- #1 ANONYMOUS;CODE
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 525 reviews2023
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Hack Into God
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Anime 21.9%, Investigation 20.4%, Adventure 18%, Story Rich 2.2%
- #2 OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,275 reviews2021
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Space 19.1%, Anime 18.9%, Sci-fi 12.6%, 2D 7%
- #3 Himawari - The Sunflower -
96% matchVery Positive91% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: blank-note & FrontwingPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
What begins as a slice-of-life romantic comedy will prove to be a sci-fi tale full of character drama, mysteries, and tragedy. This coming-of-age visual novel is a story about life, mistakes, pursuing your dreams, and finding your place in the universe.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Space 19%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Anime 16.7%, Cute 10.9%
- #4 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
94% matchVery Positive88% of 502 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Space 24.5%, Investigation 23.2%, Sci-fi 21.2%, Futuristic 18.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #5 Fallen Seeds
93% matchVery Positive87% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: KPDPub: Monkey Rave Production
Windows
As Evod, a special agent of the Earth Empire, you embark on a thrilling adventure to the enigmatic planet of Ulthar, inhabited by the zoomorphic tribe of the Flock, a biotechnological extraterrestrial civilization. Your mission is to unravel an ancient mystery that holds the key to your destiny.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Romance 18.1%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Space 14.6%, Mystery 10.3%
- #6 √Letter - Root Letter -
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 578 reviews2017
Dev: DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Romance 11.4%, Anime 11.1%
- #7 Sisters: Last Day of Summer
92% matchVery Positive85% of 416 reviews2024
Dev: JellyfishPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A fully-animated visual novel about a boy who wakes up in an unknown house with two beautiful sisters, their mother, and an unspoken truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Romance 15.1%, Anime 13.6%, Mystery 11.2%
- #8 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
91% matchVery Positive91% of 920 reviews2025
Dev: Space Colony StudiosPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Space 14.8%, Anime 12.2%
- #9 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
91% matchVery Positive87% of 288 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 21.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Investigation 13.5%, Anime 12.8%
- #10 RGB GlitchGazer
90% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Anime 13.3%, Mystery 12%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #11 SHUTEN ORDER
89% matchVery Positive81% of 732 reviews2025
Dev: Neilo Inc.Pub: EXNOA LLC
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"168 remaining until the end of the world..." Humanity is approaching its end. A sudden dismemberment murder of the leader of a religious nation that advocates an apocalyptic ideology... Five adventure games are combined into one, centered around a suspenseful story full of mystery and intrigue.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Anime 14.6%, Romance 12.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Mystery 11%
- #12 Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,035 reviews2023
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Mystery 22.8%, Anime 21.7%, Text-Based 11%, Adventure 9.5%
- #13 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
86% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Mystery 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Adventure 9.4%, 2D 8.1%
- #14 BURIED STARS
88% matchVery Positive84% of 2,174 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 15%, Anime 12.9%
- #15 The Shell Part I: Inferno
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,368 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Romance 17.1%, Mystery 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Anime 9.2%
- #16 Sister's Curriculum
85% matchVery Positive98% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: WAZAZAK
Windows
The Story of Tutoring Top 1% Repeat Students Sisters
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Drama 16.5%, Anime 11.8%, Romance 10.1%
- #17 Prominence
87% matchVery Positive85% of 155 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Media Workshop
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.3%, Space 21%, Investigation 17.7%, Adventure 17.6%, Mystery 16.4%
- #18 Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows Refrain
84% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Liar-softPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the meaning of memories in this mysterious fairytale where fantasy and reality intertwine. The story unfolds from the perspectives of two women: one who travels in the ruins of Engine City New York, and one who finds herself in an underground world with an eldritch, violet sky.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Romance 13.8%, Anime 13.5%, Mystery 13%
- #19 SEXSTELLAR
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: Carnality INCPub: Taboo Tales 💘
Windows · Mac · Linux
SEXSTELLAR: An adult visual novel where passion, doubt, and mystery collide. Stranded on a space station with the alluring Cassiopeia, you must survive, uncover secrets, and face the truth—one of you isn’t human. Can you trust yourself in this steamy sci-fi thriller?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Space 18.9%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Futuristic 13.5%
- #20 MAELSTROM LEGACY: The Tesla Mystery
82% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Wistfulware
Windows · Mac
The Tesla Mystery is a puzzle-driven adventure game. Join the journey of investigation in a Paris infused with steampunk and Art Nouveau styles. Nikola Tesla, mastermind behind the Science Conference, has vanished under mysterious circumstances. Now, and uncover the truth hidden in the city...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 13%, Anime 11.8%
- #21 Snowfall's Mystery
81% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.6%, Romance 28.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, 2D 12.9%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #22 LumineNight
81% matchVery Positive89% of 510 reviews2024
Dev: Spickasoft
Windows
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Mystery 20.8%, Anime 18.7%, Investigation 14.3%, Adventure 11%
- #23 The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition
79% matchVery Positive97% of 179 reviews2026
Dev: Cetacity
Windows
Two girls must travel to the Moon's core after it has been thrown out of orbit. A PC98 inspired visual novel about fear of the unknown and people in love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Space 20.8%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Anime 10.8%, Mystery 9.2%
- #24 Blossoms Bloom Brightest
83% matchMixed69% of 211 reviews2017
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
A sci-fi, yuri visual novel with a dollop of mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Romance 18.5%, Anime 14.8%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Adventure 9%
- #25 Quantum Suicide
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Cotton Candy Cyanide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Romance 14.3%, Mystery 13.9%, Anime 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #26 Inverted Angel
78% matchVery Positive91% of 566 reviews2024
Dev: SCIKA
Windows · Mac
A girl visited your home, who you don't know but she identified herself as your girlfriend. She seems a little bit Menhera, but she knows too much to be just a stalker. This is a Kawaii Future Mystery, you will answer by free input for branching story. Please Try to find out true identity of her.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Anime 10.9%, Cute 10.7%, Romance 9.9%
- #27 ステータス確認探偵
78% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: 風切羽
Windows
Check the suspect's status and solve the mystery! A status-checking mystery ADV in which a rookie detective takes on difficult cases that take place in a fantasy world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Investigation 9.4%
- #28 OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
80% matchVery Positive87% of 1,683 reviews2016
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Space 21%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Anime 11.6%, Mystery 10.5%
- #29 ENIGMA:
79% matchVery Positive95% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: UzumeyaPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Enigma is an atmospheric, full-length visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.1%, Anime 20.8%, Adventure 16.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Cute 8.2%
- #30 Andromeda Six
76% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Romance 25.7%, Cute 15%, 2D 9.1%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #31 Code Romantic
77% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: prettysmart games
Windows · Mac
Code Romantic is a computer science puzzle visual novel wrapped in a science fiction love story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Romance 29.6%, Logic 15.9%, Cute 13.6%, Story Rich 3%
- #32 Stellar Dream - Part 1
74% matchVery Positive88% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Winterlook Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a journey to find a new home for humanity. Forge relationships with women aboard the ship and aliens on exotic planets in this Adults-Only Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Romance 16.7%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Space 11.5%
- #33 Times and Galaxy
75% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Copychaser GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Space 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Investigation 12.3%
- #34 Trinoline All Ages Version
76% matchVery Positive89% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Anime 15%, Romance 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Sci-fi 11%
- #35 Date Warp
77% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Romance 16.8%, Mystery 15%, Anime 13.6%
- #36 The Murder Hotel
73% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Mystery 16.9%, Anime 15.4%, Romance 9.2%, Logic 7.9%
- #37 no signal
73% matchVery Positive99% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Space 24.2%, Sci-fi 19%, Mystery 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Futuristic 12.2%
- #38 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
71% matchVery Positive93% of 332 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
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: Visual Novel 26.3%, Mystery 17%, Romance 15.3%, Drama 13.8%, Logic 9.2%
- #39 Second Stellar
71% matchVery Positive99% of 297 reviews2025
Dev: Pepperlog
Windows
Join the enigmatic Starfarers as they traverse the cosmos in this unique dual-character action roguelite, unraveling the mysteries of their galaxy and beyond in pursuit of the Voyager.
Why similar: Space 40.6%, Anime 35.3%, 2D 21%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #40 Complex Loop
74% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Visual Novel 19.9%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Anime 13.3%, Sci-fi 13.2%
- #41 Krystopia: A Puzzle Journey
75% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Antler Interactive
Windows
Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.
Why similar: Sci-fi 29.5%, Mystery 28.3%, Space 23.1%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 1%
- #42 Monospaced Lovers
72% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Scarlet String Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monospaced Lovers is an exploration-driven platformer about closeness and distance. Journey through a metafictional, fantasy-filled land and find the truth of your fragile world before it disintegrates.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.9%, Romance 21.1%, Anime 19.2%, Cute 12.7%, Mystery 8.9%
- #43 Lover's Enigma
70% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows · Mac
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Romance 18.7%, Anime 17.2%, 2D 6.6%
- #44 Heaven's Vault
72% matchVery Positive84% of 2,425 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Mystery 21.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Space 11%
- #45 Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery
71% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2021
Dev: Will-o-Works
Windows
Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery is a danmaku-detective game that combines point-and-click style deduction with high octane bullet hell gameplay. Find evidence, interrogate suspects, and refute contradictions to solve the case!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Investigation 17.3%, Anime 15.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Cute 11.1%
- #46 Starlight Drifter
73% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Create your own character and explore the universe in this sci-fi space game allowing you to choose where to explore and what to do, where your decisions will affect the universe and the ending you experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Space 20.4%, Cute 10.7%, 2D 6.4%
- #47 LunarLux
69% matchVery Positive95% of 432 reviews2023
Dev: CosmicNobab GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Experience a sci-fi action-adventure RPG on the Moon in the year 30XX! Join Bella in a story of science, truth, justice, and trust, as she travels the silver globe to find a way to save humanity from Comet Coda! It's time to unleash your Lux!
Why similar: Space 25.9%, Anime 23.6%, Sci-fi 23.1%, 2D 7.3%, Adventure 6.8%
- #48 Flower in Us
67% matchVery Positive94% of 420 reviews2025
Dev: ChalkseagullPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Flower in Us is a short, story-driven mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Drama 21.2%, Investigation 20%, Mystery 13.3%, Anime 9.6%
- #49 Rose Academy
68% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: KK Studio
Windows · Mac
A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Romance 18.3%, Anime 15.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #50 Neoproxima
68% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Lonestone Studio
Windows
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Sci-fi 21.1%, Mystery 19.1%, Investigation 17.7%, Space 16%, Visual Novel 11%
- #51 Everglow
69% matchVery Positive93% of 104 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 39.1%, Sci-fi 21.2%, Mystery 17.6%, Adventure 11.8%, 2D 6.4%
- #52 Elroy and the Aliens
66% matchVery Positive97% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Motiviti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.6%, Investigation 23.5%, Mystery 21.4%, Adventure 11.9%, Anime 9.1%
- #53 Sierra Ops - Space Strategy Visual Novel
69% matchVery Positive88% of 378 reviews2020
Dev: Innomen TeamPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Woefully ill-prepared, play as Captain Fahrenheit as they uncover long-lost secrets new and old, while fighting in an impossible war between Earth and Mars.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Anime 14.4%, 2D 7.1%
- #54 Static of Eve –凝滯聖夜–
68% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2022
Dev: Mystery clock
Windows
扮演偵探溫特前往多年前發生案件的宅邸,遭遇各種事件並解開謎題,還原故事的全部真相。
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Drama 19%, Anime 11.8%, Mystery 8.9%
- #55 vivid/stasis
64% matchVery Positive94% of 3,589 reviews2025
Dev: Team VividstasisPub: Hajimeli
Windows
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Anime 16.6%, Cute 13.7%, Adventure 7.8%
- #56 Scar of the Doll
70% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Child-DreamPub: KOMODO
Windows
Scar of the Doll is a beloved '90s visual novel remastered for Steam. Asumi goes to Tokyo to search for her only sister whom she has mysteriously not heard from for months. With an intelligent and unpredictable story, uncover a frightening truth in this thrilling suspense mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.8%, Adventure 24.3%, Mystery 22.6%, Story Rich 2.5%, Indie 1.8%
- #57 Dreambound
66% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Romance 18.1%, Mystery 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Anime 16.1%
- #58 Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel
67% matchVery Positive89% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Wraiith303Pub: IF THEN ELSE Interactive Fiction
Windows
Infinite Stars is a visual novel filled with romance, mystery & roleplaying elements where you choose how the adventure unfolds. Establish your character & personality through the hundreds of choices presented in this interactive fiction inspired by stories like Dune, The Expanse & Mass Effect.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.7%, Visual Novel 31%, Romance 20.2%, 2D 8.1%, Story Rich 2%
- #59 CODE: PANDORA
67% matchMixed68% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Towndarktales
Windows · Linux
In the remotest galaxy, in the dystopian Medusa nebula, the colonies lose contact with the empire. After discovering that the source of the interference is the mysterious planet Pandora, the techno-magi send Sergeant Dripley to restore communication with the empire.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, Space 13.7%, Anime 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.9%