60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Story Rich, Investigation.
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 ?
泥舟と罪人
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.
悪人悪華 - AKUNIN-AKKA -
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.
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: Detective 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Investigation 12.2%, Crime 9.5%, Psychological 8.4%
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: Detective 17.4%, Crime 13.4%, Investigation 9.6%, Psychological 9.5%, Thriller 8.2%
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 16.4%, Detective 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 10.5%, Psychological 10.2%
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 15.1% ★, Investigation 14.7%, Detective 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychological 10.1%
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: Detective 23.7%, Investigation 22.2%, Psychological 13.2%, Thriller 11%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 16.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Visual Novel 8.1%
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: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Mystery 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Investigation 23.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Crime 13.6%, Visual Novel 9%
A first-person investigative thriller where your family is kidnapped and you must carry out various demands from the kidnapper in order to prolong their lives. However, if you are sharp, you might also uncover clues to track down their location and devise a rescue plan.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Thriller 11.8%
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: Investigation 18.3%, Detective 16.8%, Crime 13.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
A psychological detective thriller. Everyone has already decided who did it. You don't have to. Investigate a double death, question everyone who loved them, and discover how much you can trust your own mind.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Crime 11.5%, Psychological 10.5%
"I Want to Be a Werewolf" is a text-based adventure where you can enjoy the detective elements of the Werewolf game and the stories of the characters.A strange room when you wake up. "werewolf game" that starts without knowing the purpose. Mystery & suspense that sees through deception.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Detective 14.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Psychological 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%
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 26.9%, Investigation 22.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Crime 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Investigation 26.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Mystery 17.8%, Detective 10.5%, Story Rich 10%
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Thriller 8.1%
A realistic first-person horror deduction game. Identify NON-HUMAN entities and navigate critical decisions within the Zone. Earn your survival, upgrade your booth, and-above all-don't let the NON-HUMANS in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Investigation 15.9%, Detective 15.4%, Psychological 11.6%, Mystery 9.1%
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: Detective 22.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Investigation 11%, Thriller 8.4%
At Mystery Academy, training detectives is routine. Dealing with a vampire? Not so much. As mysterious deaths begin to surface, questions begins to arise: is it all just pure coincidence? And who can you trust when danger might be right beside you?
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Psychological 9%, Visual Novel 9%
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%, Investigation 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Crime 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 8.9%, Psychological 8.8%
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: Investigation 13%, Crime 12%, Mystery 11.2%, Assassins 10.5% ★, Psychological 9.6%
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: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Detective 13.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Investigation 12.4%, Thriller 11.7%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Investigation 15.9%, Detective 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Psychological 11%, Mystery 10.1%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 17%, Psychological 13.4%, Thriller 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 16.7%, Crime 13.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Psychological 8.6%
Uncover the truth behind an idol's disappearance, weeks before her highly anticipated 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: Detective 18.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 12.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
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 17.8%, Detective 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 11.7%, Psychological 9.3%
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 20.6%, Investigation 17.2%, Crime 12.8%, Mystery 12%, Thriller 10.2%
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: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Psychological 11%, Mystery 10.3%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Investigation 26.5%, Detective 21.7%, Crime 15.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Visual Novel 10%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 15.9%, Crime 15%, Thriller 12.9%, Mystery 12.8%
A call. A secluded mansion cloaked in mystery. A family with deadly secrets. Federal investigator Scott Watkins answers a tip about a missing woman but what he uncovers inside the Monteiroz estate will change everything. Who can you trust? What really happened here How far will you go for the truth?
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Thriller 13.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Investigation 10.7%
This classic-style mystery adventure game, inspired by the Famicom Detective Club series and illustrated by Famitsu's legend Kiyokazu Arai, will take you on a suspenseful journey through the beautiful landscapes of Ise-Shima.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 18.1%, Crime 14.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 21%, Mystery 15.7%, Crime 15%, Thriller 9.5%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Detective 16.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Thriller 8.2%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Detective 19.1%, Crime 14.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Visual Novel 8.6%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Investigation 22.4%, Crime 14.9%, Mystery 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 24.5%, Crime 15.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%
“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 22.2%, Detective 18.3%, Mystery 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Investigation 22.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Crime 12.5%
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: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 21%, Mystery 14.1%, Visual Novel 8.1%, Psychological 7.9%
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: Detective 19%, Investigation 18.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Mystery 11.6%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Mystery 18.2%, Detective 17.5%, Thriller 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 19.8%, Crime 13.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Thriller 11.4%
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 18.4% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Crime 12.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological 9.6%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Thriller 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 23.3%, Investigation 21.4%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Crime 8%
A self-staged arson at a sales center drags you into the murder case of a female sales agent. With both your career and life in shambles, you must find a way to clear your name. The path to the truth is fraught with danger. Can you rise from this abyss and reclaim the reality you once envisioned?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Detective 15.6%, Crime 14.5%, Thriller 12.4%, Mystery 11.6%
You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 13.5%, Psychological 13.1%, Mystery 11.3%
Trapped in a subway car that seems to have no end, you must solve a crime where the clues contradict each other and the environment changes without explanation. Investigate the passengers, defy logic, and try to escape before claustrophobia completely distorts your reality.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 18.7%, Crime 15%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Assassins 9.6% ★
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is a 3D horror adventure game, with the direction and the original script by Ruggero Deodato. Take control of different characters in a desperate expedition to the virgin jungles of Borneo.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Thriller 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%
Welcome to the mysterious village of "Folk Show"! This is a domestic plot-oriented micro-horror game that will take you into a rural story full of suspense and thriller.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Thriller 14.1%
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: Detective 25.8%, Investigation 23.4%, Mystery 15.3%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Thriller 6.4%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Mystery 14.1%, Thriller 13.2%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 13.7%, Thriller 12.4%, Crime 10.3%
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Investigation 14.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Thriller 10.3%
After the city was shrouded with nightmares, you’ve been assigned to dive into this psychological survival-horror adventure to uncover the strange phenomenon that were affiliated to a certain science-tech corporation and bring them to justice.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Thriller 12.1%
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 20.8%, Detective 18.7%, Crime 12.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Psychological 8%
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Psychological 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%
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: Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Investigation 14.4%, Thriller 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%
