60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Visual Novel.
The Mona Lisa is missing! Sleuth through a sprawling space museum, read the past through psychic abilities and unravel an interstellar art caper in this cosy, gas‑lamp mystery.
L'Agence - The Hearts of Paris
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Ecosphere - Prologue
The Pirate Princess must infiltrate a memorial to steal an orb with the power to control nature: Ecosphere. Will you manage to steal the precious loot?
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Detective 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Point & Click 10.3%, Historical 9.9%
The Pirate Princess must infiltrate a memorial to steal an orb with the power to control nature: Ecosphere. Will you manage to steal the precious loot?
Why similar: Steampunk 20.9% ★, Detective 15.1%, Point & Click 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 13.6%, Historical 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Point & Click 10%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Historical 10.8%, Detective 10.7%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Detective 11%, Historical 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Explore the dreams of the Homunculus Hotel's guests in order to understand yourself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Point & Click 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Point & Click 9.7%
Echoes of Chang'an is a Tang-dynasty mystery visual novel from NSTUDIO. You play the adopted son of general Duan Xiushi (fictional), pulled off a simple errand into a death trap that decides an empire's fate. Observe, reason, choose — break the plot, get out alive, earn your own ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Historical 19.2%, Detective 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
"The Pinch" is a character-driven sci-fi narrative with branching story paths and meaningful choices about a group of scientists struggling to save their planet from an addictive virtual reality known as "the Gel." Your choices determine your personal relationships and the fate of those around you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Philosophical 15.9%, Point & Click 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Visual Novel 7.9%
Comet Angel is a sci-fi yuri narrative adventure with point and click puzzles. Join teenagers Izzy and Nat on an emotional journey of self-discovery and acceptance as they make humanity's first-ever alien contact.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Point & Click 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Philosophical 9.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
Night Errand is a 2D detective adventure where you play as Sage & Nur, an unlikely detective duo solving murder and mixing coffee in the quiet town Morrowpines. Collect clues, piece together contrasting perspectives, uncover the truth — and don't forget to mix a cup of coffee while you're at it.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Point & Click 9.9%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Point & Click 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 11.9%, Investigation 8.9%
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Point & Click 14.2%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an adventure game with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of their best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Detective 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Philosophical 11.4%
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
An urban fantasy 2D point & click adventure set in Taipei, where the supernatural lurks beneath reality. You play as a paranormal investigator with abilities of her own. Unravel a brutal case of human sacrifice, piece together the clues, interview witnesses and try to keep your head—literally.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Detective 15.6%, Point & Click 14.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
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: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Detective 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
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 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Investigation 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Holy Deadline is a surreal, story-rich adventure about a demigod lawyer working in the Heavenly Office. You have exactly one week to investigate the sudden divorce of John and Lilith. Take on mortal petitions, level up your logic and flair to eventually uncover who sent you back to Heaven!
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Steampunk 14.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Detective 9.6%, Investigation 8.9%
There are rumours of homosexuals in the Navy, and it’s your mission to date them! Sailors of Newport is a point-and-click puzzle game set in 1920s Rhode Island. Infiltrate the gay community, choose who to seduce and who to report, solve puzzles, and grapple with your own burgeoning desires.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Point & Click 10.3%
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Philosophical 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
The Artisan, one of Awyr’s most infamous killers, is said to walk the cloudy streets looking for his next masterpiece. Pursue the Artisan, save your sister, and uncover the past, but remember what the stories say…Meet his face, and never wake again.
Why similar: Steampunk 19.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Point & Click 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 20%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 9.2%
A short narrative about a trip with friends over the weekend. Decide what River does during the trip. Help your friends, explore the place, or just enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Point & Click 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Philosophical 12.4%, Investigation 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 13.8%, Historical 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 22.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Dialogue Heavy 7.1%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Point & Click 14.5%, Historical 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Investigation 10.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Detective 14%, Point & Click 13%, Visual Novel 12%, Investigation 10.9%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Historical 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
The World Well: Blood of Caro is a cinematic dark fantasy visual novel where every choice reveals another piece of the truth. Join 4 and Noma as they journey through a vampire-ruled world filled with unforgettable characters, hidden secrets, and difficult decisions.
Why similar: Detective 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Investigation 10.5%, Point & Click 9.5%
In this narrative-driven sci-fi mystery, investigate across space and time to uncover clues and unravel the secrets of a star system that has disappeared, and the man trying to find it.
Why similar: Steampunk 27.4% ★, Point & Click 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
You are an intergalactic bounty hunter leading a team of bickering misfits as you track down targets with your words and your weapons to find your missing mom. Make every choice count in this reactive, visual novel love letter to Cowboy Bebop.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Historical 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Point & Click 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
An interactive point-and-click space story about rediscovering a life, our friendships, our choices and regrets.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Philosophical 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
"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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
An HD-remaster of a comedy-horror visual novel from 2009, mixing classical Russian literature with anime, zombies and glam rock.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Detective 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Historical 12.6%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 18%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10%
Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Historical 12.5%, Point & Click 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Detective 14.2%, Point & Click 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Point & Click 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Philosophical 11.2%
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
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 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Detective 13.4%, Point & Click 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 16%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Step into a dramatic K-drama mystery where nothing is quite what it seems. Investigate suspicious behavior, uncover hidden evidence, compare contradictions, and piece together the lies that reveal what really happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Detective 13.2%, Point & Click 12%
A romantic comedy visual novel with a sci-fi tilt. If you've ever wanted to blast someone into space, this may very well be for you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12%
A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Point & Click 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 8.6%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Point & Click 8.9%
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.1%
Follow Sophie as she embarks on her latest adventure in making money, working alongside the enigmatic Rias as they put on a special yuri/lesbian camgirl show for their viewers.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
