #3 末日航路-The Termination
96% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
It's a story of deception and redemption. You receive a mysterious invitation to a seven days doomsday journey. An expectant interstellar journey has become a doomsday route to the end. There is only one word difference between "victim" and "perpetrator".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Detective 17%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 10.5%, RPG 8.9%
- #4 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
95% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, RPG 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Detective 13.3%, Mystery 9.6%
- #5 True Game
94% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows · Mac
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Detective 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 9.9%, RPG 6.9%
- #6 死亡编码-Death Code
94% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, RPG 11.3%, Mystery 10.8%
- #7 见习侦探
93% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: 全能侦探社
Windows
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Detective 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 11.1%, Mystery 9.9%
- #8 死亡旅店Ⅱ亡者归来-Death Inn Ⅱ The Immortal Is Coming
92% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, RPG 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Mystery 12.6%, Strategy 8.1%
- #9 村庄-The Village
91% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 13%, RPG 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%
- #10 致命游戏-Lethal Gamble 1 Werewolf Puzzle
91% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“Lethal Gamble 1 Werewolf Puzzle”is a suspense reasoning emotional work based on werewolf killing rules.A group of college students accidentally came to a mysterious villa. They wanted to play a game of werewolf killing.You have only five days left to refute the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, RPG 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle Platformer 7.2%
- #11 欢迎回家-Welcome Home
90% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a secret room to escape burning brain puzzle work, which is divided into five chapters, puzzle level interesting design, complicated and confusing story, criticism and comment on the real society, is full of exquisite everywhere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 10%, RPG 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #12 卡牌游戏
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a highest death rate game of survival, combined with masculinity, survival, thriller, suspense reasoning and other elements. There are two main lines you can choose from the story - the male line and the female line. Meanwhile, you can also choose different talents as you like.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, RPG 12.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #13 景安区奇案-Jing 'an District Copstories
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Jing' an District is a peaceful place, but sometimes some interesting cases will happen. The cases here are not all so bloody. But it also brings us a lot of reflection and insight. You will play a young policeman in Jing 'an District. Go through and solve these cases with your partner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, RPG 12.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #14 迷渡桥
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏,你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移,背负着家族十年的冤屈,在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥,换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案,窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽,揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Mystery 12.1%, RPG 7.4%
- #15 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
87% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女,将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。[想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ?准 备 好 ]浅冰背后,为何会有寒意深藏?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,不断的匿名威胁,绑架,真相到底是……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Detective 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 12.5%, RPG 8.7%
- #16 时忆 Memory of Time
86% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: SPARROW STUDIO
Windows
This is a science fiction detective themed visual novel game, where players need to play the role of a "detective", connecting seemingly unrelated events and discovering mysterious truths hidden behind them, Please survive, and walk with your head held high towards the 'perfect ending' you expect.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, RPG 13.4%, Mystery 11.7%
- #17 魔女低语时
86% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
这是一款悬疑推理类文字冒险AVG,玩家扮演一名初出茅庐的侦探王朝阳,进入迷雾重重的学园,和各位可爱的女性角色互动,以找出诡异案件的真相!
Why similar: RPG 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #18 小林正雪復仇之密室重制版 Cheney Wood The Ultimate Revenge
85% matchVery Positive89% of 324 reviews2019
Dev: 傅真Pub: Genuine Studio
Windows
香港,密室逃脱,刑侦推理,解谜! 风流倜傥略爱搞怪的刑警,屡破奇案,轻松应付着海量的案件与狡猾的罪犯,直到那件事的发生……为了逃避最不喜欢的人,他调职到这座城市。然而,等待他的将是从警以来最大的敌人和暗中策划的巨大阴谋。外表看似有些憨傻,推理却过于常人的谜样男子小林正雪,能带领刑侦组走出困境吗?
Why similar: RPG 22.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 14.2%, Detective 13.1%, Casual 8.9%
- #19 No Recollection
84% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Detective 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #20 爱与命的彼端
84% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
《爱与命的彼端》是一款悬疑推理AVG。游戏中你将扮演男主角路杰,为拯救恋人许琳,开始一段爱与命的离奇冒险。你即将卷入扑朔迷离的连环杀人案件,也会接触到离奇的民间传说,躲藏在暗处的阴影也注视着你,蠢蠢欲动……你必须依靠自己的推理能力找出真凶,拯救恋人。
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, RPG 11.2%
- #21 The Guilty Hearts
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Singlecore Games
Windows
Seoyeon Yu, a former police officer, works as a private investigator for a rich family. However, during her investigation, she discovers evidence linking them to her husband's death. Using her ability to see people's guilt, she begins an investigation to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Detective 25.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #22 我的一个多重人格朋友
82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 12%, RPG 10.3%
- #23 它说山雨欲来
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 无敌的呱
Windows · Mac
25+结局!主文游视觉小说+少量解谜+微量2d小游戏! 古风纯架空世界观!主要元素为武侠/权谋/伪克苏鲁——具体哪个元素多看你怎么选择! 剧本欢乐剧情阴间,结局更是阴到没边! 你被卷入一场巨大的阴谋,三大势力向你抛出橄榄枝,是追随疯美的革命者,依附蛊惑人心的神棍,还是效忠唯利是图的富商?你的选择将解锁完全不同的剧情和人物。切记,你看到的未必是真相;小心,别让自己成了棋子。 但相信能“开挂”的你,预知、夺舍、知识碾压都会变成你的武器。你必须用你的方式打破规则,对他们造成降维打击,书写属于你自己的传奇!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, RPG 16.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Adventure 6.7%
- #24 雪凤山 Secret Opera
81% matchVery Positive80% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Mystery 13.8%, Detective 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #25 Mobius’ Radio Waves
81% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: 獭獭社Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
刚入学的大一新生伊琳,却在一个风雨交加的夜晚,听到了来自杂物间内部的来电铃声……这通神秘电话究竟来自何人?杂物间为何会成为禁忌?伊琳手臂上的无限印记又意味着什么?文字冒险推理游戏《莫比乌斯的电波》,就此展开!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, RPG 20.7%, Detective 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Casual 10.1%
- #26 Who is the Defendant: Deliberately Rough
80% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室
Windows
"Who is the Defendant" is a mystery genre visual novel. Players take on the role of a prosecutor, investigating a case involving "a game with rudimentary art published on STEAM."
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Detective 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, RPG 12.7%, Strategy 8.5%
- #27 The Occult Detective
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Mystery 12.3%, RPG 11.5%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #28 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
78% matchVery Positive95% of 385 reviews2025
Dev: Armonica LLC
Windows
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Mystery 14.9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #29 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
78% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Detective 17%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 10.3%, RPG 9.6%
- #30 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
77% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, RPG 12%, Mystery 8.3%
- #31 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
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 25.8%, Detective 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #32 Detecti Meow
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: 牢猫工作室
Windows
This game is a cat personification reasoning game. Players will play as "Detective Cat" talking with cats to obtain evidence, unlock new locations and obtain clues and testimonies to solve various mysteries. Including three cases: , , and .
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, RPG 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Detective 8.6%
- #33 妖睨之境The Sight of Darkness
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 豹肝工作室 SEALIVER STUDIO
Windows
A detective who accidentally unsealed the monsters must find the man-eating monster before the deadline. Humans are afraid of monsters, but they were also made by themselves.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #34 破月执行-The Broken Moon
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
The Broken Moon Execution is a text-based fast-passing supernatural puzzle game. Game play is diverse, players need to explore through the map, collect various clues to solve the mystery, and gradually understand the truth of the collapse of "Samle" ......
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, RPG 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #35 蜃境
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOUXIANG TECH
Windows
"Shenjing" is a side-scrolling mystery game set in the Ming Dynasty. Players begin with an amnesiac identity and must investigate evidence, witness testimonies, and meticulously piece together clues to uncover the truth behind each case and determine whether the characters were involved.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, RPG 21%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Detective 10.9%, Adventure 8.6%
- #36 千灵大陆-Qianling Mainland
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a XianXia game with a high degree of freedom. You are an ordinary youth in the 21st century, one day you are accidentally forced from modern society to send Xianxia different world -- Qianling mainland. From now on ordinary life ushered in a gorgeous turn!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 20%, RPG 19.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #37 黑土无归
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CATTOFUN GAMES
Windows · Mac
玩家将扮演一名平凡的货车司机,在追寻父亲死因的过程中,刺破由技术狂热与时代巨变交织而成的阴谋之网。
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, RPG 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Adventure 7.5%
- #38 恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
74% matchVery Positive86% of 517 reviews2018
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
It’s based on Hengshui high school to reveal the real society, Game feature: cult painting style, puzzle elements, serious student death event plus humorous minor role, As it was released on March,2015, and finished in the following four months, now it’s downloaded almost 0.9 million players, the live video of the game has 2.
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, RPG 17.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Casual 7.1%
- #39 White Crow Castle: Loop
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alpacat
Windows
A fantasy mystery otome RPG with time loop mechanics. Explore a cursed castle, collect clues, solve puzzles, make critical choices, and experience branching storylines, emotional bonds, and life-or-death survival in an inescapable cycle.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, RPG 23.1%, Detective 17.8%, Mystery 8.6%, Puzzle 5%
- #40 井底-与奇迹邂逅的井底之人
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 井底游戏制作组Pub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows
《井底》是一款2024年3月立项的文字类galgame,题材是“超能力悬疑推理故事”,画风是日系校园风格的 故事主要讲述了游戏女主王语韴作为一个业余“侦探”,遇到各种疑难问题,并在侦探事务所所长天翔及其妹妹天音的帮助下,解决案件的故事。 游戏主要使用鼠标点击来推进剧情
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Detective 17.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Adventure 9.4%
- #41 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #42 我是小保安
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
“Just a Gate Guy” is a visual novel game. Witness top global powerhouses clash with the toughest community property rules in Golden Home. Experience scenes of Uncle Wang . Make pivotal choices: enforce property rules strictly to issue fines or mediate neighborhood conflicts flexibly?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, RPG 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Casual 10.1%, Adventure 9.2%
- #43 Double bisociation
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 礼堂王
Windows
Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, RPG 21.5%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #44 Insects Awaken
69% matchVery Positive90% of 445 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
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: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, RPG 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #45 Guilt Trip
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Visual Novel 21.8%, RPG 16.7%, Mystery 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #46 The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 橘音
Windows
A horror-meets-cute puzzle game with a twist-filled Yuri romance story.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 10.9%, RPG 8.4%
- #47 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Detective 14.4%, RPG 13%, Puzzle Platformer 7.7%
- #48 夏日事件簿 Summer Fantasy
68% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Summer Fantasy
Windows
It is a story of going forward together with childhood sweetheart monsters and saving each other, accompanying each other to experience those sparkling youthful times that are both troublesome and joyful. There is unparalleled passion and warmth in the daily life of fighting and teasing each other.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, RPG 20.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #49 狂潮-Staggering Through The Dark
71% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Longxi Zhao
Windows
This is an AVG trying to tell a story about a city under British governance. In 1970s, newspapers were rife with exaggerated title and drama plots. Xu Dan, a fresh journalist accidentally ran into a collaboration of cops and mafia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Visual Novel 19.2%, RPG 18.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #50 52Hertz
67% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, RPG 10%
- #51 Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Seam Entertainment
Windows
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Detective 18.4%, Mystery 15.3%, RPG 10.2%
- #52 The Azure One
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 好运风(Breezeborne Games)Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Follow Qiu Xu as he meets the girl racing in the sunlight and three others, each with her own story. Through daily life at the municipal high school, your key choices will lead toward redemption, companionship, or an unexpected path.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Visual Novel 27%, RPG 25%, Drama 9.2%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #53 EmyLiveShow: BossRush
68% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
Challenge four hot beauties and save the world from the attacks of sexy bosses in the new EmyLiveShow game!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Detective 16.9%, RPG 15%, Mystery 6.9%
- #54 Trials of Innocence
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 11.2%, RPG 6.5%
- #55 怪谈事务所:破界
67% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Union Mobile Financial International Telecom Co.
Windows
千余年间,世间一直流传着这样一个传说:有一个不存在的组织,在掌控着这个世界所有异常。只要某种现象超出了人类现有知识体系的认知,就会被这个组织抹除。 但遗憾的是,这个组织并没有在任何史书中留有痕迹,到了如今的世代,圈内人开始将其据点称为事务所。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Mystery 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 15.4%, Casual 6.2%
- #56 灯
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polar_Fish
Windows
《Falling Light》is a suspenseful game with Chinese horror. In a remote small village, there stands an evil Buddha statue. To do research for her studies in folkloristics, college student Ruan Qing arrives in this distant village, only to find herself entangled in a series of deadly mysteries...
Why similar: Mystery 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, RPG 20.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Strategy 8.7%
- #57 回忆忘却之看板娘
65% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: CnGalPub: 希恩基露
Windows · Mac · Linux
This short story commemorates the first anniversary(2016) of the CnGal. It's a heartwarming, healing tale filled with references to our mascot's daily life and Chinese galgame jokes. We hope you enjoy it—and fall in love with our mascot!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Visual Novel 26.2%, RPG 24.2%, Anime 5.6%, Adventure 4%
- #58 我的美味丈夫 My Tasty Husband
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 劳斯麦斯Rolls-Mice
Windows · Mac
你将扮演主角芽,跟随她的视角展开一段关于美食和爱的故事。奇怪的丈夫、莽撞的快递员、尽职尽责的警察……一桩又一桩的杀人案在悄无声息中改变了你的生活,而你甚至分不清那是真实还是虚幻。你做出正确的选择,迎来自己的结局。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, RPG 27.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%