- #1 Paper Perjury
97% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Cat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #2 Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tohakusha Inc.
Windows
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #3 The Incident at Galley House
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: William RousPub: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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.
Why similar: Detective 32.3%, Mystery 21%, Visual Novel 13%, Puzzle 8.2%, Story Rich 8%
- #4 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
95% matchVery Positive83% of 22,748 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Mystery 14.8%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #5 No Recollection
94% 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 28%, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Horror 10.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #6 迷渡桥
94% 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 31.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #7 何度目かの式
93% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: orange
Windows
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Mystery 24.4%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Adventure 5.9%
- #8 Tokyo Dark
92% matchVery Positive84% of 1,343 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Horror 12.4%
- #9 Deadly Match
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Belba Games PTY LTD
Windows
Deadly Match is a single‑player third‑person murder mystery. Investigate the deaths of two young women in a small, seemingly peaceful town.
Why similar: Detective 42.5%, Mystery 18.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Story Rich 10.3%, Puzzle 5.3%
- #10 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
90% matchVery Positive88% of 6,076 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 9.6%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #11 Lachesis or Atropos
91% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Horror 11.3%
- #12 The Guilty Hearts
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Singlecore Games
Windows
Seoyeon Yu, a former police officer, works as a private investigator for a rich family. However, during her investigation, she discovers evidence linking them to her husband's death. Using her ability to see people's guilt, she begins an investigation to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Mystery 16.3%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Visual Novel 8%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%
- #13 The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2
88% matchVery Positive95% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: 橘音
Windows
A horror-meets-cute puzzle game with a twist-filled Yuri romance story.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Horror 10.8%
- #14 十分之四
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 不约分制作组
Windows
"Four of Ten" is a multi-perspective visual novel blending time regression with Avalon-style gameplay. Set in a world where demonic forces invade human territories, ten young maidens gather at an ancient magical site to conduct a five-round ritual aimed at activating a protective barrier.
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, Mystery 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Logic 10%
- #15 True Game
87% 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 30.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Logic 9.8%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #16 Reaplaced
86% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Mystery Gamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Female Protagonist 13%, Horror 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #17 The Seven Bad Apples
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #18 Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
- #19 On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 373 Studio
Windows
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 35%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Text-Based 9.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #20 The Girl Who Wasn't There
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Detective 28.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #21 TellTale - Casino Murder Case
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: NeruyaPub: Team Detective
Windows
[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 31.6%, Mystery 21.9%, Puzzle 7.7%, Text-Based 7.6%, Logic 7.5%
- #22 Kisen: Seeker of Aenjan City
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 常磐ほそみ / Tokiwa Hosomi
Windows
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 36.5%, Mystery 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 11.3%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #23 노베나 디아볼로스
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,574 reviews2020
Dev: H5DEV Games
Windows · Mac
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 40.8%, Mystery 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 7%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #24 子归 - Blossom
81% matchVery Positive88% of 634 reviews2024
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
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 34.6%, Mystery 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #25 HoloTrials: Case Covered
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VTAC GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 38.1%, Mystery 18.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Female Protagonist 9%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #26 Miracle Detective
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TAKA's factory
Windows · Mac
A high school detective story where an unlikely duo tackles mysterious incidents on campus. Solve strange cases with logic and courage in this suspenseful visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Mystery 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #27 The Occult Detective
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
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: Detective 34.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #28 村庄-The Village
79% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Mystery 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #29 Orient on the Murder Express
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Connor Atkins
Windows · Mac
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 46.3%, Mystery 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Adventure 3.7%
- #30 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,546 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Mystery 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Horror 6.4%
- #31 Murder on the Marine Express
77% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #32 Return to Shironagasu Island
77% matchVery Positive94% of 4,118 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Detective 22.3%, Mystery 22%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Horror 14.9%, Adventure 7.2%
- #33 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,926 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 40.6%, Mystery 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Horror 5.2%
- #34 Blackmail Directive
75% 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: Detective 23.4%, Mystery 17%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #35 Friendly Facade
76% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Emergence
Windows
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 31%, Mystery 18.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #36 Town of Dusk
75% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Mystery 16.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Text-Based 8.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #37 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
72% matchVery Positive94% of 423 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 42.3%, Mystery 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Story Rich 6.9%, Adventure 6.5%
- #38 AI: The Somnium Files
74% matchVery Positive92% of 9,294 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Mystery 19%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Story Rich 9.8%, Anime 4.2%
- #39 平行线交点杀人事件
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 雨幡洞云工作室
Windows
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Detective 37.8%, Mystery 17.5%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Puzzle 6.7%, Visual Novel 6.2%
- #40 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Mystery 14.6%, Horror 12.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #41 莫比乌斯疑案
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: YiMiao Game
Windows · Mac
多条故事线,高智商烧脑反转型剧情类RPG游戏,线索伏笔众多。
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Mystery 15%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, CRPG 7.3%
- #42 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,295 reviews2023
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
Why similar: Detective 38.3%, Mystery 22.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, Puzzle 11%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #43 Endless Loop
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 漫森游戏Pub: 2P Games
Windows
《轮回路》是一款中式恐怖悬疑剧情解谜游戏。为了祭奠发小,在一个阴雨连绵的日子,许静怡踏上了漫长的归乡之途。然而意想不到的是,在荒凉萧瑟的故土等待许静怡的,并非只是简单的追忆之旅,而是与本应离世的发小的惊悚重逢。
Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Mystery 18.3%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Detective 10.3%, Puzzle 9%
- #44 Little Locked Rooms
71% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: riolucci
Windows · Linux
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 34.3%, Mystery 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 8.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #45 Demonfo
70% matchVery Positive96% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: BI SHUI YU
Windows
A girl at the bottom of the ladder with bad luck finds a cleaning job, but she mistakenly enters a cleaning company that is in the business of exorcising ghosts. As the story develops, the girl realizes that there is a reason for her constant bad luck, and gradually her divine power awakens ......
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #46 Wonderful Body Wanted
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Mystery 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 10%
- #47 The Island: Into The Mist
73% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Visual Novel 9%, Horror 7.8%
- #48 Inspector Pug: The Furrious Murder Case
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wardrobe Entertainment
Windows
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 45%, Mystery 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Puzzle 9%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #49 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 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 30.1%, Mystery 18%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 8.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #50 Magical Girl Witch Trials
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,147 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #51 Murders on the Yangtze River
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,848 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 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 43.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Logic 6.7%
- #52 Where Are The Alices?
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zimmzimmgames
Windows
Interrogate your past. In this demo, you embody Detective Juno facing off against the White Rabbit in the corrupt city of WoodHale. Detect his lies, confront contradictions, and manage your trauma before time runs out. Will you be the one to break him, or will you be the one who breaks?
Why similar: Detective 34.7%, Horror 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, Mystery 9.5%
- #53 Return of the Obra Dinn
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,552 reviews2018
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 49.8%, Mystery 23.7%, Story Rich 8.5%, Puzzle 8.2%, Horror 3.5%
- #54 Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
69% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Reijo
Windows · Mac
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Detective 32.3%, Mystery 15.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Horror 11%, Story Rich 9%
- #55 The Case of Arcadia Springs
67% match4 user reviews80% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: K-20 Studios
Windows · Mac
A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.
Why similar: Detective 45.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Story Rich 14%, Puzzle 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 5.1%
- #56 枫叶
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZiZhuo Gaming
Windows
《枫叶》是一款以南海市时代疑案为背景的中式恐怖悬疑解谜游戏。故事横跨三个年代,你将通过新人警察宋逸平的视角,从一桩看似普通的寺庙杀人案入手,逐步揭开一宗尘封数十年的冤案真相。当正义与程序、真相与代价纠缠不清,你能否在迷雾中找到那一片染血的枫叶?
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Horror 17.5%, Mystery 16.6%, Female Protagonist 9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #57 Red Line
67% matchVery Positive97% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Mystery 19%, Horror 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #58 Charon's Staircase
68% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Detective 39.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Horror 11.5%, Puzzle 8.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #59 Murder Mystery Stories
66% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Cyblux GamesPub: Cyblux LLC
Windows
Murder Mystery Stories is a digital detective game featuring 4 unique murder cases. Examine evidence, interrogate witnesses, and uncover the truth. Each case challenges your logic and observation skills in a gripping interactive experience.
Why similar: Detective 43.4%, Mystery 20%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Story Rich 9%, Puzzle 4.4%
- #60 爱与命的彼端
68% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
《爱与命的彼端》是一款悬疑推理AVG。游戏中你将扮演男主角路杰,为拯救恋人许琳,开始一段爱与命的离奇冒险。你即将卷入扑朔迷离的连环杀人案件,也会接触到离奇的民间传说,躲藏在暗处的阴影也注视着你,蠢蠢欲动……你必须依靠自己的推理能力找出真凶,拯救恋人。
Why similar: Detective 50.1%, Mystery 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Indie 2.3%