60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure.
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
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...
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It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
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 25.3%, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.2%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Investigation 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Point & Click 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 9.2%
There are rumours of homosexuals in the Navy, and it’s your mission to date them! Sailors of Newport is a point-and-click puzzle game set in 1920s Rhode Island. Infiltrate the gay community, choose who to seduce and who to report, solve puzzles, and grapple with your own burgeoning desires.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Investigation 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Point & Click 9.8%
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 27.7%, Mystery 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Investigation 9.2%
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Point & Click 12.5%
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Point & Click 15.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 10.9%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Point & Click 11.9%, Investigation 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%
A group of thieves have found their next gig: a museum holding the "Amulet of the Gods," a mysterious artifact said to contain godlike power inside of it. It's sitting there, just asking to be stolen. With law enforcement on the prowl, will the crew's leader, Orlando, lead them to riches or ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Space 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Story Rich 7.1%
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Point & Click 15%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Investigation 9%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Investigation 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 10.7%, Adventure 9.1%
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Point & Click 13.1%, Mystery 11.3%
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: Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Point & Click 8.8%
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 30.8%, Mystery 17.5%, Investigation 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Story Rich 9%
Embark on a nocturnal road movie full of mysteries, paranormal phenomena, and an unexpected destination. Choose your answers carefully... and you might just find a happy ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Mystery 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Story Rich 6.7%
Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 21.7%, Point & Click 13.2%, Adventure 10.6%
Susan has woken up in a strange, coffin-like device, with no memory of who or where she is. Uncover the answers in this visual novel as you solve puzzles to escape in a stunning sci-fi mystery investigation!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Investigation 13.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Adventure 8.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Mystery 14.1%, Investigation 13.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Point & Click 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 6.1%
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
Mysterious Mystery is a fully voiced mystery visual novel centered around the detective duo, Justin and Dakota. Solve multiple cases using Dakota's evidence gathering abilities and Justin's expert interrogation. Discover outlandish cases, meet unique characters, and become world class detectives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Investigation 20.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
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 20.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Investigation 12.6%, Point & Click 11.7%
Private Psychic is a narrative investigation game about weird ghosts and the fear of the future.Play as Maple, a Psychic launching her own paranormal detective agency, but who is so afraid of the future that she can't predict it anymore (which is a real problem for a psychic...).
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Investigation 9%
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Investigation 9.2%
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.8%
The story of a father and son experiencing the ups and downs of life, and how they try to make the best of the twists and turns life puts them through
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Space 10.1%, Casual 5.9%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Mystery 21.2%, Point & Click 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 10.9%
In this suspenseful fantasy visual novel, play as a young man stranded in snowy mountains. Guided by unseen forces, you enter an isolated mansion. As a peculiar daily life unfolds, you live alongside two vampire girls. Immerse yourself in this profound, dreamlike dark fairy tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Casual 8.4%
A short pixel-art mystery where you play as Nathan, a private investigator drawn into a curious case. Interrogate suspects, examine clues, and uncover hidden details
Why similar: Investigation 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Point & Click 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 11.6%
A short visual novel set in Hong Kong where you play as Barbara, a newly minted barrister. This game is quite short, you can probably play through it in about two hours. Features two legal cases, fully voice acted and also has nice music.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Point & Click 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 12.1%, Adventure 10.8%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Point & Click 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 11.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Mystery 17.8%, Investigation 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
The 4K Ultra HD Remaster of "Template!! An Angel's Gift"—a hilarious slice-of-life visual novel—is now on Steam! Follow Sakura Sora, whose bizarre new condition makes ridiculous "classic tropes" real, sparking a twist-filled daily comedy with unique companions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Adventure 11.5%, Casual 8.1%
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 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Point & Click 14.7%, Mystery 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 14.4%, Point & Click 9.1%
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 21.6%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Point & Click 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Mystery 10.5%
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Mystery 23.5%, Point & Click 17%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Point & Click 17.8%, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 10.4%
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.5%
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.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Investigation 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Mystery 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%
你将扮演一个被AI淘汰的程序员，回到那个停滞的小县城，与那个等了你十二年的女孩一起去寻找，从所有人记忆里消失的发小和尘封的往事，你们追查的不仅仅是真相，还是被AI一起困住的那个夏天、那座小城、那段永远不会结束的等待。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.6%, Mystery 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Mystery 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Story Rich 10.9%
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Point & Click 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Adventure 7.3%
The classic visual novel 'HimaNatsu' from the critically acclaimed developer Makura is available in English for the first time! Weave a cheerful yet sometimes painful tale of promises and redemption together with the Oboshiro Choir Squad in this never-ending summer vacation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 10.5%, Casual 8.4%
Top detectives from all over the world are gathered to solve the ultimate world-threatening mystery. Examine clues and piece together deductions in this thrilling visual novel — a direct sequel to Methods: The Detective Competition.
Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, Mystery 22.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Point & Click 12.7%, Story Rich 5.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Mystery 15.3%, Investigation 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Mystery 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Point & Click 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Investigation 20%, Mystery 17.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Point & Click 11.1%
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Investigation 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 11.4%
“My IV stings…who can I trust?” Created independently by Morning Drizzle M.D., artist behind the acclaimed Iatrophobia Facebook page, this game features a brand new storyline with familiar characters and art from the comic.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 14.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 6.8%
Gather evidence and uncover the truth through your interactions with others in this mystery adventure game about a case where past and present collide.
Why similar: Mystery 25%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 12.4%
An accident at birth gave the protagonist the ability to see the soul. He always thought it was a useless ability when he was growing up. After helping his childhood sweetheart who is a policewomen solve a case, he discovered the correct way to use this ability.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Point & Click 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 8.7%
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Mystery 16%, Investigation 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%
