60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Mystery, Detective, Adventure.
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...
Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
“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.
Murder on the Marine Express
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
“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 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Investigation 10.8%, Mystery 9.1%
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Text-Based 9.3%, Investigation 9.3%
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 23.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the case of some missing scores just before the big Christmas concert of the academy. Help them question the seven daunting suspects before it's too late!
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Female Protagonist 11%, Text-Based 10.7%, Investigation 7.5%
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 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
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 22.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Mystery 11%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
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: Detective 24.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Mystery 9%
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
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 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Text-Based 10.5%
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 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Investigation 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
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 24.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 22.9%, Detective 22.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Investigation 6.9%
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: Visual Novel 15.7%, Detective 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Mystery 13%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
The culprit is—the maid. And the protagonist. your mission is to strike down six unsuspecting guests, one by one. But beware—you must never be suspected before your plan is complete. To escape suspicion, engage in heated debates and refute your opponents. Hide your true identity at all costs.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Investigation 11.2%
The famous detective Sarako Imai (Sherlock-chan) takes on a difficult case! Sherlock-chan and Watson-kun are on a comfort trip. Can they solve a murder case at a winter spa resort? A murder mystery with a challenge to the player.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Mystery 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
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 14.6%, Detective 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Investigation 10.6%, Text-Based 10.6%
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: Detective 21%, Investigation 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Mystery 10.4%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 10.3%, Investigation 9.4%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Detective 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Investigation 9.6%, Text-Based 9.4%
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%, Investigation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 11.4%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Text-Based 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
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: Detective 21.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Investigation 12.4%, Text-Based 11.6%
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: Detective 24.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Text-Based 8.1%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 9.5%
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Mystery 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 9.1%
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Mystery 17.4%, Female Protagonist 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%
Fate is not a line is a visual novel game where your choices shape destinies. With 40+ decisions, 4 unique perspectives, and 25+ endings, every playthrough reveals new truths. Defy fate, face moral dilemmas, and uncover the secrets of the Arbiter of Fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11%
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 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Investigation 10.7%, Text-Based 10.3%
A Japanese-style horror visual novel set in 1980s Japan. Five years after a mysterious disappearance, Yukari Kanzaki and Akane Kiryu enter the abandoned Mogami Mansion. Explore its hidden secrets, uncover its dark past, and face multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 16.8%, Female Protagonist 14%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
Mirage Noir is a detective romance visual novel where every lead could bring you closer to love—or straight into a killer’s hands.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Investigation 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Text-Based 7.9%
1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Detective 17.2%, Mystery 8.7%, Text-Based 7.2%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Text-Based 10.1%
A Japanese mystery adventure where any of the four could be the killer. Holding the dead man's will, you stay in his estate until the seventh-day memorial. Question the household across 13 locations, but you get only ten moves. Motive, opportunity and proof decide what your accusation is worth.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Text-Based 11.4%
Let's keep it simple. Detective arrives to Bucarest. Missing guest in a small hotel. And hawaian pizza. If you want to know how those things blend together... Just press the start button.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Detective 17.7%, Mystery 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%
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 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 9.9%
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
Why similar: Detective 29%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Anime 12%, Investigation 10.7%
Your statement is already on record. Search messages, social media, and your calendar for evidence. Defend your story, explain contradictions, or shift the blame. What you submit will change the investigation and the story.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.7%
A novel-style mystery adventure game. Explore 2D top-down maps! Enjoy easy puzzles and comical text. Become the assistant to the lost detective Chiho-chan and help solve mysteries!
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Text-Based 18.8%, Comedy 10%, Investigation 8.9%, Mystery 7.7%
An adventure exploring two distinct types of information: conversation and memory. A district two stations away from the city, a night district who exude a atmosphere of alluring “Just listen to their desires, then do whatever you like.” —Told ya?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
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 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Investigation 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
Izuna and Ikurumi were cleaning the Detective Agency. As they were cleaning, they uncovered hidden documents. The documents revealed a tragic event from the past, long kept hidden...
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Anime 10.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 6.8%
Switch between multiple protagonists in this suspense visual novel and follow the event of the three days leading up to Halloween. Piece together clues from each perspective to uncover the truth, as your choices reshape the fates of the others.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Detective 16.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Investigation 8.6%
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.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 11.2%
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 20.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Investigation 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 9.8%
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: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 11.2%
Kibukawa’s debut case as a detective is finally revealed. Uncover the strange mystery surrounding the Midoumaru Manor!
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Anime 6.3%
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 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Investigation 10.8%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11%, Investigation 10.6%
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: Visual Novel 15%, Detective 13.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
The thrilling final installment of Dark One!'s hit visual novel series! Hapless protagonist Yamada is once again at the mercy of the tender depredations of the world's worst staff of nurses... and this time, it's up close and personal with the ruthless Head Nurse who dominates all the rest!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Comedy 9.5%, Text-Based 7.6%
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 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Mystery 9.4%
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.5%
