60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Adventure, Text-Based, Mystery.
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.
The Breakfast Serial Club
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.
FAKEBOOK
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
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.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 12.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 11.3%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 22.3%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 13.2%, Exploration 6.9%
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: Investigation 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 13.2%, Thriller 12.5%, Mystery 12%
Explore a sealed classroom and work together with a mysterious girl to escape. As the story unfolds, it gradually begins to seep into reality.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.5%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Mystery 19.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%
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: Text-Based 22.7%, Investigation 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Mystery 17.1%, Point & Click 7.4%
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: Text-Based 25.3%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Investigation 20.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 25.6%, Investigation 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
“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: Investigation 24.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 15.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
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: Investigation 22.7%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.6%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Thriller 12.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Point & Click 6.4%
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.9%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Adventure 13%, Mystery 11.9%, Thriller 9.9%
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 30.5%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Thriller 11%, Text-Based 9%
A cynical high schooler, Hae-eun's mundane life takes a colorful turn as she and her dorm roommates in Room 502 unravel mysterious incidents on campus. This game blends academy life, mystery, and youth in a captivating detective adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 25.6%, Text-Based 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Point & Click 7.7%
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Investigation 35.2%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Text-Based 21%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Adventure 6.5%
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 31.7%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Mystery 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Adventure 9.7%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Investigation 24%, Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 11.7%, Point & Click 7.9%
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Text-Based 22%, Adventure 14.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 16.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Adventure 9.4%
Top detectives from all over the world are gathered to solve the ultimate world-threatening mystery. Examine clues and piece together deductions in this thrilling visual novel — a direct sequel to Methods: The Detective Competition.
Why similar: Investigation 33%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Mystery 19.2%, Point & Click 6.8%, Adventure 6.2%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.3%, Mystery 23.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
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 19%, Text-Based 18.4%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Thriller 11.9%
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: Visual Novel 21.1%, Investigation 19%, Text-Based 15.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Thriller 12.3%
サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場！ シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。
Why similar: Text-Based 31.7%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Mystery 16.3%, Adventure 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Text-Based 17%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Thriller 11.7%, Mystery 8.7%
Will returns to bury his mother and leave right away, but everything changes when he finds a stranger in the woods. As the house decays and roots swallow everything, saving her comes with an irreversible cost: uncovering a truth hidden in Awakewood for ten years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
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 31.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 17.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Adventure 7.6%
A mystery adventure - uncover the truth behind a series of deaths by collecting clues hidden across internet. news articles, and wikipedias—creating an immersive experience that feels like real. Information is visually organized into a mind map, gradually open as the investigation progresses.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Text-Based 26.5%, Mystery 20.3%, Adventure 16.7%, 2D 2.9%
When the past awakens, the future bleeds. A full length cinematic sci-fi mystery visual novel where augmented reality, history, AI technology and murder collide in the heart of Kyoto.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.4%, Visual Novel 36.2%, Adventure 14.9%, 2D 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 13%, Thriller 10.2%
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: Investigation 26.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 17.7%, Mystery 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure with point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind... Or lose your humanity, before you lose your life.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Investigation 17.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Mystery 9.1%
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: Investigation 20.1%, Text-Based 17%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 13.5%, Thriller 12.2%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Exploration 8.6%
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Why similar: Text-Based 40.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Adventure 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Indie 7.3%
【A ghost girl, is here.】Terau Mare is a shy girl moves to Tokyo to go to university, and her new house, Hakusan-so, is like an abandoned. As soon as she enters the room, Mare meets a ghost girl, Furuzaki Yuika. Yuika says, "I'm going to kick you out of here soon." But...
Why similar: Text-Based 37.9%, Visual Novel 36.1%, Adventure 16%, Story Rich 3.8%, Indie 2.6%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.2%, Investigation 24.3%, Mystery 17.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Adventure 5.8%
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Investigation 28.6%, Text-Based 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.1%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Investigation 23.6%, Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Exploration 7%
Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Investigation 18.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Point & Click 9.1%
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Text-Based 22%, Mystery 16%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 6.8%
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: Investigation 27%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Text-Based 15.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 8.7%
「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか？それとも……」 精神科医である道島（主人公）は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…！？
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Text-Based 24.2%, Mystery 16.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Investigation 23.8%, Text-Based 20.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Exploration 7.7%
Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?
Why similar: Investigation 36.6%, Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Exploration 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
Supernatural × Mystery × Death Game Twelve high school students awaken trapped in a mysterious building. To escape, they must identify the mastermind by vote—choose wrong, and someone is executed. Each student has a unique supernatural power. Uncover the truth and reveal the mastermind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Text-Based 24.5%, Mystery 19.9%, Adventure 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.4%
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: Text-Based 26.4%, Investigation 22.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 12.1%
A multi-ending 2D adventure where choices and repetition change the characters’ fates as you overcome varied minigames, expose contradictions in debates, and uncover the truth behind a deadly game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Text-Based 17.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 13.2%, Thriller 12%
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Why similar: Investigation 22.8%, Text-Based 19%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
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 27%, Text-Based 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Mystery 13%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.9%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Mystery 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Horror 8.2%
A complete version of the well-received free game “Akairo Mansion - Horror Edition” is now available with additional episodes! A dramatic horror novel presented to sound novel lovers by the author who is a sound novel lover.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 20%, Adventure 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
An adventure game where you aim to escape a storied mansion with a mysterious girl named "Haru" who you meet there.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Text-Based 23.5%, Adventure 13%, Thriller 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%
ミステリー×ラヴコメ！プレイヤーは、シュークリームマンとなって、カヌレ探偵の助手的存在として、事件解決のサポートを行います。シリアスな展開もありますが、日常はコメディータッチで描かれています。時より挿入される選択肢を選ぶことで、周回プレイを楽しむことができます。
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Text-Based 20.5%, Adventure 12.3%, Investigation 11.5%, Point & Click 9.9%
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 29%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Exploration 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
A psychological thriller where you assemble fragmented memories and hidden clues to uncover the truth behind a disturbing incident.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.2%, Thriller 15%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Point & Click 9.6%, Investigation 6.9%
Wake up from a never-ending slumber and find your lost dreams in the shadows of the Peacock House, in this short narrative game that combines simple text adventure mechanics, point-and-click puzzles, and visual novel segments.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.2%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Point & Click 11.3%, Exploration 7%
A dark, story-driven game with elements of visual novel, exploration, and survival. Explore an old train and an infested sector, scavenge for supplies, make decisions, and discover whether you can trust a girl named Mia—and your own memories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Text-Based 21.7%, Investigation 14.2%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 11.1%
