60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Adventure, Detective, Story Rich.
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!
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
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.
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Among the 18 people who have a heart of justice, there is an evil that seeks murder. It is a mysterious and malicious death game of justice ADV. This is a free game made by an individual. Please note that this is an unfinished work.
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 23.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Anime 11.4%, Mystery 10%, Dark Comedy 9.3%
Among the 18 people who have a heart of justice, there is an evil that seeks murder. It is a mysterious and malicious death game of justice ADV. This is a free game made by an individual. Please note that this is an unfinished work.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Anime 10.8%, Dark Comedy 10%
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 15.8%, Dark Comedy 14.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Mystery 8.5%
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 24%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 10.4%, Anime 10.4%, Dark Comedy 8.5%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 12.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Dark Comedy 10.1%
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 21.1%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Anime 9.9%
Interrogate your past. In this demo, you embody Detective Juno facing off against the White Rabbit in the corrupt city of WoodHale. Detect his lies, confront contradictions, and manage your trauma before time runs out. Will you be the one to break him, or will you be the one who breaks?
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Memes 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%
Escape by means of "Voice"! The second installment of the new feeling puzzle and escape game! You are being held in a room that you haven't been to before. The only thing you can do is using telephone to ask for hint from a cooperator.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18%, Memes 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Anime 11.3%, Mystery 7.7%
Nightmere is a detective-mystery game with psychological horror elements fused into it. Set in 1991, you play as Amelia, a young private investigator who reluctantly takes on a missing persons case in the small, quiet town of Nightmere – and finds something much darker.
Why similar: Detective 17%, 2.5D 13.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 11.3%, Anime 9.7%
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 30.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Dating Sim 8.9%, Anime 7.1%
"All Antarctic researchers dead. Cause of death: Emperor Penguin attack?" Log into the isolated 'Amundsen-4' server. Extract and combine [keywords] from fragmented emails, chats, and logs to uncover the truth behind the bizarre disaster.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Dark Comedy 21.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Satire 11.8% ★, Mystery 11.5%
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…
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Investigation 11.3%, Anime 10.5%, Dark 8.3%
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 29.1%, Dark Comedy 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Puzzle 7.9%, Investigation 6.4%
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 29.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Anime 14.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Investigation 14.1%
Become a trickster detective embarking on an Eastern European adventure full of spatial puzzles. Observe your relatives’ loops, sabotage them, and piece the story together at a grandiose feast. Solve a mystery while pranking your family!
Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, Detective 17.6%, 2.5D 14.1%, Mystery 10.4%, Puzzle 10.3%
The Shadow You is a compelling horror adventure game set in two different realities. Solve puzzles, reveal secrets and let the chills go down your spine in this immersive story.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.5%, Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Anime 9.9%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 21.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Puzzle 6.3%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 15.2%, Dark Comedy 14.1%, Mystery 10.1%, 2.5D 9.9%
As a weird 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 20.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Anime 11.6%, Mystery 10%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Investigation 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Mystery 11%, Anime 10.5%
Your first day as the new shepherd in the village… and everything is going wrong. The animals are missing. The villagers are strange. And the truth is far more terrifying.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.1%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Memes 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Mystery 7.9%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Investigation 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Mystery 10.5%, Anime 7.8%
A late-night call sends you to the Millers Residence. What begins as a routine investigation turns into a descent through buried records, missing evidence, and a house arranged to hide something far worse.
Why similar: Investigation 18.6%, Detective 18%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Mystery 10.9%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 14.5%, Anime 13.4%, Story Rich 8.1%
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 19.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
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 20.2%, Dating Sim 15.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Anime 12.1%
A mystery adventure game featuring a camera-headed detective and a superpowered girl teaming up to solve crimes. Play as the detective to gather and combine clues, reveal the hidden truth, and tear down fabricated lies.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Investigation 23.6%, Mystery 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
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 20.1%, Investigation 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Anime 9.4%
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 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Anime 10.7%
The Burden of Proof saga continues! Step into the shoes of legendary prosecutor Conrad Cross during a pivotal moment of his journey. Investigate crime scenes, solve mysteries using evidence, and make your case in the courtroom. The burden lies with you to unravel the truth!
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Anime 9.3%, Mystery 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 17.3%, Mystery 12.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Anime 11.4%
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 24.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Investigation 11.2%, Anime 9.8%
[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 22.2%, Investigation 20.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 8.7%
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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Mystery 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Anime 11.7%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Dark Comedy 18.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Comedy 8.9%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Investigation 20.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 11.2%, Anime 7.6%
Set in school life, “Who is the Criminal” is a text-based adventure game featuring comedian and inference elements. With inquiring suspects and debating with “evildoers”, he gathers pieces of puzzles and reveals what truly happens in every incident.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Memes 12.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Anime 9.9%
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%, Detective 17.3%, Mystery 17%, Anime 10.1%, Horror 9.1%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Anime 13.3%
Infiltrate a private island where the elite meet, and every room, every piece of paper and every locked cabin hides something or someone they paid a great deal to bury. Uncover every secret and escape before they catch you.
Why similar: Satire 21.7% ★, Investigation 20.6%, Dark Comedy 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 9.8%
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Anime 11.4%, Mystery 11.2%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.
Why similar: Detective 29%, Mystery 20.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Detective 16.9%, Mystery 16%, Psychological Horror 14%, Story Rich 7.7%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Memes 9%
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 26.8%, Investigation 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 15%, Anime 8%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Investigation 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Story Rich 7.6%
Step inside a circus performer's quiet home, but don't stop at the surface. In this short-form descent into dread, follow a hidden labyrinth deep beneath the floorboards and watch a simple investigation spiral into a claustrophobic nightmare.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Investigation 13.1%, Walking Simulator 11%, Dark 10.4%
When did you become a monster? In this nightmare, everyone is guilty. Everyone has a secret. A demon will make you remember what you did. Piece together your shattered past in a detective psychological horror and... WAKE UP!
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 14.3%, Dark 11.3%
《泣魂》是一款视觉小说游戏。玩家在当中扮演主角并选择正确的路线，确保自己和朋友的安全，游戏有多种结局，由你的选择决定。
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.2%, Detective 14%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
Step into the shoes of a detective trapped in a chilling psychological nightmare. Investigate dark corridors, examine cryptic clues, and crack intricate puzzles while an unseen tension hunts your every move. Can you uncover the truth before your sanity shatters?
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Walking Simulator 8.3%
Everyone in town has their version of what happened at Timmons Manor. None of them were there. Everyone has their theories about why a Timmons relative has not set foot on the property in 100 years. None of them are correct...
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Investigation 17.1%, Dark Comedy 15%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Mystery 10.2%
Available today for every citizen of Feagu, a new operating system - built for both your professional and personal use. Browse your email, visit the world wide web, do office tasks, and much more!
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 13%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Comedy 11.5%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Investigation 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Anime 9.9%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 37.1%, Investigation 25.8%, Mystery 15.3%, Puzzle 7.5%, Story Rich 5.3%
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 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Comedy 9.3%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Investigation 10.8%, Anime 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 19%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Anime 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 8.2%
