60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Mystery, Story Rich, Detective.
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.
Rail of Möbius
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.
No Recollection
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!
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 25.8% ★, Detective 15.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Mystery 8.4%
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 21.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
A mystery visual novel in theme of reincarnation and science-fiction. Opposite to other game, you are not the hero takes item bag, you are the bag yourself! You forge, dissolve, combine, throw, absorb items to change the fate of heros. Has 200 endings and 30+ hours main story.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.6% ★, Detective 16.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
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 24.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Mystery 18.4%, Detective 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 7.6%
From SCRAP, the masterminds behind the "Real Escape Game" phenomena with over 17 million attendees, comes a time-loop mystery adventure on Steam!
Why similar: Time Travel 35.3% ★, Detective 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 15.9%, Choices Matter 6.3%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%
"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 22.1% ★, Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 6.8%
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 27.3% ★, Detective 21.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Psychological horror and mystery game about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city and investigate murders while trying to escape Death. This is a visual novel and point and click game.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
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 22.6%, Mystery 20.1%, Detective 17.3%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
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 26.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 10.9%
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 23.6% ★, Detective 20.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
"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 31.6%, Mystery 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Time Travel 27.1% ★, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
Crimson Silk is a political detective thriller with a mind-controlling villain. Investigate the assassination of your grandfather. Plunge into a world of complicated law and wild ESP powers. Gather clues, choose sides, jump timelines, and try not to get stuffed with lead.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Time Travel 15.9% ★, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Mystery 16.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Time Travel 10.6% ★, Story Rich 9.8%
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 24.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Horror 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
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: Mystery 19.2%, Detective 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Story Rich 9.5%
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 25.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 8.1%
Immerse yourself in a realm of madness and bone-chilling terror as you step into our gripping horror adventure, meticulously crafted to send shivers down your spine. Explore a nightmarish world where each step unveils sinister secrets and heart-pounding encounters.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Artificial Intelligence 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
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 31.6% ★, Detective 22.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Horror 6.3%
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 23.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9%
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 8.6%
STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.3% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 7.2%, Story Rich 7%
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 22.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9%
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: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Detective 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
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 23.6%, Mystery 20.3%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Story Rich 9%
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 26.4%, Mystery 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Horror 9.4%
brothers move to a new residence, the apartment owner makes them live for free, but one of the brothers suspects that this man is bad. Live their lives, make fateful decisions, find the truth about the owner of the apartment and be careful people hide much more than they show
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Mystery 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
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 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 8.8%
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 30.6% ★, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 6.8%
Is it okay to kill 6 billion people to avenge the deaths of 2 billion? In this epic sci-fi visual novel, make tough choices to solve "impossible" problems, unlock branching paths and achieve multiple endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 25.4% ★, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Mystery 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
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: Time Travel 21.9% ★, Visual Novel 20.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Mystery 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Detective 11.9%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Artificial Intelligence 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
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 27%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.6%
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Mystery 17.5%, Detective 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
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 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Mystery 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Horror 12.8%
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 19%, Mystery 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8.9%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 12.1%, Horror 10%
You're stuck in a time loop ⌛. Whenever you find a dead body, you go back to the past. The only way to escape the loop is to cheat destiny & change the future. Explore the castle and uncover its dark secrets to prevent the next killing.
Why similar: Time Travel 27% ★, Detective 19.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 6.8%
Participate in the Death Game "Rising Odds", a psychological horror visual novel, with dark and gore themes. Your choices will decide how this story ends!
Why similar: Time Travel 28.9% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
In this game, play as Shenming University News Department members. Explore strange incidents—no need for truth. Write compelling reports from clues; eye-catching content excites readers. As for what really happened…do readers actually care? If you care, go find out yourself.
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 10%
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 27.6%, Mystery 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Story Rich 8.6%
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 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Save the day with Clash!
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Mystery 17%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 5.4%
Welcome to the world of Saloon Sleuth, a 1-bit murder mystery horror social deduction visual novel. Serve drinks and gather clues, both of the recent murder and the deeper conspiracy deep in the washed up boomtown of Quicksand Town.
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 8%
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 35.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Mystery 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Story Rich 7%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Mystery 19%, Story Rich 10%, Choices Matter 5.1%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Mystery 25.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Horror 6.6%
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 21.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Detective 19.4%, Mystery 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
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 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Mystery 9.7%
If everything you love is destined to be swept away by the tides of time, will you still choose to fight? An otaku left behind by the times and a once-famous AI girl fight to save Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.4% ★, Visual Novel 19.9%, Artificial Intelligence 19.8%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 9.9%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.3% ★, Visual Novel 22.3%, Story Rich 9.9%, Mystery 6.1%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
