60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Mystery, Adventure, Detective.
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...
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!
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
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.”
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 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 9.8%, Investigation 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
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%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 12.9%, Text-Based 12.5%, 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 15.6%, Text-Based 11%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Investigation 7.6%
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 22.1%, Investigation 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
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 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
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 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
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 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
"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 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
"Scientific evidence, eyewitness testimony, and objective facts—when these align, the truth emerges. As my grandfather Holmes used to say: Whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Investigation 10.8%, 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 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Investigation 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
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 22.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
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 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Investigation 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 9.3%
'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 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 10%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
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 22.8%, Detective 22.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Investigation 7%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
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 18.6%, Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Investigation 10%, Text-Based 9.9%
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 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.5%, Investigation 9.5%
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 20%, Investigation 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 11%, Mystery 10.6%
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 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
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 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Mystery 9.6%
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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Text-Based 11.9%
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 18.4%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 11.3%
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 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Mystery 9.6%
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 23.4%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
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 15.1%, Investigation 14%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
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 12.7%, Investigation 10%, Mystery 9.6%, Text-Based 8.1%
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 29%, Mystery 17.7%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%
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 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Detective 17.2%, Mystery 8.8%, Text-Based 7.4%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Mystery 10.2%
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 25.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
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 24.5%, Text-Based 18.2%, Detective 17.6%, Mystery 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%
"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 27.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Text-Based 8.8%
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 29.9%, Text-Based 19.7%, Comedy 10.3%, Investigation 9.2%, Mystery 7.9%
Poisoned Path is a deep visual novel set in a mysterious atmosphere, where your choices determine the story's fate. Uncover dark secrets and chart your own course.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%
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 25.6%, Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
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 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
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 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 11.3%
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 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Mystery 9.1%
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 27.4%, Anime 10.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
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 27.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Anime 6.2%
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 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Investigation 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%
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 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Investigation 10.8%
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Investigation 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
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 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Investigation 10.3%
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 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Investigation 8.9%
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 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Comedy 9.5%, Text-Based 7.8%
A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Comedy 10.1%, Mystery 8.9%
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: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 9.7%
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 14.3%, Detective 13.3%, Text-Based 11.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Detective 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Investigate a murder. Romance five woman. But trust carefully: one of them is the killer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Detective 13%, Text-Based 13%, Mystery 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
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 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Anime 9.4%, Mystery 7.5%
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Text-Based 12.6%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Investigation 14.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Mystery 10.4%
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Detective 20%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Anime 10.4%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Investigation 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
