Games Like アルテミスの誤算

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 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Text-Based 12.2%

Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.

Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Thriller 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Text-Based 10.8%

An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Crime 11.8%

Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Crime 15.2%, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 13.3%

[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: Mystery 18.2%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Text-Based 11.6%

Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!

Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 13.4%, Crime 13.3%, Mystery 12.6%

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 17.2%, Crime 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Detective 14.4%, Mystery 13.2%

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

Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Crime 16%, Investigation 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 12.5%

A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.

Why similar: Detective 13.8%, Crime 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Thriller 11.5%, Investigation 11.3%

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 19.3%, Detective 17.2%, Investigation 14.4%, Crime 12.6%, Mystery 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: Text-Based 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Thriller 12.6%, Mystery 10.9%

A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.

Why similar: Crime 18.7%, Detective 18.5%, Mystery 18.4%, Text-Based 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11%

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 18.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%

Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!

Why similar: Episodic 16.6% ★, Detective 15.6%, Crime 12.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%

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 18.1%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 13%, Text-Based 10.9%

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 16.3%, Detective 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Thriller 10.8%

《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: Artificial Intelligence 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 13.8%, Detective 13.2%, Mystery 12.3%

You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Thriller 14.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Crime 12.4%, Text-Based 10.9%

Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Thriller 15.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Crime 11.5%

Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Detective 12.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 11.5%

10 EPISODES. 8 HOURS+ OF GAMEPLAY. HUMOR, CHOICES, MULTIPLE ENDINGS. PROFILING, INTERROGATIONS AND INVESTIGATION. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans: search scenes, interrogate and profile suspects. Make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Crime 12.6%, Detective 11.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Text-Based 10.7%

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

Why similar: Crime 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Logic 10%, Detective 7.9%

A sci-fi visual novel reimagining The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). Follow Vornovians Sherr-Lok & Watt-Sun as they try to uncover the truth of the "curse"

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Mystery 14.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, Artificial Intelligence 12%, Futuristic 10.4%

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: Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Detective 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Crime 14.6%, Mystery 12.8%

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 16%, Thriller 13.9%, Text-Based 13%, Mystery 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%

Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.

Why similar: Crime 16.4%, Detective 15.7%, Mystery 15.1%, Investigation 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%

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: Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Thriller 10.7%, Logic 8.8%

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 19%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 16.2%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 9%

Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?

Why similar: Text-Based 16.3%, Detective 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Crime 13.4%, Mystery 13%

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 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 14.8%, Investigation 12.4%, Text-Based 11.1%

As Devin and AV1NA, players will use a combination of psychic abilities and advanced artificial intelligence to solve intricate puzzles, interact with a cast of richly drawn characters, and untangle a web of intrigue that threatens the very heart of Neo-Chicago.

Why similar: Mystery 15.4%, Detective 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Investigation 10.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%

Within a universe dominated by Artificial Intelligences, you step into the shoes of an AI detective to solve the mystery hidden within the Proxy Bar, a jazz club. You can ask the suspects ANYTHING, but will you ask the right questions?

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 24.5%, Detective 18%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Investigation 13.9%

An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.

Why similar: Crime 14.9%, Detective 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Thriller 13.6%

Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?

Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Mystery 17.9%, Investigation 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Crime 10.6%

A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Detective 18.7%, Mystery 15.3%, Text-Based 12%, Crime 9.6%

Your statement is already on record. Search messages, social media, and your calendar for evidence. Defend your story, explain contradictions, or shift the blame. What you submit will change the investigation and the story.

Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 12.6%

Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.

Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Investigation 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 13.7%, Mystery 13.5%

A mystery comedy visual novel game told strictly through the eyes of a news anchor. Learn about the city of Brookside, report the news as best you can, and guide the citizens toward a happy ending.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Thriller 13.7%, Story Rich 9.1%

Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21.5%, Detective 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Investigation 11.7%, Crime 11.4%

If everything you love is destined to be swept away by the tides of time, will you still choose to fight? An otaku left behind by the times and a once-famous AI girl fight to save Akihabara.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 24.6%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Story Rich 9.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%

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 16.6%, Crime 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Mystery 12.9%

Uncover the truth behind an idol's disappearance, weeks before her debut. Whispers of the Luminaries is a narrative-driven game that blends a classic detective story with the dark side of the idol entertainment industry.

Why similar: Crime 14.5%, Detective 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Mystery 11.8%

The life of a detective is unpredictable and very dangerous. You never know what awaits you around the next corner and what secrets you need to unravel. But you knew what you were getting into, there's no turning back!

Why similar: Episodic 21.8% ★, Crime 13.6%, Thriller 12.2%, Detective 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%

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: Visual Novel 16.1%, Detective 15.6%, Crime 14.7%, Mystery 14%, Text-Based 10.4%

A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Detective 16.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Investigation 8.6%

The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!

Why similar: Detective 16%, Crime 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%

In this detective game you will write your own questions and deductions. Use your detective skills to solve these cases and the mystery of your forgotten memories in the way.

Why similar: Crime 16.3%, Artificial Intelligence 16.3%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 11.4%

The fourth of seven chapters of a courtroom battle style visual novel, in which the story follows brand new lawyer Samuel Prince as he solves a strange variety of different crimes. Investigate the crime scene for evidence, then use it in court to find the real truth behind the case.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Mystery 18.4%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 16.3%, Logic 11.7%

Sound Agent is a narrative puzzle game where you solve cold cases by listening. Use the sound device to rewind to crime scenes, listen to the sounds at the scene, and uncover truths hidden in plain sound.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Detective 18%, Thriller 17.6%, Mystery 16.6%, Crime 14.6%

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Detective 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 13.2%

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 22.9%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Detective 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Mystery 13.5%

Become Aaron Drake and experience the thrill of the hunt as you interrogate suspects, spot contradictions, and corner killers across three murder cases — alongside a rookie partner who is trying her very best.

Why similar: Crime 15.4%, Detective 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Mystery 12.1%

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 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Crime 14.1%, Mystery 13.1%

The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.

Why similar: Investigation 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Crime 13.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Detective 13.3%

As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.

Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Crime 14.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Thriller 11.9%

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 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Crime 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Mystery 11.8%

Can you defeat the world's oldest mastermind in their own game? Stretch your wits and deduction skills to the maximum as you battle in Paris' craziest court. Here, only those who sacrifice everything reach the truth. What are you willing to betray to make it out alive?

Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Crime 13.7%, Investigation 11.8%

An urgent message from home, a choice with an impossible price tag. In a 20-minute high-stakes dialogue, you must dismantle a "perfect" engineer's facade. Faced with $100,000 and a family tragedy, will you help him preserve his costly "American Dream," or force him to face the half-packed suitcase?

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 26.6%, Text-Based 22.4%, Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Detective 15.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Crime 14.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Detective 12.7%, Thriller 11.9%

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: Visual Novel 17.5%, Crime 16.6%, Detective 15.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Investigation 13.3%