Games Like Kindred [High Tide]

The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.

Why similar: Detective 12.9%, Investigation 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Mystery 8.5%

Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?

Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Horror 13.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Choices Matter 11%

The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Investigation 15%, Mystery 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Psychological 8.4%

Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.

Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%

Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?

Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events

Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Horror 8.7%

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: Detective 16.2%, Investigation 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Horror 8.6%

A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.

Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%

KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.

Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Lore-Rich 8.4%, Visual Novel 8.1%

Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.

Why similar: Detective 17%, Investigation 13.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%

You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%

Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.

Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 17%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.

Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%

A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.

Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Mystery 8.5%

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Mystery 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%

Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.

Why similar: Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Supernatural 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

A powerless, FAKE therapist facing raw truth. Balance financial pressure and patients' collapse in this narrative RPG. Use speechcraft and the "Mind Reading Spell" to dive into minds and shatter cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or redemption?

Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Investigation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Psychological 9.8%, Lore-Rich 8.5%

A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.

Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Mystery 9%

The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%

After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.

Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.8%

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Investigation 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Mystery 8.9%, Psychological 8.7%

The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.

Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 15.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

A weaponless psychological thriller. Become trapped in the dark simulation within Gabriel’s mind after surviving a deadly plane crash. Run, hide, and piece together your memories to wake from this dystopian nightmare before Protocol 66 is activated.

Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 17.8%, Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Supernatural 8.7%

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 22.9%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%

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 23.4%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Supernatural 9.5%

Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.

Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 15.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Mystery 8%

A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize

Why similar: Investigation 19%, Mystery 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 11.4%, Lore-Rich 10.2%

A horror visual novel where you take on the role of a spy delving into the memories of others to find dirt on a sinister biocorporation. Not for children or the easily disturbed.

Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Investigation 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Mystery 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.6%

Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.

Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 8%

A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.

Why similar: Mystery 15.2%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Supernatural 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%

In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?

Why similar: Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%

A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.

Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%

[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 23.2%, Investigation 22.3%, Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 8.1%

A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!

Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Horror 9.4%

A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Mystery 9.3%

What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?

Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Horror 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.4%

You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.

Why similar: Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Horror 10.1%

Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

Why similar: Detective 21%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 9%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Horror 8.1%

The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.

Why similar: Choices Matter 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Lore-Rich 9.7%

A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?

Why similar: Investigation 21.4%, Detective 19.9%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%

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: Detective 25.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%

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 24.3%, Investigation 15.2%, Psychological 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Mystery 8.4%

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 27.6%, Investigation 21.7%, Psychological 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Supernatural 10%, Choices Matter 9.6%

"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.

Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 10.1%, Story Rich 8.3%

A first-person investigative game set in a drowned village. Explore abandoned homes, speak with the last remaining locals, and capture through your lens the destruction left behind by the toxic sludge. Gather evidence, follow every clue, and uncover the truth hidden beneath silence and decay.

Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Investigation 21.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 10.1%, Lore-Rich 9%

Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!

Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Investigation 23%, Mystery 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.4%

Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...

Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 11%

In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

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 17.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Horror 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Psychological 10%

Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%

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: Investigation 13.3%, Detective 12.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.2%

A narrative-driven detective thriller. Reed and partner Grant investigate a murder case that resets through a time loop. Gather clues, interrogate witnesses, build timelines in the mind palace, and uncover the truth through deduction and multiple endings.

Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Investigation 16%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Mystery 9.3%, Horror 9%

Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.

Why similar: Mystery 17.2%, Detective 16%, Choices Matter 15%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Psychological 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 10%, Psychological 9.6%

Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.

Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%

Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.

Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Supernatural 11.8%