- #1 Kisen: Seeker of Aenjan City
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 常磐ほそみ / Tokiwa Hosomi
Windows
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 23.5%, Mystery 20.1%, Hand-drawn 15%, Detective 12.5%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #2 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Mystery 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Story Rich 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #3 The Kuon Island Nursery Rhyme Murders: Case Notes
96% matchMixed59% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka BH1
Windows
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 24.4%, Mystery 19.2%, Detective 13.7%, Text-Based 7%
- #4 //トロイメライ・ノクターン
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: shiori-project
Windows
This is a visual novel about weaving stories in a bookshop that chronicles the unofficial history of the stars. What, in the end, did your choices signify?
Why similar: Cozy 30.2%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Story Rich 13.2%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.6%
- #5 The Seventh Day at the Tsubaki House - Whoever You Accuse Is Guilty
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maru Works
Windows
A Japanese mystery adventure where any of the four could be the killer. Holding the dead man's will, you stay in his estate until the seventh-day memorial. Question the household across 13 locations, but you get only ten moves. Motive, opportunity and proof decide what your accusation is worth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Mystery 20.6%, Detective 12.4%, Cinematic 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #6 探偵Rと預言者J
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NUMBER7
Windows · Mac
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 34.4%, Mystery 26.5%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #7 Night Errand
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lost Lantern Studio
Windows
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 19.9%, Cozy 17.4%, Cinematic 13.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Detective 11.7%
- #8 RDの遠隔推理 | リモート・ディテクティブの遠隔推理
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zakuzakugame
Windows
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 23.9%, Cinematic 22.1%, Detective 14.7%, Adventure 10.4%
- #9 Murder Mystery Stories
91% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Cyblux GamesPub: Cyblux LLC
Windows
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 21.9%, Cinematic 19.5%, Detective 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #10 Sunset Drive
91% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Klapanom Games
Windows
Relaxing, emotional, and short, Sunset Drive is created for quiet gaming sessions. Embark on a narrative road trip where two companions share talks, silences, and choices under fading light. Piece together unspoken emotions via atmospheric detours leading to multiple endings and discover anew.
Why similar: Cozy 26.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #11 Whispers of Gold
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
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 24.4%, Mystery 21.2%, Hand-drawn 17%, Story Rich 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
- #12 In Your Books
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Underhill
Windows
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 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
- #13 Burial of Shortcake
88% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: NANTEDOW
Windows · Mac
"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 25.1%, Mystery 21.4%, Adventure 8.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #14 七星探偵倶楽部~黄金虫たちの帰巣~
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: POTGAMES
Windows
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 19.1%, Mystery 17.2%, Cinematic 15.9%, Detective 11%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #15 Alice49 EP.0『ダイヤモンドとシュークリーム』
87% matchMostly Positive69% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Include0
Windows
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 31.1%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Text-Based 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Detective 10%
- #16 Sticker Mirage
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Play as Sticker Line, a 711 emergency call center worker. He lives his quiet life until strange and unfortunate events begin to occur, and he might be somehow connected. Discover the truth behind Sticker's quiet life in this dreamcore-style visual novel with horror elements.
Why similar: Cozy 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 16.3%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #17 Guilt Trip
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
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 28.6%, Mystery 20.2%, Detective 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Story Rich 11%
- #18 谁偷了我的女朋友
85% matchVery Positive95% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: 86岁按时吃饭
Windows
----------------------快跑!!!
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Mystery 30.6%, Hand-drawn 29.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #19 Beacon Pines
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,519 reviews2022
Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 32.1%, Visual Novel 25%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
- #20 わたしをそとにつれてって
82% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 鬼火書天
Windows
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 35.7%, Mystery 28.4%, Text-Based 15.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
- #21 Everglow
84% matchVery Positive93% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: 7CoreLoops
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 36%, Mystery 21.8%, Story Rich 16.3%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #22 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
82% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: KingsAvalon Studio
Windows
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 13%, Cinematic 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
- #23 Orient on the Murder Express
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Connor Atkins
Windows · Mac
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 25.8%, Mystery 22%, Detective 19.4%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #24 Ending the Happy Route
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Mystery 21.2%, Cinematic 19.2%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #25 Best Served Cold
80% matchVery Positive88% of 747 reviews2025
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
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 26%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Detective 13.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
- #26 White Cat Town Mystery
81% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Creative Games
Windows · Mac
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 25.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 15.5%, Detective 8.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #27 Planet of Lana II
78% matchVery Positive93% of 1,069 reviews2026
Dev: WishfullyPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 28.2%, Cinematic 23.7%, Mystery 14.6%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #28 GEARS STORY
79% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: KITTYPOOL
Windows
A mechanic and a prisoner's extraordinary tale. A simple novel game with minigames.
Why similar: Cinematic 40.1%, Visual Novel 35%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D 2.4%
- #29 The Lost Shepherd
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shear Luck Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 45.7%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Story Rich 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Adventure 5.8%
- #30 Where Birds Sleep
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quiet Little Feet
Windows · Linux
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 18.7%, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Detective 10%
- #31 MonstrousPark+
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio OCTMOON
Windows
A workplace ensemble visual novel about sixteen cast members — monsters — working at a small amusement park that opens only at night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Cinematic 23.2%, Mystery 22.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Adventure 8.3%
- #32 诡宅祭坛
75% matchVery Positive95% of 207 reviews2026
Dev: 花点未来工作室
Windows
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 28.3%, Mystery 21.4%, Story Rich 9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #33 Itachi: Haunted Abodes Wandering Through 2000s Tokyo Culture
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: room6
Windows
Itachi: Haunted Abodes is a paranormal suspense adventure that has you wandering through 2000s Tokyo's subculture scenes!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Mystery 17.6%, Story Rich 13%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
- #34 Crimson Frontier: Youth
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hanuman Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 35.8%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Text-Based 18.1%, Story Rich 14.1%, Adventure 7.2%
- #35 Opi Popi
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ぐらたんP
Windows
A short adventure about the quiet hours before sleep. Touch the things in your room in any order you like. What you notice before drowsiness takes over decides how the story ends. Hand-drawn art, voiced by Natsuki Nako, about 30 minutes. Includes a word-shuffling sleep aid tool.
Why similar: Cozy 35.4%, Visual Novel 32.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Adventure 6.3%
- #36 山:临界幸存者
75% matchVery Positive92% of 651 reviews2022
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 43.2%, Mystery 27.3%, Story Rich 19%, Adventure 9.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #37 Lost in Loss
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Soroka Games
Windows · Linux
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 31.1%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Detective 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%
- #38 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 29.4%, Cinematic 20.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Adventure 8.8%
- #39 The Beresford family
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
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 32%, Mystery 21.8%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Story Rich 9%, Detective 7.9%
- #40 Dark Auction
73% matchMixed66% of 226 reviews2026
Dev: IzanagiGames
Windows
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 37.7%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Story Rich 15.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
- #41 ライヒェは街灯の下で
73% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: しゃちクマず
Windows
"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 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Adventure 9.8%
- #42 Red Experience
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Clusion Games
Windows · Mac
A multi-ending 2D adventure where choices and repetition change the characters’ fates as you overcome varied minigames, expose contradictions in debates, and uncover the truth behind a deadly game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Hand-drawn 22.2%, Mystery 17.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #43 Kamilia
71% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
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 22.8%, Mystery 21.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Detective 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
- #44 No Murders in Grimwick
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bee and Boo Games
Windows
Investigate a murder at Grimwick’s harvest festival in this hand-drawn point-and-click mystery. Question suspicious locals, collect clues, use items, and uncover the truth behind a town that insists there was no murder.
Why similar: Cozy 26.8%, Mystery 19%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Detective 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
- #45 Tron: Identity
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 293 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
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 23.8%, Mystery 19.3%, Detective 14%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #46 Rice & Rest
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Squirreled Away Games
Windows
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 26.9%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Story Rich 12.7%
- #47 She sings, but she's not a skylark, not even a nightingale.
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: F0.94
Windows
「We prove our void――」
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.8%, Mystery 25.3%, Text-Based 11%, Adventure 9.4%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #48 AIXIN: Goddess' Love
69% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: 7th Ascension
Windows
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 26%, Cinematic 23.1%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #49 Heal Hitler
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 234 reviews2021
Dev: Jon Aegis
Windows
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 28.2%, Mystery 18.6%, Text-Based 14.8%, Detective 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
- #50 ストレイ・メモリア
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ルピナスパレット
Windows
A contemporary juvenile mystery about young boys and girls who grow up confused and troubled, and adults who harbor secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Mystery 31.6%, Story Rich 15.6%, Adventure 9.6%, 2D 2.8%
- #51 NAIRI: Rising Tide
68% matchVery Positive100% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: HomeBearStudio
Windows
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 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #52 Forever Time
68% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Forever Time
Windows · Mac
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 47.1%, Visual Novel 40.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #53 NAIRI: Tower of Shirin
69% matchVery Positive84% of 550 reviews2018
Dev: HomeBearStudio
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 20.4%, Cozy 17.7%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #54 Effidolum
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JlooPub: Sub:06
Windows
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 27.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Cinematic 13.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%
- #55 Suhoshin
68% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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 23.6%, Mystery 19.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #56 Miracle Detective
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: TAKA's factory
Windows · Mac
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 31.8%, Mystery 26.8%, Detective 15.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 6%
- #57 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
67% matchVery Positive95% of 511 reviews2021
Dev: PoeticPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Story Rich 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Detective 10%
- #58 Aviary Attorney
69% matchVery Positive95% of 2,281 reviews2015
Dev: Sketchy Logic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 34.5%, Mystery 20.8%, Detective 17.9%, Story Rich 11.7%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
- #59 Weeping Amber Prologue
67% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Splintercat Studio
Windows
Among the willow branches, a city of mushrooms passes another quiet night. Something is ending, something else beginning.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Mystery 26%, Hand-drawn 25.7%, Story Rich 6.9%, Adventure 6.4%
- #60 偽人鳥ゲーム -ニセペンギンゲーム-
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 灰田おゆ
Windows
A certain streamer's fan meeting. Ten men and women are trapped on a luxury cruise ship. And the nightmare 'death game' begins—Collect notes through investigation, use deduction and voting to 'catch the shark'! A mid-length mystery ADV where bad endings are unavoidable.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Mystery 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 7.3%