60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, Interactive Fiction, Multiple Endings.
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Give up the Ghost
Become the Overseer, unravel an apocalyptic conspiracy, and attempt to heal the wound at the heart of the world.
RUNT
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Become the Overseer, unravel an apocalyptic conspiracy, and attempt to heal the wound at the heart of the world.
Why similar: Investigation 19%, Philosophical 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Mystery 9.9%
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 22.5% ★, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Hand-drawn 6.7%
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 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Gothic 23.8% ★, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.
Why similar: Gothic 28.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
Evernoth is a psychological horror game where you explore mysterious locations filled with chilling secrets. Navigate distorted corridors, face terrifying monsters, and unlock new abilities as you unravel haunting mysteries across dark worlds.
Why similar: Gothic 29.2% ★, Investigation 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
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 20.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%
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: Investigation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
Why similar: Gothic 22.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Conversation 8.6%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Conversation 9.7%
A first-person Gothic fiction set in interwar Cornwall, where players rewrite the story as they go. The patriarch of a once-respected house is dead, survived only by his late sister's children. Left to them are his worldly and unworldly belongings, and the fate of their family.
Why similar: Gothic 41.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Dark 10.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
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: Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Mystery 9.1%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Mystery 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Investigation 10.3%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation for the Era to come.
Why similar: Gothic 20.8% ★, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Mystery 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
On Love, On Monsters is a Frankenstein-inspired story with an emphasis on love in its many forms. Play as three characters with alternating POVs; the Doctor, The Priest, and The Exile. Bond with allies and enemies, avoid raising suspicion in the town of Blackmoore, and learn what it means to love.
Why similar: Gothic 28.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Drama 7.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
A gothic psychological visual novel where you decide who deserves forgiveness… and who deserves condemnation. Explore the lives of five souls, confront unsettling truths, and make choices that will shape your ultimate fate. Every choice is a reflection. Every judgment carries a sentence.
Why similar: Gothic 28.4% ★, Philosophical 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
She died, but no one ever asked her what really happened. Now she speaks—and you're the only one listening. What you say will decide whether she finally moves on… or disappears forever.
Why similar: Gothic 21.5% ★, Choices Matter 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Conversation 9.7%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Investigation 22%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Point & Click 9.2%
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: Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Hand-drawn 11%, Mystery 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Gothic 23.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
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: Investigation 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Philosophical 8.8%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Investigation 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Female Protagonist 9%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Philosophical 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Mystery 9.7%
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 29.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Mystery 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...
Why similar: Gothic 30.2% ★, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Point & Click 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
Lone Pine is a single-player, 2D adventure set in the fictional Lone Pine National Park. You play as Izzie, who has come to Lone Pine to try to photograph some of its mysterious, undiscovered 'cryptids'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Mystery 13.7%, Philosophical 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Hand-drawn 11%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Gothic 31.2% ★, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Point & Click 8.8%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
Frank and Drake is a modern gothic tale that puts players at the heart of a supernatural mystery through its non-linear branching paths, mini-games and puzzles, and unique rotoscoped art. Take your time, explore, and soak up every word.
Why similar: Mystery 17.3%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Gothic 13.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
Classic first-person point-and-click adventure game set in contemporary Prague. As a programmer and treasure hunter, you embark on a long journey to uncover the secrets of the infamous Executioner. Your task will be complicated by a sect of fanatic cultists and your own unexplained heritage.
Why similar: Mystery 15.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Point & Click 11.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
A Week in Paradise is an interactive narrative mystery. Discover the unusual circumstances of your arrival to a bar called Paradise, and drink through the night with the bar's charismatic regular. Each night, unravel the threads holding back memories in your dreams.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Investigation 13.6%, Conversation 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%
An Aisling is an adventure game focused on exploration, story and character. Make friends or enemies as you try to uncover why kids are dissappearing on the island of Rashinmore.
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Choices Matter 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Story Rich 7.7%
An urban fantasy 2D point & click adventure set in Taipei, where the supernatural lurks beneath reality. You play as a paranormal investigator with abilities of her own. Unravel a brutal case of human sacrifice, piece together the clues, interview witnesses and try to keep your head—literally.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Point & Click 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
A murder mystery puzzle game with visual novel elements in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world. Collect clues, solve puzzles, interrogate suspects, and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of Mini’s husband.
Why similar: Gothic 26% ★, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Point & Click 7.5%
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: Choices Matter 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Mystery 14.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12%, Point & Click 10.2%
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay. Immerse yourself in a period drama that intertwines romance with murder mystery, as a young cleric who must resist or give in to the charms of a strikingly beautiful maid.
Why similar: Gothic 25% ★, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Philosophical 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
A short narrative about a trip with friends over the weekend. Decide what River does during the trip. Help your friends, explore the place, or just enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Investigation 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Conversation 10.2%
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Investigation 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Mystery 15%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Conversation 10.5%
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Investigation 23.2%, Mystery 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dark 10.1%
A 20 minute story about a mysterious ghost and an even more mysterious journalist.
Why similar: Investigation 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Mystery 15.8%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Why similar: Gothic 28.3% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
After being cursed to never leave, Ember must eat all of the food she can in order to find the one that will break the curse!
Why similar: Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%
An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.
Why similar: Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 12.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Mystery 19.4%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Investigation 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Point & Click 9%, Choices Matter 8.8%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 32.8% ★, Philosophical 16.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Choices Matter 8%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Investigation 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Mystery 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Detective 6.5%
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Gothic 38.8% ★, Mystery 17.7%, Dark 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Drama 5.7%
Flower in Us is a short, story-driven mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets.
Why similar: Investigation 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Conversation 10.4%
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Gothic 27.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
1996—Miami, FL. At the bottom of a downward spiral, Beth meets an inhuman stranger. Will she accept the new, dark gift he offers?
Why similar: Gothic 29.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Philosophical 14.2%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%
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: Investigation 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Conversation 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
Play as a memorialist and investigate a dystopian city in this 3D adventure game. Collect memories, unlock visions, hack encrypted data, and expose the truth in the face of a regime that manipulates memory.
Why similar: Investigation 27.7%, Mystery 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.4%
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: Mystery 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Mystery 14%, Drama 10.4%, Point & Click 10.2%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
