60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Story Rich, Visual Novel, Investigation.
Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.
Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Trials of Innocence
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
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 20.7%, Crime 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Adventure 6.6%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Crime 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Investigation 9.8%
Step into the shoes of detective Hank and his sidekick Gwen. This time on a top secret mission in an exotic Mediterranean-like country to uncover an illegal drug trade, but also to use this opportunity to enjoy themselves and perhaps even to savour romantic moments.
Why similar: Crime 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Romance 10.2%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Crime 18.1%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Investigation 13%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Crime 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Detective 11.8%, Investigation 9.9%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Crime 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Detective 10.2%
A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?
Why similar: Crime 19.6%, Detective 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%
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: Crime 18.2%, Detective 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 11.4%
Become Aaron Drake and experience the thrill of the hunt as you interrogate suspects, spot contradictions, and corner killers across three murder cases — alongside a rookie partner who is trying her very best.
Why similar: Crime 17.6%, Detective 15.4%, Dynamic Narration 11.3% ★, Visual Novel 10.8%, Investigation 10.1%
Can you defeat the world's oldest mastermind in their own game? Stretch your wits and deduction skills to the maximum as you battle in Paris' craziest court. Here, only those who sacrifice everything reach the truth. What are you willing to betray to make it out alive?
Why similar: Detective 19%, Crime 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dynamic Narration 12.1% ★, Investigation 11.2%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Crime 19.6%, Investigation 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Crime 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Investigation 11.3%, Detective 11.3%
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Crime 18.5%, Detective 18%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Investigation 11%
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 18.5%, Crime 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Crime 15.6%, Investigation 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Dynamic Narration 9.8% ★
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 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Logic 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Romance 10.1%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Crime 20.1%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Crime 16%, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
"I drink Sorrel Coffee to reboot reality, but I'm being hunted by Monster Girls and armed agents" is a branching visual novel where your choices truly matter...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Detective 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Romance 10.9%, Nonlinear 9.7%
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 23%, Crime 17.1%, Investigation 17%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 7.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Detective 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Investigation 11.6%
Anime courtroom murder mystery, set in the corporate world. Cross-examine executives, collect evidence, and correct misstatements one contradiction at a time.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Adventure 8.6%
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: Crime 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Crime 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Detective 15%
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱，而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧，去和推理协会一同调查、思考，最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 9.5%, Investigation 8.6%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Crime 24.4%, Detective 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Anime 9.3%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Crime 18.6%, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 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 20.9%, Investigation 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Crime 14.3%, Anime 12.8%
In most visual novels, you only read what characters say. In The Bastard Who Rewrote the Empire, you decide how deeply to read each line. Use Inner Voice, Sincerity, Appraisal, and X-Ray Vision to expose thoughts, lies, profiles, and secrets—then outwit conspiracies and rewrite a kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Detective 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Investigation 12.6%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Investigation 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Anime 7.8%
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: Crime 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Detective 15.1%, Investigation 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Crime 17.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Anime 9%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Detective 13.9%, Crime 13%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Investigation 10.4%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Crime 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Crime 23%, Detective 22.8%, Investigation 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Anime 11.9%
A visual novel with an exciting detective and romantic plot. Take on a dangerous investigation and find your love in a lost Japanese town.
Why similar: Crime 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Anime 10.5%, Romance 10.2%
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Crime 25.8%, Detective 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 7.3%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
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 21.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Crime 18.4%, Investigation 17%, Anime 10.7%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Investigation 12%, Nonlinear 9.4%
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%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Investigation 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%
A narrative adventure blending point-and-click and visual novel elements. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans, investigate crime scenes, profile suspects, and make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Crime 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 13%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Detective 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Romance 7.7%
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Investigation 16.5%, Crime 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Logic 8.6%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Crime 26.8%, Detective 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%, Investigation 8.7%
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: Crime 19.3%, Detective 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Anime 9.9%
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: Crime 23.7%, Investigation 21%, Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Adventure 8.3%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Crime 20.8%, Investigation 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
Find evidence, interrogate suspects, and shoot down contradictions in this magical girl detective game! Your magic turns each interrogation into a bullet hell logic battle - use it to prove your skills and uncover the truth of each magical mystery! Will you live up to the ideals of a true detective?
Why similar: Crime 20.7%, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Anime 10.5%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Crime 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%
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: Crime 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Investigation 11.7%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Crime 22.3%, Investigation 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 6.7%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Crime 20.6%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Logic 14.5%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Anime 9.7%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Crime 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%
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 16%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Investigation 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Crime 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Investigation 15.7%, Logic 9.4%
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Crime 19.5%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 8.4%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Crime 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 14%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
