60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Mystery, Detective.
Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.
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Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
Why similar: Gothic 15.4% ★, Lovecraftian 14.6%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Surreal 11.2%
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 20.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Psychological 10.1%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.3%, Detective 13.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Lovecraftian 12.5%, Surreal 11.5%
A murder mystery puzzle game with visual novel elements in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world. Collect clues, solve puzzles, interrogate suspects, and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of Mini’s husband.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Gothic 17.7% ★, Lovecraftian 16.8%, Investigation 14.2%, Visual Novel 8.3%
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 18.5%, Lovecraftian 17.8%, Gothic 12.6% ★, Lore-Rich 9.4%, Psychological 9.3%
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 22.7%, Lore-Rich 21%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Story Rich 8%
A horror and exploration adventure that tells the story of Blanche, who was found alone in the gardens of Launderley, in front of a pile of twenty-nine corpses.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.1%, Detective 19.4%, Investigation 16.1%, Text-Based 12%, 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 26.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 17.8%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
A narrative-driven game where Deduction meets the Dark Arts. Invest crime scenes for evidence and navigate the razor's edge between "Rationality" and "Inspiration." Unlock branching paths through your choices, forge fragile alliances, and decide who survives the encroaching shadows.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Detective 19.5%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 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 22.8%, Investigation 16.4%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological 7.5%
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: Detective 20.9%, Text-Based 18.9%, Investigation 16.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
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: Detective 22.9%, Text-Based 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
In a town of exactly 245 residents, every breath is a subtraction. A narrative experience blending Gothic hand-drawn art and natural history puzzles. Waking into a world of "domestic bliss" as thick as a fungal bloom, will you submit to the morbid order, or shatter the balance?
Why similar: Gothic 18.6% ★, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Surreal 15%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Text-Based 13%, Surreal 12.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Psychological 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%
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: Surreal 13.8%, Detective 13.8%, Psychological 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 12.4%
A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.
Why similar: Surreal 15.5%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Gothic 7.8% ★
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 22.3%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
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 17.3%, Lovecraftian 15.6%, Investigation 12.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 10%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.7%, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Text-Based 10.1%
What's this? A Point and Click, "Who Done It?", Murder Mystery Visual Novel, set in a Gothic Hotel on top of a lonely hill, during the Night of Halloween?
Why similar: Gothic 20% ★, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Surreal 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 23.3%, Investigation 14.1%, Psychological 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 8.1%
A narrative-driven thriller about missing people, stagnant towns, and the fact that even if you love someone, you can't always see the good sides of them when push comes to shove.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.1%, Detective 20.9%, Investigation 13.3%, Surreal 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Detective 19.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Investigation 14%, Visual Novel 12.8%
Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Surreal 16.9%, Investigation 15.6%, Psychological 13.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological 13.2%, Text-Based 7.9%
Immerse yourself in the mystical atmosphere of Slavic folklore and post-Soviet aesthetics. Escape the system, seek the truth among half-forgotten myths and urban legends. In this madness, every clue is part of someone else’s game, and your past is the greatest mystery.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Lovecraftian 21%, Surreal 17.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Psychological 7.2%
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 17.7%, Detective 16.3%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Investigation 16%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 11.4%
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 23.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
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: Detective 22.1%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Investigation 13%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%
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 22.7%, Investigation 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.3%, Detective 20%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological 12.3%
The narrative is the puzzle itself. You have no power, no resources, but a cryptic force sends you to face the impossible, where you have to see through your opponents lies before they see through yours, be they human or not.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Investigation 18.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Story Rich 8.1%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Text-Based 19%, Investigation 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 18.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.6%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Psychological 8.5%
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Investigation 15.4%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Gothic 14.3% ★, Text-Based 13.4%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Investigation 16.2%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Detective 11.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Why similar: Surreal 16.5%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Text-Based 14.2%, Psychological 14%, Visual Novel 9.8%
This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.5%
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Detective 11.6%, Psychological 11.1%, Text-Based 9.3%
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Gothic 22.5% ★, Text-Based 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
A branching detective mystery. Evidence never lies. But your interpretation might. Your choices shape the truth— and what you uncover may reflect yourself.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 15%, Psychological 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 12.8%
A narrative-driven puzzle game about souls and forgetting. On the brink of reincarnation, she loses all her memories, and her soul is scattered. The memories of lingering spirits on the bridge seem to be connected to her story...
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Psychological 11.5%, Text-Based 10.3%
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 32.7%, Investigation 20.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Story Rich 9%, Mystery 5.5%
和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》
Why similar: Detective 28%, Lore-Rich 18.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 17.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
Immerse yourself in the psychological horror of The Village, where whispers bend reality and ordinary life spirals into madness. Unravel the dark rise of one of Túatha's most infamous figures in this short story visual novel.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.5%, Lovecraftian 18.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological 13.7%
Scent of Clouds is a hand-drawn illustrated, text-based adventure game. As a perfumer's assistant, you create fragrances and journey through unknown lands in search of ingredients for the legendary "Scent of Clouds." With a keen nose, you'll unravel the timeless mystery of this world.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.7%, Text-Based 18.9%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Detective 16%, Investigation 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
Play as an unnamed man who suspects his wife of something, and dive deep into his memories of the day when he was about to propose to her. Your choices can influence the story. Genre: thriller.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Surreal 25.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological 13.5%, Story Rich 10%
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Investigation 15.2%, Lovecraftian 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Investigation 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological 10%
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Text-Based 12%, Story Rich 8.9%, Mystery 6.9%
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 28.9%, Investigation 20.4%, Text-Based 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Story Rich 7.7%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 20.9% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Lovecraftian 13.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
After being cursed to never leave, Ember must eat all of the food she can in order to find the one that will break the curse!
Why similar: Investigation 14.4%, Text-Based 14.1%, Detective 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Detective 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Investigation 8.6%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological 10.1%
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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Investigation 14%, Detective 13.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%
