60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Visual Novel, Mystery, Story Rich.
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
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A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Detective 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Investigation 9.5%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Text-Based 11.4%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 14.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Detective 13.9%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Investigation 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Text-Based 11%
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Detective 14.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Investigation 10.4%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Investigation 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Mystery 11.4%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Investigation 11.3%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 17.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Puzzle 7.6%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主（你）从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆，发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异，恐怖致命的巨型怪物，你们能否成功逃脱？而这超自然的现象，似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Investigation 15.2%, Text-Based 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 10.2%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Investigation 12.4%
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 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Detective 17%, Investigation 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Text-Based 9.2%
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: Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Investigation 15.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Detective 12.3%
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Detective 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.6%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Make your choices carefully, as your decisions determine how many clues you uncover before the detective, the final player character, questions you. Will your protagonists know enough to catch the murderer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Detective 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Investigation 9.7%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Detective 11.8%, Investigation 9.7%
Project Judgment is a story-driven detective adventure game where the narrative unfolds as you complete quests. Play as Cain, a detective who has lost his memory. Travel from city to city, solve cases, and uncover the truth behind your forgotten past.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Investigation 15.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Investigation 11.9%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Investigation 11.6%
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Text-Based 10.5%, Mystery 7.9%
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Text-Based 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 10.9%, Investigation 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Investigation 10.6%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Detective 14%, Visual Novel 10.9%
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 18.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Investigation 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 7.4%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 12%, Investigation 8.9%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Detective 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Investigation 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 13.7%, Detective 11.7%
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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 15%, Puzzle 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.5%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Investigation 18.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
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 22.6%, Investigation 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%, Mystery 9%
Search Detective Patetaro is a free mystery adventure set in a shopping street in 2050. Trace patents, designs, and trademarks with young detective Patetaro, compare testimony and clues, and eliminate impossible answers one by one. All 5 episodes free. Your search query becomes your deduction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 14.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Puzzle 9.4%
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 20.3%, Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Investigation 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%
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: Investigation 21.7%, Detective 19.6%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 8.9%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Detective 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 12.5%
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 11%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 13.8%, Investigation 13.6%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Detective 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』！
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Detective 10.4%, Mystery 9.3%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.2%
