60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Investigation, Interactive Fiction, 2D.
Embark on a thrilling detective visual novel adventure, accompanied by your quirky assistant, Olivina. Navigate through a bizarre case with unique investigation gameplay, and meet a diverse cast of characters as you unravel the story.
DESOPE
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Eternal Secret
You come back to school at the beginning of second semester. A lot has changed during your absence. Are you able to solve the mystery which not many people know about?
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Time Travel 24.2% ★, Investigation 15.6%, Supernatural 13.7%, Text-Based 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
You come back to school at the beginning of second semester. A lot has changed during your absence. Are you able to solve the mystery which not many people know about?
Why similar: Investigation 14.8%, Detective 12.8%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Point & Click 11.7%, Detective 11.4%, Visual Novel 10%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Detective 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Text-Based 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Point & Click 9.6%
You are a photo shop owner moonlighting as an informant in the vibrant, but dangerous streets of Neo City. After harboring a strange fugitive, your skills as an informant are put to the test, as the fate of the entire city rests in your hands.
Why similar: Time Travel 23.9% ★, Lovecraftian 20.4%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Detective 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 11.4%, Point & Click 10.3%
Synthetic Dreams: Falling is a science-fiction visual novel about human feelings, friendship, love and memories.
Why similar: Investigation 13.7%, Supernatural 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 10.2%, Romance 10.2%
After being cursed to never leave, Ember must eat all of the food she can in order to find the one that will break the curse!
Why similar: Investigation 12%, Text-Based 10.7%, Detective 10.3%, Romance 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.8% ★, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.7%, Comedy 9.2%, Drama 8%
A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Drama 9.6%, Romance 8.5%
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Detective 12.8%, Point & Click 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Investigation 11.5%, Romance 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Drama 9.9%
Bloody Cruise is an adventure game where you play as a vampire travelling on an airship. Your task is to find the traitor and try not to succumb to your dark urges. In this suspense story you will explore the airship, talk to colorful characters on board and decide their future.
Why similar: Investigation 12.7%, Detective 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Point & Click 9.3%
Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Lovecraftian 14.5%, Text-Based 12%, Investigation 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱，而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧，去和推理协会一同调查、思考，最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Comedy 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Drama 9.6%
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 18.8%, Investigation 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Text-Based 11.4%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Investigation 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Text-Based 9.4%
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Time Travel 21.5% ★, Investigation 11.7%, Text-Based 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%
An accident at birth gave the protagonist the ability to see the soul. He always thought it was a useless ability when he was growing up. After helping his childhood sweetheart who is a policewomen solve a case, he discovered the correct way to use this ability.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Point & Click 11.3%
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Detective 15.9%, Drama 12.5%, Investigation 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Why similar: Time Travel 16.7% ★, Supernatural 11%, Romance 10.9%, Drama 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 11.6%
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: Time Travel 19.7% ★, Detective 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Investigation 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Drama 10%
You can't understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality.” Talk. Mind Read. Translate. An empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Detective 12.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Drama 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Detective 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Point & Click 12.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
George Prinkerton, expecting nothing terrible about the new day, finds himself caught in a time loop. Shocking events unfold one after another, and what seemed to be a completely ordinary young man becomes trapped in a terrifying whirlwind of events.
Why similar: Detective 12.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Supernatural 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%
A mystery detective game with RPG elements. Cursed by demonic forces, a mysterious island is trapped in a time loop. Leah Glessner, Private Investigator of the Supernatural, uses her unique gift of photographic memory to confront evil. Skill your character. Investigate. Solve the case.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 17%, Time Travel 16.6% ★, Comedy 10.6%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
A humoristic point-and-click adventure with hand-drawn 2D art, comedy, and investigation. As Tango Rio, explore a tropical archipelago, meet quirky characters, and gather clues by solving puzzles in the search for your mysteriously vanished father.
Why similar: Time Travel 17.7% ★, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 13.6%, Point & Click 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Point & Click 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 11.8%, Drama 10%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 13.1%, Drama 11.7%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.7%
This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Detective 13.7%, Supernatural 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 22.1%, Investigation 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.9%, Drama 11.1%
ミステリー×ラヴコメ！プレイヤーは、シュークリームマンとなって、カヌレ探偵の助手的存在として、事件解決のサポートを行います。シリアスな展開もありますが、日常はコメディータッチで描かれています。時より挿入される選択肢を選ぶことで、周回プレイを楽しむことができます。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Point & Click 14.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 12.4%, Detective 10.8%
Embark on this Point and Click Visual Novel about horse riding in search of unicorns, while taking care of your equine friend.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.6%, Detective 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 11.1%, Investigation 10.5%
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 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
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 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Investigation 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Point & Click 10%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Detective 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Investigation 11.3%
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Time Travel 19.3% ★, Detective 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Watch a tragedy unfold and uncover one lone girl's forbidden love underneath. This kinetic novel features beautiful visuals, a charming cast of characters, and a gripping drama at its heart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Romance 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Anime 13.6%, Drama 12.5%
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 19.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Drama 10.5%, Romance 10.3%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Point & Click 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Point & Click 11.9%, Text-Based 11%
FoldLoop is a detective game that emphasizes logical reasoning. To escape the curse of endless cycles, you'll observe the sandbox from a higher dimension, analyze the rulebook, and deduce the secrets of the real world.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Lovecraftian 20.8%, Time Travel 19.2% ★, Investigation 13.5%, Point & Click 8.5%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 18%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Text-Based 9.8%
Grayton the Detective is a narrative adventure game about a homeless man who once lived in wealth and comfort, now showers with a kettle, and solves petty mysteries on the streets of Cleveland. However, with the disappearance of mysterious Golden Spoon, everything may change.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 18.2%, Point & Click 13%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Drama 8%
A breathtaking visual novel that will make you live through two eras filled with love, terrifying mysteries, and bullets. Follow Jake as he travels back and forth between the 90s and the Prohibition era of the 20s, and make choices that will determine his fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.2% ★, Drama 12.3%, Romance 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
You wake up on a cold bathroom floor, only to discover that you somehow time travelled to a Halloween party in 1999! As you try to make sense of your situation and get closer to the other guests, will your clueless choices let the party take a deadly turn?
Why similar: Time Travel 25.2% ★, Detective 14.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Romance 9.3%, Investigation 9.2%
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Point & Click 12.8%, Investigation 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Welcome to the Detective Club! Led by the troublesome and shy president Alice Baskerville. Follow this comedy story where together you will solve cases using your deductive powers!
Why similar: Text-Based 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Detective 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Point & Click 11.5%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Text-Based 16.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%
Memories of Rachel is a text adventure game where you pick up keywords called fragments from the protagonist's memories and answer questions to advance the main story. No sudden action sequences, no clicking on maps. But their secrets and the overlap of memories will stick like a thorn in your hear.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.2% ★, Point & Click 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 12.3%
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Time Travel 25.5% ★, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 11.8%, Drama 10.2%, Romance 10%
A comedy adventure game featuring classic inventory based puzzles. Arthur is a skeptic who dedicated his life to denying the paranormal. Murray is the electric Imp he accidentally summoned. Now Arthur must solve mysteries while bound to the very evidence of the supernatural itself.
Why similar: Investigation 15.8%, Supernatural 13.4%, Point & Click 12.4%, Detective 12.3%, Comedy 10.9%
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Hand-drawn 10.8%
"Rich and Youn" is a classic visual novel with a few choices. The game combines a visual novel with an adult series. The game is filled with humor and cynical jokes. If you are an impressionable nature or may get offended by reading some jokes, this game is not for you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Drama 10.3%
"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 19.2%, Investigation 16.1%, Drama 11.7%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%
