60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Crime, Story Rich, Adventure.
Step into the mind of Michael Valenza—a ruthless made man scarred by his past, haunted by guilt, and shaped by violence. In this dark, story-first Mafia visual novel, trust is currency, betrayal cuts deep, and every scene drags you deeper into a world ruled by blood and silence.
Personal Murder Theater: Strangled Roots
Immerse yourself in this grotesque visual novel. Unspeakable secrets, sinister crimes, and a macabre obsession weave this tale, where sanity crumbles beneath the tide of perversion and human cruelty. The first chapter in a new independent anthology of visual novels.
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A cinematic Hong Kong Noir visual novel. In 2007, an assassin defies orders to kill her savior and becomes a fugitive. Explore her fate through 1,000+ visual cuts and 6 branching routes.(Full story is free via the demo version. This paid edition supports Steam Achievements and the creators.)
Immerse yourself in this grotesque visual novel. Unspeakable secrets, sinister crimes, and a macabre obsession weave this tale, where sanity crumbles beneath the tide of perversion and human cruelty. The first chapter in a new independent anthology of visual novels.
Why similar: Assassins 27.8% ★, Crime 17.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
A cinematic Hong Kong Noir visual novel. In 2007, an assassin defies orders to kill her savior and becomes a fugitive. Explore her fate through 1,000+ visual cuts and 6 branching routes.(Full story is free via the demo version. This paid edition supports Steam Achievements and the creators.)
Why similar: Assassins 27.6% ★, Crime 22.5%, Cinematic 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
You step into the shoes of a woman being stalked by a mysterious figure. What was supposed to be a safe haven in an isolated forest house turns into a nightmare as strange events unfold during the night. Each night grows more terrifying... Can you escape before it’s too late?
Why similar: Assassins 35.5% ★, Psychological 15.1%, Alternate History 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 9%
Your busty personal assistant Elizabeth Fields is taking you out to diner tonight. Will you be able to resist her motherly charms and keep your precious company secrets to yourself? Find out in this femdom-centric adult visual novel.
Why similar: Assassins 42.3% ★, Crime 17.5%, Psychological 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 10%, Romance 7.2%
NO, THANK YOU!!! is a dark, dramatic mystery hidden behind a comic veneer as all of the men in this yaoi visual novel harbor their own secrets. Uncover the mystery behind the protagonist and this bar disguising a detective agency while flirting with the guys and growing intimate with them.
Why similar: Crime 21.9%, Assassins 20.1% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological 12.4%, Mystery 9.3%
A novel game featuring the popular streamer group "Ultimate Jumbo Jet"! Search for clues and discover the truth through "Fantastical Mystery"!
Why similar: Crime 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Crime 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Psychological 13.8%, Mystery 11.9%
「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: Crime 23.4%, Psychological 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Mystery 12.4%
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: Crime 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Psychological 14.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Romance 12.8%
Garden of Seif is a visual novel with dating sim mechanics. Play as a female assassin and choose to embark on a path of trust... or betrayal.
Why similar: Assassins 39.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Cinematic 13.1%, Romance 9.8%
NITRO ORIGIN's debut title, Phantom PHANTOM OF INFERNO, is coming to Steam! A web of swirling conspiracies. A whirlwind of bullets. Amidst it all, a poignant tale of a boy and a girl unfolds...
Why similar: Assassins 29.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Crime 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Dark 6.2%
Assume the role of Blake Jensen, the CEO of Creative Edge, a renowned company known for its groundbreaking innovations. You unknowingly stumble upon a sinister plot of revenge. Jeffrey Howes, a former employee you sacked, nurses a deep-seated grudge against you.
Why similar: Assassins 43.6% ★, Crime 22.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Realistic 8.3%, Cinematic 7%
A comedy dating sim about a serial killer, an italian, and a psychologist.
Why similar: Assassins 37.2% ★, Crime 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 11.2%
Explore a dangerous open world and build your drug empire from nothing. Grow your product, expand your operation, and survive the game’s brutal underworld.
Why similar: Assassins 38.3% ★, Crime 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Cinematic 7.7%, Adventure 4%
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: Assassins 26.7% ★, Crime 18.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%
A visual novel passed through an image compressor Play as a murderer unsure of their entire life, down to their name. But you have a mission. One you NEED to undertake.
Why similar: Assassins 35.4% ★, Crime 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
In the middle of summer, in the suburbs, in the river, a drowned body is floating. It seems like three-years-earlier incident replays. This story, through the investigation into the case, shows triangular relationship between a male police officer, a female police officer, and a female murderer.
Why similar: Crime 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Mystery 14.1%, Adventure 6.2%
Experience the seductive pull of temptation, deception, and the intoxicating allure of dangerous delights at every twist and turn! Immerse yourself in the world of espionage like never before. Slide into the sleek persona of Special Agent Scarlett Steele and engage in a gripping battle for freedom.
Why similar: Crime 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Romance 13.7%, Cinematic 7.4%
Mind Shadows is the first standalone game that my friend and I have made since graduating. It is a short psychological horror experience set in the 1980s. You will see multiple cinematic locations in First Person as you slowly gather hints to what is going on.
Why similar: Assassins 33.3% ★, Crime 20.1%, Cinematic 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Story Rich 7%
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 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Crime 11.3%, Cinematic 11.3%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Crime 23.8%, Psychological 18.8%, Cinematic 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Mystery 9.9%
A cinematic crime noir. A former assassin seeks vengeance in this hardboiled VN, scored by Yasunori Shiono (Lufia series). (Full story is free via the demo version. This paid edition supports Steam Achievements and the creators.)
Why similar: Crime 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Cinematic 13.2%, Mystery 9.5%
In "Stories to tell - Downhill Cemetery" you are a young Japanese man named Hiroshi who decided to move to a new house, he did not know what awaited him...
Why similar: Assassins 42.4% ★, Crime 24.5%, Psychological 13.9%, Realistic 8.3%, Atmospheric 5%
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: Crime 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological 14.4%, Mystery 9.2%
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Why similar: Crime 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
Step into the role of Dominic, a dispatcher in Heavenbrook, where your choices shape a gripping visual novel and adventure game filled with suspense, mystery, and dark secrets. Unravel the chilling mysteries as the shocking events in the city unfold before you.
Why similar: Assassins 31% ★, Crime 23%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Cinematic 12.1%, Romance 7.7%
Humorous surreal horror. Never before has so much plot twist per square meter. 11 different endings, and in each one, you'll end up blood-stained. Dare to experience the unexpected!
Why similar: Assassins 29.5% ★, Crime 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Cinematic 10.4%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Crime 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Psychological 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 8.2%
A troubling missing persons case soon snowballs into an investigation of a shadowy criminal enterprise and vast conspiracies that even affect your own family. Will you be able to solve the mystery while protecting those dear to you? Will your fledgling romance survive full knowledge of your past?
Why similar: Crime 32.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 15.8%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 8.8%
"Murder Mystery Paradox: Fifteen Years of Summer" is a text-based adventure game. Enter the remote and sparsely populated island of Shikinejima and attempt to solve the strangely recurring mystery found there.
Why similar: Assassins 27.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological 11.6%, Alternate History 9.9%
A war veteran and newly minted starship captain faces ancient cosmic horrors as his dreams become reality. Navigate romance, mystery, and sacrifice in this sci-fi adult visual novel where every choice echoes beyond the stars. Optional graphic adult content via free DLC.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological 13.8%, Cinematic 11.7%, Romance 10.7%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Crime 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological 11.6%, Mystery 11.2%
A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.
Why similar: Crime 36.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
A character-driven adult visual novel centred on deep relationships and emotional storytelling. Experience a grounded, dramatic narrative that builds attachment through character development, intimacy, and evolving personal bonds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Romance 16.1%, Crime 13.5%, Psychological 13.4%, Cinematic 10.2%
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Crime 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological 13.7%, Romance 9.6%
This game is an FMV about anti-bullying. A teenage girl mysteriously disappeared, and the truth was buried by power for eight years. Now, you return to this place of evil with a bloodstained list. The moment of slay & judgment has arrived...
Why similar: Assassins 35.6% ★, Crime 24.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Cinematic 11.8%, Mystery 9%
Don't look away, Stare at their formation of attachment. A psychological horror ADV depicting the twisted pure love between a girl who dies without drinking blood and a boy who dies without eating human meat.
Why similar: Crime 26.9%, Psychological 19.1%, Cinematic 12.6%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
May 2, 1951. The night everyone in the Alston Manor vanished without a trace. As the newest reporter of a paranormal magazine, you are sent back to the night after the happening. Make your way through the mansion, solve puzzles, find evidence and uncover the truth behind the disappearance.
Why similar: Assassins 35.9% ★, Crime 20.7%, Psychological 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 7.4%
Uncover the truth behind an idol's disappearance, weeks before her debut. Whispers of the Luminaries is a narrative-driven game that blends a classic detective story with the dark side of the idol entertainment industry.
Why similar: Crime 26.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Mystery 11%, Psychological 10.4%
Jack and Sylvia work as sevants in Talia Godroy's house to clear a debt. What begins as work becomes something neither of them planned. A branching adult visual novel about romance, desire and jealousy — 20+ hours, 16 endings, no way to see them all in one run.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Psychological 15.3%, Romance 10.9%, Mystery 10.3%
Complete different missions, with various objectives, from legendary contracts, in which you will find different challenges. Invade, steal and destroy different locations.
Why similar: Assassins 43% ★, Crime 23.1%, Cinematic 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Story Rich 5.3%
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Psychological 18.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Mystery 10.8%
*A remastered version of this game with enhanced graphics has been released. * "Red Spider" is a Hong Kong Noir-themed Visual Novel. There are 6 story routes with the different characters(approximately 105,000 words in total).
Why similar: Crime 27.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Romance 13.8%, Cinematic 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
Do you love me now?
Why similar: Psychological 34.7%, Visual Novel 22%, Romance 14%, Story Rich 12.4%, Mystery 7.7%
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: Crime 24%, Cinematic 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 14.1%, Romance 10.8%
Welcome to Trauma, a free-to-play short visual novel full of mysteries. Will you ever be able to smile again?
Why similar: Psychological 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Romance 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Mystery 14.1%
Killed by the villain Frogman, you awaken to the same morning. A mysterious drink, "Soma," grants power to those with strong desires, plunging the city into chaos. Fight the emerging villains, solve the case, and uncover the truth. A multi-ending, battle-packed, looping supernatural suspense ADV.
Why similar: Psychological 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Mystery 13.4%, Romance 10.9%
《Tracking Killer》 is a role-playing game set against the backdrop of modern crime investigation. In the game, you will play the role of a detective, conducting on-site investigations and investigations, sorting out the case, collecting evidence, and apprehending the murderer.
Why similar: Assassins 40.9% ★, Crime 23.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Mystery 11%, Realistic 5.8%
A Street Story is an interactive story in which you play a gangster in the suburbs from Paris, France. Discover a troubled world mixing gangsters, cops and terrorists. Choose your own path among those shady characters and try to survive!
Why similar: Assassins 34.6% ★, Crime 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Romance 7.2%
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Mystery 16.9%, Cinematic 10.2%, Story Rich 7.5%
The beginning of a slow-burn corruption fantasy. Will Laura fall into submission or resist the downfall? Every compromise comes at a price.
Why similar: Psychological 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Cinematic 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Romance 8.8%
Labeled a “troublemaker,” you transfer to the worst high school. There, you become entangled in dangerous relationships driven by desire, jealousy, and manipulation. Will you get closer, be used, or get hurt— your choices will determine how your story with them ends.
Why similar: Crime 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Cinematic 12.8%, Psychological 9.5%
You are a censor in a nameless war, blacking out the letters of two lovers who have never met. Their whole romance lives on paper — so every word you strike is struck from the love itself. Then the letters begin, impossibly, to answer your pen. A melancholy epistolary romance. Six endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Romance 18.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 10.3%
A cursed TV holds you captive. To break free, survive the dark entity's programs of mind-bending puzzles, terror, and impossible choices, as reality and the broadcast slowly bleed into one another.
Why similar: Assassins 40.5% ★, Crime 23.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Mystery 6.7%
Colors:Zero is an interactive storytelling set in a neo noir universe. You will play as a detective and will be assigned to investigate about strange murders.
Why similar: Assassins 36.1% ★, Crime 22.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological 11%, Mystery 7.3%
Play as Elise Berrie, a tightrope walker marked by a broken past. As she infiltrates the enigmatic Circus of the Moon, she discovers that beneath its magic lie unsettling secrets. Between performances and haunting dreams, every step may bring her closer to the truth… or make her disappear.
Why similar: Assassins 30.5% ★, Crime 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological 7.1%
After a brutal betrayal destroys Don Vito’s empire, you are sent undercover into a dangerous new life where manipulation, temptation, and forbidden relationships become your deadliest weapons.
Why similar: Crime 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Romance 13.2%, Cinematic 12.4%
The first sequel to the Boys Love visual novel Paradise. Play through the continuation of the original game's good endings, and unlock flashbacks to the first Paradise from new perspectives. Contains new CGs, characters, and lots of romance!
Why similar: Crime 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Romance 12.9%, Mystery 11.4%
Getting away with murder has never been easy. These three members of a proud and noble family are separated by five centuries, but have in common a vengeful and murderous intent. Plans must be formed, blood must be spilled and evidence must be planted ...
Why similar: Crime 39.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Story Rich 9%
