60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Adventure, Detective, Mystery.
A quiet piano guides players through a Japanese-style mystery adventure centered on memories and the lingering regrets of Oda Nobunaga. Players explore a mysterious world, uncover hidden truths, and piece together a forgotten trust.
谍：玫瑰
《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？
阎罗索命
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……
《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 27.2%, Historical 20.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 15.5%, Adventure 7.2%
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 23%, Historical 22.5%, Detective 19.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Mystery 15.8%
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 30.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%
Save the day with Clash!
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Visual Novel 20%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 14.5%, Adventure 10.3%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Detective 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 12.1%
Echoes of Chang'an is a Chinese-style mystery visual novel developed by NSTUDIO. You play as the adopted son of the renowned mid-Tang general Duan Xiushi who is unexpectedly drawn into an inescapable conspiracy that threatens the fate of the Tang Dynasty while carrying out a mission.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Detective 22.1%, Historical 20.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Adventure 9.3%
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 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Adventure 16.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Become a legendary detective of ancient China! In "Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator", play as Di Renjie, solving thrilling cases across Bianzhou and Bingzhou in the Tang Dynasty and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Historical 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Adventure 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%, Mystery 8.9%
A mystery adventure which is solved by using two visual features: Live Action and Illustrations.
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Adventure 30.3%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Mystery 17.4%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Historical 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 15%
《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: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Detective 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Adventure 17.1%, Mystery 14.8%
因習村推理ADV
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 23.3%, Mystery 19.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Detective 23.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 15.3%, Adventure 9.4%
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 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Historical 10.3%
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Detective 23.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 15.3%, Adventure 9.8%
After a difficult journey, Ada officially became a detective. This disappearance commission seemed extraordinary. During the exploration of the ancient castle, it seemed that a series of strange events also surfaced...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Detective 22.1%, Adventure 17.5%, Mystery 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%
“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: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Detective 25.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 15.9%, Adventure 8.6%
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.7%, Mystery 19.7%, Detective 19.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Detective 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Mystery 12.2%
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Detective 17.6%, Mystery 7.6%
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 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Mystery 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Dialogue Heavy 23.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
This is the story about the creation of Jinguji Saburo and his humble beginnings.And yet, young Jinguji Saburo who is alone in the world, takes up the gauntlet for himself and for his late grandfather!
Why similar: Adventure 43.2%, Detective 25.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 15.2%
A narrative AVG focused on everyday mysteries from the lives of elementary school students. The two protagonists encounter ordinary yet unusual incidents at school, and through investigation and deduction, players uncover the truth together with them.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Mystery 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Adventure 13.2%
Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 500 years of secrets. A non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the complex history of a community cursed by supernatural forces.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Historical 15.6%, Adventure 13%, Mystery 11.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Mystery 14.6%, Adventure 10.6%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Detective 22.5%, Adventure 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Mystery 11.3%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Historical 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Detective 17%, Mystery 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Adventure 11.6%
An interrogation mystery aboard a 1936 ocean liner. Five suspects. One murder. No dialogue options — every suspect is powered by AI and will remember every word, deflect every question, and only surrender their secrets under pressure. Four voyages. One truth. Break someone.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Historical 16.7%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%
你将扮演一个被AI淘汰的程序员，回到那个停滞的小县城，与那个等了你十二年的女孩一起去寻找，从所有人记忆里消失的发小和尘封的往事，你们追查的不仅仅是真相，还是被AI一起困住的那个夏天、那座小城、那段永远不会结束的等待。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.6%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Adventure 22.1%, Mystery 19.4%
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 31.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Adventure 21.6%, Mystery 20.5%, Indie 1.5%
Welcome to our wild neon flashing graphic adventure! Play as Tofu 🐹 a little hamster with a big attitude and experience his misadventures through a frantic college night in a city brimming with parties and mystery. Packed with humor, terrible jokes and tons of dru— I mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Detective 17.1%, Adventure 10%
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 34%, Mystery 26.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Adventure 17.4%, 2D 2.3%
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Detective 26.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Adventure 7.8%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Historical 12.2%
It's a story of deception and redemption. You receive a mysterious invitation to a seven days doomsday journey. An expectant interstellar journey has become a doomsday route to the end. There is only one word difference between "victim" and "perpetrator".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Detective 27.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 17.1%, Adventure 8%
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Mystery 17.6%, Detective 15.8%, Adventure 14.9%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Detective 15.8%, Mystery 7.9%
命を狙われる当主を守るため、メイドの少女が恐るべき殺人計画に挑む！20世紀初頭英国の伯爵家を舞台にした恋愛ミステリーゲーム。予知夢を元に殺人計画の謎を推理して、当主の命を守る――待ち受けるのは死か密やかな恋か？ 選択によっていくつものエンディングに分岐します。
Why similar: Adventure 40.1%, Detective 25.3%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 15.2%
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%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Mystery 16.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Historical 6.7%
Step into Mistbound City, a cinematic interactive mystery where every clue matters and every choice has consequences. Investigate a rain-soaked manor, question suspicious characters, uncover hidden secrets, and shape the story toward multiple possible endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Detective 34.5%, Adventure 24.8%, Singleplayer 2%
A total-immersion kinetic novel: boot up a PC running Prisma OS and descend into the psyche of a broken protagonist as 2001 Argentina collapses in the background. Late-night chats, obsession, music, and raw Y2K bleakness — all the way to a point of no return.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Historical 9.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 17.5%, Adventure 8%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Historical 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
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 33.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Mystery 15.8%, Adventure 11.3%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Mystery 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%
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: Detective 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 17.8%, Adventure 9.8%
お嬢様刑事とうらぶれ探偵が挑む１７の事件！ 池袋を舞台に男女コンビが大活躍！元ギャング執事に天才高校生ハッカーなど個性あふれるキャラクター達と力を合わせて、サスペンスにコメディ、オカルトなど多彩な事件に挑もう！
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Detective 28.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 17.1%
[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 28.5%, Mystery 22.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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: Interactive Fiction 34%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Detective 17.9%, Mystery 16.6%, Adventure 9.2%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Detective 22.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 10.7%
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Mystery 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%
Within a universe dominated by Artificial Intelligences, you step into the shoes of an AI detective to solve the mystery hidden within the Proxy Bar, a jazz club. You can ask the suspects ANYTHING, but will you ask the right questions?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Detective 30%, Mystery 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Adventure 4.1%
Play as college student who majors in criminal investigation and solve the weird cases happened right beside him! A visual novel involves puzzle solving, reasoning, humor and of course adventures! English version is available now.
Why similar: Detective 43.7%, Visual Novel 29.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 5.6%
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 32.9%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Mystery 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Historical 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%
