- #1 The Rewinder
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,243 reviews2021
Dev: MistyMountainStudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
Why similar: Drama 18.4%, Mystery 18.4%, Detective 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #2 Shanghai Summer
96% matchVery Positive91% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Word Game 30.8%, Mystery 19%, Drama 14.2%, Text-Based 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #3 DragonLoop: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因小分队
Windows
The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.8%, Adventure 28.1%, 2D 10.5%, Indie 5.5%
- #4 子归 - Blossom
95% matchVery Positive89% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Mystery 26.1%, Drama 17.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 9.3%
- #5 Hexed Time
94% matchVery Positive98% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Petra Emmer
Windows
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.6%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #6 Murders on the Yangtze River
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,376 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Mystery 15.4%, Drama 15.2%, Puzzle 12%, Adventure 9.6%
- #7 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
93% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #8 Paper Bride
92% matchVery Positive91% of 2,220 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Word Game 22.2%, Detective 20.2%, Drama 19.9%, Mystery 18.8%, Puzzle 11.1%
- #9 DragonLoop
91% matchVery Positive92% of 525 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因
Windows
Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.
Why similar: Drama 38.2%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Stylized 7.2%, 2D 7%
- #10 月华辉映之刻
90% matchVery Positive92% of 4,219 reviews2025
Dev: 侠客狗工作室
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
——这是由阴阳两面的夹缝中,诞生的深刻羁绊。世人只言开封繁华,歌舞升平,却难以看到那,被隐藏起来的黑暗背面。粉饰的美好,残酷的真相。生者的思念,亡者的祝福。所以,你要止步当前,还是深究一切?
Why similar: Word Game 23.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Drama 10.8%, Lore-Rich 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #11 Scourge of the village
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 267 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Scourge of The Village is a Chinese folk horror-themed text decryption game. A young female intern reporter who was inexplicably trapped in a nightmare while investigating a factory sewage discharge incident. In order to solve the mystery, she decided to go to the land of her dreams alone.
Why similar: Mystery 33.5%, Text-Based 16.3%, Puzzle 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Adventure 8.5%
- #12 Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,801 reviews2021
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?
Why similar: Word Game 32.4%, Mystery 22.5%, Drama 12.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #13 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
88% matchVery Positive94% of 267 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Word Game 20%, Mystery 19.7%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #14 The Rule Of SHE
89% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Drama 22.7%, Mystery 17.6%, Puzzle 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #15 Misty Judgment
87% matchVery Positive94% of 1,412 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Word Game 27.3%, Detective 22.1%, Mystery 21.6%, Drama 15.5%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #16 The Diary
86% matchMixed68% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: HuCang StudioPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present? With frequent plot twists, you never know which is the truth and which is the unexpected; in a dense fog, time buries the past, but the marks remain.
Why similar: Word Game 31.4%, Drama 13.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #17 Threefold Recital
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,372 reviews2025
Dev: Everscape GamesPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
Why similar: Drama 22.7%, Detective 22.6%, Mystery 19.6%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #18 Night Loops
85% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 21.3%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Puzzle 13%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Adventure 10.1%
- #19 Burn Me Twice
86% matchVery Positive82% of 266 reviews2020
Dev: Null Reference Studio
Windows
A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Mystery 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Puzzle 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #20 江华号
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 177 reviews2023
Dev: 知音动漫Pub: IndieArk
Windows
《江华号》是一款国风水墨横版卷轴叙事游戏。1928年,武汉的大街小巷流传着一则“头七夜死者还魂”的诡异消息,引发各界关注。《楚城时报》新人记者虞慧龄奉命前去采访,却误打误撞,被种种谜团指引着登上了一艘名为“江华号”的豪华客轮。在那里,一段不为人知的隐秘往事渐渐浮出水面……
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Detective 15.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #21 With My Past
83% matchVery Positive95% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: Imagine Wings StudioPub: Edigger
Windows
"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Drama 22.9%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Puzzle 20.8%, 2D 5.4%
- #22 The Chrono Jotter
82% matchVery Positive94% of 2,205 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 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: Word Game 23.6%, Detective 17.9%, Drama 15.6%, Mystery 15%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #23 TEST TEST TEST
81% matchVery Positive92% of 991 reviews2024
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Puzzle 14.6%, Mystery 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #24 Black Lily's Tale
82% matchVery Positive87% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: 1000-REKA
Windows
Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.
Why similar: Mystery 36.1%, Female Protagonist 21.8%, Drama 13.7%, Adventure 13%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #25 The Crimson Diamond
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 648 reviews2024
Dev: Julia Minamata
Windows · Mac
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Why similar: Mystery 28%, Text-Based 15%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Detective 10.6%
- #26 Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale
79% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.3%, Adventure 24.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Text-Based 10.9%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #27 The Day Before You Gone
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Aequalis Studio
Windows
An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!
Why similar: Adventure 25.9%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Text-Based 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Stylized 10.4%
- #28 Once Again
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,001 reviews2022
Dev: RB Wolf DesignPub: RB Wolf Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 61.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?
Why similar: Drama 33.4%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Adventure 19.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #29 Bride into the Cave
79% matchMostly Negative39% of 231 reviews2024
Dev: Flower_Official
Windows
Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.
Why similar: Word Game 24.8%, Mystery 19.5%, Drama 13.9%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Puzzle 12%
- #30 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,098 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Word Game 27.1%, Drama 20%, Mystery 18.2%, Detective 12.5%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #31 Super Drift Blade
73% matchVery Positive97% of 353 reviews2025
Dev: Liujiajun
Windows
Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore the hidden paths! Go deeper in a limited time and discover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Drama 27.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #32 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
78% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Drama 23.8%, Mystery 18%, Detective 16.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #33 Coralina: a Memory Tale
74% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Drama 20.6%, Mystery 18.2%, Puzzle 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Adventure 10.9%
- #34 A Perfect Day
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,802 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Drama 25%, Time Management 21.2%, Puzzle 14.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #35 Blood Lily Loop
74% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Drama 18.8%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Mystery 17%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #36 Shui's Odyssey
73% matchVery Positive90% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Intentional StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
This is a puzzle game that combines text and images. Players use visual illusions to piece together fragments of memories from Alzheimer's patients, in order to reconstruct the truth of the story and witness the passage of time for three generations.
Why similar: Word Game 37.9%, Drama 27.8%, Puzzle 14.8%, Adventure 11.8%, 2D 3.9%
- #37 Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,092 reviews2024
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
Why similar: Mystery 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Drama 14.6%, Detective 13.8%
- #38 Orten Was The Case
73% matchVery Positive96% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Woodhill Interactive
Windows · Mac
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Why similar: Mystery 22.9%, Detective 18.3%, Time Management 16.7%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #39 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
70% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 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: Mystery 19.4%, Drama 17.8%, Detective 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Text-Based 10%
- #40 Future Proof
75% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Silhouette Valley Games
Windows
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Mystery 22.2%, Time Management 18.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Detective 10.5%
- #41 Sword Daughter
77% matchMixed53% of 137 reviews2015
Dev: HanabiraPub: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Choose a path to adventure! Will you sneak into the dragon's lair, or challenge the beast openly? Will you fight for vengeance or for glory? Will you be tempted by elven romance? Will you be buried underground forever? Relive classic 1980s fantasy in this remastered gamebook.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #42 Xi
70% matchVery Positive91% of 263 reviews2025
Dev: HHGame
Windows
"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion. This immersive escape room experience feels a bit too real, with eerie and strange elements everywhere—an empty banquet, an endless corridor.
Why similar: Drama 21.7%, Mystery 17.2%, Detective 15.6%, Puzzle 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%
- #43 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
69% matchVery Positive98% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Mystery 29%, Detective 17.5%, Drama 14%, Adventure 13.5%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #44 The Demons Told Me to Make This Game
70% matchVery Positive99% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Haunted Dude
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 32.7%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #45 Threads of Karma
72% matchMixed54% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: 萝卜不长毛线公司Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Why similar: Mystery 43.8%, Puzzle 19.6%, Text-Based 9.1%, Stylized 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #46 Trials of Innocence
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 25.6%, Mystery 19.6%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Adventure 7.6%
- #47 Complex Loop
71% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 57.6%, Adventure 29.2%, 2D 13.2%
- #48 Curse of Dragon Mountains: The Strix
76% matchMostly Negative40% of 80 reviews2014
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
You see it in your dreams, you feel it in your blood; the ancient evil awakening! Uncover the secrets of your family estate. Solve puzzles, explore fantasy lands & confront the evil spirit Strix in this fantasy puzzle adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Mystery 18.2%, Puzzle 16.6%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Adventure 9.4%
- #49 孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon
71% matchVery Positive88% of 261 reviews2023
Dev: 章鱼罐头制作组
Windows
一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀,对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查,并各自提交一份答案。最后,出现了七种截然不同的解答……
Why similar: Word Game 24.1%, Mystery 23.1%, Detective 20.1%, Drama 11.2%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #50 Connected Clue
68% matchVery Positive88% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Alpheratz Games Pub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Drama 18%, Mystery 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #51 幻现的花海 - Sea of Phantom Flowers
69% matchVery Positive96% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: 可爱因子工作室Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
在讨伐魔王的前一天,勇者回到了她久别的故乡,想要履行昔日对同行者的承诺。 然而,时间似乎定格在了临行前的这一天…… 她承诺过的那片花海,还会如约盛开吗?
Why similar: Drama 23.2%, Mystery 20.6%, Lore-Rich 16%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #52 Chinatown Detective Agency
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Mystery 21%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10%, Adventure 8%
- #53 FLAM EVAW
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,478 reviews2025
Dev: 北京万合瑞晟文化传媒有限公司
Windows
In"FLAM EVAW ", you will continue to embody the community detective Maple Kurosawa, using your powerful detective and hacker skills to embark on a journey of investigation against the Rainbow Crime Organization with several female assistants of different styles.
Why similar: Detective 42.7%, Mystery 19.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Adventure 9.2%
- #54 火起雪中寺
68% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: 江湖奇事录
Windows
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Mystery 18.3%, Drama 16.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 9.7%
- #55 SIFU Kidnapped! Adventure in the Women's Kingdom
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,691 reviews2026
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
Modern worker reborn as Golden Cicada in the all-female Land of Women. Unravel the Mother-Son River’s secrets, battle Demon King Mara, and bond with seven goddesses. Your choices shape many endings—balance enlightenment and love to rewrite the Three Realms.
Why similar: Drama 59.9%, Multiple Endings 17%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 4.4%
- #56 Soulslayer~灭魂·误佳期~
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 703 reviews2017
Dev: 开水工作室Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
Why similar: Detective 54.2%, Adventure 26%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Indie 5.1%
- #57 Afterdream
67% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Mystery 22.2%, Drama 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Adventure 13.1%
- #58 Kanna Maze
66% matchVery Positive89% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 29.3%, Drama 15.1%, Detective 12.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 8.6%
- #59 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
67% matchVery Positive86% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Drama 22.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8.1%