60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Detective.
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Kamilia
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.
The Testing Chamber
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
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: Detective 15.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13%
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Investigation 11.7%, Demons 7.9%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Demons 8.4%
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 22.1%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%
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 23.4%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
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 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Investigation 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12%
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 22.1%, Investigation 15.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
1988, New England. Your father vanished after leaving for a new family. As a rookie FBI agent you search his remote house, falling for the temptations of your stepmother and her two daughters. An adult visual novel of mystery, romance and supernatural dread, where every choice shapes the truth.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Investigation 11.7%, Mystery 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: Detective 17.2%, Investigation 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Mystery 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Detective 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Investigation 12%, Choices Matter 11.4%
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: Mystery 16.7%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Detective 9%
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 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 11.2%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Detective 22.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Investigation 8.6%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Demons 11.6%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Investigation 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Mystery 11.5%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Investigation 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%
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: Detective 23.3%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Mystery 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
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 22.4%, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Choices Matter 9%
Unravel the mystery of the King's sudden death... Claim your right for the throne. Try to stay alive as long as possible. Will you take the risk? The story for those who are brave enough to dive in a dark story and are able to think reasonably.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Mystery 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Medieval 10.4%
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 26.7%, Investigation 18.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Mystery 9.8%
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
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 25.3%, Investigation 18.7%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.7%
Interrogate villagers, uncover their secrets, and decide who will burn before sunset.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 20.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Medieval 7.8%
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 26.2%, Mystery 19.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
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: Choices Matter 23.4%, Mystery 19.7%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Detective 14.2%
Life is easier when you're a small creature on a farm. Everything is decided for you, and your fate is written out until the very end. Sounds like a fairy tale... or maybe a nightmare? Enjoy the peaceful times. You'll never leave it, because you're safe here... Or are you?
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Multiple Endings 15%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
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: Detective 26.5%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Mystery 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%
A retro office mystery about tech support, deadlines, and a floor that doesn't exist. It's 2001, and you're the L1 helpdesk tech at a corporation running on an OS from another era. Close tickets against the clock. Mind your tone. Don't ask about Floor 7.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Mystery 16.5%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Simulation 9.7%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 15.9%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 14.5%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Choices Matter 15%, Investigation 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Investigation 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.5%
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 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Investigation 12.2%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Investigation 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Investigation 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Mystery 21.6%, Investigation 20.8%, Detective 18.5%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Mystery 15%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Investigation 22%, Mystery 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Simulation 7.8%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Mystery 14.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Detective 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Investigation 12.1%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 21.1%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Mystery 11.8%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Detective 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Multiple Endings 13%
Mystery adventure where no one dies. Use your “ability to see too much” to uncover an inconvenient truth.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Mystery 21.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
After the city was shrouded with nightmares, you’ve been assigned to dive into this psychological survival-horror adventure to uncover the strange phenomenon that were affiliated to a certain science-tech corporation and bring them to justice.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 15%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.6%, Multiple Endings 20.3%, Mystery 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Visual Novel 9%
Marit returns to her father’s research facility expecting answers, only to uncover files he meant to share when she was “ready.” They reveal the truth: she wasn’t just his daughter — she was his project.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 26%, Mystery 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Story Rich 8.1%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 11.2%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.1%, Detective 26.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
Online RPG that dies when played. Uncover the secret behind the game and its truth.
Why similar: Detective 40.7%, Mystery 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Story Rich 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 27%, Mystery 15.3%, Investigation 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
I follow his shadow in the pale dull sky.... Eight years ago, the Kibukawa Detective Agency, another great detective.
Why similar: Detective 40.7%, Mystery 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Story Rich 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
The year is 1999. The end of the century is a whirlwind of ominous prophecies and incidents. What is the purpose of the "Eigo-kai," an unidentified organization involved...
Why similar: Detective 40.7%, Mystery 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Story Rich 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
