Games Like 琉璃烟火-Flame in Glass-

Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?

Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Crime 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 6.7%, Drama 6.7%

和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》

Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Text-Based 11.8%, Drama 10.2%

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: Detective 29.8%, Crime 22.8%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Drama 11.2%, Mystery 8.1%

Fabienne a 17-year-old genius, has a rare gift: she detects lies! But when she discovers the body of one of her teachers, she’s left with no choice but to uncover the killer among the residents she’s lived with her entire life.

Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Crime 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 14%, Romance 12.6%

戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……

Why similar: Crime 26%, Detective 24.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Text-Based 8.6%

Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Crime 21.7%, Text-Based 8.6%, Mystery 6.4%

2000年，暴雨封锁的奇瑶坞教堂，是只邀请“有罪之人”的命运舞台。主角冼夏涛为追查弟弟死亡的真相只身入局，却跌入敌对组织编织的罗网。这场以性命为筹码的游戏中，精英人士，帮派组织，边缘人群悉数登场，每个人都背负着不可言说的秘密。你必须在成为下一个受害者前，推演出案件的真相和唯一的生路。

Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Crime 24%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Drama 14.6%, Emotional 6.6%

Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.

Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Crime 26.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 9.2%, Mystery 6.9%

Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!

Why similar: Crime 27.6%, Detective 26%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 10.1%, Mystery 7.5%

Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.

Why similar: Crime 30%, Detective 28.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 9.1%, Mystery 7.1%

In Alison Fall of the Apple, you play a highly trained military veteran Michael (default name) who has been working as a cop in NYC.

Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Romance 20.4%, Crime 16.9%, Drama 6.4%

A mature queer visual novel, telling the heated and convoluted story of the love triangle between Quinn, an obsessive police detective, Elias, Quinn's direct superior, and Flynn, a poet with a very talented tongue, caught in a criminal case that spirals rapidly out of hand.

Why similar: Crime 22.8%, Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Romance 16.8%, Text-Based 9.4%

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 23.7%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 13.5%, Text-Based 11%

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: Detective 30%, Crime 28.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 9.6%, Mystery 7.7%

Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.

Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Crime 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 8.8%, Text-Based 8.1%

The hit series BUSTAFELLOWS continues with an all-new season! Fight for love and fight against crime, in this romantic, mystery, visual novel!

Why similar: Crime 25%, Romance 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Lore-Rich 6.9%

A troubling missing persons case soon snowballs into an investigation of a shadowy criminal enterprise and vast conspiracies that even affect your own family. Will you be able to solve the mystery while protecting those dear to you? Will your fledgling romance survive full knowledge of your past?

Why similar: Crime 29%, Romance 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Mystery 7.4%

Step into the shoes of detective Hank and his sidekick Gwen. This time on a top secret mission in an exotic Mediterranean-like country to uncover an illegal drug trade, but also to use this opportunity to enjoy themselves and perhaps even to savour romantic moments.

Why similar: Crime 26.7%, Detective 26.3%, Romance 19.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Cinematic 4.2%

The Shadows of Fallen City is a reality mystery drama that tracks a violent incident caused by someone's fall, as people who have fallen with different stories gathering in a city where common sense and human relationships have fallen.

Why similar: Crime 28.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Drama 15.4%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Text-Based 10.8%

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 31.5%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Crime 18.1%, Text-Based 11.6%, Mystery 8.1%

Are you ready to solve the case and bring a criminal to justice?

Why similar: Crime 44.5%, Detective 40.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Adventure 6.9%

Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Detective 35.3%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Text-Based 15.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 8.1%

Become a righteous hacker detective who solves people's problems... and hack the requested PC by solving riddles! Analyze the PC by hacking! And... solve the source of your client's problems in the PC! This game is a puzzle solving adventure. You can hack by solving riddles.

Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Drama 12.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Emotional 9.3%

Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.

Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Crime 22.4%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Mystery 6.1%

A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.

Why similar: Crime 33%, Detective 27.9%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 6.2%, Story Rich 6%

This is an original orthodox detective mystery game. The player suddenly takes possession of Roran, who hopes to report to the academy. You must investigate and deduce the truth behind a series of bizarre incidents that obstruct his journey, helping him successfully reach the academy.

Why similar: Detective 35.6%, Crime 23.4%, Drama 14.5%, Text-Based 9.5%, Mystery 7.8%

本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。

Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Lore-Rich 18.8%, Drama 13.5%, Mystery 8.9%

Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!

Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Crime 22.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 9.5%, Romance 9.2%

A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.

Why similar: Detective 30.1%, Crime 24.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 8.3%, Mystery 7.1%

In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?

Why similar: Crime 26.7%, Detective 21%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Romance 10.5%, Emotional 6%

Idol-themed murder mystery. Play as a detective, solve logic puzzles, and shape your relationships in this VN inspired by Danganronpa & Famicom Detective Club.

Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Crime 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 11.8%, Text-Based 11.2%

Lu Yan has 9 days to find the truth and bring five strangers back alive. Hours of cinematic video — surveillance, dashcam, interrogations — are the evidence you study; a punishing board demands you connect 130+ clues and 70+ deductions by hand. Stuck? Spend Intuition. 6–8 hours.

Why similar: Crime 31.2%, Detective 29.8%, Drama 19.1%, Mystery 8.2%, Story Rich 3.6%

As nuts as Jun is about his wife, he can’t help but drool over Towaka Minefuji. So when Jun is asked to attend his wife’s school committee meetings in her place, his brain goes into overdrive at the thought of him and Towaka being in the same room together...

Why similar: Romance 36.4%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Text-Based 20.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 6.8%

Set in school life, “Who is the Criminal” is a text-based adventure game featuring comedian and inference elements. With inquiring suspects and debating with “evildoers”, he gathers pieces of puzzles and reveals what truly happens in every incident.

Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Crime 26%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 8.7%, Mystery 7%

Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.

Why similar: Crime 35.7%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Detective 14.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Story Rich 6%

The Twisting Trail of Clues is a captivating and thrilling modern-day murder mystery. Set in a bustling city, the story follows detective Emma as she tries to solve a seemingly impossible case - the murder of a prominent businessman by a mysterious secret society.

Why similar: Crime 24.5%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Detective 20.2%, Text-Based 13.9%, Drama 10.2%

This is a fragmented narrative puzzle game, you through a treasure chest, shuttle to several different cases, you need to check evidence and ask the characters to find clues, finally find the truth. can you return to the original world? What is the story behind each person?

Why similar: Crime 25.4%, Detective 24%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Text-Based 11.5%, Mystery 6.4%

A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.

Why similar: Detective 28%, Crime 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Drama 9.9%

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: Crime 25.6%, Detective 25.5%, Visual Novel 25%, Adventure 9.1%, Mystery 8.3%

Shunichi Sasaki, a young man who lost his past memories due to higher brain dysfunction, was criticized as a "murderer". Who was he really? Use memory notes to supplement his memories and explore his past.

Why similar: Crime 20%, Detective 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Drama 14.8%, Text-Based 11%

7 days granted at life's end. "The night air is pleasant, isn't it?" A story as calm as the evening breeze, shared with a fairy found in despair. A classic romance brought to life through full Korean voice acting and lyrical New Age music.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Romance 16.1%, Drama 13.4%, Text-Based 13.3%

Revelation(레벨레이션)은 텍스트 기반의 1인칭 2D 어드벤처 게임입니다. 여러분은 탐정이라는 직업이 없는 세상인 '알바트로스'에서 탐정을 꿈꾸는 주인공 류드가 되어 다양한 사건을 수사합니다. 이젠 어른이 된 류드의 다섯 친구들과 함께, 강력 범죄를 수사하며 거대한 진실에 도달하는 여정을 떠나보세요.

Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Crime 18.8%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%

[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.

Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Crime 27.6%, Visual Novel 18%, Mystery 8.4%, Story Rich 5.8%

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 31.6%, Lore-Rich 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Story Rich 7.2%, Text-Based 5.9%

A shocking murder has rocked the Ironwood Inn. Play as one of four detectives, each with unique interrogation styles. Search for clues, question suspects, and uncover secrets in this high-stakes mystery. Can you solve the case before time runs out?

Why similar: Crime 37.8%, Detective 37.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 5.4%

Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.

Why similar: Detective 38.8%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Crime 21.4%, Mystery 7.8%, Story Rich 7%

Crack the case with Clash!

Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Crime 21.2%, Drama 9.9%, Adventure 5.8%

Play as a noir detective in a dark, seductive world — investigate the Blood Moon case while making choices, uncovering secrets, and indulging in explicit encounters.

Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Crime 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Romance 14.4%, Mystery 7.5%

Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.

Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Crime 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Text-Based 11.1%

A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.2%, Crime 22.5%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Detective 14.5%, Mystery 7.8%

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 37.6%, Crime 23.5%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Mystery 7.2%, Story Rich 6.5%

This is a murder mystery visual novel where you take the role of the detective. Search for clues, make discoveries, and talk to other characters to find out what is truly going on on the Murder Express.

Why similar: Detective 45.7%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 9.2%, Drama 7.7%, Story Rich 7.1%

A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?

Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Romance 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 11.3%, Story Rich 5.6%

An adventure game that lets you enjoy the story and flow of the 'Glass universe,'

Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.7%, Romance 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Drama 17.6%, Text-Based 9.9%

《井底》是一款2024年3月立项的文字类galgame，题材是“超能力悬疑推理故事”，画风是日系校园风格的 故事主要讲述了游戏女主王语韴作为一个业余“侦探”，遇到各种疑难问题，并在侦探事务所所长天翔及其妹妹天音的帮助下，解决案件的故事。 游戏主要使用鼠标点击来推进剧情

Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Romance 15.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Mystery 8.2%

Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.

Why similar: Crime 25.3%, Detective 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 13.4%, Drama 11%

这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。

Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Crime 15.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Emotional 5.4%

A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.

Why similar: Detective 43.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Crime 15.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Adventure 7.1%

This classic-style mystery adventure game, inspired by the Famicom Detective Club series and illustrated by Famitsu's legend Kiyokazu Arai, will take you on a suspenseful journey through the beautiful landscapes of Ise-Shima.

Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Crime 27.4%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 7.7%, Story Rich 6.6%