- #1 BLACKMIND: Psychic Social Simulator
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Noir 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Detective 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #2 Sunset High
96% 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 17.7%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Surreal 8.4%
- #3 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
95% match5 user reviews33% of 6 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 28.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Detective 16.9%, RPG 16.5%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #4 我死后的那些天-After Death
94% 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 28.7%, Detective 17%, Visual Novel 17%, RPG 16.5%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #5 Mobius’ Radio Waves
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 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 30.4%, RPG 18.4%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Detective 12.1%
- #6 让我支配你
93% matchMixed65% of 407 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 33.6%, RPG 27.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Female Protagonist 17.5%
- #7 魔女低语时
92% 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%, RPG 23.2%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #8 Please Advise
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One Game WonderPub: Terrabyte Games
Windows
You've been sent to a private clinic to audit the books. You're really here to find out who killed your uncle. You cannot speak, so you answer by gesture or on a tablet. Balance the clinic's money, patient trust, staff loyalty, and your own conscience.
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, RPG 14%, Female Protagonist 13%, Detective 12.3%
- #9 Reflections in Amber
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frog Croaked Team
Windows · Mac
A seemingly routine case takes detective Redbreast to a secluded village, where she investigates a sudden death while facing her own inner darkness. Uncover hidden details with an old instant camera, question the villagers, and shape the story with your choices!
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Detective 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #10 知更鸟-The Robin
90% 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 28.2%, Detective 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 12.1%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #11 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
89% matchVery Positive95% of 79 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 23.5%, Detective 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Philosophical 12.8%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #12 Nexus PI
89% 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 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Detective 16.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #13 Stella: into the Shadow
87% matchPositive81% of 32 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 17.7%, Noir 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #14 末日航路-The Termination
88% 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 25.9%, Detective 20%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 11.2%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #15 Dreamy Golden Snow
85% matchNo user reviews94% of 33 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 20.7%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Noir 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, RPG 13.3%
- #16 Dissent
86% matchMixed56% 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 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, RPG 12.6%, Detective 8.1%
- #17 True Game
86% matchVery Positive88% of 52 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 27.3%, Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, RPG 8.3%
- #18 Precinct 2099
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThinkingLiteSoft
Windows
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Detective 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, RPG 10.7%
- #19 Detective Turtletop: Who Killed Harambe?
83% 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 31.2%, Noir 28.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Detective 12.8%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #20 The Farm of the Living
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Noir 21.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #21 Lewd Mod: Noir
82% 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 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Puzzle 7%
- #22 鸳鸯风云录——白中悬案(Phoenix sword: The Hidden Scroll)
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rex Studio
Windows
In 1630, Ming Dynasty collapses—famine, war, and rebellion plague the land. When a tyrant is murdered in "utopian" Baichu County, detectives Yue Wuxi and Feng Shengjue investigate, unwittingly uncovering a conspiracy that will shake both court and martial world...
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Detective 14.2%, Puzzle 10%
- #23 迷渡桥
81% 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #24 Murder at the Cat Show
80% 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 21.6%, Noir 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Detective 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.8%
- #25 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
81% match9 user reviews40% of 10 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 31.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, RPG 18%, Detective 15.3%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #26 Who Killed Mr. White?
79% 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 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Detective 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Surreal 11.1%
- #27 Stella: into the Shadow
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shadow games
Windows
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, RPG 14.8%, Detective 7.6%
- #28 无限骰子
78% matchPositive90% of 21 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: RPG 25%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #29 The Shadow
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Noir 22.6%, Visual Novel 16%, RPG 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #30 Unregistered Scene
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: G-Yao
Windows · Mac
Unregistered Scene is a Minesweeper-style anomaly deduction game. As Agent 03, an insurance company agent, investigate scenes where records no longer match reality. Work with a mysterious assistant to identify anomalies and uncover hidden rules.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, RPG 22.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Detective 7.6%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #31 死亡编码-Death Code
78% 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 26.7%, Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 13.8%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #32 金风浏碧霄
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 镠铁工作室Pub: LoveCraft
Windows
A multi-ending text adventure set in an alternate Republican Era. As a rookie undercover agent in a world of hidden dangers, you'll face a mysterious superior, a cunning enemy officer, and a young colleague of uncertain intent. Navigate wisely, protect yourself, and make your final choice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Visual Novel 21%, RPG 19.5%, Female Protagonist 18%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #33 Would you sell your soul
76% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Female Protagonist 6.1%, Adventure 5%
- #34 Night and the City
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Suminell Studios
Windows
Become Nick Night, detective for hire, as he embarks on his toughest case yet in this noir, open world RPG.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Detective 13.6%, RPG 8.8%
- #35 Lucia Journey
75% 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 30.4%, RPG 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #36 她杀 - The Suspected Murder
74% matchVery Positive84% of 69 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 19.5%, Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Puzzle 10.6%, RPG 9.6%
- #37 Grill'd: The Vanishing
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Yellow Room
Windows
[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and interrogate the suspect to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Detective 14.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Surreal 10.2%
- #38 The price of tomorrow
73% matchPositive80% of 10 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 28.8%, Visual Novel 20.8%, RPG 11.1%, Dystopian 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #39 长乐夜前夕
73% 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 31.8%, RPG 24.2%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #40 Crime or Punishment
72% 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 34.4%, Detective 17.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Top-Down 10.5%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #41 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
73% matchPositive96% of 24 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 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Detective 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.7%
- #42 Judge SIM
71% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: sunsistudiosPub: sunsixstudios
Windows
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Detective 19.6%, Noir 18.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #43 随侯珠
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SCATTER KR
Windows
A story of secrets and chance encounters. A missing sacred serpent, an approaching Snake Festival, and an insular mountain town in the south disrupt outsider Hou Jue’s brief stay.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, RPG 22.2%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #44 Girl Werewolf Hamlet Saves Christmas
72% 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 27.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Surreal 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #45 Crosstalk
70% 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 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Detective 19.2%, Dystopian 7.1%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #46 Parallels: Year One
70% 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 36.7%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #47 The Wolf Among Us Remastered
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Telltale
Windows
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Detective 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #48 村庄-The Village
71% 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%, Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 17%, RPG 12.9%, Puzzle 9%
- #49 Death & Faeology
69% 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 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Detective 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #50 Legacy Of The Depths
69% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: KALINKA GAMES
Windows · Linux
A dark narrative adventure in the spirit of Northern Noir, set in an alternate Russia of 1929. Explore forgotten places, uncover fragments of lost coordinates, and follow a family mystery beyond the Barents Sea.
Why similar: Noir 37.6%, Detective 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #51 Undercover Love - Where Shadows Meet
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIKATRON-GAMES
Windows
A dark noir visual novel following Alex, a former police officer drawn into the mafia’s world. In a city where trust can get you killed and everyone has something to hide, Alex and a mafia leader with buried secrets are pulled into revenge, power, and slow-burn romance shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Noir 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #52 Misadventures of Laura Silver
70% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 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 20.4%, Noir 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Detective 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #53 Antrabhara
68% 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 28.6%, Detective 16.3%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, RPG 14%, Puzzle 12.3%
- #54 它说山雨欲来
68% 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%, Visual Novel 19.2%, RPG 16.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #55 Man of Nollyn
66% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Detective 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #56 LateSummer
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 黑领工作室
Windows
The story takes place in the summer of 2006. Mountain City Magazine received a mysterious photo, which led to a case of a missing actress.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Puzzle 11.9%, RPG 11.7%
- #57 Ann's Parlor
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIQIISM Studio
Windows
Awakened from years of slumber, the witch Ann returns to her old cabin, where visitors arrive seeking love, truth, or glimpses of fate. Through crystal-ball readings, you interpret their stories and guide their paths—every choice reshaping their destinies and the secrets that await within.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Detective 20.9%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #58 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
67% 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 28.5%, Noir 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 17.9%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #59 Let Bions Be Bygones
66% matchMixed69% of 134 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 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Detective 16.1%, RPG 9.6%, Choices Matter 7%