60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Visual Novel, Anime, Detective.
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Kara no Shojo
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 14.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Dark Comedy 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Dark Humor 8.7%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Investigation 12.7%, Visual Novel 9%, Mystery 8.6%, Anime 7.8%
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Violent 9.9%, Dark Humor 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Mystery 8.6%
While on a school trip to Jabberwock Island, students are ensnared in Monokuma’s deadly game, forced into mutual killing and Class Trials to expose the culprit. Break through contradictions with high-speed detective action. Includes both a brand-new scenario and the enhanced original!
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dark Comedy 12.1%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 8.9%
“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: Investigation 15.9%, Detective 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%
“喂喂，求求你啦！救救我！” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救，给你打电话的人，是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Anime 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Violent 7.7%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Investigation 8.2%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Investigation 10.2%, Anime 9.4%, Dark 8.1%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Investigation 16.5%, Logic 11.7%, Mystery 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Detective 13.2%, Dark Humor 12%, Investigation 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 13.8%, Investigation 13.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Mystery 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Detective 13.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Dark 8.2%
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 17.1%, Investigation 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 10%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Anime 12.4%, Dark Comedy 9.5%
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Anime 10%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
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 22.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Logic 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Anime 9.9%
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 11.1%, Anime 10.8%, Dark Humor 8.3%
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8%
The second entry of the Abime Series. Play as the mastermind in a death game where you must find the traitor while concealing your identity. Six hours, one school, six deaths. Nine participants fight for survival: it's kill or be killed, trust or deceive, escape or die.
Why similar: Detective 12.3%, Violent 10.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Anime 7.7%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 16.1%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Detective 8.9%
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 11.8%, Dark Comedy 10%
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 20.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Visual Novel 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 10.8%, Dark 10.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.2%
The Shadow You is a compelling horror adventure game set in two different realities. Solve puzzles, reveal secrets and let the chills go down your spine in this immersive story.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Dark Comedy 16.3%, Dark Humor 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Mystery 9.5%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Logic 7.4%
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 14.6%, Investigation 13%, Detective 12.8%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 10%, Mystery 9%
Search Detective Patetaro is a free mystery adventure set in a shopping street in 2050. Trace patents, designs, and trademarks with young detective Patetaro, compare testimony and clues, and eliminate impossible answers one by one. All 5 episodes free. Your search query becomes your deduction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Detective 14.4%, Investigation 10.7%, Anime 9.1%
[IS THE GIRL IN THE MANOR ALIVE OR DEAD?] Investigate an abandoned manor, gather evidence, and make choices that affect both the past and future in this mystery point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Detective 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Horror 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
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 24.7%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Anime 6.8%
In the early 2000s Somewhere in America, There is a serial killer who calls himself the Love Killer who likes to murder any couple indiscriminately For five years, you'll play Elijah Sanders, a private investigator whose partner is Lieutenant Anthony Williams. victim woman named Kate Hernandez.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15%, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 13%, Dark Humor 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Anime 12.2%, Story Rich 8%
Can you defeat the world's oldest mastermind in their own game? Stretch your wits and deduction skills to the maximum as you battle in Paris' craziest court. Here, only those who sacrifice everything reach the truth. What are you willing to betray to make it out alive?
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 11%, Logic 10.8%
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 15.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Anime 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Anime 10.8%, Mystery 9.4%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Investigation 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
『部活動の時間です。さあ、人殺しをはじめてください』 一癖も二癖もある強者ぞろいの巨大コミュニティ、それが鳴神学園。 そこには、ありとあらゆる部活動が存在し、到底常識では考えられない特殊な闇の倶楽部がある。その一つが殺人クラブだ。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.2%, Dark Humor 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%
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 23.9%, Investigation 18.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Logic 8.1%, Mystery 7.4%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 10.4%, Logic 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 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 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 9.7%
Escape by means of "Voice"! The second installment of the new feeling puzzle and escape game! You are being held in a room that you haven't been to before. The only thing you can do is using telephone to ask for hint from a cooperator.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.6%, Anime 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Violent 8.3%, Mystery 7.9%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 10%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Detective 19%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Anime 10.7%, Dark Humor 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Anime 11.1%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Dark Humor 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Investigation 8.8%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Anime 10%, Dark 9.4%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 13.6%, Logic 10.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Mystery 7.6%, Logic 7.4%
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 22.9%, Investigation 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Anime 12.4%
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 23.2%, Investigation 18%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 10.9%, Anime 10.1%
Game of Fitna Vol. 1: A thrilling death game visual novel set in 2030. Play as Zayn, a high school student thrown into sinister survival games known as "TEST." Fight for your life, uncover shocking truths, and face intense moral dilemmas in this mature, thought-provoking experience.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 13%, Logic 12.6%, Mystery 12.5%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Story Rich 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
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 21.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Investigation 9.1%
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Detective 17.1%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 9.4%
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Violent 16.4%, Detective 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%
You wake up locked up in an unknown place with 8 strangers. Who are these people ? Why are you here ? You have a bad feeling. But suddenly, the phone rings, and it's up to you : Will you dare answer and go deeper in this mysterious plot ? Will you reveal the horrible truth... and survive it ?
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.
Why similar: Dark Humor 15.4%, Anime 11%, Dark 11%, Mystery 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
