60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Anime, Mystery.
Explore a future Tokyo where cosmic mysteries collide with human fate in the visual novel It Came From Above Us. Follow Rei, a curious high school student, and Mio, an enigmatic scientist, as they uncover a secret that will change humanity forever...
AI: The Somnium Files
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Detective 20%, Mystery 17%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 9%
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 18.6%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Story Rich 17.2%, Anime 16.3%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Immersive 19.8% ★, Detective 16.1%, Mystery 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Music 10%
A squad of magical girls are the Earth's only defense against an alien invasion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Anime 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
A science fiction visual novel. Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a secret that will change everything. Six researchers. One rift. No one will return the same.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Space 14.4%, Anime 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
《谜宇酒吧》是一款舞台在3072年的太空列车上的悬疑推理游戏。玩家将扮演主人公“梅尔”，一名业余的列车酒保，寻找因一块陨石引起的连环杀人案的真相。
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Mystery 18%, Sci-fi 14%, Space 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 15.3%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 11.6%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Detective 23%, Mystery 20.7%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Story Rich 10.6%
This is the first chapter in newest entry When They Cry visual novel series produced by Ryuukishi07. It features HD graphics, more detailed animations, and newly created songs by many of the composers from Umineko, as well as several new additions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Mystery 18.2%, Violent 13.6%, Anime 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Mystery 22%, Detective 14%, Anime 11.3%, Adventure 8.1%
This is a science fiction detective themed visual novel game, where players need to play the role of a "detective", connecting seemingly unrelated events and discovering mysterious truths hidden behind them, Please survive, and walk with your head held high towards the 'perfect ending' you expect.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Drama 11.1%
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Detective 17.7%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Anime 13%, Mystery 10.5%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.2%, Anime 17.1%, Mystery 16%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Story Rich 10.5%
This is a murder mystery visual novel where you take the role of the detective. Search for clues, make discoveries, and talk to other characters to find out what is truly going on on the Murder Express.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Visual Novel 21%, Mystery 18.8%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Story Rich 9.2%
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 15.2%, Anime 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.5%
"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: Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Anime 11.5%
Seoyeon Yu, a former police officer, works as a private investigator for a rich family. However, during her investigation, she discovers evidence linking them to her husband's death. Using her ability to see people's guilt, she begins an investigation to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Mystery 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Anime 8%
Yakuza Cats is a graphic adventure set in a 100% feline Tokyo. This original world mixes Ukiyo-e art with Gen Z aesthetics. It is a coming of age story that puts the player through different ethical choices while tackling themes such as identity and prejudice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Anime 14.8%, Mystery 12.1%, Drama 9.9%
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Mystery 22.8%, Anime 20.6%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 7.8%
Takuya Arima receives a package from his supposedly deceased father. It contains the mysterious Reflector Device which allows the user to travel between parallel worlds. Takuya must unearth the mystery of his father's legacy to prevent a calamity threatening to envelop reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Anime 16.9%, Sexual Content 12%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Story Rich 10.4%
Experience the story of Glow, a young and naive furry heroine caught between two empires' interplanetary ambitions, forged in tragedy and conspiracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Mystery 18.8%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
A new girl in town, Ashley, tries to befriend her lonely classmates. But can an unlikely group of friends of such different personalities be formed and survive? Meanwhile, the new headmaster investigates the mysteries of the school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Mystery 17.2%, Anime 15.6%, Sexual Content 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%
A crew of four. Mysteries at the edge of known space. A utopia that might be more fragile than it appears. The Aurora Chronicles is an episodic sci-fi visual novel where your choices shape relationships, uncover buried secrets, and test whether hope can survive what you discover.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Mystery 18.4%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Space 11.2%, Story Rich 9.2%
《井底》是一款2024年3月立项的文字类galgame，题材是“超能力悬疑推理故事”，画风是日系校园风格的 故事主要讲述了游戏女主王语韴作为一个业余“侦探”，遇到各种疑难问题，并在侦探事务所所长天翔及其妹妹天音的帮助下，解决案件的故事。 游戏主要使用鼠标点击来推进剧情
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Detective 15.3%, Anime 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
2061, Japan. Mankind has lost the sky, and with it, its connections. All of it was taken away by birds... ...By countless artificial pigeons flying through the sky.
Why similar: Mystery 20.3%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Anime 9.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Drama 9.1%
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Mystery 17.4%, Detective 11.8%, Anime 11.3%, Drama 11.2%
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Mystery 16.5%, Drama 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Mystery 18.5%, Anime 11.8%, Detective 8.6%, Drama 8.6%
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Drama 12.4%, Anime 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 11.1%
宇宙船を舞台にしたＳＦミステリーゲーム。 とある基地の残骸を回収したことから、有人宇宙船アルタイル号の中で不可解な事件が巻き起こる。 被害を食い止めるべく宇宙船のマスターAIは、壊れかけのアンドロイド・フレムと共に事件の調査に乗り出す――
Why similar: Mystery 23%, Sci-fi 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Space 13.7%, Story Rich 9%
10 world-renowned experts are trapped together and must cooperate to survive... until conflicts arise, and they discover the greatest threat to their lives isn't the system they're resisting: it's each other! Discover the truth of who's living a lie in this fully voiced murder mystery adventure.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 15.4%, Anime 13%, Sci-fi 11%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Mystery 18.8%, Anime 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
You can't understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality.” Talk. Mind Read. Translate. An empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Detective 12%, Anime 10.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Mystery 21.3%, Detective 13.3%, Story Rich 9.8%, Anime 7%
In this game, play as Shenming University News Department members. Explore strange incidents—no need for truth. Write compelling reports from clues; eye-catching content excites readers. As for what really happened…do readers actually care? If you care, go find out yourself.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Anime 14.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 10.5%
It's the Dawn of a New Age- The 21st century has brought about its own slew of problems for society at large. Asa result, the most promising youths from around the world have been gathered and enrolled in Amakawa Noble Academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Mystery 20.6%, Drama 12.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Anime 11.7%
Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Anime 15.6%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Drama 10.5%
"Four of Ten" is a multi-perspective visual novel blending time regression with Avalon-style gameplay. Set in a world where demonic forces invade human territories, ten young maidens gather at an ancient magical site to conduct a five-round ritual aimed at activating a protective barrier.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Detective 24.9%, Mystery 22.4%, Anime 14%, Drama 9%
和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Mystery 19%, Anime 14.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
Save the day with Clash!
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Mystery 17.8%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
A mystery adventure which is solved by using two visual features: Live Action and Illustrations.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Mystery 20.3%, Anime 15.2%, Adventure 14.4%
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 20.2%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 15.5%, Drama 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
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: Visual Novel 18.9%, Detective 18.7%, Mystery 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Anime 7.8%
“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: Detective 21.1%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Mystery 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Drama 7.6%
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: Visual Novel 21.3%, Detective 16.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Story Rich 9.4%
In a mysterious school where day and night are two separate worlds, a mismatched trio work to resolve magic-related incidents. A world of magic, intrigue, mystery and the occult awaits you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Anime 31.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Story Rich 7.5%, Sexual Content 7.4%
My name is Jeremy. I can bring things to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Anime 16.4%, Drama 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Story Rich 11.3%
Stories Want to be Told is an adventure game. It is more like an interactive story telling game. This the first episode The Prohecy
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Immersive 13.5% ★, Mystery 12.2%, Emotional 6.4%
A visual/kinetic novel about a girl who just wanted some free tickets to the local festival but soon found herself in a rock band and on a journey to discover who she's truly meant to be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Music 17.7%, Anime 16.4%, Linear 12.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Detective 21.8%, Mystery 16.3%, Anime 12%, Story Rich 8.3%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Mystery 19.7%, Anime 15.9%, Story Rich 11.2%, Violent 7.4%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 14.1%, Anime 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Detective 24.3%, Mystery 18.6%, Anime 11.1%, Emotional 6.9%
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Mystery 19.6%, Anime 13.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
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: Visual Novel 24.9%, Mystery 20.9%, Detective 19.6%, Anime 15.7%, Story Rich 9.9%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Mystery 19.3%, Anime 14.4%, Violent 9.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Detective 14.2%, Mystery 14.1%, Anime 13%, Drama 12.2%
In Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane, you play as a defense attorney who practices law in a world of fantasy and wizards. You must defend clients accused of various crimes committed using magic and use the rules of magic to prove them innocent.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Mystery 23.9%, Anime 21%, Detective 11.8%, Story Rich 11.3%
A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Anime 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Detective 12.9%, Mystery 12.3%
