60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Investigation, Story Rich, Detective.
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.
I'd Like to Know More About You
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.
There’s No Way the Dating Sim Heroine I Liked Could Be a Murderer...?!
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
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: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Thriller 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Investigation 10.7%, Mystery 10.2%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Investigation 17.1%, Detective 16%, Mystery 13.9%, Thriller 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Crime 14%, Investigation 13.7%, Detective 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Thriller 14.7%, Crime 14.2%, Detective 13.5%, Investigation 10.7%
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 14.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Thriller 10.8%
Campanillas, 1963. A stranger leaves you a ruined house and a district hiding its disappearances. You don't solve a crime: you learn to read a place. Weigh every account —Trust, Doubt, Dismiss. Andalusian rural horror.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 12.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 11.3%
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: Thriller 16%, Detective 15%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 10.7%
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Investigation 16.1%, Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 10.7%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Thriller 17.6%, Crime 14.8%, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Detective 18.1%, Crime 15.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 11.6%
Passionate murders. Ripped out hearts. And something crawling within the walls. Find clues, gather the evidence and connect the dots in this point and click detective thriller game. Solve each murder and uncover the horror linking them all..
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Thriller 12.6%, Crime 12.2%
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Crime 13.7%, Investigation 13.3%, Detective 13%, Thriller 13%
1년 전, 여중생 한 명이 흔적도 없이 사라진다. 그녀의 흔적을 찾기 위해 사건의 담당 형사는 여중생의 동급생이었던 6명의 학생을 심문하게 되는데...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Detective 11.9%, Thriller 11.4%, Crime 8.5%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Detective 7.4%
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Detective 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Crime 13.8%, Investigation 12.3%
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Detective 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Crime 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 11.2%, Detective 11.2%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Crime 15.1%, Mystery 12.7%
A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Detective 18.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Crime 8.9%, Thriller 8.4%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Thriller 14.6%, Detective 14.6%, Investigation 14%, Crime 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Crime 16.1%, Detective 15.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 12.5%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 18.1%, Crime 12.6%, Mystery 11.2%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Investigation 10.3%
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 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Thriller 16.4%, Mystery 13%, Detective 9%
A British detective has vanished in Kyoto. Step into Detective Bennett's shoes and uncover a mystery that reaches far beyond the Yakuza.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Crime 16.3%, Detective 15.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 8.9%
A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.
Why similar: Investigation 19.5%, Detective 19.3%, Thriller 17.5%, Crime 16.5%, Mystery 12.4%
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Thriller 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Detective 11.9%, Investigation 11.4%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 13.9%
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Investigation 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Mystery 13.9%, Detective 13.1%
Miles McDaniel, a police officer, is sent to the Darkvale Motel to investigate the troubling disappearance of a resident. What begins as a routine case quickly descends into a far darker and more terrifying story.
Why similar: Investigation 20%, Crime 18.3%, Thriller 15.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 9.6%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Crime 18.1%, Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 12.4%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Detective 19.7%, Crime 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 13.5%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Investigation 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Thriller 10.1%, Mystery 7.5%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Thriller 16.9%, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Crime 12.4%
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: Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 13.2%, Crime 12.8%, Mystery 10.6%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 21%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Crime 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Mystery 12.6%
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 19.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Text-Based 10.6%
10 EPISODES. 8 HOURS+ OF GAMEPLAY. HUMOR, CHOICES, MULTIPLE ENDINGS. PROFILING, INTERROGATIONS AND INVESTIGATION. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans: search scenes, interrogate and profile suspects. Make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Thriller 12.6%, Detective 12.5%, Crime 12.4%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Investigation 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Crime 10.6%
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: Investigation 17.2%, Crime 15.7%, Detective 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Text-Based 9%
Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.
Why similar: Investigation 16.3%, Thriller 15.8%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Mystery 12%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Thriller 17.4%, Investigation 15.4%, Detective 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Seoul, 2035. A first-person noir text adventure. Step into the shoes of Park Eunkyul, an investigator who verifies what no one else wants verified. Read the scene, question the witness, follow erased traces — and watch every certainty you started with quietly fall apart.
Why similar: Thriller 21%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 12.2%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Detective 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 11.3%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Detective 15.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Crime 13.2%, Investigation 13.1%
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Crime 14.9%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Detective 15.5%, Thriller 14.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Crime 14.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Detective 17%, Mystery 14.2%, Dark 7.7%
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Crime 12%, Thriller 11.9%, Mystery 11.5%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Detective 15.8%, Crime 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 14.6%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Detective 14.2%, Thriller 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Crime 11.8%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Detective 17.2%, Crime 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Thriller 19.5%, Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 12.7%
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: Investigation 23%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Crime 14.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Detective 12.1%
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Thriller 16%, Mystery 15.4%, Simulation 8%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Detective 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 12.6%
