60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel.
Detective RPG • TTRPG-Style Interrogation • Dark Political Thriller In Zehergrad, crime is a disease. As Inspector Mehmed Başar, break suspects in brutal interrogations and make the political choices that will decide the city's fate.
.curator
In a world imagined by acclaimed SF writer Richard K. Morgan, you are The .Curator. Use C.R.I.S.S.I. to glimpse the future — and rewrite it! In this episode-based detective adventure, choose your path, decide who lives or dies, and turn enemies into stepping stones toward saving the world.
One Night: Burlesque
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
In a world imagined by acclaimed SF writer Richard K. Morgan, you are The .Curator. Use C.R.I.S.S.I. to glimpse the future — and rewrite it! In this episode-based detective adventure, choose your path, decide who lives or dies, and turn enemies into stepping stones toward saving the world.
Why similar: CRPG 22.1%, Noir 15.8%, Alternate History 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Detective 10.6%
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Alternate History 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Detective 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
Step into the shoes of a young mercenary in the midst of an identity crisis. Explore a surreal world on the edge of collapse, shape your identity through choice, and navigate a web of shifting loyalties, hidden agendas, and uncomfortable truths.
Why similar: CRPG 22.9%, Philosophical 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Visual Novel 8%
A Frankenstein-inspired Gothic RPG. You’re an eccentric physician’s apprentice whose unique skills (and shortcomings) shape every conversation. Explore the city, follow leads, and find your missing mentor and the man you helped raise from the dead. Save them, condemn them, or alter death itself.
Why similar: CRPG 27.2%, Detective 16.6%, RPG 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
Now Hiring is a top-down narrative adventure where you play a job seeker trapped in a scam syndicate. Across 21 days, your choices in dialogue battles and moral dilemmas will shape your fate, reveal human struggles, and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: CRPG 38.6%, Noir 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Dialogue Heavy 5.7%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Noir 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Shore of Jord is a story-driven cRPG set in an alternate world of Europa, where you take on the role of a retired military officer trying to resolve mysterious events from your past and survive the longest winter in history: strengthen or break friendships, find your love, and discover who you are.
Why similar: CRPG 23.7%, Noir 19.7%, Alternate History 15.2%, Detective 14%, Visual Novel 8.7%
Designed by some of the team behind the groundbreaking Disco Elysium, Hopetown is a narrative-first RPG with resonant storytelling and seismic conversations. Things will change under your nose and under your heel. Words will be your weapons, and you'll make your own truth.
Why similar: CRPG 24.4%, Alternate History 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Philosophical 11.8%, Detective 10.2%
"Jupiter-Saturn:testing conviction" is a space-themed Visual Novel, with choices that affect the plot.The story follows a scientist and his struggle against the enemies he encounters along the way
Why similar: CRPG 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Alternate History 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Alternate History 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, RPG 9.8%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Noir 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Detective 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%
This ported edition of Baroque Syndrome presents the visual novel depicting the events before the main Baroque story. Play as Kitsune, owner of the Baroque Shop, and experience a branching narrative shaped by your choices. Fonts, stills, animations, and UI have been remastered for smoother play.
Why similar: Noir 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Thriller 11.7%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Detective 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Is a psychological dialogue-based RPG set in a world where genetic experiments coexist with occult practices.
Why similar: CRPG 21.7%, Detective 18.6%, Noir 16.4%, RPG 9%, Choices Matter 8.8%
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
Why similar: Noir 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Detective 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: CRPG 21.5%, Detective 20.4%, Noir 16.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, RPG 10%
You are the captain of a space ship lost in time and space. You receive an order for delivery of a special cargo from an organization that has been considered destroyed for hundreds of years. What are your next steps?
Why similar: CRPG 33.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Alternate History 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: CRPG 35.5%, Detective 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, RPG 8.1%, Mystery 6.8%
Further Education is a visual novel set in 80s inspired world, mainly in a divided USA where choices matter. Take on mind bending cases, collide with world powers and combat your inner demons - in hopes of becoming a better son, a better friend and ultimately - a better person.
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Alternate History 18%, Detective 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%
The Dark Lord is dead. The Hero left. Now you must govern the aftermath: refugees, broken roads, unemployed orcs, cursed land, noble outrage, and a budget that whimpers. A political management satire about cleaning up after destiny.
Why similar: CRPG 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, RPG 16.2%, Story Rich 4.1%
This is a branching visual novel with multiple endings, centered around a public incident. Depending on your perspective, you will only be able to see part of what happened. And your choices will ultimately shape the fate of the protagonist and those around him.
Why similar: Alternate History 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Philosophical 10.6%, RPG 10.6%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Thriller 9.9%
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Detective 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Inside Utopia is a Visual Novel in which you play as Didi, a brave young girl who is forced to infiltrate Utopia and steal the legendary Gold Stone back into her home land, or else the Queen will execute her mother.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.8%, Alternate History 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%
一款生存角色扮演游戏——中原大乱，你将扮演一介寒门书生，从长安出发，远赴西北凉州。一路上，你将结交形形色色的伙伴，与他们共同面对战争和死亡。
Why similar: CRPG 45.3%, Detective 16.6%, RPG 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 7.3%
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Noir 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, RPG 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 29%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.
Why similar: Noir 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, RPG 7.5%
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: CRPG 27.2%, Noir 16.1%, Detective 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 13%, Thriller 12.9%, Detective 12.5%
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: CRPG 20.7%, Alternate History 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
A story-rich mystery on Mars where your choices matter. You play as a geologist in a Martian habitat investigating a secret that has been ten thousand years patient.
Why similar: CRPG 34.7%, Noir 24.9%, Detective 14.8%, Multiple Endings 7.2%, Choices Matter 6.3%
A Japanese mystery adventure where any of the four could be the killer. Holding the dead man's will, you stay in his estate until the seventh-day memorial. Question the household across 13 locations, but you get only ten moves. Motive, opportunity and proof decide what your accusation is worth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Detective 20.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9%
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: Noir 23.6%, Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, RPG 7.5%
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Noir 22%, Visual Novel 13.9%, RPG 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
From humble beginnings, rise up to take your place in the city's underworld! Your choices will decide how the story plays out in this Visual Novel about crime in the 2000s East Coast. Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, Stat-driven, Deep Meta-progression.
Why similar: CRPG 36%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, RPG 7.9%, Dialogue Heavy 6.5%
The Wickie is a first-person thriller set in the 1930s Outer Hebrides. Explore handcrafted islands, uncover cosmic horrors, and survive deadly dangers. With no weapons or maps, rely on wit and courage to solve mysteries. Rich in story,art, and Lovecraftian dread, Will you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Noir 19.5%, Alternate History 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Detective 15%, Visual Novel 9.2%
The free first episode of a dystopian visual novel with RPG elements. Awaken in a secluded academy where students are stripped of their memories, develop your skills, build relationships, and uncover the truth about your past.
Why similar: CRPG 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Detective 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%
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 20.4%, Noir 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 7.9%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 22%, Detective 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
The day awaits. Whether it ends with you going to visit family, taking a breath in the park, or hiding inside your apartment, it all can be taken away without you having a say in the matter. Regardless of all the chances that life might provide, one truth persists: carpe diem.
Why similar: CRPG 40.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, RPG 11%, Multiple Endings 6.4%, Choices Matter 5.8%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
A time machine. A war. A leap into 2225. Humanity now lives in retro districts — neighborhoods dedicated to different decades of the 20th century. Unlock ideas, secrets and places — from cabarets to TV studios, from galleries to protests. Choose your words wisely. Every dialogue shapes your path.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.2%, Philosophical 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%
Blues and Bullets is a dark and violent crime thriller. Set in an alternative Eliot Ness & Al Capone story, Blues and Bullets blends a stunning script with detective work to deliver an amazing interactive experience.
Why similar: Noir 27.4%, Detective 18.6%, Alternate History 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Choices Matter 6.7%
The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Alternate History 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Philosophical 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
Why similar: CRPG 26.3%, Alternate History 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Detective 11.2%
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Philosophical 12.3%, Thriller 11.4%, Mystery 9.2%
A noir pixel-art adventure where you explore the city, engage in dialogues with choices and skill checks, face tough moral decisions, and shape the story’s outcome.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.6%, CRPG 19.3%, Noir 17.1%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 8.2%
Speak for Earth in ROSETIA—a first contact CRPG for fans of hopeful sci-fi and hard choices. Win the trust of an alien civilization. Change their world or stay your hand. Become humanity’s finest diplomat or a disaster of cosmic proportions.
Why similar: CRPG 27.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Unscripted narrative RPG. Pick a world, meet its cast, and say anything — a live AI narrator writes the story around your choices while real game systems track wounds, skills and money underneath. Worlds remember what you did, and you can carry your story from one world into the next.
Why similar: CRPG 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 9%, RPG 7.3%
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, RPG 7.5%
An HD-remaster of a comedy-horror visual novel from 2009, mixing classical Russian literature with anime, zombies and glam rock.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Alternate History 20.8%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 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: Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Noir 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Realistic 8.4%
In the office of the afterlife, you weigh the dead. Read each soul's ledger, hear their final plea, and seal them to Heaven or Hell. But the Director's doctrine is harsh — and the souls you judge may know your name.
Why similar: CRPG 18.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. Your second life begins tonight...
Why similar: CRPG 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
Welcome, detective, to World’s End’s most luxurious hotel: the Tangerine Antarctic at Mt. Hope. The ultimate comfort for the powerful elites past, present and future. No desire is off-limits, privacy is absolute and nothing is certain. Except: you shouldn't be here. And the murders are very real.
Why similar: CRPG 26.4%, Noir 21.9%, Detective 15.2%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.4%
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Snowbound for decades, a Trans-Siberian train holds its passengers exactly as they died. Talk to the frozen dead. Uncover the identity of a legendary thief. Decide how far you're willing to go for the truth.
Why similar: Noir 19%, Detective 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%
