- #1 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,308 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 25.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Anime 13.6%, Mystery 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It directly continues the formula of closed-circle murders, evidence gathering, and high-energy class trials with an even bigger cast of twists.
- #2 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
96% matchVery Positive83% of 22,376 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 24.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Anime 11.7%, Mystery 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This sequel doubles down on the social tension, trial minigames, and wild psychological escalation that define Danganronpa.
- #3 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
96% matchVery Positive93% of 7,129 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 22.9%, Mystery 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Anime 10.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Another iconic death-game mystery where a trapped cast uncovers clues and peels back layered conspiracies to survive.
- #4 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 43,374 reviews2019
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Anime 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its investigation-and-cross-examination loop scratches the same 'find contradictions and expose lies' itch as Danganronpa's class trials.
- #5 AI: The Somnium Files
94% matchVery Positive92% of 9,207 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 14.8%, Anime 14.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A twisty murder mystery full of interrogations, shocking character turns, and stylish anime presentation.
- #6 Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
94% matchVery Positive81% of 2,086 reviews2024
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Yuma, an amnesiac detective-in-training, and Shinigami, the spirit haunting him, tackle unsolved mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 37%, Anime 19.3%, Mystery 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Story Rich 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: From Danganronpa's creator, it offers anime-styled detective work, eccentric suspects, and surreal mystery reveals with a similarly flashy tone.
- #7 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
93% matchVery Positive94% of 9,191 reviews2021
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Visual Novel 20%, Mystery 14.9%, Anime 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: If you love piecing together evidence and dismantling testimony, this collection delivers that same courtroom payoff with excellent cases and characters.
- #8 Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,457 reviews2024
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30.7 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Detective 29%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes crime scene reconstruction, logic chains, and confrontations that feel close to Danganronpa's deduction-heavy segments.
- #9 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
91% matchVery Positive88% of 4,237 reviews2024
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.6 hrsMean: 54.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 29.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: These later Ace Attorney games mix case investigation, dramatic testimony battles, and big narrative twists in a very compatible way.
- #10 The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
90% matchVery Positive88% of 8,394 reviews2025
Dev: Too Kyo GamesPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 41.4 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi join forces for the first time to deliver the ULTIMATE adventure game! 15 students are tasked with defending a school from grotesque monsters for 100 days. Can they make it to the end? And will they survive long enough to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Anime 17.6%, Dark Comedy 16.6%, Dark Humor 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: From the Danganronpa and Zero Escape creators, it mixes a trapped school setting, eccentric students, and life-or-death stakes with a new strategy layer.
- #11 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
91% matchVery Positive82% of 4,789 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Mystery 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Anime 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It keeps Zero Escape's lethal-game structure but leans even harder into branching timelines, paranoia, and desperate survival.
- #12 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,077 reviews2023
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Mystery 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliantly plotted mystery where each chapter reframes what you thought you knew, much like Danganronpa's best reveal chains.
- #13 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.9%, Anime 22.2%, Mystery 20.3%, Story Rich 10.2%, Horror 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A compact supernatural mystery that nails the escalating dread, investigation, and jaw-dropping reveals Danganronpa fans tend to chase.
- #14 CHAOS;CHILD
89% matchVery Positive93% of 3,899 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 27.5%, Mystery 17.7%, Anime 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A gruesome serial-murder VN with obsessive clue hunting, unreliable perspectives, and a constant sense that something is deeply wrong.
- #15 Raging Loop
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,075 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 59.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.7%, Detective 19.1%, Mystery 18.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This werewolf-inspired visual novel traps strangers in a deadly ritual and thrives on suspicion, route-based reveals, and escalating dread.
- #16 Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
86% matchVery Positive82% of 7,281 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Komaru Naegi has been imprisoned inside a mysterious apartment for over a year. Her rescue is derailed when hundreds of Monokumas suddenly attack. She teams up with Toko Fukawa to survive the rampaging Monokumas, escape the crafty Monokuma Kids, and uncover the secrets of the city.
Why similar: Anime 26.8%, Great Soundtrack 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Detective 12.5%, Story Rich 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Though it swaps trials for action, it's still packed with Danganronpa lore, twisted despair, and familiar character dynamics.
- #17 GNOSIA
85% matchVery Positive94% of 4,865 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 16.5%, Mystery 16%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its looping social-deduction structure captures the feeling of trying to identify hidden killers among a suspicious cast.
- #18 Tokyo Dark
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,341 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 26%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Anime 16.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A grim detective adventure with branching choices, mental strain, and a moody blend of crime-solving and psychological horror.
- #19 428: Shibuya Scramble
84% matchVery Positive95% of 3,747 reviews2018
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Mystery 21.9%, Detective 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Story Rich 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This live-action VN weaves multiple viewpoints into a dense urban mystery with the same addiction to cliffhangers and escalating revelations.
- #20 Return to Shironagasu Island
84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,067 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 24.9%, Mystery 19.1%, Detective 18.6%, Anime 11.9%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This indie VN hits the anime murder-mystery sweet spot with island investigations, bizarre deaths, and big payoff twists.
- #21 Tangle Tower
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,076 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 37%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 13%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A stylish murder mystery that focuses on interrogating eccentric suspects and piecing together a case scene by scene.
- #22 The Shell Part I: Inferno
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,368 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Mystery 17.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Anime 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark detective VN focused on serial murders, uncomfortable truths, and painstaking investigation in a heavy psychological-horror tone.
- #23 Corpse Party
83% matchVery Positive89% of 1,376 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Anime 27.7%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Less detective-heavy, but its school horror, trapped-student panic, and gruesome atmosphere line up well with Danganronpa's darker side.
- #24 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,381 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 33%, Mystery 22.4%, Anime 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It starts as a rural mystery and evolves into an intense paranoia spiral built on suspicion, hidden truths, and shocking reversals.
- #25 BURIED STARS
81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,174 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Mystery 26.8%, Anime 21.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Survival 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: It centers on a high-pressure survival scenario where reading people, managing suspicion, and uncovering hidden motives matters as much as the mystery itself.
- #26 Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter
77% matchVery Positive91% of 285 reviews2026
Dev: Mango FactoryPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Kill each other...for science! The class of '89 is trapped in an elite school killing game. Investigate, solve, and expose your classmates in Kumitantei™: Old-School Slaughter, an episodic murder-mystery ADV card-battler inspired by retro anime.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 14.5%, Mystery 14%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #27 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
80% matchVery Positive90% of 598 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 37.7%, Anime 21.3%, Mystery 16.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its isolated setting, layered routes, and science-infused mystery deliver the same pleasure of slowly solving a locked-down catastrophe.
- #28 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
79% matchVery Positive87% of 288 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Mystery 19.4%, Anime 15.3%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: For players who loved the logic side of Danganronpa, this is a massive locked-room mystery built around connecting clues and theories.
- #29 Murder by Numbers
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,662 reviews2020
Dev: MediatonicPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Why similar: Detective 34%, Visual Novel 22%, Anime 15.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: Its case-solving structure and evidence-based confrontations feel adjacent to Danganronpa, just filtered through picross puzzles and lighter comedy.
- #30 The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,938 reviews2023
Dev: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Mystery 16.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
- #31 Persona 4 Golden
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 84,776 reviews2020
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 45.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.1%, Anime 19%, Detective 17.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #32 Master Magistrate
78% matchVery Positive90% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: IRODORIPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The samurai detective visual novel! Solve crimes and pass judgment on vigilantes, officials, inventors, and brigands to protect a city of eternal cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Detective 35.4%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 15.6%, Anime 12.7%, Story Rich 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: An anime courtroom VN with investigations and testimony battles that strongly appeals to fans of Danganronpa's trial sequences.
- #33 Fatal Twelve
78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,003 reviews2018
Dev: LYCORISPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Shishimai Rinka was a high schooler who ran a small café named Lion House in place of her grandmother. She lived her life much like any other person her age, but one day, she was caught up in an explosion while returning home on the train alongside her friend, Hitsuji Naomi.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Anime 20%, Mystery 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Story Rich 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A character-driven death-game VN where contestants uncover one another's secrets to survive, echoing Danganronpa's fatal social tension.
- #34 The Murder Hotel
74% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Anime 14.4%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #35 Doki Doki Literature Club!
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 221,125 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Anime 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #36 STEINS;GATE
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,836 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 66.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 31.1%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Anime 20.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, Mystery 7.4%
- #37 12 Hours to Die
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Visual Novel 26%, Mystery 17.4%, Anime 12.3%, Puzzle 3.9%
- #38 Little Locked Rooms
73% matchVery Positive89% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: riolucci
Windows · Linux
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 31.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Anime 17.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #39 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,830 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 26.7%, Mystery 16.8%, Anime 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #40 STEINS;GATE 0
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,091 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 125.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 31.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.5%, Anime 20.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Mystery 4.1%
- #41 Yet Another Killing Game
70% matchVery Positive98% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Mystery 21.3%, Anime 21.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #42 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 899 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Anime 16.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #43 Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
74% matchMixed62% of 745 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
With an all-star dream lineup of characters from each Danganronpa game, gather Hope Fragments at a tropical resort. Explore Jabberwock Island and develop your Dangan characters. Gather money through battle and upgrade your equipment, then defeat bosses and move on to the next island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Anime 29.2%, Mystery 17.1%, Adventure 8.7%, Funny 6.9%
- #44 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,999 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 81.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Anime 25.8%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Story Rich 9.1%, Dark Humor 5.5%
- #45 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,271 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Anime 17.1%, Mystery 17%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #46 Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
70% matchVery Positive94% of 4,035 reviews2023
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Detective 36.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 16%, Anime 14.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #47 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,708 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 42.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.3%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 16.7%, Detective 12.5%, Anime 8.3%
- #48 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,058 reviews2017
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Anime 16.1%, Mystery 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #49 The Zodiac Trial
71% matchVery Positive95% of 150 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Dark Comedy 14.5%, Anime 10.8%, Dark Humor 10.5%
- #50 Magical Girl Witch Trials
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,109 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Mystery 15.9%, Anime 10.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #51 LumineNight
68% matchVery Positive89% of 510 reviews2024
Dev: Spickasoft
Windows
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 32.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Anime 13.9%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #52 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,059 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Mystery 27.5%, Anime 22.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Story Rich 11.3%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #53 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 908 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 26.4%, Anime 18.1%, Mystery 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%
- #54 FAKEBOOK
66% matchVery Positive91% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 19%, Detective 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark Humor 9.7%
- #55 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,810 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Mystery 17.9%, Anime 17.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #56 The Silver Case
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,129 reviews2016
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 26.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Anime 12.1%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #57 Detective Grimoire
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,355 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Point & Click 7.5%
- #58 Kara no Shojo
68% matchVery Positive92% of 449 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 161.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 27.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Anime 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #59 Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder
69% matchVery Positive82% of 308 reviews2017
Dev: Goldbar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 18.1%, Anime 14.3%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #60 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
64% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Detective 20.1%, Mystery 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Story Rich 8%
