60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Adventure, Mystery.
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.
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...
Little Locked Rooms
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!
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 19.1%, Investigation 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 10.5%
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 23.3%, Investigation 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 10.9%, Mystery 10.9%
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 30.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 16.2%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Investigation 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Mystery 9.8%, Anime 9.5%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Investigation 22.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Anime 10.6%, Mystery 10.5%
A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 3. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 10.9%, Anime 10.8%, Magic 8.5%
A courtroom-inspired visual novel set in the boardroom. Interrogate executives, uncover financial cover-ups, and audit your way to the truth alongside a team of investigators.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Investigation 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Anime 5.6%
《井底》是一款2024年3月立项的文字类galgame，题材是“超能力悬疑推理故事”，画风是日系校园风格的 故事主要讲述了游戏女主王语韴作为一个业余“侦探”，遇到各种疑难问题，并在侦探事务所所长天翔及其妹妹天音的帮助下，解决案件的故事。 游戏主要使用鼠标点击来推进剧情
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Detective 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Anime 11.2%, Mystery 11.2%
This is a detective adventure game. About 2 hours to complete. Find the murderer!
Why similar: Investigation 27.1%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Detective 17.4%, Anime 14.8%, Mystery 10.1%
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: Detective 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 17%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 11.3%, Mystery 10.6%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Anime 9.8%
A scarred kingdom, a mourning god and an unfulfilled promise made with the past. Uzu and Zuhaar, two continents ravaged by a cosmic event are the setting of The Scorchfarer. The story follows Mikaela and Yukiharu, a Terramagi team tasked with healing their world and unraveling its secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Anime 12%, Linear 9.5%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 14%, Investigation 11.7%, Anime 8.5%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 24.9%, Detective 22.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 11.6%, Text-Based 10.9%
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 25%, Investigation 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 9.1%, Mystery 8.4%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%
Discover a world where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 10.3%
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Investigation 15%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 6.4%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Detective 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 11.3%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 17.8%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 10.7%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 12.5%
Find the answer in the incident involving the Professor and unravel the secret of the Awakened.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Anime 9.3%, Fantasy 9.2%
In Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane, you play as a defense attorney who practices law in a world of fantasy and wizards. You must defend clients accused of various crimes committed using magic and use the rules of magic to prove them innocent.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Anime 16%, Mystery 16%, Detective 14.2%, Magic 10.9%
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 22.3%, Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 9.9%
Will you be the hero who brings justice to Miami Beach, or will you succumb to the shadows? The fate of Lily, Jake, and the entire city rests in your hands. Choose wisely, for the pursuit of truth may lead you down unexpected paths.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Anime 10.1%
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: Detective 26.6%, Investigation 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Mystery 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery is a danmaku-detective game that combines point-and-click style deduction with high octane bullet hell gameplay. Find evidence, interrogate suspects, and refute contradictions to solve the case!
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Anime 9.6%
[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: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 21.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 8.6%
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Investigation 30%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 13.8%, Anime 7.6%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 12.7%, Anime 10.3%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Anime 9.3%
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: Investigation 23%, Detective 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Mystery 13%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Text-Based 12.8%, Mystery 9.5%
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: Detective 24.1%, Investigation 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Text-Based 10%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Investigation 23%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, Mystery 7.6%
You come back to school at the beginning of second semester. A lot has changed during your absence. Are you able to solve the mystery which not many people know about?
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Detective 17.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 13.8%, Anime 9.8%
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 31.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Investigation 10.1%
「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 38.7%, Investigation 28.9%, Mystery 14.2%, Fantasy 8.1%, Adventure 5.2%
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 16.4%, Detective 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 11.5%
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
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: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 20.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 25.2%, Detective 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Fantasy 7.2%
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: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 11.1%, Mystery 11%
Challenge four hot beauties and save the world from the attacks of sexy bosses in the new EmyLiveShow game!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Detective 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Anime 10.3%, Text-Based 7.1%
Play as a camera-headed detective and partner with a superpowered girl to solve memory manipulation crimes. Gather clues, piece together the truth, and shatter fabricated lies in this unique mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Investigation 27.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 5.5%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Text-Based 12.1%
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 22.4%, Detective 22%, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 8.8%, Text-Based 8.1%
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: Visual Novel 15.4%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Text-Based 12.2%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Investigation 28.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Story Rich 5.9%
This is the first linear chapter of a longer visual novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to chose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Anime 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Magic 11.3%
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 20%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Anime 9.7%
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 17%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%
"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 24.6%, Investigation 19%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Anime 8.3%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 13.4%, Mystery 9.5%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Investigation 20.9%, Text-Based 18.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 11.2%
