60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Detective, Story Rich, Mystery.
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
SOLDA
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Guilt Trip
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Investigation 12.8%
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Hand-drawn 7%
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 29%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Text-Based 8.3%
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: Cyberpunk 28.1%, Detective 22.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Investigation 5.9%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 9%
A near future where ruthless corporations reign supreme. A familiar story, isn’t it? Once again, few have the courage to challenge the authorities. Enter our heroes: desperate youths armed with spray cans and… the truth. A visual novel about street art in a cyberpunk world, by Sky Seekers Studio.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.1%, Detective 21.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
《爱与命的彼端》是一款悬疑推理AVG。游戏中你将扮演男主角路杰，为拯救恋人许琳，开始一段爱与命的离奇冒险。你即将卷入扑朔迷离的连环杀人案件，也会接触到离奇的民间传说，躲藏在暗处的阴影也注视着你，蠢蠢欲动……你必须依靠自己的推理能力找出真凶，拯救恋人。
Why similar: Detective 40%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Mystery 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, RPG 4.3%
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 31.5%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Text-Based 10.1%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Cyberpunk 16%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 9.7%
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: Detective 26.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Investigation 7.7%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.6%, Detective 17.7%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Mystery 8.7%, Investigation 8.2%
Immerse yourselves in the AI meta-world in which your choices affect the outcome of the story in this witty, heartfelt visual novel ! NULL//REBORN is a place where every prompt you answer matters.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.3%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choices Matter 10%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Text-Based 7.6%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Mystery 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Text-Based 9.8%
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 27.3%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Play detective in this heart-gripping cyberpunk adventure where every dark corner of this intricate vertical city is yours to explore. Interrogate witnesses, investigate murders and even enjoy hotpots! Every choice shapes the outcome, leading you closer to the truth, or deeper into the shadows.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.9%, Detective 21.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Investigation 11.4%, Choices Matter 7.4%
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Mystery 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 9.3%
As Devin and AV1NA, players will use a combination of psychic abilities and advanced artificial intelligence to solve intricate puzzles, interact with a cast of richly drawn characters, and untangle a web of intrigue that threatens the very heart of Neo-Chicago.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Cyberpunk 22.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Investigation 10.4%
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.7%, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Visual Novel 8.6%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Cyberpunk 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.4%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 33.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 6.8%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 15%, Choices Matter 10.1%
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 36.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
A first-person mystery solving game, where you try to find out what happened at Syn Archives.
Why similar: Detective 36.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 6.6%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
A.D.2046 Spring, Hecate, the great novelist, was invited to La Stella Domani Detective Competition, and unexpectedly forced to play a murder game among gifted and criminal teens. With the power of time loop, could she crack those perfect crimes?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 38.8%, Detective 26.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 6.4%, Visual Novel 5.9%
《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: Detective 33.3%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Mystery 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 15.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Investigation 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Text-Based 7.8%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Investigation 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
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: Cyberpunk 21.9%, Detective 18%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Story Rich 7.1%, Choices Matter 5.4%
This is a murder mystery visual novel where you take the role of the detective. Search for clues, make discoveries, and talk to other characters to find out what is truly going on on the Murder Express.
Why similar: Detective 41.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Story Rich 7.5%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%
I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Visual Novel 20%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
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 29.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 10.6%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
Eternal ONE is a visual novel game of futuristic fantasy genre, learning about secret of the city while resolving various request of Lucio City.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Follow the story of Markus Orwell, a First Generation soldier of the North Alliance while he tries to solve a painful crime and get his life back on track. Navigate through branching paths, multiple endings, where each decision crafts a different journey.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.7%, Detective 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Mystery 8.8%, Casual 3.9%
Born yesterday, you are a detective in a Sumerpunk city ruled by gods. Navigate shifting allegiances, make impossible choices, and decide who survives as the divine order fractures. Will you remain a pawn or shape your own fate?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.3%, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%, RPG 7.6%
A mystery adventure game featuring a camera-headed detective and a superpowered girl teaming up to solve crimes. Play as the detective to gather and combine clues, reveal the hidden truth, and tear down fabricated lies.
Why similar: Detective 37%, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Investigation 12.6%
Daytime romance, nighttime werewolf! Explore freely by day—then face the “Night Council” nightly. Use what you uncover to choose the right side among factions… because your decisions will decide who lives and who doesn’t. And when you finally piece together every clue, the truth behind Ferron is…
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.6%, Detective 19.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.
Why similar: Detective 30.1%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 17%, RPG 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
An immersive, randomly-generated murder mystery. A dystopian Cyberpunk world. A Megabuilding full of lies and deceit. Question witnesses, collect clues & evidence, identify the true culprit and unmask the truth!
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Cyberpunk 25.9%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 16.8%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Detective 19.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Investigation 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
Mindjack is a plot-progression Visual novels and investigation game about social violence. Hijack instructors' vision terminals, eavesdrop on conspiracies, and capture violent acts. You must uncover dark secrets, and decide whether to save your friends trapped within the time limit.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Visual Novel 20%, Investigation 15.6%, Lore-Rich 6.8%, Text-Based 6.3%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Choices Matter 13%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Mystery 15.7%, Investigation 15.5%, Text-Based 8.3%
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.1%, Detective 20%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
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 26.8%, Mystery 16.8%, Investigation 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 11.6%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Choices Matter 7.3%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Text-Based 6.5%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Mystery 17.2%, Investigation 12.5%, Story Rich 4.4%
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Why similar: Detective 31.7%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 17.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 9.1%
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Investigation 15%, Mystery 14.9%, Detective 12%, Choices Matter 11.7%
探偵となって依頼人の失踪した婚約者を探しましょう。 現場にいるキャラクターからさまざまな情報を引き出すことで、思わぬ真実にたどり着くかもしれません。
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Cyberpunk 22.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Text-Based 8.1%
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.9%, Detective 22.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Mystery 9.6%
After being trapped in an infinite world, I was entangled by seven men?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.6%, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 9.6%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 32.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 6.8%
