- #1 筮灵 SHILING
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Word Game 10.6%
- #2 我的一个多重人格朋友
96% 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 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Word Game 12.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #3 破禁 Limbo Break
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xiaowanxiongzzz
Windows · Mac · Linux
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Word Game 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Thriller 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #4 村庄-The Village
95% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Thriller 16%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Mystery 11.1%
- #5 黑山羊BlackGoat
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Word Game 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Thriller 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #6 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
94% match9 user reviews44% of 9 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: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Detective 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Word Game 10.9%
- #7 Blackmail Directive
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 青梅不输天降工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Word Game 15.1%, Detective 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #8 Sunlight Scream
92% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 19%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dating Sim 10.7%
- #9 Town of Dusk
91% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Detective 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 12%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #10 Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anecdote StudioPub: TBD
Windows
Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods is a non-linear Chinese fantasy visual novel. Adapted from the classic Chinese supernatural collection Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, it presents a bizarre and fantastical world. What choices will you make if you step into it?
Why similar: Word Game 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dating Sim 10%
- #11 Kanna Maze
89% matchVery Positive89% of 380 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: Word Game 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #12 死亡编码-Death Code
89% 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 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Word Game 12.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #13 Suhoshin
88% matchVery Positive91% of 170 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: Thriller 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Detective 11.3%
- #14 The Chrono Jotter
87% matchVery Positive94% of 2,231 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.6 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: Detective 14.6%, Word Game 13%, Thriller 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #15 Reunions with you billions of times
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zhuzi1
Windows
This is a short, romance-focused visual novel where you play as a student. As you fall in love with your classmate Qiu, you become trapped in a time loop and die again and again. Together with Qiu, you must search for a way to break the loop, with your choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Word Game 15.3%, Emotional 14.7%, Dating Sim 11.7%
- #16 No Recollection
86% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Mystery 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #17 Midnight Witch
85% matchVery Positive92% of 351 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dating Sim 11.9%
- #18 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
84% matchVery Positive82% of 255 reviews2026
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: Word Game 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Detective 11.3%, Visual Novel 10%
- #19 Uberich: Advent Sinners
83% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #20 True Game
84% matchVery Positive88% of 51 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: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Detective 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #21 Отделение 38
82% matchVery Positive94% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: The Three Windmills
Windows
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #22 ELEGIES: Aya
82% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Squircle
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Thriller 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #23 世界之外的愚人船
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 愚人失格
Windows
This is a visual novel, in reality we create different worlds that belong only to you for various reasons, and they will gradually fade away with your memories. Please enjoy this time traveling in different worlds with the girls, and then return to where you are meant to exist - your life.
Why similar: Word Game 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 9.6%
- #24 R.I.P. Tour
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost Clown
Windows · Linux
A death game visual novel where murder victims are decided by group consensus. Make friends and enemies, solve the mysteries of an abandoned amusement park, and suss out the traitor in your group.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Mystery 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%
- #25 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
78% matchVery Positive92% of 142 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: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Detective 14.9%, Word Game 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #26 Echoes of the Rest
79% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Feronline Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore Joe's house and psyche after his accident, solve clues while trying to escape the house, and attempt to uncover the underlying issue behind Joe's mental state.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Emotional 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Thriller 11.5%
- #27 Wonderful Body Wanted
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Mystery 16.1%, Thriller 15.8%, Detective 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%
- #28 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
80% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Detective 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 13.3%, RPG 9.7%
- #29 Aiyoe's Secret Room
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BI SHUI YU
Windows
Immerse in this visual novel blending escape room mystery and heartfelt romance! Solve tricky puzzles, bond with charming heroines, shape your story with dynamic sprites and multiple endings. Love the tale? Its official animated adaptation X&Y streams on Crunchyroll—search now to dive deeper!
Why similar: Word Game 14.5%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #30 Bloody Hype
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CineGames
Windows · Mac
You'll grow from a helpless viral victim to an all-powerful god of public opinion. When you finally hold power and beauty, facing this world that feeds on human suffering, will you become a cog in the viral machine, or the blade that cuts through the rules? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Thriller 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Dating Sim 9.5%
- #31 我死后的那些天-After Death
78% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Detective 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 13.1%, RPG 9.5%
- #32 The Paracelsian Project
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Thriller 11.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #33 灰烬溪AshCreek
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pigeon Studio
Windows
AshCreek is a female-oriented interactive visual novel centered on Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Players take on the role of an outsider who is unwillingly drawn into AshCreek, uncovering the truth behind its anomalies step by step by taking part in stories set across different worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, RPG 7.9%
- #34 Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,928 reviews2021
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?
Why similar: Word Game 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #35 The Murder Hotel
73% matchVery Positive95% of 64 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: Detective 18.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Thriller 9.4%
- #36 目盲/Blind
75% matchVery Positive85% of 894 reviews2022
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.
Why similar: Word Game 14.7%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Emotional 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%
- #37 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,105 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Thriller 17.6%, Word Game 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Detective 10.7%
- #38 LakeLady
72% matchVery Positive80% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Word Game 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Thriller 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #39 Reflection Link
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Thriller 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #40 末日航路-The Termination
74% 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 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #41 The Game of Fourtune
73% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Thriller 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Emotional 10.5%
- #42 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
71% 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: Word Game 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Detective 13%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #43 Ezrebeth
71% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #44 机影:夏夜梦寻
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 卯月游戏(MaoyueGame)
Windows
"Start your dream-seeking journey in the future city!" - In the game, players will play the role of "Park Bo-myeong", the deputy director of the AI Inspection Bureau, and travel through the summer night of the future city "Golden City" with their assistant robot "Dill".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Dating Sim 13%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Emotional 11.6%
- #45 精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss
72% matchVery Positive83% of 235 reviews2022
Dev: CHARONPub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
话题作《精神病大王花》重制作品。 追求精神病少女们的恋爱游戏,你能活到最后吗?
Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Word Game 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dating Sim 11.9%, Mystery 11.4%
- #46 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Thriller 14.2%, Detective 13.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #47 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
68% matchVery Positive95% of 240 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 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Thriller 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #48 UNCULT
70% matchMostly Negative29% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: STUDIO EORARI
Windows
'UNCULT' is a Adventure where the protagonist, the daughter of a cult leader, suffers from amnesia after an accident in a fanatical pseudo-religious group. Now, she must piece together her obscured past, facing numerous challenges and uncovering the truth. Your decisions will shape her destiny.
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #49 Gnawer No. 44 Observation Report
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hunger Evil
Windows
Due to "special" work requirements, you've been assigned by your superiors to live in a very remote and desolate villa. You thought your dull and monotonous life would just carry on as usual, but every midnight, strange sounds emanate from the pitch-black attic...What kind of beginning awaits you?
Why similar: Word Game 19.8%, Thriller 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #50 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,200 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯,意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中,他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相,也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来,覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下,究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Why similar: Word Game 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Dating Sim 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #51 桂冠之人 Laureate
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 陆君
Windows
“我,想成为英雄,守护我想守护的,仅此而已。”——这部作品讲述了一个这样的故事。
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Word Game 10.6%
- #52 孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon
69% matchVery Positive88% of 263 reviews2023
Dev: 章鱼罐头制作组
Windows
一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀,对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查,并各自提交一份答案。最后,出现了七种截然不同的解答……
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 15.8%, Word Game 15.4%, Thriller 9.9%
- #53 透明的她与真实的我
66% matchVery Positive90% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: 可味玩KawayiPlay
Windows
This game is a bishoujo game developed and published by Kawayi Play.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.9%, Emotional 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Word Game 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%
- #54 见习侦探
70% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: 全能侦探社
Windows
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Detective 21.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #55 迷渡桥
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏,你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移,背负着家族十年的冤屈,在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥,换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案,窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽,揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #56 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
65% matchMixed59% of 8,400 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Word Game 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #57 中国式地雷女
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 钟夏游戏(ZHONGXIA GAMES)
Windows
At Domi Network, I somehow discovered that three completely different "JIRAI Girls" were hiding right under my nose: YUNA, XIUHUA, AIKA L2D+lip sync, 370,000 words, 70+CG, three emotionally intense "Subculture Girls," come experience the most authentic Chinese-style "dating minefield" !
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Detective 9.9%
- #58 Remedy for Personality
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
Windows
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Thriller 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Detective 14.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #59 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
65% matchVery Positive88% of 224 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 8.4%