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A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Hand-drawn 8%

Poisoned Path is a deep visual novel set in a mysterious atmosphere, where your choices determine the story's fate. Uncover dark secrets and chart your own course.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Hand-drawn 17%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Detective 12.8%, Drama 9.3%

Tetsuya Kai sneaks into school at night to pick up a forgotten item and is suddenly attacked by an unidentified monster. In a desperate pinch, he is saved by his classmate Tomomi Soshi.The mystery surrounding the "shikigami" that attacked him and saved him is explored.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Drama 12.2%, Adventure 10.2%, Text-Based 7.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Logic 10.2%, Drama 8.7%

『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Detective 13.3%, Conversation 10.4%

Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.

Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Drama 12%

Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Drama 9.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Investigation 10%, Text-Based 9.9%

Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Mystery 17.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Detective 14.1%, Text-Based 13.6%

You can't understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality.” Talk. Mind Read. Translate. An empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Drama 11.1%, Hand-drawn 11%, Detective 10.8%

A clickable adventure game reminiscent of detective adventure games of the '80s and '90s. The story follows the main character, a young detective, as he meets a series of unique characters and works to solve a case.

Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Drama 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Mystery 9.6%

The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Drama 14.6%, Text-Based 13.8%, Cute 9.9%

「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Detective 14%, Mystery 8.8%, Adventure 8.7%

Check the suspect's status and solve the mystery! A status-checking mystery ADV in which a rookie detective takes on difficult cases that take place in a fantasy world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Logic 14.2%, Investigation 10.9%

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 20.2%, Investigation 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Logic 11.5%

Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.1%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Cute 9.9%, Mystery 8.7%

A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Detective 14.6%, Mystery 14.2%, Hand-drawn 8.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 13%, Drama 12.7%

The famous detective Sarako Imai (Sherlock-chan) takes on a difficult case! Sherlock-chan and Watson-kun are on a comfort trip. Can they solve a murder case at a winter spa resort? A murder mystery with a challenge to the player.

Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Drama 7.6%

A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.

Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%

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 15%, Detective 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Drama 9.3%

[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.

Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Investigation 15.6%, Logic 10.1%, Adventure 9.2%

Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 16.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 8.7%

死後、白黒の世界に迷い込んだ「ぼく」は生前の記憶を取り戻す"旅"に出る。主人公の葬式から始まる、切なくて温かい成長譚。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Adventure 12.2%, Drama 11.2%, Cute 9.7%

A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Drama 12.3%, Detective 11.8%, Cute 9.4%

Yakuza Cats is a graphic adventure set in a 100% feline Tokyo. This original world mixes Ukiyo-e art with Gen Z aesthetics. It is a coming of age story that puts the player through different ethical choices while tackling themes such as identity and prejudice.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Drama 13.5%, Investigation 12.9%, Adventure 11.8%

Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material. Together with your brilliant sister-in-law, you must unravel a mystery that could determine the fate of Earth. A sci-fi mystery visual novel of discovery and suspense.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Drama 12.8%, Investigation 8.9%, Mystery 8.9%

In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Drama 13.7%, Text-Based 10.7%, Mystery 9.6%

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: Detective 17.6%, Investigation 14.2%, Text-Based 13.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%

Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Text-Based 14%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 10.5%

This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 11.5%, Mystery 10.8%

莺神乐的知名作品，在Steam中高清化上架！ 与书本坠入爱河，畅游在书本与魔法的世界中吧！

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Detective 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Drama 13.1%, Mystery 9.2%

No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Detective 16%, Investigation 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 12.7%

"Riddle Me Bunny: Nonogram" is a charming Nonogram puzzle-adventure game . When Nono, a watchmaker's daughter, finds a mysterious headband called "Riddle Me Bunny," she meets Gram, a magical blue rabbit. Together they solve picture-logic puzzles to restore their village's vanishing scenery!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 10.9%, Drama 10.9%, Mystery 10.3%

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 23%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 14.8%, Drama 12.6%, Adventure 10.8%

You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Investigation 8.3%, Mystery 6.5%

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 20.9%, Detective 20.7%, Investigation 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Mystery 10.6%

A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Hand-drawn 13%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Detective 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%

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 22.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 11.6%, Logic 7.7%

『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 14%, Drama 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8%

Project Judgement is a detective adventure game where the story progresses as you follow the quest. Become the detective Cain who lost his memory and travel around each city to solve the case and reach the truth of the past.

Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Mystery 9.9%

Relive Thomas’s memories in this mystery-filled visual novel. What really happened to Emily? Make choices, explore different versions of events, and uncover two complementary endings that reveal the full truth.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Drama 15.3%, Text-Based 15%, Mystery 12.4%

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: Detective 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 12.8%

A novel-style mystery adventure game. Explore 2D top-down maps! Enjoy easy puzzles and comical text. Become the assistant to the lost detective Chiho-chan and help solve mysteries!

Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Drama 12.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Mystery 8.7%

Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.

Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 11.3%, Hand-drawn 9.5%

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?

Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Drama 10.8%, Conversation 7.7%

Life is easier when you're a small creature on a farm. Everything is decided for you, and your fate is written out until the very end. Sounds like a fairy tale... or maybe a nightmare? Enjoy the peaceful times. You'll never leave it, because you're safe here... Or are you?

Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Drama 13.4%, Investigation 12%

Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Drama 11.6%, Logic 8.7%

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 23.9%, Visual Novel 22%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Mystery 15.5%, Text-Based 13.4%

"retrospect" is a novel game consisting of five chapters. Trace the memories of the ghosts and learn about them. That is the only mourning you can do.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 16%, Drama 15.5%, Adventure 13.1%

ミステリー×ラヴコメ！プレイヤーは、シュークリームマンとなって、カヌレ探偵の助手的存在として、事件解決のサポートを行います。シリアスな展開もありますが、日常はコメディータッチで描かれています。時より挿入される選択肢を選ぶことで、周回プレイを楽しむことができます。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Adventure 10.7%, Detective 10.2%, Text-Based 10.1%

A mansion drenched in heavy rain. Heirs gathered, each eyeing the family fortune. And you—who committed a murder in their midst. As a chain of killings begins, YORAM follows Irene Lindbergh, a murderer hiding her crime, as she searches for the truth buried deep within the estate.

Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Drama 12.6%, Investigation 12%

*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. なんとなく大学生になった主人公、「加賀正午」。 それなりに一人暮らしの大学生活を楽しんでいる一方で、彼は漠然とした憂鬱さを感じていた。 その原因は数年前、理由も告げず突然消えた恋人、「黒須カナタ」だった。 カナタとの唐突な別れは彼の心に大きな傷をつけていたのだ……。 それから数年後── 偶然にもカフェで再会するカナタと正午。 失ったと思っていたカナタとの再会で彼の心は乱れてしまう。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Drama 14.1%, Adventure 12%, Hand-drawn 9.4%

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: Investigation 19.8%, Detective 18.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%

*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 浜咲学園に通う高校3年生「鷺沢一蹴」 彼には同学年の彼女、「陵いのり」がいた。 何もかも順調だった。 しかし、それは唐突に訪れる……。 卒業も間近に控えた雨の日のバレンタインデー……。 いのりからデートに誘われた一蹴は、いのりから告白された想い出の場所に連れて行く。 そこで渡されるチョコレートと一緒に渡されたのは…… いのりからの一方的な別れ話。 果たして別れの訳は……一蹴といのりの関係は……！？

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Drama 13.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.2%

Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Detective 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Mystery 12.9%, Investigation 11.7%

An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Drama 13.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Investigation 9.6%

サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場！ シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Text-Based 16.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 13.4%

The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!

Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Drama 13.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%