60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Mystery, Adventure, Story Rich.
After class, small problems drift into the library—harmless at first glance, yet hiding secrets and lies. You see the clues, hear every voice, and turn the page yourself as each case unravels. A bittersweet mystery adventure that blends the experience of reading with the feeling of watching a drama.
Kisen: Seeker of Aenjan City
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.
Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
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: Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 20.2%, Hand-drawn 15%, Detective 12.5%, Story Rich 11.3%
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Mystery 22.2%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Story Rich 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.8%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Mystery 19.3%, Detective 13.7%, Text-Based 7.1%
Night Errand is a 2D detective adventure where you play as Sage & Nur, an unlikely detective duo solving murder and mixing coffee in the quiet town Morrowpines. Collect clues, piece together contrasting perspectives, uncover the truth — and don't forget to mix a cup of coffee while you're at it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Cozy 19.2%, Cinematic 13.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Detective 11.5%
Gather evidence and uncover the truth through your interactions with others in this mystery adventure game about a case where past and present collide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Mystery 26.7%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
In Your Books is a short adventure game where you play the granddaughter of a bookseller. After her disappearance you'll have to take the place of your grandmother. Recommend books, learn to know the locals, solve secret mechanisms and discover where she left.
Why similar: Cozy 25%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
Takemaru Abiko, creator of “Banshee's Last Cry,” the landmark mystery game that sold over 1 million copies, will release A brand-new game based on “Armchair Detective”. Search through in-game apps and Rescue YOUR sister, Hikari Takizawa, who has suddenly gone missing in Nagano Prefecture.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Mystery 24.1%, Cinematic 22.1%, Detective 14.7%, Adventure 10.2%
Murder Mystery Stories is a digital detective game featuring 4 unique murder cases. Examine evidence, interrogate witnesses, and uncover the truth. Each case challenges your logic and observation skills in a gripping interactive experience.
Why similar: Mystery 22%, Cinematic 19.5%, Detective 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Story Rich 11.1%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Cozy 34.9%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
The Lost Shepherd is a cozy, narrative adventure game about escapism in the face of major world conflict. Journey through a shepherd’s dreams to gather sheep, discover lost artifacts, and find forgotten friends.
Why similar: Cozy 48.8%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Adventure 5.4%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Mystery 21.3%, Hand-drawn 17%, Story Rich 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
"The Burial of Shortcake" is an unpredictable story. It is a new visual novel with characters which are created/designed by voice actor Nozomi Sasaki, whose "expressiveness" shines throughout her career as a performer.
Why similar: Cinematic 26.1%, Visual Novel 25%, Mystery 21.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Story Rich 8.2%
A clickable adventure game reminiscent of detective adventure games of the '80s and '90s. The story follows the main character, a young detective, as he meets a series of unique characters and works to solve a case.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 17.3%, Cinematic 15.8%, Detective 11%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Cozy 28.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Detective 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Story Rich 10.3%
As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.
Why similar: Cozy 30.8%, Cinematic 22.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Mystery 31.3%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Detective 10%
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: Visual Novel 28.4%, Mystery 20.4%, Detective 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Story Rich 10.9%
White Cat Town Mystery is a visual novel/adventure game about an anthropomorphic cat named Lumi. Help him explore atmospheric and magical town, meet old friends again, make hard choices, and go through supernatural challenges. What you choose decides the fate of the town—and Lumi himself!
Why similar: Cozy 28.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%, Detective 8.6%
----------------------快跑！！！
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Mystery 30.7%, Hand-drawn 29.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Welcome to the strangest case of your career, detective: characters have forgotten who they are! In this cozy hidden object adventure, find items tied to memories and restore lost identities — uncover the truth behind the loss.
Why similar: Cozy 33.8%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Detective 10.1%, Mystery 9.9%
Experience the story of Glow, a young and naive furry heroine caught between two empires' interplanetary ambitions, forged in tragedy and conspiracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Mystery 22%, Story Rich 16.3%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Adventure 6.7%
Explore a sealed classroom and work together with a mysterious girl to escape. As the story unfolds, it gradually begins to seep into reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.5%, Mystery 28.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
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: Visual Novel 25.6%, Mystery 22.1%, Detective 19.5%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Story Rich 11.9%
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Mystery 21.4%, Cinematic 19.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Story Rich 10.7%
A mechanic and a prisoner's extraordinary tale. A simple novel game with minigames.
Why similar: Cinematic 40.2%, Visual Novel 35%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 7.3%, 2D 2.4%
Don't control. Influence. Shape Cormo's mind with every choice as he embarks on a gruelling mission to chart a mysterious island shrouded in mind-bending fog. Put your persuasion skills to the test and direct his fate with every word, but beware; he can reject your choices.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.6%, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Detective 10%
Rice & Rest is a cozy narrative game where running a food truck leads to unexpected friendships. Cook meals and chat with quirky, heartfelt, and weird characters in a modern-fantasy city. Stuck far from home, you’ll soon find that food has a way of bringing people together.
Why similar: Cozy 29.4%, Visual Novel 21%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Story Rich 12.2%
A cast wrap party brings nine people together in a mountain villa. What was meant to be a night of celebration for the production's end quietly ushers in the curtain‑rise of a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Cinematic 40.5%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Mystery 21.6%, Story Rich 9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
This is a visual novel about the future, where every choice shapes the protagonist's character. Follow the path from youth to adulthood, play as a scoundrel or a champion of justice, fall in love, and create your own unique story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Hand-drawn 20%, Text-Based 18.2%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 7.1%
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Mystery 21.9%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Detective 8%
Spend a week in Tokyo to get some great photos for your feed. Learn the latest fashion trends, make friends, and take the perfect pictures to rack up likes on Street Snaps.
Why similar: Cozy 80.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%
You are the new night librarian at Ashwood. Shelve the impossible returns, answer notes left by a patron who appears in no register, and piece together what the library remembers. A short, atmospheric mystery told over five nights and twenty-two puzzles.
Why similar: Cozy 49.5%, Mystery 23.2%, Detective 12.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Atmospheric 5%
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Mystery 27.6%, Story Rich 18.9%, Adventure 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
A hand-drawn adventure blending visual novel storytelling with point-and-click puzzles. Explore the corrupt oasis city of Shirin as an apocalyptic prophecy looms. Meet unforgettable characters, craft solutions with your Tool Belt, and unravel intricate puzzle-dungeons.
Why similar: Cozy 25.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 10.7%
Noah lives with his eccentric father, who’s obsessed with Dictator X. When he joins a strange auction at a castle, he must work to solve mysteries hidden in the exhibits and uncover his father’s secrets. Risk everything to win—but what truth awaits? Story by Rika Suzuki!
Why similar: Mystery 37.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Story Rich 15%, Adventure 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
"Under the Streetlights of the Reiche" is an omnibus-style adventure game. Experience one man's last day in the town. A good man who is well-liked by those around him loses his job and is forced to leave the town he has lived in for a long time.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 21%, Story Rich 19.1%, Mystery 19%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Adventure 9.7%
A hand-drawn adventure blending visual novel storytelling with point-and-click puzzles. Explore a vibrant yet dangerous oasis city where humans and animals live side by side. Meet unforgettable characters, trade and combine quirky items, and solve challenging puzzle-dungeons filled with mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Cozy 19.5%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Mystery 15.2%, Story Rich 11.4%
Every guest has a story that needs to be told, and your job is to give them what they need to tell it. At The Nexus Hotel, the guests pay in stories, not cash. Just who hired you for this job you didn't apply for, and what secrets is this hotel hiding. Journey to countless worlds at The Nexus Hotel.
Why similar: Cozy 45%, Visual Novel 31.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 2.3%
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Cinematic 20.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Text-Based 10.3%, Adventure 8.7%
Red Experience is a multi-ending 2D Adventure Death Game where choices dictate fate. Amnesiac 'Sooyeon Hong' must participate in a brutal game. Uncover the mystery behind the death game to find the truth. Only your decisions can save her and reveal the full reality. Choose wisely!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Hand-drawn 22.2%, Mystery 17.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Text-Based 8.1%
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: Visual Novel 22.7%, Mystery 21.6%, Story Rich 13.2%, Detective 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Cozy 27%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Mystery 14%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
「We prove our void――」
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.6%, Mystery 25.5%, Text-Based 11.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Atmospheric 5.8%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Mystery 18.7%, Text-Based 14.9%, Detective 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Cinematic 23%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 10.7%
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: Visual Novel 23.7%, Mystery 19.4%, Detective 14.1%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Story Rich 9.3%
A contemporary juvenile mystery about young boys and girls who grow up confused and troubled, and adults who harbor secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.6%, Mystery 31.8%, Story Rich 15.6%, Adventure 9.4%, 2D 2.8%
I wish this moment could be forever. Yuto Habu, the hero with nothing to show for it, met the camera-toting heroine He meets the heroine, Nazuna Fukamachi, who has a camera, on a bridge with a beautiful view by chance.
Why similar: Cinematic 47.2%, Visual Novel 40.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
India ’89 is a story based cooking game, where you are a 10 year old from the UK experiencing a small village in India in 1989. You cook various dishes as a street food vendor in different locations. Explore the joy of village life, family and cooking.
Why similar: Cozy 36.6%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Cinematic 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Story Rich 5.4%
Blowhard is a leaf-blowing adventure, set in a cozy English village. Take on the role of Francis - a man with a loud leaf blower and a nose for trouble. Blow your way through a countryside mystery. Solve puzzles, clear autumn leaves, and annoy the locals.
Why similar: Cozy 46.1%, Mystery 17.8%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 6%
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: Visual Novel 34.4%, Mystery 21.1%, Detective 17.7%, Story Rich 11.7%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
It was a fake — that's exactly why I could love it. Fifteen days of Rei's summer vacation. A first-person "seeing" narrative adventure. Fully voiced (JP/EN/ZH). Playtime: 3+ hours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Mystery 15.4%, Cinematic 13.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
A high school detective story where an unlikely duo tackles mysterious incidents on campus. Solve strange cases with logic and courage in this suspenseful visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Mystery 26.9%, Detective 15.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 5.9%
Among the willow branches, a city of mushrooms passes another quiet night. Something is ending, something else beginning.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Mystery 26.2%, Hand-drawn 25.7%, Story Rich 6.8%, Adventure 6.3%
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: Visual Novel 23.5%, Mystery 19.3%, Story Rich 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Text-Based 9.1%
--Is that determination really your own will? An adolescent perversion adventure presented by creators who all started their challenges from scratch! This game will be a simple text adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Mystery 18.7%, Cinematic 17.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 8.9%
Arrive in Hawaii and begin an adventure filled with new friendships, colorful characters, and classic Sudoku. Experience illustrated visual novel scenes, solve puzzles, and enjoy Hawaii with the girls.
Why similar: Cozy 47.2%, Visual Novel 32.7%, Adventure 6.6%, Story Rich 5.5%, Text-Based 5.3%
At what point does a simple desire become an obsession? This is one of the dilemmas faced by Beatrice, a photography student as bitter as reality itself. Within a tangle of unfolding mysteries, she will discover that the most beautiful manifestation of the past holds a chaotic future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Hand-drawn 25%, Mystery 20.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Why similar: Cinematic 24.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Detective 9.9%
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: Mystery 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Detective 13.1%, Hand-drawn 13%
