60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Mystery.
Crimson Silk is a political detective thriller with a mind-controlling villain. Investigate the assassination of your grandfather. Plunge into a world of complicated law and wild ESP powers. Gather clues, choose sides, jump timelines, and try not to get stuffed with lead.
AI: The Somnium Files
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Guilty Parade
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 14.2%, Anime 11.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Mystery 12%, Choices Matter 10%, Anime 8.8%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 19% ★, Detective 14.2%, Time Travel 9.5% ★, Choices Matter 9.2%, Mystery 8.8%
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 28%, Anime 14%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Story Rich 11.1%
A narrative-driven sci-fi mystery. Switch between four playable protagonists trapped in an island mansion to explore, investigate, piece together clues from their mysterious past, and uncover the truth behind their predicament.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 20% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Story Rich 9.6%
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 22.5%, Mystery 18.3%, Detective 14.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Anime 9.6%
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 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 13.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 9%
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Time Travel 13% ★, Anime 11.1%
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 26.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Anime 12.1%, Story Rich 11.1%
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Story Rich 12.8%
朝の早い時間、午前五時くらいになると、この町にはときどき濃い霧が出る──。
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Anime 14.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Exploration 12%, Choices Matter 10.1%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Mystery 16.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Anime 7.9%
Yuma, an amnesiac detective-in-training, and Shinigami, the spirit haunting him, tackle unsolved mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Anime 14.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 10.3%
Welcome to the world of Saloon Sleuth, a 1-bit murder mystery horror social deduction visual novel. Serve drinks and gather clues, both of the recent murder and the deeper conspiracy deep in the washed up boomtown of Quicksand Town.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 20%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
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 15.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Anime 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Story Rich 9.8%
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 22.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Anime 11.8%, Story Rich 9.7%
10 world-renowned experts are trapped together and must cooperate to survive... until conflicts arise, and they discover the greatest threat to their lives isn't the system they're resisting: it's each other! Discover the truth of who's living a lie in this fully voiced murder mystery adventure.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Anime 11.1%
In this detective/idol game fusion, every decision you make will influence the narrative. Your choices will shape relationships, uncover secrets, and determine the fate of the characters and the school itself.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Mystery 16.8%, Anime 15.7%, Exploration 6.9%
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Time Travel 11.4% ★, Multiple Endings 9%
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Choices Matter 15%, Mystery 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Story Rich 11.8%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Anime 15.5%, Time Travel 15.1% ★, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 10.6%
A cart, a manor, and a family that deserves everything coming to it. The hours repeat. Conversations shift. Lies unravel. Explore, observe, and gamble with what you learn to prevent a murder that refuses to stay solved. Just you, your cards, and a house that would rather you stayed ignorant.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Time Manipulation 20.6% ★, Mystery 16%, Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 10.1%
舞台は廃校。記憶喪失の少年と、「モノ」を自身に宿すことができる「モノマネ」の力を持つ少女。 校舎内のあらゆる「モノ」と会話してモノだけが知っている情報を聞き出し、失われた記憶を取り戻そう！
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Mystery 20.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Anime 14.9%, Exploration 12.5%
Trapped in a deadly time loop on a remote research facility, a security officer must expose an alien imposter before the day resets. A tense, fully voiced sci-fi mystery where you are stuck in a cycle of life, death, and wrongful accusations.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Time Travel 16% ★, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
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 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Unravel the mystery of the King's sudden death... Claim your right for the throne. Try to stay alive as long as possible. Will you take the risk? The story for those who are brave enough to dive in a dark story and are able to think reasonably.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 10.6%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Mystery 18.9%, Detective 15.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 6.7%
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10%, Mystery 9.6%
To the promise we once made and the place we must return
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Time Manipulation 18.5% ★, Anime 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Adventure 11.9%
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Story Rich 21.9%, Mystery 18.5%, Anime 16.1%, Sci-fi 11.1%
I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Anime 11.9%
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 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Mystery 13.5%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Time Travel 19.6% ★, Anime 12.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
“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 17.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Anime 13%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
This is a murder mystery visual novel where you take the role of the detective. Search for clues, make discoveries, and talk to other characters to find out what is truly going on on the Murder Express.
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 17%, Story Rich 10.7%, Exploration 6.5%
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 17.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 16%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 11.4%
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 30.9%, Mystery 20.7%, Anime 18.6%, Story Rich 16.6%, Adventure 11.2%
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Detective 19%, Mystery 15.8%, Anime 13.8%, Adventure 12%
A mystery adventure which is solved by using two visual features: Live Action and Illustrations.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Adventure 19.8%, Mystery 17.8%, Anime 13.2%
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 19.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Anime 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Save me from this cage of infinity
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Time Manipulation 20.1% ★, Anime 15%, Choices Matter 13%, Adventure 12.5%
瓔珞事件簿系列遊戲是一系列以私人偵探拍擋瓔．珞為主角的推理解謎遊戲 你將會與兩位充滿火花的偵探, 一同破解一個又一個離奇案件!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Detective 20%, Anime 12.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 11.2%
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 13.7%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Mystery 14.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
You're stuck in a time loop ⌛. Whenever you find a dead body, you go back to the past. The only way to escape the loop is to cheat destiny & change the future. Explore the castle and uncover its dark secrets to prevent the next killing.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 25.3% ★, Detective 16.4%, Time Travel 13.2% ★, Mystery 12.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Mystery 15.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 7%
A choice-driven visual novel set at Blackthorn Academy, where you uncover hidden secrets, shape relationships, and influence rival factions through branching decisions in a dark story of mystery, romance, revenge, and multiple possible outcomes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Story Rich 14%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Mystery 11.1%
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 17.6%, Anime 12.7%, Story Rich 11.3%
Conquering of the Royal Keep is a choice-driven visual novel where a squire braves deadly trials, unravels dark mysteries, and endures each fatal loop until the secrets of the keep are finally conquered.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Point & Click 10.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 10%
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Mystery 15.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Anime 10.5%, Story Rich 10.4%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Time Travel 12.6% ★, Choices Matter 10.6%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Time Travel 19.3% ★, Story Rich 13.5%, Anime 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Psychological horror and mystery game about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city and investigate murders while trying to escape Death. This is a visual novel and point and click game.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 15.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%
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: Visual Novel 22.8%, Mystery 18.4%, Anime 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10%
From SCRAP, the masterminds behind the "Real Escape Game" phenomena with over 17 million attendees, comes a time-loop mystery adventure on Steam!
Why similar: Time Travel 19.4% ★, Visual Novel 18.5%, Detective 17.6%, Mystery 16.7%, Choices Matter 12%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Anime 11.3%
The famous detective Sarako Imai (Sherlock-chan) takes on a difficult case! Sherlock-chan and Watson-kun are on a comfort trip. Can they solve a murder case at a winter spa resort? A murder mystery with a challenge to the player.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Mystery 17.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Story Rich 10%
