60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Detective, Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure.
A branching detective mystery. Evidence never lies. But your interpretation might. Your choices shape the truth— and what you uncover may reflect yourself.
悪人悪華 - AKUNIN-AKKA -
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.
The Apple Tree
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!
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 16.1%, Psychological 12.8%, Modern 10.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
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 19.2%, Psychological 16.5%, Investigation 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Thriller 8%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Text-Based 10.3%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 16.1%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Modern 21.9%, Detective 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 10.2%, Text-Based 9.6%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Psychological 18%, Investigation 17.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Thriller 8.5%
「現実と区別のつかない幻覚を見せる能力」を手に入れた高校生・拓海。復讐のために使い始めた力は、やがて彼自身の運命を大きく変えていく。選択によって結末が変化する心理サスペンスビジュアルノベル。
Why similar: Psychological 21.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 12.3%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Psychological 15.4%, Investigation 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%
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: Detective 19.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Mystery 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Psychological 10.3%
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Investigation 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 7.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.8%
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: Detective 24.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 15.9%, Psychological 14.9%, Thriller 8.5%
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Psychological 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Investigation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.3%
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Conversation 13.6% ★, Investigation 12.5%
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 23.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』！
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 11.4%, Detective 10.7%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Psychological 17.9%, Investigation 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Modern 9.7%
Enter the burned crime scene and restore 8 cases from the past. The crime scene photos and records have been charred black, but as a cold case investigator, your deduction and forensic skills can reveal what happened. Search by keyword, reconstruct the sequence of events, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Mystery 15.9%, Investigation 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 13.6%
You wake up locked up in an unknown place with 8 strangers. Who are these people ? Why are you here ? You have a bad feeling. But suddenly, the phone rings, and it's up to you : Will you dare answer and go deeper in this mysterious plot ? Will you reveal the horrible truth... and survive it ?
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 18.4%, Psychological 13.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Detective 12.9%, Thriller 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9%
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
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: Detective 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 11.2%, Psychological 11.1%
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Lovecraftian 11.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Investigation 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
A Werewolf game-style social deduction adventure where you play as the landlord of an apartment and try to uncover the Yokai hiding among your residents. Not just a mystery adventure, this is a heart-warming tale of character growth.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Psychological 17%, Modern 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 12.6%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Psychological 15.4%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 20.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 12%, Text-Based 9.1%
White room. White light. A white table. And only white intentions. A story that always ends before it begins. But one day the circle will be broken. All you have to do is realise...
Why similar: Modern 17.5%, Psychological 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 11.5%
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Conversation 22.1% ★, Detective 18.3%, Psychological 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 11.3%
Uncover the truth behind an idol's disappearance, weeks before her debut. Whispers of the Luminaries is a narrative-driven game that blends a classic detective story with the dark side of the idol entertainment industry.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Text-Based 10.2%
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11%, Modern 10.3%, Psychological 10.1%
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Psychological 17.7%, Text-Based 10.8%, Mystery 10%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Lovecraftian 15.5%, Investigation 14%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 11.3%
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 21.6%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Thriller 9.6%
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 22.8%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Psychological 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 13.9%, Detective 13.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Investigation 10.5%, Text-Based 10.4%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Investigation 9.5%, Mystery 7.1%
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: Investigation 22.4%, Detective 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Text-Based 10.1%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Investigation 16.2%, Psychological 11.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Investigation 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Mystery 8.2%
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Mystery 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Detective 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Detective 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
No choices but deduction. No game over. No multiple endings. A mystery "novel" adventure you can play with the same focus as reading a detective novel. Defy the sun with twenty-six bullets—even if the revolution of the heavenly spheres cannot be stopped.
Why similar: Modern 18.9%, Detective 18.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Mystery 13.1%
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Modern 21.3%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.1%, Psychological 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 10.7%
瓔珞事件簿系列遊戲是一系列以私人偵探拍擋瓔．珞為主角的推理解謎遊戲 你將會與兩位充滿火花的偵探, 一同破解一個又一個離奇案件!
Why similar: Detective 20%, Modern 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Text-Based 7.7%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Visual Novel 21%, Mystery 15.1%, Investigation 14.1%, Anime 7.6%
【一夜限りの騙し合いADV】 殺された女性のふりをして豪華客船での同窓会に潜入して"嘘"を武器に事件を解決する。
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Mystery 21.5%, Female Protagonist 15%, Visual Novel 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%
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 26.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Investigation 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Text-Based 11.4%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Investigation 14.9%, Detective 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 11.7%
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: Detective 26.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 14.2%, Modern 11.4%, Text-Based 9.6%
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 23.4%, Investigation 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Modern 19.1%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%
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: Visual Novel 13%, Modern 12.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Thriller 10.9%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Psychological 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%
Let's keep it simple. Detective arrives to Bucarest. Missing guest in a small hotel. And hawaian pizza. If you want to know how those things blend together... Just press the start button.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Modern 12.5%, Text-Based 12.2%
