60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Adventure, Visual Novel, Anime.
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.
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A mystery adventure which is solved by using two visual features: Live Action and Illustrations.
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Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
A mystery adventure which is solved by using two visual features: Live Action and Illustrations.
Why similar: Detective 33%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Mystery 16.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Anime 14%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Anime 13.2%, Violent 8.1%
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 22.2%, Mystery 17.7%, Detective 17.4%, Horror 11.7%, Anime 10.2%
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 23.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 13.5%, Point & Click 13.3%, Mystery 10.3%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Horror 21.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Anime 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 16.8%, Anime 16.7%, Point & Click 5.9%
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 24.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Romance 14.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
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 24.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Anime 11.9%, Romance 10.3%
Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material. Together with your brilliant sister-in-law, you must unravel a mystery that could determine the fate of Earth. A sci-fi mystery visual novel of discovery and suspense.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Romance 11.4%, Anime 11%
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Mystery 16.6%, Point & Click 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Horror 11.4%
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 29.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 16.7%, Anime 13.5%, Romance 9.7%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Anime 13%, Mystery 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Horror 11.2%
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 25.3%, Mystery 17%, Violent 16.4%, Anime 14.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Mystery 16.9%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Anime 10.1%, Detective 8.6%
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 20.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Anime 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Point & Click 9.2%
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Romance 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11%, Mystery 10.1%
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
Why similar: Mystery 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Multiple Endings 19%, Anime 17.4%, Horror 16.7%
"Murder Mystery Paradox: Fifteen Years of Summer" is a text-based adventure game. Enter the remote and sparsely populated island of Shikinejima and attempt to solve the strangely recurring mystery found there.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Romance 12.7%, Anime 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%
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.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Anime 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 47%, Mystery 24.8%, Point & Click 20%, Adventure 4%, Singleplayer 2.6%
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 32.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Anime 13.2%
In the bayside area of Kanto, a murder with unknown motivations sets off a series of seemingly random events bringing together peculiar individuals, one of whom is detective Tokio Morishima. When their ambitions begin to collide, a truly shocking pattern emerges…
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Violent 25.5%, Detective 22.7%, Mystery 16.1%, Adventure 10%
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Anime 16.6%, Romance 13.4%, Horror 13.2%, Violent 12.2%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Detective 13.6%, Anime 11.3%, Mystery 8.5%
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Violent 14.9%, Horror 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Anime 11.8%
Follow the protagonist's pursuit to uncover the death of his friends during the Taisho era of Japan. An highly-acclaimed, psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel from indie developer ADELTA!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Violent 20%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Anime 13%, Horror 7%
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Mystery 22.5%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Adventure 11.5%
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Point & Click 22.6%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 9.1%
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 26.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Violent 13.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Point & Click 9.5%
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 32.2%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 16.6%, Hidden Object 9.7%, Horror 9.3%
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Why similar: Detective 34.5%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Anime 14.3%, Mystery 14%, Colorful 6.6%
You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Romance 25.8%, Anime 16.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Mystery 7.8%
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 32.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Mystery 16.6%, Horror 13.4%, Anime 11%
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 19.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 16.4%, Anime 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Detective 33%, Point & Click 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 12.8%, Colorful 6.3%
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 20.1%, Detective 19.2%, Mystery 15.6%, Point & Click 9.6%, Horror 9.3%
Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Mystery 20%, Anime 18.9%, Cute 10.2%, Colorful 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 33%, Point & Click 17.9%, Mystery 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Anime 21.1%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Romance 6.1%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Detective 37.6%, Mystery 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Mystery 20.4%, Romance 19.2%, Adventure 2.2%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Mystery 21.7%, Anime 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Horror 9.1%
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Detective 37.6%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Mystery 18.5%, Anime 14.5%, Adventure 3.5%
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Point & Click 11.4%, Anime 10.4%
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 39.2%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Mystery 17.6%, Anime 10.1%, Adventure 9.7%
The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.
Why similar: Romance 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Anime 15.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 11.8%
5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Cinematic 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Point & Click 11.3%
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 24.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Anime 10%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Point & Click 19%, Mystery 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Hidden Object 11.9%
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 27.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Point & Click 14.8%, Anime 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 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 34%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Anime 17.6%, Mystery 15%, Adventure 5.1%
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: Violent 23.6%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Horror 18.3%, Detective 11.8%, Anime 9.1%
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 29.7%, Anime 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Violent 10%
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.3%, Mystery 31.6%, Adventure 22.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%
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 36.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Anime 18.3%, Mystery 16.3%, Horror 4.8%
Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Anime 14.6%, Romance 12.9%, Mystery 8.7%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Anime 12.5%, Horror 9%
This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.
Why similar: Hidden Object 21.3%, Point & Click 18.5%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Violent 10.6%
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 15.7%, Point & Click 14.8%, Anime 10.2%
Welcome to 1bitHeart―the latest title from Alicemare and LiEat developer △○□× (Miwashiba). In this unique and endearing adventure game, take on the role of Nanashi, a lonely, agoraphobic boy, as you solve a slew of mysteries around town while also making friends.
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Anime 17%, Mystery 12.9%, Adventure 6.5%
