60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Adventure, Singleplayer, Drama.
"The Burial of Shortcake" is an unpredictable story. It is a new visual novel with characters which are created/designed by voice actor Nozomi Sasaki, whose "expressiveness" shines throughout her career as a performer.
PIGBLUE
A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.
恋ひ焦がるるカミカクシ
Tetsuya Kai sneaks into school at night to pick up a forgotten item and is suddenly attacked by an unidentified monster. In a desperate pinch, he is saved by his classmate Tomomi Soshi.The mystery surrounding the "shikigami" that attacked him and saved him is explored.
A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Mystery 15.4%, Noir 15.3%, Drama 13.3%, Text-Based 11.5%
Tetsuya Kai sneaks into school at night to pick up a forgotten item and is suddenly attacked by an unidentified monster. In a desperate pinch, he is saved by his classmate Tomomi Soshi.The mystery surrounding the "shikigami" that attacked him and saved him is explored.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Drama 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 11.1%
"retrospect" is a novel game consisting of five chapters. Trace the memories of the ghosts and learn about them. That is the only mourning you can do.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Adventure 19.1%, Drama 17.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Adventure 15.9%, Cinematic 15.7%, Drama 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
The Shadows of Fallen City is a reality mystery drama that tracks a violent incident caused by someone's fall, as people who have fallen with different stories gathering in a city where common sense and human relationships have fallen.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Drama 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Text-Based 7.4%
Red Spider 3: A Heroine Never Dies is a Kong Noir style Visual Novel.ボイス総収録時間12.9時間！同人ゲームオブ・ザ・イヤーにて【主演女優部門】【熱部門】【泣き部門】【作曲部門】の4部門にノミネート！
Why similar: Noir 29%, Cinematic 21.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Drama 18.1%, Story Rich 5.4%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Drama 17.4%, Cinematic 16.4%, Text-Based 11.4%, Adventure 10.6%
*A remastered version of this game with enhanced graphics has been released. * "Red Spider" is a Hong Kong Noir-themed Visual Novel. There are 6 story routes with the different characters(approximately 105,000 words in total).
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Drama 16.7%, Cinematic 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%
--Is that determination really your own will? An adolescent perversion adventure presented by creators who all started their challenges from scratch! This game will be a simple text adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Adventure 15.9%, Mystery 15.1%, Cinematic 13.7%, Drama 11.3%
Probably as long as a place buries a corpse, it will really bind a living person.I would look back without hesitation, because when we walked together through the cold and wet mansion, I saw all the lives we spent together, and in the last moment, I chose to remember.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Drama 25.2%, Adventure 24.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Story Rich 6.5%
A suspense ADV of mobsters in Eastern Europe. Walk around the nostalgic city and talk with fascinating characters as you uncover the identity of a terrifying poison. The game system combines elements of exploration, collecting, and visual novels.
Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Adventure 18.5%, Drama 15.6%, Mystery 11.9%
Homage to Hong Kong Noir cinema. A former assassin seeks vengeance in this hardboiled VN, scored by Yasunori Shiono (Lufia series). (Full story is free via the demo version. This paid edition supports Steam Achievements and the creators.)
Why similar: Noir 25.6%, Cinematic 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Drama 13.2%, Mystery 12%
Discover the secrets held within the old House on 32, Dandelion Drift. In this classic Visual Novel you’ll find joy, hope, but also remorse and terror.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Adventure 18.6%, Mystery 15.9%, Drama 12.9%, Text-Based 9.6%
"Red Spider2" is a Hong Kong Noir-themed Visual Novel. There are 6 story routes with the different characters(approximately 200,000 words in total).
Why similar: Noir 27%, Cinematic 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Drama 12.6%, Mystery 10.2%
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Mystery 19.2%, Cinematic 16.7%, Drama 14.8%, Adventure 11.7%
MATCH APP! is a visual novel game based on a Japanese dating app. Players take on the role of the protagonist and experience a story of new encounters through the dating app.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Text-Based 10.8%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Mystery 28.5%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Text-Based 12.1%
A mansion drenched in heavy rain. Heirs gathered, each eyeing the family fortune. And you—who committed a murder in their midst. As a chain of killings begins, YORAM follows Irene Lindbergh, a murderer hiding her crime, as she searches for the truth buried deep within the estate.
Why similar: Noir 31.4%, Visual Novel 22%, Adventure 17.2%, Drama 16.1%, Mystery 11.4%
A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Mystery 22%, Adventure 18.4%, Drama 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
紅蜘蛛外伝：暗戦(Red Spider Anecdote: Triangle) is a Hong Kong Noir style Visual Novel.ボイス総収録時間3時間！黒社会を舞台としたハードボイルドなノベルゲーム
Why similar: Noir 35.9%, Cinematic 25.7%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Adventure 8.4%, Story Rich 4.8%
Thirteen years ago, six girls vanished in Akihabara in the unsolved case “Akiba’s Spirited Away”. Daiki Shinjo announces a live-action game based on the incident, gathering six women who embody Akihabara’s subculture. But their story begins to seep into reality. Can AKIBA LOST be finished?
Why similar: Cinematic 20.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Drama 16%, Mystery 13.7%, Adventure 11.1%
Noir visual novel set in 1950s New York. Infiltrate a prison, build a smuggling network, and shape fates through tough choices across branching paths.
Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Cinematic 23.6%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Drama 14.8%, Adventure 9.9%
Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 15.8%, Drama 10.5%, Adventure 10.4%
「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか？それとも……」 精神科医である道島（主人公）は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…！？
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Mystery 20%, Adventure 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 10.2%
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: Visual Novel 27%, Adventure 22.2%, Mystery 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 13.8%
I wish this moment could be forever. Yuto Habu, the hero with nothing to show for it, met the camera-toting heroine He meets the heroine, Nazuna Fukamachi, who has a camera, on a bridge with a beautiful view by chance.
Why similar: Cinematic 40.2%, Visual Novel 35.1%, Adventure 20.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%, Indie 1.9%
The first game of Sorcerer’s Records Series Season 3 is here! Check out the story of Sorcerer's Records, which is more mature than ever! This game is a standard lower window novel game for men of all ages.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Drama 30.8%, Adventure 26.2%, Story Rich 7.3%, Indie 2%
It is a Japanese visual novel game. It is a game to read texts. Enjoy the story of anguish, conflict, dreams and hope. There is no branching depending on the choices, but you can have a rich story experience like a movie.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Drama 19.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 10.5%
This visual novel is about love, friendship, scientific curiosity, and the mysteries of wormholes, offering an emotional and exciting experience. Players face unique characters and choices that shape the story and relationships.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Adventure 19.4%, Drama 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Mystery 14.4%
People end up forgetting about the dead.
Why similar: Drama 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Cinematic 17.7%, Adventure 11.6%, Text-Based 9%
I have seen the face. Amongst the small white bones wrapped in fabric. Beneath the veins leading to the goddess. Within the black blood of the eucharist.
Why similar: Cinematic 23.1%, Noir 22.8%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Adventure 16.8%, Mystery 8.4%
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Mystery 20.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 14.4%
Noah lives with his eccentric father, who’s obsessed with Dictator X. When he joins a strange auction at a castle, he must work to solve mysteries hidden in the exhibits and uncover his father’s secrets. Risk everything to win—but what truth awaits? Story by Rika Suzuki!
Why similar: Mystery 34.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 9.2%
In this story, three troubled high school girls. The tale then shifts to his past, where he meets his destined partner, only to face her congenital heart disease. It’s a story of how each path leads to its own form of happiness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Drama 29.7%, Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 14.7%, 2D Platformer 6.8%
Noir adventure for an unlucky subway's lost and found worker!
Why similar: Noir 35%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Drama 20.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 4.5%
5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!
Why similar: Cinematic 19.7%, Drama 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Realistic 9.1%
予測された未来に挑め―― 探偵見習いである伊月千春は失踪人探しの仕事の最中、犯罪予測AI『プロテア』を偶然、手に入れるが…
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Adventure 25.9%, Mystery 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
A new action-adventure game from game creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, set in the streets of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Starring Ma Dong-seok as Shin Ji-seong, the story unfolds with heated and intense human drama across Shinjuku, including Kabukicho — one of Japan’s largest entertainment districts.
Why similar: Noir 31.4%, Cinematic 27.8%, Drama 27.5%, Adventure 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Relive Thomas’s memories in this mystery-filled visual novel. What really happened to Emily? Make choices, explore different versions of events, and uncover two complementary endings that reveal the full truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Drama 20.9%, Mystery 19.4%, Text-Based 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Adventure 23.6%, Mystery 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 10.1%
A first-person adventure game with a deep plot. You have to get from Tyumen to Novosibirsk on a passenger train. You can look out the window and watch the changing nature, weather and architecture. You can see forests, fields, mountains, cities and villages.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 20.8%, Drama 17.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Realistic 10.4%
女性キャラ多めで全体的にキャラクターのあくが強いです。 テンポのいいテキストを心がけております。 オカルト、歴史、泣き、コメディ、バトル、ミステリ、恋愛少々、と様々な要素があり。
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Adventure 17.9%, Drama 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Mystery 12.2%
A mystery adventure - uncover the truth behind a series of deaths by collecting clues hidden across internet. news articles, and wikipedias—creating an immersive experience that feels like real. Information is visually organized into a mind map, gradually open as the investigation progresses.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Adventure 26.3%, Mystery 25.8%, Text-Based 12%, Indie 2%
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.3%, Mystery 25.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Story Rich 11.9%, Indie 2%
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: Visual Novel 22.9%, Drama 19.4%, Mystery 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Adventure 13.7%
A.I.ttorney ( Artificial Intelligence Attorney ) - A fun and challenging interactive multipath video visual novel mystery!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Adventure 23.8%, Mystery 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Realistic 12.7%
「これは何を手にするために、何かを失う物語」 季節は変わり冬になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は菅野雪乃への恋心を自覚するが、彼女の親友に想いを寄せられてしまい、今度は三角関係の当事者になってしまった。自分の未来を掴むためにも菅野雪乃との両思いを目指すことになるが…。青春群像劇ビジュアルドラマ三部作の最終章が遂に開幕！
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Adventure 20.5%, Drama 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 12.8%
マフィアが支配する島で、少女の危険な謎解きが始まる――舞台は２００２年、大西洋に浮かぶグイムル諸島。マフィアのボスである父を殺された主人公は事件の真相に迫るため、その跡を継ぐ。グイムルには４つのマフィアの縄張りがあり、そこを調べるためには各ボスと交渉して、協力を求めなければならないといった事情があるからだ。時に証拠を武器にマフィア達と渡り合い、時にボスとして守られながら行く先に待ち受けるものは、さらなる事件と島に隠された宝？選択によって、いくつものエンディングに分岐します。
Why similar: Mystery 33.9%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Adventure 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
みんなで過ごすことができる最後の夏。 『この夏を忘れない思い出にしよう。』 だれかが言ったその言葉から始まる、茹だるように暑い、鮮明な夏の日。 大丈夫。きっと忘れない。 たとえ、目に見えるものが偽物だとしても。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Adventure 20.5%, Drama 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Mystery 13.2%
A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Mystery 20.9%, Drama 16.8%, Text-Based 12%, Noir 10.7%
Play as Doctor Athena, a passionate young woman with mixed alien heritage—and the sole survivor of refugee camp ITOH. Three days remain on the trip 'home'—with only the ship's unsettlingly polite Captain Odysseus and the cryptic alien war criminal Chiron for company. But is everything really as it seems?
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.8%, Drama 27.1%, Mystery 20.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Indie 4.8%
This ported edition of Baroque Syndrome presents the visual novel depicting the events before the main Baroque story. Play as Kitsune, owner of the Baroque Shop, and experience a branching narrative shaped by your choices. Fonts, stills, animations, and UI have been remastered for smoother play.
Why similar: Noir 34.1%, Visual Novel 26%, Adventure 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 4.2%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Adventure 18.9%, Drama 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Text-Based 9.7%
It's the Dawn of a New Age- The 21st century has brought about its own slew of problems for society at large. Asa result, the most promising youths from around the world have been gathered and enrolled in Amakawa Noble Academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Drama 24.6%, Mystery 23.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 7.6%
A self-centered man faces his beliefs when the past comes back to haunt him in the form of a very close friend...
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Cinematic 19.8%, Adventure 18.4%, Drama 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
Middle school girls face final exams and a deadly supernatural game. An urban legend of a “nonexistent telephone pole.” The “Eight Sisters,” silver assassin, and mysterious “RULERS.” A supernatural suspense of survival and conspiracy. Ongoing story continuing to unfold.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Cinematic 18%, Adventure 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Drama 12.3%
Love Sphere is a Adventure told from a first-person perspective. Relive the dull middle-aged man's brief encounter.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Adventure 22.7%, Drama 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Text-Based 9.1%
A cinematic sci-fi horror visual novel, with multiple endings and a shocking mature story where your decisions will impact your psichology and the events of the story.
Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Cinematic 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Drama 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
A short visual novel inspired from the works by the masters of Japanese cinema: Masaki Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Gosha.
Why similar: Cinematic 31%, Visual Novel 27%, Drama 23.2%, Text-Based 11.5%, Story Rich 4.9%
White Wool & Snow is the second visual novel in the Misericorde series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Mystery 20.1%, Noir 15.5%, Drama 14.9%, Adventure 10.9%
