60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Investigation, Choices Matter, Detective.
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
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Kindred [High Tide]
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.
Soulflow
Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.
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 18.4%, Investigation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Psychological 9.7%, Lore-Rich 8.3%
Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Time Management 14.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Psychological 10%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Investigation 13.7%, Detective 11.8%, Psychological 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Why similar: Time Management 16.9%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Lore-Rich 9.8%
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: Investigation 17.9%, Detective 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
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 21.9%, Investigation 15.7%, Time Management 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Detective 13.5%, Investigation 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Investigation 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
"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 18.2%, Psychological 17.8%, Investigation 14.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Psychological 19.4%, Investigation 17.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Psychological 15.8%, Investigation 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
You agreed to deliver one package because it might save your child. Instead, you wake before the gates of the afterlife and are put to work in the Department of Final Judgment. Examine the lives of the dead and decide who deserves Heaven and who will be sent to Hell.
Why similar: Time Management 19.4%, Psychological 15.3%, Detective 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Investigation 9%
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Psychological 14.5%, Detective 14.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%
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 15.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Become the Overseer, unravel an apocalyptic conspiracy, and attempt to heal the wound at the heart of the world.
Why similar: Investigation 16.7%, Psychological 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Stylized 8.8%
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
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 21.7%, Investigation 16.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10%
Tears of Sulfuria is an emotional visual novel about two sisters in a dark fantasy world that rejects them. Marília and Adka must survive at any cost—and their choices may scar Sulfuria itself. Sacrifice yourself, lose your sanity, and do the unforgivable to move forward.
Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Psychological 13%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 13.5%, Psychological 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
You're dead, understaffed, and temporarily in charge of the Kingdom's admissions desk. Read lives, question souls, follow an incomplete rulebook, and stamp ASCEND, HOLD, DESCEND, or REFER—then live with the Kingdom your paperwork creates.
Why similar: Psychological 15.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Time Management 14.1%, Detective 13.1%, Lore-Rich 13%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Psychological 14.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological 16.2%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.5%, Psychological 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Visual Novel 9%
“I hope she’s ok” is a single-player first-person atmospheric mystery inspired by Nordic folklore. Set around a beautiful lakeside cabin in the heart of Finland during the midsummer solstice, the idyllic scene takes a turn for the worse when you discover that your friend is missing.
Why similar: Psychological 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Investigation 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Psychological 8.9%
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.2%, Investigation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Psychological 13.8%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Choices Matter 9%
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Psychological 14.3%, Investigation 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Psychological 21.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Emotional 9.4%
Talk Insomnia is a visual novel that blends suspenseful weird tales with mixology. You play as Ming, a bookstore staff member who prepares drinks for guests during the day and delves into their stories at night. With the warmth of a single drink, you draw out the secrets buried deep in their hearts.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Investigation 11.5%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Psychological 21.7%, Investigation 19.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 8%, Lore-Rich 7.4%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Investigation 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, RPG 8.6%
Sunset Inferno is a choice-driven narrative adventure where you are a Recycler: a machine built to hunt war deserters. But when a bomb destroys your transport, it also cracks your programming. Uncover who attacked you before your makers decide you've changed too much.
Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 9.6%
“The invisible us” is a FMV game where you play as Song Wufei, a timid high school student targeted by bullies. When a brave classmate intervenes, a series of mysterious events unfold. Investigate and piece together the hidden truth through deduction.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Psychological 19.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Emotional 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%
At first glance, your everyday life with your younger sister seems uneventful—going to school together, chatting, living side by side. But within that endless cycle of calm routines, could those seemingly insignificant actions be quietly changing your fate?
Why similar: Psychological 23.7%, Emotional 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%
A retro office mystery about tech support, deadlines, and a floor that doesn't exist. It's 2001, and you're the L1 helpdesk tech at a corporation running on an OS from another era. Close tickets against the clock. Mind your tone. Don't ask about Floor 7.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.9%, Detective 16.3%, Time Management 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Mystery 9.5%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Psychological 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
A psychological detective thriller. Everyone has already decided who did it. You don't have to. Investigate a double death, question everyone who loved them, and discover how much you can trust your own mind.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Psychological 16.7%, Investigation 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.8%, Psychological 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Emotional 9.8%
15 minutes and a terminal. Your sister's life in your hands. Navigate the Silicon Sneaky system, explore the digital underworld to secure $20,000, and make irreversible decisions. Your choices define her fate.
Why similar: Time Management 16.1%, Investigation 14%, Detective 12.8%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.7%, Detective 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
Explore the region of Rosevale, craft potions through alchemy, lead an investigation against five suspects, and uncover the truth behind a massacre in this semi-open world gothic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 9.6%
Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Investigation 22.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 11.6%, Detective 10.5%
A story-rich, tabletop-inspired game about hope for a better future, the power to shape it, and the hard choices that follow. Save a wounded utopia built to benefit all, while trying to keep a stranded boy alive. As the stakes rise, your choices will decide the fate of more than one world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Resource Management 9.8%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Investigation 11%, Psychological 10.5%
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Choices Matter 9%
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 20.5%, Investigation 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Mystery 8.4%
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Psychological 23%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Detective 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
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 21.1%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, RPG 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Time Management 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%
A narrative visual novel adapted from real life. Three days before his baby is born, a first-time father learns what it means to become one. Ordinary days, unspoken words, and choices that reshape his bond with his wife and family. About one hour per playthrough.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Time Management 12.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Psychological 10.2%
