60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Detective, Story Rich, Psychological.
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!
Kayotica
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?
Corridors of Their Memories
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.
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 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Investigation 9%
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 24.2%, Psychological 17.7%, Investigation 16%, Thriller 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%
"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 20.3%, Psychological 16.4%, Investigation 13.8%, Romance 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 12.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 20.1%, Psychological 14.4%, Thriller 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
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 19.1%, Psychological 16.6%, Investigation 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Thriller 8%
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 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Dark 7.3%
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 26.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological 14.9%, Thriller 14.2%, Mystery 11.2%
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 15.1%, Psychological 10.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Mystery 8.4%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological 11.1%, Dark 9.7%, Thriller 9.7%
A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.
Why similar: Thriller 17.5%, Detective 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 10.9%, Mystery 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 19.8%, Investigation 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological 9.8%, Romance 8.5%
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 22.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Psychological 13.5%, Thriller 11.4%, Mystery 9.4%
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 23.7%, Thriller 16%, Investigation 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 8.2%
Explore atmospheric Parisian locations, collect clues, combine items, crack ciphers and solve dozens of brain-teasing puzzles and mini-games to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Psychological 12.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Thriller 11%
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 18%, Detective 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Investigation 15.3%, Mystery 9.1%
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: Thriller 17%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Romance 15.3%, Investigation 12.6%
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 21.9%, Thriller 21%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 15.2%, Female Protagonist 5.4%
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 20.4%, Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Dark 11.4%
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 24.9%, Psychological 16.3%, Investigation 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 9.7%
At Mystery Academy, training detectives is routine. Dealing with a vampire? Not so much. As mysterious deaths begin to surface, questions begins to arise: is it all just pure coincidence? And who can you trust when danger might be right beside you?
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Psychological 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dark 12%, Romance 11.7%
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 10.4%, Thriller 10.3%, Mystery 9%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Text-Based 9.4%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
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 24%, Psychological 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
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 21.3%, Thriller 17.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark 8.7%
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 21%, Psychological 17.3%, Investigation 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Thriller 14%, Mystery 8.4%, Investigation 7.9%
Power, control, and corruption shape every decision. After one impulsive mistake, Laura becomes entangled with a man who can erase problems — but every choice pulls her deeper.
Why similar: Psychological 19.1%, Thriller 16%, Visual Novel 14%, Dark 11.1%, Romance 8.5%
Made for people who love Hallmark movies — and people who love to hate them. A totally normal love story in a perfectly ordinary small town, where nothing weird ever happens…or so you’re told.
Why similar: Thriller 22.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Romance 20.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Investigation 11.4%, Thriller 10%, Dark 10%
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 20.4%, Investigation 15.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
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 20.7%, Thriller 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Investigation 10.6%, Psychological 9.1%
Do you love me now?
Why similar: Psychological 34.8%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 13.7%, Story Rich 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%
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 25.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Thriller 12%, Psychological 11.5%, Mystery 8.2%
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%, Detective 16%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
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 29%, Investigation 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Thriller 8.9%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Psychological 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Mystery 8.6%
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 27.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Thriller 12.5%, Investigation 9.3%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Thriller 17.2%, Psychological 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 11.6%, Dark 10.7%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Thriller 16.8%, Investigation 14.9%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Hand-drawn 6.7%
“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 21.3%, Investigation 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%
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 23.4%, Investigation 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark 9.7%, Mystery 8.8%
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 25%, Investigation 16.7%, Mystery 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Text-Based 10.3%
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 22.5%, Thriller 16%, Psychological 15.9%, Investigation 13.7%, Dark 7.7%
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Detective 21.6%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological 12%, Story Rich 8.9%
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 33.4%, Investigation 20.7%, Dark 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Story Rich 6.1%
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 22.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Thriller 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark 9.2%
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 26%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Investigation 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 8.1%
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Why similar: Psychological 19.8%, Thriller 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Detective 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%
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: Investigation 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Thriller 16.6%, Detective 14.8%, Mystery 10%
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 26.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Dark 8.2%
Void’s Ballad is a dark investigative adventure through the biggest human fear: Death.
Why similar: Psychological 15%, Investigation 14%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Thriller 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
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 22.2%, Thriller 18.6%, Psychological 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dark 8.7%
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Thriller 15.8%, Detective 13%, Mystery 9.6%
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 24.5%, Investigation 16.8%, Romance 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Thriller 10%
A FULLY ENGLISH-VOICED otome mystery visual novel set in a fog-shrouded coastal town. Work as a waitress at an exclusive supper club, romance four men hiding dangerous secrets, and uncover the truth buried beneath. Every choice you make shapes your path and where it ends.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Romance 14.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Plunge into the depths of sanity and Lovecraftian lore in this Eldritch Horror Dating Visual Novel. Will you find love or madness?
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Psychological 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Truth is not singular. Gather the evidence, build your own scenario, and experience the outcome.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Psychological 17.2%, Investigation 16.5%, Thriller 14.2%, Mystery 8.9%
You'll witness unprecedentedly chilling events as you try to uncover the dark secrets lurking within a cursed mansion alongside Alexia. This village has never returned any of its visitors. Will you be able to escape the clutches of this cursed village?
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Thriller 21.1%, Psychological 14.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Dark 7.3%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Thriller 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Dark 12%
