60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Detective.
Welcome to VIOLA_. In this cybernoir visual novel, you are ELO, a robot tasked with helping the city's police. Investigate unusual crimes, court a colorful cast of teammates, and uncover the secrets of the world of Juniba, the people around you, and your own creation.
The Wolf Among Us Remastered
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Clean Slate
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.
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 17.2%, Noir 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Comic Book 9.7%
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: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Noir 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%
One day, you are thrown into an unknown world – Aethris. Lead your own adventure. Hunt for clues in dialogues with diverse characters. Choose what to doubt or trust. Forge a path between chaotic reality and illusory sanctuary.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Investigation 20.4%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Simulation 4.6%
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: Detective 22%, Investigation 18.5%, Noir 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%
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: Detective 23.1%, Noir 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Investigation 10%
In New York, private detective Ikeda Sen happens upon the enigmatic Lila shortly before his client, Walton, hands him a strange device. And in Japan, Izumozaki Neneko stumbles upon a corpse by the canal on her way to school. Two unrelated stories unfold, intersecting in bizarre and unexpected ways.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Comic Book 20.5%, Investigation 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%
One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.
Why similar: Noir 16.8%, Detective 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Visual Novel 10%
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Noir 17.6%, Detective 16.4%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Noir 18.8%, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 19%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Nonlinear 9.6%
A tale of treachery, beauty and passion, don’t miss the first installment in the New England Detective series. NED: Breakfast in Boston is a crime mystery detective visual novel with an intriguing dating sim aspect.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Investigation 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 17.4%, Robots 17.4%, Noir 16%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Investigation 16.5%, Noir 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Dating Sim 10.5%
An unsettling visual novel where every decision shapes your destiny. Face seven diverse, cunning demons in a dark, atmospheric world and uncover hidden truths through multiple branching paths, culminating in nine distinct endings.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.1%, Investigation 17.7%, Noir 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Nonlinear 10.6%
A sweet life with the "Doki Doki Family”! Leave everything to the heroines and enjoy a life filled with love and affection!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Dating Sim 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Cute 7.3%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 16.8%, Noir 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Detective 15.5%, Comic Book 15.4%, Noir 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Investigation 20.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Noir 14.5%, Cyberpunk 10.6%
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Noir 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Nonlinear 8.7%, Choices Matter 6.1%
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 19.1%, Comic Book 19%, Noir 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%
When a famous Human Rights Lawyer dies under mysterious circumstances in her Sevenoaks mansion, Detective Inspector Rosie Morgan and her team of indefatigable investigators are called on the scene to find out who murdered the barrister and why.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Noir 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Dating Sim 15%, Comic Book 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%
The youth you didn't have
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Comic Book 15%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Simulation 9.2%
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
Why similar: Noir 16.9%, Comic Book 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Detective 15%, Investigation 11.8%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Noir 18.4%, Investigation 16.7%, Comic Book 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Comic Book 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
The emptiness of the chosen path entangles souls, preventing them from moving forward. The quiet, unbearably gentle withering continues, and only hope can stop it. Only hope can bring the smile to her face once more. "Debauched Memories" is a non-linear visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Dating Sim 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Cute 6.9%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
Join Keiji as a private investigator in a cyberpunk city. Follow his story as he aims to uncover the truth. Meet a variety of women along the way whilst enjoying several adult animated scenes.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Dating Sim 16.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Cyberpunk 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Cyberpunk 20.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Choices Matter 7%
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Noir 14.9%, Investigation 12.7%, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Detective 18.6%, Comic Book 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Kiss Upload is a futuristic-themed dating sim. It features four involved story paths with even more outcomes.
Why similar: Robots 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Noir 21.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Nonlinear 7.9%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Investigation 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Cute 5.5%
You've just come back from a job, you don't remember what went wrong but all your crew mates are weirdly horny and angry at you, how will you survive their "frustrations" vented upon you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.5%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Simulation 5.9%
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 21.9%, Detective 16%, Comic Book 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 9.2%
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Comic Book 15.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Investigation 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 18.1%, Noir 16.4%, Comic Book 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Investigation 16.5%, Choices Matter 8%
A comedic detective visual novel in a noir style. Try on an old raincoat, arm yourself with a half-eaten éclair, and set out to find the Mayor's stolen wig! Read dialogue, make choices, and try not to lead the investigation down a dead end before the Sausage Baron takes over the city.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Investigation 21.7%, Comic Book 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Cute 5.3%
Become a criminal court judge. Listen to the prosecution and defense, examine the evidence, and decide the sentence yourself in this pixel-art mini-game featuring 43 cases based on real criminal law.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 11.9%, Simulation 9.9%
The suspect claims to be human. The system says otherwise. Interrogate suspects, play evidence cards, expose contradictions, apply emotional pressure, use apparatus data, build case maps, adapt your protocol stack, and decide whether the machine uncovered the truth — or produced a false positive.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Noir 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%
Horny Spy: Secret Mission is an adult visual novel with a spicy plot. A dangerous adventure, undercover missions and passionate romantic dates are waiting for you.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Dating Sim 16.4%, Investigation 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%
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: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 20.3%, Noir 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%
In Neo Naarm in the 22nd century, augmentation technology has run amok. Combining deduction, visual novel and point and click gameplay, play as Grant Grover, private detective, one of the only remaining citizens without augmentations, as he solves crimes across the city.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Detective 19.9%, Cyberpunk 15.2%, Investigation 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
The second retro-style travel mystery adventure! This game is a suspense command ADV set in Akita's Oga region in Japan.The character designer is a manga artist Kiyokazu Arai, following his previous work "Iseshima Mystery Annai".
Why similar: Investigation 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Detective 24.2%, Visual Novel 16%, 2D 4.5%
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: Investigation 21.8%, Comic Book 20.4%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
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: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
In the depths of the forest, you find yourself at the footsteps of the abandoned village. Step inside to go through a horror puzzle game inspired by and set in Ukrainian folklore. Find the way out, solve the mysteries of the past, and survive the night that seems to never end.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Simulation 10%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Noir 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Investigation 12.7%
A Visual Novel Starring VTuber "Nekomoto Pato"! Conquer a mysterious, glitchy game that’s linked to reality!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Investigation 20.1%, Dating Sim 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
A New Kind of Romantic Adventure:Break the Flags! Akira Morisaki set up "flags" with girls for Valentine’s Day success. But receiving too many chocolates triggered a fatal surge of “love power”! Saved by the angel Chocoriel, he must relive February 14th and break the flags to escape his doomed fate.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Comic Book 15.7%, Cute 5.8%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Noir 24.4%, Investigation 22.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Hand-drawn 5.6%
"Secret Some" is an authentic game It is a 'Youth Love Comedy Story' that depicts the process of creating a story of four characters and two people. Starting with graduation, there's another story about dating a character You can feel the feeling of a growing connection.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Comic Book 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
Plunge into the depths of sanity and Lovecraftian lore in this Eldritch Horror Dating Visual Novel. Will you find love or madness?
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, Detective 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Investigation 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%
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 27.1%, Detective 26.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Investigation 11.7%, Choices Matter 6.3%
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Comic Book 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 6%
University life is always interesting. It is full of romance, dreams and plans for the future. Derek Winters is a university student. Difficulties appeared on his way, having passed which he will be able to find harmony, love and everything he wants. His fate is in your hands. YOU can help him or...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Dating Sim 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 6.7%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Investigation 27.7%, Detective 25.7%, Noir 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Simulation 7.8%
