- #1 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
97% match5 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Detective 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 11.3%, Mystery 10.6%
- #2 末日航路-The Termination
96% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #3 我死后的那些天-After Death
96% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Detective 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, RPG 11.2%, Mystery 10.7%
- #4 知更鸟-The Robin
95% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“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 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Mystery 11.4%, RPG 8.3%
- #5 True Game
94% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows · Mac
"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 21%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #6 死亡编码-Death Code
94% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 11.4%, RPG 9%
- #7 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
93% match9 user reviews40% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Detective 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, RPG 12.2%, Mystery 10.6%
- #8 Town of Dusk
92% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Thriller 17.7%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #9 No Recollection
91% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #10 见习侦探
91% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: 全能侦探社
Windows
"Internship Detective" is a text adventure game of detective story from the perspective of double female masters. The two heroines Doudou (Intership detective) and Bobo (“big” detective) .
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 10.9%, RPG 9.2%
- #11 死亡旅店Ⅱ亡者归来-Death Inn Ⅱ The Immortal Is Coming
90% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, RPG 14.8%, Mystery 14%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #12 Haunted Heye Apartment
89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: V.N GAME STUDIO
Windows
Strange things frequently happen in the apartment, such as the black shadow by the bed, the face behind the curtains, and the eccentric neighbor... This old apartment seems to be hiding some unknown secrets... Will you walk ignorantly into death or discover the truth and escape to safety?
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Thriller 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 11.1%
- #13 迷渡桥
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 犬狸工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《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 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #14 Winter Clothing
88% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Thriller 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 9.2%
- #15 Shanwen
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FirstMove Studio
Windows
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Thriller 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #16 筮灵 SHILING
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Thriller 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 12.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #17 Red Line
85% matchVery Positive97% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Thriller 21.5%, Detective 15.8%, Mystery 14.1%, RPG 10.8%, Horror 8.3%
- #18 景安区奇案-Jing 'an District Copstories
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Jing' an District is a peaceful place, but sometimes some interesting cases will happen. The cases here are not all so bloody. But it also brings us a lot of reflection and insight. You will play a young policeman in Jing 'an District. Go through and solve these cases with your partner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 13.5%, RPG 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #19 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
84% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女,将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。[想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ?准 备 好 ]浅冰背后,为何会有寒意深藏?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,不断的匿名威胁,绑架,真相到底是……
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 12.9%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #20 欢迎回家-Welcome Home
84% match8 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a secret room to escape burning brain puzzle work, which is divided into five chapters, puzzle level interesting design, complicated and confusing story, criticism and comment on the real society, is full of exquisite everywhere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Puzzle 8.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #21 Rainy Butcher
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Genunie Studio
Windows
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Detective 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Thriller 9.8%, RPG 9.4%
- #22 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
81% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 9.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #23 Reflection Link
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Thriller 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #24 阴缘
82% matchMixed63% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Huochairen Interactive Entertainment
Windows
上个年代的偏远小城,看电影的时候收到一个“意外”的快递,诡异随着而来……随着故事揭开,发现自己似乎忘了家人往事,自己的命是借来的?
Why similar: Thriller 28.3%, Detective 26.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Horror 11.9%, RPG 10.4%
- #25 The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2
79% matchVery Positive95% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: 橘音
Windows
A horror-meets-cute puzzle game with a twist-filled Yuri romance story.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 10.4%, Horror 8.5%
- #26 노베나 디아볼로스
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,574 reviews2020
Dev: H5DEV Games
Windows · Mac
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Thriller 15.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Horror 5.4%
- #27 炸鸡块与天使
80% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2023
Dev: Hamstachio
Windows · Mac
"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 30.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #28 黑山羊BlackGoat
78% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Thriller 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 9.2%
- #29 Endless Loop
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 漫森游戏Pub: 2P Games
Windows
《轮回路》是一款中式恐怖悬疑剧情解谜游戏。为了祭奠发小,在一个阴雨连绵的日子,许静怡踏上了漫长的归乡之途。然而意想不到的是,在荒凉萧瑟的故土等待许静怡的,并非只是简单的追忆之旅,而是与本应离世的发小的惊悚重逢。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Thriller 14.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Horror 13.7%, RPG 8.8%
- #30 Miracle Detective
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: TAKA's factory
Windows · Mac
A high school detective story where an unlikely duo tackles mysterious incidents on campus. Solve strange cases with logic and courage in this suspenseful visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Mystery 16.8%, Thriller 16.5%, Horror 8.4%
- #31 爱与命的彼端
78% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
《爱与命的彼端》是一款悬疑推理AVG。游戏中你将扮演男主角路杰,为拯救恋人许琳,开始一段爱与命的离奇冒险。你即将卷入扑朔迷离的连环杀人案件,也会接触到离奇的民间传说,躲藏在暗处的阴影也注视着你,蠢蠢欲动……你必须依靠自己的推理能力找出真凶,拯救恋人。
Why similar: Detective 37.8%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, RPG 8.6%
- #32 Silent Love
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Thriller 20.1%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #33 16叠谋杀之谜
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 剧谜科技
Windows
Sixteen Layers of Mini Murder" is a video adventure game of the detective puzzle genre, where level-based puzzles drive the story's progression through video narration. Players must complete the level puzzles and uncover the identities of the various participants in order to clear the game.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Strategy RPG 9.9%, Mystery 7%
- #34 The Breakfast Serial Club
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucian Gallacane
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Thriller 19.6%, Detective 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 12.8%
- #35 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,145 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Thriller 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Detective 13.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #36 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
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: Detective 16.6%, Thriller 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Horror 9.5%
- #37 Wonderful Body Wanted
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Thriller 17.3%, Mystery 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 8.6%
- #38 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
72% matchVery Positive93% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Thriller 11.6%, Detective 11%, RPG 10.6%
- #39 LIMINAL: Within
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OntologyPlay
Windows
A cinematic horror mystery where investigation, choices, and Exorcism shape the story. Enter a yokai-infested world, reopen a long-closed case, and bring peace to the suffering. Adapted from Hirata’s World in San Tian Liang Jiao’s Thriller Paradise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, RPG 14.2%, Detective 11.6%, Strategy 9.4%
- #40 Unregistered Scene
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: G-Yao
Windows · Mac
A psychological suspense VN set in 19th-century Sicily. Follow a judge who receives anonymous letters predicting the truth behind each case—and is dragged into a series of rigged trials. Behind the flawless testimonies lies the cold truth of those who rule the city.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, RPG 17.2%, Mystery 16.3%, Detective 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #41 Remedy for Personality
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
Windows
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Thriller 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 9.1%
- #42 卡牌游戏
74% match9 user reviews70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a highest death rate game of survival, combined with masculinity, survival, thriller, suspense reasoning and other elements. There are two main lines you can choose from the story - the male line and the female line. Meanwhile, you can also choose different talents as you like.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, RPG 11.1%
- #43 它说山雨欲来
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 无敌的呱
Windows · Mac
50+ endings! A purely fictional fantasy world! Comedy script, dark plot — and the endings? Pitch-black. Swept into a storm, you need a boss. The revolutionary, the merchant, or the cult leader? Your pick unlocks different paths. You're a cheater with buffs — you'll survive. Go!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, RPG 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Detective 7.3%
- #44 Bloody Hype
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CineGames
Windows · Mac
You'll grow from a helpless viral victim to an all-powerful god of public opinion. When you finally hold power and beauty, facing this world that feeds on human suffering, will you become a cog in the viral machine, or the blade that cuts through the rules? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Thriller 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Mystery 12%, RPG 8.3%
- #45 Paper Bride
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,295 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Detective 23%, Thriller 18.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #46 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
69% matchVery Positive89% of 291 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
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 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, RPG 9.3%, Mystery 8.5%
- #47 Afterglow-The fifth ending
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 夜色羽灵
Windows
A Memory Maze Spanning Life and Death: A Tender Web of Salvation and Deception Follow protagonist Ye Yuyao into the Tai Xu. Through fragmented memories and relentless inquiry, unravel the hidden truth behind an anonymous organ donor in this haunting interplay of light and shadow.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Thriller 13.2%, RPG 8.5%, Horror 8.2%
- #48 Return to Shironagasu Island
71% matchVery Positive94% of 4,204 reviews2020
Dev: ONIMUSHI HyogoPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Mystery 18%, Detective 17.9%, Horror 11.6%, Thriller 10.2%
- #49 看事
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 12.3%, Thriller 11.1%, RPG 8.4%
- #50 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
69% matchVery Positive93% of 996 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Thriller 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Horror 7.4%
- #51 Buy a Croquette!
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,374 reviews2024
Dev: 越青Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
March 2012, Nagano. The brave and clever high school girl, Chio Aozora, is facing a major crisis: she doesn’t have enough money to buy a croquette! Navigate through the streets and alleys of Nagano, interact with a variety of characters, solve complex puzzles, collect 380 yen, and buy a croquette!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Detective 14.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #52 致命游戏-Lethal Gamble 1 Werewolf Puzzle
70% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“Lethal Gamble 1 Werewolf Puzzle”is a suspense reasoning emotional work based on werewolf killing rules.A group of college students accidentally came to a mysterious villa. They wanted to play a game of werewolf killing.You have only five days left to refute the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, RPG 13.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #53 POPULARITY CONTEST
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
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: Thriller 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 17.1%, Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%
- #54 Suhoshin
69% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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: Thriller 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Detective 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 12.6%
- #55 我的一个多重人格朋友
68% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 13.1%, RPG 8.4%
- #56 Crossed Parallel Lines Murder Case
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 雨幡洞云工作室
Windows
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Detective 30.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, RPG 8.3%
- #57 The Incident at Galley House
65% matchVery Positive94% of 3,745 reviews2026
Dev: William RousPub: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 30.9%, Mystery 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #58 Kill The Clock
66% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Slugs
Windows
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Thriller 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 12.2%
- #59 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
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 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 14.8%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #60 欢迎来到林葬屋
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
Mourningwood Lodge is a full-motion video (FMV) live-action mystery horror game. As the first installment in the Funeral Houseseries, players will assume different roles across various game modes to participate in a suspenseful horror journey blending conspiracy and fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Thriller 15.4%, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%