60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer, RPG, Story Rich.
Every case has a story behind it! You need to find and collect clues in the scene and reason at every level to find the truth. The clues can be associated or cross-layered.
村庄-The Village
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?
Shanwen
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
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: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Thriller 14.5%, Detective 14%, RPG 11.4%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, 1990's 13.9%, Thriller 12.9%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 11.7%
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 29%, Visual Novel 18.5%, RPG 16.9%, Detective 13.5%, Mystery 11.2%
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Thriller 13.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Detective 8.9%
Unregistered Scene is a Minesweeper-style anomaly deduction game. As Agent 03, an insurance company agent, investigate scenes where records no longer match reality. Work with a mysterious assistant to identify anomalies and uncover hidden rules.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, RPG 20.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Puzzle 6.3%
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女，将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。［想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ？准 备 好 ］浅冰背后，为何会有寒意深藏？战斗，悬疑，治愈，推理，剧情持续反转，不断的匿名威胁，绑架，真相到底是……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Detective 13.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.3%
When I was sunken in a deep depression, I set off on a journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, 1990's 23.5%, Emotional 16.8%, RPG 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Body of Mine is an award-winning VR experience that allows you to step into the body of another gender and discover the stories of transgender individuals.
Why similar: VR 29.1%, Emotional 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, First-Person 10.7%
《Love Is All Around-Love In The Room》 is a full first-person perspective, immersive is a relationship experience 3DVR work, the whole process is shot in first-person perspective, fully immersed in the scene interaction and real-life simulation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, RPG 19.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Emotional 15.4%, 3D 8%
你将扮演一个被AI淘汰的程序员，回到那个停滞的小县城，与那个等了你十二年的女孩一起去寻找，从所有人记忆里消失的发小和尘封的往事，你们追查的不仅仅是真相，还是被AI一起困住的那个夏天、那座小城、那段永远不会结束的等待。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, RPG 18.1%, Emotional 17%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 13.9%
Coffin to Riches is a Chinese folk-horror mystery puzzle game set in a small town in southern China in the 1990s. As the young heir to a coffin shop, you witness your father die in a strange fire. Investigate his death and uncover a truth far more terrifying than you imagined.
Why similar: 1990's 20.1%, RPG 18.4%, Thriller 14.8%, Puzzle 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%
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 29.7%, Visual Novel 19%, RPG 17.3%, Detective 14%, Mystery 11.5%
Dark rooms, difficult puzzles, and enemies popping out of the dark, Lights Out VR is about traversing through an escape room environment where each room becomes harder than the last. Players will be allowed to run, jump, teleport, whatever gets you from point A to point B, so long as you escape.
Why similar: VR 32.9%, RPG 14.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Simulation 10.6%
At the end of 1990, there was a murder in Changzhuang community. Both mother and son were killed. The case is full of doubts. According to the clues, you plan to visit the murder scene alone at night, search for evidence, obtain clues, and crack the truth.
Why similar: 1990's 17.2%, Thriller 14.1%, Detective 12.2%, RPG 11.8%, Puzzle 11.6%
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Detective 15.1%, RPG 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%
A dialogue-driven pixel narrative game featuring elements of mystery, puzzle-solving, and surrealism. The protagonist sets out to find their missing sister and uncover the truth, only to discover secrets hidden far deeper.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, RPG 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Puzzle 11.9%
帮助温迪找回失去的记忆，这是一个关于家和爱的小作品
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Puzzle 17.3%, First-Person 12.4%, Emotional 11.5%, Mystery 9.7%
A Memory Maze Spanning Life and Death: A Tender Web of Salvation and Deception Follow protagonist Ye Yuyao into the Tai Xu. Through fragmented memories and relentless inquiry, unravel the hidden truth behind an anonymous organ donor in this haunting interplay of light and shadow.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Detective 12.5%, RPG 10.5%, Thriller 10.3%, Puzzle 9.6%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 13.8%, Investigation 11.2%, Thriller 11%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Thriller 15.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Detective 10.7%
The bus to the suburbs suddenly exploded, the scene was a mess, the sales staff, including all 10 people on board died. Lin Shanhai led the scene investigation team to conduct a detailed investigation and visited all the families and friends of the deceased, but the case is still no clue.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, 1990's 13.1%, Thriller 10.4%, Puzzle 9.7%, Simulation 9.1%
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Thriller 18.2%, RPG 14.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Mystery 13.2%, 1990's 11.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Detective 15.1%, Mystery 11.4%, RPG 10.5%
Playable trailer for the upcoming horror found footage movie "The Children of The Woods"
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, 1990's 15.2%, Detective 10.4%, Simulation 10.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Emotional 14.4%, 1990's 13.6%, Detective 12.2%, Thriller 10.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 24%, Detective 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Puzzle 12%, RPG 11.7%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, 1990's 15.8%, Detective 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Puzzle 10%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 12.9%, RPG 11.7%
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 12.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, Detective 10%
A mystery comedy visual novel game told strictly through the eyes of a news anchor. Learn about the city of Brookside, report the news as best you can, and guide the citizens toward a happy ending.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, 1990's 18.7%, Thriller 14.2%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 12.3%
In 1998, journalist Gu Yao comes to the mountain village of Hongluo after an anonymous letter. A nursery rhyme points to a chain of old murders. Slowly reveal the truth of the case from back then.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, RPG 19.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, 1990's 11%, Puzzle 10.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Detective 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Investigation 11.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Detective 14.6%, RPG 12.7%, Mystery 10.4%
Live-action footage meets lie-detection gameplay as you tear away the masks of three male leads. Multiple endings and hundreds of branching paths—every choice forces the question: Whose stand-in are you, really? Whose lie are you living?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, RPG 19.1%, Simulation 18.6%, VR 12.6%, Puzzle 9.8%
"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 28.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Detective 16.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, Mystery 11.5%
This is a dark, immersive narrative RPG following a boy’s turbulent life. From rural hardship to urban survival, he learns that fate must be seized. Players will experience a gripping journey through childhood struggles, betrayal, revenge, and the search for identity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, RPG 25.6%, Visual Novel 20.7%, 1990's 15.4%, Emotional 10.3%
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: Visual Novel 15.8%, Thriller 12.7%, Puzzle 11%, Detective 10.8%, Mystery 10.8%
Solve an impossible murder case in the far-flung future in this VR & Non-VR investigation action adventure! Multi-awarded title DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition contains all three episodes from the acclaimed trilogy.
Why similar: VR 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Detective 12.3%, Emotional 10.6%, Mystery 9.8%
You're HR investigating a missing employee. On the surface, it seems like a routine personnel issue until you open his computer, and a dark world built on overtime work and psychological control slowly comes into view. Peer through the screen to uncover the truth and stay awake until the end.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Visual Novel 19%, RPG 14.2%, Puzzle 11.9%, Simulation 9%
A single-player Chinese folk horror RPG puzzle game. As a photographer, you venture into mysterious places with two paranormal vloggers. Explore scenes, gather clues and reveal hidden truths through environmental interaction. Full playthrough takes 2 to 5 hours.
Why similar: Thriller 17.7%, Mystery 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Puzzle 15.4%, RPG 13.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Detective 15.7%, RPG 14.1%, Mystery 12.5%
Step into the shoes of a detective in the first realistic VR investigation game! Explore 1980s New Orleans and solve a captivating murder mystery. Interrogate suspects, each with their own motives, and use your deduction skills to reconstruct the events and reach a conclusive resolution.
Why similar: VR 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 10.3%
Survive inside a secret SCP facility. Explore dark corridors, avoid or confront anomalous entities, manage limited resources, and outsmart unpredictable AI to stay alive in a world where containment can fail at any moment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Simulation 13.7%, Puzzle 10.6%
The Mystery of Misty Mount is a 2D mystery puzzle-adventure game. In order to save his father who has turned into a parrot, players take on the role of Wang Di and go into Misty Mount to uncover the truth of an accident that occurred fifteen years ago.
Why similar: 1990's 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Detective 16.4%, Puzzle 14.7%, Mystery 13.5%
Chords is an authentic retro 16-bit cyberpunk visual novel. Dive into a twisting, deceptive story packed with pixel art, chiptune energy, and classic adventure vibes where nothing is quite what it seems.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, 1990's 14.9%, Detective 9%, First-Person 8.4%
Strange things frequently happen in the apartment, such as the black shadow by the bed, the face behind the curtains, and the eccentric neighbor... This old apartment seems to be hiding some unknown secrets... Will you walk ignorantly into death or discover the truth and escape to safety?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Thriller 14.6%, Detective 12.5%, Emotional 12.1%
A point-and-click mystery set in 1998. Explore the early Internet for clues, connect overlooked details, and uncover what really happened at Thornhill Academy. Come for the mystery, stay for the cozy New England private school vibes.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, 1990's 13.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
A boy who claimed to be your lover, with meticulous care, has woven a cage for you. You must make a choice: Is it to accept this calculated love; or to break the cage and confront the undefined freedom? When "being loved" becomes the sole proof of existence, how should you choose?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.3%, RPG 29.6%, Emotional 18.3%, Mystery 15.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Detective 14.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Investigation 10.1%
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Detective 13.4%, Thriller 12%, Mystery 10.7%, Emotional 10.5%
An aging encrypted terminal. A past deliberately erased. Follow the guidance, solve puzzles one by one, and close in on a buried truth. Who used this computer before you? What happened to them? And now, it is your turn.
Why similar: 1990's 16.7%, Puzzle 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Simulation 11.4%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 11.7%
A facility run by a mysterious director conducting research into quantifying fear. The user will be a test subject there, undergoing terrifying experiences. It's a simple game in which the player must simply endure the terror of cockroaches without being scared.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, VR 25.2%, Simulation 20.8%, Thriller 14.3%, 3D 7.7%
Unravel a chilling story of a secret government project.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, 1990's 18%, Detective 12.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Emotional 11.4%
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 32.5%, Visual Novel 20.7%, RPG 18.9%, Detective 12.6%, Mystery 11.6%
《轮回路》是一款中式恐怖悬疑剧情解谜游戏。为了祭奠发小，在一个阴雨连绵的日子，许静怡踏上了漫长的归乡之途。然而意想不到的是，在荒凉萧瑟的故土等待许静怡的，并非只是简单的追忆之旅，而是与本应离世的发小的惊悚重逢。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Puzzle 15%, Mystery 13.8%, Thriller 13%, RPG 12.2%
Rewound is a first-person VR narrative exploration game where players experience the world through the eyes of a black cat, using object interaction and time-rewinding mechanics to explore the fading memories of a novelist living with Alzheimer’s disease.
Why similar: VR 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Emotional 11.6%, First-Person 9.8%, Simulation 7.6%
《瑶光》是一款大学校园题材的恋爱视觉小说。在绩点决定未来的大一生活中，作为有些内向的学霸——周缘，你将会在多重结局中见证只属于青春的成长与遗憾。在关键的时刻做出选择，点亮那道名为“瑶光”的星辰。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, RPG 21.1%, Simulation 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 11.4%
SaGaS is a project based on new Chinese grotesque Cthulhu theme, integrating the old Hong Kong retro style and background settings of the 20th century. It is a fan project based on Scara-Ei character shipping from Genshin Impact. The game uses puzzles and maze solving as its main gameplay.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, 1990's 14.9%, Thriller 11.9%, RPG 11.6%
Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Thriller 15.5%, Detective 11.8%, Mystery 10%, Investigation 9.8%
