60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Detective, Mystery, Story Rich.
Switch between multiple protagonists in this suspense visual novel and follow the event of the three days leading up to Halloween. Piece together clues from each perspective to uncover the truth, as your choices reshape the fates of the others.
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Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
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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.
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Detective 17.4%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Mystery 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: Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Detective 10%
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Detective 18%, Mystery 14.3%, Investigation 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.5%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Detective 21%, Mystery 16.4%, Anime 13.7%, Investigation 9.4%
【一夜限りの騙し合いADV】 殺された女性のふりをして豪華客船での同窓会に潜入して"嘘"を武器に事件を解決する。
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Female Protagonist 14%, Detective 13.3%, Thriller 10%
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Mystery 17%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
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: Detective 15%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Nonlinear 13%, Investigation 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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: Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Detective 11.3%, Anime 9.7%, Investigation 7.8%
Mr. Wise is an adventure visual novel with multiple endings. The events in the game revolve around two archaeology professors and their unlikely discovery which can re-write the history itself. But Mr. Wise has another plans for their plans.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Detective 12.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.
Why similar: Mystery 22.8%, Detective 20%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Nonlinear 13%, Story Rich 9%
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: Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Detective 10.1%, Anime 9.8%, Thriller 8.9%
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: Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Detective 10.6%, Thriller 9.3%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Detective 16.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Investigation 8.6%
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: Visual Novel 17.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Anime 12.8%, Psychological 11.3%, Story Rich 8.6%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Investigation 13.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Mystery 16%, Investigation 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Detective 16.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Anime 8.4%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Detective 16.1%, Mystery 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Investigation 11.6%
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』！
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 15.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Detective 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Investigation 10.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Anime 9.2%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Investigation 13.8%, Psychological 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Mystery 18.5%, Investigation 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Story Rich 7.8%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Investigation 9.8%, Thriller 9.3%
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 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
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 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
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 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Anime 12.5%, Investigation 12.2%
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological 9.5%
As a weird detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 15.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Anime 11.3%, Investigation 10.6%
A branching detective mystery. Evidence never lies. But your interpretation might. Your choices shape the truth— and what you uncover may reflect yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Detective 14.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Investigation 10.2%, Psychological 9.8%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Detective 13.8%, Investigation 13%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Anime 11.4%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Detective 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 9.5%
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Thriller 10.3%
I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 11%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 9.9%
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: Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Detective 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Investigation 11.7%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Investigation 10.7%, Anime 9.5%
An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Detective 19.3%, Mystery 15.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Story Rich 7.7%
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Detective 17%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 13.6%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
Investigate mysteries, craft medicine, and uncover the truth in this brand-new story from The Apothecary Diaries. Explore the rear palace and capital to gather evidence and question witnesses, then assemble what you've learned into theories and deductions to solve thrilling mysteries in this sprawling adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 15.5%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Mystery 8.3%, Puzzle 7.8%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
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: Visual Novel 13.5%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Detective 10.9%
It's a story of deception and redemption. You receive a mysterious invitation to a seven days doomsday journey. An expectant interstellar journey has become a doomsday route to the end. There is only one word difference between "victim" and "perpetrator".
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 17.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Thriller 8.4%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Mystery 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Investigation 10.2%, Text-Based 8.1%
When a withdrawn virtual reality nerd has the opportunity to beta test a neural device that feels more “real” than reality itself, everything she assumed about the nature of existence is thrown into question.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Anime 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
After Grendel Jinx is mugged, she chases after the thief, determined to retrieve her possessions - and also recruit the person responsible
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Anime 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Detective 19.6%, Mystery 17.7%, Investigation 13%, Story Rich 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 15.5%, Detective 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Anime 11.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
"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: Visual Novel 18.9%, Detective 18.2%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Logic 8.6%
A procedural mystery game where you play as a detective racing against time to solve a murder case. As toxic gas slowly shrinks the map, find hidden clues and freely interrogate suspects with open-ended questioning. Manage your investigation under increasing pressure in a challenge against time.
Why similar: Mystery 14.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Detective 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
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.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 13.4%, Thriller 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Anime 9.3%
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Anime 9.7%
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: Visual Novel 25.4%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Detective 16.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Anime 6.8%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Psychological 9.3%
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Nonlinear 14%, Detective 12.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Investigation 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Detective 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Anime 11.2%
