- #1 机械恋心
97% matchVery Positive100% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Lunatic Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
当科技突破伦理的局限,当天才的火花和机械的纯洁相遇,当积久的矛盾与必然的巧合共鸣,不受祝福却被期待的恋爱就此展开......
Why similar: Word Game 44.7%, Dating Sim 30.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, RPG 5.2%
- #2 True Game
96% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Detective 12.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Puzzle Platformer 9.8%
- #3 Millennium Whisper
96% matchMixed65% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Parable Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?
Why similar: Dating Sim 44.2%, Visual Novel 31.3%, RPG 21.1%, Colorful 3.3%
- #4 Interrogation Simulator
95% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
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: Word Game 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Puzzle 10.3%, RPG 8.7%
- #5 Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident
94% matchVery Positive86% of 430 reviews2025
Dev: akidouPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, Novels) subculture knowledge to solve criminal cases and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Word Game 40.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, RPG 14.2%, 2D 2.8%
- #6 obi3011-prologue
94% matchVery Positive91% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: 火鸡头工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
This is a cyberpunk-themed pixelated psychological horror, romance, and adventure game. Amidst a chance encounter in the rain and a forced gathering, an unexpected journey unfolds—a humorous romance and adventure story between you, a robot, and your furry companions.
Why similar: Word Game 30.6%, Dating Sim 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, RPG 10%
- #7 The Testing Chamber
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Detective 22.9%, RPG 18%, Mystery 17.3%, Roguelite 6.1%
- #8 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
92% matchVery Positive85% of 1,023 reviews2025
Dev: 番茄炖肉制作组Pub: Comma 49
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.' Is he merely a kindred spirit born of crisis, or a forgotten soul from your distant memories? A heart-pounding romance adventure across the dreamscape—begins now!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.5%, CRPG 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, RPG 9.5%
- #9 CaseCracker3
91% matchVery Positive86% of 433 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Word Game 27.8%, CRPG 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 11%, Mystery 8.3%
- #10 Misty Judgment
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,519 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Detective 11.1%, Mystery 8.9%
- #11 Justice.exe
91% matchMixed69% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Late Game ClutchPub: Gameclaw Studio
Windows · Mac
Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Detective 20.5%, Puzzle 14.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Adventure 8.2%
- #12 My Ten-day Girlfriend
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: NinePlus StudioPub: Soma Games
Windows
This is a simulating game combined with Galgame. “Highland Island” is the place where the Devil died, this place has become popular tourism after decades. Not sure if it's the call of fate or conspiracy, me-a senior Otaku is traveling here from another world, and my dream trip starts here! ٩(๑>◡
Why similar: Dating Sim 51.2%, RPG 24.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Colorful 10.4%
- #13 Doki Doki AI Interrogation
88% matchVery Positive82% of 516 reviews2024
Dev: YAMADA
Windows · Mac
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Detective 25.5%, Emotional 20.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Adventure 9.1%
- #14 Lateral Thinking Together
89% matchMixed43% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: PushForward
Windows · Mac
Crack the Mystery Together! "Lateral Thinking Together" is a cooperative and competitive online multiplayer game that challenges your knowledge and deductive reasoning to uncover the truth. Solve incomprehensible stories with creative thinking and flashes of insight!
Why similar: Word Game 49.5%, Detective 18.1%, Puzzle 14.5%, Mystery 14.4%, 2D 3.5%
- #15 Turlock Holmes
87% matchVery Positive80% of 997 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Word Game 35.5%, Detective 15.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.3%
- #16 Hymer 2000
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,117 reviews2025
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Hymer 2000 is an interactive text puzzle game, where players freely converse with the "Hymer" and use an open "Search" function to retrieve past conversations. By discovering keywords, gathering clues, and collecting "Faces", players uncover Hymer's secrets and ultimately shut it down.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Visual Novel 24%, Puzzle 15.7%, Detective 14%, RPG 12.4%
- #17 Grey Instinct
86% matchVery Positive95% of 732 reviews2021
Dev: Plain Cheeseburger Games
Windows
In this cyberpunk 2D point-and-click adventure game, play as Grey, an amateur detective. Unravel the mystery by searching for clues, solving puzzles, talking to the mask-wearing residents of New Corium, and, if you have time, maybe go on a date!
Why similar: Dating Sim 34%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Detective 17.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Mystery 6.8%
- #18 Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker
84% matchVery Positive88% of 453 reviews2026
Dev: Gamercury
Windows
Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets. Break them with words or evidence — or realize too late that you were only a pawn in their game. A detective game built around truly lifelike NPCs.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Detective 15.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 11%
- #19 UNMEMORY
86% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Mystery 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Detective 16.4%, Puzzle 13.3%
- #20 My Camp of Memories: Episode 1
85% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Daniil Tarasau
Windows · Mac
The free first episode of a dystopian visual novel with RPG elements. Awaken in a secluded academy where students are stripped of their memories, develop your skills, build relationships, and uncover the truth about your past.
Why similar: CRPG 27.4%, Dating Sim 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, RPG 10.2%, Detective 9.5%
- #21 Tiny Shadows Interwoven Hearts
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,786 reviews2025
Dev: 土豆花制作组
Windows · Linux
Programmer Lin Mo is tired of his monotonous life. One day, he meets a mysterious girl at a café who hides many secrets. As lies and true feelings intertwine, can this chance encounter save him from his numb existence? A visual novel filled with "love and hope".
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Dating Sim 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, RPG 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #22 Yixin
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: 神風教主 (Master Kamikaze)
Windows
The first love simulator, the real immersive real-life love game, the video novel type, the only pure love experience, takes you into the pure and beautiful love world that seems like dreams, and feels the emotion that has been buried in your heart for a long time.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Word Game 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 10.6%
- #23 探岛海龟汤
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: 探岛工作室
Windows · Mac
最烧脑的单人海龟汤!训练有素的超智能主持人支持完全自由提问,每个问题都可能撕开隐藏的真相。层层迷雾与反转步步逼近,让你在推理的每一秒都感受到紧张与压迫。防卡关系统保证游戏顺畅,畅玩不虐心~
Why similar: Word Game 38.2%, Detective 16.8%, Puzzle 12%, Mystery 11.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #24 Uncover the Smoking Gun
81% matchVery Positive96% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: ReLU Games, Inc.
Windows
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Detective 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Strategy 10.6%
- #25 로스팅 리포트:대학생 수면제 사망사건
82% matchVery Positive83% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: 유진게임즈
Windows
Limited space, limited clues, clear reasoning! A mystery game that reveals the truth through 10 questions.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Strategy 11.2%
- #26 Cellveillance
79% matchVery Positive86% of 627 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.
Why similar: Word Game 24.6%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Detective 9.1%
- #27 缚戎人:唐建中十三年
80% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: 思维度工作室(Sharewedo Studio)Pub: 思维度工作室(Sharewedo Studio)
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text adventure game of the mid Tang Dynasty, where players can experience the story of a lonely city in the Western Regions during the Tang Tibetan War in the 13th year of Jianzhong by the 'bound barbarians'. Witness the growth and helplessness of characters and the rise and fall of the era.
Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Dating Sim 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 7.5%
- #28 云端之约
79% matchVery Positive93% of 529 reviews2021
Dev: White Star Studio
Windows
假如人工智能拥有了自我意识,你会怎样看待它们?或者说,他们。在信息技术高度发达的时代里,当人与人之间的交流只剩下屏幕的文字时,你的每一次选择,将带你揭开这个世界不一样的真相。科技与神话交织碰撞,邀你共赴一场云端之约。
Why similar: Word Game 31.5%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, RPG 11.4%
- #29 Andromeda Six
77% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.3%, Emotional 13.1%, 2D 11.4%, Colorful 9.4%, Mystery 7.6%
- #30 The Crimson Maid
76% matchVery Positive88% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: GrimTalinPub: Wales Interactive
Windows
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay. Immerse yourself in a period drama that intertwines romance with murder mystery, as a young cleric who must resist or give in to the charms of a strikingly beautiful maid.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Mystery 18%, Emotional 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Exploration 10.7%
- #31 ELECTROBASIS
78% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Room Games
Windows
ELECTROBASIS is a 3d dialogue-driven game, sprinkled with platforming and puzzle quests. Meet a cast of heavenly hosts that come with a MYRIAD of issues, and help to fix (most of) them! The casino yearns for a savior - she awaits a restoration.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Exploration 13.2%
- #32 Homicipher: Demo
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Word Game 48.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 7.6%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #33 Acolyte
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: SuperstringPub: Pantaloon
Windows
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Detective 20.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 12.6%, Emotional 10.3%
- #34 초동수사 - 증언/증거 추리게임
75% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: leeroom shin
Windows · Mac
A time-limited investigation mystery game where you uncover the truth using only evidence and testimony.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Detective 24.3%, Adventure 23.3%, Mystery 13%, 2D 6.6%
- #35 Free Will
74% matchVery Positive96% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: RPG 32.5%, Puzzle 30%, Exploration 12.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Mystery 8.4%
- #36 12 Hours to Die
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Detective 18.7%, Puzzle 13.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Emotional 12.1%
- #37 52Hertz
73% matchVery Positive88% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Puzzle 18.4%, RPG 16.4%, Detective 11.3%, Mystery 8.4%
- #38 RGB GlitchGazer
73% matchVery Positive96% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Word Game 28.3%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Emotional 16.3%, Mystery 14.7%, Adventure 9.1%
- #39 Knell of St. Godhrkar
74% matchVery Positive93% of 1,587 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
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: Word Game 31.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, RPG 9.9%, Strategy 7.9%
- #40 The Dawn is Inevitable
75% matchVery Positive89% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Last Spring
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Dawn is Inevitable is an interactive crime drama/neo-western novel inspired by classic RPG games. A mysterious stranger is forced to hide in a village called Rassvet. This place is isolated from the outside world for the whole winter and keeps many dark secrets.
Why similar: Word Game 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, RPG 9.2%, Emotional 8.2%
- #41 lovebyte.exe
70% matchVery Positive96% of 323 reviews2026
Dev: Nochi Studios
Windows · Mac
A chat dating sim game inspired by Mystic Messenger, VTuber communities, and internet spam
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.6%, Dating Sim 35.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, 2D 5.4%
- #42 Soul Mates
71% matchVery Positive98% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re trapped inside a haunted house, stalked by angry ghosts. To survive, you’ll have to run, hide, strategize, give gifts, chat, flirt… Wait, what kind of game is this? Oh right, it’s a point-and-click survival horror dating sim!
Why similar: Dating Sim 41.3%, Strategy 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #43 The Turing Test
73% matchVery Positive88% of 8,043 reviews2016
Dev: BULKHEAD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
Why similar: Puzzle 67.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Mystery 4.7%
- #44 Deathless Death
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 888 reviews2024
Dev: Dream Delivery CenterPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.
Why similar: Word Game 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Puzzle 9.8%, Mystery 8.9%
- #45 Charming Hearts
70% matchVery Positive88% of 599 reviews2024
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.
Why similar: CRPG 27.3%, Dating Sim 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, RPG 7.8%
- #46 AI2U: With You 'Til The End
67% matchVery Positive88% of 2,399 reviews2026
Dev: AlterStaff Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Kidnapped by a cute yandere catgirl, your only way out is to persuade her to let you leave! Engage with thematic stories, solve puzzles, and interact with best yandere AI NPCs in this top-rated AI game loved by millions of fans. Bask in sweet meet-cutes, or brace for chaos if you dare to escape! :3
Why similar: Dating Sim 44.3%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Puzzle 16.7%, Adventure 9.7%
- #47 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
68% matchMixed59% of 9,444 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Mystery 6.3%
- #48 TOGETHER BnB
72% matchMixed59% of 9,354 reviews2021
Dev: AURORA Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Through the development of the plot in the game, you will gradually cultivate feelings and trust with female tenants, and gradually develop a deeper and intimate romantic relationship, but the crisis behind will also emerge gradually...
Why similar: Dating Sim 53.2%, Visual Novel 20.1%, RPG 11.7%, Exploration 8.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #49 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
69% matchVery Positive91% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
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: Dating Sim 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Detective 14.3%, Mystery 11.6%
- #50 LoveChoice
68% matchVery Positive92% of 36,699 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Why similar: Dating Sim 49.5%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, RPG 6.7%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #51 This is Interesting
69% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Roguelite 17%, Puzzle 12.6%, RPG 12.1%, Exploration 10.7%
- #52 Escapeworld Dilemma
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Sonoma Games
Windows
FREE TO PLAY: Kidnapped from your everyday life, you find yourself in a large theme park that feels more like an escape room. Solve puzzles, explore 12 themed islands, find resources, use your wits to escape.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.7%, Exploration 20.8%, Mystery 19.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Colorful 8.9%
- #53 Love Shore
71% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.8%, RPG 21.1%, Dating Sim 12%, Mystery 9.6%, Colorful 9.4%
- #54 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
66% matchVery Positive93% of 364 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 13.7%
- #55 The Occult Detective
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
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: Visual Novel 24.1%, Detective 18.7%, Puzzle 15.7%, RPG 11.5%, Mystery 11.2%
- #56 Dating 4 Girls
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,739 reviews2026
Dev: RainbowGame
Windows · Mac
On the night of the comet, you unexpectedly enter a dating game, where three characters—Mona, Feifei, and Jiayi—are real. Mistaken for a criminal by policewoman Andy, you must find true love before the server shuts down, while a conspiracy quietly unfolds.
Why similar: Dating Sim 43.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.8%, RPG 9.1%, Emotional 8.1%
- #57 妄生 - Wandering Souls
65% matchVery Positive91% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance. Through delicate narrative and profound character creation, it brings players an immersive audio-visual experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 30.6%, RPG 16.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Mystery 5.8%
- #58 Departed Away
66% matchVery Positive89% of 573 reviews2024
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Mystery 11%, RPG 6.8%
- #59 定制女友
67% matchVery Positive81% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: deep field
Windows
A stroke of luck presents you with a chance to receive a prototype mechanical maiden for testing, propelling you into a romantic adventure. As crises loom, will you protect the idol of a girl group or the mechanical maiden? Who will become your guiding light?
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, RPG 13.1%, Exploration 7.5%
- #60 ERROR: Human Not Found
70% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: CelleC Games
Windows
Error: Human Not Found is a visual-novel/puzzle game with portions of point-and-click adventure. Play as Grace and work to uncover the cause of death for the first AI to inhabit a physical body. Solve 4 types of computer-science based puzzles that increase in difficulty as the story progresses.
Why similar: Adventure 100%