60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Detective, Singleplayer, Visual Novel.
Under the Counter is a narrative simulation in which you run a bar on a local market. Your task is to solve the mystery of missing people while serving food and moonshine to local fellows and demonic forces from a parallel world.
谍：玫瑰
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Tangle Tower
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Historical 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 14%, Story Rich 9.5%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Noir 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 9%
A mansion drenched in heavy rain. Heirs gathered, each eyeing the family fortune. And you—who committed a murder in their midst. As a chain of killings begins, YORAM follows Irene Lindbergh, a murderer hiding her crime, as she searches for the truth buried deep within the estate.
Why similar: Noir 29.4%, Detective 18.6%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 7.8%
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: World War II 24.6% ★, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Historical 12.3%, Detective 12.2%
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Detective 17.2%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Mystery 10.2%
Explore mid 20th century Europe as an ex-OSS operative using quick wits, problem solving abilities and gritty charm to duck and weave his way between cultists, crazy Frenchmen and dangerous killers! Based on point & click classics, Trouble Hunter Chronicles revitalizes the genre for the modern era.
Why similar: World War II 22.1% ★, Detective 15.3%, Hand-drawn 14%, War 12.2%, Historical 11.9%
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Visual Novel 21%, Mystery 13.2%, Story Rich 7.9%, Comedy 6.5%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Noir 38.9%, Detective 26.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Singleplayer 1%
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow. Interrogate a "colorful" cast of suspects until they cough up hairballs... and the truth. Will you wrap up the case in time for an afternoon nap, and make injustice knead its last biscuit?
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Detective 18.5%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Mystery 10%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: War 22%, Detective 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Detective 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Hand-drawn 10%
An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.
Why similar: World War II 22.7% ★, Historical 16.9%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13%
Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.
Why similar: Noir 36%, Simulation 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Detective 11.6%, Mystery 9.5%
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间，科举省试方毕，汴京国子监突发连环命案，遇害者死状惊悚离奇，如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博，通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局，找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Historical 24.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Detective 18.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 30.1%, Noir 25.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Adventure 6.8%
This is a murder mystery visual novel where you take the role of the detective. Search for clues, make discoveries, and talk to other characters to find out what is truly going on on the Murder Express.
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 15.3%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
Detective Dana is a 2D story-rich game about an Arabic police officer investigating murder cases. Investigate the crime scene, interrogate the witnesses, solve the mysteries and uncover the secrets until you catch the criminal!
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Detective 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Mystery 10.1%
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Detective 19%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Funny 8.1%, Mystery 7.9%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 30.4%, Detective 21.8%, Hand-drawn 13%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
PARADISE LOFTS is a slow-burning, noir, hardcore sex romp, set in the fictitious city of Paradise in 1958. A visual novel, point-and-click journey, with loads of mini-games, crazy characters, and multiple solutions to challenges. 8 - 12 hrs.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Detective 15.1%, Mystery 8.5%
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
Why similar: World War II 21.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, War 14.3%, Historical 13%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Detective 17%, Hand-drawn 15%, Historical 14.7%, Mystery 10.2%
White Wool & Snow is the second visual novel in the Misericorde series.
Why similar: Historical 22.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Noir 15.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Hand-drawn 14.7%
1919. Saboteurs organised an insolent provocation in revolutionary Novgorod. So called «miracle-making» relics of Saint Lukian were stolen right on the eve of being exposed and debunked in public. Our paper «The Red Case» is following the investigation.
Why similar: Historical 17.3%, Detective 16.9%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Noir 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Detective 13.4%, Historical 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Mystery 18.2%, Story Rich 10.9%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Historical 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
It's after midnight on the Quartzway Express, and there's been a MAGICAL CRIME! Investigate the crime scene, question suspects, and defend the accused through unique cross-examination puzzles in this "Phoenix Wright" inspired mystery comedy.
Why similar: Noir 23.2%, Detective 19.8%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 26.7%, Detective 23.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Funny 10.3%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, World War II 16.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Historical 10.6%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Noir 19.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Mystery 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Noir 10.4%
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Noir 15.8%, Adventure 8.7%
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Dialogue Heavy 25%, Detective 13.3%, Visual Novel 9%, Mystery 8.6%
An interrogation mystery aboard a 1936 ocean liner. Five suspects. One murder. No dialogue options — every suspect is powered by AI and will remember every word, deflect every question, and only surrender their secrets under pressure. Four voyages. One truth. Break someone.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Detective 20.6%, Historical 17.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Visual Novel 8.6%
You play as pharaoh Horem during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. You have to balance your work and home life as the living embodiment of a god, how hard could it be? What is right and wrong? Can there be an allowance for a lapse in judgment? Can you forge a path to getting to sleep peacefully each night?
Why similar: Historical 23.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Detective 8.1%
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Noir 34.7%, Detective 26.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Story Rich 9.5%, Mystery 8.9%
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 8.7%
After a cat show competition, three contestants, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, Claudette's body is found floating in the hotel's pool. Did Claudette take her own life, or was she murdered by cutthroat competition?
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Detective 17%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12%
Set in school life, “Who is the Criminal” is a text-based adventure game featuring comedian and inference elements. With inquiring suspects and debating with “evildoers”, he gathers pieces of puzzles and reveals what truly happens in every incident.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 8.6%
Trapped on a space station with the Keychain Killer you must unravel this mystery, or it will be your last. Collect evidence, interrogate suspects and solve puzzles to stand a chance.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Detective 19.6%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Mystery 10.9%
Welcome to our wild neon flashing graphic adventure! Play as Tofu 🐹 a little hamster with a big attitude and experience his misadventures through a frantic college night in a city brimming with parties and mystery. Packed with humor, terrible jokes and tons of dru— I mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Detective 15.2%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Funny 6.1%
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 20%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Choices Matter 9%
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Historical 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%
WHEN WE DISAPPEAR is a 3D visual novel adventure set during the Second World War. Collect memories from the past and use them to help Hannah escape across tormented Europe with the help of resistance fighters and unsung heroes of the past.
Why similar: Noir 29.3%, World War II 28.7% ★, Historical 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Story Rich 6.4%
Marlon's Mystery will test your skills as an investigator. Join Abby Marlon to solve the riddles in this captivating mystery and hidden object game. Embark on an enigmatic adventure and discover the darkest secrets of the Taylor family.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Detective 15.9%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Detective 13.8%, Historical 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 10%
NEWSPAPER EDITING ADVENTURE. "In 1996, a congressman was murdered...The prime suspect is a congressman's aide. As the suspicious article was published the story begins" Play the role of editor-in-chief of a newspaper. You become the editor of a newspaper and write a front-page article every day.
Why similar: Noir 30.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 9.2%, Simulation 8.1%
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Mystery 8%
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Detective 21.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 32%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Story Rich 9.9%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
Shadow Seeker is a 2D survival-horror action game with a noir detective story. You are Carlos Ramirez, a detective from the Amorita Police Department. You must solve a mysterious case while braving the looming evil that awaits you at every turn.
Why similar: Noir 34.8%, Detective 26.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Resource Management 6.1%
In 1939, just before graduating from a German military academy, your true infiltration begins. You are Britain's hidden asset codenamed DEEP. Spying, deciphering, and moving through the shadows, you navigate rival factions, where every choice shapes your fate, your homeland, and peace.
Why similar: World War II 31% ★, Mystery 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Historical 10.3%, Story Rich 9%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Noir 10.7%, Story Rich 9%
A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.
Why similar: Noir 31.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Mystery 9.2%
Why DID The Chicken Cross The Road? A Murder Most... Fowl. Join the one and only Detective Cox on adventures through countless mini-games, references, a fully-voice-acted cast, and endless British humour. Be careful. You won't want to leave... No Stone Unturned. (Hey! That's the name of the game!)
Why similar: Noir 26.3%, Detective 23.8%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 8.5%, Funny 7.9%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Detective 20.8%, Historical 12.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
Why similar: Noir 38.5%, Detective 24.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Historical 13.2%, Adventure 4.1%
