- #1 鸳鸯风云录——白中悬案(Phoenix sword: The Hidden Scroll)
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rex Studio
Windows
In 1630, Ming Dynasty collapses—famine, war, and rebellion plague the land. When a tyrant is murdered in "utopian" Baichu County, detectives Yue Wuxi and Feng Shengjue investigate, unwittingly uncovering a conspiracy that will shake both court and martial world...
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Noir 14.2%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Word Game 12%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #2 透明罪 - Blue Tears
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 心林咖啡厅
Windows · Mac
A novel, a game, a judgment document, a self-confession letter. On an ordinary summer morning, the arrival of an unexpected visitor awakened the dormant memories of a small island. You will play the role of Lynn Chan, and face your "Invisible Sin" by searching for a "Non-existent friend".
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Mystery 13.7%, Word Game 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #3 Inspector Pug: The Furrious Murder Case
96% 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 36.8%, Noir 17.1%, Mystery 14.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #4 烟雨山异闻 - The Mystery of Misty Mount
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Southern-twelve Studio
Windows
The Mystery of Misty Mount is a 2D mystery puzzle-adventure game. In order to save his father who has turned into a parrot, players take on the role of Wang Di and go into Misty Mount to uncover the truth of an accident that occurred fifteen years ago.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 8.1%
- #5 Crossed Parallel Lines Murder Case
94% 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 33.9%, Mystery 15%, Crime 11.1%, Word Game 9.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #6 死亡编码-Death Code
94% 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 27.9%, Mystery 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Word Game 10.4%
- #7 Kanna Maze
93% matchVery Positive89% of 388 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: Detective 18.8%, Word Game 15.9%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #8 Precinct 2099
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThinkingLiteSoft
Windows
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Noir 18.3%, Cinematic 12%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #9 16叠谋杀之谜
90% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 剧谜科技
Windows
Sixteen Layers of Mini Murder" is a video adventure game of the detective puzzle genre, where level-based puzzles drive the story's progression through video narration. Players must complete the level puzzles and uncover the identities of the various participants in order to clear the game.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Cinematic 15%, Word Game 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
- #10 末日航路-The Termination
91% 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 30.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, RPG 8.3%
- #11 The Monster Inside
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,099 reviews2017
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 10%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Detective 37.6%, Noir 29.8%, Mystery 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #12 The Last Voyage of the SS Aurelia
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Rungen Studio
Windows
An interrogation mystery aboard a 1936 ocean liner. Five suspects. One murder. No dialogue options — every suspect is powered by AI and will remember every word, deflect every question, and only surrender their secrets under pressure. Four voyages. One truth. Break someone.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Noir 16.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Cinematic 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #13 The Kuon Island Nursery Rhyme Murders: Case Notes
89% matchMixed60% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka BH1
Windows
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: Detective 33.1%, Cinematic 19.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Crime 5.7%
- #14 Mystery Island:Missing Amy
88% 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 22.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Word Game 12%, Lore-Rich 11%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #15 Threefold Recital
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,727 reviews2025
Dev: Everscape GamesPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Lore-Rich 20.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, 2D Platformer 5.5%
- #16 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
87% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Noir 16.5%, Comic Book 12.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #17 Kingfisher - An Autism Tale
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Possibly Pixels
Windows
Experience how people with autism see, feel and interact with the world around them in this thrilling detective adventure, taking place near the Belgian coast and in the woods around a local nature reserve.
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Noir 19.5%, Cinematic 17.3%, Mystery 8.8%, Crime 7.8%
- #18 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
85% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Noir 17.9%, Cinematic 13.4%, Comic Book 10.5%, Mystery 10.2%
- #19 Rubbings
84% matchVery Positive89% of 253 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: Detective 21.2%, Lore-Rich 15%, Word Game 12.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.4%
- #20 Murders on the Yangtze River
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,129 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"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 40.1%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%
- #21 我的一个多重人格朋友
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 29%, Mystery 14.2%, Word Game 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #22 DEAR SUSPECT
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
Windows
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Detective 28%, Noir 14.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Word Game 11.9%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #23 AI公寓:虚拟证言
81% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: IntelliPlay
Windows
《虚拟证言》是一款AI剧本杀游戏。在游戏中,您将扮演一位侦探,前往六号公寓调查一起谋杀案件,案件的嫌疑人是5位AI-NPC。侦探需要搜集房间中的线索,联想案件经过,盘问嫌疑人获取案件的相关信息,复盘出完整的案发过程,找出真凶!
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Cinematic 16.1%, Word Game 11.6%, Mystery 9.8%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
- #24 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
79% matchVery Positive93% of 297 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 17.3%, Detective 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #25 L.A. Noire
82% matchVery Positive86% of 36,782 reviews2011
Dev: Team BondiPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 41.3%, Noir 22.2%, Crime 11.4%, Cinematic 10%, Mystery 9.4%
- #26 Man of Nollyn
79% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Noir 22.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Crime 10.3%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #27 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
78% matchVery Positive89% of 148 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 22.7%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Word Game 11.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #28 知更鸟-The Robin
80% 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 30.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, RPG 9.6%
- #29 RDの遠隔推理 | リモート・ディテクティブの遠隔推理
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zakuzakugame
Windows
Takemaru Abiko, creator of “Banshee's Last Cry,” the landmark mystery game that sold over 1 million copies, will release A brand-new game based on “Armchair Detective”. Search through in-game apps and Rescue YOUR sister, Hikari Takizawa, who has suddenly gone missing in Nagano Prefecture.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Mystery 19.5%, Cinematic 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Adventure 11.6%
- #30 子归 - Blossom
76% matchVery Positive88% of 644 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 34.3%, Mystery 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, RPG 9.9%, Crime 9.5%
- #31 The Wolf Among Us Remastered
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Telltale
Windows
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Noir 17.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Cinematic 8.7%, Comic Book 8.4%
- #32 我死后的那些天-After Death
77% 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 28.5%, Mystery 15.3%, RPG 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #33 Trials of Innocence
74% matchVery Positive92% of 1,770 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏Pub: Right Mind
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 28.1%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #34 Murder Mystery Stories
75% match4 user reviews25% of 4 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 40.6%, Mystery 17.8%, Cinematic 15.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Adventure 5.5%
- #35 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
77% 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: Detective 28.9%, Mystery 15.5%, RPG 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%
- #36 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
75% 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: Detective 19.7%, Word Game 17%, Puzzle Platformer 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #37 Rabbit Detective
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: PinkTokum Studio
Windows
《兔子侦探》是一款手绘风格的悬疑解谜互动游戏。玩家将扮演兔子侦探,在前往拜访好友时,竟发现对方已意外身亡!案发现场疑点重重,线索错综复杂。玩家将使用时间回溯机制,从现场抽丝剥茧,在正确的时机放置正确的证据,找出杀害受害兔的真凶,洗清自己被迫背负的嫌疑。最终将罪犯绳之以法,并在审讯中揭露其罪行!
Why similar: Detective 53.9%, Mystery 20.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, RPG 6.7%, Retro 4.2%
- #38 她杀 - The Suspected Murder
73% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: 麻辣工作室 Spicy GamesPub: INDIECN
Windows
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Noir 15.4%, Comic Book 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
- #39 The Simen Rumors
72% matchVery Positive79% of 421 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
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: Detective 32.4%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Mystery 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Word Game 12.2%
- #40 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
71% matchVery Positive94% of 447 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 41.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Noir 11.4%, Adventure 9.5%
- #41 消失的第四天
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 游戏峰塔
Windows
"The Fourth Day Disappeared" is a pixel art detective game. As an intern detective, you're caught in a serial murder case on a train trip. Investigate, gather evidence, interrogate passengers, and connect clues to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Mystery 16.3%, Crime 11.2%, RPG 9.5%, Adventure 8.6%
- #42 Virago: Herstory 2
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Honest Chronicle
Windows
Willow returns in a psychological detective game where nothing is as it seems. As fear grips the town, she must face twisted truths, confront her past, and uncover dark secrets. A slow burning story of suspicion, silence, and survival.
Why similar: Noir 18.5%, Detective 18%, Cinematic 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
- #43 Sanfu
71% matchVery Positive83% of 17,815 reviews2023
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2000年,山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告,而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入,一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。
Why similar: Mystery 20.7%, Detective 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, RPG 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #44 Gray Protocol
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ctrl Z Crew
Windows
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Detective 32.3%, Lore-Rich 22.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #45 Shanwen
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FirstMove Studio
Windows
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Cinematic 14.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #46 EDGE CITY
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ArianPub: Stellar Game
Windows
A fractured island in the North Atlantic. Six years ago, an invasion war and a gang-led coup destroyed its government, and now the island is carved up by four factions.
Why similar: Word Game 17.7%, Noir 14.6%, RPG 14.4%, Detective 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #47 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
71% matchMixed69% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Noir 18.5%, Comic Book 12.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #48 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
72% match9 user reviews40% of 10 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: Detective 24.2%, Mystery 14.4%, RPG 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%
- #49 童谣无忌
70% 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 18%, RPG 14.7%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #50 Curtain Call in Flames
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gamescun
Windows
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 37.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Crime 10.5%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #51 File Tricks
68% 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: Detective 31%, Word Game 21.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, RPG 10.3%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #52 The bird of the North
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uvost
Windows
In 1921: a kidnapping, a revolution... Investigate and uncover the truth behind a dark, mysterious story.
Why similar: Detective 34.9%, Mystery 18.6%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Noir 13.7%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #53 Ashes of Holloway Bay
67% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Cold Case Inc
Windows
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Detective 35.2%, Mystery 15.7%, Noir 11.6%, Crime 11.1%, Cinematic 8.1%
- #54 琉璃烟火-Flame in Glass-
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gloria Works
Windows · Mac
他期待着事业的成果,她期待着追逐的爱情,她期待能给身边的人们带来笑容,他期待能成为故事的主角,他们生活的这座城市期待着海啸后的痊愈……可是,一场突如其来的爆炸扰乱了这一切。烟火暗淡,琉璃蒙尘,他们所期待的,能够实现吗?
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Lore-Rich 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Crime 11.5%, Mystery 8%
- #55 Veils of the Past
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TangoScarMike Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Noir 18.3%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Cinematic 9.5%
- #56 True Game
68% matchVery Positive88% of 52 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 32%, Mystery 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Puzzle 10%
- #57 Grimtrace
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HoodaThunk Games
Windows
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Noir 24.8%, Mystery 17.2%, Crime 9.9%, Puzzle 8%
- #58 Rainy Butcher
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 92 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: Detective 20%, Cinematic 16.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #59 Cross Country Case
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Cat StudioPub: Microwavebread
Windows
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Detective 34.7%, Noir 23.7%, Mystery 16.3%, Puzzle 9.2%, Adventure 6%