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Games Like Dance by the River (former: Silence of Switchblade)

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Choose Your Own Adventure, Singleplayer, Visual Novel.

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In the middle of summer, in the suburbs, in the river, a drowned body is floating. It seems like three-years-earlier incident replays. This story, through the investigation into the case, shows triangular relationship between a male police officer, a female police officer, and a female murderer.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Summertime
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2020
    Dev: orange
    Windows · Mac

    A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Adventure 19.9%, Mystery 18.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%

  2. #2 HIYOKU NO TORI
    96% matchMostly Positive79% of 39 reviews2023
    Dev: kamotanprojectPub: iMel
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Adventure 17.9%, Crime 16.9%, Mystery 12.5%

  3. #3 未然探偵 The Protea Cases
    96% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
    Dev: orange
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Adventure 22.7%, Mystery 14.8%, 2D 6.3%

  4. #4 サスペクツルーム -警視庁門前署取調班-
    95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: orange
    Windows

    「取調室」で容疑者や参考人を取調べ、情報を得ながら事件の真相へ迫っていく推理アドベンチャーゲーム。 全5章、コメディあり・シリアスありでお届けします。

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Adventure 21.6%, Mystery 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%

  5. #5 偽人鳥ゲーム -ニセペンギンゲーム-
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 灰田おゆ
    Windows

    A certain streamer's fan meeting. Ten men and women are trapped on a luxury cruise ship. And the nightmare 'death game' begins—Collect notes through investigation, use deduction and voting to 'catch the shark'! A mid-length mystery ADV where bad endings are unavoidable.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Mystery 17.9%, Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.2%

  6. #6 因果律 Inside The Memory
    94% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
    Dev: Garnet Bloom
    Windows

    [Using Live2D, almost full voice] (Voice is only in Japanese)A mystery that begins with a single invitation received from your uncle.A ``mystery'' that happens to someone who was supposed to be an invited guest. Please try to solve it by yourself.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Adventure 21%, Mystery 11.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

  7. #7 探偵Rと預言者J
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: NUMBER7
    Windows · Mac

    Gather evidence and uncover the truth through your interactions with others in this mystery adventure game about a case where past and present collide.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Adventure 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Mystery 17.8%, 2D 7.6%

  8. #8 MOOZ
    92% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: motsuhouse
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Adventure 21%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7%

  9. #9 エスケープゴート ~吾妻衛士の冤罪~
    91% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: orange
    Windows

    これまで多くのミステリーゲームを手掛けたオレンジが届ける、テキストアドベンチャーゲーム。 本作は「探偵 神宮寺三郎」シリーズなどでお馴染みのコマンド式を採用しており、 コマンドで情報集めや推理をしながら真相へと迫っていきます。 無実の罪で警察から追われることになった男が、逃げながら事件解決に挑む “逃亡×推理”のサスペンスをお楽しみください。

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%

  10. #10 Scream - Steam Edition -
    91% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
    Windows

    Enjoy watching how team members react to the various mishaps that occur during the intensive training camp.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Visual Novel 28.9%, Adventure 24.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%, 2D 6.9%

  11. #11 SHINJUKU SOUMEI
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2024
    Dev: G-MODE
    Windows

    Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Adventure 25.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%, 2D 6.3%

  12. #12 Himegimi Detective
    90% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
    Dev: YOX-Project
    Windows

    Sayla Limehult, First Princess to the Kingdom of Ratania, shall set off for the far-away land of Japan to learn about the wider world and her role within it. As both a princess, and a world-class detective!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Visual Novel 31.2%, Adventure 18.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Indie 3.4%

  13. #13 Reminiscence in the Rain
    89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: 『縋想』プロジェクト
    Windows · Mac

    The world's most "sentimental" tale. "Let's go away together." Those were Yuika Aoi's last words. It was the winter of my first year of college. She disappeared, without a trace. Where had she gone? - only the flower knows.

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  14. #14 わたしをそとにつれてって
    87% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
    Dev: 鬼火書天
    Windows

    Explore a sealed classroom and work together with a mysterious girl to escape. As the story unfolds, it gradually begins to seep into reality.

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    88% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2022
    Dev: orange
    Windows

    生死を分けるのは、人狼ゲームに似たコミュニケーションゲーム―― 爆発事故に巻き込まれ、瀕死のままVR空間で目覚めた10人の男女。 手術を受けて生還するためには人狼ゲームに似た「インフェクテッド・ゲーム」で上位に入らなければならない。 「ゴシックマーダー」「探偵 神宮寺三郎」シリーズ、「イヌワシ」など数多くのADVを制作したオレンジが送る新作ADV。 メインイラストレーター:岸和田ロビン

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    Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
    Windows

    The protagonist, given the chance to revisit the past. Their goal is to manipulate the sisters who tormented them since childhood at will and settle old scores.

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  17. #17 Lost/Secret A
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    Dev: uehara create
    Windows

    A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Crime 18.2%, Adventure 14.6%, Mystery 13%

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    86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
    Dev: Hautecouture Inc.
    Windows

    In the summer of third year of high school, the movie club which he belongs in crisis of survival! Have make movie until Cultural festival, if don’t make impress the audience, movie club will be forced to abolish. The cast of the movie is what a girl! Will he be able to keep the movie club alive ?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Adventure 23.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, 2D 7%

  19. #19 Sisters x Lovers
    84% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
    Windows

    This is a visual novel in which the protagonist gradually transforms a sexually frustrated married woman into a lewd woman. Enjoy the process of gradually getting them interested.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Adventure 23.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, 2D 6.6%

  20. #20 少女首領の推理領域 -黄金島の密約-
    84% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2021
    Dev: orange
    Windows · Mac

    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。

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  21. #21 空野まなみの事件録 ― 空白のカルテ ―
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rabbitly
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.4%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Adventure 15%, Mystery 14.7%, 2D 6.9%

  22. #22 Kamaitachi no Yoru x3
    82% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2024
    Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Adventure 22.1%, Mystery 14.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

  23. #23 The Gray-Crowned Reincarnate
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: JinCycle
    Windows

    An isekai fantasy visual novel about Kai, a boy reborn as a summoned hero, and Lilia, the saint who travels beside him. Across 15 illustrated scenes, your choices lead to four endings: become the Demon King, defeat him, flee together, or let the world fall.

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  24. #24 朝凪高校生徒会 - 決断の記録
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ELISTA×STUDIO
    Windows

    As the student council president of Asanagi High School, you must decide how to respond to opinion forms submitted to the suggestion box in this school-themed choice-based adventure game. Your choices change how events unfold and lead to multiple endings.

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  25. #25 深夜1時の交換手
    81% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: ツノウサギの家
    Windows

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  26. #26 Mado Marks
    79% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
    Dev: VAINSANE
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Three students record themselves in a classroom room that shouldn’t exist... The next morning, one of them is gone forever... A short psychological horror VN about memory, proof, and erasure.

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    80% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
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    Windows

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  28. #28 星影の館殺人事件
    79% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2024
    Dev: 法螺会
    Windows · Mac

    1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー

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    78% matchVery Positive83% of 326 reviews2024
    Dev: いもチャイ屋
    Windows

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  30. #30 Information conveyed Information received
    78% match7 user reviews75% of 7 reviews2026
    Dev: ほんわかふわふわ
    Windows

    You are an AD intern at a TV studio aiming to secure a job offer. During a live talk show, you must give directions using cue cards. Convey information based on the situation to keep things running smoothly, boost audience favorability toward the guest, and earn your offer through your performance.

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  31. #31 プリンセス×オーディエンス
    77% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2024
    Dev: Nyamoli@
    Windows

    選択肢を間違えると即エンディング!?ドS狼プリンセスから質問攻めされる短編ゲーム

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    77% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

    The protagonist secured security of life until his wounds heal. Immediately, he presses his sisters to arrange their living environment by asking them to do so, In addition, let's confront the sisters with various naughty requests under the guise of caring for their wounds.

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  33. #33 LOOP SYNDROME
    75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: TBCATGAMES
    Windows

    There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.

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    76% matchNo user reviews2027
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    Windows

    Creara is a spider woman with eight distinct personalities, held captive in a military facility. Investigate her biology over seven days and choose her fate in this biological-investigation romance adventure.

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    76% matchVery Positive92% of 66 reviews2023
    Dev: SUCCESS Corp.
    Windows

    Japanese adventure game. Aoi Shiro is an adventure game that sets stage in both the modern real world and a mythical world. Aoi Shiro takes place in the same universe as its predecessor, Akai Ito.

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    75% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Proyama Games
    Windows

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    73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: abalonekissPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
    Windows

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    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Stillroom
    Windows

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    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ENTERGRAM,INC.
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    72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
    Windows

    Izumi, the demon girl you accidentally captured. A novel adventure game where you gradually connect hearts as you spend your days together with Izumi.

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    71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
    Dev: LunaKin
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    In a shattered post-apocalyptic world, your story is forged through tension, intrigue, and humanity. Traverse hidden paths, witness multiple perspectives, and shape the fate of the last refuge. Will you wield cold steel or ignite the flame of empathy?

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    72% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    70% matchMixed66% of 226 reviews2026
    Dev: IzanagiGames
    Windows

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    71% matchNo user reviews
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    70% matchMostly Positive69% of 16 reviews2024
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    73% matchMixed53% of 346 reviews2015
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    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    70% matchPositive100% of 50 reviews2023
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    71% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2022
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    69% matchNo user reviews2027
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    67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
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    69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  54. #54 Metamorphosis
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  55. #55 キミが消えてしまう前に
    67% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2025
    Dev: ニケ
    Windows

    A visual novel game where you spend an exciting school life in an abandoned school with ghost girls who have regrets and cannot rest in peace.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Adventure 23.6%, 2D 7.6%, Indie 2%

  56. #56 死写 -SHISYA-
    69% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
    Dev: TEAM SHINZA
    Windows

    Horror adventure game to appraise spirits photos

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.9%, Visual Novel 29.8%, Adventure 28.6%, 2D 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  57. #57 Mycelium Protocol
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SIMIRIALS
    Windows

    A nonlinear thriller where cyberpunk meets biopunk. A rebellion is brewing in the “perfect” city of Kudesh. Choose your side and decide who you are willing to trust with your life.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Adventure 21.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Choices Matter 7.1%

  58. #58 MansionDungeon
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: サンサンリッカ
    Windows · Mac

    “Mansion Dungeon” is a retro RPG-style adventure where you manage an apartment building while interacting with demons. Venture into dungeons featuring nostalgic 2D graphics, and bring back so many rewards that they won’t all fit on the small screen.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.1%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Adventure 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 6.1%

  59. #59 Make Her Real
    65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: VAINSANE
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A young inmate is given a faded body pillow of a girl from an old romance VN. Then she starts speaking... and becomes the only person who still sees him as human. A short psychological horror VN about guilt and the desperate need for love.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Adventure 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 5.8%

  60. #60 フリと忘れじの都 -FRI the Unforgettable City-
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: CICADA STUDIO
    Windows

    An adventure game where your choices change the world. Fri, a girl working at a coffee workshop, lives in a town that feels strangely mysterious. What will she encounter in this town while suffering from amnesia, and how will the world changing?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Adventure 26.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

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