60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Detective, Story Rich, Mystery.
Fabienne a 17-year-old genius, has a rare gift: she detects lies! But when she discovers the body of one of her teachers, she’s left with no choice but to uncover the killer among the residents she’s lived with her entire life.
CrimeBot 2: Detective Mystery Games
A serial killer is on the loose. Only you can stop him! In CrimeBot 2, you analyze crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and connect the clues to solve cold cases around the world. The truth is hidden in the details.
琉璃烟火-Flame in Glass-
他期待着事业的成果，她期待着追逐的爱情，她期待能给身边的人们带来笑容，他期待能成为故事的主角，他们生活的这座城市期待着海啸后的痊愈……可是，一场突如其来的爆炸扰乱了这一切。烟火暗淡，琉璃蒙尘，他们所期待的，能够实现吗？
A serial killer is on the loose. Only you can stop him! In CrimeBot 2, you analyze crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and connect the clues to solve cold cases around the world. The truth is hidden in the details.
Why similar: Assassin 29.2% ★, Detective 17.4%, Crime 14%, Thriller 13.5%, Mystery 7.8%
他期待着事业的成果，她期待着追逐的爱情，她期待能给身边的人们带来笑容，他期待能成为故事的主角，他们生活的这座城市期待着海啸后的痊愈……可是，一场突如其来的爆炸扰乱了这一切。烟火暗淡，琉璃蒙尘，他们所期待的，能够实现吗？
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Crime 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 14%, Romance 12.6%
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Crime 11.6%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Crime 18.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 13.6%, Mystery 10.8%
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Crime 15.7%, Text-Based 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%
Suoh Shirahane, a shy girl with a mysterious past, will begin her first year of high school at Saint Angraecum Academy, where she hopes to find a new beginning. She will navigate friendships and mysteries at her new school, and discovers that love can come in many forms.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Visual Novel 17%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Romance 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, Mystery 11%, Drama 8.7%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Thriller 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Detective 17%, Crime 13.2%, Text-Based 12.4%
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 29.4%, Text-Based 22.5%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Mystery 15.4%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 12.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Detective 10.4%
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 23.1%, Thriller 18.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Crime 12.1%
Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Text-Based 18.5%, Crime 15%, Visual Novel 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%
This is a story about finding love to overwrite the feelings for the one they held dearest. A girls love visual novel about summer, love and adolescence.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Romance 15.3%, Text-Based 15%, Drama 10.1%
和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Drama 8.5%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 31.7%, Crime 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Drama 5.8%
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 27.7%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Crime 16.3%, Text-Based 14%, Mystery 11%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Thriller 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 12.2%, Text-Based 10.2%
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 28%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 17.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Crime 12.9%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Crime 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 14.5%, Mystery 11.9%
A murder mystery visual novel where you play a fish-out-of-water college student who must face the best and worst traits animalkind has to offer. Solve the mystery of this school as you develop close bonds, get intimate, and uncover shocking secrets with alluring, yet deeply flawed, ordinary men.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Thriller 19.3%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Crime 12.4%, Romance 9.7%
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Crime 13.3%, Thriller 11.5%, Mystery 11.4%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 18.9%, Detective 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Thriller 8.8%, Romance 7.3%
"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 30.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Text-Based 12.5%, Drama 10.3%
A boys' love / yaoi visual novel about a runaway prince and an assassin in the service of a wicked king. A dark and moody fairytale with crossdressing, intrigue, spilled blood, and finding love in unexpected places.
Why similar: Assassin 43.4% ★, Visual Novel 17%, LGBTQ+ 8.3%, Drama 8%, Text-Based 7.7%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Detective 26%, Text-Based 16.7%, Crime 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Thriller 12.6%
Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Romance 13%, Crime 12.9%
Idol-themed murder mystery. Play as a detective, solve logic puzzles, and shape your relationships in this VN inspired by Danganronpa & Famicom Detective Club.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Text-Based 17.2%, Crime 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 10%
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 22.5%, Crime 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Thriller 15.3%, Text-Based 14.5%
A mature queer visual novel, telling the heated and convoluted story of the love triangle between Quinn, an obsessive police detective, Elias, Quinn's direct superior, and Flynn, a poet with a very talented tongue, caught in a criminal case that spirals rapidly out of hand.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Crime 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Text-Based 15.3%
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Thriller 22%, Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Detective 11.7%, Mystery 11.4%
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Thriller 17.9%, Crime 15.9%, Detective 12.7%, Mystery 12.5%
"Four of Ten" is a multi-perspective visual novel blending time regression with Avalon-style gameplay. Set in a world where demonic forces invade human territories, ten young maidens gather at an ancient magical site to conduct a five-round ritual aimed at activating a protective barrier.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Visual Novel 26%, Mystery 16.7%, Drama 9.4%, Anime 7.3%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Detective 25%, Crime 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 16.8%, Mystery 13.2%
This classic-style mystery adventure game, inspired by the Famicom Detective Club series and illustrated by Famitsu's legend Kiyokazu Arai, will take you on a suspenseful journey through the beautiful landscapes of Ise-Shima.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Crime 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 11.1%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Crime 17.6%, Thriller 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 10.8%
A mystery adventure where a boy travels back to Edo-period Japan and investigates grotesque murders in Yoshiwara's pleasure quarter. Using a time-loop system, players uncover the truth by replaying events and piecing together clues.
Why similar: Text-Based 22%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Thriller 18.4%, Crime 12.9%, Detective 9.8%
"Red Spider2" is a Hong Kong Noir-themed Visual Novel. There are 6 story routes with the different characters(approximately 200,000 words in total).
Why similar: Assassin 25.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Crime 15.7%, Thriller 15%, Female Protagonist 7.5%
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Crime 18.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Drama 9.6%
2000年，暴雨封锁的奇瑶坞教堂，是只邀请“有罪之人”的命运舞台。主角冼夏涛为追查弟弟死亡的真相只身入局，却跌入敌对组织编织的罗网。这场以性命为筹码的游戏中，精英人士，帮派组织，边缘人群悉数登场，每个人都背负着不可言说的秘密。你必须在成为下一个受害者前，推演出案件的真相和唯一的生路。
Why similar: Detective 24%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Crime 19%, Drama 11.9%, Mystery 10.1%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Text-Based 21.6%, Crime 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 12%
In a place where summer rain falls, some memories refuse to stay buried⸺ Nine students are trapped inside a school. A psychological thriller begins as the sound of rain entangles their past.
Why similar: Thriller 21%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Romance 15.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Mystery 9.1%
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: Text-Based 26.2%, Detective 25.4%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Crime 11.3%
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 36.2%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Thriller 18.1%, Mystery 15.2%, Anime 4.9%
一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀，对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查，并各自提交一份答案。最后，出现了七种截然不同的解答……
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Mystery 15.5%, Thriller 11.9%, Anime 8.2%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Visual Novel 23%, Text-Based 19.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Romance 10.3%
A dramatic visual novel about the search for the meaning of life.
Why similar: Thriller 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Text-Based 20.3%, Romance 15.3%, Anime 8%
The stage is set in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, for the latest installment in this retro mystery series! There, hearts that pass each other by can’t help but grow twisted… Uncover the truth behind a mysterious death with your junior detective, Ken!
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Crime 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Thriller 11.9%, Drama 9.1%
In Alison Fall of the Apple, you play a highly trained military veteran Michael (default name) who has been working as a cop in NYC.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Romance 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Crime 13.2%
A honey-trapping, backstabbing, high-stakes story with a romantic heart, featuring problematic gays to suit a variety of bad tastes. Set in 1920s New York, this episodic visual novel follows an audacious conman juggling friends, enemies, and the most outrageous scam he’s ever tried to pull.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Crime 20%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Romance 16%, Text-Based 11.7%
《湖中天空 ：CAELUM IN LACU》是以RPGMaker引擎制作的解谜冒险向角色扮演类像素俯视角RPG游戏。 玩家将在游戏开始时以“林间浦叶”这一角色的视角进行探索，并在学院内的不断探索中结识几位性格各异的女性，与一部手机中的神秘联系人“赞丹的风车”一起逐步揭开这所学院内发生的秘辛往事。
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Detective 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Thriller 14.9%, Mystery 9.3%
As the summer heat fades, Suoh Shirahane is just one step away from unraveling the mystery of why her beloved Amitie partner left in the spring.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Romance 17.7%, Mystery 12%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
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 26.7%, Text-Based 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Thriller 13.9%, Mystery 8%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 20.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Text-Based 18.1%, Detective 16.5%, Mystery 12.3%
《love letter for Hibiscus》is a visual novel The story tells about GuWanying's dream of writing a romance novel. However, she knows nothing about love, so it's simply a fantasy. so it's simply a fantasy. She deliberately pays attention to the hibiscus cherry blossoms she often sees to get inspiration
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Romance 17.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
Marlon's Mystery will test your skills as an investigator. Join Abby Marlon to solve the riddles in this captivating mystery and hidden object game. Embark on an enigmatic adventure and discover the darkest secrets of the Taylor family.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Text-Based 16.4%, Crime 15.8%, Thriller 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%
After yet another brutal murder in town, you’ve ended amongst the list of prime suspects. The town hungers for justice, for blood - and they want it now. Investigate, interrogate, befriend, betray; do whatever is needed to clean your name, and find the truth, before it’s too late.
Why similar: Assassin 35.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.4%, Detective 15.5%, Crime 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%
Suoh finally uncovers the the truth behind Saint Angraecum Academy in this emotional conclusion to the Flowers visual novel series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Romance 10.4%, Drama 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
Hikari is a female spy who joins an all girls school as a student to discover its secrets… when she suddenly receives the Mark of Virgo, and timeslips 1 year in the past?! By the developers of Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto comes this new yuri title filled with intrigue and drama.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Romance 15.5%, Text-Based 10.6%, Drama 9.3%
Butterfly//Circuit is a cybergothic kinetic visual novel. Unravel the secrets of this character driven psychological thriller and explore the hidden interstices of a darkly (un)ordinary world. When glimmers of hope are snuffed out, the boundary between reality and fiction start to blur.
Why similar: Thriller 20.6%, Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Romance 11%
