60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Anime, Visual Novel, Adventure, Singleplayer.
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.
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
AI: The Somnium Files
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Anime 12.3%, Story Rich 8.1%
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 19.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Investigation 9.3%, Emotional 8.3%, Anime 8.1%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Anime 11.6%, Point & Click 10%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
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 18.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Detective 14.2%, Horror 9.2%, Anime 8.4%
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: Detective 12%, Visual Novel 12%, Thriller 11.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Investigation 9.7%
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 10%, Anime 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Sexual Content 13%, Mystery 9.5%, Anime 9.3%
Join spirit detective Kagami Makoto and his demon familiars as they hunt down the wandering ghosts disrupting the peace of his small town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Anime 20.7%, Choices Matter 13%, Sexual Content 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Help Miyako and Kakeru track down a superpowered serial killer before they strike again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Sexual Content 18.2%, Anime 15.8%, Nudity 12.5%, Mystery 8.2%
Mysterious murders. A cursed apartment building. Cohabitating with a cute demon girl?! All in a day's work for diviner, Haruhisa but will he be able to solve the case and not be distracted by a demon girl only interested in him?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Point & Click 12.3%, Sexual Content 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Investigation 21.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 12%, Anime 11.7%
The samurai detective visual novel! Solve crimes and pass judgment on vigilantes, officials, inventors, and brigands to protect a city of eternal cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 11.1%, Anime 8.4%, Sexual Content 8.2%
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 21.6%, Mystery 14.3%, Anime 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 8%
Enigmatic psycho challenges famous detective. Help detective solve riddles and overcome challenges on his way to save the local town from bombing by stopping a mysterious madman.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.9%, Anime 21.1%, Sexual Content 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Nudity 13.9%
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: Detective 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Anime 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9%, Emotional 8.1%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Anime 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
“You were only trying to do the right thing—so why is everything falling apart?” A Japanese language teacher’s choices to save three girls who have stopped attending school will change their fates. A psychological horror visual novel with 16 endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Emotional 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Anime 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Horror 24.7%, Detective 16.6%, Anime 12.6%, Adventure 7.2%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Detective 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Horror 7.6%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Anime 14.8%, Dark 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
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 32.5%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Anime 16.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Story Rich 12.8%
A serial killer is on the loose and only you can stop the Phantom! Story of Koyama Kazuki, a young detective working for the Igrasil. While working on several, seemingly unrelated cases, you find clues pointing to the person who killed your parents. Can you stop this new cycle of death before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Detective 23.9%, Mystery 20.3%, Anime 19.9%, Horror 6.1%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.5%, Anime 9.6%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Dark 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Sexual Content 8.5%
Play as Sophie, a private investigator not unlike Sherlock Holmes. It's up to Sophie to uncover the hidden truths of London through her investigations. What mysteries and intrigue await her? Find out in this steampunk RPG!
Why similar: Sexual Content 28.7%, Nudity 16.4%, Detective 14.5%, Hentai 12.6%, Anime 9.6%
Psychological horror and mystery game about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city and investigate murders while trying to escape Death. This is a visual novel and point and click game.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Emotional 10.4%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Anime 10.7%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Sexual Content 8.7%, Investigation 7.3%
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Anime 15.8%, Thriller 9.3%, Sexual Content 8.3%
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 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Detective 15.1%, Anime 12.2%, Dark 10.6%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Investigation 11.5%, Dark 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10%
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Anime 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
In her attempt to solve the mystery of her parents’ death, Chen Ruoxia is accidently drawn into the storm of unspoken rules in the entertainment industry. Hiding behind it is a truth even uglier... In this showbiz world surrounded by dark secrets and conspiracies, will she be able to escape with the truth or will she become their next...
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Sexual Content 10%, Hentai 9.4%, Mystery 9.1%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Thriller 12.1%, Emotional 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
Step into the shoes of an aspiring author during the Taisho era in this psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel. Travel back in time to try and save your friends while confronting your own character flaws. Will you retreat into your fantasies, or can you keep it together enough to rescue them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 10.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Anime 9.8%, Dark 9%
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Mystery 13.8%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 10.8%
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Anime 9.7%, Dark 8.4%
Yandere x Otome x Mystery A mystery Otome game with all yandere love interest, play as a detective and find out the truth!
Why similar: Sexual Content 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Anime 9.6%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Multiple Endings 15%, Anime 14.8%, Story Rich 9.4%
The Edge Of is a Mystery NTR visual novel with a tense atmosphere and a story that will keep you on the Edge of your seat. Play as either Sam as he grapples with the fact that his wife might be cheating on him, or Beth, the lovely wife who couldn't possibly be cheating... or is she?
Why similar: Sexual Content 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hentai 11%, Mystery 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Anime 14.9%, Mystery 14.5%, Horror 13.8%
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: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 19%, Mystery 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 11.1%, Anime 10%, Multiple Endings 10%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 16.1%, Anime 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.2%
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Mystery 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Investigation 12.5%, Anime 10.3%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Thriller 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 10.5%
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 21%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 12.6%, Thriller 8.6%
Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 20.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Anime 10.3%
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Sexual Content 13%, Anime 10.1%, Hentai 7.6%
Manipulate the main character with power of telepathic, looking for the trace of Araka, an Exorcist imprisoned in the other world.
Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Detective 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Nudity 10.7%
1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10%
In a world where psychological states can be quantified, every choice has consequences, victims can become criminals, and the very nature of truth can warp and shift. Can detectives Nadeshiko Kugatachi and Takuma Tsurugi remain on the path of justice as they face the ugly truths of humanity?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Anime 32.8%, Detective 21.7%, Adventure 6.8%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Mystery 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Anime 15%, Story Rich 10.4%
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 21.4%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 5.4%
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Emotional 10.3%, Mystery 8.9%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Anime 16.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Horror 12.9%
A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Sexual Content 14.7%, Anime 11.4%, Mystery 8.8%
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Anime 14.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 9.8%
