- #1 吾光笔记
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
你在一栋被完全封锁的公寓里觉醒,但是除了自己的化名以外对自己的过去一无所知。神秘的幕后黑手逼迫这所公寓里所有人自相残杀,而你以及这所公寓乃至整个世界真正的真相是什么?
Why similar: Word Game 38.7%, Detective 21.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Puzzle 11.3%, Investigation 11%
- #2 Cthulhu Round Table 克苏鲁圆桌
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiangsu Guangyu Software Studio
Windows
This Lovecraftian psychological horror text game puts you as an Observer spared by the Round Table. You randomly possess one of ten unknown mortals per round. Deduce your host and three Old Ones' emissaries via dialogue, clues and table talks.
Why similar: Word Game 40.1%, Detective 17.6%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #3 我的一个多重人格朋友
96% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Word Game 27.1%, Detective 17.9%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 7.1%
- #4 往事:戒网瘾治抑郁
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 卷心菜
Windows
《往事:戒网瘾治抑郁》是一款沉浸式叙事驱动型文字冒险游戏。玩家将扮演一名被强制送入“戒网瘾学校”的青少年,在一个以“治疗”为名的压抑系统中被洗脑的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 42.3%, Immersive Sim 28.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Multiple Endings 4.5%
- #5 CaseCracker3
94% matchVery Positive87% of 418 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Word Game 29.5%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Detective 15.1%, Text-Based 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #6 Hang Out
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 屎大力与屎黛拉Pub: Shitari&Shitella Studio
Windows
Hang Out is a visual novel with multiple gameplay elements. You awaken in a bizarre town ruled by the “Sea of the Sky,” guided by a familiar yet unreadable figure. As residents mutate and factions clash, you uncover buried memories and a truth meant to stay forgotten
Why similar: Word Game 27.6%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Detective 12.7%, Text-Based 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #7 Nodes Escape
93% matchVery Positive85% of 551 reviews2023
Dev: 夜喵
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The game presents realistic game graphics through sound effects, narration and imagination. The level design is subtle and challenging, allowing players to challenge their intelligence and logic skills in solving puzzles.
Why similar: Word Game 49.4%, Detective 17.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Mystery 3.8%
- #8 No Crime
92% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: 豆包工作室Pub: 豆包工作室
Windows
The story takes place in South East Asia. Start from a drug case, follow private detective Sui Feng to discover a mysterious complexion full of conspiracy, overcome his intermittent amnesia, and avenge for his love…Can you find out the real culprit through fragments of memories?
Why similar: Word Game 37.9%, Immersive Sim 23.1%, Detective 10.8%, Text-Based 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #9 Tell Me Everything
91% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Word Game 36.8%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 11.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Mystery 6.6%
- #10 流言侦探
91% matchVery Positive82% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异,烧脑,悬疑推理剧情游戏,在游戏的体验中,玩家自主找出线索,并利用线索,和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法,玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者,玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相,找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Word Game 47.1%, Detective 16.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Horror 7.4%, Mystery 7.1%
- #11 After Lights Out
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POQI STUDIO
Windows
After Lights Out is a first person psychological horror game. Players will explore a terrifying house that keeps changing in the dark. Use the lights to solve the puzzles and uncover the hidden truth in the room.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Horror 13.3%, Puzzle 10%
- #12 田游族谱
88% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Silent Coder Studio
Windows
《田游族谱》是一款简洁的族谱树解谜游戏。故事发生在虚构的福建沿海城市田游,围绕一个家族展开。玩家将扮演探索者,通过社交链追踪与线索搜集,按图索骥,逐步拼凑出家族成员的真实信息,最终点亮族谱树上的每一个节点。
Why similar: Word Game 42.2%, Detective 22.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Text-Based 9.5%, Investigation 8.8%
- #13 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
87% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 28.2%, Detective 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Text-Based 11.1%, Horror 7.9%
- #14 Detective Super Star
89% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Ourhsow Games
Windows
Join the famous Detective Doyle to solve a series of murder cases in this captivating hidden object, adventure game.
Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Detective 18.7%, Immersive Sim 16%, Puzzle 8.4%, Mystery 7.4%
- #15 诡雅异俗
86% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: iGame
Windows
NodeGame,原版游戏名为:脱出ゲーム | Nodes,由岩崎、はとむね开发,并在日本举办的GAMEJAM上首次亮相。 诡雅异俗,出自。原意为:与雅正相悖与长俗相违,也指异端邪说。 之所以选定这个名字,是因为我感觉他更有神秘感,也代表了很强的创作能力!!
Why similar: Word Game 35.1%, Immersive Sim 17.6%, Detective 16.9%, Text-Based 14.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #16 Myths of Rules
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,043 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Word Game 44.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Investigation 9.2%, Horror 7%
- #17 小夜怪奇物语
85% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: 漠然旅者
Windows
本游戏是一款呈现方式新颖的对话小说类文字游戏,具有百合与微恐怖要素。 游戏将根据你的选择具有不同的走向。 感受贴贴与恐怖交织的美妙体验吧!
Why similar: Word Game 38.6%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Text-Based 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 8.8%
- #18 鬼轉身
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 33.1%, Detective 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 12.2%, Mystery 8.4%
- #19 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 41%, Detective 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, Investigation 6.7%
- #20 蟲
82% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: SeaCube Studio
Windows
“你醒啦?快起来,一起迎接新世纪!” 显示屏上闪烁的异常痕迹,突然出现在桌面又突然变异死亡的“小虫子”,主动弹出的错误日志,梦回千禧年的网站,探求千年虫的真相……
Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.1%, Word Game 25%, Text-Based 14.2%, Detective 10.6%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #21 折镜(prism.im)
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hilltop Interactive Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
《折镜(prism.im)》是一款独具创新玩法的反乌托邦题材文字解密类游戏。在那一瞬间,平行宇宙的通道被打开,痴迷于在此记录自己的“我”,许多年来都与这款软件有着千丝万缕的联系。玩家代入软件中的“我”,一个普普通通的人,发掘自己及一切相关的故事,解决心中纠葛。除此之外,更多软件背后的庞大世界观下的故事,都交给你来探索。
Why similar: Word Game 48.7%, Immersive Sim 22.5%, Puzzle 10.6%, Text-Based 8.5%, Multiple Endings 4.1%
- #22 Dark Notes
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Dark Notes is a dark suspense puzzle game . You will play as the two protagonists, traveling through time and space to explore the secrets hidden in Happiness Mall!a secret concerning both protagonists surfaces... ...Anything can be a perfect fairytale as long as you believe it.
Why similar: Word Game 42.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Mystery 8%
- #23 Rail of Möbius
81% matchVery Positive95% of 493 reviews2021
Dev: PHOSEPO
Windows
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Word Game 31.1%, Detective 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 8.8%, Investigation 8.3%
- #24 The Butterfly Collector
79% matchVery Positive88% of 951 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Word Game 51.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 12.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Story Rich 3.4%
- #25 Turlock Holmes
78% matchVery Positive80% of 982 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Word Game 37.9%, Detective 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Mystery 7.8%
- #26 Glyph Guesser
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Paul SpoonerPub: Tryop
Windows
Guess the random sequence of glyphs with optional hints and alternate symbol sets.
Why similar: Word Game 56.6%, Text-Based 21%, Puzzle 15.3%, Retro 4.5%, Indie 2%
- #27 THE 8IGHT
78% matchPositive81% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: KJAE GAMES
Windows
Max, who suffers from schizophrenia due to childhood trauma, decides to break free from the endless torment of hallucinations and delusions.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.8%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 19.2%, Puzzle 12.8%, Indie 6.1%
- #28 My Wet Leto Comic
80% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Fusen Studio
Windows
一个欢乐气氛的悬疑文字冒险类游戏。你将不断在十位不同身份的角色间切换视点来推进故事的发展并达成各种各样的结局。这是由一个个平凡而又独特的个人故事所拼出的新的物语,或许里面也有着你的故事……?
Why similar: Word Game 40.2%, Text-Based 10.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, Investigation 9%, Detective 7.6%
- #29 Night Patrol Rules
76% matchVery Positive100% of 245 reviews2025
Dev: Te.Sa
Windows
Virtual group - PLAVE doujin game, set against the backdrop of winter school ghost stories. Experience the Night Patrol Rules of the Seven Mysteries through the eyes of all five band members, uncovering the unsettling truth hidden behind the mystery through your investigation and choices.
Why similar: Word Game 59.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Mystery 6.8%, Adventure 2.6%
- #30 The Uncovering
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ashcade Studio
Windows
In a modern city's daily life, become detective Xiquan, interview suspects face-to-face, catch cracks in their words, use evidence to shatter composure. Shift between viewpoints, gather fragments, trace connections, peel away twisted lies and fixations—until the truth surfaces.
Why similar: Word Game 33.7%, Detective 25.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #31 DEAR SUSPECT
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
Windows
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Word Game 30.7%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 11.1%, Text-Based 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #32 Bride into the Cave
75% matchMostly Negative39% of 232 reviews2024
Dev: Flower_Official
Windows
Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.
Why similar: Word Game 27.5%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 13.2%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #33 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
74% matchVery Positive93% of 993 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Word Game 34.2%, Detective 15.1%, Text-Based 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 8.6%
- #34 CaseCracker2
72% matchVery Positive91% of 823 reviews2024
Dev: BlackRobePub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
Why similar: Word Game 33%, Immersive Sim 19.5%, Detective 16.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Mystery 6.7%
- #35 墨心:波云诡船
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,395 reviews2020
Dev: 1001 Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Word Game 23.8%, Immersive Sim 20.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #36 Coincidence
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Softcatstudio
Windows
《阴阳错》是一款发生在中国本土题材民俗恐怖悬疑解谜游戏。故事发生在香港,一位意外失去生命的民间道士与一位丢失配枪的女刑警成为搭档。破解红磡五人连环杀人案,并找到丢失的配枪和肉身,随着受害者数量增加,调查的深入,案件的真相却变得扑朔迷离……一个丢失配枪的女警、一个意外死亡的半仙,一个嫁为人妻的女子,一场有关成仙的阴谋,正慢慢浮出水面。
Why similar: Word Game 41.5%, Detective 15.7%, Puzzle 11%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 7.1%
- #37 Paper Bride
73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,291 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Word Game 28.8%, Detective 19.8%, Horror 12.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #38 CaseCracker
72% matchVery Positive89% of 3,456 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Word Game 33.5%, Detective 17.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #39 Tales of the Mirror
73% matchMixed55% of 265 reviews2021
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Tales of the Mirror is a landscape-mode visual novel game created by Cotton Games. As a player, you solve a series of mysteries in the mid and late Ming Dynasty, in the south of Yangtze River.
Why similar: Word Game 48.2%, Detective 14.4%, Puzzle 11%, Text-Based 9%, Mystery 6.1%
- #40 《道格拉斯警督的日记》
71% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 日食网络 solar eclipse studioPub: 日食网络
Windows
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: Word Game 31.4%, Detective 17.3%, Text-Based 10.1%, Investigation 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #41 One-Time Trigger
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ruren studio
Windows
Observe seven patients. Identify the one anomaly. Shoot to survive. You have only one bullet and no room for error.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 16.2%, Puzzle 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #42 Tape Detective
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renewal Art Studio
Windows
Tape Detective is a text-based mystery puzzle game. Collect dialogue fragments on cassette tapes and replay them to challenge witness testimonies, uncover the truth behind a mysterious cold case, and track down every suspect.
Why similar: Word Game 29.5%, Detective 22.5%, Investigation 13%, Puzzle 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #43 Dragon Maiden: Blossoms of the Past
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: 不兼容性工作室Pub: 2P Games
Windows
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Word Game 38.2%, Detective 16.8%, Puzzle 11.5%, Mystery 11%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #44 AI探案集
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Zane Studio
Windows
《AI Detective Collection》 combines the AI large language model to create a detective deciphering game. Players will be integrated into the deduction story, using AI assistants to deeply investigate clues, examine evidence, and uncover the truth behind the case through logical thinking and deduction.
Why similar: Word Game 40.8%, Detective 18.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Mystery 7.9%, Investigation 7%
- #45 LakeLady
68% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Word Game 33%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Text-Based 13.1%, Horror 11%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #46 看事
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 42.5%, Text-Based 15.8%, Detective 10.6%, Horror 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #47 File Tricks
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows
"File Tricks" is a visual novel with puzzle solve. It is not only a test of logical thinking and observation, but also a reasoning feast full of suspense and reversal. You need to investigate the crime scene, collect evidence, confront the people involved and finally solve the case.
Why similar: Word Game 54.4%, Detective 22%, Puzzle 9.7%, Investigation 4.5%, Story Rich 4%
- #48 宫廷理发师
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 闭嘴!理发Pub: /
Windows
You are the court barber. The wedding of the human princess and the orc king is imminent. Your task is to cut, perm, and dye for the guests, but it also includes... saving the princess and changing the fate of humanity? Snipping down everything they say and recombining it—destiny is defined by you!
Why similar: Word Game 37.9%, Immersive Sim 23.4%, Detective 16.3%, Puzzle 8.3%, Text-Based 7%
- #49 人生记事簿:Life Memoirs
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 悦文Yuewen
Windows
A choice-driven text game about living an ordinary life in modern China. Shape your path through study, work, love, and family, and see how your future unfolds year by year.
Why similar: Word Game 44%, Immersive Sim 24.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #50 Rubbings
67% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2025
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑,根据匿名信件中的拓片线索,深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村,这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事,并在村庄中展开调查,你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Word Game 34.3%, Detective 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 8.9%, Investigation 8.6%
- #51 Null Recall
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Ly
Windows · Linux
You work for a government agency that studies the effects of demonic possessions.
Why similar: Word Game 41.6%, Detective 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 8.9%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #52 Inquiry Counsel逆转茶食人
66% matchNo user reviews88% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: ZHENG YUFENG
Windows
"Hold on!" A court battle game set in ancient China's Song Dynasty! In the government office of Lin'an County during the Song Dynasty of ancient China, many bizarre murder cases occurred! The protagonist engages in intense court battles with the county captain of Lin'an to find the real culprit!
Why similar: Word Game 32%, Detective 21.3%, Investigation 11.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Mystery 8.3%
- #53 重叠·前夜谭:猫与少女
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: 顽童计划
Windows
Zhang Xiao, a senior high school student, has a strange power called “Master Key”. Since he was young, he can communicate with other “worlds”. One day, Zhang Xiao’s classmate Miao Xueling had an accident.
Why similar: Word Game 53.7%, Text-Based 9.5%, Investigation 9.1%, Puzzle 8.9%, Mystery 8.2%
- #54 全网公敌:诡村
66% matchVery Positive88% of 617 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事,通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员,需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入,始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面,“祂”,似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村,有着千丝万缕的联系。
Why similar: Word Game 43.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 9.7%, Horror 9.3%, Detective 8.9%
- #55 INDOORS: Trespasser
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Estigia Softworks
Windows
May 7th, 1951. Five days after the Alston family vanished inside their manor. Local policeman Lucas Smith, never returned from his investigation. Now, his son breaks in to continue the investigation in this short horror and detective escape room.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.9%, Detective 23.3%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Puzzle 9.7%, Horror 6.5%
- #56 Legend Of Vengeancev
70% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: 胡桃遊戲Pub: 薪火傳媒
Windows
"Legend Of Vengeancev"is a horizontal version of the pixel story puzzle game, the game through the complex and full of suspense story, let the player like reading a complex and full of suspense detective novel, as long as 8 hours of game flow and 3 game endings, you will be very addictive ~
Why similar: Word Game 53.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Horror 9.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Story Rich 7.3%