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Takumi, a high school student, gains the power to make others experience hallucinations indistinguishable from reality. What begins as a tool for revenge soon changes his fate forever. A psychological suspense visual novel where your choices shape the ending.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 17.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%

The legendary "THE PORTOPIA SERIAL MURDER CASE" is reborn! Under the executive direction of Yuji Horii comes an all-new entry featuring five brand-new investigation files. Set in 1980s Kobe, conduct your investigation alongside a new cast of characters and uncover the secrets hidden behind the case.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 16.5%, 1980s 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%

『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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Mystery 22.4%, Investigation 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Adventure 10.4%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Investigation 22.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Adventure 7.6%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

You are a good husband. You cook, you clean, and you take your medication. But as your home slowly turns into a nightmare, you must answer one question: Is your wife hiding a demonic secret, or are you just losing your mind? Survive 7 days in this tense psychological domestic horror.

Why similar: Investigation 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%, Multiple Endings 4.9%

The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Investigation 22.5%, Mystery 20.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Medieval 7.8%

A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.

Why similar: Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Psychological 7.2%

A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Investigation 23.8%, Mystery 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

生死を分けるのは、人狼ゲームに似たコミュニケーションゲーム―― 爆発事故に巻き込まれ、瀕死のままＶＲ空間で目覚めた１０人の男女。 手術を受けて生還するためには人狼ゲームに似た「インフェクテッド・ゲーム」で上位に入らなければならない。 「ゴシックマーダー」「探偵 神宮寺三郎」シリーズ、「イヌワシ」など数多くのADVを制作したオレンジが送る新作ADV。 メインイラストレーター：岸和田ロビン

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.8%, Mystery 26.2%, Adventure 15.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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: Investigation 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Mystery 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Psychological 8.5%

“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.

Why similar: Investigation 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Mystery 20.3%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, Story Rich 5.1%

As a counselor in a mysterious facility, you are to examine children with strange powers and fill in their "Paranormal Records". In this story-based, choice-driven game, you will have to pry open your subjects' minds... but what you find inside them could prove dangerous.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.7%, Investigation 23.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Point & Click 6.8%

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: Investigation 26.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Psychological 7.1%

Your statement is already on record. Search messages, social media, and your calendar for evidence. Defend your story, explain contradictions, or shift the blame. What you submit will change the investigation and the story.

Why similar: Investigation 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Mystery 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%, Story Rich 5.9%

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: Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Story Rich 7.9%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.1%, Mystery 15.1%, Psychological 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Adventure 9.1%

Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband

Why similar: Investigation 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Mystery 17.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Adventure 6.5%

Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death

Why similar: Investigation 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Mystery 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 5.9%, Multiple Endings 4.7%

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: Investigation 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Mystery 16%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Psychological 9%

The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Investigation 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Mystery 16%, Psychological 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

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 29.1%, Mystery 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Investigation 10.9%, Psychological 7.9%

《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主（你）从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆，发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异，恐怖致命的巨型怪物，你们能否成功逃脱？而这超自然的现象，似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......

Why similar: Investigation 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Mystery 11.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Investigation 22.4%, Mystery 14%, Psychological 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

The legendary Okhotsk Disappearance... is coming back.

Why similar: Mystery 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Investigation 20.8%, Adventure 11.7%, 1980s 11.7%

Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?

Why similar: Investigation 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Mystery 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Point & Click 5.7%

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: Investigation 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological 14.1%, Story Rich 7.5%, Dialogue Heavy 6.6%

Void’s Ballad is a dark investigative adventure through the biggest human fear: Death.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Investigation 23.4%, Mystery 13%, Psychological 9.2%, Dialogue Heavy 6.9%

One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Investigation 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 8.3%

Tintin and his faithful companion Snowy are going to experience some extraordinary adventures…After meeting Professor Sarcophagus whilst cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the famous reporter sets out in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.2%, Investigation 38.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Bia's sister has vanished into a desert of dunes and lagoons, where an old legend has awoken. Guided by a compass that doesn't point north, investigate the disappearances and choose carefully: every decision defines who you save.

Why similar: Mystery 33%, Investigation 29.8%, Story Rich 11.2%, Adventure 8.3%, Dialogue Heavy 6.9%

What traps us is not time, but our faith in it.

Why similar: Investigation 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Mystery 16%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Investigation 28%, Mystery 20.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Adventure 5.2%

Their cries reach no one. In a distorted cage, they quietly await the hand of salvation.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.1%, Mystery 26.1%, Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.

Why similar: Investigation 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Mystery 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 7.3%, Story Rich 5.5%

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 25.4%, Investigation 23.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Psychological 7.3%

Bar by bar, a young woman wanders through the night. Conversations with bar owners and patrons, along with little things that catch her eye, bring back memories of her father, mother, grandfather, and family trips in this narrative exploration adventure.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.1%, Mystery 27.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Point & Click 8.9%, Adventure 7.5%

Wander into the carnival of a giant magical dragon lady, where nobody ever leaves unchanged! Answer an extensive list of questions disguised as mini games as you explore the carnival grounds to discover what animal spirit lives inside you.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Investigation 23.7%, Mystery 15.1%, Psychological 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

"Anesama" is there. What do the silent walls and folklore tell us?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.1%, Mystery 26.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

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 32%, Mystery 23.2%, Psychological 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Adventure 6.9%

The second retro-style travel mystery adventure! This game is a suspense command ADV set in Akita's Oga region in Japan.The character designer is a manga artist Kiyokazu Arai, following his previous work "Iseshima Mystery Annai".

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.4%, Investigation 39.6%, Adventure 7.5%, 1980s 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%

A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.

Why similar: Investigation 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Psychological 9.7%

COLIVING is an interactive narrative adventure where you play as a hard-boiled detective and a relentless journalist on two distinct paths. As their cases converge on a shared apartment, your choices shape a complex, branching story. Trust no one—the real danger lives right behind the wall.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Investigation 21.5%, Mystery 16.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Story Rich 7.8%

Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!

Why similar: Investigation 35.6%, Mystery 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Adventure 6.6%

Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.

Why similar: Investigation 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Mystery 22.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Story Rich 4.4%

A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.

Why similar: Investigation 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 6.7%

No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Investigation 26.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Text-Based 7.1%

Noah lives with his eccentric father, who’s obsessed with Dictator X. When he joins a strange auction at a castle, he must work to solve mysteries hidden in the exhibits and uncover his father’s secrets. Risk everything to win—but what truth awaits? Story by Rika Suzuki!

Why similar: Mystery 38.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Dark 7.2%

After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?

Why similar: Investigation 39.6%, Mystery 26.4%, Story Rich 11%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Adventure 7%

NEXUS CORP, sub-basement 7-A. Stamp the forms. Ask nothing. Since 1952, forty-six clerks have vanished at this desk - you are the forty-seventh. Cross-check every claim on your terminal, rule APPROVED or REJECTED, and try not to wonder what the paperwork is really sealing.

Why similar: Investigation 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Mystery 16.9%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, Text-Based 5.2%

Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".

Why similar: Investigation 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Mystery 19.2%, Story Rich 5.4%, Text-Based 4.9%

In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.

Why similar: Investigation 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Mystery 20.1%, Psychological 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

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: Mystery 19.2%, Investigation 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Medieval 9.1%

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: Investigation 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Mystery 19.7%, Multiple Endings 6.2%, Story Rich 5.9%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Investigation 22.8%, Mystery 19.4%, Psychological 14.2%, Story Rich 7%

What if I had made a different choice then? The truth and consequences of memory.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.4%, Mystery 26.4%, Adventure 14.5%, Story Rich 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Rookie human detective and energetic zombie detective, a mismatched buddy tackle mysterious cases! Get to the truth with the zombie's super powers and human deductive skills in this Japanese mystery ADV! Now on release!

Why similar: Investigation 32.5%, Mystery 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 7.6%

This is a point and click adventure where you lead Drok'tar through the town of Gabranth and its surrounding areas while looking for his bounty. You'll meet a slew of characters along with way, and if you play your cards right, you'll find yourself in more... erotic situations with some of them.

Why similar: Investigation 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Multiple Endings 7%, Point & Click 5.4%

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Investigation 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Medieval 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%