60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Mystery, Choices Matter, Adventure.
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Omen Exitio: Plague
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
The Innsmouth Case
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Mystery 8.1%
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Crime 18.2%, Investigation 12.1%, Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Crime 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 11.9%
An adult tale of lust and horror in the vein of HP Lovecraft. Take on the part of a former detective who could never let go of the last terrible case he worked. One day his old partner comes knocking, begging for help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.9%, Noir 12.5%, Investigation 9.5%, Detective 9.1%, Text-Based 8.2%
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Investigation 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Mystery 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Historical 16.8%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 10%
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 13.8%, Historical 13.5%, Mystery 9.1%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 14%, Dynamic Narration 13.3% ★, Detective 12.4%, Investigation 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
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: Detective 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Text-Based 16.5%, Mystery 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.1%, Detective 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Investigation 8.6%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Crime 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 17%, Crime 14.5%, Historical 11.5%, Mystery 11.1%
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Detective 14.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.7%
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 15.8%, Mystery 5.7%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Detective 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Crime 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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 16.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Mystery 9.3%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.9%, Detective 16.3%, Mystery 8.9%, Dark 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Investigation 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Text-Based 12.1%
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 11.2%
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Noir 21.1%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Mystery 13.1%
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 8.3%, Dark 7.8%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Crime 18.2%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 11.2%, Text-Based 10.4%
本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Mystery 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Why similar: Noir 21.1%, Investigation 14.9%, Detective 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Mystery 9.6%
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 42.3%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Mystery 19.4%, Story Rich 12.6%
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Historical 13.9%, Investigation 11.9%, Dark 8.6%
One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.
Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 22.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Mystery 11.7%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Horror 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Crime 23.9%, Detective 21.7%, Historical 18.7%, Investigation 18.4%, Choices Matter 7.9%
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Crime 23%, Detective 21.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Text-Based 9.3%, Investigation 9.1%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Noir 16.4%, Investigation 14.6%, Text-Based 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
Full moon. Cold night. Dark shadow. Warm gun. The Beast of Glenkildove has stalked Ireland for centuries. Now, you must hunt it. A text-based interactive novel set in the World of Darkness.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Horror 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Historical 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.6%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 19%, Crime 17.2%, Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Text-Based 8.6%
Take active part in a nonlinear, interactive visual novel set against the atmospheric backdrop of the 19th century England.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Dynamic Narration 25.3% ★, Visual Novel 25.3%, Multiple Endings 10%, Horror 8.4%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 10.2%, Horror 7.6%
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: Detective 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Text-Based 11.1%, Investigation 10.7%
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Detective 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Dark 9.6%
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.4%, Investigation 22.1%, Mystery 14.3%, Horror 11.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Noir 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Text-Based 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Hand-drawn 14%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 11.7%
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Crime 19.9%, Dynamic Narration 17.6% ★, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 16.1%, Horror 7.7%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Horror 10.6%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Historical 16.7%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Mystery 9.9%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 10.5%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Noir 18.8%, Crime 18.3%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 9.5%
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Detective 20.9%, Investigation 9.2%, Dark 8.5%, Horror 8%
An oriental narrative mystery. The story branches upon your choices. The dice lies.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Historical 16.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Detective 40.2%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Investigation 15.4%, Story Rich 5%
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Hand-drawn 13%, Historical 10.1%
A 90s Hong Kong public housing block hides twisted tenants, buried truths, and ghosts. As security guard Lee Shing, your choices shape the story and unlock multiple endings. A mystery full of foreshadowing—some truths can only be uncovered through repeated playthroughs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Horror 17.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 100%
