- #1 Sunlight Scream
97% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Anime 9.5%
- #2 Rainbow Valley
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
After getting lost in a blizzard you find yourself in Rainbow Valley—a strange mountain with even stranger villagers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Anime 9.8%
- #3 Lachesis or Atropos
96% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #4 见习侦探
95% 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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #5 R.I.P. Tour
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost Clown
Windows · Linux
A death game visual novel where murder victims are decided by group consensus. Make friends and enemies, solve the mysteries of an abandoned amusement park, and suss out the traitor in your group.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Mystery 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #6 Conviction Chronicles
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael Richard Lannon
Windows
15 prisoners are trapped in a deadly game of murder and deception. Investigate or create twisted cases, clash in ruthless trials, and expose lies with razor‑sharp manipulation. Roles shift, alliances fracture, and a hidden mole works against the group. Adapt fast.... or be eliminated.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #7 末日航路-The Termination
93% 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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 14%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #8 Wonderful Body Wanted
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Detective 16.5%, Mystery 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Anime 10.1%
- #9 村庄-The Village
91% 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #10 BAD END
91% matchVery Positive84% of 395 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Mystery 13.8%, Anime 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #11 我死后的那些天-After Death
90% 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 22.5%, Detective 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #12 KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托
89% matchVery Positive86% of 980 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 258.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
“喂喂,求求你啦!救救我!” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救,给你打电话的人,是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Anime 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #13 黑山羊BlackGoat
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #14 Nugatory
87% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Cademon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a deadly time loop on a remote research facility, a security officer must expose an alien imposter before the day resets. A tense, fully voiced sci-fi mystery where you are stuck in a cycle of life, death, and wrongful accusations.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #15 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,308 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 14.3%, Anime 13.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #16 Remedy for Personality
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
Windows
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 8.6%
- #17 Reflection Link
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Mystery 14%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Anime 10.4%
- #18 知更鸟-The Robin
86% 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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 14.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #19 I drink Sorrel Coffee to reboot reality, but I'm being hunted by Monster Girls and armed agents
84% matchVery Positive86% of 256 reviews2025
Dev: ST SinovarPub: TopHouse Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"I drink Sorrel Coffee to reboot reality, but I'm being hunted by Monster Girls and armed agents" is a branching visual novel where your choices truly matter...
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Horror 8.3%
- #20 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
84% 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 23.2%, Detective 21.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 14.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #21 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 22%, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Anime 11.4%
- #22 Raging Loop
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,075 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 59.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Mystery 17.3%, Detective 16%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #23 Ezrebeth
81% 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 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #24 Return to Shironagasu Island
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,067 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Mystery 18.6%, Detective 16.5%, Horror 11%, Anime 9.2%
- #25 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
79% matchVery Positive92% of 142 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 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #26 Tokyo Dark
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,341 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 13.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #27 True Game
80% 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 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #28 Blackthorn Witch
79% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Horror 10.1%
- #29 Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 11.2%, Anime 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #30 AI: The Somnium Files
77% matchVery Positive92% of 9,207 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.0 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 26.6%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Anime 12.7%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #31 Midnight Witch
76% matchVery Positive92% of 351 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Anime 10.4%, Mystery 9.6%
- #32 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
78% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 9.6%
- #33 Bad Summer
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S&J Games
Windows
Welcome to Bear Ridge Summer Camp! Jenny Lewis is an awkward high school graduate working her first job as a camp counsellor. Help her navigate an exciting summer of making new friends, and finding her first love. But be wary! Not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 8.2%
- #34 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
77% 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 23.4%, Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #35 Reaplaced
75% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Mystery Gamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Dark 11.8%
- #36 Recall: Empty Wishes
74% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #37 Where Are The Alices?
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zimmzimmgames
Windows
Interrogate your past. In this demo, you embody Detective Juno facing off against the White Rabbit in the corrupt city of WoodHale. Detect his lies, confront contradictions, and manage your trauma before time runs out. Will you be the one to break him, or will you be the one who breaks?
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #38 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,871 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 16.1%, Anime 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #39 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
71% matchVery Positive88% of 224 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 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 8.8%
- #40 Turn Illness into a Weapon
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: enderverse
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a high school hidden within a centuries-old castle, terror strikes as a sinister force begins hunting the students. You must use your skills and wits to survive, evade the relentless villain, and find a way to escape.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Anime 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #41 Pentimento
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Dark 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #42 Blackmail Directive
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 青梅不输天降工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Mystery 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #43 The Island: Into The Mist
73% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Anime 9.9%
- #44 Graces: Posthumous Wish
70% matchVery Positive97% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: TomoToro
Windows
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Dark 10.3%
- #45 Rose Academy
70% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: KK Studio
Windows · Mac
A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Anime 10.1%, Mystery 9.1%
- #46 Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
72% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Reijo
Windows · Mac
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Anime 9.5%
- #47 Suhoshin
71% matchVery Positive91% of 170 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: Visual Novel 15.6%, Detective 14.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #48 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
69% matchVery Positive94% of 412 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%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Anime 7.7%
- #49 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
71% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: Nico HPub: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Mystery 16.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #50 FAKEBOOK
68% matchVery Positive91% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Detective 10.8%
- #51 Kindred [High Tide]
67% matchPositive95% of 19 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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Horror 9.4%
- #52 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 703 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Mystery 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Anime 14.4%, Horror 12.4%
- #53 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
69% matchVery Positive83% of 22,376 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Anime 11.9%, Story Rich 9%
- #54 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
68% matchVery Positive96% of 75 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #55 A Salem Witch Trial - Murder Mystery
70% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Digital Bento
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
When a murdered family is discovered in 17th Century Salem, at the height of a witch hysteria, people start to suspect something supernatural to blame. An atmospheric murder mystery. Connect the evidence and see if you can deduce the secrets behind the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 13.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #56 雪凤山 Secret Opera
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 169 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 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 14.5%, Detective 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #57 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Mystery 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Anime 7.8%
- #58 死亡编码-Death Code
68% 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 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #59 노베나 디아볼로스
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,574 reviews2020
Dev: H5DEV Games
Windows · Mac
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 16.7%, Anime 7.3%, Horror 5.6%
- #60 Friendly Facade
67% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Emergence
Windows
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 16.7%, Anime 11.5%, Story Rich 9.3%