- #1 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Abigail Fuller
Windows · Linux
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Crime 16.1%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 11%
- #2 Lilith Was Dead
96% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows · Mac
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: Crime 21.8%, Detective 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Comedy 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #3 The Girl Who Wasn't There
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Multiple Endings 12%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Comedy 11.3%
- #4 Duppy Detective Tashia
94% matchPositive96% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Spritewrench
Windows
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Crime 13.6%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #5 Water Girls
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Visit a variety of water attractions with Jasmin, Celia and Brianna as they strive to have a day of fun together in this Fun yuri/lesbian LGBTQ+ visual novel game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Modern 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Comedy 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #6 Horny Spy: Secret Mission
94% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Stacy Story Games
Windows
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 20.6%, Crime 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Comedy 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #7 Eugene Onegin vs. the Undead
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreamlore
Windows · Mac · Linux
An HD-remaster of a comedy-horror visual novel from 2009, mixing classical Russian literature with anime, zombies and glam rock.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Detective 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #8 Future Mirror
92% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: 皐月の夢Pub: LocaGames
Windows
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #9 The Accuser and The Abyss
91% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Spectre Sun Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems. Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Crime 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #10 Crossed Parallel Lines Murder Case
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 雨幡洞云工作室
Windows
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Crime 26.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
- #11 悪人悪華 - AKUNIN-AKKA -
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: moutardelog
Windows
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 23.8%, Detective 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Modern 10.2%
- #12 Mystery Adventure The Maid Did It
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ななにのん
Windows
The culprit is—the maid. And the protagonist. your mission is to strike down six unsuspecting guests, one by one. But beware—you must never be suspected before your plan is complete. To escape suspicion, engage in heated debates and refute your opponents. Hide your true identity at all costs.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Comedy 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #13 Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Chapter IV: "Sacred Feathers"
88% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Tanuki-sama Studios
Windows · Linux
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Crime 22.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Comedy 10.2%, Visual Novel 10%
- #14 HIYOKU NO TORI
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: kamotanprojectPub: iMel
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Detective 23%, Crime 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #15 My Yokai Boyfriend: I LOVE RAMEN!
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArabanaNunuPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
「座敷童カレシILOVEラーメン」は、ラーメン作りとハートフルなストーリーを楽しめる”ラブコメノベルゲーム”です。 ラーメンで大切なものを守り抜く、強くて優しいストーリー。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Comedy 19.9%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Cute 9.8%
- #16 Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
86% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Crime 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Detective 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #17 Kayotica
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kicksoft Studio
Windows
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 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #18 Cold Verdict 3
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Crime 17.7%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #19 プリンセス×オーディエンス
83% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Nyamoli@
Windows
選択肢を間違えると即エンディング!?ドS狼プリンセスから質問攻めされる短編ゲーム
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Multiple Endings 16%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Comedy 11.5%, Cute 9.3%
- #20 Friendly Facade
82% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Emergence
Windows
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Comedy 8.6%
- #21 Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One
82% matchVery Positive95% of 109 reviews2021
Dev: Tanuki-sama Studios
Windows · Linux
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 26.7%, Crime 22.4%, Comedy 11%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #22 Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Sakura ARC
Windows
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Modern 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #23 The Deed
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,781 reviews2015
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 29.2%, Detective 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Comedy 10.2%
- #24 超探偵シャーロックちゃん ~掟破りのミスディレクション~
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: おんねんちゃんねる
Windows
The famous detective Sarako Imai (Sherlock-chan) takes on a difficult case! Sherlock-chan and Watson-kun are on a comfort trip. Can they solve a murder case at a winter spa resort? A murder mystery with a challenge to the player.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Comedy 9.9%
- #25 Agent Sherine: Oil Baron
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: cv_studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
CIA operative Sherine Hale continues her infiltration of a billionaire’s secluded mansion, where an oil deal of unimaginable value, rival agents, and dangerous desires collide. Guide her choices as she plays every side—and decides whether to complete the mission or claim the fortune for herself.
Why similar: Detective 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Female Protagonist 13%, Crime 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #26 Far Away
78% matchVery Positive95% of 8,200 reviews2021
Dev: Gratesca
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Crime 15.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Comedy 9.5%
- #27 Cold Verdict 2
79% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
Why similar: Crime 26%, Detective 23.2%, Modern 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%
- #28 Pineapple Legend
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zebra3dPub: Sukuratchi
Windows
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Crime 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Comedy 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #29 Scarpone Scamps
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pepperjack Productions
Windows
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Crime 16.9%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
- #30 追光探偵物語 FOLLOWSPOT — A Detective Story
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: keroPub: w-news
Windows
A stray flyer, a run-down detective agency, a boss who vanishes on day one. In early-2000s Japan, untangle small cases and the reasons behind them — a retro-PC "line & paint" mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Detective 19.3%, Crime 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Comedy 13.5%
- #31 Rich & Youn
75% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: tremmiGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Rich and Youn" is a classic visual novel with a few choices. The game combines a visual novel with an adult series. The game is filled with humor and cynical jokes. If you are an impressionable nature or may get offended by reading some jokes, this game is not for you.
Why similar: Crime 21.2%, Detective 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Comedy 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #32 Endless Monday: In Progress
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Comedy 9.8%
- #33 ぼったくりタクシー
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: 総合コンテンツ制作サークル
Windows
Customers... Don't let them find out... Rip-off! A thrilling rip-off adventure where if the customers find out, you'll explode!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Modern 24.5%, Comedy 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #34 Information conveyed Information received
74% match7 user reviews75% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: ほんわかふわふわ
Windows
You are an AD intern at a TV studio aiming to secure a job offer. During a live talk show, you must give directions using cue cards. Convey information based on the situation to keep things running smoothly, boost audience favorability toward the guest, and earn your offer through your performance.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Cute 9%
- #35 Hotel Perkkow and the Two Vegetarian Werewolves
75% match3 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: John Flex
Windows · Mac · Linux
Let's keep it simple. Detective arrives to Bucarest. Missing guest in a small hotel. And hawaian pizza. If you want to know how those things blend together... Just press the start button.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Modern 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #36 The Final Prize is Soup
74% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
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 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Cute 6.6%
- #37 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
73% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Screen Savor Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Detective 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Comedy 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #38 泥舟と罪人
73% 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 26.8%, Crime 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #39 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
71% matchVery Positive89% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Crime 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #40 Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows - Known Factors
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows
Join Lydia as she takes her fight to expose the corruption in Cypress Ridge to City Hall in the second part of the visual novel series What Lydia Knows.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #41 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,011 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Comedy 12%
- #42 The Real Face of a VTuber
70% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2026
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室Pub: WhisperGames
Windows
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 29.8%, Crime 22.6%, Comedy 15%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #43 Dead Detention (Rescribbled)
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Jack Astral
Windows
DEAD DETENTION is a scribbly interactive story about a nerdy teen turned dooms day survivor! Play as 14 year old Max as he tries to escape his high school during a deadly zombie pandemic! Will he and his new friends get to safety?!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #44 Murder at the Cat Show
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AppleHead Games
Windows · Mac
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: Detective 21.2%, Comedy 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #45 Realization
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Agaze Productions
Windows
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: Crime 24.2%, Detective 19.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Modern 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #46 EmyLiveShow: Case of Four Hot Witnesses
70% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
A rookie investigator's first case leads them to four sexy girls. It can stop them... or make them even more determined to find the solution.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Modern 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #47 Conor Origins - T Trilogy
70% matchPositive83% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Conor Hehr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience Conor's first three visual novels. There's a story about a lonely man going for a walk, a guy getting tapped in a prison cell on an island, and a girl trying to confess to her weird crush.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Modern 13.9%, Comedy 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #48 立ち絵が変なポーズの恋愛アドベンチャー あるいはオリジナリティの無い卒業までの日々
69% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: ななにのん
Windows
Standing pictures is strange! The story is also strange! Novel game where you can enjoy chaos!!
Why similar: Comedy 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Modern 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #49 In The Days of My Life
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redamantine Studios
Windows
Management and life-simulation Game with elaborate Relationships, where players manage their character’s actions and activities as they explore topics about self-discovery, parent-children relationships, friendships, and growing up as a College Student.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Comedy 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #50 何度目かの式
67% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: orange
Windows
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 38.3%, Female Protagonist 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Adventure 6.9%
- #51 嘘!超能少女代购中!
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 纸皮便当工作室
Windows
Broke and fired, Qiqi gets a phone that teleports her to any photo! Her plan? Cross-border smuggling! In this 3-hour comedic simulator, manage inventory, stealth-teleport, and bluff through deadly customs checks to scalp goods. One bad lie means jail! Unlock 40+ hilarious endings in this hustle.
Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Comedy 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #52 Detective Rosie Morgan: Death at a Dinner Party
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Little Black Book Entertainment
Windows
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 24.7%, Crime 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #53 Dating Killmulator
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CoolomGames
Windows
A comedy dating sim about a serial killer, an italian, and a psychologist.
Why similar: Crime 19.2%, Detective 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Comedy 13.3%, Visual Novel 9%
- #54 Echoes of Chang'an
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: N Studio
Windows · Mac
Echoes of Chang'an is a Tang-dynasty mystery visual novel from NSTUDIO. You play the adopted son of general Duan Xiushi (fictional), pulled off a simple errand into a death trap that decides an empire's fate. Observe, reason, choose — break the plot, get out alive, earn your own ending.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #55 COLIVING
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Taiwan Computer Graphics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Windows
COLIVING is an interactive narrative adventure where you play as a hard-boiled detective and a relentless journalist on two distinct paths. As their cases converge on a shared apartment, your choices shape a complex, branching story. Trust no one—the real danger lives right behind the wall.
Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Detective 20%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%
- #56 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
66% matchVery Positive88% of 4,492 reviews2024
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.7 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.7%, Crime 21%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Anime 5.8%
- #57 Police Detective: Tokyo Beat
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Crime 27.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Adventure 4.4%
- #58 Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tohakusha Inc.
Windows
“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: Detective 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%