60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Detective, Singleplayer, Mystery.
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.
Orient on the Murder Express
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.
Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
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 37.6%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Hand-drawn 10%, Story Rich 9.3%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Mystery 20%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Story Rich 11%, Hand-drawn 9%
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
Why similar: Detective 34.5%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Hand-drawn 6.1%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Mystery 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 17.6%, Story Rich 6.6%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Text-Based 19.3%, Mystery 18%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Hand-drawn 10%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Text-Based 22%, Mystery 14.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
This is a visual novel about the future, where every choice shapes the protagonist's character. Follow the path from youth to adulthood, play as a scoundrel or a champion of justice, fall in love, and create your own unique story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Text-Based 27.7%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Mystery 18.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Hand-drawn 10%
After class, small problems drift into the library—harmless at first glance, yet hiding secrets and lies. You see the clues, hear every voice, and turn the page yourself as each case unravels. A bittersweet mystery adventure that blends the experience of reading with the feeling of watching a drama.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Mystery 20.1%, Hand-drawn 15%, Detective 12.5%, Story Rich 11.3%
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 31%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Mystery 17.9%, Text-Based 16.7%, Story Rich 10%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Mystery 26.8%, Detective 21.4%, Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 20.9%, Adventure 7.4%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Mystery 27%, Visual Novel 19%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Mystery 19.3%, Story Rich 12.3%, Hand-drawn 4.3%
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...
Why similar: Detective 36.4%, Mystery 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Story Rich 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 24.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Mystery 13.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Mystery 18.1%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Story Rich 9.9%
A Japanese mystery adventure where any of the four could be the killer. Holding the dead man's will, you stay in his estate until the seventh-day memorial. Question the household across 13 locations, but you get only ten moves. Motive, opportunity and proof decide what your accusation is worth.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 19.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Adventure 4.5%
An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Mystery 17.6%, Text-Based 10.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Mystery 21.8%, Detective 20.1%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 4.9%
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 22.1%, Text-Based 20%, Mystery 18.9%, Detective 12.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Mystery 18.3%, Text-Based 15%, Story Rich 10.3%
Murder Mystery Stories is a digital detective game featuring 4 unique murder cases. Examine evidence, interrogate witnesses, and uncover the truth. Each case challenges your logic and observation skills in a gripping interactive experience.
Why similar: Detective 39%, Mystery 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 8%
A high school detective story where an unlikely duo tackles mysterious incidents on campus. Solve strange cases with logic and courage in this suspenseful visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Mystery 22.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 4.7%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Mystery 15.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 39.3%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Mystery 16.9%, Story Rich 11%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Mystery 18.9%, Text-Based 12.9%, Atmospheric 4.5%
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 39.6%, Visual Novel 24%, Mystery 19.6%, Story Rich 8.4%, Adventure 7.4%
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 39.7%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 20.3%, Story Rich 5.3%, Adventure 4.9%
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 34%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Text-Based 15.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
因習村推理ADV
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Visual Novel 30.1%, Mystery 23.3%, Adventure 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
「We prove our void――」
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.5%, Mystery 22.2%, Text-Based 18%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 7.7%
Will you be the hero who brings justice to Miami Beach, or will you succumb to the shadows? The fate of Lily, Jake, and the entire city rests in your hands. Choose wisely, for the pursuit of truth may lead you down unexpected paths.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Text-Based 17.1%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Mystery 11.1%
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Text-Based 18.9%, Mystery 16.7%, Story Rich 8.1%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 38.3%, Visual Novel 29.4%, Mystery 21.2%, Story Rich 6.6%, Adventure 2.4%
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: Visual Novel 19.7%, Detective 18.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
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: Visual Novel 23%, Mystery 20.2%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Detective 12.4%, Story Rich 12.4%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Mystery 21.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 37.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Story Rich 10%, Hand-drawn 10%
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 35.3%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 9.6%
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 31.5%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Mystery 17.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
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 25.6%, Detective 21.9%, Mystery 19.3%, Text-Based 17.2%, Story Rich 10.6%
A mystery adventure which is solved by using two visual features: Live Action and Illustrations.
Why similar: Detective 38.2%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Mystery 21.3%, Adventure 14.4%
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 30%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Mystery 15.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间，科举省试方毕，汴京国子监突发连环命案，遇害者死状惊悚离奇，如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博，通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局，找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Detective 26.1%, Mystery 21.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Adventure 8.2%
Among the 18 people who have a heart of justice, there is an evil that seeks murder. It is a mysterious and malicious death game of justice ADV. This is a free game made by an individual. Please note that this is an unfinished work.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Mystery 19.4%, Story Rich 11%, Hand-drawn 6.7%
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Mystery 25.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Story Rich 7.9%
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 39.5%, Mystery 30.1%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Adventure 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Mystery 17.6%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Text-Based 10%
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: Detective 31.9%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Mystery 17.1%, Story Rich 9.7%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
Takemaru Abiko, creator of “Banshee's Last Cry,” the landmark mystery game that sold over 1 million copies, will release A brand-new game based on “Armchair Detective”. Search through in-game apps and Rescue YOUR sister, Hikari Takizawa, who has suddenly gone missing in Nagano Prefecture.
Why similar: Detective 36.2%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Mystery 23.7%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 1.8%
《爱与命的彼端》是一款悬疑推理AVG。游戏中你将扮演男主角路杰，为拯救恋人许琳，开始一段爱与命的离奇冒险。你即将卷入扑朔迷离的连环杀人案件，也会接触到离奇的民间传说，躲藏在暗处的阴影也注视着你，蠢蠢欲动……你必须依靠自己的推理能力找出真凶，拯救恋人。
Why similar: Detective 47.5%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Mystery 22.3%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 39.8%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Mystery 19.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%
【A ghost girl, is here.】Terau Mare is a shy girl moves to Tokyo to go to university, and her new house, Hakusan-so, is like an abandoned. As soon as she enters the room, Mare meets a ghost girl, Furuzaki Yuika. Yuika says, "I'm going to kick you out of here soon." But...
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.8%, Text-Based 30.5%, Story Rich 16.7%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 2.2%
Andrey comes to the city to enroll in college and moves into a communal apartment. Neighbors, alcoholics, cult members, and gangsters test his mettle. Every decision is a choice between morality and survival. A visual novel where one wrong move turns a college applicant into a criminal.
Why similar: Detective 31.9%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Text-Based 23.7%, Story Rich 9.5%, Atmospheric 5%
"Scorpion's Tail" is a AVG set in an alternate historical timeline. In the war-born nation of SouthXi, a conspiracy involving girls begins to surface.Investigator Zhang Cheng meets a mysterious girl. After accepting request, he is drawn into a web of secrets.
Why similar: Detective 37.4%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Mystery 20.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Adventure 5%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 35%, Visual Novel 27%, Mystery 21.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 3.6%
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 32.1%, Mystery 24.9%, Detective 22.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 43.8%, Mystery 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 6.7%
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
Why similar: Detective 38%, Mystery 25.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Story Rich 14.2%, Adventure 5.7%
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 29.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Mystery 20.1%, Text-Based 15.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
