60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Story Rich, Psychological Horror, Interactive Fiction.
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Town of Dusk
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Ezrebeth
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.
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Thriller 15.8%, Detective 15.3%, Mystery 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Thriller 13.5%, 1990's 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Detective 13.9%, Thriller 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Thriller 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13%, Detective 12.5%, Cinematic 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Mystery 9%
You'll grow from a helpless viral victim to an all-powerful god of public opinion. When you finally hold power and beauty, facing this world that feeds on human suffering, will you become a cog in the viral machine, or the blade that cuts through the rules? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Thriller 14.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Cinematic 9%
In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.
Why similar: Thriller 16.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%, 1990's 9.2%
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 14.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Thriller 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
The MeiQi Series is an episodic mystery game. This collection contains all of Season2/3/4 and 5,which will be released in 2020,and a special episode. In total there are 25 chapters.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Thriller 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 10%, 1990's 8.7%
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Mystery 12%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore Joe's house and psyche after his accident, solve clues while trying to escape the house, and attempt to uncover the underlying issue behind Joe's mental state.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Thriller 10.8%, 1990's 10.6%, Cinematic 9.9%
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 16.9%, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Mystery 16%, Investigation 12%, Thriller 10.9%, Visual Novel 7.8%
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Thriller 19.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Detective 13.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, 1990's 9.1%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Thriller 16.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Investigation 8.1%
Lingering Shadow is a psychological horror puzzle game set in a 2000s small town. On her birthday, Lanlan returns home to find her father missing. To find him, she must navigate eerie streets and piece together nostalgic yet unsettling memories to uncover a dark truth.
Why similar: 1990's 14.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Thriller 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑，根据匿名信件中的拓片线索，深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村，这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事，并在村庄中展开调查，你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Detective 15%, Thriller 12.8%, Lore-Rich 10%, Mystery 8.6%, Visual Novel 7.9%
What's hidden in an ordinary toy? Is it possible to bring the dead back to life? Find answers to these questions using your wits, knowledge of the paranormal phenomena, and your special equipment – a magic camera! Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Thriller 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 8.2%, Visual Novel 8.2%
Nightmere is a detective-mystery game with psychological horror elements fused into it. Set in 1991, you play as Amelia, a young private investigator who reluctantly takes on a missing persons case in the small, quiet town of Nightmere – and finds something much darker.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Cinematic 9.8%, 1990's 8.2%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
A single-player Chinese folk horror RPG puzzle game. As a photographer, you venture into mysterious places with two paranormal vloggers. Explore scenes, gather clues and reveal hidden truths through environmental interaction. Full playthrough takes 2 to 5 hours.
Why similar: Mystery 18.8%, Thriller 18.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Thriller 17.9%, Mystery 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Thriller 15.5%, 1990's 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Investigation 9.4%
A narrative-driven thriller about missing people, stagnant towns, and the fact that even if you love someone, you can't always see the good sides of them when push comes to shove.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Mystery 15.7%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Investigation 8.3%
The Mystery of Misty Mount is a 2D mystery puzzle-adventure game. In order to save his father who has turned into a parrot, players take on the role of Wang Di and go into Misty Mount to uncover the truth of an accident that occurred fifteen years ago.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Mystery 14.5%, 1990's 14%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
In 1995, Detective Richard Moore turned in his badge, abandoning the only case he couldn't solve — A string of disappearances in town, culminating in the loss of his wife. Ten years later, an impossible lead drags him back. After all... Nothing stays buried forever in WILLOW RIDGE.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, 1990's 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Detective 11.3%, Point & Click 8.8%
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 12%, Thriller 8.4%
A 90s Hong Kong public housing block hides twisted tenants, buried truths, and ghosts. As security guard Lee Shing, your choices shape the story and unlock multiple endings. A mystery full of foreshadowing—some truths can only be uncovered through repeated playthroughs.
Why similar: 1990's 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Thriller 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%
A mystery comedy visual novel game told strictly through the eyes of a news anchor. Learn about the city of Brookside, report the news as best you can, and guide the citizens toward a happy ending.
Why similar: Thriller 15.4%, 1990's 15.4%, Investigation 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 13.7%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Lore-Rich 8.3%
Investigate a cold case by living it. Step into the final delivery of a night-shift rider, experience his report firsthand, then return to your desk and decide: close the case, or leave it open?
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Investigation 9.5%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Sound Agent is a narrative puzzle game where you solve cold cases by listening. Use the sound device to rewind to crime scenes, listen to the sounds at the scene, and uncover truths hidden in plain sound.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Thriller 19.3%, Mystery 15.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
An aging encrypted terminal. A past deliberately erased. Follow the guidance, solve puzzles one by one, and close in on a buried truth. Who used this computer before you? What happened to them? And now, it is your turn.
Why similar: 1990's 13.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Investigation 11%, Detective 10.6%, Puzzle 8.7%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, 1990's 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Mystery 10.5%, Investigation 10.3%
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: Detective 19%, Thriller 14.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Investigation 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
As a weird 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 19%, Mystery 11%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Investigation 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
One night, Lyu Xuan woke up soaked in blood, a mysterious black hole in the palm of her hand, and millions pouring out of that hole, like an unstoppable fountain of wealth. Still in shock, She has to evade the monsters that rushed to her and her new riches. A strange story begins in a gloomy city…
Why similar: Detective 13.9%, Thriller 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Cinematic 10.1%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
《轮回路》是一款中式恐怖悬疑剧情解谜游戏。为了祭奠发小，在一个阴雨连绵的日子，许静怡踏上了漫长的归乡之途。然而意想不到的是，在荒凉萧瑟的故土等待许静怡的，并非只是简单的追忆之旅，而是与本应离世的发小的惊悚重逢。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Mystery 15.1%, Thriller 13.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Horror 8.8%
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 16.4%, Detective 13.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Thriller 12.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Cinematic 9.7%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Thriller 12.6%, Investigation 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Thriller 14.2%, Detective 13.2%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Thriller 17%, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
Run a 199X bookshop by mail. Every order tells you what someone plans to do. Your only move is what you put in the box.
Why similar: 1990's 18.3%, Thriller 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
Children have been vanishing while playing with the brand new Room2Room handheld gaming system. You have been contracted to monitor playtest sessions, document any unwanted quirks, and help young testers play safely.
Why similar: 1990's 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Thriller 16.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Investigation 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Mystery 17.2%, 1990's 11.4%, Investigation 11.4%, Puzzle 10.4%
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 20%, Thriller 14.4%, Mystery 11.6%, 1990's 10.3%, Investigation 9.4%
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Thriller 14.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
A Memory Maze Spanning Life and Death: A Tender Web of Salvation and Deception Follow protagonist Ye Yuyao into the Tai Xu. Through fragmented memories and relentless inquiry, unravel the hidden truth behind an anonymous organ donor in this haunting interplay of light and shadow.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Thriller 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Mystery 8.4%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Investigation 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
A surreal point-and-click escape room mystery. Henry Grudge returns after seven years of being kidnapped, covered in blood and with no memories. Solve cryptic puzzles, search for hidden items, and uncover the dark truth. Who is he?
Why similar: Detective 13.7%, Thriller 13.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
This collection is the latest collection of the MeiQi Series, which will include the S09E06 and the 10thSeason.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Thriller 15.4%, 1990's 14.4%, Mystery 11%, Investigation 9.1%
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Thriller 13.4%, 1990's 13.2%, Cinematic 12.6%, Mystery 12.2%
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is a 3D horror adventure game, with the direction and the original script by Ruggero Deodato. Take control of different characters in a desperate expedition to the virgin jungles of Borneo.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Thriller 15.6%, 1990's 11%, Mystery 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Detective 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪，销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息，将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄，还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索，怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Thriller 19.6%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
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 23.2%, Mystery 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Investigation 11.5%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
