Games Like Firework

2000年，山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告，而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入，一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。

Why similar: Mystery 20.9%, Puzzle 15.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Horror 7%

Why You'll Like It: A similarly atmospheric Chinese mystery that uses 2D exploration and puzzles to uncover a disturbing, psychologically charged case.

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: Horror 22.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, Thriller 11.1%, Supernatural 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its Chinese folk rituals, haunted settings, and point-and-click puzzle structure make it one of the closest matches to Firework's tone.

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: Horror 19.1%, Mystery 17.9%, Puzzle 15.2%, Thriller 11.3%, Supernatural 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art supernatural investigation draws heavily on Chinese mythology as players revisit memories and solve spiritual mysteries.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Thriller 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A landmark 2D psychological horror adventure with oppressive atmosphere, symbolic puzzles, and a tragic story rooted in regional history.

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: Horror 22.2%, Thriller 12.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Supernatural 11.3%, Puzzle 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the first game's folk-horror puzzle formula with a cursed village, ritual imagery, and melodramatic mystery.

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Supernatural 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Hand-drawn 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This occult visual novel combines urban legends, multiple viewpoints, and detective-style deduction around a chain of supernatural deaths.

"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: Puzzle 26.6%, Mystery 21.2%, Detective 12.6%, Indie 9.9%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: While less supernatural, its period Chinese setting and evidence-driven murder investigations strongly suit players who enjoyed Firework's detective thread.

"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Thriller 10.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Supernatural 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A Chinese 2D horror RPG focused on a haunted family past, ritualistic folklore, exploration, and unsettling story revelations.

"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 11.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strong continuation of the series' theatrical Chinese supernatural horror, built around elaborate environmental puzzles and cursed relationships.

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Puzzle 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A distinctive crime-solving game where reconstructing conversations and timelines creates the same satisfaction of piecing together a concealed case.

Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Thriller 13.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative horror adventure explores trauma and buried memories through a dark mystery that steadily reframes its characters' past.

Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.

Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Thriller 10%, Visual Novel 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This entry retains the series' eerie Chinese ceremonial horror and dense escape-room-style puzzles surrounding a doomed romance.

Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

Why similar: Mystery 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, Detective 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A grim detective visual novel centered on serial killings, psychological unease, and a meticulously unfolding mystery.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Puzzle 17.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Thriller 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A meticulously written folk-horror point-and-click investigation about a researcher drawn into an isolated village's ancient secrets.

Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.6%, Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Mystery 10.2%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal point-and-click puzzles and ritualistic family tragedy create a deeply ominous, symbolic mystery.

A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...

Why similar: Horror 67.9%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Detective 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its visual-novel investigations into deadly Japanese urban legends share Firework's mix of grief, ghosts, and case-by-case discoveries.

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

Why similar: Horror 62.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 7.5%, 2D 6.4%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its deceptively simple 2D puzzle exploration conceals cruel supernatural twists and an increasingly bleak narrative.

You are Youngho, a Korean high school student trapped and relentlessly pursued by a psychotic killer in the hellish corridors of Sehwa High. Run, hide, explore, and survive while piecing together the mystery The Coma in this remastered version of the Korean cult classic.

Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Indie 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A Korean 2D horror adventure with school-based folklore, tense exploration, and a story gradually revealing its characters' hidden pain.

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Puzzle 16.6%, Indie 8%, 2D 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quiet, surreal horror adventure driven by environmental puzzles and ambiguous storytelling rather than combat.

Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.

Why similar: Horror 45.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Supernatural 12.5%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Puzzle 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This classic horror RPG combines haunted-location exploration, multiple victim perspectives, gruesome mysteries, and tragic ghost stories.

No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Puzzle 20.6%, Mystery 16.2%, Text-Based 11.8%, Detective 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its text-heavy investigative format asks players to analyze evidence and solve psychologically disturbing crimes rather than simply follow a story.

Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.

Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Puzzle 11.3%, 2D 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D horror RPG investigates a horrifying family history through mansion exploration, puzzles, and escalating revelations.

In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology you follow the path of Dale and Laura and other famous Rusty lake characters such as Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl. The series will be updated, preserved and bundled to survive the end of the Flash Games era.

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Puzzle 24.2%, Mystery 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Atmospheric 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This collection offers concise but intricate surreal murder mysteries told through cryptic puzzles, recurring symbols, and psychological horror.

Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.1%, Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A generational family chronicle full of disturbing rituals and interconnected puzzle scenes that slowly explain a cursed past.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Mystery 28%, Thriller 21%, Puzzle 20.5%, Detective 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Though not supernatural, its intricate murder cases and evidence-based deduction offer an excellent fit for Firework players who most enjoyed unraveling the investigation.

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!

Why similar: Horror 59.5%, Indie 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Visual Novel 7.6%, 2D 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A more expansive 2D survival-horror mystery whose Korean urban legends and personal trauma give it a similarly unsettling mood.

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Thriller 11.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Mystery 11%, Supernatural 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A compact pixel-horror adventure about recurring nightmares and buried trauma, with an intimate psychological-horror focus.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Puzzle 18.4%, Indie 6%, Atmospheric 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its hand-drawn 2D puzzle adventure follows a traumatized child through grotesque alternate realities and a deeply personal mystery.

Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to the records of a young girl's suicide years prior. As his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a dark secret buried so deep,no one dares speak of it.

Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Supernatural 10.2%

Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Mystery 15.9%, Puzzle 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A storybook-like folk-horror adventure about a village terrorized by a monster, mixing exploration, puzzles, and bleak revelations.

In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.

Why similar: Horror 16.6%, Mystery 8.6%, Thriller 8.3%, Puzzle 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

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 27.6%, Puzzle 20.8%, Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Detective 7.7%

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: Horror 26.2%, Mystery 18%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Puzzle 12.2%, Detective 6.6%

囡囡回乡参加奶奶一百岁的丧礼。家人们都说老人百岁去世是喜丧,因此家里正大摆宴席招待亲友。独自一人的囡囡看到一个酷似奶奶的身影之后随之而误入某个奇怪的房间，在寻找离开的道路同时，囡囡也逐渐从这些房间的故事中知道了奶奶的来历,更从中得知在喜丧背后所隐藏的秘密。

Why similar: Puzzle 26.1%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.1%, Mystery 12%

When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 11.5%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: This branching supernatural visual novel follows several people trapped by a haunted mansion's curse, emphasizing dread and character secrets.

千禧年初西北某地，一起恶性杀人事件轰动一时，行凶者临死前紧紧握着半张佛脸，他强烈的怨念引起了“无者”的注意。随着探究的深入，竟又牵扯出十年前另一起纵火灭门案！相同的一尊佛像，背后暗藏的究竟是天灾还是人祸。在那片由怨念产生的怨秽地之中，种种诡异可怖的表象之下，深埋着未知的秘密。

Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Puzzle 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 12.1%, Mystery 11%

Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.9%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Detective 10%, 2D 8.4%

"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: Horror 22.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Thriller 10.9%

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: Horror 23.8%, Mystery 14.8%, Supernatural 13.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

Identify how every participant in the death game died, and submit your report.

Why similar: Mystery 32.9%, Puzzle 26%, Indie 8.7%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, 2D 5.7%

On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.

Why similar: Puzzle 18.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Hand-drawn 11.6%

Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. You act a man who is separated from his daughter after a car accident. When he awakes, he finds himself in a deserted Asian mansion. Find your daughter and unveil a terrifying story buried for a hundred years

Why similar: Horror 56.7%, Thriller 21.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Indie 5%, Psychological Horror 3.5%

本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事，通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员，需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入，始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面，“祂”，似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村，有着千丝万缕的联系。

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 11.5%, RPG 8.7%

A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.9%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Mystery 20.8%, Detective 9.7%, 2D 6.8%

“阿难，是等皆以业火乾枯，酬其宿债，傍为畜生。” 《业火Hellfire》是一款中国本土题材的剧情悬疑解谜游戏。 故事发生在一个夏秋之交，年轻的摄影师回乡探寻故人。但随着探查深入，深埋已久的回忆被悄然激起…… 题材取自铁链女和乌衣事件，部分剧情改编来自白茕《周娘娘》。

Why similar: Mystery 33.2%, Puzzle 27.8%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Indie 11.2%, 2D 5.2%

It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.

Why similar: Mystery 31.3%, Visual Novel 19%, Indie 13.4%, Detective 12.2%, Text-Based 9.4%

Paranormal HK is a first person horror game about Urban legends of Hong Kong, China. The story is about a crew of online supernatural channel“Beyond the Invisible” went to Kowloon Walled City to film a short movie for their latest episode and encountered something out of their expectations.

Why similar: Horror 56.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 13.4%, Puzzle 9.4%, Indie 3.1%

Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Detective 9.2%

It's been 30 years since a terrible arson attack erased an entire family. Until today the culprit has been on the loose. You are sent to investigate a similar incident in this narrative exploration game.

Why similar: Indie 100%

This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Thriller 13.5%, Supernatural 13%, Mystery 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%

At the end of 1990, there was a murder in Changzhuang community. Both mother and son were killed. The case is full of doubts. According to the clues, you plan to visit the murder scene alone at night, search for evidence, obtain clues, and crack the truth.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Puzzle 17.1%, Thriller 16.1%, Mystery 15.7%, Detective 5.7%

蝉鸣声中偏远的山中小镇，表面悠然而宁静，背后却隐藏着某个笼罩了这里数百年的黑暗秘密。女主角结城花火几年前跟随父母一同来到空铃镇，在父母的事故后因为内向的性格被排挤的她如今一个人生活在小镇上，直到在旧校舍邂逅本已死去的“幽灵”。

Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Mystery 23.9%, Puzzle 23.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%, 2D 5.9%

In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.

Why similar: Horror 46.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Indie 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Puzzle 8.1%

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Puzzle 24.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 10.9%, Indie 7.3%

Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.3%, Mystery 26.3%, Indie 11.6%, RPG 9.7%, Detective 6.4%

A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.

Why similar: Mystery 23%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Horror 11.9%, Text-Based 10.2%, Indie 9.4%

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: Supernatural 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%

This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Puzzle 24.4%, 2D 5.7%, Text-Based 5.1%

《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕，刑警程佑接到报案，动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入，案件的疑点层层浮现，将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动，深埋的真相即将揭开......

Why similar: Mystery 18.7%, Puzzle 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.4%

《silen house》 is a scary adventure puzzle game. There is always a strange cry in the deserted old house in the deep mountains. I don't know where I came from. When I approached the old house, a grim burst came.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Puzzle 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Puzzle Platformer 9.3%, Thriller 9.2%