- #1 LOOP SYNDROME
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: TBCATGAMES
Windows
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Psychological 18.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Mystery 9.4%
- #2 Lost/Secret A
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: uehara create
Windows
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Psychological 15.8%, Crime 15.3%, Mystery 12.1%
- #3 悪人悪華 - AKUNIN-AKKA -
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: moutardelog
Windows
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 17.5%, Psychological 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #4 The Seventh Day at the Tsubaki House - Whoever You Accuse Is Guilty
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maru Works
Windows
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: Visual Novel 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Mystery 14.4%, Psychological 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #5 Kihaven
94% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Kiradise
Windows
"How easily can a life fall apart? Kihaven invites you to a dark confrontation behind the monotony. In this traumatic, psychological, and drama-filled visual novel, uncover the truth hidden on the dusty shelves of the past. Every day is a new piece of a shattered life."
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Psychological 18.5%, Crime 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%, Emotional 7.9%
- #6 Kayotica
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kicksoft Studio
Windows
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological 12.5%, Investigation 8.7%
- #7 Dance by the River (former: Silence of Switchblade)
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Summertime
Windows
In the middle of summer, in the suburbs, in the river, a drowned body is floating. It seems like three-years-earlier incident replays. This story, through the investigation into the case, shows triangular relationship between a male police officer, a female police officer, and a female murderer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Crime 18.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Adventure 10.2%
- #8 The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JasperMarie
Windows
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: Crime 14.7%, Investigation 12.9%, Psychological 12.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #9 Hex Judge
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Cheetah Town Games
Windows
Interrogate villagers, uncover their secrets, and decide who will burn before sunset.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 17.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
- #10 Misohagi Crossing
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: sweet ampoule
Windows
On his first visit to his father's rural hometown in seven years, Hotaru reunites with his first love—only to learn that she died three years ago. Explore Yokomizo, uncover the truth behind a family tragedy, and escape supernatural otherworlds in this Japanese horror mystery adventure.
Why similar: Psychological 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%
- #11 泥舟と罪人
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Psychological 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Crime 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #12 Beyond R: Rule Ripper
88% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: TohrivPub: GJ Staff
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #13 The Silver Case
90% matchVery Positive89% of 1,209 reviews2016
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological 13.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
- #14 Time Crack
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MelTheMelPub: Nightfall Narratives
Windows
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological 17.3%, Crime 14.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #15 DoppelTest
86% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: ぬくもりロボット工房
Windows
Kagari, a withdrawn child, and Kagami, the robot living in society as their stand-in—Only one will be recognized as the real Kagari. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Psychological 16%, Adventure 8.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
- #16 D.D.D. 災薬対策課
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fug
Windows
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Mystery 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Investigation 10.7%
- #17 LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team BONA
Windows
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional VN where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Psychological 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #18 Effidolum
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JlooPub: Sub:06
Windows
It was a fake — that's exactly why I could love it. Fifteen days of Rei's summer vacation. A first-person "seeing" narrative adventure. Fully voiced (JP/EN/ZH). Playtime: 3+ hours.
Why similar: Psychological 27.5%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #19 夜明けの影法師
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Neet Games
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Psychological 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%
- #20 Depth Loop
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
A werewolf game set in a deep-sea lab, where the survival of humanity is at stake—does justice lie with humankind or the werewolves?
Why similar: Psychological 22.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #21 AI Schoolgirls Murder Mystery
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
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: Psychological 13.8%, Crime 13.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Investigation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #22 Fantastical Mystery ADV : Ultimate Jumbo Jet Murder Case
83% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.Pub: Bloomz, Inc.
Windows
A novel game featuring the popular streamer group "Ultimate Jumbo Jet"! Search for clues and discover the truth through "Fantastical Mystery"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Crime 16.6%, Mystery 16.6%, Psychological 9.1%
- #23 時折記 -Tokioriki-
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological 20.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #24 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Psychological 17%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #25 In Her Service
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Factory Games
Windows
Jack and Sylvia work as sevants in Talia Godroy's house to clear a debt. What begins as work becomes something neither of them planned. A branching adult visual novel about romance, desire and jealousy — 20+ hours, 16 endings, no way to see them all in one run.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Psychological 17.5%, Mystery 10.5%, Adventure 9.1%
- #26 キズツケ kizutsuke
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological 12.3%, Text-Based 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #27 Mnemosyne's Cube
79% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Muzutaru
Windows · Mac · Linux
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Investigation 10.7%, Mystery 9.3%
- #28 Whispers of the Luminaries Part 1
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VN Heaven
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological 12.1%, Investigation 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%
- #29 Everything Will Be Fine!
78% matchVery Positive85% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Psychological 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #30 Kamaitachi no Yoru x3
78% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場! シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Mystery 15.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Adventure 11.1%
- #31 黒洞々|KOKUTOTO
77% match6 user reviews88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: TENDA Games
Windows
Beyond Good and Evil: What Will You Choose in This Ambiguity? Kurotōtō is a multi-ending adventure game that questions the realm beyond good and evil. Its compact length lets you experience the bleak aspects of modern society and make nerve-wracking scenario choices. What ending will you reach?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Psychological 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Text-Based 7.8%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #32 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
77% matchVery Positive85% of 216 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 12.7%, Text-Based 12.4%
- #33 囚われホテル
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: akamilabPub: none
Mac
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Investigation 14%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #34 The 257th Element
76% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: REAL co.Ltd
Windows · Linux
In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #35 KnitBone
73% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: aespipuPub: remarkablegames
Windows · Mac · Linux
⚠️ KnitBone is a story-driven psychological horror visual novel, where the therapist is more traumatized than the patient.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Psychological 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Mystery 9.6%
- #36 MOOZ
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: motsuhouse
Windows
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 11.7%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #37 The Second Reality Room: Unspoken Truths
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shadow GlovePub: FINE Co., Ltd.
Windows
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Psychological 24.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Investigation 11.2%
- #38 SHEROK's Case ;Recollection
73% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Gamitive Of MiyaPub: GAMITIVE
Windows
A branching detective mystery. Evidence never lies. But your interpretation might. Your choices shape the truth— and what you uncover may reflect yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 21.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 12.3%
- #39 Glass Hearts
75% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Aedian Glair
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Crime 14%, Mystery 11.8%
- #40 偽人鳥ゲーム -ニセペンギンゲーム-
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 灰田おゆ
Windows
A certain streamer's fan meeting. Ten men and women are trapped on a luxury cruise ship. And the nightmare 'death game' begins—Collect notes through investigation, use deduction and voting to 'catch the shark'! A mid-length mystery ADV where bad endings are unavoidable.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Mystery 21.3%, Multiple Endings 17%, Adventure 7.1%
- #41 Surreality Check
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Absurdity Interactive
Windows
An absurdist, psychological choose your own adventure, Surreality check has the player helping Rowan Roach discover the meaning of his life through therapy sessions with the Universe personified. The Universe being a massive tool doesn't help matters.
Why similar: Psychological 19.8%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
- #42 7 Deaths 1 Life
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Davter17
Windows · Mac · Linux
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Psychological 16.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Adventure 9.5%
- #43 NO, THANK YOU!!!
74% matchVery Positive88% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
NO, THANK YOU!!! is a dark, dramatic mystery hidden behind a comic veneer as all of the men in this yaoi visual novel harbor their own secrets. Uncover the mystery behind the protagonist and this bar disguising a detective agency while flirting with the guys and growing intimate with them.
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Crime 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Investigation 9.5%
- #44 Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,875 reviews2024
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 32.7 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Crime 21.5%, Investigation 19.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Mystery 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #45 Mini Court
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Soodal Games (Choi Hanmin)
Windows
Become a criminal court judge. Listen to the prosecution and defense, examine the evidence, and decide the sentence yourself in this pixel-art mini-game featuring 43 cases based on real criminal law.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Crime 15.8%, Psychological 11.2%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #46 空野まなみの事件録 ― 空白のカルテ ―
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbitly
Windows
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, Visual Novel 26%, Mystery 16.3%, Text-Based 15.3%, Adventure 7.9%
- #47 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
69% matchVery Positive88% of 4,492 reviews2024
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.7 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 23.9%, Crime 16.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #48 UNBIASED
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Otherworld Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Psychological 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Investigation 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Dialogue Heavy 6.8%
- #49 The Laws of Probability
68% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Unspoken
Windows
You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.
Why similar: Psychological 22%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Adventure 9.3%
- #50 ぼくは人狼になりたい
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: uehara create
Windows
"I Want to Be a Werewolf" is a text-based adventure where you can enjoy the detective elements of the Werewolf game and the stories of the characters.A strange room when you wake up. "werewolf game" that starts without knowing the purpose. Mystery & suspense that sees through deception.
Why similar: Psychological 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Mystery 15.6%, Crime 14.4%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #51 Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
71% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Mystery 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Adventure 11.7%
- #52 Água Suja (Nobody Dies Here)
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: B&B Studios
Windows
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 22%, Crime 16.3%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
- #53 White Room
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreezyCat
Windows
White room. White light. A white table. And only white intentions. A story that always ends before it begins. But one day the circle will be broken. All you have to do is realise...
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #54 ノロワレサイクル
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bokusen StudioPub: PAW International
Windows
Mayuhara City, Tokyo. The wounds of the mass suicide event of Mayuhara Academy from eight years ago have finally begun to heal. The rumors of the “Mayuhara Curse” are still whispered amongst the students.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological 17.2%, Mystery 16.7%, Modern 6.1%
- #55 わたしをそとにつれてって
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 鬼火書天
Windows
Explore a sealed classroom and work together with a mysterious girl to escape. As the story unfolds, it gradually begins to seep into reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Mystery 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 15.8%, Adventure 10.4%
- #56 Still Joking
68% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Brick Games
Windows · Mac
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%
- #57 My Murder
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Psychological 22%, Mystery 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%, Crime 7.5%
- #58 My Dearest Direst Disaster
65% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Water PhoenixPub: KEMCO
Windows
「透明人間」のクロと、「透明人間しか見えない・聞こえない」豹馬。平穏を望む2人に、世界は恐るべき牙を剥ける。何度でも。ただ、豹馬の望みが絶たれるまで。
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Mystery 16.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Adventure 8.9%
- #59 Circus of the Moon
65% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Davter17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Elise Berrie, a tightrope walker marked by a broken past. As she infiltrates the enigmatic Circus of the Moon, she discovers that beneath its magic lie unsettling secrets. Between performances and haunting dreams, every step may bring her closer to the truth… or make her disappear.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Crime 12.3%, Psychological 8.5%
- #60 KILLA
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Tangerine
Windows
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 12.3%