Detective games like 1997

Hooked on the mysterious and hand-drawn side of 1997? These detective games keep things close enough to feel familiar.

2007
A psychological horror visual novel about the urban legends of G, a Russian science town. Lurk in occult chats. Serve lattes. Separate fact from insanity. Piece together the truth before time runs out. Featuring full Russian voice acting.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
91% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Sin
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
86% of 220 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
На недельку до второго
A visual novel about warm summer days in a quiet, slightly melancholic little town, lost somewhere in the vast post-Soviet landscape.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
100% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Siberian Way
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
74% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$3.19
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
A visual novel set in 1980s Japan, where Nikolai, son of Soviet immigrants, finds his school life tangled in money, power, and old secrets. You choose who to trust and which of four heroines to follow, with each choice pulling the mystery in a new direction across multiple endings.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
80% of 3,745 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$9.99
Отделение 38
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.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
93% of 233 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Return to Shironagasu Island
Detective Sen Ikeda and his assistant Neneko Izumozaki are lured to solitary Shironagasu Island by a millionaire's will. You explore, question its enigmatic residents, and work through a chain of murders to find the island's secret and get out alive.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
93% of 4,177 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$4.99
Sunlight Scream
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?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
83% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
The Mildew Children
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
92% of 473 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Graces: Posthumous Wish
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
93% of 203 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Bloody Chronicles - New Cycle of Death Visual Novel
A serial killer is on the loose and only you can stop the Phantom! Story of Koyama Kazuki, a young detective working for the Igrasil. While working on several, seemingly unrelated cases, you find clues pointing to the person who killed your parents. Can you stop this new cycle of death before it's too late?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
73% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Mandemon
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine. Love and hatred blur in the mist. What will you do? Who can you trust? Welcome to a cruel world of deceit and suffering—
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
86% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99

Cheaper than 1997

The Sin

The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still…

$4.99

На недельку до второго

A visual novel about warm summer days in a quiet, slightly melancholic little town, lost somewhere in the vast post-Soviet landscape.

$4.99

Siberian Way

Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end!

$3.19

Отделение 38

После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой.

$0.99

Return to Shironagasu Island

Detective Sen Ikeda and his assistant Neneko Izumozaki are lured to solitary Shironagasu Island by a millionaire's will.

$4.99

Sunlight Scream

The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one...

$6.99

Graces: Posthumous Wish

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical…

$7.99

Mandemon

Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.

$2.99

Detective INNA DUKE

Detective Inna Duke is a noir story-driven visual novel where you team up with lieutenant Inna Duke and her partner corporal Fernal to investigate…

$5.99

Mind Rite

Aina is a young investigator in a distant city in the north, but when mysterious magical murders begin to take place in it, it is she and her…

$6.99

Scottside

"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull.

$4.99

AI: The Somnium Files

You are Kaname Date, a Tokyo detective hunting a serial killer who takes left eyes.

$3.99

Hidden gems like 1997

Lost Wiki: Kozlovka

You are a 1990s journalist digging through a wiki for a small Eastern European town, linking articles until a dark local mystery lays itself bare.

$4.99

Scottside

"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull.

$4.99

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?

$13.99

Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn

Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.

$14.99

Yet Another Killing Game

You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?

$16.99

Graces: Posthumous Wish

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical…

$7.99

Отделение 38

$0.99

Uncanny Tales: 1992

Autumn 1992: 14-year-old Anton is left alone in his grandmother's apartment while more than ten local children go missing.

$4.99

The Mildew Children

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage…

$9.99

Stillwater

A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.

Free

Mandemon

Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.

$2.99

Night Cascades

The city is on fire, and the Devil is to blame - or is it? Two women must solve an occult-themed mystery set in an alternate 1980s while unraveling…

$9.99

Newest detective games like 1997