60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Story Rich, Adventure.
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.
The Posthumous Investigation
Brás Cubas is dead, and he wants you to find out why. Explore a noir-drenched 1937 Rio de Janeiro in this time-loop murder mystery. Relive the same day, manipulate characters, and uncover secrets in a game where death is the client and time is your only weapon.
Yoram - Question Arc
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.
Brás Cubas is dead, and he wants you to find out why. Explore a noir-drenched 1937 Rio de Janeiro in this time-loop murder mystery. Relive the same day, manipulate characters, and uncover secrets in a game where death is the client and time is your only weapon.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Detective 14.3%, Historical 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Conversation 9.3%
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 7.9%
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 20.2%, Conversation 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 9.1%
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 25.7%, Detective 17.2%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Conversation 10.3%, Mystery 10.3%
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% ★, Detective 15.3%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, 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 13.3%, Story Rich 7.9%, Comedy 6.6%
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 26.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Singleplayer 1%
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 21.8%, Detective 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
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 24.5% ★, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Historical 12.3%, Detective 12.2%
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 10.1%
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 23.6%, Detective 18.4%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Conversation 10.5%, Mystery 10%
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 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Detective 18.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
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 9.6%
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 17.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
Why did the chicken cross the road? Only one squirrel can solve a murder most... fowl. Join Detective Cox as he encounters quirky characters, challenging puzzles, countless mini-games, and a town in disrepair where choices matter but morals don't. Will you be leaving... No Stone Unturned?
Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Detective 21.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Funny 9.7%, Choices Matter 7.3%
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 29.9%, Detective 19%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Funny 8.2%, Mystery 7.9%
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 21.9%, Detective 21.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Conversation 12.2%, Mystery 10.2%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 30.5%, Detective 21.7%, 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%, Mystery 8.5%
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 26.9%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Mystery 18.3%, Story Rich 11%
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 17.1%, Historical 15.3%, Conversation 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
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 23.3% ★, War 15.3%, Historical 14%, Conversation 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
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 23.3%, Detective 19.9%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Conversation 10.7%
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle rules, decode cryptograms and decipher clues as you solve wordplay & logic puzzles across the globe!
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Conversation 15.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
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 17%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Noir 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%
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 26.9%, Detective 24%, Mystery 12.2%, Conversation 11%, Funny 10.3%
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 15%, Hand-drawn 14.8%
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 15.3%, Conversation 14.3%, Detective 13.4%, Historical 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Conversation 11.8%, Noir 10.5%
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: Detective 18.3%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Historical 15.7%, Conversation 12%, Mystery 11.1%
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 15.2%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
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 27.3%, World War II 14.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Historical 10.6%
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 29.4%, World War II 28.6% ★, Historical 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Story Rich 6.4%
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 19.1%, Mystery 16.2%, Noir 15.8%, Adventure 8.7%
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 23.8%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Detective 8.1%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Historical 18.5%, Detective 18%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Conversation 10.8%
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 30.2%, Conversation 15.5%, Detective 15%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%
Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?
Why similar: Noir 25%, Detective 18.7%, Historical 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
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 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12%
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Detective 17.8%, Historical 17.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 11.7%
Crack the case with Clash!
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Noir 19.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Conversation 9.1%
A Week in Paradise is an interactive narrative mystery. Discover the unusual circumstances of your arrival to a bar called Paradise, and drink through the night with the bar's charismatic regular. Each night, unravel the threads holding back memories in your dreams.
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Conversation 18.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
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 23.5% ★, Historical 17.8%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Conversation 13%
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 13.8%, Historical 12.1%, Mystery 11.8%
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 24%, Conversation 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
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 29.8%, Detective 19.7%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Conversation 12.1%, Mystery 11%
Welcome to this graphic adventure! You become in a little hámter 🐹 called Tofu. You will live together a lot of adventures from de university nights, clearly a city full of party and mistery, a lot of humor and bad jokes, but above all..... Dru.... i mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Conversation 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Detective 15.4%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Funny 6.2%
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 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Conversation 13.1%, Story Rich 8.7%
Play as an idol wota(otaku) and mystery novelist in this pixel world filled with various game memes and joyful daily life. Continuously improve your abilities and befriend wota friends with different attributes, working together to confront a conspiracy hidden within the idol wota world...
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Mystery 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Time Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.7%
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: Conversation 15%, Detective 13.9%, Historical 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 10.1%
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 25.3%, Detective 21.2%, Conversation 15%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Conversation 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Mystery 8.3%
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 32.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 10.4%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
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 29.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Noir 10.7%, Story Rich 9%
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Mystery 17.3%, Detective 14.9%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Conversation 10.5%
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Detective 20.5%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Time Management 8.7%
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 24.4%, Mystery 16.4%, Historical 13.2%, Adventure 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 22.9%, Detective 17.1%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Conversation 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%
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 31.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Conversation 14.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Simulation 8.2%
