- #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 11.3%, Surreal 8.4%
- #2 Memory Tides
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 掌鱼工作室Pub: PalmFin Studio
Windows
Memory Tides is an adventure game set in a near-future metropolis. Haunted by false memories and buried trauma, you're trapped in an endless loop: sink into illusion or face reality? Step into the shoes of Lin Xiaoyu, use "slacking off" as your cover, and uncover the hidden truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, RPG 14%, Detective 14%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #3 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 28.9%, Detective 17%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 16.4%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #4 我死后的那些天-After Death
95% match7 user reviews71% of 7 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 28.9%, Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 16.3%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #5 Mobius’ Radio Waves
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 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 30.7%, RPG 18.3%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Detective 12.1%
- #6 让我支配你
93% matchMixed67% of 268 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 33.8%, RPG 27.9%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Female Protagonist 17.1%
- #7 魔女低语时
94% match7 user reviews57% of 7 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 24.2%, RPG 22.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #8 知更鸟-The Robin
92% 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 28.4%, Detective 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 12%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #9 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
91% matchVery Positive96% of 75 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 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Philosophical 12.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #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 30.3%, RPG 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Surreal 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #11 Reflections in Amber
90% 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 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Detective 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #12 Dissent
89% 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 16.8%, RPG 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #13 Dreamy Golden Snow
88% matchNo user reviews2026
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%, Noir 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, RPG 13.2%
- #14 末日航路-The Termination
89% 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 26.1%, Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 11.1%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #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 31.3%, Noir 28.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Detective 12.8%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #16 True Game
87% 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 27.5%, Detective 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, RPG 8.2%
- #17 Murder at the Cat Show
85% 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 14.7%, Detective 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
- #18 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
86% 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 18.4%, RPG 17.8%, Detective 15.4%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #19 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
84% matchVery Positive93% of 126,799 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.5 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 20.1%, Noir 17.1%, RPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Political 9% ★
- #20 无限骰子
84% matchPositive100% of 17 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%, RPG 24.8%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #21 长乐夜前夕
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 山雨不知制作组
Windows
In faint light, a story of struggle. The bustling world is mist over painted smiles and hidden cold. A candle flickers but never bows. Together, let us see the truth and grope our way forward… Can we finally light our own freedom and life? Only the night knows.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, RPG 25.1%, Visual Novel 21%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #22 死亡编码-Death Code
82% 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 26.9%, Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 13.6%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #23 Nexus PI
82% 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 17.7%, Detective 17.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, RPG 8.9%
- #24 双修物语
81% 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 23.9%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, RPG 11.9%, Puzzle 11.9%
- #25 Lucia Journey
81% 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 23.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #26 The price of tomorrow
79% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
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 20.6%, RPG 10.9%, Dystopian 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #27 Would you sell your soul
80% 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 26.6%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Female Protagonist 5.7%, Adventure 4.9%
- #28 Lewd Mod: Noir
78% matchPositive100% of 21 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 13%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #29 Stella: into the Shadow
78% matchPositive83% of 28 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: Detective 18.7%, Noir 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 16%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #30 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 20.2%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Surreal 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #31 Who Killed Mr. White?
77% 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 21.9%, Detective 15.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Surreal 11.4%
- #32 Parallels: Year One
76% 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 36.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #33 迷渡桥
76% 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 19.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Puzzle 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #34 它说山雨欲来
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 无敌的呱
Windows · Mac
50+ endings! A purely fictional fantasy world! Comedy script, dark plot — and the endings? Pitch-black. Swept into a storm, you need a boss. The revolutionary, the merchant, or the cult leader? Your pick unlocks different paths. You're a cheater with buffs — you'll survive. Go!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Visual Novel 19.2%, RPG 16.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #35 村庄-The Village
77% 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 26.2%, Detective 20.4%, Visual Novel 17%, RPG 12.8%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #36 Antrabhara
75% matchVery Positive90% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: Nekoday
Windows
在人类与妖怪共存的世界中,三个身份迥异的少年少女在荒废古宅中相遇。结伴冒险的过程中收集道具、推敲讯息、解开谜题,逃离不可名状的生物,并揭开古宅家族背后的血色历史,最终发现“中阴”的秘密。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Detective 16.4%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, RPG 13.8%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #37 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
74% 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 28.7%, Noir 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.2%, RPG 17.7%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #38 Crime or Punishment
73% 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 13.7%, Top-Down 11%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #39 鸥鹭罔继
73% 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 26.3%, Noir 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, RPG 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%
- #40 见习侦探
74% 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 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #41 The Abyssal Diplomat
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gabriel HelfensteinPub: Fantasia Malware
Windows
The humans and the monsters can't agree on what year it is, a conflict that threatens to tear apart their sense of shared reality. A mysterious creature is called upon to bring the two communities together. The Abyssal Diplomat will do its best. But will its best be enough?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Surreal 16.9%, Noir 14%, Puzzle 12%, Political 9.9% ★
- #42 a permanent echo
71% 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 9.1%
- #43 WHERE SAFETY ENDS *R*
71% 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 32.5%, RPG 23.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Philosophical 8.9%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #44 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,382 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 28.6%, Detective 25.7%, Puzzle 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
- #45 Misadventures of Laura Silver
72% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 14.8%, Detective 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
- #46 Last Night Last Call
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Noir 19%, Detective 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, RPG 7.4%
- #47 </reality>
73% 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 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Philosophical 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #48 White Crow Castle: Loop
70% matchNo user reviews2027
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 29.1%, RPG 21.3%, Detective 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Puzzle 11.8%
- #49 Let Bions Be Bygones
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemian PulpPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Detective 16.5%, RPG 9.7%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #50 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
70% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.1%
- #51 Crosstalk
69% matchNo user reviews2026
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 26.8%, Detective 19.9%, Dystopian 7.4%, Choices Matter 6%
- #52 The Island: Into The Mist
71% 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 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #53 Atana
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 欲望俱乐部
Windows · Mac
Atana is a female-led romance visual novel set in late 20th-century America, where you grow alongside your creator, Atana, as an AI.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, RPG 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #54 她杀 - The Suspected Murder
67% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: 麻辣工作室 Spicy GamesPub: INDIECN
Windows
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: Noir 20.7%, Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, RPG 10.1%
- #55 Death & Faeology
68% 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 7.1%
- #56 Tron: Identity
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 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 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #57 The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2
66% matchVery Positive96% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: 橘音
Windows
A horror-meets-cute puzzle game with a twist-filled Yuri romance story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Puzzle 11.9%
- #58 Rouge Patrol
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlark
Windows
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, RPG 9.8%
- #59 海子 UMIKO
65% matchVery Positive98% of 65 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 11.3%, RPG 9.7%
- #60 To Be Altered: ACT 1
65% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: SKELLYBED Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Noir 19.3%, RPG 18.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Detective 10.2%