- #1 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
97% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女,将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。[想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ?准 备 好 ]浅冰背后,为何会有寒意深藏?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,不断的匿名威胁,绑架,真相到底是……
Why similar: Philosophical 21.5%, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Mystery 10.3%
- #2 井底-与奇迹邂逅的井底之人
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 井底游戏制作组Pub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows
《井底》是一款2024年3月立项的文字类galgame,题材是“超能力悬疑推理故事”,画风是日系校园风格的 故事主要讲述了游戏女主王语韴作为一个业余“侦探”,遇到各种疑难问题,并在侦探事务所所长天翔及其妹妹天音的帮助下,解决案件的故事。 游戏主要使用鼠标点击来推进剧情
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Detective 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Anime 10.3%
- #3 No Recollection
96% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #4 The Murder Hotel
95% 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 19.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Modern 11.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #5 All Songs Are From The King
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Taigha Games
Windows
"All Songs are from the King," a haunting psychological horror experience that transcends traditional gaming boundaries.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.1%, Faith 16% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Detective 10.1%, Emotional 9.4%
- #6 Submerged Lights
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overlooked Option Visual Novels
Windows
After traveling to a country town to move into the house he inherited, Andrew finds the town flooded. While wondering what to do, he spots a dim light coming from the flooded library, in the middle of the night. Investigating, he finds that it belongs to a small fairy, trapped inside of a lantern...
Why similar: Faith 21% ★, Philosophical 18.3%, Romance 13.6%, Emotional 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #7 Elevenses: The Flask
93% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: REDRAYPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
일레븐지스: 플라스크는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 한 치 앞을 예상할 수 없는 전개와 끝없이 펼쳐지는 반전, 영원히 끝나지 않는 11시의 티타임에 여러분을 초대합니다.
Why similar: Thriller 15.2%, Romance 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 10.5%
- #8 Haunted Heye Apartment
92% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: V.N GAME STUDIO
Windows
Strange things frequently happen in the apartment, such as the black shadow by the bed, the face behind the curtains, and the eccentric neighbor... This old apartment seems to be hiding some unknown secrets... Will you walk ignorantly into death or discover the truth and escape to safety?
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.9%
- #9 Wonderful Body Wanted
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Thriller 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #10 Whispers of Montéiroz
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hawkeye Interactive GamesPub: Hawkeye Interactive Studios
Windows
A call. A secluded mansion cloaked in mystery. A family with deadly secrets. Federal investigator Scott Watkins answers a tip about a missing woman but what he uncovers inside the Monteiroz estate will change everything. Who can you trust? What really happened here How far will you go for the truth?
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Faith 16.2% ★, Thriller 16%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Mystery 10.7%
- #11 Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
90% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Reijo
Windows · Mac
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%
- #12 I keep Dying in Another World -What the hell, Goddess!-
89% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: artoonu
Windows · Linux
Adult-Only Fantasy Murder Mystery Visual Novel filled with dark humor, countless deaths, despair, suspenseful twists, complex relationships, and multiple sex scenes in an exciting story!
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Romance 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%
- #13 村庄-The Village
89% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Thriller 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 11.9%
- #14 Sand Castle
88% matchVery Positive94% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Alice NowakPub: Unusual Meaning
Windows · Mac · Linux
A date on the beach, small talk, a little bit of nostalgia and an important decision. All of that taking place to the accompaniment of the summer breeze.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.8%, Romance 13.9%, Modern 13.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #15 有所思 Yearning
87% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: 有所思制作组
Windows
“Yearning” is a visual novel type of game, telling the story of the protagonist Tan Kai’s ordinary and extraordinary life in the modern Chinese university campus.
Why similar: Faith 20.7% ★, Modern 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Romance 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #16 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
85% matchVery Positive88% of 224 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
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 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Mystery 7.8%
- #17 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,871 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 26.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Anime 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #18 Sunlight Scream
86% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Anime 10.7%
- #19 Neon Testament
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StyxStoriesPub: Styx
Windows
Hundreds of universes merged into one when the Gods decided to finally settle who among them is the greatest and who must vanish. The main character finds himself at the center of unbelievable events after the Ancient & Terrifying One chose unremarkable guy as a "character" in the Gods' RPG.
Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Modern 14.7%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #20 Where Control Ends
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Romance 14.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Thriller 10.1%
- #21 Shut your teeth
84% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: Anastasia ErokhinaPub: Pavel Pichugin
Windows
Shut your teeth is an absurdist mystery visual novel inspired by Thai culture, folklore and traditions. The complex plot full of dark atmosphere, vivid characters and psychological tension will keep you guessing until the very end.
Why similar: Philosophical 19%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Detective 14.4%, Thriller 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #22 Moon and Away
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Timeless Ink
Windows
A thrilling, poignant story-driven experience about a daughter who returns to her childhood home after receiving a letter that her estranged mother has left something mysterious for her. Explore, interact and experience a narrative about love, hope and umm.... HAUNTING DARK PAST!? WHAT?
Why similar: Philosophical 24.7%, Romance 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Emotional 9.6%, Thriller 9%
- #23 Siren's Call: Second Wind
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.4%, Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #24 The Roadside MOTEL
81% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: ONUR GENCAY GÖKÇEPub: DMT PRODUCTION
Windows
The Roadside MOTEL: 10 rooms. 10 dark pasts. Silence tells more than lies. No one is who they seem. If you dare, knock on the door. But sometimes, the loudest scream is no answer at all.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Thriller 15.2%, Detective 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #25 Butterfly//Circuit
81% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: WireWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Butterfly//Circuit is a cybergothic kinetic visual novel. Unravel the secrets of this character driven psychological thriller and explore the hidden interstices of a darkly (un)ordinary world. When glimmers of hope are snuffed out, the boundary between reality and fiction start to blur.
Why similar: Thriller 15%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Philosophical 10.7%
- #26 ELEGIES: Aya
80% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Squircle
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 11.4%, Modern 11.2%
- #27 노베나 디아볼로스
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,574 reviews2020
Dev: H5DEV Games
Windows · Mac
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 31.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Thriller 13.5%, Anime 7.3%
- #28 Birth ME Code
79% matchVery Positive84% of 100 reviews2020
Dev: Miracle Moon
Windows
The second entry of the Abime Series. Play as the mastermind in a death game where you must find the traitor while concealing your identity. Six hours, one school, six deaths. Nine participants fight for survival: it's kill or be killed, trust or deceive, escape or die.
Why similar: Philosophical 18%, Detective 14.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Modern 10.5%
- #29 Reaplaced
78% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Mystery Gamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Modern 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #30 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
78% 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 28.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Anime 12%, Dark Humor 9.7%
- #31 Reflection Link
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
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%, Mystery 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Anime 10.9%, Thriller 10.4%
- #32 Moth Cry
77% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Harbinger Arts
Windows
Moth Cry is a non-linear visual novel about life and its consequences. Experience life alongside the main character. His fate is in your hands.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.7%, Romance 13.3%, Dark Humor 12%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Anime 9.6%
- #33 Night in Delirium
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grupo Trenza
Windows · Mac · Linux
A series of murders puts a town in Chile on alert, and the police are unable to identify the perpetrator and his strange messages. Meanwhile, Nicolas, the young owner of Bar Delirio, suspects that the culprit is hiding among his frequent customers.
Why similar: Modern 19.1%, Thriller 15.7%, Romance 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #34 黑山羊BlackGoat
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Romance 11.6%, Thriller 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #35 EmyLiveShow: Case of Four Hot Witnesses
75% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
A rookie investigator's first case leads them to four sexy girls. It can stop them... or make them even more determined to find the solution.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Modern 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 11.7%
- #36 Scriptur
76% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Relativism GamesPub: Relativism Media
Windows
Scriptur is a kinetic visual novel featuring original artworks, soundtrack, and characters. You woke up on the train, knowing not how you ended up in it and where it was going. What is the secret behind all this? Will it be possible to reveal it and restore the memories of what happened?
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Philosophical 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Romance 13.1%, Mystery 9.5%
- #37 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Anime 11.1%, Mystery 8.5%
- #38 Suhoshin
74% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
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: Thriller 15.5%, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #39 12 Hours to Die
74% 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 27.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 14%, Emotional 12.9%, Anime 8.8%
- #40 Return to Shironagasu Island
73% 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 21.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Anime 9.8%
- #41 Greyed-out
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 西狂GPub: WindField Games
Windows · Linux
Protagonist Shen Mo is trapped in a bizarre reality: the girlfriend who verbally destroys him at dawn becomes impossibly tender by night... Is it really that simple? A story of hallucinations, memory, consciousness, thought, action, madness, dissociation, and survival begins...
Why similar: Philosophical 20.8%, Detective 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #42 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Thriller 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Anime 10.4%
- #43 Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,436 reviews2025
Dev: Ferry // Nopanamaman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Why similar: Philosophical 28.2%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Linear 6.8%
- #44 双生樱 (Twin Sakura: Blossoms Beyond Life)
70% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: HeyangNene
Windows
樱花有双生,人也有双命。 一命如春,一命如冬。 但在生命更迭、记忆永续的世界里, 唯独你——只此一生。 这是一段关于“铭记与蜕变”的故事, 是一场关于“失去与再次遇见”的旅程。 当花期更迭、当命运分岔, 你将如何在破碎的时间里, 捧住仅有一次的爱?
Why similar: Philosophical 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Emotional 13.2%, Romance 13%
- #45 SOULS
73% matchVery Positive91% of 148 reviews2017
Dev: Team Fork
Windows
One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?
Why similar: Philosophical 29.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Linear 14.6%, Anime 12.3%, Mystery 12.2%
- #46 Town of Dusk
71% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Thriller 17.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #47 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Story Rich 7%
- #48 One in One Million
69% match9 user reviews100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Anxiety Comet
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a small room, four friends must uncover the mystery hidden within its walls while confronting the secrets of an elusive truth. Answers are just a button away. A psychological thriller visual novel packed with dark humor and fascinating facts about raccoons.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.5%, Thriller 18.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 11.9%, Emotional 10.2%
- #49 Chrono Crimes
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Chrono
Windows
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 13.8%, Anime 11.3%, Linear 8.5%
- #50 The Silent Column
71% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Overlooked Option Visual Novels
Windows
After a terrible, supernatural event results in the deaths of most people in the world, Tashen meets fellow survivors and falls in love, as he find himself surrounded by ancient and abstract mysteries.
Why similar: Faith 22% ★, Philosophical 18.8%, Romance 13%, Emotional 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #51 The Chrono Jotter
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,231 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Thriller 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Mystery 9.5%
- #52 The Paracelsian Project
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Thriller 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #53 The Grade 5B Case Files
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 狸老师工作室Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
A narrative AVG focused on everyday mysteries from the lives of elementary school students. The two protagonists encounter ordinary yet unusual incidents at school, and through investigation and deduction, players uncover the truth together with them.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Modern 15.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #54 We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
68% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: Act Zero
Windows
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.7%, Modern 16.5%, Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dark Humor 12.9%
- #55 Elevenses
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REDRAYPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.
Why similar: Romance 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Thriller 11.8%
- #56 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
65% matchVery Positive94% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: Armonica LLC
Windows
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%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #57 悪人悪華 - AKUNIN-AKKA -
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: moutardelog
Windows
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Thriller 12.3%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Modern 11.8%
- #58 The Retrospection Of Tomorrow
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cherish Fan
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this non-linear, time-travel romance visual novel, you'll date four captivating love interests just like in any ordinary otome game… until they die before your eyes(!). Trapped between memories and delusions, fighting fate itself—can you rewrite their endings? Dear time traveler, welcome home.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.6%, Thriller 14.5%, Detective 12.2%, Romance 10.7%, Mystery 9.1%
- #59 Отделение 38
66% matchVery Positive94% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: The Three Windmills
Windows
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
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Dev: Denhop
Windows · Mac · Linux
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
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