60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Text-Based, Adventure.
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.
Suhoshin
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Psycho-Sleuth
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 13.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Mystery 9.2%
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Thriller 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological 10.3%, Mystery 9.5%
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』！
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Logic 11.8%, Thriller 11%, Mystery 10.9%
In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Anime 10.9%
A choice game where you face the choice and truth of survival. An unpredictable ending awaits.
Why similar: Thriller 21.6%, Text-Based 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Thriller 10.3%, Psychological 9.2%
A narrative adventure blending point-and-click and visual novel elements. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans, investigate crime scenes, profile suspects, and make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Thriller 11.2%, Investigation 10.1%, Logic 8.9%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Thriller 16%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Logic 11.1%, Mystery 10.4%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Thriller 15.5%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Mystery 9%
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Thriller 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
The story begins the moment he kills his lover. Kazuma is driven into a corner by Asana’s obsessive love. Madness, jealousy, obsession, deception, and regret collide— plunging the case toward an unpredictable end. A yandere suspense novel of intense love and insanity: Crimson Reflection.
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.3%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Psychological 9.7%
Immerse yourself in this grotesque visual novel. Unspeakable secrets, sinister crimes, and a macabre obsession weave this tale, where sanity crumbles beneath the tide of perversion and human cruelty. The first chapter in a new independent anthology of visual novels.
Why similar: Assassins 17.6% ★, Visual Novel 12.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological 9.9%, Text-Based 9.3%
GEMINI SYNDRXME is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Anime 10.8%, Thriller 10.7%
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Psychological 9.9%, Mystery 9.7%
Explore the mysteries of your soul to discover whether you're melancholic, choleric, sanguine, or phlegmatic. Each decision reflects your inner world, challenging your perception and revealing the hidden depths of your personality in this journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Psychological 16.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Thriller 12.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 12%, Psychological 11.5%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 11%
A pixel art point-and-click adventure set in the heart of the modern-day high tech industry, which will test your logic and deductive reasoning skills as you investigate the murder mystery that's upturned your life.
Why similar: Thriller 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Psychological 13.2%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 10.6%
Void’s Ballad is a dark investigative adventure through the biggest human fear: Death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, Thriller 11%, Investigation 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Logic 10.4%
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Thriller 22.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Mystery 14.7%, Anime 14.3%, Psychological 9.1%
Angels greet you with smiles! Welcome to Heaven, where happiness awaits!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological 15.9%, Story Rich 10%, Anime 9.6%
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: Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 13%, Anime 12.9%
"How about a drink?" In this heartwarming, conversation-driven visual novel, you step into the role of the leader of a hot spring drinking club. You'll help its colorful members navigate personal troubles, sometimes with the aid of a drink or two, and see their challenges through to resolution.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.2%, Text-Based 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Psychological 9.1%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.6%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological 14.1%, Mystery 11%
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Mystery 17.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, Logic 12.4%
NO, THANK YOU!!! is a dark, dramatic mystery hidden behind a comic veneer as all of the men in this yaoi visual novel harbor their own secrets. Uncover the mystery behind the protagonist and this bar disguising a detective agency while flirting with the guys and growing intimate with them.
Why similar: Thriller 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Assassins 11% ★, Psychological 10.9%, Mystery 9.9%
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 15.2%, Logic 14.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%
In a place where summer rain falls, some memories refuse to stay buried⸺ Nine students are trapped inside a school. A psychological thriller begins as the sound of rain entangles their past.
Why similar: Thriller 18%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 11.6%, Anime 9.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 13%, Text-Based 13%, Logic 12.3%, Psychological 12.3%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Psychological 11.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Thriller 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
A branching detective mystery. Evidence never lies. But your interpretation might. Your choices shape the truth— and what you uncover may reflect yourself.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.2%, Psychological 13.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 10.7%
A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Anime 9.3%, Mystery 9%
Interrogate villagers, uncover their secrets, and decide who will burn before sunset.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Investigation 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Psychological 11.2%
Kagari, a withdrawn child, and Kagami, the robot living in society as their stand-in—Only one will be recognized as the real Kagari. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Psychological 11%, Anime 10.4%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Psychological 17.2%, Anime 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Text-Based 10.8%
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30%, Mystery 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Investigation 10.7%
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Thriller 15%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 14%, Text-Based 12.7%, Logic 9.6%
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 9.6%
Welcome to Die by Anything! Make the right choices to survive a “normal day” in the ordinary life of a student or die trying in ways you would never imagine. Trust nothing, no one and try to survive as you figure out what's going on.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Thriller 17%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 11%
何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Psychological 8.2%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主（你）从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆，发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异，恐怖致命的巨型怪物，你们能否成功逃脱？而这超自然的现象，似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Psychological 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Anime 9.3%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Thriller 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological 11.1%, Investigation 10.4%
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Anime 9.5%
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Thriller 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Mystery 12.4%, Psychological 12.1%
Pilgrimage of angels on an important mission through scenic Japan
Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Thriller 12.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
The final entry of the Abime Series. Six intruders and six captives share a high-tech prison where their moral dilemmas may lead them to a fate worse than death. Can they overcome the wiles of Empathy Systems? What dark secrets lurk behind that institution? When does knowledge become a curse?
Why similar: Thriller 18.2%, Psychological 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Logic 9.6%
サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場！ シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。
Why similar: Text-Based 27.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Mystery 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
Yellow House is a non-linear visual horror novel. Dive into the grim atmosphere of a twisted mind surrounded by false and cruelty.
Why similar: Psychological 17.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Thriller 14.7%, Anime 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Psychological 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Investigation 11.8%, Text-Based 9.8%
A man-eating monster wakes up, in a snowy night. He meets a mysterious girl willing to die. This omnibus novel game tells the story of the strange interaction between them.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.3%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Anime 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Thriller 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Anime 11%
Type your fate. Arm yourself with your keyboard and your wits, and try to escape from the abandoned house where you are. Unfortunately, you won't be alone...
Why similar: Assassins 18.1% ★, Text-Based 17.6%, Thriller 14%, Investigation 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Investigation 10.4%
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Thriller 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Investigation 12%, Logic 7.2%
