60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Adventure, Text-Based, Singleplayer.
Will you be the hero who brings justice to Miami Beach, or will you succumb to the shadows? The fate of Lily, Jake, and the entire city rests in your hands. Choose wisely, for the pursuit of truth may lead you down unexpected paths.
Eternal Secret
You come back to school at the beginning of second semester. A lot has changed during your absence. Are you able to solve the mystery which not many people know about?
Kisen: Seeker of Aenjan City
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
You come back to school at the beginning of second semester. A lot has changed during your absence. Are you able to solve the mystery which not many people know about?
Why similar: Investigation 12.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Detective 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Mystery 11.2%
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: Detective 17.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Anime 10.1%
Andrey comes to the city to enroll in college and moves into a communal apartment. Neighbors, alcoholics, cult members, and gangsters test his mettle. Every decision is a choice between morality and survival. A visual novel where one wrong move turns a college applicant into a criminal.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Detective 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Investigation 7.7%
Work is boring if you are the only employee in your department with no cases ever. But when work appears, life immediately rises upside down! Forever. Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming world of evidence-gathering, deduction and dramatic events on the reverse side of our world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Detective 12.6%, Anime 11.8%
This is a New Year's fairy tale and at the same time a small spin-off of the first part of the game Zeliria Sactuary.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Anime 16.6%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Casual 10.5%, Adventure 9.2%
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Investigation 14.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Mystery 9.1%, Anime 9%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Detective 20.2%, Investigation 16.3%, Anime 11.2%, Text-Based 11.1%
Explore the mysteries of your soul to discover whether you're melancholic, choleric, sanguine, or phlegmatic. Each decision reflects your inner world, challenging your perception and revealing the hidden depths of your personality in this journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 14.5%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Text-Based 7.9%
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Investigation 13.7%, Text-Based 13.2%, Anime 9.7%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Investigation 15.7%, Text-Based 14.1%, Anime 13.8%
ORCSOFT’s surreal summer buddy comedy VN about two painfully available best friends, their crush-worthy moms, and the awkwardly inconvenient feelings that surface—sometimes when we least expect them...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Anime 15.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Casual 11.7%
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Detective 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Investigation 11.9%, Text-Based 11.3%
A novel-style mystery adventure game. Explore 2D top-down maps! Enjoy easy puzzles and comical text. Become the assistant to the lost detective Chiho-chan and help solve mysteries!
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Text-Based 22.1%, Investigation 10.8%, Comedy 8.7%, Casual 8%
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 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Investigation 15.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Mystery 10.1%
A novel game with a fully voiced story about everyday or extraordinary stories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Anime 14.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Detective 11.2%, Cute 10.8%
Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Text-Based 14.5%, Anime 13.2%, Comedy 7.4%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Investigation 11.5%, Anime 9.4%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 16.5%, Mystery 6%
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Detective 19.8%, Text-Based 15%, Mystery 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
Yakuza Cats is a graphic adventure set in a 100% feline Tokyo. This original world mixes Ukiyo-e art with Gen Z aesthetics. It is a coming of age story that puts the player through different ethical choices while tackling themes such as identity and prejudice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Hand-drawn 18.1%, Investigation 13.7%, Anime 13.3%, Adventure 11.6%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
Why similar: Detective 22%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Investigation 10.6%, Anime 7.9%
"Even though I knew this love was forbidden..." While the tragedy is being told, the girl's true love is revealed! Enjoy this crazy pure love drama with beautiful visuals and cute characters!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Anime 15.2%, Cute 12%, Adventure 9.3%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Detective 18%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 13.1%, Mystery 9.7%
This is a detective adventure game. About 2 hours to complete. Find the murderer!
Why similar: Investigation 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Anime 17.6%, Detective 14.3%, Adventure 9.7%
Taking place months after the reopening of the café, Milk Hall Caramella, the season now shifts to summer. The café is as busy as ever so even Ciel and Koron have come to help out. No longer unsure of what to do, Asaki is steadfast in his goal to protect Caramella.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Text-Based 22%, Anime 18.4%, Cute 12.7%, Casual 10.7%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 10.7%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Anime 13%, Text-Based 12.3%
瓔珞事件簿系列遊戲是一系列以私人偵探拍擋瓔．珞為主角的推理解謎遊戲 你將會與兩位充滿火花的偵探, 一同破解一個又一個離奇案件!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Detective 17.7%, Anime 13.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Text-Based 10.3%
PARADISE LOFTS is a slow-burning, noir, hardcore sex romp, set in the fictitious city of Paradise in 1958. A visual novel, point-and-click journey, with loads of mini-games, crazy characters, and multiple solutions to challenges. 8 - 12 hrs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Detective 13.7%, Investigation 13%, Comedy 7.1%
A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Anime 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Detective 8.4%
The thrilling final installment of Dark One!'s hit visual novel series! Hapless protagonist Yamada is once again at the mercy of the tender depredations of the world's worst staff of nurses... and this time, it's up close and personal with the ruthless Head Nurse who dominates all the rest!
Why similar: Investigation 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Cute 9.2%, Text-Based 9.2%, Comedy 8.5%
Instead of sunny days, carefree relaxation, and dates, he has a “responsible” task ahead of him — to look after the sinister but seemingly empty mansion of the mysterious, absent owner whom everyone calls Bluebeard. Denis thought it would be easy, watering flowers and bored in silence...
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 16.4%, Detective 13.2%, Investigation 12%, Action-Adventure 11.8%
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 17.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Anime 12.2%, Detective 12%, Investigation 10.2%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Text-Based 13.1%, Anime 9.7%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Detective 15.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Text-Based 8.9%
Anne moves into the Fox Mansion — a peaceful seaside estate. Among her three new female neighbors, she must find the “returned one” — a deceased person who cannot rest until she takes the one she loves the most with her.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 16.4%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Detective 12.9%, Anime 11.6%
Set in school life, “Who is the Criminal” is a text-based adventure game featuring comedian and inference elements. With inquiring suspects and debating with “evildoers”, he gathers pieces of puzzles and reveals what truly happens in every incident.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 11.1%, Text-Based 11.1%, Mystery 8.9%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Investigation 19.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Comedy 6.3%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Anime 11.1%
I've been summoned to a world of only women! As the only man in the world, the retention of the species depends on him. Can he save the world of harem?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Anime 19.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Cute 10.3%, Adventure 9.4%
Embark on a thrilling detective visual novel adventure, accompanied by your quirky assistant, Olivina. Navigate through a bizarre case with unique investigation gameplay, and meet a diverse cast of characters as you unravel the story.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Investigation 15.2%, Anime 11.2%, Text-Based 7.5%
This is a short hentai visual novel about restless girls looking for adventures
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Hand-drawn 18.8%, Anime 16.8%, Text-Based 14.2%, Casual 13.5%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Text-Based 17.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Anime 9.9%
Embark on this Point and Click Visual Novel about horse riding in search of unicorns, while taking care of your equine friend.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Detective 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Investigation 10.9%
I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 13.1%, Multiple Endings 7.1%, Investigation 5.9%
Kikumaru's life was fairly normal until a gun wielding catgirl appears during his grandfather's funeral. Even his little sister suddenly sprouts tanuki-ears! A beautiful woman (with cat ears as well) comes to his rescue. The curtain rises on the latest chapter in the NEKO-NIN exHeart series. Nin!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Text-Based 26.6%, Anime 13.9%, Cute 12.5%, Casual 10.4%
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 27.8%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Investigation 10.2%
This is a comedy about high-schoolers friends, getting into extremely absurd and ridiculous situations.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Anime 22.2%, Comedy 10.5%, 2D 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Detective 21.1%, Casual 12.6%, Mystery 9.1%
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Anime 9.8%, Text-Based 9.7%, Mystery 9.3%, Investigation 7.6%
유산을 차지하는 건 과연 누가 될 것인가?
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Anime 14.4%, Adventure 7.9%, Casual 7.3%
HULOTTE’s classic visual novel is now on Steam! After an injury ends his track dream, Sakuma Tsumugi meets a clumsy Love Angel and begins a sweet search for his destined special someone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Text-Based 18.7%, Anime 15.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Cute 9.1%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, Anime 11.3%
In an investigation where the thieves are not necessarily the ones you think they are, follow the clues, question the suspects, and get to the truth by avoiding false leads. But beware, some people are not ready to give up so easily.
Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, Detective 25%, Text-Based 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Adventure 7.8%
Find the answer in the incident involving the Professor and unravel the secret of the Awakened.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.3%, Casual 11.7%, Anime 11.5%
An idol livestreamer is searching for her missing partner. You are not just watching her stream. Interfere with her broadcast, investigate clues on and off stream, and uncover the truth behind her partner’s disappearance.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Detective 16.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Mystery 11.6%
