- #1 见习侦探
97% 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 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Drama 11.5%, Mystery 9.8%
- #2 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
96% 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: Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, RPG 13.5%, Mystery 11.6%
- #3 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
96% match9 user reviews44% of 9 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 18.7%, Detective 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, RPG 13.5%, Mystery 10.8%
- #4 知更鸟-The Robin
95% 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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Drama 9.8%
- #5 我死后的那些天-After Death
94% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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: Detective 21%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, RPG 13.4%, Mystery 11.7%
- #6 末日航路-The Termination
94% 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 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #7 死亡旅店Ⅱ亡者归来-Death Inn Ⅱ The Immortal Is Coming
93% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Visual Novel 18.4%, RPG 15.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Drama 9.1%
- #8 雪凤山 Secret Opera
92% matchVery Positive80% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Drama 15.3%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 12.3%
- #9 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
91% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 25%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 10.7%, Drama 10.3%
- #10 栖霞日记
91% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: 片川文化
Windows
The Qixia Diary is an original Visual Novel inspired by the food culture of Hangzhou, China. You play as Sheng Sheng—a first-year art student at Yunqi University. Through her eyes, you'll step into a unique university life brimming with warmth and local charm beside the West Lake.
Why similar: Drama 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.8%, RPG 17.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Anime 8.6%
- #11 死亡编码-Death Code
90% 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 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 13%, RPG 11.2%
- #12 迷渡桥
89% 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 26.7%, Drama 14%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #13 妖睨之境The Sight of Darkness
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 豹肝工作室 SEALIVER STUDIO
Windows
A detective who accidentally unsealed the monsters must find the man-eating monster before the deadline. Humans are afraid of monsters, but they were also made by themselves.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Drama 20%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #14 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
86% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
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 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Drama 11%, Mystery 9.8%
- #15 The Bygone Days of Her and the Flowers
86% matchVery Positive99% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: luern0313
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Drama 12.4%, Text-Based 12.3%
- #16 村庄-The Village
87% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 12.3%, RPG 10.4%
- #17 The Occult Detective
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
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 28.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Drama 13.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Anime 10.2%
- #18 Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out
85% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%
- #19 True Game
84% 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 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #20 TailofScorpios
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jabberworks
Windows
"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 31.1%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Alternate History 15%, Mystery 14.9%, Drama 12.5%
- #21 爱与命的彼端
83% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
《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 39.2%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, RPG 9.5%
- #22 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
82% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女,将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。[想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ?准 备 好 ]浅冰背后,为何会有寒意深藏?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,不断的匿名威胁,绑架,真相到底是……
Why similar: Detective 23%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #23 201 - The Bad Number
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 12.7%, Drama 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #24 它说山雨欲来
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 无敌的呱
Windows · Mac
25+结局!主文游视觉小说+少量解谜+微量2d小游戏! 古风纯架空世界观!主要元素为武侠/权谋/伪克苏鲁——具体哪个元素多看你怎么选择! 剧本欢乐剧情阴间,结局更是阴到没边! 你被卷入一场巨大的阴谋,三大势力向你抛出橄榄枝,是追随疯美的革命者,依附蛊惑人心的神棍,还是效忠唯利是图的富商?你的选择将解锁完全不同的剧情和人物。切记,你看到的未必是真相;小心,别让自己成了棋子。 但相信能“开挂”的你,预知、夺舍、知识碾压都会变成你的武器。你必须用你的方式打破规则,对他们造成降维打击,书写属于你自己的传奇!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Alternate History 10.1%
- #25 十分之四
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 不约分制作组
Windows
"Four of Ten" is a multi-perspective visual novel blending time regression with Avalon-style gameplay. Set in a world where demonic forces invade human territories, ten young maidens gather at an ancient magical site to conduct a five-round ritual aimed at activating a protective barrier.
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Mystery 17.5%, Drama 13.6%, Anime 9%
- #26 No Recollection
79% 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 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #27 The Azure One
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 好运风(Breezeborne Games)Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Follow Qiu Xu as he meets the girl racing in the sunlight and three others, each with her own story. Through daily life at the municipal high school, your key choices will lead toward redemption, companionship, or an unexpected path.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Drama 24.4%, RPG 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Anime 7.8%
- #28 Ezrebeth
78% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.3%, Drama 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Mystery 12.1%
- #29 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
77% matchVery Positive80% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
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 23.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Drama 12%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #30 52Hertz
77% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Drama 13.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #31 Across Kiloparsecs
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.8%, Detective 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Mystery 10%, Drama 9.8%
- #32 Scarpone Scamps
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pepperjack Productions
Windows
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 11.3%, Drama 10.7%
- #33 金烬秋明
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 光羽造物
Windows
A visual novel set in an ancient, alternate world. Explore this stormy and unstable country alongside Jiang Jin and Zhaoming, gradually encountering the shifting intrigues of the court. Whether you choose to stay on the sidelines or step forward is up to you
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, RPG 16.1%, Alternate History 11.3%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #34 松峰镇:诅咒
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Youki Fung
Windows
This is a suspenseful puzzle visual novel game. You play as a character who was born in Pine Peak as a child and returns to this long-lost town after many years. You get involved in a series of mysterious disappearances happening in the town and try to explore and solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, RPG 14.2%, Drama 11%, Anime 10.8%
- #35 Shiina Taki's Decameron
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 7,038 reviews2024
Dev: 面影桥花见同好会
Windows
Shiina Taki's Decameron is a doujin interactive fiction based on anime「BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!」. The story concentrates on Shiina Taki, the drummer and song writer of MyGO!!!!! and her fight against fate till the last breath.
Why similar: Drama 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Anime 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, RPG 9.7%
- #36 Double bisociation
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 礼堂王
Windows
Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, RPG 17.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Drama 11.8%
- #37 我的一个多重人格朋友
74% 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 25%, Drama 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 12.7%
- #38 After-State:WoLong
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
In this surreal afterlife deduction game by CnD Games, play as Zhuge Liang—the East's legendary mastermind. Face off against Sherlock Holmes in the Underworld Olympics and unravel a deadly closed-circle mystery trapped within a snowed-in mountain lodge!
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 15%, Drama 14.1%, Anime 8.5%
- #39 The Guilty Hearts
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Singlecore Games
Windows
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 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Mystery 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Drama 10.3%
- #40 Billie Beetleneck -A detective tale-
71% match7 user reviews100% of 8 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 25%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #41 Methods: The Illusion Murders
72% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: LockedOn GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Drama 10.8%
- #42 Suhoshin
73% matchVery Positive91% of 166 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
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 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Drama 11.3%
- #43 Guilt Trip
72% 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 30.6%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, RPG 13.7%
- #44 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
69% matchVery Positive86% of 701 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: Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, RPG 11%, Drama 10.4%
- #45 7 Days Before the End
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TrucyAkina
Windows
一个普通的早晨,五个大学生踏入同一间教室,却在陌生的空间醒来。纸条上写着: “在七天内找到真相,否则这里就会毁灭。”你将如何度过这七天?
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Drama 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #46 Macaber Zealot
71% matchNo user reviews
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: Detective 21%, Drama 15.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 10.5%
- #47 AI: The Somnium Files
70% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Anime 11.1%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #48 ELEGIES: Aya
70% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Squircle
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Drama 16%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Mystery 11.6%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #49 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
69% 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 34.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Drama 9.4%
- #50 Ms Vampire Love to Date with Me
67% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: 卢隆工作室
Windows
《Ms Vampire Love to Date with Me》 is a multi-ending ADV that depicts the player and Irene (a vampire) living together during summer vacation.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, RPG 11.4%, Text-Based 10.7%, Drama 10.5%
- #51 魔女低语时
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
这是一款悬疑推理类文字冒险AVG,玩家扮演一名初出茅庐的侦探王朝阳,进入迷雾重重的学园,和各位可爱的女性角色互动,以找出诡异案件的真相!
Why similar: RPG 23.1%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Drama 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.8%
- #52 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Drama 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 12.3%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #53 炸鸡块与天使
68% matchPositive93% of 40 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 33.1%, Drama 16.4%, Mystery 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #54 The Chessboard Mystery:47 West Street,Highgate
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlackFog Studio
Windows
Step into Highgate a fog-shrouded town in 1956, where a mysterious murder shatters the silence. As a private investigator, explore scenes, gather evidence, and question suspects. Use your evidence board to trace lies, face branching choices, and uncover the hidden truth behind the crime.
Why similar: RPG 22.6%, Detective 22.1%, Drama 20.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #55 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: NagiPub: Hypoxia Studio
Windows
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Anime 10.9%
- #56 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 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 26%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #57 黑土无归
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CATTOFUN GAMES
Windows · Mac
玩家将扮演一名平凡的货车司机,在追寻父亲死因的过程中,刺破由技术狂热与时代巨变交织而成的阴谋之网。
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Drama 19.3%, RPG 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Mystery 13.2%
- #58 Clash: Blue Mirage
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Drone Garden Studios
Windows
Save the day with Clash!
Why similar: Detective 33%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Mystery 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #59 谜宇酒吧
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DMW Studio
Windows
《谜宇酒吧》是一款舞台在3072年的太空列车上的悬疑推理游戏。玩家将扮演主人公“梅尔”,一名业余的列车酒保,寻找因一块陨石引起的连环杀人案的真相。
Why similar: Detective 35.6%, Mystery 16.2%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, RPG 8.9%