Detective games like Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom

Did Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom leave you in a mysterious and story-driven frame of mind? Give these detective games a try when the craving hits.

Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Silent Love
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
74% of 201 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
95% of 661 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Raging Loop
A werewolf hides among the villagers of mist-locked Yasumizu, and you are stuck reliving the feast until you name it. Raging Loop is a linear visual novel about reading each loop closely, remembering who lied, and using what death taught you to open the next path.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
95% of 10,977 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$29.99
子归 - Blossom
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
87% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
咒影 Curse of the Shadow
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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, Story-driven, Dark
86% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Mirages
Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
77% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录
You follow a viral ghost-hearse video and a run of fatal falls, pick through clues, solve puzzle minigames, and reason out what happened over coffee.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
90% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Xi
"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion. This immersive escape room experience feels a bit too real, with eerie and strange elements everywhere—an empty banquet, an endless corridor.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
89% of 248 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
吸血鬼杀人事件 The Resurrection of Vampire
This is a female oriented interactive visual novel game. The story takes place in a fictional world in the 1930s. You will play the role of a college student (female lead) and follow a folk research team led by professors from our school to conduct research on the remote island of Kimmel.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
73% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
The Simen Rumors
本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
79% of 441 Steam reviews are positive$8

Cheaper than Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom

Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～

An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.

$4.99

子归 - Blossom

Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village.

$7.99

咒影 Curse of the Shadow

"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once…

$3.99

Mandemon

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

$2.99

The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录

You follow a viral ghost-hearse video and a run of fatal falls, pick through clues, solve puzzle minigames, and reason out what happened over coffee.

$3.99

Mirages

Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories.

$8.99

Xi

"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion.

$1.99

吸血鬼杀人事件 The Resurrection of Vampire

This is a female oriented interactive visual novel game. The story takes place in a fictional world in the 1930s.

$5.99

Suicide Countdown: 7 Days

Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and…

$1.99

The Simen Rumors

本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。

回门 Way Back Home

"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times.

$6.99

墨心：波云诡船

You wake with no memory on a thorn-covered cruise ship that should not exist, trapped with three strangers while a monster wakes too.

$2.99

Hidden gems like Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom

Long Knives

Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty.

Free

Elton Manor: Requiem of the Cursed Roses

At the beginning of the 20th century, you awaken in a quiet manor where everyone calls you “Anna”, a maid.

$9.99

Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn

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

$14.99

Misty Judgment

You are Qi Yi, a mystery writer who cannot remember his own name, caught in a loop of murders across a campus, a mental hospital, a villa, and an…

$8.99

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

我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live

Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.'

$9.99

Xi

"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion.

$1.99

咒影 Curse of the Shadow

"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once…

$3.99

Rubbings

《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑，根据匿名信件中的拓片线索，深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村，这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事，并在村庄中展开调查，你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。

$9.99

Raining City: Millions Recollections

One night, Lyu Xuan woke up soaked in blood, a mysterious black hole in the palm of her hand, and millions pouring out of that hole, like an…

$11.99

The Simen Rumors

林葬屋前传：冥声

"Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" is a Chinese folk horror FMV mystery about a forbidden ghost marriage, a cursed nursery rhyme, and a string of…

$6.99

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