60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Adventure, Choose Your Own Adventure, Noir.
Detective Norman faces one of the longest nights of his career. Alone, he searches for the missing girl, Felicia, only to discover that this case runs far deeper than he ever imagined.
BUGFIXER INO
PC-98Like command-select adventure/visual novel Witness bugfixer Ino's quest with realistic FM sound
La Jetée
‘This is the story of a man marked by an image from his childhood.’ An 30minute black noire game, with an deep story, 30 beautiful images and stunning backroundsound.
PC-98Like command-select adventure/visual novel Witness bugfixer Ino's quest with realistic FM sound
Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Detective 12.6%
‘This is the story of a man marked by an image from his childhood.’ An 30minute black noire game, with an deep story, 30 beautiful images and stunning backroundsound.
Why similar: Noir 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Narration 8.9%
Enjoy watching how team members react to the various mishaps that occur during the intensive training camp.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Adventure 22.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%, 2D 7.3%
Izumi, the demon girl you accidentally captured. A novel adventure game where you gradually connect hearts as you spend your days together with Izumi.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Adventure 22.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, 2D 7.1%
Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Adventure 23.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%, 2D 6.6%
This ported edition of Baroque Syndrome presents the visual novel depicting the events before the main Baroque story. Play as Kitsune, owner of the Baroque Shop, and experience a branching narrative shaped by your choices. Fonts, stills, animations, and UI have been remastered for smoother play.
Why similar: Noir 35.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 22%, Adventure 16.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Detective 12%, Lovecraftian 11.7%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Adventure 17.1%, Detective 15.4%, Narration 7.9%
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Noir 29.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Choices Matter 7%, Text-Based 6.5%
A mansion drenched in heavy rain. Heirs gathered, each eyeing the family fortune. And you—who committed a murder in their midst. As a chain of killings begins, YORAM follows Irene Lindbergh, a murderer hiding her crime, as she searches for the truth buried deep within the estate.
Why similar: Noir 35.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Detective 18.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 5.3%
Cthulu Mysteries: The Veins of Arkham is Lovecraftian narrative mystery, where staying sane is the greatest challenge. Interview the witnesses, gather clues and draw conclusions to solve the most unusual case. Will you be able to handle the truth?
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Lovecraftian 21.3%, Detective 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 7.9%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Noir 24.4%, Detective 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
A city forgotten by everyone, two women trying to unravel its secrets, and a dismal silence of war. Is it possible to create without the hope of being heard? Is it possible to mourn for someone obliterated in memories? And what horrors are hidden in the shadows of forgotten town?
Why similar: Noir 27.7%, Lovecraftian 20.9%, Detective 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 8%
Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.1%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Lovecraftian 20.2%, Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%
Worlds brought to life by H.P. Lovecraft and R.W. Chambers combined in the form of a pixelart point&click game. As Solomon Hill, investigate the mysterious death of your twin brother and an ancient plot to bring back the lost city of Carcosa and its resident Hastur, known as the King in Yellow.
Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Detective 13.5%, Narration 8.7%
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Lovecraftian 13.7%, Detective 12.1%
This is an adventure game with a comical and mysterious story. Become the unluckiest detective in the universe and travel around Town with your buddy, a fortune teller, to solve crimes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.2%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Adventure 18.1%, 2D 4%
A funny and dramatic game telling the story of a detective. NOIR themed with a cyberpunk background with elements of Lovecraftian horror story.
Why similar: Noir 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Detective 6.5%
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Narration 9.9%
The Wickie is a first-person thriller set in the 1930s Outer Hebrides. Explore handcrafted islands, uncover cosmic horrors, and survive deadly dangers. With no weapons or maps, rely on wit and courage to solve mysteries. Rich in story,art, and Lovecraftian dread, Will you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Lovecraftian 14.5%, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Change the world by changing its framework. The answer always lies just beyond...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Adventure 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, 2D 7.6%
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.9%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Text-Based 14.2%, Adventure 13.9%, 2D 7.3%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Detective 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Narration 10.7%, Text-Based 7.3%
An adventure game where your choices change the world. Fri, a girl working at a coffee workshop, lives in a town that feels strangely mysterious. What will she encounter in this town while suffering from amnesia, and how will the world changing?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Adventure 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%
My second spring in high school. Surrounded by my dreamy upperclassman, that classmate I'm interested in, and my childhood friend who's a year younger than me. She's been in the search for a boyfriend who would look at her, and only her. The protagonist Chika decides to confess her feelings to……
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Adventure 21.7%, Text-Based 10.7%, 2D 7%
Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.8%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Detective 15.9%, Text-Based 12.7%
One tragic night, the power dome of Damipolis died during dinner under strange circumstances... What were they doing there? What really happened that night? And... who is the culprit? Solve the mystery in this first-person 3D graphic adventure, inspired by classic film noir.
Why similar: Noir 35.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Detective 17%, Narration 10.9%, Choices Matter 7%
Spend a week at your uncle’s house in this short visual novel.From time to time, a special “Pursue” button will appear, guiding the story toward one of two endings.Approx. 30 minutes playtimeTwo possible endingsRated R12[Features]The “Pursue” button cannot be skipped.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Adventure 21.8%, Text-Based 10.9%, 2D 7.1%
Join Burst as he sorts out the chaos in Sorrentine. With your hips to the beat of jazz and a whole lot of bad luck, you'll have to dive into this fun pixel art world with RPG elements, to solve your adventures in the purest style of the best detectives who are now legends.
Why similar: Noir 36.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Detective 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
The protagonist secured security of life until his wounds heal. Immediately, he presses his sisters to arrange their living environment by asking them to do so, In addition, let's confront the sisters with various naughty requests under the guise of caring for their wounds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Visual Novel 28%, Adventure 22.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%, 2D 7.2%
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: Noir 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Detective 14.4%, Text-Based 8.9%
「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか？それとも……」 精神科医である道島（主人公）は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…！？
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Adventure 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Text-Based 10.5%
A family friendly adventure visual novel that makes reading fun! Accessibility is top of mind with voice-acted read-along narration with friendly fonts for readers with dyslexia. Experience hand drawn art and make important choices to determine how your story unfolds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Narration 17%, Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
An atmospheric visual novel with puzzle elements and a nonlinear storyline.
Why similar: Noir 43.7%, Visual Novel 23%, Narration 13.9%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D 6.9%
Enjoy the warm family trip.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Adventure 22.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, 2D 7.1%
Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.
Why similar: Noir 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Lovecraftian 10.7%, Choices Matter 6.8%
Molitva – a brutal, nonlinear visual novel about sins committed and the final chance for redemption. Are you worthy of forgiveness?
Why similar: Noir 36.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%, 2D 5.6%
1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Adventure 17.8%, Detective 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Noir 21.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Adventure 8.6%
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Adventure 21.8%, Text-Based 10.2%, 2D 7.2%
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Why similar: Noir 30.9%, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Narration 10.4%
An interactive prison adventure. You play as a psychiatrist, working one-on-one with inmates who have committed crimes. Use case files to choose appropriate responses and hand out items from the drawer to maintain their trust. Your choices can either open up or close the inmates.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.9%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
The story is set in an alternate universe where the player is struggling with the memories of what they know to be HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS- and the mysterious look-alikes who pull them every which way. Can the player figure out the truth about this twisted world and return to the guild?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.6%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, 2D 7.8%
Have you heard the rumor? If you call a certain number at 1am, you will be connected to a person called the 1am operator. This person is said to be able to connect you to the past.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.6%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Adventure 24.7%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%
Enjoy your new life living with your brother's wife, who suddenly appeared.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Adventure 22.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, 2D 7.1%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Noir 47.6%, Detective 27.2%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Text-Based 9.7%
The protagonist, given the chance to revisit the past. Their goal is to manipulate the sisters who tormented them since childhood at will and settle old scores.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.9%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Adventure 22.6%, Choices Matter 8%, 2D 7.3%
A short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms, maggots, etc, looking to be reborn through someone's body. You will have to find that someone, speaking to the locals, investigating, uncovering truths and decide who to kill before the world is taken over.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Noir 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%
Noir adventure for an unlucky subway's lost and found worker!
Why similar: Noir 41.5%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Adventure 13%, Narration 7.8%, 2D 5%
"Sign White" is a text visual novel set in a fictionalized medieval era. Send letters from your pigeon house to communicate with people for a limited period of time. Make connections to save people, listen to their worries, and participate in important decisions to change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Adventure 22.7%, Text-Based 15.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Adventure 8.2%
予測された未来に挑め―― 探偵見習いである伊月千春は失踪人探しの仕事の最中、犯罪予測AI『プロテア』を偶然、手に入れるが…
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.6%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Adventure 24.8%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 1%
The second retro-style travel mystery adventure! This game is a suspense command ADV set in Akita's Oga region in Japan.The character designer is a manga artist Kiyokazu Arai, following his previous work "Iseshima Mystery Annai".
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.1%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Detective 20.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
4 Days in *** is a non-linear 2D horror adventure game in which the player chooses how the story unfolds. You play as a girl who has stopped at a hotel for a conference on health innovations. The hotel administrator warned her not to go up to the 4th floor, but what really happens there?
Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Detective 15.9%, Lovecraftian 12.9%, Narration 8.8%
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Adventure 19.6%, Detective 18.2%, Choices Matter 6.7%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Detective 21.9%, Adventure 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.5%
