- #1 Blind Dog
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: svyat
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 32.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #2 Tron: Identity
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
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 34.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Noir 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #3 One Eleven
96% matchVery Positive82% of 114 reviews2023
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
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: Detective 24.9%, Noir 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #4 Cannibal Court
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Detective 28.6%, Psychological Horror 22%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #5 Clean Slate
94% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Mariano JarPub: Time Ajar
Windows · Linux
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 30.7%, Multiple Endings 15%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Noir 12.6%, Visual Novel 9%
- #6 Marmorea
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Burning Farmhouse Studios
Windows
Guido ventures to the Tuscan village of Pietralba to solve the mystery of his brother’s disappearance. Along the way he will uncover the dark secrets buried within the marble quarries and his own family's past.
Why similar: Detective 30.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Noir 16.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #7 Обо: Шоу Теней
93% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Julliet Pub: Julliet Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 30.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Noir 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #8 爱人:Aijin
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Mangolotis
Windows
"'Aijin' is a Chinese dreamcore psychological and survival horror game with multiple endings. you play as a student who has returned from the 'Lover Internet Addiction Treatment School.' After enduring severe psychological trauma, one day you discover the truth about 'Aijin' and your own identity...
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.6%, First-Person 6.7%
- #9 Ezrebeth
91% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 37.8%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #10 Call the Tune
91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: St☆rletPub: Elephant Shrew Crew
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this detective/idol game fusion, every decision you make will influence the narrative. Your choices will shape relationships, uncover secrets, and determine the fate of the characters and the school itself.
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #11 Yoram - Question Arc
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Yoram
Windows
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: Detective 34.6%, Noir 20.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
- #12 The Testing Chamber
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 701 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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 32.8%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #13 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #14 Love and Fear
88% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Mango x2
Windows · Mac
Visual novel with a detective plot. Summer break is a time of adventure and love! However, Hikari does not yet know that the maniac has already gone hunting!
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #15 Poisoned Path
86% match3 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Inspiration Overload Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
⚠️ IMPORTANT: The game we developed will be permanently removed from Steam very soon! The removal could happen any day now. This is your absolute final chance to add it to your library and join our adventure. Thank you for your support!
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #16 The Island: Into The Mist
87% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Noir 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #17 KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托
86% matchVery Positive86% of 982 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 257.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
“喂喂,求求你啦!救救我!” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救,给你打电话的人,是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #18 泥舟と罪人
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
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 34.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #19 SMU News: Strange events recorded
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
In this game, play as Shenming University News Department members. Explore strange incidents—no need for truth. Write compelling reports from clues; eye-catching content excites readers. As for what really happened…do readers actually care? If you care, go find out yourself.
Why similar: Detective 46.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #20 Is There a Way?
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SS GC Omnipotens
Windows · Mac
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 30.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #21 Guilt Trip
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
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 43.2%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Choices Matter 8%
- #22 Mado Marks
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three students record future-self videos in a classroom room that shouldn’t exist... The next morning, one of them is gone, and only corrupted marks prove she was ever there. A short psychological horror VN about memory, proof, and erasure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #23 破禁 Limbo Break
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xiaowanxiongzzz
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 36.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #24 爱与命的彼端
82% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
《爱与命的彼端》是一款悬疑推理AVG。游戏中你将扮演男主角路杰,为拯救恋人许琳,开始一段爱与命的离奇冒险。你即将卷入扑朔迷离的连环杀人案件,也会接触到离奇的民间传说,躲藏在暗处的阴影也注视着你,蠢蠢欲动……你必须依靠自己的推理能力找出真凶,拯救恋人。
Why similar: Detective 59.2%, Multiple Endings 22.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #25 INDOORS: Trespasser
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Estigia Softworks
Windows
May 7th, 1951. Five days after the Alston family vanished inside their manor. Local policeman Lucas Smith, never returned from his investigation. Now, his son breaks in to continue the investigation in this short horror and detective escape room.
Why similar: Detective 40%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Gore 5.3%
- #26 The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录
80% matchVery Positive90% of 1,760 reviews2017
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play as college student who majors in criminal investigation and solve the weird cases happened right beside him! A visual novel involves puzzle solving, reasoning, humor and of course adventures! English version is available now.
Why similar: Detective 61.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 5.4%
- #27 Where Are The Alices?
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zimmzimmgames
Windows
Interrogate your past. In this demo, you embody Detective Juno facing off against the White Rabbit in the corrupt city of WoodHale. Detect his lies, confront contradictions, and manage your trauma before time runs out. Will you be the one to break him, or will you be the one who breaks?
Why similar: Detective 42.2%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Adventure 8.6%, First-Person 4.5%
- #28 Holy Shift
78% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #29 Tokyo Dark
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,343 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 40.5%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #30 The Wolf Among Us
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 39,509 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Detective 35.3%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Noir 14%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #31 AI: The Somnium Files
77% matchVery Positive92% of 9,260 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 44.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Gore 9.2%
- #32 Lachesis or Atropos
77% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 37.8%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #33 In Winter: a new apartment
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BSZ
Windows
brothers move to a new residence, the apartment owner makes them live for free, but one of the brothers suspects that this man is bad. Live their lives, make fateful decisions, find the truth about the owner of the apartment and be careful people hide much more than they show
Why similar: Detective 31%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Adventure 11.5%
- #34 The Shell Part I: Inferno
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,396 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 115.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #35 The Wolf Among Us Remastered
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Telltale
Windows
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 38.5%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Noir 15.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #36 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.3%, Noir 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #37 Bad Summer
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S&J Games
Windows
Welcome to Bear Ridge Summer Camp! Jenny Lewis is an awkward high school graduate working her first job as a camp counsellor. Help her navigate an exciting summer of making new friends, and finding her first love. But be wary! Not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #38 Deep In Hell
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Iskra
Windows
God is dead. He was killed. I need to find out which of these filthy horned bastards did it. And I will dig to the truth, no matter what it costs me... A brutal visual novel in a noir style about a detective investigating the murder of a god in hell.
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Noir 20.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #39 The Wickie : Journey of a Lighthouse Keeper
73% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Crispian RobsonPub: Cheese Tax Productions
Windows
The Wickie is a first-person thriller set in the 1930s Outer Hebrides. Explore handcrafted islands, uncover cosmic horrors, and survive deadly dangers. With no weapons or maps, rely on wit and courage to solve mysteries. Rich in story,art, and Lovecraftian dread, Will you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Detective 29%, Noir 14%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #40 Witchlight Woods
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #41 Aviary Attorney
73% matchVery Positive95% of 2,264 reviews2015
Dev: Sketchy Logic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 51%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Adventure 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #42 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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: Detective 32%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #43 After Lights Out
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POQI STUDIO
Windows
After Lights Out is a first person psychological horror game. Players will explore a terrifying house that keeps changing in the dark. Use the lights to solve the puzzles and uncover the hidden truth in the room.
Why similar: Detective 45.9%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Adventure 5.7%, First-Person 4.9%
- #44 Isle of Maligree
71% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #45 Soulslayer~灭魂·误佳期~
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 721 reviews2017
Dev: 开水工作室Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
Why similar: Detective 65.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Adventure 13.2%, Indie 4.1%
- #46 NXER
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rspyz (Mohammed Aljohani)Pub: rspyz
Windows
Names are forbidden. The surface is deadly. The truth is buried deep beneath Riyadh.
Why similar: Detective 48.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Adventure 7.4%, Gore 5.8%
- #47 KARA
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IKARUS
Windows · Mac · Linux
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Adventure 8%
- #48 CARTAGRA
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
Why similar: Detective 45.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Gore 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #49 The old house
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exent
Windows
A journey through Gravewood's woods reveals a small town's secrets. A spontaneous vacation, new friends, and a horror-detective story reminiscent of classic PS1 games. Fear grows slowly but is constant.
Why similar: Detective 48.5%, Psychological Horror 30.3%, Adventure 10.9%, Multiple Endings 4.9%, First-Person 4.3%
- #50 Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts
71% match8 user reviews0% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: TiesoftPub: Badland Publishing
Windows
One tragic night, the power dome of Damipolis died during dinner under strange circumstances... What were they doing there? What really happened that night? And... who is the culprit? Solve the mystery in this first-person 3D graphic adventure, inspired by classic film noir.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Noir 21.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #51 Sara
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sara Eshard
Windows · Mac · Linux
3 days, 3 dreams, and 3 worlds.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #52 Blues and Bullets
70% matchMixed62% of 1,375 reviews2015
Dev: A Crowd of Monsters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Blues and Bullets is a dark and violent crime thriller. Set in an alternative Eliot Ness & Al Capone story, Blues and Bullets blends a stunning script with detective work to deliver an amazing interactive experience.
Why similar: Detective 36.3%, Noir 20%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Gore 6.3%
- #53 Suhoshin
68% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
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: Detective 24.4%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #54 The Monster Inside
69% matchVery Positive88% of 2,088 reviews2017
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 10%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Detective 52.6%, Noir 28.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #55 The Paracelsian Project
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #56 Motherheart
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Renting Asteroids
Windows
Based on the concept album "When They Both Went Under" by Renting Asteroids, an unexpected call pulls you into the private world of a secluded writing circle following a tragedy. In this first-person point and click detective RPG, play as Carmen Voss, trace shared drafts, and survive surreal combat.
Why similar: Detective 47%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%, First-Person 5.6%
- #57 Sunlight Scream
67% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 42.6%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #58 Nugatory
65% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Cademon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a deadly time loop on a remote research facility, a security officer must expose an alien imposter before the day resets. A tense, fully voiced sci-fi mystery where you are stuck in a cycle of life, death, and wrongful accusations.
Why similar: Detective 39.7%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #59 I Am The Prosecutor: No Evidence? No Problem!
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.
Why similar: Detective 48%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #60 Noir : Dead On Arrival
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AGORA:GAMEPLAY
Windows
Noir/Horror themed story rich interactive adventure indie game with party-based RPG elements. As you investigate various mysterious cases, you will learn more about the secrets of this dystopian world and maybe discover why most of mankind has turned into zombies. Each of your choices really matters
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Noir 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11%