- #1 The House in Fata Morgana
97% matchVery Positive95% of 6,401 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Mystery 27.4%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Female Protagonist 6.4%
- #2 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
96% matchVery Positive82% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Adventure 33%, Mystery 30.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #3 Butterfly's Poison; Blood Chains
96% matchVery Positive94% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: PROTOTYPE
Windows
Tokyo, 1918. World War I is coming to an end. Yuriko Nomiya, aristocratic by birth, is suddenly struck by a series of misfortunes. Is this fate brought about by the changing times, or is someone plotting against her? The dark, bittersweet tale of Yuriko and five young men is about to unfold...
Why similar: Otome 24.3% ★, Visual Novel 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #4 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
94% matchVery Positive93% of 4,390 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.8%, Otome 21.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Mystery 14.6%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #5 SoulSet
95% matchVery Positive90% of 162 reviews2017
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SoulSet is a mystery/romance visual novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with five other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Mystery 17.1%, Otome 16.8% ★, Adventure 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #6 Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
94% matchVery Positive85% of 896 reviews2018
Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Intragames
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Awakening in a mysterious mansion, her first, frantic thoughts are: 'Where am I? And more importantly, WHO am I?'
Why similar: Otome 42.3% ★, Visual Novel 22.9%, Adventure 16.7%, Mystery 11%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
- #7 7'scarlet
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 873 reviews2019
Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Intragames
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.
Why similar: Otome 27.5% ★, Visual Novel 21.7%, Mystery 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Adventure 12.4%
- #8 TAISHO x ALICE episode 2
92% matchVery Positive86% of 697 reviews2020
Dev: PrimulaPub: pencil
Windows
DUALICE(TAISHO x ALICE episode II) is a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! You will take on the role of the fairytale heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after"!
Why similar: Otome 32.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Adventure 7.8%, Female Protagonist 2.8%
- #9 Little Goody Two Shoes
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,440 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: Mystery 29.9%, Multiple Endings 28.5%, Adventure 22%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, 2D 7%
- #10 TAISHO x ALICE episode 3
91% matchVery Positive91% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: PrimulaPub: pencil
Windows
DUALICE(TAISHO x ALICE episode III) is a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! You will take on the role of the fairytale heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after"!
Why similar: Otome 28.1% ★, Visual Novel 26%, Adventure 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #11 Folie Fatale
90% matchVery Positive86% of 2,591 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 21.2% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Mystery 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #12 Drops of Death
89% matchVery Positive93% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Mystery 24.7%, Otome 20.7% ★, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%
- #13 Soulslayer~灭魂·误佳期~
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 724 reviews2017
Dev: 开水工作室Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.1%, Adventure 37.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #14 BUSTAFELLOWS
88% matchVery Positive86% of 1,031 reviews2021
Dev: NIPPON CULTURAL BROADCASTING EXTEND INC.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing dangerous romance with murder mystery, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!
Why similar: Otome 30.6% ★, Visual Novel 24.7%, Multiple Endings 22.3%, Adventure 12%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #15 Homicipher
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,136 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Otome 25.2% ★, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Adventure 7.8%
- #16 Lover's Enigma
86% matchVery Positive94% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows · Mac
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Otome 22.7% ★, Visual Novel 22.3%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #17 Suhoshin
87% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
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 26.4%, Mystery 26.1%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Adventure 10.9%
- #18 Decollate Decoration
84% matchVery Positive94% of 375 reviews2026
Dev: KANEKODOPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Adventure 24.8%, Mystery 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, 2D 4.3%
- #19 The Confines Of The Crown
86% matchVery Positive89% of 257 reviews2015
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Madeleine Valois is a prince's companion. It is her responsibility to keep him out of trouble - not to let him walk blindly into a political minefield, not to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and definitely not to let him fall in love with her...
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Otome 21.8% ★, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Adventure 10%
- #20 BAD END THEATER
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,804 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 34.2%, Visual Novel 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, 2D 2.4%, Female Protagonist 2.1%
- #21 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
84% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Multiple Endings 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Mystery 18.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #22 Yet Another Killing Game
82% matchVery Positive97% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Mystery 23%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Adventure 10.6%
- #23 Memory Girl +
82% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Mystery 18.3%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Adventure 8.1%
- #24 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
79% 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: Visual Novel 32.6%, Mystery 29.4%, Adventure 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, 2D 6%
- #25 Cursed Mansion
81% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Mystery 32.8%, Multiple Endings 32.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, 2D 6.5%
- #26 Heart Cage
77% matchVery Positive97% of 352 reviews2025
Dev: RiceLoveCoffee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yandere x Otome x Mystery A mystery Otome game with all yandere love interest, play as a detective and find out the truth!
Why similar: Otome 27.4% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 16.4%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #27 Homicipher: Demo
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Otome 27.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Multiple Endings 22%, Adventure 12.5%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #28 Pinewood Island
81% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
Windows · Mac
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 27.3% ★, Visual Novel 20.9%, Mystery 20.9%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #29 The Falconers: Moonlight
80% matchVery Positive90% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Bionic PenguinPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Falconers: Moonlight is a supernatural thriller visual novel set in the 19th Century West Coast of New Zealand. Falconer, Cassandra Winter, is on her first solo mission. Can she save the people of Moonlight from their plight? Or will she disappear into the mist like so many others before her?
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.9%, Adventure 24.9%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.9%
- #30 AKAIITO HD REMASTER
76% matchVery Positive93% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: SUCCESS Corp.
Windows
Japanese adventure game. Set in the present age, the game unfolds from the point of view of Kei Hato, a girl who has a special blood called "Nieno Chi". A special system called the blood sucking system is used.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Mystery 21%, Adventure 20.8%, Female Protagonist 4.3%
- #31 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
75% matchVery Positive91% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Otome 19.5% ★, Mystery 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Multiple Endings 13%
- #32 Astoria: Fate's Kiss
75% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: UNICO INC.Pub: Voltage Inc.
Windows
It's a dangerous thing, gods and monsters living among mortals. Good thing your agency exists to keep them in line. With big dreams and an even bigger heart, you aspire to climb the agency's ladder... That is, until one day five mythical beings ask for your help!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Otome 20.8% ★, Adventure 20.7%, Female Protagonist 5.6%
- #33 MAGICAL DEATHPAIR
76% matchVery Positive92% of 146 reviews2022
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
16 Witches, 8 Couples, Game to escape death... Hunt down the Imposter. Save the world from impending catastrophe. Life and death adventure game for those who love charming witches.
Why similar: Adventure 57.3%, Female Protagonist 37.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #34 The Murder Hotel
73% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
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: Mystery 41.1%, Visual Novel 38.4%, Adventure 13%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #35 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
78% matchMixed63% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Otome 21.2% ★, Mystery 15.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Female Protagonist 5.7%
- #36 Dark Nights
74% matchVery Positive92% of 421 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Otome 24.9% ★, Mystery 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Adventure 10.5%
- #37 X-note
79% matchMixed51% of 253 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
X-note is a blend between Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Follow the story of Essi as she pursues the truth of her mother's death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Otome 24.8% ★, Adventure 11.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%
- #38 Cooking Companions
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,196 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Mystery 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Multiple Endings 17%, Adventure 9.8%
- #39 Escape from the Cursed Convent
72% matchVery Positive92% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Ais Kacang StudioPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
Escape from the Cursed Convent is a narrative-driven adventure game set in a medieval girls' convent, offering a rich storytelling experience, and several gameplay styles including QTE, hunting, cooking, and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Multiple Endings 24.4%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, 2D 6.1%
- #40 My Butler
78% matchMixed54% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
"My Butler" is a game where you can enjoy falling in love with your personal butler. Each butler is a celebrity; sometimes they'll approach you softly...and sometimes forcefully.
Why similar: Otome 42% ★, Adventure 30.7%, Visual Novel 27.4%
- #41 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
73% matchVery Positive83% of 193 reviews2021
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel - play a powerless victim of a terrifying, unfair world. 200+ choices, 50+ endings, 20+ hours of play - and only one way to escape.
Why similar: Otome 28.3% ★, Multiple Endings 24.6%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Mystery 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #42 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
74% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Mystery 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Adventure 9.6%
- #43 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 782 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Adventure 23.1%, Mystery 15.6%, 2D 4.2%
- #44 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
71% matchVery Positive86% of 256 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, 2D 5.8%
- #45 TAISHO x ALICE epilogue
70% matchVery Positive92% of 612 reviews2021
Dev: PrimulaPub: pencil
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
This is the final installment of TAISHO x ALICE, a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! Take on the role of the heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after" once and for all!
Why similar: Otome 32.5% ★, Visual Novel 25%, Adventure 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #46 星影の館殺人事件
70% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Adventure 23.2%, Mystery 19.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #47 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
72% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Mystery 25%, Adventure 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
- #48 The Witch's House MV
69% matchVery Positive95% of 4,019 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, 2D 29.8%, Female Protagonist 24.3%, Singleplayer 6%
- #49 Cemetery Mary
69% matchVery Positive97% of 379 reviews2021
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely ruin her life...or fix it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Mystery 8.3%
- #50 London Detective Mysteria
71% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Karin EntertainmentPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 100%
The evening is as ordinary as they come for London, England as the curtains close on the 19th century. Mist hangs thick, beclouding the radiance of the moon and modest glow of gas lamps. Upon the resounding chime of Big Ben, a new tale of love and adventure like no other begins!
Why similar: Otome 39% ★, Visual Novel 31.4%, Adventure 29.7%
- #51 The Chrono Jotter
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,243 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Mystery 34.2%, Adventure 17.5%, Female Protagonist 12.4%
- #52 Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea
67% matchPositive89% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: 空想の工房Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
A dark fairy tale set in the deep sea. The fated encounter between a sea monster and a human forever changes their lives in this visual novel. Contains platonic yuri.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Multiple Endings 23.6%, Adventure 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, 2D 3.9%
- #53 Putrika 2nd.cut:For the Exquisite Attire
65% matchVery Positive93% of 218 reviews2026
Dev: トトメトリ
Windows
Is cutting down a young girl a sin, or a salvation? In the Haku-a Church where pure love and jealousy collide, a young gem-craftsman is forced to choose—to let her live, or to end her life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.8%, Adventure 26.4%, 2D 6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #54 Lady in Mystery
68% matchVery Positive94% of 163 reviews2021
Dev: nolsoft
Windows
Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.
Why similar: Mystery 30.1%, Visual Novel 30%, Multiple Endings 24%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, 2D 4.7%
- #55 Crimson Spires
69% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Woodsy Studio
Windows
This otome-style visual novel blends eeriness and romance into a compelling drama. A ring of deadly towers traps you in the small mining town of Bataille, Missouri with extreme conspiracy theorists, a serial killer, and wealthy vampires. Choose your partner wisely.
Why similar: Adventure 52.1%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Otome 23.1% ★
- #56 Serafina's Crown
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Woodsy StudioPub: Thesis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Serafina’s Crown is a visual novel with elements of fantasy, adventure and romance. You play as Odell Perin, the newly-appointed regent of Darzia as she tries to solve the murder of the queen and a host of other domestic and international crises.
Why similar: Adventure 63.2%, Visual Novel 36.8%
- #57 This Bed We Made
65% matchVery Positive91% of 3,132 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Mystery 48.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Adventure 15%, Female Protagonist 12.5%
- #58 TAISHO x ALICE episode 1
68% matchVery Positive86% of 1,357 reviews2019
Dev: PrimulaPub: pencil
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
DUALICE(TAISHO x ALICE episodeI) is a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! You will take on the role of the fairytale heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after"!
Why similar: Otome 47.5% ★, Visual Novel 26.6%, Adventure 18.8%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
- #59 Love, Internet, and Murder Magic
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 249 reviews2025
Dev: Renka
Windows
Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 29.8%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Mystery 23.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Adventure 5.5%
- #60 Help Me
70% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A horrific choices matter adventure game where you need to get out of the house!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.4%, Multiple Endings 34.1%, Adventure 13.5%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, 2D 3.6%