60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel, Choices Matter.
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Suhoshin
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.
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A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
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 12%, Text-Based 10.4%, Investigation 9.9%, Anime 9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Investigation 14.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Detective 9.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.3% ★, Psychological 12.2%, Investigation 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Investigation 16.6%, Text-Based 10.8%, Detective 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
Embody a displaced therapist in a futuristic refugee camp. Discover the life in the camp and share your everyday life alongside people with heavy pasts. Use logic and your therapeutic skills to solve mysteries threatening both your survival and the camp.
Why similar: Psychological 12.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Dynamic Narration 9.9% ★
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Psychological 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
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: Investigation 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Psychological 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Investigation 11.6%
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: Investigation 15.7%, Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Detective 11.3%
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: Investigation 15.8%, Psychological 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Detective 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Investigation 13.3%, Psychological 12.6%, Text-Based 12%, Detective 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
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: Psychological 14.1%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Detective 9.5%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Detective 13.2%, Dynamic Narration 12.7% ★, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Investigation 17.9%, Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Psychological 10%
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Investigation 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Dynamic Narration 12.2% ★, Choices Matter 11%
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Psychological 18.4%, Detective 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Why similar: Psychological 16.7%, Dynamic Narration 14.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Dynamic Narration 11.9% ★, Lore-Rich 11.8%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Investigation 13.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Detective 9.9%
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Detective 10.9%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Investigation 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Detective 13.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
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: Investigation 14.7%, Psychological 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Detective 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%
The story begins the moment he kills his lover. Kazuma is driven into a corner by Asana’s obsessive love. Madness, jealousy, obsession, deception, and regret collide— plunging the case toward an unpredictable end. A yandere suspense novel of intense love and insanity: Crimson Reflection.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Detective 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Psychological 13.7%, Investigation 13.5%, Detective 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Psychological 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Investigation 15.8%, Text-Based 14.1%, Detective 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%
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: Investigation 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Detective 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 12.5%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Detective 14.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
「現実と区別のつかない幻覚を見せる能力」を手に入れた高校生・拓海。復讐のために使い始めた力は、やがて彼自身の運命を大きく変えていく。選択によって結末が変化する心理サスペンスビジュアルノベル。
Why similar: Psychological 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Investigation 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Investigation 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Text-Based 14.2%
A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.5%, Dynamic Narration 14.5% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Investigation 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
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: Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Detective 10.6%, Lore-Rich 10%
You wake up locked up in an unknown place with 8 strangers. Who are these people ? Why are you here ? You have a bad feeling. But suddenly, the phone rings, and it's up to you : Will you dare answer and go deeper in this mysterious plot ? Will you reveal the horrible truth... and survive it ?
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Detective 13.7%, Psychological 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Text-Based 8.2%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Lore-Rich 12%, Investigation 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
A branching detective mystery. Evidence never lies. But your interpretation might. Your choices shape the truth— and what you uncover may reflect yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 17.3%, Investigation 16.2%, Detective 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 11.3%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Detective 11.8%, Text-Based 11%
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: Investigation 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Detective 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 10.2%
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Text-Based 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Anime 11.5%
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.2%, Dynamic Narration 13.9% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
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: Dynamic Narration 15.1% ★, Text-Based 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 14.4%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Text-Based 10.9%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Detective 14.4%, Text-Based 14.4%, Investigation 14.1%
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.2% ★, Psychological 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 13.1%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
Virtual Girlfriend Eliza is an experimental simulation that puts you in charge of monitoring and evaluating the behavior of an advanced artificial intelligence. It is not a game about virtual girlfriends or dating.
Why similar: Psychological 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Investigation 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 12%, Detective 11.9%
Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12%
