60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Mystery, Anime.
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.
Suhoshin
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.
The Game of Fourtune
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
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 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 10.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
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: Thriller 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Text-Based 9.4%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Thriller 9.8%
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Mystery 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Thriller 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Dark 9.7%, Anime 9.5%
Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 9.1%, Mystery 8.8%
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Thriller 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Mystery 9.2%
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Mystery 10.8%, Text-Based 7.7%
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Text-Based 8.9%
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: Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Anime 9.7%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Text-Based 9.1%
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: Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Thriller 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Supernatural 9.6%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Detective 8.7%
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: Thriller 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%, Emotional 8.7%
Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Emotional 11.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Thriller 10.7%
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Dark 11.5%, Anime 10.7%
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: Thriller 15.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Anime 9.2%
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Thriller 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Anime 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10%
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Thriller 15%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 10.5%, Anime 9.7%, Supernatural 9.3%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 13.9%, Emotional 11.8%, Anime 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%
A visual novel about a girl who watches a snuff video to relieve stress, justifying herself with the fact that what is happening on the screen isn’t real...
Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 10.6%, Text-Based 9.8%
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 20%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 10.9%, Text-Based 10.1%
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Thriller 18.4%, Mystery 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
Occultus: Daughter of Darkness is a noir-inspired visual novel detective story with supernatural elements.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Thriller 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 12%, Dark 9.5%
You wake up with no memories inside the House, a place where reality bends... lies linger... and someone watching your every move.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Thriller 11.8%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Thriller 13%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Emotional 9.4%, Detective 9.2%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Thriller 18%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Mystery 9.6%
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: Thriller 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
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: Thriller 19.1%, Modern 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 8.4%
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Thriller 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
"GUROBU" is a story-driven, 2D horror game about haunted apartments, ghosts of the past, and a murder mystery.
Why similar: Thriller 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Supernatural 11.1%, Anime 10%, Choices Matter 9.4%
MEN ARE EXTINCT. ONLY WOMEN REMAIN. Welcome to Eclipse—a choice-driven Yuri VN where God, Kings, Soldiers, and even Villains are all women. As Haesu, an elite agent, your choices will forge her destiny and the very future of the world. Amidst love, desire, and bloodshed—can you handle the truth?
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Mystery 8.3%
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Emotional 10.1%
A dramatic visual novel about the search for the meaning of life.
Why similar: Thriller 21.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Anime 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Detective 12.7%, Thriller 11%, Anime 10.1%, Emotional 9.8%
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%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Thriller 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
NO, THANK YOU!!! is a dark, dramatic mystery hidden behind a comic veneer as all of the men in this yaoi visual novel harbor their own secrets. Uncover the mystery behind the protagonist and this bar disguising a detective agency while flirting with the guys and growing intimate with them.
Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Why similar: Thriller 17.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Emotional 10%, Supernatural 9.6%
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: Thriller 18.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 12.1%, LGBTQ+ 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%
A visual novel set in 1920s Paris. As summer draws near, young students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Emotional 10.6%
Silver blue is a BL visual novel 15+ with anime style, containing adventure fantasy content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Emotional 11.3%, Mystery 11%, Anime 9.4%
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Thriller 16.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 8%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Thriller 12%, Supernatural 11.3%, Text-Based 11.1%, Mystery 10.3%
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Emotional 12.1%, Mystery 11.7%
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 10.4%, Emotional 9.3%
A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 10.6%, Emotional 9.4%
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Emotional 9.5%
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: Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Emotional 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Emotional 11.6%, Mystery 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.6%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Detective 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 9%
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 12%, Emotional 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%
A BL Visual Novel about an unlucky modern day Vampire who work the night shift at a convenience store. Will a mysterious co-worker and a flirty regular customer change his life to the better or worse?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
In the treacherous Greywind Forest, a mysterious and dangerous witch resides. Nellie enters the forest, driven by her own motives. A fateful encounter awaits as their paths intertwine in this captivating fantasy Yuri visual novel. Unveil the secrets that lie ahead and make your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Emotional 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
10 world-renowned experts are trapped together and must cooperate to survive... until conflicts arise, and they discover the greatest threat to their lives isn't the system they're resisting: it's each other! Discover the truth of who's living a lie in this fully voiced murder mystery adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Anime 10.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Detective 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
