60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Visual Novel, Adventure, Choices Matter.
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Обо: Шоу Теней
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Amnea28: Two Eternities
A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Investigation 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Nonlinear 9.6%
A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.
Why similar: Thriller 17.5%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Detective 11.5%
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Thriller 13.5%, Noir 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Thriller 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Investigation 12%, Noir 10.7%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Investigation 13.7%, Thriller 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Thriller 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Thriller 14%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dark 8.8%
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Investigation 10.9%, Thriller 9.5%, Dark 8.2%
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%, Investigation 15.7%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Thriller 13%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
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 13.8%, Detective 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Investigation 10.9%, Text-Based 10.3%
A horror visual novel exploring the dark sides of friendship and the dangerous paths taken to save it.
Why similar: Thriller 16.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Nonlinear 9.8%, Investigation 8.7%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Investigation 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10%, Noir 9.8%
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 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Detective 8.7%
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Detective 13.6%, Thriller 12.2%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Investigation 10.3%
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 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Detective 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Investigation 10.1%
You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...
Why similar: Thriller 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Investigation 10.5%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Thriller 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 19.3%, Thriller 16.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Investigation 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 9.9%
You wake up locked up in an unknown place with 8 strangers. Who are these people ? Why are you here ? You have a bad feeling. But suddenly, the phone rings, and it's up to you : Will you dare answer and go deeper in this mysterious plot ? Will you reveal the horrible truth... and survive it ?
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Thriller 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Thriller 16.8%, Detective 16.5%, Noir 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Thriller 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Text-Based 9.9%
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Investigation 14.5%, Thriller 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Investigation 17.3%, Thriller 17.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
A realistic first-person horror deduction game. Identify NON-HUMAN entities and navigate critical decisions within the Zone. Earn your survival, upgrade your booth, and-above all-don't let the NON-HUMANS in.
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
HEDERA is a story-driven 2D horror game about dealing with trauma through dreams and videogames.
Why similar: Thriller 15.5%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
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 15%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Thriller 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Investigation 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Noir 11.2%, Visual Novel 8.6%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
You will take on the role of a detective and dive into a dark world from a first-person perspective. What will you have to do? Explore locations in search of clues. Make assumptions and write them down in your diary. Solve puzzles.Run away and hide from your demons.
Why similar: Thriller 19.7%, Detective 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Dark 9.4%
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
Why similar: Thriller 18.4%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Noir 11.2%
You are the new hire. The account you inherited is not new — it belonged to E. Vale, who is no longer with the company. Ten business days of email in which you choose what you say, then choose who sees it. The routing is permanent. Someone is still reading.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Thriller 12.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Thriller 18.8%, Investigation 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
[IS THE GIRL IN THE MANOR ALIVE OR DEAD?] Investigate an abandoned manor, gather evidence, and make choices that affect both the past and future in this mystery point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Detective 10.5%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Thriller 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Thriller 11.7%, Noir 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 11.2%
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Thriller 12.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Text-Based 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Thriller 11.2%, Dark 9.6%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Thriller 17.3%, Investigation 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark 8.7%
One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.
Why similar: Detective 14.8%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Thriller 11.6%, Noir 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%
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 15.8%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Investigation 11.9%
"The Night Jackal" is a captivating game where you experience tension as you discover someone breaking into your phone through your security camera. In this game, you'll confront your fears with contemporary technology invading privacy.
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Detective 15.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
A short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms, maggots, etc, looking to be reborn through someone's body. You will have to find that someone, speaking to the locals, investigating, uncovering truths and decide who to kill before the world is taken over.
Why similar: Detective 30.8%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Visual novel with a detective plot. Summer break is a time of adventure and love! However, Hikari does not yet know that the maniac has already gone hunting!
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Investigation 15.6%, Thriller 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 13.3%, Investigation 9.9%
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Investigation 19.4%, Thriller 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Text-Based 10.7%, Detective 10%
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Investigation 12.7%, Thriller 11.9%, Dark 8.7%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 13%, Noir 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Thriller 12.1%, Noir 11.9%, Investigation 11.8%
In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.
Why similar: Thriller 19.3%, Investigation 18.4%, Detective 17.2%, Noir 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
On your way to writing the perfect supernatural novel, be prepared to face danger. Are you ready for such desperate measures?
Why similar: Thriller 18.1%, Investigation 16%, Detective 15.3%, Noir 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Thriller 18.1%, Detective 17.2%, Investigation 15.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Noir 9.8%, Dark 8.8%
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Noir 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
