
At the beginning of the 20th century, you awaken in a quiet manor where everyone calls you “Anna”, a maid. But there’s one problem — you’re actually a man. Soon after, a locked-room murder occurs, and the secrets of the manor begin to unfold.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, you awaken in a quiet manor where everyone calls you “Anna”, a maid. But there’s one problem — you’re actually a man. Soon after, a locked-room murder occurs, and the secrets of the manor begin to unfold.

Methods: The Canada Files
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!

Detective Ridelle
Detective Ridelle is a cozy murder mystery game featuring escape room style puzzles. Find clues, interrogate suspects, solve the mystery - before it's too late.
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Investigation 22.6%, LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Comedy 12.6%, Story Rich 6.5%
Detective Ridelle is a cozy murder mystery game featuring escape room style puzzles. Find clues, interrogate suspects, solve the mystery - before it's too late.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 13.6%, Comedy 10.7%
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Detective 19.5%, Mystery 14.6%, Investigation 12.8%, Retro 10.8%
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Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Comedy 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 9.1%
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Why similar: Detective 42.2%, Retro 19%, Funny 14.9%, Story Rich 11.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%
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Why similar: Mystery 47.5%, Story Rich 22.2%, Casual 16.7%, Atmospheric 13.5%
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Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Funny 9.8%, Comedy 9%
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Why similar: Detective 51%, Puzzle 22.1%, Anime 7.3%, Story Rich 6%, Cute 5.3%
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Can you transform a dilapidated old manor into a 5-star inn while solving the mysteries lurking behind its doors? Meet amusing guests, discover new areas and upgrades, complete mini-quests, and find items and beautiful paintings that will help you achieve your goals!
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Why similar: Mystery 26.1%, JRPG 22.5%, Comedy 20.8%, Anime 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%
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A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Mystery 100%
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.2%, Detective 37.5%, Investigation 19.5%, Story Rich 3.2%, Atmospheric 0.7%
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Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…
Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.1%, Investigation 23.4%, Exploration 16.1%, Puzzle 14.8%, Story Rich 10.8%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Detective 36.2%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 8.2%, Exploration 7.8%, Funny 7.4%
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Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.2%, Mystery 21.5%, Investigation 15.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, Funny 4%
Obscene Mansion is an erotic detective story with elements of adventure. Reveal the secrets of the mansion and put the souls of the harlots to rest.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 17.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, LGBTQ+ 8.2%
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
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Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Detective 24.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 7.9%
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Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Investigation 14.8%, Comedy 11.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Funny 11%
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Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Investigation 21.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Fantasy 5.5%
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Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Investigation 24%, Mystery 16.1%, Exploration 9.4%, Story Rich 8.7%
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Why similar: Detective 48.9%, Mystery 17.7%, Anime 12%, Story Rich 11.2%, Cute 6.7%
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Why similar: Detective 25.5%, LGBTQ+ 25.4%, Mystery 14%, JRPG 12.5%, Story Rich 8.2%
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Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.8%, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 16%, Cinematic 12.1%
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Why similar: Mystery 27%, Investigation 19.9%, Exploration 17.8%, Puzzle 16.4%, Story Rich 12.6%
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.2%, Detective 26%, Investigation 19.7%, Comedy 15.6%, Story Rich 6.9%
Lilly was spirited away to a mysterious island. As her memories fade, everyone seems to know her and her quest for her missing sister. It’s time to establish a homestead, meet your friendly Everfolks, then learn their secrets and solve the mystery of Everholm, in this open-ended minimalist RPG!
Why similar: Mystery 39.1%, Exploration 20.4%, Cute 10.4%, Fantasy 9%, Casual 8.8%
Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area. Luckily, it seems you've found the perfect rental, but something is very off about your landlord...
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Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, LGBTQ+ 26.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Investigation 8.5%, Cute 7.1%
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Why similar: Detective 40.5%, Cinematic 19.7%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 10.8%
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Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Mystery 15.6%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Comedy 11.5%, Funny 8.2%
She becomes Alice of the fairy tale world and joins forces with the mysterious Zixuan to explore the twisted world of fantasy: name-grabbing factions, invisible witches ...... In their light-hearted adventures, they gradually uncover the truth and endeavour to return to reality.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.5%, JRPG 24.6%, Mystery 13.8%, Anime 10.3%, Funny 7.5%
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Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 49.1%, Surreal 22.4%, Anime 9.9%, Cute 8.2%, Story Rich 6.1%
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Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 19.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 9.8%
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Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 15.8%, Retro 9%, Puzzle 8.5%
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 31.1%, Investigation 20%, Mystery 17.1%, Anime 8.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
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: Detective 34.8%, Mystery 29.3%, Exploration 16.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Anime 6%
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Mystery 27.3%, Exploration 14.1%, Retro 13.5%, Story Rich 13%, Puzzle 12.8%
"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 40.4%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 14.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Story Rich 9.4%
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 85.7%, Story Rich 14.3%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Investigation 25.1%, Mystery 21%, Story Rich 8.4%, Anime 8.1%
The Truth Is Pretty Out There. Only you can decipher the mystery of Boomtown USA. Comb a mysterious government base for evidence, investigate the set of a ghost hunt, and unravel the truth, no matter how ridiculous it may be!
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Funny 11.6%
Whisper of the House is a cozy game about organizing and decorating. You'll take on various tasks from the townspeople—helping them move, organize, and clean their spaces. In the process, your gentle touch might make a difference in their lives, and perhaps uncover some hidden stories...
Why similar: Mystery 25.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Exploration 13.8%, Relaxing 13.6%, Story Rich 12.1%
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 48.1%, Mystery 29%, Investigation 12.5%, Story Rich 6.8%, Casual 3.5%
Jane wakes up in a crypt as a ghost. You are investigating the death of her family together. Seeking and researching evidences. Building an accusation based on them. You have a laboratory to research evidences. Play and get the feeling of being a true Victorian detective.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 10.7%
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Mystery 30.7%, Investigation 30.3%, Anime 14.8%, Story Rich 14.5%, Cute 9.7%
Hanhai wakes up in an unfamiliar room, his calf inexplicably cut by a sharp object. As he investigates his surroundings, he discovers an unidentified male corpse in the bathroom, a mysterious room with an evil magic circle drawn on the floor... What exactly happened here?
Why similar: JRPG 35.4%, Mystery 32.2%, Puzzle 18.7%, Exploration 13.8%
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Investigation 15.1%, Comedy 15%, Mystery 12.6%, Funny 11.3%