60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Detective, Story Rich, Adventure.
Participate in a mysterious show, taking place far from civilization. The visual novel Roll of Fate gives you the opportunity to make decisions that affect the lives of the other show participants. Don’t try to save everyone – there’s no guarantee you can even save yourself.
Echoes
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
The Red Pearls Of Borneo
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.
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Detective 12.1%
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: Detective 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
Mental pain will never disappear, it will forever torment the soul of the protagonist. Who is he? How did he end up here? Why do dead people appear before him? Who is this girl with bandaged eyes? Eternal Pain: Epiphany is the story of the insight of a person who finds himself in purgatory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Horror 11.1%
Andrey comes to the city to enroll in college and moves into a communal apartment. Neighbors, alcoholics, cult members, and gangsters test his mettle. Every decision is a choice between morality and survival. A visual novel where one wrong move turns a college applicant into a criminal.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Text-Based 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Exploration 9.1%
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 30.5%, Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Horror 11.8%, Text-Based 11.2%, CRPG 9.6%
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, CRPG 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%
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: CRPG 25.2%, Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 7.1%
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Violent 8.8%
白月高中的知名论坛【白月公园】上，一则怪谈帖子仅仅只花了几天时间，就火遍了整个校园。 明明是一眼假的帖子，却依旧成为了学生们茶余饭后的消遣，甚至被许多学生信以为真。不信鬼神的“现实派”高中生周腾，自然没有把帖子所描述的故事放在眼里。 直到离奇的事情一件一件地发生在了自己的身边……
Why similar: CRPG 18.3%, Text-Based 17.5%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%
What are the crazy chemists doing in their laboratories? Is the military test range near the town really dangerous? What is the doctor’s secret? Undelivered is a detective quest where you have to find the answers to all these questions and decide what to do next!
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.2% ★, Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 11%, Exploration 5.2%
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
"The Nakano Laboratory" is a loop-based mystery 2D adventure game. Within each loop of 15 minutes, you take over researchers' bodies to gather clues around the ship, then present your evidence at the meeting.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
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 27.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 17.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Violent 11.3%
"I drink Sorrel Coffee to reboot reality, but I'm being hunted by Monster Girls and armed agents" is a branching visual novel where your choices truly matter...
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Horror 9.3%
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 25.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
This city fears me. I saw its true face... And it smelled like sawdust. Welcome to the world of pretentious film noir, where it rains even indoors, and cool guys don't look at explosions (because they forgot to wear sunglasses).
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22% ★, Detective 21.2%, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
A narrative-driven visual novel with fully written dialogue and atmospheric narration. A journey through mystical stations—"Forgotten Hats," "The Library," "The Last Ticket," and other surreal locations.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Exploration 9.6%, Horror 9.5%
《枫叶》是一款以南海市时代疑案为背景的中式恐怖悬疑解谜游戏。故事横跨三个年代，你将通过新人警察宋逸平的视角，从一桩看似普通的寺庙杀人案入手，逐步揭开一宗尘封数十年的冤案真相。当正义与程序、真相与代价纠缠不清，你能否在迷雾中找到那一片染血的枫叶？
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.1% ★, Detective 21%, Horror 14.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Text-Based 20%, CRPG 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Horror 16.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Conspiracy 33.9% ★, Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 11.1%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
A science fiction visual novel. Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a secret that will change everything. Six researchers. One rift. No one will return the same.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12%
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, CRPG 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
Noir visual novel set in 1950s New York. Infiltrate a prison, build a smuggling network, and shape fates through tough choices across branching paths.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25% ★, Detective 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Stylized 5.9%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Violent 9.2%, Adventure 9%
Chords is an authentic retro 16-bit cyberpunk visual novel. Dive into a twisting, deceptive story packed with pixel art, chiptune energy, and classic adventure vibes where nothing is quite what it seems.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Detective 15.3%, Adventure 8.6%
One last job. One final gamble. The Free City is yours to explore, but how you pull off the ultimate heist is entirely up to you. Assemble your crew, earn their trust, and make tough choices that shape your fate. But remember - every decision has consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
A murder at Camp Lonesome: Peggy was killed one night. Investigate the area, interview the campers, connect the clues, and catch the culprit before everyone gets sent home for good.
Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, 1980s 10.5%, Adventure 7.5%
"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 23.3%, Detective 22.2%, Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Violent 9.5%
A quiet, remote setting, fresh air, and a friendly old woman. It sounds like the perfect start to a new life—were it not for one detail: while you age and lose your memory, your neighbor grows younger. Immerse yourself in an intimate psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Horror 9.3%
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
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 27.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Horror 10.1%
Something is wrong at this school. Strange incidents are spreading, students are hiding secrets, and creatures that should not exist are beginning to appear. Follow the clues, survive the horrors, and discover what is really happening before it is too late.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Violent 8.1%
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.5% ★, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Hand-drawn 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Adventure 4.5%
Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.1% ★, Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 8%
This is a suspenseful puzzle visual novel game. You play as a character who was born in Pine Peak as a child and returns to this long-lost town after many years. You get involved in a series of mysterious disappearances happening in the town and try to explore and solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, CRPG 18.9%, Text-Based 10.5%, Multiple Endings 6%
Investigate the forgotten town of Torovo as a detective trapped in a time loop. Photograph people, places and events to save evidence between loops. Use what you've learned to manipulate the locals’ routines and uncover the truth behind a crashed plane... and the town itself.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.2% ★, Detective 19.7%, Hand-drawn 12%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Horror 7.5%
Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.
Why similar: Conspiracy 31.7% ★, Detective 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
A “denpa” visual novel about a grisly murder in a sealed institution for immortal girls. Wool needle, knitting needle, sewing machine needle. Silk needle, stitching needle, injection needle. Futon needle, clothing needle, hook for a fish. Follow the needles to your immortal death.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.7% ★, Detective 24.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Cute 8.6%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Follow Joseph, Eric, and William (as well as a handful of other characters) as they awake from cryogenic stasis at the enigmatic facility known as Intermine Laboratories. But, deep within the abyss exists an ancient evil that is seeking to enact its own twisted machinations ...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 20.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Horror 12.6%
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 13.9%, Conspiracy 11.7% ★, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Multiple Endings 15%, Horror 14.4%
Non-linear graphic novel in the genre of magical realism. Will the hero be able to uncover secrets, find himself and escape from danger? Or will he be lost in the streets of the City forever?
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Text-Based 16.2%, Violent 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Violent 26.6%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Horror 20.9%, Detective 15.5%, Adventure 10.6%
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: Detective 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Exploration 10.5%
Work is boring if you are the only employee in your department with no cases ever. But when work appears, life immediately rises upside down! Forever. Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming world of evidence-gathering, deduction and dramatic events on the reverse side of our world.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Text-Based 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Stylized 6.4%
A noir pixel-art adventure where you explore the city, engage in dialogues with choices and skill checks, face tough moral decisions, and shape the story’s outcome.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.4% ★, Detective 21.5%, CRPG 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Text-Based 19.2%, Horror 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Horror 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
