60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Noir, Detective, Story Rich.
An original visual novel about the dark secrets of a Soviet asylum, inspired by real events. Here, you do not control the story — you watch as it slowly breaks the main character… and you along with him.
Обо: Шоу Теней
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
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Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Noir 18.5%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Nonlinear 9.2%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Detective 19.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Thriller 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Text-Based 11.7%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Detective 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.8%
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: Noir 21.5%, Detective 18.1%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Investigation 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.2%
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: Noir 21.7%, Detective 14.2%, Text-Based 12%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Visual Novel 10%
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: Noir 17.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Detective 13.8%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Thriller 8.3%
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: Noir 22%, Detective 16.5%, Thriller 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Noir 26.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Noir 21.5%, Detective 16.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 34.3%, Detective 18.6%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
The life of an ordinary freelance programmer Romero, whose existence is swallowed up by darkness. Not the fairy tail, but a dark part of humanity.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Detective 17.8%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Investigation 10.9%
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: Noir 17.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 14.3%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
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: Noir 22.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Thriller 7.8%
A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Detective 13.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Nonlinear 9.1%
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: Noir 19.3%, Detective 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Investigation 11.3%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
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 30.6%, Noir 18%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Tokyo Stranger is an aerial genre of text horror game inspired by the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. You play as a tourist from an exotic country, looking for any possibility to escape Tokyo in a static world.
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Text-Based 17.8%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
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 25.6%, Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Investigation 13.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
A dark murder mistery game combined with a visual novel revolving around a disturbing plot. Embark on the frightening adventure of a young priest entangled in a forbidden affair with a beautiful lady who meets a gruesome end. Lust, wrath, murder, despair.
Why similar: Noir 29%, Detective 14.7%, Thriller 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
"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 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Thriller 10.1%
In this classic Investigative Mystery game, you are hired to find the truth behind Mr. Grady's untimely death. Explore 40+ areas, compile a multitude of evidence, and interview over 30 unique characters to assist you in your search for answers. Do YOU have what it takes to crack the case?
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 18.4%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Nonlinear 10.9%
[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: Detective 21.1%, Investigation 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%
An unsettling visual novel where every decision shapes your destiny. Face seven diverse, cunning demons in a dark, atmospheric world and uncover hidden truths through multiple branching paths, culminating in nine distinct endings.
Why similar: Noir 23.4%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
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 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Investigation 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
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: Noir 23.5%, Detective 15.6%, Thriller 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Investigation 10.2%
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: Text-Based 19.6%, Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Thriller 8.3%
On your way to writing the perfect supernatural novel, be prepared to face danger. Are you ready for such desperate measures?
Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Detective 15.9%, Thriller 12.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
You’re sick. So is the city. Explore a crumbling Terminal that loops when you die. Solve cursed investigations. Weaponize your symptoms. Find the truth, or spiral with it.
Why similar: Noir 21.1%, Detective 19.1%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%
An atmospheric visual novel with puzzle elements and a nonlinear storyline.
Why similar: Noir 40%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Story Rich 7.7%, Exploration 6.5%
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 17.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Investigation 10.7%
Cthulu Mysteries: The Veins of Arkham is Lovecraftian narrative mystery, where staying sane is the greatest challenge. Interview the witnesses, gather clues and draw conclusions to solve the most unusual case. Will you be able to handle the truth?
Why similar: Noir 24.1%, Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Investigation 9.4%, Nonlinear 8.9%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Nonlinear 18.7%, Text-Based 17.2%, Investigation 8.6%
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 19.3%, Text-Based 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Investigation 10.5%
The city is a labyrinth. You always knew it, you just didn't have time to try different paths. Now, you have no choice. Did your coworker put a curse on you? Find out in this bleak horror visual novel featuring point-and-click gameplay elements.
Why similar: Noir 29.2%, Text-Based 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
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: Text-Based 16.9%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Thriller 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Thriller 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
Pour a coffee, light a match, and crack the case. Micro Mystery Investigator offers infinite procedural logic puzzles in a stylish noir setting. Sift through clues, cross-reference alibis, and deduce the culprit before the trail goes cold. Pure deduction, zero guessing.
Why similar: Noir 33.2%, Text-Based 20.9%, Detective 17.4%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Investigation 9.5%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Thriller 14.4%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Choices Matter 6.5%
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Noir 31.9%, Detective 25.6%, Investigation 14.2%, Exploration 7.2%, Story Rich 5.9%
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: Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Detective 13.4%, Thriller 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11%
"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 20.7%, Noir 19.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Investigation 12.5%, Text-Based 9.1%
Why did the chicken cross the road? Only one squirrel can solve a murder most... fowl. Join Detective Cox as he encounters quirky characters, challenging puzzles, countless mini-games, and a town in disrepair where choices matter but morals don't. Will you be leaving... No Stone Unturned?
Why similar: Noir 32.2%, Detective 23.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
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: Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Thriller 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%
"Deep Lake: Prologue" visual novel In the neo-Gothic genre, with a psychological story. Our hero's name is Sali. Sali is a former forensic photographer for the crime department. The accident that happened to him reveals in him a mysterious gift that can lead him to a terrible death.
Why similar: Noir 32.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Exploration 9.9%, Realistic 7.6%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Text-Based 17.8%, Detective 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Nonlinear 9.7%
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: Noir 26.3%, Detective 18.5%, Thriller 13.8%, Investigation 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
A mansion drenched in heavy rain. Heirs gathered, each eyeing the family fortune. And you—who committed a murder in their midst. As a chain of killings begins, YORAM follows Irene Lindbergh, a murderer hiding her crime, as she searches for the truth buried deep within the estate.
Why similar: Noir 35.7%, Detective 22.7%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Investigation 10.4%, Choices Matter 6.3%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Detective 18.8%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Investigation 11.8%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 16%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Thriller 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Detective 24.4%, Investigation 9.2%, Exploration 8%, Story Rich 6.8%
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Detective 16.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Noir 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11%
Psychological horror, featuring early 90's graphics and music, vast player's freedom and multiple endings! Leonard White, a professional inspector, is looking for his ex-girlfriend, Kimberly Frances, gone missing in Goodsprings, a small town near Nevada holding the darkest secrets...
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Detective 16%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Thriller 9.8%, Emotional 9%
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: Text-Based 17.1%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Thriller 7.8%
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
Why similar: Noir 30.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
A city forgotten by everyone, two women trying to unravel its secrets, and a dismal silence of war. Is it possible to create without the hope of being heard? Is it possible to mourn for someone obliterated in memories? And what horrors are hidden in the shadows of forgotten town?
Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Detective 18.2%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Detective 24.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
Embark on a mysterious ride. Solve puzzles, make choices, and uncover the truth behind a hidden crime in this point & click with the depth of a visual novel, all set in a haunting subway filled with secrets.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9%
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Noir 33.1%, Text-Based 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Detective 15.7%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
