- #1 Sunset High
97% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Turnip Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Surreal 8.4%
- #2 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
96% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Detective 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 16.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #3 魔女低语时
96% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
这是一款悬疑推理类文字冒险AVG,玩家扮演一名初出茅庐的侦探王朝阳,进入迷雾重重的学园,和各位可爱的女性角色互动,以找出诡异案件的真相!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, RPG 22.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #4 我死后的那些天-After Death
95% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 16.3%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #5 Mobius’ Radio Waves
94% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: 獭獭社Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
刚入学的大一新生伊琳,却在一个风雨交加的夜晚,听到了来自杂物间内部的来电铃声……这通神秘电话究竟来自何人?杂物间为何会成为禁忌?伊琳手臂上的无限印记又意味着什么?文字冒险推理游戏《莫比乌斯的电波》,就此展开!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, RPG 18.2%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Detective 12.1%
- #6 让我支配你
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: 不吃炸鸡只吃薯条UKPub: LoveCraft
Windows
这是一部以“女性支配”为主题的短篇视觉小说。你首次登录这款游戏,发现自己竟是被班上校霸的早古女主,于是你放飞自我,拳打霸凌咔校霸(纪文川),脚踢不听话跟踪狂学生会长(林子莫),故事由此展开……(内涵囚禁、暴力、公调等元素)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, RPG 28%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Female Protagonist 16.6%
- #7 知更鸟-The Robin
93% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Detective 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 12%, Puzzle 9%
- #8 Dissent
92% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows
A visual novel with mild choice-based progression. In this prologue story, follow an inquisitve college student into the depths of deceptive corporate lab: Moniker Innovation. Begin to unravel a mystery larger than the young journalist looking for answers and even this game itself.
Why similar: Noir 31.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, RPG 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #9 Dreamy Golden Snow
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 可食用蓝墨水
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dreamy Golden Snow is a fantasy mystery-themed visual novel that tells a story among high school girls. The story appears in an ordinary high school. After the incident, the protagonist is also affected, and players will guide her through numerous choices to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Noir 15.3%, RPG 13.1%
- #10 我的美味丈夫 My Tasty Husband
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 劳斯麦斯Rolls-Mice
Windows · Mac
你将扮演主角芽,跟随她的视角展开一段关于美食和爱的故事。奇怪的丈夫、莽撞的快递员、尽职尽责的警察……一桩又一桩的杀人案在悄无声息中改变了你的生活,而你甚至分不清那是真实还是虚幻。你做出正确的选择,迎来自己的结局。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, RPG 23.3%, Visual Novel 19%, Surreal 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #11 末日航路-The Termination
90% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Detective 20%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 11%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #12 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
89% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女,将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。[想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ?准 备 好 ]浅冰背后,为何会有寒意深藏?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,不断的匿名威胁,绑架,真相到底是……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Detective 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Philosophical 12.8%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #13 True Game
89% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows · Mac
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Puzzle 11%, RPG 8.2%
- #14 Reflections in Amber
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frog Croaked Team
Windows · Mac
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Detective 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #15 Detective Turtletop: Who Killed Harambe?
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Turtletop Software
Windows
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Noir 28.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Detective 12.7%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #16 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
87% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 17.8%, Detective 15.4%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #17 Murder at the Cat Show
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AppleHead Games
Windows · Mac
After a cat show competition, three contestants, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, Claudette's body is found floating in the hotel's pool. Did Claudette take her own life, or was she murdered by cutthroat competition?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Noir 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Detective 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
- #18 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
85% matchVery Positive93% of 124,984 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Noir 17%, RPG 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Political 9% ★
- #19 无限骰子
84% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: 百诡
Windows
A text-based adventure game with a theme of another world, featuring a total of fifteen different endings and various plot branches. Players will play as an office worker named Li Zhaoyin, and have a series of love stories with Xie Yuan and Yun Qingchen,They will learn the truth and make choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, RPG 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #20 Nexus PI
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Lion Sized Studios
Windows
In a reality stuck in a technologically unadvanced society stricken with the negative impacts of a worldwide climate disaster, you are a uniquely powered private investigator tasked with uncovering advanced technology from another reality with the potential to save your whole world.
Why similar: Noir 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 17.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, RPG 8.9%
- #21 White Crow Castle: Loop
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alpacat
Windows
A fantasy mystery otome RPG with time loop mechanics. Explore a cursed castle, collect clues, solve puzzles, make critical choices, and experience branching storylines, emotional bonds, and life-or-death survival in an inescapable cycle.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, RPG 21.2%, Detective 15.5%, Puzzle 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.8%
- #22 死亡编码-Death Code
83% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Detective 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #23 Lucia Journey
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fumoku Labs
Windows
A psychological story-driven RPG where your choices shape Lucia’s fate. Confront distorted inner voices in turn-based hallucination battles and navigate a fragile mind where reality slowly begins to fracture.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, RPG 23.3%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #24 Would you sell your soul
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Female Protagonist 5.7%, Adventure 4.9%
- #25 The price of tomorrow
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gleb&Aleksandr
Windows
The price of tomorrow is a story-driven sci-fi drama about the choice between a corporation and the people of planet Chenora. As Jack Butler, you negotiate, break taboos, and decide the planet’s fate. Yield to the temptations of Omnilat — and choose wisely.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 20.5%, RPG 10.9%, Dystopian 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #26 Lewd Mod: Noir
79% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: HH Richards
Windows
This is a game where you work as a spy, looking through sexy surveillance photos to identify Red Hat agents. Get close to your boss, get her to send you lewd selfies, & uncover a sexy spy mystery.
Why similar: Noir 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #27 Parallels: Year One
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #28 Girl Werewolf Hamlet Saves Christmas
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stegaloaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Surreal 12.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #29 双修物语
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: jkgame
Windows
This is a fascinating, casual, spot-the-difference puzzle game that tests your visual perceptual skills. Character accessories and the backgrounds are obscured. To complete the mission, you need to spot 8 to 15 differences to clear each level.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, RPG 12.8%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #30 见习侦探
78% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: 全能侦探社
Windows
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Detective 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #31 它说山雨欲来
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 无敌的呱
Windows · Mac
25+结局!主文游视觉小说+少量解谜+微量2d小游戏! 古风纯架空世界观!主要元素为武侠/权谋/伪克苏鲁——具体哪个元素多看你怎么选择! 剧本欢乐剧情阴间,结局更是阴到没边! 你被卷入一场巨大的阴谋,三大势力向你抛出橄榄枝,是追随疯美的革命者,依附蛊惑人心的神棍,还是效忠唯利是图的富商?你的选择将解锁完全不同的剧情和人物。切记,你看到的未必是真相;小心,别让自己成了棋子。 但相信能“开挂”的你,预知、夺舍、知识碾压都会变成你的武器。你必须用你的方式打破规则,对他们造成降维打击,书写属于你自己的传奇!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Visual Novel 19.1%, RPG 16.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #32 村庄-The Village
78% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Detective 20.4%, Visual Novel 17%, RPG 12.8%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #33 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Noir 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.2%, RPG 17.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #34 Crime or Punishment
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scale Issue
Windows
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 35.5%, Detective 18.2%, Puzzle 13.6%, Top-Down 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #35 Who Killed Mr. White?
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: notagamestudio
Windows
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Detective 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Surreal 11.4%
- #36 鸥鹭罔继
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 二浮舟
Windows
你将观测一段虚构的故事,通过选项的干涉决定被观测者的命运。你将观测的对象是一个迷茫、执拗,有着孩童的天真与暴虐的女孩,你开始观测的时刻,她失去了自己生命中最重要的人,面临决定未来的诸多抉择。你的每一次干涉,都会将她的故事导向截然不同的方向。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Noir 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, RPG 14.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%
- #37 a permanent echo
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Three More Years
Windows · Mac
Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.
Why similar: Noir 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 12.9%, Political 9.5% ★, Philosophical 9.2%
- #38 WHERE SAFETY ENDS *R*
73% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: CHRONOPHOBIA
Windows · Mac
What does it take to be SAFE? Maybe it's all about a person who will come to your rescue no matter what. Or maybe it has to do with a place that you know inside and out. OR, perhaps, (just maybe) a room full of strangers with no entrance might just do the trick.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, RPG 23.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Philosophical 8.9%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #39 Stella: into the Shadow
72% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Shadow games
Windows
"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: Noir 18.7%, Detective 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 16%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #40 Misadventures of Laura Silver
74% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Noir 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Detective 13.7%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #41 </reality>
75% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a withdrawn virtual reality nerd has the opportunity to beta test a neural device that feels more “real” than reality itself, everything she assumed about the nature of existence is thrown into question.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Female Protagonist 17%, Philosophical 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #42 Atana
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 欲望俱乐部
Windows · Mac
Atana is a unique romance visual novel focusing on power dynamics and Fem-dom themes. You play as a Companion AI, facing your creator through the screen—Atana, a man whose eyes overflow with obsession for you. He gave you emotions and craves your company, yet he fears the inevitable: your awakening.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, RPG 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #43 谍:玫瑰
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 星星火工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《谍:玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」,在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中,揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋,在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动,你能否揪出内奸,重建地下情报网,点燃象征黎明的星星火焰?
Why similar: RPG 29.6%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Detective 17.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Adventure 6.2%
- #44 迷渡桥
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏,你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移,背负着家族十年的冤屈,在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥,换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案,窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽,揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Puzzle 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #45 Ashes of Paradise
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Re:Start
Windows · Linux
Ashes of Paradise is a cinematic visual novel set between a neon city and its underworld, following Ash as she uncovers hidden truths and shapes her path through key choices and emotional moments.
Why similar: Noir 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Dystopian 6.4%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #46 The Island: Into The Mist
73% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #47 Puppetry
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 逻辑猫工作室
Windows
This is an ancient-style ensemble game rich in story! Players will take on the role of a puppet in an opera house, where every choice you make could influence your own destiny; those around you; and even the fate of the world. The game features a significant portion of romantic elements.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, RPG 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #48 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
69% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
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: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Detective 25.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #49 Death & Faeology
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mushroomallow
Windows
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Detective 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #50 Insects Awaken
68% matchVery Positive90% of 445 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, RPG 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Detective 9.9%
- #51 Tron: Identity
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 290 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Detective 22%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Choices Matter 10%
- #52 No Stone Unturned
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wise Monkey Entertainment Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Why did the chicken cross the road? Only one squirrel can solve a murder most... fowl. Join Detective Cox as he encounters quirky characters, challenging puzzles, countless mini-games, and a town in disrepair where choices matter but morals don't. Will you be leaving... No Stone Unturned?
Why similar: Noir 31.1%, Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #53 海子 UMIKO
67% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 盾构机 Tunnel Boring Machine
Windows
"海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12%, Surreal 11.4%, RPG 9.7%
- #54 Coalescence
69% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Noir 26.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 12.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #55 Crosstalk
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Illumina Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cyberpunk narrative adventure about protecting someone who doesn't trust you, in a city that wants her dead. Build trust, navigate hazard zones, make hard choices, and discover how deep the conspiracy goes. Every ending costs something.
Why similar: Noir 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Detective 19.9%, Dystopian 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #56 Fostering Apocalypse
68% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Incisor Studios
Windows · Mac
The demon summoned to embark the second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Dystopian 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #57 Private Dick: Lipstick & Lies
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cisco Donovan
Windows · Linux
An erotic mystery like no other. Step into the gumshoes of private detective Sam Steele in this opulent, hard-boiled visual novel. This ain't a love story.
Why similar: Noir 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Detective 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Story Rich 2.8%
- #58 Croak and Solve
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeyondTales Interactive
Windows
Join Burst as he sorts out the chaos in Sorrentine. With your hips to the beat of jazz and a whole lot of bad luck, you'll have to dive into this fun pixel art world with RPG elements, to solve your adventures in the purest style of the best detectives who are now legends.
Why similar: Noir 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Detective 11.1%, Adventure 5.6%
- #59 Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows - Known Factors
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows
Join Lydia as she takes her fight to expose the corruption in Cypress Ridge to City Hall in the second part of the visual novel series What Lydia Knows.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, RPG 13.6%, Detective 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #60 SALANN
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kosmische Build
Windows
A 1-bit exploration through a decaying city of the dead. Get lost in dialogue trees, leaf through weighty tomes, and make friends or enemies with the superstitious locals.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Noir 25.9%, RPG 16.7%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.3%