- #1 Echoes in the Deep - A Fateforge Tale
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Adeliane
Windows
One last job. One final gamble. The Free City is yours to explore, but how you pull off the ultimate heist is entirely up to you. Assemble your crew, earn their trust, and make tough choices that shape your fate. But remember - every decision has consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, RPG 8.8%, Emotional 5.4%
- #2 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
96% matchVery Positive86% of 917 reviews2025
Dev: 番茄炖肉制作组Pub: Comma 49
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.' Is he merely a kindred spirit born of crisis, or a forgotten soul from your distant memories? A heart-pounding romance adventure across the dreamscape—begins now!
Why similar: CRPG 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Detective 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, RPG 8.5%
- #3 夏末白夜
96% matchVery Positive96% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: 晚夏社Pub: late summer studio
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
白月高中的知名论坛【白月公园】上,一则怪谈帖子仅仅只花了几天时间,就火遍了整个校园。 明明是一眼假的帖子,却依旧成为了学生们茶余饭后的消遣,甚至被许多学生信以为真。不信鬼神的“现实派”高中生周腾,自然没有把帖子所描述的故事放在眼里。 直到离奇的事情一件一件地发生在了自己的身边……
Why similar: CRPG 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Detective 12%, Romance 8.4%
- #4 Scapegoat & Rational
95% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: 萊斯特 LesterWindPub: 萊斯特的帽子 Lester's cap
Windows
Children vanish in a small town. Investigator Reacher is drawn to a cursed mansion, where members of the rescue team begin to die. Is it a curse — or a killer among them? Scapegoat & Rational blends mystery storytelling, key evidence collection, and escape-style Puzzles.
Why similar: CRPG 34.3%, Detective 22.6%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 10.5%, RPG 9.8%
- #5 I'd Like to Know More About You
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bauta Studio
Windows
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Detective 13.5%, Investigation 11.3%, Mystery 11%
- #6 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
94% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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 23.3%, Detective 21%, Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 13.7%, Mystery 11.7%
- #7 Kamilia
92% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
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 17.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 12.1%
- #8 我死后的那些天-After Death
93% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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 23%, Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, RPG 13.5%, Mystery 11.7%
- #9 电波奇缘~与时音相会的日子
91% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: 黎厘星游戏工作室
Windows
架空都市题材的视觉小说文字冒险游戏,玩家扮演社畜阿诚为失忆“女鬼”找回记忆。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 19.6%, CRPG 12.6%, Romance 12%, Mystery 10.8%
- #10 The Case of the Golden Night Apartment
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Buddy Studio
Windows
A bizarre murder breaks the peace of Jin Xiao Apartment. As the new night guard, your only tools are the surveillance cameras and the residents' passing words. Everyone here has a secret. The truth is hidden between your screens and your deduction notes.
Why similar: CRPG 27.4%, Detective 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Investigation 11.6%
- #11 《道格拉斯警督的日记》
89% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 日食网络 solar eclipse studioPub: 日食网络
Windows
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: CRPG 25.4%, Detective 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Investigation 11.1%
- #12 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
90% match9 user reviews40% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Detective 17.7%, RPG 13.9%, Mystery 11%
- #13 Billie Beetleneck -A detective tale-
88% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Retroactive Fort
Windows
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 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 10%
- #14 卡牌游戏
89% match9 user reviews70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a highest death rate game of survival, combined with masculinity, survival, thriller, suspense reasoning and other elements. There are two main lines you can choose from the story - the male line and the female line. Meanwhile, you can also choose different talents as you like.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, CRPG 17.7%, Mystery 11.1%, RPG 11%
- #15 迷渡桥
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《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 25.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Investigation 9.6%
- #16 True Game
87% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows · Mac
"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: Detective 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Mystery 11.3%, RPG 6.6%
- #17 Linework
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overlyunderqualified
Windows
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 25.1%, Investigation 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Mystery 12.2%
- #18 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
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 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Investigation 15%, Mystery 12.8%
- #19 井底-与奇迹邂逅的井底之人
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 井底游戏制作组Pub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows
《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 23%, Visual Novel 19%, Detective 17.8%, Mystery 12%, Romance 8.2%
- #20 末日航路-The Termination
84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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: Detective 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Mystery 12.8%, RPG 9%
- #21 知更鸟-The Robin
84% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“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: Detective 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Mystery 12.5%, RPG 10%
- #22 莫比乌斯疑案
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: YiMiao Game
Windows · Mac
多条故事线,高智商烧脑反转型剧情类RPG游戏,线索伏笔众多。
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, CRPG 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 10.9%
- #23 Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Seam Entertainment
Windows
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: Visual Novel 18.8%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 13%
- #24 Xochi's Apothecary
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Single Effect Studios
Windows · Mac
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 21.6%, Investigation 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Mystery 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #25 On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 373 Studio
Windows
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 27.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 7.6%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #26 炸鸡块与天使
80% matchPositive94% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: Hamstachio
Windows · Mac
"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 30.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 14.6%, CRPG 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 6%
- #27 Robot's Fate: Alice
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, RPG 8.5%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #28 Fate/Tiny Me
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 山岭法庭广东分庭
Windows
The Holy Grail War begins anew in a modern era. Players will select one of seven Masters, stepping into his or her perspective to be summoned as a Servant in the grand ritual. The store page has been carefully designed to be spoiler-free, so feel free to explore without worry~
Why similar: CRPG 43%, Visual Novel 19.2%, RPG 10%, Text-Based 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #29 Stella: into the Shadow
78% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Shadow games
Windows
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Romance 9.8%
- #30 我的一个多重人格朋友
77% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Investigation 11.1%
- #31 见习侦探
79% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: 全能侦探社
Windows
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Mystery 11%, RPG 10.2%
- #32 Macaber Zealot
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 灯花社
Windows
Taniharazo, who lost his memory, wakes up from the forest and goes deep into an isolated school, working with eight girls with different characteristics. The girls are happy together, but as one of them disappears, the serial murders gradually unfold But is the purpose just to find the murderer?
Why similar: CRPG 22.6%, Detective 19.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 9.6%
- #33 白晓
77% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: 创软Creating Software
Windows
A visual novel about friendship and promise. A high school girl encounters a mysterious white-haired girl, and the story begins...
Why similar: CRPG 34.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, RPG 14.9%, Text-Based 3.9%
- #34 Best Served Cold
74% matchVery Positive88% of 677 reviews2025
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 14%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #35 Death & Faeology
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mushroomallow
Windows
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 9.9%
- #36 破月执行-The Broken Moon
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
The Broken Moon Execution is a text-based fast-passing supernatural puzzle game. Game play is diverse, players need to explore through the map, collect various clues to solve the mystery, and gradually understand the truth of the collapse of "Samle" ......
Why similar: CRPG 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, RPG 16%, Mystery 9.2%
- #37 Rumor Reporter
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greyhaven Craft
Windows
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 25.2%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #38 异乡情缘
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 单凌心Pub: 异乡情缘制作组
Windows
This game tells a love story about the protagonist who leaves his homeland to study abroad and encounters beautiful girls in other countries. Through his own efforts, he ultimately forms a happy marriage with these beautiful girls.
Why similar: CRPG 33.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Romance 11%, RPG 9.7%, Emotional 7.2%
- #39 Отделение 38
72% matchVery Positive93% of 243 reviews2024
Dev: The Three Windmills
Windows
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Investigation 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 10.4%
- #40 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
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 30.1%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Investigation 7.8%
- #41 景安区奇案-Jing 'an District Copstories
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Jing' an District is a peaceful place, but sometimes some interesting cases will happen. The cases here are not all so bloody. But it also brings us a lot of reflection and insight. You will play a young policeman in Jing 'an District. Go through and solve these cases with your partner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Mystery 13.4%, Investigation 12.8%, RPG 11.1%
- #42 猩红梦魇 The Nightmare of Scarlet Tempest
72% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: 拉莱椰可可
Windows
Pixel X Adventure X Romance A horror theme visual game,having 3 romanceable characters and sweet horror pixels! A young girl wakes up from the whistling body of the sea, and is welcomed into a strange world with the illusion of sluggish falling and suffocation. It's a travel to find her memory.
Why similar: CRPG 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 7.7%, Mystery 6.7%
- #43 No Recollection
71% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #44 Kindred [High Tide]
70% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 12.1%
- #45 Detective Trent
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pegamob
Windows
Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Detective 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Investigation 13.1%, Romance 7.7%
- #46 OneFlesh
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 唯一魔法制作委员会
Windows
The "OneFlesh" is an exploration-driven RPG. Players explore the town to obtain clues, present clues to the people in the town to advance the story, and finally discover the truth behind the events that the male and female protagonists have encountered.
Why similar: CRPG 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Detective 15%, Visual Novel 14.5%, RPG 7.3%
- #47 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
68% matchVery Positive94% of 423 reviews2025
Dev: Armonica LLC
Windows
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 32.7%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Mystery 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 9.6%
- #48 Administrators
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: DnovelPub: Studio2760
Windows
A visual novel in which you have to try on the role of the administrator of a small provincial hotel. There are many different rumors about the hotel. But sooner or later, even secrets turn into a routine…
Why similar: CRPG 32.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, RPG 16.9%, Adventure 5.5%
- #49 图灵证言
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Why_Studio
Windows
“Turing's Testimony” is a romance simulation and mystery-solving game that deeply integrates AI technology, with character behavior and plot development entirely driven by AI agents. The player, along with a group of strangers, is forcibly drawn into a closed-off social experiment.
Why similar: CRPG 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Detective 10.1%, RPG 8.6%
- #50 The Unleaving
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: largeland
Windows · Mac
The Unleaving is a Chinese folk-horror Cthulhu RPG. As a member of a paranormal investigation group, venture into rural ghost stories and uncover the truth through dialogue, skill checks, and a little dice luck. Many stories, occupations, endings—some answers lie beyond knowing. They never left.
Why similar: CRPG 17.5%, RPG 16.8%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #51 Back to the Dawn
66% matchVery Positive94% of 10,201 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, CRPG 17.2%, RPG 13%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 8.4%
- #52 死亡编码-Death Code
70% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Mystery 12.8%, RPG 11.1%
- #53 Edicts of the Truthsinger: The Orb of Artemagus
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Triple Cerberus Studios
Windows
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Mystery 12.9%, Visual Novel 12%
- #54 Christopher Ledger: Corporate Auditor
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Donnerwelle Inc.
Windows · Mac
Anime corporate murder mystery. Interrogate executives, uncover financial cover-ups, and audit your way to the truth alongside a team of investigators.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Investigation 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #55 The Thaumaturge
67% matchVery Positive83% of 5,754 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: CRPG 28.2%, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Visual Novel 10%, RPG 8.1%
- #56 Guilt Trip
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
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 27.9%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 13.4%, RPG 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #57 谍:玫瑰
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 星星火工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《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 29.7%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Mystery 14.5%, RPG 10%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #58 Sarawak
69% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Cowleyfornia StudiosPub: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Detective 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Investigation 11.2%