60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Visual Novel, Story Rich.
In this surreal afterlife deduction game by CnD Games, play as Zhuge Liang—the East's legendary mastermind. Face off against Sherlock Holmes in the Underworld Olympics and unravel a deadly closed-circle mystery trapped within a snowed-in mountain lodge!
迷渡桥
《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......
Gray Protocol
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
《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 23.3%, Historical 13.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Immersive Sim 7.2%, Mystery 7%
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 10%, Anime 8.1%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Historical 11.2%, Investigation 9.3%, Puzzle 7.6%
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Historical 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 8.4%, RPG 7.8%
Become a legendary detective of ancient China! In "Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator", play as Di Renjie, solving thrilling cases across Bianzhou and Bingzhou in the Tang Dynasty and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Historical 18.9%, Investigation 10.9%, Visual Novel 9%, RPG 7.3%
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: Detective 23%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Investigation 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
The Mystery of Misty Mount is a 2D mystery puzzle-adventure game. In order to save his father who has turned into a parrot, players take on the role of Wang Di and go into Misty Mount to uncover the truth of an accident that occurred fifteen years ago.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Mystery 8.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Puzzle 8.1%
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间，科举省试方毕，汴京国子监突发连环命案，遇害者死状惊悚离奇，如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博，通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局，找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Historical 22.8%, Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 7%
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 22.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Investigation 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
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 22%, Lore-Rich 17%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Investigation 9.1%, Anime 7.8%
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 26.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Anime 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Puzzle 8.1%
Discover the ancient Archipelago as the director of the archaeological excavation of the century. Dig up ruins, restore your finds, and answer research questions to piece together the timeline of a lost civilization.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Immersive Sim 13%, Historical 10.8%, Visual Novel 8%
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: Detective 23.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 13.2%, Anime 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
"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 23.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Historical 14.5%, Investigation 11.3%, Anime 7.7%
A medical detective game set in the late Victorian era. Uncover the perpetrators behind an assortment of grizzly murders by examining meticulously hand-animated cadavers.
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Historical 14.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
Talk Insomnia is a visual novel that blends suspenseful weird tales with mixology. You play as Ming, a bookstore staff member who prepares drinks for guests during the day and delves into their stories at night. With the warmth of a single drink, you draw out the secrets buried deep in their hearts.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Investigation 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.8%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Anime 14.5%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 9.5%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Investigation 12%, Historical 11%
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.6%, Detective 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Historical 12.9%, RPG 8.9%
A cinematic horror mystery where investigation, choices, and Exorcism shape the story. Enter a yokai-infested world, reopen a long-closed case, and bring peace to the suffering. Adapted from Hirata’s World in San Tian Liang Jiao’s Thriller Paradise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, RPG 13.5%, Immersive Sim 13%, Detective 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后，主角方哲收到了一个包裹，其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村，梦境与现实交错，指引他步步逼近真相......
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Mystery 7.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Anime 11.1%, Mystery 8.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
Join nine absurd Victorian characters invited to a mysterious and remote mansion. Solve devious puzzles, explore the mansion and try to keep everyone alive. Friends or Foes: it's up to all of you to discover Professor Moriarty's secrets and defy his murderous game.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Historical 13%, Puzzle 8.9%, Anime 8%
Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Lore-Rich 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 8.8%, Story Rich 6.3%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Detective 24%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Explore, fight, gather evidence and solve mysteries in a fantasy realm of ghosts & magic. Choose how you Interact with the world & its inhabitants. Fight or logically reason your way out of a battle. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, RPG 9.8%, Anime 7.9%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Investigation 13.7%, Anime 13.1%, Mystery 9.3%
The Burden of Proof saga continues! Step into the shoes of legendary prosecutor Conrad Cross during a pivotal moment of his journey. Investigate crime scenes, solve mysteries using evidence, and make your case in the courtroom. The burden lies with you to unravel the truth!
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Investigation 14%, Anime 9.3%, Puzzle 7.7%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 9%
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: Detective 25.2%, Visual Novel 17%, RPG 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 9%
You wake up in a locked classroom with a few strangers and no memories of how you got there... With only your puzzle-solving skills to rely on, can you uncover the secrets and mysteries behind your captivity and escape? Put your skills to the test and escape if you can!!
Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 8.5%, Anime 8.1%
This is a single-player puzzle game. You are a tourist visiting Emerald Valley, but a sudden landslide traps you and the other visitors. Explore the environment, collect items, talk to fellow tourists, and piece together the truth to discover why you can’t leave—and lead everyone to safety.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Anime 10.2%, Mystery 8.9%, Puzzle 7.9%
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 35.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Anime 8.2%, Investigation 8.1%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 10.4%, Anime 8%
Visual Novel: Late Ming. Players take on the role of the scheming Zheng Wuji, who is compelled to procure a batch of giant golden sandalwood for the imperial palace. They navigate through a series of conspiracies and uncover the truth, while experiencing the love and hatred of seven beauties.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.5%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Historical 17.6%, Visual Novel 16%, RPG 12%
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Investigation 7.5%
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: Detective 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 500 years of secrets. A non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the complex history of a community cursed by supernatural forces.
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Historical 15.6%, Lore-Rich 7.7%, Puzzle 7.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 32.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Investigation 15%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Anime 13%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%
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 17.3%, Detective 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 10.8%, Mystery 9.9%
Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Investigation 16%, Historical 11.5%, Puzzle 8.2%, Mystery 7%
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: Detective 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Historical 12.9%, Investigation 10.7%, Anime 8.6%
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: Detective 28.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Mystery 9.6%, RPG 9%
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 25%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Investigation 10.2%, Mystery 8%
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 34%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 8.7%, Story Rich 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
「ギルド探求団へようこそ！」創立から1000日を迎えたギルドの、パーティ情報を復旧させる『推理パズルゲーム』です。過去1000日を振り返りながら、78人の冒険者が、20隊あるパーティのどこに所属していたのかを特定し、どのような結末を迎えたのかを推理で暴きましょう！それでは──良い旅を！
Why similar: Detective 42.3%, Investigation 19.4%, Mystery 10.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Fantasy 7.3%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Investigation 8.6%, Mystery 8.1%
Sinisomnia is a psychological point-and-click horror game that traps you in a looping nightmare of uncertainty and dread. Scattered fragments, unsettling oddities, and the constant sense that something isn’t right await at every turn.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Investigation 10.7%
白泽——世上第一只与人类签订契约的妖怪，历代白泽作为人类皇朝的瑞兽被人传颂。 而事实上白泽真正的工作只有一样，那便是记录世间妖闻。没人知道他们的册中记了多少种妖怪，多少奇闻异志。 洪武年间，神兽白泽与夷人少女，在旅途中所遇妖、精、鬼、怪，以及人们与之发生的故事，将谱成妖闻录的新篇。
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Lore-Rich 17%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Historical 11.8%, Immersive Sim 11.5%
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, RPG 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 9.1%
В светлом будущем России вопрос выбора жизненного спутника решён и решён не кем-то там, а самим правительством страны! Теперь государство с любовью и заботой возьмет на себя трудности и ответственность подбора того единственного.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 11.6%, Investigation 8.7%
和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Anime 12.5%, Mystery 9.9%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Investigation 11.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Historical 11.9%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Investigation 9.7%, Mystery 6.9%
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 8%
This is a detective adventure game. About 2 hours to complete. Find the murderer!
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Investigation 19.9%, Anime 16.9%, Mystery 8.2%
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Investigation 14.7%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Mystery 9%, Visual Novel 7.8%
《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: Immersive Sim 15.1%, RPG 14.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Investigation 10.8%
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 28.2%, Investigation 14.3%, Lore-Rich 14%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 8.8%
