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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Singleplayer, Visual Novel, 2D.

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Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 596 reviews
Released: 2025-05-05
Developer: Rogueside
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

    Why similar: Detective 64.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Investigation 7.9%, RPG 7%, Simulation 5.6%

  56. #56 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
    Dev: Rolling Crown
    Windows · Mac

    Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Romance 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%

  57. #57 Maid Cafe on Electric Street
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 692 reviews2024
    Dev: Adventurer's TavernPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a leisurely maid cafe adventure set in the otaku haven of Nipponbashi, Osaka.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Romance 13%, Story Rich 12.2%

  58. #58 Darkway: Murder of King Mere
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
    Dev: IM/MORTAL Studios
    Windows · Mac

    The King Mere is dead. Once the leader of diplomacy in the Dog Empyre, now a bloodstain on snow. You are the Apprentice, sent by the Master Detective to the City of Ink, to uncover who really murdered the King at the edge of the world.

    Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Conversation 18.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%

  59. #59 Nut City Blues
    66% matchVery Positive98% of 377 reviews2023
    Dev: looking4stupid
    Windows

    A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.

    Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Investigation 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%

  60. #60 Disney Villains Cursed Café
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Bloom Digital MediaPub: Disney
    Windows

    Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Choices Matter 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, Fantasy 11.7%

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