60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Detective, Visual Novel, Investigation.
"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.
Stella: into the Shadow
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
Обо: Шоу Теней
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Psychological 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Dark 9.2%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Investigation 14%, Noir 11.8%, Psychological 10.7%, Romance 10.7%
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 20.3%, Psychological 16.4%, Investigation 13.8%, Romance 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Body found. Two missing. Detective Malinowski hears what others miss. Noir adventure where sound reveals clues and sketches tell the story. A short case you can finish tonight. Start now.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Noir 16.6%, Psychological 12.7%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%
A very special challenge: people. Deal with the darkest parts of our modern day society in a story with elements of a film noir. Don't let the humorous dialogue or the seducing smile of a stranger fool you - your choices decide the fate of Jack Hayes, his partner and every other person!
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Noir 15.6%, Detective 15.5%, Psychological 11.7%, Romance 11.3%
After being cursed to never leave, Ember must eat all of the food she can in order to find the one that will break the curse!
Why similar: Investigation 15.2%, Detective 12.3%, Romance 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Romance 12.2%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dark 11%
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Psychological 17.9%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Romance 9.8%
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 24.4%, Investigation 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological 11.1%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 21.7%, Detective 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Psychological 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
A new mystery arises from the collision of narrative puzzle games and film noir. Investigate a film set full of catty cast and crew in order to deduce and connect their relationships. Debunk or prove those connections using evidence to unravel the mystery of what occurred and who is responsible!
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Noir 14.5%, Investigation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 11%
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 15.7%, Noir 14.9%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%
A branching detective mystery. Evidence never lies. But your interpretation might. Your choices shape the truth— and what you uncover may reflect yourself.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Psychological 17.9%, Investigation 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Modern 9.7%
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 20.2%, Investigation 16%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological 10.4%, Romance 9.2%
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Psychological 13.7%, Dark 8%
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Noir 21.9%, Investigation 21.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 20.3%, Noir 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 21.5%, Noir 20.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover dark secrets beneath her peaceful urban life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 17%, Noir 15.5%, Psychological 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Noir 17.4%, Investigation 15.1%, Romance 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Investigation 16.5%, Psychological 14.3%, Romance 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Noir 9.8%, Dark 8.8%
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 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Investigation 13.6%, Psychological 11.9%, Dark 9.3%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Noir 15.1%, Investigation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological 12.6%
Go ahead and take on this psychological point and click puzzle adventure. Uncover the truth behind Jim’s shady past, his current mental illness and his peerless journey to vanquish a madman!
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Psychological 19.1%, Noir 16.9%, Visual Novel 10%, Dark 8.8%
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: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 18%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Story Rich 8%
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: Detective 24%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Modern 12.9%, Investigation 12%, Noir 10.9%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Investigation 18.3%, Noir 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Romance 11.1%, Dark 9.8%
This is a game where you work as a spy, looking through sexy surveillance photos to identify Red Hat agents. Get close to your boss, get her to send you lewd selfies, & uncover a sexy spy mystery.
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Romance 14.2%, Investigation 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Noir 12.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Romance 11.8%
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 20.4%, Romance 15%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%
Sometimes loneliness pushes us into strange, risky choices. A nightclub that wasn’t here yesterday. Mysterious strangers—each leaving more questions than answers. Just one short night that simply won’t end. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Psychological 24.8%, Noir 23.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 10.9%
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Investigation 16.3%, Romance 16.1%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Investigation 28.1%, Noir 15.1%, Story Rich 10%, Visual Novel 8.7%
A point-and-click mystery game. Search for the truth in 26 days, playing as two different characters, in a town during 1907.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Detective 19.4%, Psychological 17.7%, Investigation 17%, Story Rich 7.8%
In this story-rich detective game, uncover clues through a card-like system to solve a series of bizarre murders. Combine pieces of evidence to build your case against the most likely culprit from within an eclectic cast of unusual characters.
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Investigation 25.6%, Dark 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Story Rich 7.8%
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 28.3%, Investigation 24.3%, Psychological 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 6.5%
Synthetic Dreams: Falling is a science-fiction visual novel about human feelings, friendship, love and memories.
Why similar: Psychological 19.6%, Investigation 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%
A former agent. A past that won't stay buried. Your choices shape Blake Turner's mood and his mood reshapes the story, the world, and even the music itself. A psychological, choice-driven adventure of betrayal, identity, and redemption.
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Detective 17.4%, Noir 16%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
这是一款传统的AVG的文字游戏！讲述的是……青春……校园……您的选择会影响主人公命运，引领这他走若干不同的结局……没有暴力，也没有色情。这关于……爱……友情……亲情的故事！还有……疑惑……不解……和全体通过后的一丝丝的奇怪的感觉。
Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Psychological 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Romance 11.8%, Investigation 11.5%
A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.
Why similar: Noir 18.7%, Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Investigation 20.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Noir 14.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
Become Yoon Seunghyun, a young cadet starting his internship, and face a real, mysterious crime on your very first day.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Psychological 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Romance 14.3%, Investigation 13.9%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Noir 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 10.4%
Awakening in a frigid room with an empty pill bottle, she’s forgotten something vital. Trapped between a monochrome bedroom and distorted dreams, she must face anxiety and depression... Break mental shackles and find the light in this psychological puzzle adventure！
Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Detective 14.3%, Story Rich 9.4%
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological 24.8%, Noir 22.6%, Investigation 19%, Detective 10.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 17.2%, Noir 16%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Psychological 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Romance 10.5%, Dark 10.3%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Romance 14%, Psychological 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
Embody a displaced therapist in a futuristic refugee camp. Discover the life in the camp and share your everyday life alongside people with heavy pasts. Use logic and your therapeutic skills to solve mysteries threatening both your survival and the camp.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Psychological 15.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%
After a crime has occurred within the walls of a university, the main character finds himself in the very epicenter of events. So be patient and put on your knight's armor. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of student life and other people's secrets.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Romance 11.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 24.4%, Noir 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 7.2%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 18%, Noir 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
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 21.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
