
🔪 Perseverance: Part 2 is a 2nd installment in the horror/crime thriller visual novel series. Play as Karen, a calculated assassin on the prowl for her next target, and witness the gripping story of secrets, passion, and violence. 🔪
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🔪 Perseverance: Part 2 is a 2nd installment in the horror/crime thriller visual novel series. Play as Karen, a calculated assassin on the prowl for her next target, and witness the gripping story of secrets, passion, and violence. 🔪

Perseverance: Part 1
Perseverance is a horror/drama visual novel about survival and redemption. In Part 1 you play as Jack, a father who is struggling to keep his family together and finds himself in the middle of horrific events.

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Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Perseverance is a horror/drama visual novel about survival and redemption. In Part 1 you play as Jack, a father who is struggling to keep his family together and finds himself in the middle of horrific events.
Why similar: Zombies 20.1%, Comic Book 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.5%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Investigation 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Thriller 8.9%, Horror 8.4%
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 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 10.5%, Psychological 10.4%, Horror 9.5%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 20.4%, Psychological 13.4%, Thriller 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%
A high school detective story where an unlikely duo tackles mysterious incidents on campus. Solve strange cases with logic and courage in this suspenseful visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Thriller 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological 10.5%
The Roadside MOTEL: 10 rooms. 10 dark pasts. Silence tells more than lies. No one is who they seem. If you dare, knock on the door. But sometimes, the loudest scream is no answer at all.
Why similar: Comic Book 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Thriller 13.7%, Horror 12.5%, Detective 9.9%
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Detective 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Horror 11.8%, Thriller 11.5%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Thriller 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Investigation 13.9%, Horror 9.9%
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 20.1%, Investigation 18.3%, Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Mystery 8.7%
The story begins the moment he kills his lover. Kazuma is driven into a corner by Asana’s obsessive love. Madness, jealousy, obsession, deception, and regret collide— plunging the case toward an unpredictable end. A yandere suspense novel of intense love and insanity: Crimson Reflection.
Why similar: Comic Book 17.5%, Detective 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Horror 9.3%, Thriller 9%
A murder mystery visual novel about catharsis.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Comic Book 14.6%, Investigation 9.6%, Linear 9%
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Horror 17.5%, Detective 16%, Dark 12%, Story Rich 10.9%
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 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Investigation 12.5%, Thriller 12.4%, Horror 11.5%
“Raising the blade over my dear friend, I could only curse this broken world with all my soul. Nothing to worry about... If my blade turns out to be the slower.” Shards of fate, heart and soul.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Thriller 13.2%, Anime 9.4%, Emotional 9%
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: Investigation 16.7%, Detective 16.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological 11.6%, Horror 10.9%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 12.9%, Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dark 10.3%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Thriller 13.7%, Psychological 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%
Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Thriller 9.6%, Horror 8.4%, Emotional 7.9%
Rookie human detective and energetic zombie detective, a mismatched buddy tackle mysterious cases! Get to the truth with the zombie's super powers and human deductive skills in this Japanese mystery ADV! Now on release!
Why similar: Zombies 28.4%, Investigation 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Thriller 15.6%, Detective 14.1%, Horror 9.4%
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: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 14%, Horror 10.8%
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 22.8%, Horror 14.6%, Detective 14.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Thriller 8%
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Thriller 18.7%, Anime 11.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 9.4%
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Investigation 14.9%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 9.7%
A psychological murder mystery set in 90s Japan.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Comic Book 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological 11.6%, Thriller 10.3%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Investigation 16%, Thriller 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 7.9%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological 14.9%, Thriller 14.1%, Horror 13.6%, Emotional 11.6%
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Comic Book 20.7%, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Emotional 8.2%
A mystery comedy visual novel game told strictly through the eyes of a news anchor. Learn about the city of Brookside, report the news as best you can, and guide the citizens toward a happy ending.
Why similar: Investigation 24.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Thriller 13.7%, Detective 11.2%, Mystery 9.6%
I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
A horror visual novel exploring the dark sides of friendship and the dangerous paths taken to save it.
Why similar: Thriller 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological 11.7%, Investigation 10.3%, Horror 9.8%
[IS THE GIRL IN THE MANOR ALIVE OR DEAD?] Investigate an abandoned manor, gather evidence, and make choices that affect both the past and future in this mystery point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 22.7%, Detective 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Horror 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%
A weaponless psychological thriller. Become trapped in the dark simulation within Gabriel’s mind after surviving a deadly plane crash. Run, hide, and piece together your memories to wake from this dystopian nightmare before Protocol 66 is activated.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Investigation 18.9%, Horror 13.4%, Thriller 11.9%, Emotional 9.7%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Detective 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Investigation 12.8%, Anime 8.4%, Emotional 8.4%
The killer elevator took you to endless floors - what do you do? Almost My Floor: Duality - horror stealth action with a variable story about monsters inside you. What's going on? A parallel world, a curse, psychiatric experiments, or you are crazy?
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Thriller 12.4%, Psychological 11.9%, Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 10%
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Thriller 15.3%, Detective 14.4%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological 11.8%
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 21.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Anime 9.5%, Mystery 9.3%, Thriller 9.1%
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Thriller 16.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Detective 9.3%, Emotional 9.2%, Mystery 8.6%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Detective 17.1%, Thriller 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Horror 13.7%, Thriller 12.5%, Psychological 10.4%, Dark 8.4%
一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀,对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查,并各自提交一份答案。最后,出现了七种截然不同的解答……
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Detective 19.6%, Comic Book 18.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Anime 10.4%
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Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Detective 14.5%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Essence Bloom is a linear, story-focused indie visual novel that allows the player to experience a world with beautiful cherry blossoms and fun times with friends....
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological 16.3%, Emotional 12.4%, Horror 11%, Anime 10.7%
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Horror 11.5%
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Detective 12.6%, Psychological 12.5%, Horror 12.3%, Thriller 12.2%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Investigation 14.9%, Detective 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 10.1%
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Comic Book 17.3%, Zombies 16.6%, Thriller 13.7%, Detective 13.6%, Visual Novel 11%
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Investigation 14.3%, Psychological 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
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 20.6%, Investigation 17%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%
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 15.4%, Investigation 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 10.3%, Mystery 10.1%
In this gothic point-and-click adventure, Eleanor Rosewood must confront a vampire haunting Victorian London. Gather evidence and seek help from the city’s diverse populace, each hiding their own secrets, in this atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 19.6%, Detective 17.6%, Comic Book 17.6%, Horror 10.1%, Thriller 9.8%
Lunatic's Game is a fantasy game about a broken-down painter who has decided to die and travels through time in a strange apartment made of flesh and blood in search of survival. Adapted from the cat uncle's dream of ten years, the story spans three generations of life and a hundred years of history
Why similar: Comic Book 18.3%, Investigation 15.2%, Thriller 14.7%, Psychological 12.7%, Horror 11.3%
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Detective 13.1%, Emotional 9.8%
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Thriller 10.7%, Emotional 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
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: Investigation 20.5%, Detective 17.3%, Horror 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 11.2%
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Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Investigation 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Horror 12.3%, Anime 9.9%
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Investigation 22%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 10.2%, Thriller 7.9%
A horror visual novel about urban legends of Russian town in 2007.
Why similar: Comic Book 20.6%, Detective 16.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Thriller 9.6%, Anime 8.5%
Explore a surreal world, solve puzzles, fight monsters and get to the bottom of the mystery of this compelling horror thriller.
Why similar: Zombies 23.1%, Investigation 12.9%, Thriller 12.6%, Horror 11.3%, Emotional 10.3%
Body found. Two missing. Detective Malinowski hears what others miss. Noir adventure where sound reveals clues and sketches tell the story. A short case you can finish tonight. Start now.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Investigation 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological 10.2%, Linear 9.2%