Games Like 湖中天空 ：CAELUM IN LACU

A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.

Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Anime 12.9%, Drama 12.1%, Puzzle 9.1%

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 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Nonlinear 14%, Text-Based 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

Awakened from a deep slumber, six students find themselves trapped inside an abandoned research facility, otherwise known as the "Losinglight". Escape into a war torn city, and discover the truth behind an otherworldly being like no other.

Why similar: Thriller 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 11.4%, Anime 11%, RPG 7.8%

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: Drama 13.2%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Detective 11.1%, Thriller 10.5%

The story unfolds in Republican-era Shanghai. Lüpíng, a girl raised in an orphanage, receives a letter from the headmaster guiding her back to her childhood home. In the long-forgotten courtyard, amid a maze of fading traditions and new ideas, she uncovers her past and long-buried eerie secrets.

Why similar: Drama 20.4%, Thriller 14%, Mystery 12.9%, RPG 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Psychiatrist Marine and her assistant Felix make an emergency visit to Egas Psychiatric Hospital for her important patient Edward on Christmas Eve, but they get caught up in a crisis...

Why similar: Philosophical 17.8%, Drama 13.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Detective 10.4%, Visual Novel 8%

This is a science fiction detective themed visual novel game, where players need to play the role of a "detective", connecting seemingly unrelated events and discovering mysterious truths hidden behind them, Please survive, and walk with your head held high towards the 'perfect ending' you expect.

Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Drama 15.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 11.6%, RPG 9.9%

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 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Drama 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

A visual novel about a girl who finds herself in a mysterious antique store where letters with screaming human hearts appear.

Why similar: Drama 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Thriller 13.5%, Anime 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.6%

"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...

Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Drama 14.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 12%, Female Protagonist 10.7%

A fantasy visual novel featuring intense action at every turn, following the struggles of a bear trapped in the body of a man. Part II of The Enonoia Saga, and the definitive conclusion to Ovine Replica.

Why similar: Philosophical 20.8%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Drama 12.2%, Mystery 8.3%

This is a 2D exploration adventure game set in a small town. Discovering items and encounters in this cold winter, here as the start of a beginning.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Drama 13.9%, Anime 12.3%, RPG 12.1%, Puzzle 10%

A word adventure game with open world elements Time change as time goes by in reality and in the game Different NPCs have their own living habits Players can control the character to explore the city Trigger the mutual influence of various events, affect the final outcome of "Li"

Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Drama 16%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Futuristic 10.9%, RPG 9.7%

A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.1%, Detective 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Drama 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12%

Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.

Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 9.8%, Thriller 9.1%

"Four of Ten" is a multi-perspective visual novel blending time regression with Avalon-style gameplay. Set in a world where demonic forces invade human territories, ten young maidens gather at an ancient magical site to conduct a five-round ritual aimed at activating a protective barrier.

Why similar: Detective 22%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Mystery 14.4%, Drama 12.8%, Anime 12.3%

一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女，将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。［想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ？准 备 好 ］浅冰背后，为何会有寒意深藏？战斗，悬疑，治愈，推理，剧情持续反转，不断的匿名威胁，绑架，真相到底是……

Why similar: Philosophical 24.4%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Puzzle 7.8%

The Qixia Diary is an original Visual Novel inspired by the food culture of Hangzhou, China. You play as Sheng Sheng—a first-year art student at Yunqi University. Through her eyes, you'll step into a unique university life brimming with warmth and local charm beside the West Lake.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Drama 21.4%, RPG 16.9%, Anime 12.8%, Text-Based 12%

Red Experience is a multi-ending 2D Adventure Death Game where choices dictate fate. Amnesiac 'Sooyeon Hong' must participate in a brutal game. Uncover the mystery behind the death game to find the truth. Only your decisions can save her and reveal the full reality. Choose wisely!

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Thriller 13.3%, Text-Based 12%, Mystery 9.5%

Uncover the truth behind America’s most mysterious murders of the 2000s in a 1–4 player co-op detective experience. Use special equipment to find hidden clues, track suspects in an open world, and interrogate them at the police station.

Why similar: Philosophical 17.1%, Text-Based 13.4%, Detective 13.4%, Drama 11.8%, Thriller 11.1%

《明日方舟》同人游戏，以原作角色“老鲤”为主角，在二十年前的龙门，展开一系列解谜探案故事。

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Mystery 14.3%, Anime 13.5%, Drama 11.3%, Detective 11%

A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.

Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Drama 13.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Thriller 9.7%

A turn-based RPG story adventure game, telling the story of how I became a mental patient inexplicably, and the wonderful story that happened the mental hospital with those abnormal mental patients and doctors and nurses.

Why similar: Philosophical 20.8%, RPG 18.3%, Drama 17.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 12.3%

In a mansion surrounded by mist, as the curse made by the Alchemist and Fairy reappears, the danger is quietly lurking in the darkness, awaiting its visitors.Follow Harrod and Willie to unravel an incredible story in Mercury Abbey, and go on an adventure that you would only find in mystery novels.

Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Drama 16.5%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Puzzle 11.5%

Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements. Wake up in a futuristic room with no memory, and unravel the mysteries of your past. Experience deep storytelling, meet intriguing characters, and uncover hidden secrets.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Anime 13.5%, Futuristic 9.4%, Mystery 8.3%

In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Drama 17.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Mystery 12%, Detective 11.2%

A dark psychological Visual Novel. Follow Iris a young girl in her quest to take back her life!

Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Detective 14.6%, Philosophical 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

Why similar: Philosophical 25.2%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Text-Based 9.2%

At that the day, the world ended. People die left and right. Scream heard everywhere. Yet, this is the beginning of my new life. A life where I could finally found my happiness.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Drama 16.3%, Top-Down 12.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》

Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 17.5%, Anime 13.7%, Mystery 12.9%

2000年，山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告，而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入，一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。

Why similar: Drama 19.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Detective 10.6%

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%, Thriller 14%, Text-Based 13.4%, Anime 11.6%, Detective 11%

Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...

Why similar: Drama 18%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Detective 13%, Anime 11.8%, Thriller 11.1%

Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!

Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Drama 10.6%, Thriller 9.9%

You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.6%, Detective 13.6%, Drama 10.5%, Thriller 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%

名叫赛莉卡的少女某天在一间奇怪的宅邸中醒来，自己好像忘记了什么重要的事情，又似乎被卷入了什么事件之中…… 但首要的目的是找到逃离这里的方法。

Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Drama 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Anime 10.1%

Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...

Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Drama 13.7%, RPG 10.8%

"Alice" silently protected "Philip" who broke into the underworld. She thought that after many tests, she could find the never withering rose symbolizing love and go to the wedding banquet hall. Who would have guessed that their ordeal is not over yet? How will it develop in the end?

Why similar: Drama 19.9%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, RPG 11.4%

HD enhanced version of Harukuru. - Spring has come true? A Certain Situation. Of course, even if I put it that way there’s no way I can explain the situation I’m in… Thus is the start of a story unlike any other about a guy and 4 girls and the daily life they find themselves in.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Drama 21.1%, Anime 17%, Text-Based 13.7%, Futuristic 10.5%

Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.

Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Thriller 13%, Anime 8.6%

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: Detective 18.6%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Anime 10%

This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.

Why similar: Detective 19%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Drama 12.6%, Anime 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%

In this surreal afterlife deduction game by CnD Games, play as Zhuge Liang—the East's legendary mastermind. Face off against Sherlock Holmes in the Underworld Olympics and unravel a deadly closed-circle mystery trapped within a snowed-in mountain lodge!

Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Drama 13.7%, RPG 13.5%, Anime 12%

这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。

Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Drama 11.3%, RPG 9.2%

Within a cyberpunk world in the year 2070, become Detective B to investigate crime scenes, discover hidden truths, and dismantle the perpetrators' lies. There's only one problem: you have to do all that "without" stepping foot outside your house.

Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Anime 17%, Futuristic 15.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%

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 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 19.9%, Hand-drawn 16%, Mystery 15.3%

"Touhou Saibanmu ~Rookie Attorney Legendry" is a puzzle-solving detective game based on the Touhou series. It mainly tells the story of Marisa Kirisame who, by chance, becomes a lawyer. The story is divided into three chapters, each with multiple endings.

Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Drama 17.3%, Anime 14%, RPG 12.2%

A self-staged arson at a sales center drags you into the murder case of a female sales agent. With both your career and life in shambles, you must find a way to clear your name. The path to the truth is fraught with danger. Can you rise from this abyss and reclaim the reality you once envisioned?

Why similar: Drama 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Thriller 14.6%, Detective 12.4%, RPG 9.3%

A novel-style mystery adventure game. Explore 2D top-down maps! Enjoy easy puzzles and comical text. Become the assistant to the lost detective Chiho-chan and help solve mysteries!

Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Text-Based 23.7%, Drama 14.2%, Mystery 8.6%, Top-Down 8.4%

Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Drama 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.

Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Anime 9.9%

"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: Text-Based 23.9%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Drama 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 11.3%

1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.

Why similar: Detective 16%, Thriller 14.3%, Drama 14.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Hand-drawn 10.7%

《东巴》是一款融合纳西族文化的奇幻解谜游戏。故事主人公徐屹是一位新晋的文物修复师，在博物馆工作期间，时常被神秘梦境所困扰。那些梦境时而如同神秘的远古神话，时而则惊心动魄，仿佛预示着一场未知的危机。一日，他被赋予修复一幅破损画卷的重任，却意外地被卷入画卷中的奇幻世界。随着徐屹在画卷中的调查不断深入，一场尘封于纳西族历史中的巨大阴谋也逐渐浮出水面，一场文化与奇幻的冒险之旅就此展开。（目前上架版本包含序章及第一章全部内容，期待得到您的想法及建议帮助我们进行后续章节的开发。）

Why similar: RPG 22.5%, Drama 22.1%, Hand-drawn 20.3%, Puzzle 16.3%, Mystery 11.2%

“Raising the blade over my dear friend, I could only curse this broken world with all my soul. Nothing to worry about... If my blade turns out to be the slower.” Shards of fate, heart and soul.

Why similar: Drama 17%, Detective 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Thriller 13.5%, Anime 13.3%

Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Drama 16.4%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Anime 15%, Adventure 9.7%

The members of a university Detection Club find themselves entangled in a series of murders. Follow Detective Butler through the eyes of his sidekick Gilligan as the two set out to find the culprit. Can they unravel the truth before the serial killer claims another victim?

Why similar: Philosophical 18.9%, Detective 15.3%, Drama 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Thriller 11.3%

A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Drama 13.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Anime 11.7%

Become a righteous hacker detective who solves people's problems... and hack the requested PC by solving riddles! Analyze the PC by hacking! And... solve the source of your client's problems in the PC! This game is a puzzle solving adventure. You can hack by solving riddles.

Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 15.1%, Drama 14.5%, Adventure 9.5%

《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......

Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Drama 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 9.1%