- #1 Stellar Reflections
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Badger Can Fly
Windows
Aurelia is a nobody living out her life on a space station orbiting Earth, spending her days working in a junkyard, frequenting a bar, or retreating to her cabin. She will confront a life-altering decision that challenges her perception of the world. Can she change and grow, or is she too far gone?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #2 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
96% matchVery Positive90% of 592 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #3 Ghost of the Quadrangle
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VNhub
Windows · Mac
A choice-driven visual novel set at Blackthorn Academy, where you uncover hidden secrets, shape relationships, and influence rival factions through branching decisions in a dark story of mystery, romance, revenge, and multiple possible outcomes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Story Rich 11.7%, Mystery 11.1%
- #4 ストレイ・メモリア
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ルピナスパレット
Windows
A contemporary juvenile mystery about young boys and girls who grow up confused and troubled, and adults who harbor secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Mystery 23.4%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Story Rich 11.2%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #5 Kemono Friends Opening Day
94% matchVery Positive99% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: snow in the library
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fan visual novel where you join Nana at Japari Park as new caretaker. Fun and food await in adventures with an energetic serval cat and an always hungry fox!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Sci-fi 17%, Anime 10.2%, Drama 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #6 ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH
94% matchMixed67% of 268 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Mystery 18.9%, Story Rich 18.8%, Anime 9.3%
- #7 Escape Everlit
93% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: lantao studio
Windows
A narrative-driven sci-fi mystery. Switch between four playable protagonists trapped in an island mansion to explore, investigate, piece together clues from their mysterious past, and uncover the truth behind their predicament.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #8 アルタイル号の殺人
91% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: orange
Windows
宇宙船を舞台にしたSFミステリーゲーム。 とある基地の残骸を回収したことから、有人宇宙船アルタイル号の中で不可解な事件が巻き起こる。 被害を食い止めるべく宇宙船のマスターAIは、壊れかけのアンドロイド・フレムと共に事件の調査に乗り出す――
Why similar: Sci-fi 21.8%, Mystery 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Space 14.3%, Story Rich 9%
- #9 Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 786 reviews2013
Dev: Dischan Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
From Dischan Media, creators of the highly acclaimed Juniper's Knot, comes Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos.Dysfunctional Systems is a visual novel series featuring Winter Harrison, a student mediator from a utopian world. Learning to Manage Chaos is the first entry in the series.What is a mediator?
Why similar: Visual Novel 49%, Episodic 18.1% ★, Sci-fi 12.6%, Anime 6.7%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #10 Ubel
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Mystery 18.9%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Anime 9%
- #11 Everglow
90% 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 31.6%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Mystery 18%, Story Rich 13%, Female Protagonist 12%
- #12 Town of Illustive
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Works and ideasPub: Creative works and ideas
Windows
A group of students from Falica High School have been dared by their classmate and class president Wade Severstone. Solving the mysteries that spread from generation to generation once and for all.
Why similar: Episodic 21.8% ★, Visual Novel 19.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #13 Horrors of Helmsfirth
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
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: Visual Novel 28%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Mystery 16.9%, Choices Matter 16%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #14 The Paracelsian Project
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 14%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #15 The Far Rings: A Space Opera Visual Novella
87% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: TFR Team - Heiden, aMira, Debbie, and morePub: The Far Rings Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Doctor Athena, a passionate young woman with mixed alien heritage—and the sole survivor of refugee camp ITOH. Three days remain on the trip 'home'—with only the ship's unsettlingly polite Captain Odysseus and the cryptic alien war criminal Chiron for company. But is everything really as it seems?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Mystery 17.8%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Drama 15.1%, Story Rich 12%
- #16 Aurora Adventure: A Sunglade Planet Tale
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminary Games
Windows
As a result of the experiment, the main character of the game, Aurora, is transported through a portal from Earth to an amazing planet called "Sunglade," where it's eternally summer. A planet inhabited by space knights and kings, and even blue raccoons with magical abilities.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Investigation 14%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Mystery 12.6%
- #17 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
86% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Mystery 17.7%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #18 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Mystery 18.3%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #19 Last Signal
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Under Heaven Studios
Windows
Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator visual novel. On a mysterious journey through space, astronaut Adam 'Echo' Winters awakens in an abandoned station with amnesia. He must unravel the secrets of the station, where reality and illusion are intertwined.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Sci-fi 15%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Space 12.9%
- #20 Advent: Dawn
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A research trip turns deadly when seven strangers are trapped in a vast cave beneath a remote island. 『Advent: Dawn』 is a sci-fi mystery visual novel where you must escape through fear, fractured trust, and whispers from the deep. Will you unravel the mystery before the cave unravels you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Mystery 18.1%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #21 Yakuza Cats
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bivium GamesPub: Bivium Games
Windows
Yakuza Cats is a graphic adventure set in a 100% feline Tokyo. This original world mixes Ukiyo-e art with Gen Z aesthetics. It is a coming of age story that puts the player through different ethical choices while tackling themes such as identity and prejudice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Investigation 14.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Drama 11.1%, Story Rich 9%
- #22 Hello Lady! - Complete Edition
82% matchVery Positive86% of 416 reviews2022
Dev: AKATSUKI-WORKSPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's the Dawn of a New Age- The 21st century has brought about its own slew of problems for society at large. Asa result, the most promising youths from around the world have been gathered and enrolled in Amakawa Noble Academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Mystery 20.3%, Drama 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 13%
- #23 Project B-FER: Prime Cut
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Streamcope
Windows · Mac · Linux
You and 4 other people are trapped underground on a moving subway train. What are you willing to do to get out? Will you play by the rules, or break them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #24 The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons
81% matchVery Positive91% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: LaplacianPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
2061, Japan. Mankind has lost the sky, and with it, its connections. All of it was taken away by birds... ...By countless artificial pigeons flying through the sky.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Mystery 20.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Drama 10.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #25 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
81% matchVery Positive82% of 4,723 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Mystery 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Story Rich 11.8%, Sci-fi 11%
- #26 5分間のメイド
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: おんねんちゃんねる
Windows
Rimu has lost her memory and become trapped in a looping phenomenon. Moreover, only a tiny fraction of her memories carry over between loops. Within each five-minute cycle, she must retain only the crucial “memories” while setting the necessary flags. Will Rimu ever regain her memories?
Why similar: Mystery 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #27 山:临界幸存者
79% matchVery Positive92% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
偏远的山村中,正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着,舞动着,一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Mystery 23.4%, Story Rich 15.7%, Anime 11.7%, Adventure 7.4%
- #28 The Sun Shines Over Us
78% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Eternal DreamPub: Soft Source Pte. Ltd.
Windows
An award-winning visual novel that dives into the lives and minds of high school students. While focusing on the stories of victims of bullying, The Sun Shines Over Us also explores the social, mental and emotional issues facing modern teenagers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Story Rich 12.3%, Drama 10.6%
- #29 ISLAND
79% matchVery Positive95% of 1,748 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Anime 10.1%
- #30 A Singular Portrait
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Electric Doll Pub: Electric Doll
Windows · Linux
At what point does a simple desire become an obsession? This is one of the dilemmas faced by Beatrice, a photography student as bitter as reality itself. Within a tangle of unfolding mysteries, she will discover that the most beautiful manifestation of the past holds a chaotic future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Mystery 17.3%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Story Rich 12.4%, Drama 11.8%
- #31 POPULARITY CONTEST
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
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: Visual Novel 23.1%, Mystery 21.4%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #32 Kamilia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
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: Visual Novel 20.7%, Mystery 18.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #33 FRACTURED RED
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: STORY GAMES
Windows
A science fiction visual novel. Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a secret that will change everything. Six researchers. One rift. No one will return the same.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Space 17.8%, Story Rich 11%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #34 The Thing from Nowhere
75% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Equanimity Studios
Windows
Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 16.1%, Sci-fi 14%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #35 </reality>
76% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a withdrawn virtual reality nerd has the opportunity to beta test a neural device that feels more “real” than reality itself, everything she assumed about the nature of existence is thrown into question.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #36 盛夏症候群
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alice Future-JiayePub: Alice Future
Windows
"Summer Syndrome" is a sci-fi mystery visual novel set in the near future. Eerie plane crashes, shadowy organizations operating in the dark, and the increasingly prevalent "Summer Syndrome"... Players will experience a non-linear narrative through chapter-based choices and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Sci-fi 25.1%, Mystery 25%, Story Rich 12.9%
- #37 Return to Shironagasu Island
74% matchVery Positive94% of 3,990 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Mystery 23.4%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Adventure 7.9%, Anime 6.7%
- #38 Satan is an Astronaut
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Demeru Makes Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A woman who suffers from severe delusions wakes in the center of a forest aboard “The BUB,” a proto-generation ship from the mysterious Faust Corporation to a vision of a spirit she grew up with, she quickly learns that not everything is as it seems, and this waking cycle is anything but ordinary.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Space 16%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #39 Across Kiloparsecs
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Mystery 13%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Investigation 10.5%
- #40 Stellar Code
72% matchVery Positive97% of 461 reviews2025
Dev: Fragaria
Windows
Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material. Together with your brilliant sister-in-law, you must unravel a mystery that could determine the fate of Earth. A sci-fi mystery visual novel of discovery and suspense.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Mystery 13.5%, Space 12.4%, Drama 11%
- #41 囚われホテル
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: akamilabPub: none
Mac
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: Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 17.3%, Investigation 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #42 Dead End Aegis: Gaiden
73% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: metalogiqPub: JAST USA
Windows
A squad of magical girls are the Earth's only defense against an alien invasion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Sci-fi 21%, Story Rich 10.3%, Space 9.7%, Drama 9.4%
- #43 Aeon on Mosaic: Anemone 时间碎片:奇迹
72% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Fantasia Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five stories, a life. In an accident, the man named "Miracle" met the girl he hit, and the trajectory of his life has changed since then. Ten years, in the scattered fragments of time, witness together his precious memories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Mystery 20.4%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Drama 11.3%, Anime 8.9%
- #44 After School Cure
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kasabot Games
Windows
In After School Cure (Adventure Game / Visual Novel) play as the spirit Kimiko, and recruit a new member to the spirits living in the school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #45 AI: The Somnium Files
71% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Mystery 20.3%, Story Rich 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Anime 9.4%
- #46 Reflection Link
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Mystery 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Investigation 11.8%
- #47 The Girl Who Wasn't There
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 21.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #48 Reflection
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Rainbow
Windows
In a world where the USSR leads in science and space, Sergei, a student of rocket engineering, loses his parents in the “Zarya” station disaster. Years later, he discovers his university's link to the project and sets out to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Anime 9.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #49 It Came From Above Us
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WatashiWorks™
Windows · Mac
Explore a future Tokyo where cosmic mysteries collide with human fate in the visual novel It Came From Above Us. Follow Rei, a curious high school student, and Mio, an enigmatic scientist, as they uncover a secret that will change humanity forever...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Mystery 18.4%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Space 11.2%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #50 Altered Bloodlines
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Dream Cloud Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
A troubling missing persons case soon snowballs into an investigation of a shadowy criminal enterprise and vast conspiracies that even affect your own family. Will you be able to solve the mystery while protecting those dear to you? Will your fledgling romance survive full knowledge of your past?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Drama 10.3%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #51 The Lyra Signal
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: ESTREA
Windows
The Lyra Signal is a story-driven visual novel focused on narrative and atmosphere. Experience a linear, choice-light journey as you uncover fragments of a personal mystery through dialogue, visuals, and music.
Why similar: Mystery 24.5%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Multiple Endings 17%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #52 CRASH: Autodrive
69% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Nightcap
Windows
When your self-driving Autocab kills a cyclist in this murder mystery visual novel, it's up to you as Emily Knight to talk with fellow passengers and use the clues you find to contradict their lies as you unravel how you ALL could possibly know the victim and have a motive for murder - even the car!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Mystery 16.3%, Investigation 16.2%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #53 Echo
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VisualNovelGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.6%, Mystery 23.2%, Sci-fi 23.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #54 Quantum Suicide
69% 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 19.9%, Mystery 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #55 The Wishing Stone
69% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Nyght Studio
Windows · Mac
A visual novel and point-and-click puzzle adventure game with challenging puzzles, a touching story, and multiple endings. In a world that deviates from reality, it's up to you to discover the truth and Ailsa's forgotten memory. Her fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 16%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #56 Dreamy Golden Snow
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 可食用蓝墨水
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dreamy Golden Snow is a fantasy mystery-themed visual novel that tells a story among high school girls. The story appears in an ordinary high school. After the incident, the protagonist is also affected, and players will guide her through numerous choices to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Mystery 20.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Drama 11.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #57 Life is Strange: Before the Storm
67% matchVery Positive93% of 37,673 reviews2017
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
Why similar: Episodic 28.4% ★, Choices Matter 16.6%, Story Rich 14.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #58 Murder in Crayontopia
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Purple Basil Games
Windows · Linux
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: Visual Novel 19.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Drama 11.4%
- #59 Devil Apartment
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Drama 12.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #60 The Method of Hiding a Body
65% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Mystery 25.5%, Multiple Endings 21.8%, Choices Matter 17%, Drama 16.6%, Story Rich 15.3%