60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter.
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
The Zodiac Trial
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Detective 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 16.3%, Horror 7.5%
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 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Text-Based 12%, Crime 9.1%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Detective 18%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Crime 10.1%
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Horror 8.4%
A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Horror 9.6%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Detective 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Horror 9.6%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Text-Based 16.5%, Mystery 8.7%, Anime 8.2%
In a game show starring only criminals, you must gamble against rival players to prove yourself worthy of being pardoned for your wrong deeds— But is the show really about proving your innocence? Jackpot Crash Course is a death game visual novel about crime, luck and spectacle.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Text-Based 11%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Detective 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Detective 14.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 11.5%
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 21.2%, Text-Based 18%, Detective 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Horror 9.2%
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Thriller 12.2%
Use various cards to solve randomly generated murder cases in this roguelite deduction adventure game. The culprit always lies, and the innocent always tell the truth. Make too many mistakes, and it's back to square one. Put your wits to the test and solve as many cases as you can!
Why similar: Card Game 28.1%, Text-Based 23.5%, Detective 19.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Investigation 5.8%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Horror 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Crime 11.1%
Master the eldritch art of Kamifuda—channeling long dead powers within arcane cards—in this visual novel and deck builder game.
Why similar: Card Game 27.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Anime 7.5%
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Anime 12.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, Mystery 8.1%
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Dark Comedy 23.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Investigation 7.2%, Anime 6.6%
Dice Eater is a mystery card game based around supernatural powers where players must use their power to uncover the other player's tricks. Use your opponent's tricks against them to turn the tables and win.
Why similar: Detective 30.8%, Card Game 25.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Story Rich 6.9%
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 8.1%
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Detective 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Card Game 36.6%, Horror 20%, Investigation 11.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Dark Comedy 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Crime 9.8%, Horror 8.4%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Crime 8.7%, Thriller 7.6%
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 24.4%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.7%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Mystery 9%
Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.
Why similar: Card Game 38.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Horror 11.3%, Strategy 7.9%, 2D 7.7%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Horror 8.3%, Multiple Endings 8%
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Horror 16.2%, Anime 8.9%, Story Rich 8.8%
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Story Rich 9.5%
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Horror 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 16%, Detective 15.2%, Crime 8.2%
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Detective 37.7%, Visual Novel 33.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Anime 8.4%, Stylized 6.6%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Text-Based 20%, Visual Novel 16%, Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Investigation 7.4%
This otome-style visual novel blends eeriness and romance into a compelling drama. A ring of deadly towers traps you in the small mining town of Bataille, Missouri with extreme conspiracy theorists, a serial killer, and wealthy vampires. Choose your partner wisely.
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.4%, Horror 33.6%
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Detective 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
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 13.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Detective 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Card Game 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Strategy 12.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Horror 21.5%, Choices Matter 9%, 2D 5.1%
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 25.8%, Text-Based 22.1%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.5%
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 32.9%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Thriller 12.4%, Anime 8.3%
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Text-Based 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%
本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Text-Based 3.7%
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: Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Thriller 10.3%
'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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Detective 14.6%, Text-Based 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Choices Matter 15%, Story Rich 9.1%
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Anime 8.7%, Horror 8.6%, Thriller 7.7%
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
Why similar: Card Game 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
A murder-mystery visual novel following 12 strangers with mysterious pasts. Make arguments and identify the murderer, but don't lose sight of the ultimate goal of eliminating the Game Master.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 34%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Crime 13.5%, Strategy 11.9%, Anime 9.7%
