60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Puzzle, Word Game, Interactive Fiction.
This Lovecraftian psychological horror text game puts you as an Observer spared by the Round Table. You randomly possess one of ten unknown mortals per round. Deduce your host and three Old Ones' emissaries via dialogue, clues and table talks.
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Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
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This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Word Game 25.6%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Detective 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Mystery 7.2%
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Detective 10.8%, Psychological Horror 4.5%
欢迎来到温泉岛，我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗？那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落，那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说，那里是另一个世界，由贪婪，欲念构成的炼狱……最后，请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Detective 14.5%, Puzzle 7.4%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Detective 26%, Text-Based 15.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Simulation 9.5%
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Detective 14.8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Puzzle 7.3%
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Word Game 38.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 16.9%, Puzzle 7.1%, Story Rich 5.7%
The game presents realistic game graphics through sound effects, narration and imagination. The level design is subtle and challenging, allowing players to challenge their intelligence and logic skills in solving puzzles.
Why similar: Word Game 44.6%, Detective 21%, Text-Based 17.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Mystery 3.9%
《阴阳错》是一款发生在中国本土题材民俗恐怖悬疑解谜游戏。故事发生在香港，一位意外失去生命的民间道士与一位丢失配枪的女刑警成为搭档。破解红磡五人连环杀人案，并找到丢失的配枪和肉身，随着受害者数量增加，调查的深入，案件的真相却变得扑朔迷离……一个丢失配枪的女警、一个意外死亡的半仙，一个嫁为人妻的女子，一场有关成仙的阴谋，正慢慢浮出水面。
Why similar: Word Game 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Detective 16.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
You are an investigator granted access to the "Paranormal Event Archive Management System." Browse century-old case files. Search for clues. But be careful—the archives are watching you now. >_ Files that watch back. Disappearances unexplained. Messages never sent.
Why similar: Word Game 40.1%, Detective 17.6%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 8.9%
A hand-drawn school visual novel. In 2004, five students handed in a blue-cloth folder; it came back with the last page cut out. Twenty-two years later you sift the archives - race sheets, carbon copies, loan dates - to find those five and decide whose ending gets put back. Nine endings.
Why similar: Word Game 35.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Detective 15.1%, Text-Based 9.9%, Adventure 7.5%
各懷目的的少年少女們，聚在一起挑戰神奇的「X遊戲」，沒有甚麼神奇的奇幻的魔法，更沒有外星人或鬼怪等事件，僅僅只是一個普通的狼人殺遊戲而已......嗎？找出真正的兇手，並且在那之前避免被票死，活到最後，擄獲美人心吧！
Why similar: Word Game 40.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Detective 19.3%, Puzzle 11.8%, 2D 1.9%
1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Detective 17.5%, Text-Based 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
《流言侦探》是一款诡异，烧脑，悬疑推理剧情游戏，在游戏的体验中，玩家自主找出线索，并利用线索，和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法，玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者，玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相，找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Word Game 42.6%, Detective 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 7.3%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Word Game 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Detective 16.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
In this eighth chapter of the Paper Bride series, we return with a handful of old friends to Zangling Village, tracing one sorrowful tale after another, each drawn from what came before. The ending may arrive as no surprise. Whether it sits within reason is harder still to say.
Why similar: Word Game 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Text-Based 10%, Puzzle 6.9%, Detective 6.7%
"File Tricks" is a visual novel with puzzle solve. It is not only a test of logical thinking and observation, but also a reasoning feast full of suspense and reversal. You need to investigate the crime scene, collect evidence, confront the people involved and finally solve the case.
Why similar: Word Game 43.5%, Detective 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Hand-drawn 5.7%
The Truth behind the town's Resurgence of serial Murders--?
Why similar: Word Game 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Detective 12.3%, Puzzle 8.2%, Adventure 7.6%
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Word Game 25.6%, Detective 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 9.6%, Mystery 7.1%
Book-style murder investigation game set in Victorian London. Logic, Deduction and Attention to Details - use this to solve game mysteries. Unfold story chapters, investigate clues, visit London historical locations - and help to get murder into jail.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Detective 23.7%, Text-Based 13%, Puzzle 10.1%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
你在一栋被完全封锁的公寓里觉醒，但是除了自己的化名以外对自己的过去一无所知。神秘的幕后黑手逼迫这所公寓里所有人自相残杀，而你以及这所公寓乃至整个世界真正的真相是什么？
Why similar: Word Game 40%, Detective 30.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Puzzle 11.9%, Indie 2.5%
This is a visual novel game that focuses on the daily lives of the background NPCs living in a 【supernatural fiction】 world. You will play as the owner of a mini job agency, assigning work to the 'supporting characters' of K City.
Why similar: Word Game 36.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 12%, Simulation 11.9%, Adventure 7%
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 37.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Detective 10.7%, Puzzle 8.5%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
Play as Wan, owner of a small midnight noodle bar. Every night, tired souls stop by after long days. Serve warm noodles, listen to their stories, and offer gentle encouragement. No battles, no pressure—just quiet comfort and the power to help others face tomorrow with confidence.
Why similar: Word Game 41.8%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Detective 15.6%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, 2D 4.5%
The story takes place in South East Asia. Start from a drug case, follow private detective Sui Feng to discover a mysterious complexion full of conspiracy, overcome his intermittent amnesia, and avenge for his love…Can you find out the real culprit through fragments of memories?
Why similar: Word Game 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Detective 13.7%, Text-Based 10.3%, Hand-drawn 4.5%
她的微笑，曾经让赤瞳的女子以为，自己不再是带来灾厄的乌鸦。直到四年前，神秘的团体将她的学生绑走，挖去双眼。[晦气][乌鸦][凶手]，再次成了她的代表词。【有罪之人的 复仇 惩罚 即将来临 】被命运和性格束缚，这一次能否改变？你会改变什么？战斗，悬疑，治愈，推理，剧情持续反转，诡异的仪式，疯狂的连环杀人与肢解，新的死亡祭品，再次来临的威胁与复仇背后，真相到底是……
Why similar: Word Game 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Detective 16.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
"Fish Tank" is a school-themed visual novel game that explores the inner world of teenagers and supernatural powers. Players will make choices in the game to reach different endings for the protagonist Xie Lihe.Use your imagination wisely and remember to manage your oxygen.
Why similar: Word Game 41.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, 2D 3.2%
Step into the thrilling world of "A Million Murder Mysteries," where every second counts and every word holds the key to solving a gripping case. This intense text-based detective game challenges your analytical skills and deductive reasoning as you race against time to unravel a million mysteries.
Why similar: Word Game 37.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Detective 12.9%, Text-Based 12%
In a modern city's daily life, become detective Xiquan, interview suspects face-to-face, catch cracks in their words, use evidence to shatter composure. Shift between viewpoints, gather fragments, trace connections, peel away twisted lies and fixations—until the truth surfaces.
Why similar: Word Game 28.8%, Detective 28.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 9.7%, Text-Based 8%
Chronicles of the Layered Realms is a choice-driven text adventure where every decision shapes character relationships, hidden variables, branching story paths, and multiple distinct endings.
Why similar: Word Game 45.7%, Text-Based 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Simulation 10.9%, Mystery 5.4%
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“，你发现了这所学校，不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ，而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进，被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索，已生命为代价换取来的真相，才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 40.8%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Mystery 5.6%
Sixteen Layers of Mini Murder" is a video adventure game of the detective puzzle genre, where level-based puzzles drive the story's progression through video narration. Players must complete the level puzzles and uncover the identities of the various participants in order to clear the game.
Why similar: Word Game 27.5%, Detective 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Puzzle 6%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Hand-drawn 6.1%
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 29.7%, Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 8.6%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Word Game 28.2%, Detective 20.2%, Text-Based 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9%, Puzzle 7.3%
NodeGame，原版游戏名为：脱出ゲーム | Nodes，由岩崎、はとむね开发，并在日本举办的GAMEJAM上首次亮相。 诡雅异俗，出自。原意为：与雅正相悖与长俗相违，也指异端邪说。 之所以选定这个名字，是因为我感觉他更有神秘感，也代表了很强的创作能力！！
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Detective 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 15.5%, Puzzle 7%
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: Word Game 26.5%, Detective 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 10%, Puzzle 6.2%
一文字だけ入力してしりとり形式で具材を決め、おいしい鍋や妙な鍋を作って色んな反応を楽しむ闇鍋シミュレーション！
Why similar: Word Game 51.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Simulation 13.9%, Puzzle 8.4%, 2D 2.8%
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Word Game 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Detective 22.8%, Mystery 8.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
《頭七》（头七怪谈）是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员，你需要根据主编的要求，整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联，并在必要时与同伴实地探索，以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Word Game 37.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Detective 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 5.2%
Beneath the shadowed sea of trees below the volcanic mountain lies a mysterious facility probing the afterlife, as omens of the world’s end approach. A loved one missing, reality twisting, a volcano stirring below. Once more you enter the maze, seeking the exit hidden in spectral forest shadows.
Why similar: Word Game 43.3%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Adventure 8.1%, Text-Based 6.7%, Mystery 6.4%
Hack into a classified archive of 120 intercepted documents. In this retro terminal investigation, every file you read alters reality — your observations are irreversible, the Federation is watching, and three divergent endings await based on how deep you dare to dig.
Why similar: Word Game 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 12%, Simulation 11.7%, Adventure 6.6%
《江华号》是一款国风水墨横版卷轴叙事游戏。1928年，武汉的大街小巷流传着一则“头七夜死者还魂”的诡异消息，引发各界关注。《楚城时报》新人记者虞慧龄奉命前去采访，却误打误撞，被种种谜团指引着登上了一艘名为“江华号”的豪华客轮。在那里，一段不为人知的隐秘往事渐渐浮出水面……
Why similar: Word Game 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Detective 17.2%, Puzzle 7.4%, Mystery 5.6%
The MeiQi Series is an episodic mystery game. This collection contains all of Season2/3/4 and 5,which will be released in 2020,and a special episode. In total there are 25 chapters.
Why similar: Word Game 28.1%, Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Hand-drawn 7%
Tales of the Mirror is a landscape-mode visual novel game created by Cotton Games. As a player, you solve a series of mysteries in the mid and late Ming Dynasty, in the south of Yangtze River.
Why similar: Word Game 41.4%, Detective 16.6%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Text-Based 9.1%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Word Game 24.9%, Detective 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Puzzle 9.6%, Mystery 8.2%
A short, choice-based narrative game about solving mysteries through time loops. Death is not the end, but another beginning. This time, can I survive?
Why similar: Word Game 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Detective 23.5%, Text-Based 5.8%, Mystery 3.5%
In a lighthouse, you read letters, write back, and wait. Only a sea, a flock of seagulls that deliver bottles, and bottles that drift in from nowhere, carrying the lives of strangers inside. Your replies may shape their stories. In an age of anxiety and speed, let yourself slow down.
Why similar: Word Game 44.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Text-Based 10.1%, Adventure 8.4%, Hand-drawn 5.4%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Word Game 33.8%, Detective 26.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Mystery 7.9%
GreySky&StarNavigator is a text-based adventure game. In the game, you will learn about the story of a young girl trapped in a one-day world. You will follow her perspective to experience the joyous daily life of her alien companions, and eventually find a way to escape from this world.
Why similar: Word Game 40%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Detective 17.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Story Rich 3.8%
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 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 9.6%
"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, Novels) subculture knowledge to solve criminal cases and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Word Game 43.6%, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Simulation 12.5%, Hand-drawn 7%, 2D 3.1%
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Detective 18.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Mystery 9%
《田游族谱》是一款简洁的族谱树解谜游戏。故事发生在虚构的福建沿海城市田游，围绕一个家族展开。玩家将扮演探索者，通过社交链追踪与线索搜集，按图索骥，逐步拼凑出家族成员的真实信息，最终点亮族谱树上的每一个节点。
Why similar: Word Game 40.5%, Detective 29.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, 2D 3.5%
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 13.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Puzzle 9.9%
In a dark world where reality blends with illusion, you strive to uncover the mystery of your sister's death. Explore locations, interact with characters, and gather clues. Gradually, your mind begins to betray you, and each step could lead either to the truth or to madness.
Why similar: Word Game 28.9%, Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
AshCreek is a female-oriented interactive visual novel centered on Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Players take on the role of an outsider who is unwillingly drawn into AshCreek, uncovering the truth behind its anomalies step by step by taking part in stories set across different worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 45.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Text-Based 6%, Adventure 4.8%
Become a legendary detective of ancient China! In "Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator", play as Di Renjie, solving thrilling cases across Bianzhou and Bingzhou in the Tang Dynasty and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Word Game 33.5%, Detective 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 10.3%, Mystery 8%
This is a text-based adventure horror & humor game. You are a restless college student who is lured into dangerous encounters with ghost women, murderers, and other supernatural beings through the enigmatic matchmaking site. You need to survive, making them blush, and let them fall in love with you.
Why similar: Word Game 41.2%, Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Simulation 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Indie 0.9%
