60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Mystery, Story Rich, Adventure.
Discover a world where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin. But remember: you are not this world's hero.
Whispers of the village
You arrive in a small village as a fortune-teller who reads the future in tea leaves. But an apocalyptic vision leads you to question its tranquillity. What if you had a part to play in this? Ready your cups and tea leaves, as the future of this village will be shaped by four unusual visitors.
The Callers
Explore a medieval land as a Nim named Skybrighten and try to save your world from disaster. Find friends to help along the way, but try not to cause more trouble than you fix! Travel where you want, solve a few puzzles, and be nice to people!
You arrive in a small village as a fortune-teller who reads the future in tea leaves. But an apocalyptic vision leads you to question its tranquillity. What if you had a part to play in this? Ready your cups and tea leaves, as the future of this village will be shaped by four unusual visitors.
Why similar: 2.5D 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Investigation 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Explore a medieval land as a Nim named Skybrighten and try to save your world from disaster. Find friends to help along the way, but try not to cause more trouble than you fix! Travel where you want, solve a few puzzles, and be nice to people!
Why similar: 2.5D 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
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 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, 2.5D 14%, Mystery 10.6%
50 Minutes 'Til Impact is set in a retro-futuristic world aboard an advanced, yet luxurious space train! It's a linear narrative adventure where players utilize 3D exploration, code solving, and visual novel interactions to do whatever they can to save everyone on board before time runs out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, 2.5D 29.2%, Investigation 23.2%, Linear 12.2%, Adventure 3.9%
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.6%, Investigation 16.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Cinematic 15.4%, Investigation 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Mystery 8.8%
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Why similar: 2.5D 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Cinematic 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 13.3%
A story-driven psychological horror that chases the truth behind Rachel's death. As you follow scattered memories, you slowly come face to face with the reality of the tragedy. Blaming someone is easy. But answering what truly killed her is not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
For Tan Yan, there is little hope his life will change. It's like his whole life is trapped inside a snowdome, unable to escape. But, what if, one day, he's given the chance to make a change?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Cinematic 11%
Help solve a crime.
Why similar: 2.5D 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 9.2%, Exploration 9%
What traps us is not time, but our faith in it.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%, Cinematic 9.9%
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9%
Deepwell is a story-driven adventure game, about a small town surrounding a giant mystery hole.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Investigation 19.2%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Mystery 9.9%
A grounded post-apocalyptic interactive narrative. Fortify the Black Box shelter, manage supplies, trust, and evidence, and decide who survives on either side of the iron gate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Cinematic 17%, Visual Novel 15%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12.7%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Investigation 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Cinematic 16.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Story Rich 7.4%
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 14.8%, Exploration 7.5%
We are born, live through countless choices, and in the end, we die. Because death is not a choice, what you're given is the path, not its end. The ending is already written. Will you uncover the truth, or pretend not to know? REFORI: a mystery adventure where your choices shift the perspective.
Why similar: 2.5D 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%
Awaken in a ruined world with no memory. A second chance to redeem yourself, but survival is a daily challenge. Aid survivors, manage madness with a black cat's help, and uncover your true purpose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Cinematic 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Investigation 13%, Exploration 8.2%
When it's mice, you call an exterminator. When it's criminals, you call the police. When it's a gaping fracture in reality, you don't call anyone; the Keepers are already there, and you've seen too much.
Why similar: Investigation 16.4%, 2.5D 15.9%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Cinematic 11.1%
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Investigation 14.6%, 2.5D 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Cinematic 11.2%
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Investigation 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Dialogue Heavy 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 2.8%
Nightmere is a detective-mystery game with psychological horror elements fused into it. Set in 1991, you play as Amelia, a young private investigator who reluctantly takes on a missing persons case in the small, quiet town of Nightmere – and finds something much darker.
Why similar: 2.5D 19.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Cinematic 13.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
Abashed lets you step into the troubled mind of Issac, as the fragments of his past flash before his eyes. Solve puzzles, meet mysterious characters, and alter reality as he faces his worst fears to uncover the truth behind his missing partner, or so he thought.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Exploration 8.4%
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: Investigation 20.2%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 6.7%
A game that you'll never forget! Memory Lane is a turned based RPG about taking names. Literally.
Why similar: 2.5D 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Investigation 14.5%
GODPROOF is a story-rich tactical RPG laden with thought-provoking dark fantasy content. Play as Raiden, a gifted young warrior who has immunity to the direct supernatural interaction and influence of godly entities. Recruit companions, overcome chaos, and discover the sinister truth.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Cinematic 11.6%
Awaken the Realm is a fantasy RPG visual novel where you explore various dungeons to solve puzzles and fight enemies in a quest to uncover your identity and save the kingdom!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Investigation 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12%, Exploration 7.8%
Frog Holm is a narrative-driven cozy mystery game about a young frog who returns home to run the old family pub and finds himself caught in the mysterious disappearance of a fellow islander.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Linear 9%
When your self-driving Autocab kills a cyclist in this murder mystery visual novel, it's up to you as Emily Knight to talk with fellow passengers and use the clues you find to contradict their lies as you unravel how you ALL could possibly know the victim and have a motive for murder - even the car!
Why similar: Investigation 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 12.9%
After washing onto a private island, you soon find yourself in the middle of a murder mystery puzzle. The worst part? Everyone thinks you've dunnit! Will you be able to prove Detective Sal's innocence? Find clues, spot contradictions and solve puzzles to discover the truth and find the real killer.
Why similar: 2.5D 22.9%, Dialogue Heavy 22.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Linear 9.5%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, 2.5D 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%
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: Investigation 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Fantasy 7.9%
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: Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Investigation 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%
This is a interactive story game. Players will take on the role of a legendary character in a near-realistic sci-fi-set world, unlocking the great mysteries hidden about the world, and the character himself, through dialogue with others, psychological analysis, environmental exploration and combat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Cinematic 17.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 7.7%
A turn-based RPG that encourages diversity. A young man begins his crusade for social change in this opening act of a multi-part series.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, 2.5D 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Linear 9.5%
Fire Lookout: Abandoned Post is a first-person psychological horror and narrative-driven mystery solving game. Where you play as a newly stationed lookout in Summit Ridge National Park. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Mystery 15.6%, Exploration 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
The hospital once wrote you into a case file. Now you must recover the life it erased.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Mystery 11%
Your job: An old mansion, a mysterious letter, a box of old memorabilia. Explore the present and past to uncover the secrets of the extraordinary family that lived here. Remember a time long gone as you set foot in this late 1990s-inspired mystery with intricate puzzles and eccentric characters.
Why similar: Investigation 21%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Investigation 16.6%, Cinematic 12.3%, Mystery 11.3%
After being interviewed by a mysterious individual you find yourself thrown head first into a new town. Not long after you find the day you've spent there is repeating! You're stuck in an inescapable loop! Will you find a way out, or will you be forced to relive the same day over and over again?
Why similar: 2.5D 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Exploration 9.7%
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%
Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets. Break them with words or evidence — or realize too late that you were only a pawn in their game. A detective game built around truly lifelike NPCs.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Cinematic 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Mystery 11.6%
You are Korda, the Chronomaster. You must re-start time and right the wrongs of a war-plagued past in this epic quest for vengeance. Journey through man-made "pocket universes" full of cyborgs, pirates and witches who provide deadly puzzles. It's up to you to return justice to the stars.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Cinematic 15%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 10.5%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Visual Novel 11%
Explore an abandoned mansion, solve puzzles, find secrets, and discover what happened to Penelope Rose in this 2D mystery adventure.
Why similar: 2.5D 26.4%, Investigation 18.3%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Exploration 11.1%, Mystery 10.6%
Your Turn to Disembark is an episodic narrative game about a weird train and the passengers that are trapped inside of it. Will you make it out of the train or will you be trapped onto it's route for the rest of days?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Dialogue Heavy 25.9%, Linear 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Mystery 8.2%
A story-rich single-player AVG RPG. Features a 2-hour main storyline with multiple branching narratives, encompassing political intrigue, demon clan wars, and emotional entanglements. confront the apocalyptic crisis of the demon clan's resurgence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Lore-Rich 22.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 12.4%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Cinematic 13.4%, Mystery 13.1%
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 10.8%
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: Lore-Rich 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 8.4%
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Investigation 21.4%, Mystery 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 7.9%
THOHH is a first-person narrative game in which you play a food delivery guy. Through a series of vignettes, you cross paths with the residents of a beautiful house on Holland Hill road, where you make frequent deliveries. In the wake of tragedy, something ominous looms behind their front door.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Exploration 8.7%, Mystery 8.7%
Night Errand is a 2D detective adventure where you play as Sage & Nur, an unlikely detective duo solving murder and mixing coffee in the quiet town Morrowpines. Collect clues, piece together contrasting perspectives, uncover the truth — and don't forget to mix a cup of coffee while you're at it.
Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Cinematic 10.3%
Unsevered is an erotic visual novel set in an urban fantasy world. After a seemingly harmless encounter with a shirtless drunk who claims to possess godhood, you will be propelled head-first into the arcane underworld of Windgate, a city that promises sympathy and desire, as well as endless threats.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.9%, 2.5D 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Cinematic 10.9%
A laundromat. Every Wednesday. And stories that stay. Join Hideki in a small laundromat in the heart of a restless metropolis, where smartphones are not allowed and strangers slowly become part of each other’s lives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, 2.5D 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Linear 6.5%
In this stop-motion inspired adventure, play as detective Ambroise Niflette in the thrilling investigation of the search for the stolen bell in a mysterious village.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Cinematic 13.9%, Mystery 12.1%
