60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Detective, Adventure, Story Rich.
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
Kara no Shojo
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Sunlight Scream
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Investigation 9.6%, Emotional 8.6%, Anime 8.3%
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 10.6%, Dark 7.2%, Mystery 6.8%
“喂喂，求求你啦！救救我！” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救，给你打电话的人，是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Anime 11.6%, Gore 8.6%, Horror 7%
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Emotional 11.2%, Anime 8.5%, Mystery 7.8%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 29%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Anime 12.9%, Gore 9.1%, Mystery 8.5%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Historical 14.1%, Investigation 10%, Dark 9.9%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Anime 13.7%, Horror 7.4%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
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: Detective 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 8.9%, Anime 8.8%, Dark 8.7%
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Detective 20.7%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 9.8%, Gore 7%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Anime 7.4%, Gore 7.1%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
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 26.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Emotional 12.1%, Anime 10%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Anime 10.8%, Thriller 9.7%, Dark 8.9%
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: Detective 21.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Investigation 10.4%, Anime 9.6%, Dark 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: Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Anime 10.7%, Investigation 8.6%, Emotional 8.4%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Detective 19%, Mystery 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Gore 7.4%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Thriller 9.8%, Dark 8%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Detective 19.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Anime 10.2%, Horror 8.5%
“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: Detective 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Anime 12.2%, Emotional 9.6%, Thriller 8.9%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dark 11.4%, Anime 10.6%, Investigation 8.9%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Dark 10.8%, Thriller 10.5%, Investigation 9.9%
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 36%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Anime 15.6%, Mystery 8.5%, Psychological Horror 5.1%
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 37.3%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Mystery 9.2%, Thriller 8.7%, Anime 7.9%
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 27.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Anime 11.1%, Dark 9.8%, Mystery 8.5%
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Anime 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Mystery 10.1%
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Historical 13.9%, Gore 10.2%, Thriller 9.3%, Investigation 8%
Explore a misty 90's small town where every choice you make unravels a dark, haunting mystery. Investigate clues, manage tense relationships, and face the consequences of your actions in this psychological horror visual novel that may leave you questioning your own sanity.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Gore 11.3%, Anime 8.9%, Dark 7.9%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Anime 14.9%, Gore 11%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 9.5%
While on a school trip to Jabberwock Island, students are ensnared in Monokuma’s deadly game, forced into mutual killing and Class Trials to expose the culprit. Break through contradictions with high-speed detective action. Includes both a brand-new scenario and the enhanced original!
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Investigation 10.9%, Anime 10.4%, Mystery 6.7%
A medical detective game set in the late Victorian era. Uncover the perpetrators behind an assortment of grizzly murders by examining meticulously hand-animated cadavers.
Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Historical 13.1%, Gore 6.4%, Anime 5.8%
🔪 Perseverance: Part 2 is a 2nd installment in the horror/crime thriller visual novel series. Play as Karen, a calculated assassin on the prowl for her next target, and witness the gripping story of secrets, passion, and violence. 🔪
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Emotional 8.6%, Anime 7.9%
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Investigation 9%, Thriller 8.8%, Anime 8.4%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Gore 13.1%, Anime 12.3%, Mystery 9%, Violent 7.5%
[IS THE GIRL IN THE MANOR ALIVE OR DEAD?] Investigate an abandoned manor, gather evidence, and make choices that affect both the past and future in this mystery point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Horror 8.6%, Anime 7.3%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Anime 16.1%, Gore 12.2%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 9.6%
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Detective 12.7%, Thriller 11.2%, Anime 10.2%, Emotional 10%
Seven strangers. One collapsed cave. No escape. A sci-fi mystery visual novel where every route to survival pulls you closer to a different companion—and a different lie. Piece together the shards of a hidden truth before the cave claims you all.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 11.6%, Mystery 7.5%, Emotional 7.4%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 7.6%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
In this game, play as Shenming University News Department members. Explore strange incidents—no need for truth. Write compelling reports from clues; eye-catching content excites readers. As for what really happened…do readers actually care? If you care, go find out yourself.
Why similar: Detective 36.4%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Anime 13.3%, Psychological Horror 6.1%, Choices Matter 6%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 12.4%, Investigation 9.5%, Mystery 8.6%
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: Visual Novel 21.6%, Detective 21.5%, Anime 12.6%, Violent 10%, Thriller 8.6%
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: Detective 23.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Investigation 12.3%, Anime 9.6%, Mystery 6.9%
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Historical 21%, Mystery 9.6%, Choices Matter 4.1%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Anime 14.2%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 12.9%, Investigation 12%, Horror 7.2%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Emotional 12.6%, Investigation 11.2%, Mystery 9%
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 11%, Emotional 10.7%, Dark 9.9%, Thriller 9.8%
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 18.9%, Detective 17.6%, Anime 11.9%, Thriller 10.3%, Investigation 8.4%
You wake up locked up in an unknown place with 8 strangers. Who are these people ? Why are you here ? You have a bad feeling. But suddenly, the phone rings, and it's up to you : Will you dare answer and go deeper in this mysterious plot ? Will you reveal the horrible truth... and survive it ?
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.9%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.5%, Gore 18.1%, Anime 14.4%, Mystery 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Anime 16.3%, Gore 8.4%, Mystery 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
Visual novel with a detective plot. Summer break is a time of adventure and love! However, Hikari does not yet know that the maniac has already gone hunting!
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Anime 13.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Dark 6.5%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 8.2%, Horror 7.6%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Anime 12.8%, Thriller 12.5%, Gore 10.1%, Violent 9.6%
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Dark 13%, Gore 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Mystery 7.7%
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Anime 19.5%, Mystery 11%, Horror 6.9%, Gore 6.9%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 10.3%, Gore 10.3%, Atmospheric 9%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Emotional 12.3%, Dark 9.5%
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: Visual Novel 20.9%, Detective 20.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Thriller 11.5%, Mystery 8.3%
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
Why similar: Detective 35.4%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Anime 13.8%, Mystery 8.5%, Psychological Horror 5.4%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Investigation 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Thriller 10.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
