Games Like Long Knives

The game world is set in a turbulent state and the mighty Tang-Man declines. The threats from the old enemies keep coming one after another.As a nobody, will you choose either to leave yourself out of it or to fight for Tang-Man's future and turning the tide? The journey of yours,is unpredictable.

Why similar: Martial Arts 60.8% ★, Choices Matter 19.7%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Adventure 1.4%, 2D 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully blends martial arts themes with deep, choice-driven narrative consequences and RPG elements.

"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.

Why similar: Detective 43.3%, Historical 18.1%, Investigation 14.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Text-Based 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a compelling historical detective experience with a strong focus on narrative deduction and atmosphere.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Detective 37%, CRPG 21.8%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Story Rich 13.5%, Visual Novel 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive dice-based, text-heavy detective CRPG where every choice and skill check significantly alters the narrative path.

Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!

Why similar: Detective 35.4%, Conversation 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, dice-based RPG that focuses on investigative gameplay and branching narrative paths in a surreal setting.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Dice 48.5% ★, Text-Based 14%, Conversation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a dice-based system to drive its deep, character-focused narrative and exploration in a way that mirrors the tension of tabletop RPGs.

Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.

Why similar: Martial Arts 85.3% ★, Story Rich 10.1%, Adventure 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style martial arts RPG that emphasizes story-rich exploration and tactical turn-based combat.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Historical 22.3%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A historically rich, narrative-heavy mystery that forces players to make difficult choices with lasting consequences in a beautifully realized setting.

Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Why similar: CRPG 20.4%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 13%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A pure detective CRPG that focuses entirely on investigation, dialogue, and moral choices rather than combat.

A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.

Why similar: Detective 23%, Historical 21.1%, Conversation 14.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure set in historical China that focuses on solving complex mysteries through investigation.

Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!

Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Investigation 19%, Conversation 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique historical detective game that uses debate and logic as its primary mechanics for solving mysteries.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Investigation 19.4%, Historical 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant detective game focused on deduction and piecing together historical narratives through observation.

A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.

Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Historical 17.5%, Investigation 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based detective game that relies on conversation and deduction to solve mysteries in a stylized historical setting.

"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.

Why similar: Martial Arts 86.5% ★, CRPG 7.5%, Adventure 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%, 2D 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: An incredibly deep martial arts simulation that features complex historical systems and emergent storytelling.

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Text-Based 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Detective 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that emphasizes exploration, survival, and difficult choices in a dark, atmospheric world.

Make a name for yourself in this old-school Wuxia RPG. Explore the chaotic lands of ancient China and engage in challenging turn-based battles to change the world of kungfu forever.

Why similar: Martial Arts 45.8% ★, Historical 19.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world martial arts RPG that provides significant freedom in character development and story progression.

Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Historical 22.4%, Investigation 13.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A historical, choice-driven narrative game that focuses on psychological tension and mystery.

Tale of Wuxia has been dedicated to providing gameplayers with a player-defined platform, where they can customize their own Wuxia. Instead of being restricted to characters’ basic properties, in this new version, gameplayers can also choose the personalities and talents of their own.

Why similar: Martial Arts 68.7% ★, CRPG 14.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Story Rich 5%, Adventure 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive martial arts RPG that allows players to shape their character's path through training, relationships, and narrative choices.

Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.

Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Historical 21.2%, Investigation 15.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Conversation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A historical detective game that focuses on point-and-click investigation and period-accurate mystery solving.

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: CRPG 64.9%, Story Rich 25.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential CRPG that combines detective-style investigation with deep, choice-heavy narrative writing.

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy, choice-driven political drama that captures the weight of historical decision-making.

A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?

Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Conversation 15.5%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RPG that uses a unique psychological system to influence choices and combat outcomes.

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 19.6%, Historical 16.4%, Conversation 12.1%, Investigation 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused visual novel that emphasizes investigation and uncovering the truth through conversation.

Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.

Why similar: CRPG 23.5%, Historical 16.3%, Conversation 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy CRPG set in a historical-inspired world where player decisions directly impact the lives of multiple characters.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Detective 63.6%, Historical 16%, Story Rich 11.7%, Multiple Endings 5%, Adventure 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in detective deduction that requires players to piece together a historical mystery through observation.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: CRPG 50%, Choices Matter 27.1%, Story Rich 16.5%, Adventure 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A CRPG where the narrative focus is entirely on the consequences of your choices in a world where evil has already won.

In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...

Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Story Rich 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich RPG that blends mystery and exploration with a focus on narrative-driven decision-making.

古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……

Why similar: Martial Arts 26.3% ★, Detective 18.2%, Historical 14.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Investigation 7.1%

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Investigation 52.4%, Story Rich 27.6%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy, atmospheric mystery that prioritizes narrative depth and world-building over traditional gameplay.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Detective 36.5%, CRPG 25.1%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Story Rich 13.8%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, historical narrative experience where every choice is a struggle for survival and moral clarity.

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: Dice 24.4% ★, Detective 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Investigation 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 30%, Story Rich 20.9%, Text-Based 8.6%, Choices Matter 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven, text-based game that focuses on dialogue and the consequences of political choices.

矛盾を見つけ、相談者の悩みを解決する怪異判定アドベンチャー

Why similar: Text-Based 36.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Between 1930 and 1933, Lieutenant Chen, an ambitious Asian officer, travels to a remote mine in the mountains of French Indochina to investigate a decrease in mineral production. Various forces become entangled in the power play, revealing the truth amid diplomatic mediation and supernatural events.

Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Historical 19.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%

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 16.6%, Text-Based 12.5%, Conversation 11%, Investigation 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.7%

Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.

Why similar: Detective 40.8%, Investigation 23.9%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Story Rich 5.9%

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 35.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Investigation 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%

Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?

Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%

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 27.6%, Conversation 15.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%

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 52.1%, Story Rich 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Adventure 5.2%, 2D 4.3%

A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.

Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Conversation 17.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Investigation 19%, Conversation 16.5%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%

Roll the dice, will the outcome be a blessing or a punishment?

Why similar: Adventure 61.8%, 2D 28%, Singleplayer 10.3%

Underdog Detective is a video-based playable, interactive story Set in the reign of Empress Wu Zetian of ancient China, you will play as a slum dweller in the imperial capital of Luoyang and embark on a thrilling yet comedic adventure! Traps and conspiracies, comradery and your unknown origin...

Why similar: Historical 33.3%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%

This detective interactive game casts you as an officer solving a murder at a remote inn. Freely type to question NPCs, who react dynamically. Uncover the truth or enjoy playful interactions—it’s your call. Immerse yourself in The Ancient unsolved cases！

Why similar: Detective 39.9%, Conversation 23.8%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 10.9%

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 26.5%, Investigation 15.6%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%

A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.

Why similar: Detective 63.7%, Visual Novel 24%, Adventure 7.5%, 2D 3.8%, Singleplayer 1%

《明日方舟》同人游戏，以原作角色“老鲤”为主角，在二十年前的龙门，展开一系列解谜探案故事。

Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 8.6%

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 33.3%, Text-Based 18.4%, Conversation 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%

Unforgiving storytelling adventure with dice rolls and turn-based management. Make the right choices and roll the dice to rally the monarchs to your medieval kingdom by diplomacy, war or deception.

Why similar: Text-Based 56.8%, Choices Matter 38.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Shut your teeth is an absurdist mystery visual novel inspired by Thai culture, folklore and traditions. The complex plot full of dark atmosphere, vivid characters and psychological tension will keep you guessing until the very end.

Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Investigation 23.3%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 11.5%

In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Multiple Endings 20.1%, Story Rich 17.7%, Adventure 8.2%

Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.

Why similar: Detective 38.7%, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Investigation 10.2%, Minimalist 8.1%

This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.

Why similar: Detective 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Investigation 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.7%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 12.2%

Prison Notes is a RPG with text-based ADV and cultivation elements. You act as a young migrant worker, wrongly imprisoned in the prison known as "The Coral Reef".What challenges and adventures are awaiting? Will you finally find a way out? Your choices and actions will decide the end of your story.

Why similar: Detective 42%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 13.1%, Investigation 12.3%

本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。

Why similar: Detective 49.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 4%, Adventure 2.2%

《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上，你可以自由驰骋，历经奇遇，修炼神功，踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路，也可以经营自己的门派，攻城略地，称霸一方，最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。

Why similar: Martial Arts 85.2% ★, Story Rich 10.6%, 2D 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

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 26.4%, Detective 25%, Investigation 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 7.6%