60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Adventure, Mystery.
"I Want to Be a Werewolf" is a text-based adventure where you can enjoy the detective elements of the Werewolf game and the stories of the characters.A strange room when you wake up. "werewolf game" that starts without knowing the purpose. Mystery & suspense that sees through deception.
Remembering/Not remembering Sin
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.
泥舟と罪人
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
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: Mystery 12.4%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological 10.7%, Crime 9.9%
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Crime 11.6%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Crime 14.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Detective 12.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Crime 15.5%, Psychological 14.2%, Detective 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.5%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Mystery 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Psychological 13.9%, Detective 10.5%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Psychological 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Mystery 10.2%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological 17.6%, Detective 16.7%, Mystery 12.7%
An idol trainee vanishes without a trace. When police investigators hit a dead end, you're dragged into a crime that gets progressively darker as you uncover the truth. Play as a detective, solve logic puzzles, and shape your relationships in this VN inspired by Danganronpa & Famicom Detective Club.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.2%, Crime 13.6%, Detective 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 11.3%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Mystery 14.5%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 14%, Detective 13%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Psychological 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%
The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.
Why similar: Psychological 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%
The second entry of the Abime Series. Play as the mastermind in a death game where you must find the traitor while concealing your identity. Six hours, one school, six deaths. Nine participants fight for survival: it's kill or be killed, trust or deceive, escape or die.
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.2% ★, Mystery 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 11.6%
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 17.7%, Crime 17.3%, Mystery 15%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.8%, Psychological 15.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 12%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Detective 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological 9.7%
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: Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15.3%, Psychological 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Mystery 11.8%
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: Detective 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%
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: Visual Novel 20.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Crime 15.4%, Detective 14.7%, Adventure 10.3%
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 18%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 15.5%, Text-Based 14.7%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Mystery 24.8%, Text-Based 23.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Detective 13.6%, Adventure 9.7%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Mystery 13.6%
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: Visual Novel 21.6%, Text-Based 21.5%, Detective 21.2%, Mystery 20%, Story Rich 9.4%
A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.
Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Psychological 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Psychological 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14%
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: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological 15.7%, Mystery 14.8%, Crime 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%
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 18.7%, Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Mystery 9.5%
A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 19.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Psychological 10.7%, Adventure 10%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Mystery 12.1%
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: Visual Novel 21.1%, Detective 18.8%, Crime 14.7%, Mystery 14%, Text-Based 12.8%
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Psychological 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Mystery 11.5%
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 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Crime 15%, Mystery 14.9%, Text-Based 11.8%
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: Psychological 17.6%, Detective 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Mystery 12.8%
In this detective/idol game fusion, every decision you make will influence the narrative. Your choices will shape relationships, uncover secrets, and determine the fate of the characters and the school itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Detective 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Mystery 14.4%
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Mystery 18%, Detective 11.1%, Adventure 8.3%
In this game, play as Shenming University News Department members. Explore strange incidents—no need for truth. Write compelling reports from clues; eye-catching content excites readers. As for what really happened…do readers actually care? If you care, go find out yourself.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 11.1%
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 20.3%, Detective 18.7%, Mystery 15.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 13.5%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Detective 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 13.6%
Play as an unnamed man who suspects his wife of something, and dive deep into his memories of the day when he was about to propose to her. Your choices can influence the story. Genre: thriller.
Why similar: Text-Based 31%, Psychological 19.6%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
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: Mystery 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological 12.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Detective 8.9%
Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.
Why similar: Psychological 26.3%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Conspiracy 12.4% ★, Text-Based 10.5%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Adventure 6.6%
The story begins the moment he kills his lover. Kazuma is driven into a corner by Asana’s obsessive love. Madness, jealousy, obsession, deception, and regret collide— plunging the case toward an unpredictable end. A yandere suspense novel of intense love and insanity: Crimson Reflection.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Detective 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Psychological 11.1%
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 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Psychological 11.5%
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 18.3%, Crime 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Text-Based 12.2%
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20%, Psychological 18.2%, Mystery 18.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Psychological 18%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Mystery 8.7%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Mystery 21.9%, Detective 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Adventure 10.9%
"Scientific evidence, eyewitness testimony, and objective facts—when these align, the truth emerges. As my grandfather Holmes used to say: Whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Why similar: Psychological 20%, Detective 15.6%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 14.2%
鳴神学園初等部六年六組は、選ばれた者たちが集う特殊なクラス。 そこに一人の転校生がやってきた。 何やら曰くがありそうなその転校生に、クラスメイト達は学園にまつわる怪談を語り始める。 そして六年六組は巨大な怪異に飲み込まれていく…
Why similar: Text-Based 28.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Psychological 19%, Mystery 16.6%, Adventure 11.4%
1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Crime 12.9%, Adventure 10.3%
어떻게든 돌아갈 거야. 가족이 기다리고 있는 집으로.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Crime 13.7%, Psychological 13.7%
Frog Telephone (蛙电话 / 蛙電話) is a folklore mystery adventure game rooted in computer science concepts. You play as an amnesiac phone operator at a Tokyo travel agency, reconstructing shattered reality through the spin of a dial, exploring the terrifying truth hidden behind Gero City's mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Text-Based 17%, Story Rich 9.8%, Mystery 9.8%
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Psychological 23%, Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Mystery 11.6%
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 18%, Psychological 17.4%, Mystery 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 13.4%
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 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Text-Based 17.1%, Crime 12%
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 23.7%, Crime 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 16.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
A psychological thriller where you assemble fragmented memories and hidden clues to uncover the truth behind a disturbing incident.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Crime 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Conspiracy 8% ★
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Text-Based 9.3%
