- #1 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 7.1%
- #2 File Tricks
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows
"File Tricks" is a visual novel with puzzle solve. It is not only a test of logical thinking and observation, but also a reasoning feast full of suspense and reversal. You need to investigate the crime scene, collect evidence, confront the people involved and finally solve the case.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Logic 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
- #3 迷渡桥
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《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 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Mystery 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Logic 7.6%
- #4 True Game
94% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows · Mac
"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: Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 11%, Logic 10.9%
- #5 Haunted Heye Apartment
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: V.N GAME STUDIO
Windows
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: Detective 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Word Game 12.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #6 死亡编码-Death Code
93% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Word Game 14%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 11.9%
- #7 Coincidence
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Softcatstudio
Windows
《阴阳错》是一款发生在中国本土题材民俗恐怖悬疑解谜游戏。故事发生在香港,一位意外失去生命的民间道士与一位丢失配枪的女刑警成为搭档。破解红磡五人连环杀人案,并找到丢失的配枪和肉身,随着受害者数量增加,调查的深入,案件的真相却变得扑朔迷离……一个丢失配枪的女警、一个意外死亡的半仙,一个嫁为人妻的女子,一场有关成仙的阴谋,正慢慢浮出水面。
Why similar: Word Game 20.6%, Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #8 Kanna Maze
91% matchVery Positive89% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Detective 14.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 8.5%
- #9 推理小说的关键一定会出现两次
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReDeer
Windows
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱,而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧,去和推理协会一同调查、思考,最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Word Game 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 7.9%
- #10 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
89% matchVery Positive95% of 240 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Detective 9.8%, RPG 7.9%
- #11 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
90% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Word Game 12.8%, Mystery 11.2%
- #12 Blackmail Directive
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 青梅不输天降工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
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: Word Game 17.6%, Detective 16.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 12.4%
- #13 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
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: Detective 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Investigation 11.6%
- #14 52Hertz
87% matchVery Positive88% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 10.8%, Logic 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #15 AI探案集
86% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Zane Studio
Windows
《AI Detective Collection》 combines the AI large language model to create a detective deciphering game. Players will be integrated into the deduction story, using AI assistants to deeply investigate clues, examine evidence, and uncover the truth behind the case through logical thinking and deduction.
Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Detective 18.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 11%, Logic 8.5%
- #16 我死后的那些天-After Death
86% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 12.7%, RPG 10.9%
- #17 Mystery Island:Missing Amy
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Word Game 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 11.1%, Mystery 11%
- #18 末日航路-The Termination
85% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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 24%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #19 谜宇酒吧
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DMW Studio
Windows
《谜宇酒吧》是一款舞台在3072年的太空列车上的悬疑推理游戏。玩家将扮演主人公“梅尔”,一名业余的列车酒保,寻找因一块陨石引起的连环杀人案的真相。
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Word Game 16.6%, Mystery 14.3%, Logic 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #20 Misty Judgment
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,414 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Word Game 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%
- #21 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
82% matchVery Positive93% of 958 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Word Game 18.3%, Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #22 知更鸟-The Robin
82% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 13.3%, RPG 7.9%
- #23 Rail of Möbius
81% matchVery Positive95% of 487 reviews2021
Dev: PHOSEPO
Windows
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Word Game 17.3%, Detective 16.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Investigation 9%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #24 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
80% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Detective 22.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 13.1%, RPG 11.4%
- #25 Detective Super Star
79% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Ourhsow Games
Windows
Join the famous Detective Doyle to solve a series of murder cases in this captivating hidden object, adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Word Game 18.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #26 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
77% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Word Game 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #27 Linework
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overlyunderqualified
Windows
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Logic 10.7%
- #28 Rubbings
77% matchVery Positive89% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑,根据匿名信件中的拓片线索,深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村,这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事,并在村庄中展开调查,你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Word Game 18.1%, Detective 16.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Investigation 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #29 ELISSA :Body in the bedroom
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KANUE
Windows · Mac
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 12.2%, Logic 8.7%
- #30 How Many Secrets Under Ceiling
76% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: 稻歌游戏工作室
Windows
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here! A dentist dead in a double-locked room seems like a suicide, but unexplained contradictions connect different truths. Each investigation and puzzles are up to you. But wait, what's wrong with this suspicious "assistant" following?!
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Word Game 18.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
- #31 Inquiry Counsel逆转茶食人
74% matchNo user reviews90% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: ZHENG YUFENG
Windows
"Hold on!" A court battle game set in ancient China's Song Dynasty! In the government office of Lin'an County during the Song Dynasty of ancient China, many bizarre murder cases occurred! The protagonist engages in intense court battles with the county captain of Lin'an to find the real culprit!
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Word Game 17%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Investigation 11.6%
- #32 Talk Insomnia
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
Talk Insomnia is a visual novel that blends suspenseful weird tales with mixology. You play as Ming, a bookstore staff member who prepares drinks for guests during the day and delves into their stories at night. With the warmth of a single drink, you draw out the secrets buried deep in their hearts.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Logic 10.2%, Investigation 9.2%
- #33 灯
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polar_Fish
Windows
《Falling Light》is a suspenseful game with Chinese horror. In a remote small village, there stands an evil Buddha statue. To do research for her studies in folkloristics, college student Ruan Qing arrives in this distant village, only to find herself entangled in a series of deadly mysteries...
Why similar: Mystery 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, RPG 11.8%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Visual Novel 10%
- #34 花母·序
75% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, RPG 9.2%, Mystery 8.8%
- #35 Mens Rea
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mens Rea DeveloperPub: Mens Rea Publisher
Windows · Linux
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Word Game 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 12.9%
- #36 春泥 Soil of Rebirth
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 298 reviews2026
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《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: Detective 21%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #37 鬼轉身
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Word Game 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
- #38 Desktop Explorer
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Investigation 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%
- #39 Murders on the Yangtze River
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,567 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"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 32.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Investigation 10.7%, Story Rich 8.6%, Logic 7.9%
- #40 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
70% matchVery Positive94% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: Armonica LLC
Windows
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Investigation 7.8%
- #41 Filter World
73% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: DaWenYu
Windows
《影视界》是一款兼具视觉小说、冒险、探索、悬疑和剧情元素的独特游戏体验。在这个神秘的世界中,每个场景都有多个NPC实时演绎剧情,而玩家需要精明地选择观察哪一部分剧情。通过掌握有限的信息或不断重复游玩,以不同视角审视事件,玩家将逐渐理解每个角色的行为轨迹和动机,最终破解一切的谜团。 在《影视界》中,您将扮演局外人的角色,以上帝视角观察并影响这个充满悬念和挑战的世界。选择不同的视角会对剧情有着不同的理解。准备好挑战自己的观察力、推理能力,探索这个引人入胜的冒险世界,揭示隐藏在每个角色之间的秘密,解开这个充满谜团的世界的终极真相。
Why similar: Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Investigation 9.1%
- #42 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
69% matchVery Positive88% of 224 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
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 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 8.3%
- #43 AI Asylum
71% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: River DynamicsPub: Yahaha Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in a realm of madness and bone-chilling terror as you step into our gripping horror adventure, meticulously crafted to send shivers down your spine. Explore a nightmarish world where each step unveils sinister secrets and heart-pounding encounters.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 11%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #44 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,105 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Word Game 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Detective 13%, Mystery 11.5%, Visual Novel 10%
- #45 Rainy Butcher
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: Genunie Studio
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Investigation 9%
- #46 Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Seam Entertainment
Windows
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Mystery 14.4%
- #47 Tell Me Everything
73% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Detective 22.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Logic 8%
- #48 破禁 Limbo Break
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xiaowanxiongzzz
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Detective 23.5%, Word Game 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #49 Trials of Innocence
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,658 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Investigation 9.9%
- #50 童谣无忌
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Youki Fung
Windows
In 1998, journalist Gu Yao comes to Hongcha Valley after an anonymous letter. A nursery rhyme points to a chain of old murders. Explore scenes, question witnesses, and connect clues to separate truth from lies. Uncover a family secret buried for over twenty years.
Why similar: Word Game 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.1%, RPG 12.5%, Detective 10.3%
- #51 黑山羊BlackGoat
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Word Game 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 9.5%
- #52 The Murder Hotel
67% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
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 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #53 看事
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Detective 11.9%, Mystery 7%
- #54 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
68% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #55 TOUQI
66% matchVery Positive92% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》(头七怪谈)是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员,你需要根据主编的要求,整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联,并在必要时与同伴实地探索,以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Word Game 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
- #56 CaseCracker3
65% matchVery Positive89% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Word Game 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Immersive Sim 10.1%
- #57 No Recollection
67% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Detective 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%