60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Adventure.
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Funeral for the Sun
Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 500 years of love, death and revolutions. A non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the complex history of a community cursed by supernatural forces.
The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 500 years of love, death and revolutions. A non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the complex history of a community cursed by supernatural forces.
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Adventure 8.3%
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 10%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Nonlinear 8.2%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 35.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Story Rich 10.2%
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Hand-drawn 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: Detective 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Puzzle 11%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Puzzle 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Historical 10%
Seoyeon Yu, a former police officer, works as a private investigator for a rich family. However, during her investigation, she discovers evidence linking them to her husband's death. Using her ability to see people's guilt, she begins an investigation to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Story Rich 6.9%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Detective 26.2%, Adventure 13%, Puzzle 12.4%, Text-Based 7.3%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Detective 19.3%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Adventure 8.1%
It's after midnight on the Quartzway Express, and there's been a MAGICAL CRIME! Investigate the crime scene, question suspects, and defend the accused through unique cross-examination puzzles in this "Phoenix Wright" inspired mystery comedy.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
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 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Visual Novel 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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Hand-drawn 8%
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Detective 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Text-Based 11.8%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 12.9%, Puzzle 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Text-Based 15%, Puzzle 13.5%, 2D 4%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, World War II 13.8% ★, Visual Novel 10.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
"I drink Sorrel Coffee to reboot reality, but I'm being hunted by Monster Girls and armed agents" is a branching visual novel where your choices truly matter...
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Story Rich 7.8%
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle rules, decode cryptograms and decipher clues as you solve wordplay & logic puzzles across the globe!
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Puzzle 11.2%, Conversation 7.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 7.6%
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 36.2%, Nonlinear 15%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Adventure 6.5%
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
After a difficult journey, Ada officially became a detective. This disappearance commission seemed extraordinary. During the exploration of the ancient castle, it seemed that a series of strange events also surfaced...
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Puzzle 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Puzzle 12.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Text-Based 12.6%
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 21.5%, Detective 21.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 40.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 8.3%
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Detective 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Puzzle 9.4%, Adventure 7.4%
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Detective 21.2%, Puzzle 13%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Hand-drawn 14%, Text-Based 10.3%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 9%
It's a story of deception and redemption. You receive a mysterious invitation to a seven days doomsday journey. An expectant interstellar journey has become a doomsday route to the end. There is only one word difference between "victim" and "perpetrator".
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间，科举省试方毕，汴京国子监突发连环命案，遇害者死状惊悚离奇，如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博，通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局，找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Historical 16.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Puzzle 9.6%
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%
1년 전, 여중생 한 명이 흔적도 없이 사라진다. 그녀의 흔적을 찾기 위해 사건의 담당 형사는 여중생의 동급생이었던 6명의 학생을 심문하게 되는데...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Detective 26.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Conversation 7%
Participate in a mysterious show, taking place far from civilization. The visual novel Roll of Fate gives you the opportunity to make decisions that affect the lives of the other show participants. Don’t try to save everyone – there’s no guarantee you can even save yourself.
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Conversation 7.3%
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Detective 24.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Text-Based 6.3%
A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.
Why similar: Detective 46.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Puzzle 15.1%, Story Rich 14.7%, Multiple Endings 2.7%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Detective 16%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Text-Based 9%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Detective 37.1%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Puzzle 16.6%, Adventure 7.3%, Story Rich 6.4%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Text-Based 6.5%
She wakes in a cold room, an empty pill bottle by her side. Did she forget something important? Drawn into twisted dreams of anxiety and self-doubt, she must confront familiar mental shackles. Face deep grief and find the light in this psychological adventure...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Detective 17.7%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Puzzle 9.3%
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Detective 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 30%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Adventure 7.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
A visual novel based on Touhou Project, made by fans for fans and others! Embark on the investigation of the greatest incident in Gensokyo's history and discover the terrifying truth of the youkai world with Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi and other heroines!
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Murder Mystery Stories is a digital detective game featuring 4 unique murder cases. Examine evidence, interrogate witnesses, and uncover the truth. Each case challenges your logic and observation skills in a gripping interactive experience.
Why similar: Detective 44.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 8.1%
继《栖云异梦》系列前两作的好评之后，第三作《栖云异梦3：溯源》将以解谜加轻度文字RPG的形式，带来更深刻的情感体验与更精妙的叙事设计。这一次，玩家将只身进入赤乌神的游戏场，调查十几年前的考古队员失踪大案，揭开方哲父母死亡的缘由。隐藏在真相之下的究竟是饱含恨意的贪婪？还是跨越生死的羁绊？
Why similar: Detective 36.1%, Puzzle 14.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 8.5%
A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Story Rich 7.7%
Mental pain will never disappear, it will forever torment the soul of the protagonist. Who is he? How did he end up here? Why do dead people appear before him? Who is this girl with bandaged eyes? Eternal Pain: Epiphany is the story of the insight of a person who finds himself in purgatory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 11.2%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Detective 21.1%, Text-Based 17.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Story Rich 8.9%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Story Rich 9%
《梦蝶》是一款水墨画风，以汉字拆解重组为解谜核心的游戏。辽沐跟随着一只蝴蝶，来到了儿时母亲提起的“隐世”，为了能见到隐世中的仙人完成心愿，开始了一场与”汉字”紧密结合的冒险。通过对“汉字”的理解，重新拆解组合，变化出能破解谜题的“关键字”，重新感悟每个汉字背后所寄宿的故事。
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Stylized 6%
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: Detective 34.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 13.1%, Puzzle 12%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Save the Imperial Capital from supernatural invasion in a 90s-style adventure that uses real deduction and research skills. Explore Tokyo, snap photos and analyse evidence for 40+ landmarks, from prehistory to the present. Confront a cast of wandering spirits to separate truth from fiction.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Puzzle 13%, Historical 12.2%, Story Rich 8%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 46.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Adventure 14%, Story Rich 7.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Detective 20.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Text-Based 6.6%
"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: Detective 33.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Puzzle 13%, Historical 11%, Story Rich 8%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
