Kanna Maze
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds.
88% of 372 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Detective games like 初颜 - The Prototype
Want something that feels mysterious and story-driven the way 初颜 - The Prototype does? These detective games keep things close enough to feel familiar.
The Chrono Jotter
Ran Ibuki is stuck in a derelict forest school where classmates keep getting murdered, and her missing girlfriend Ann is the reason to get out. You interrogate suspects, keep your clues when time rewinds after each death, and try to stop the next killing. A yuri horror visual novel for armchair detectives who like feelings with their case files.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
94% of 1,979 Steam reviews are positive$11.99时忆 Memory of Time
This is a science fiction detective themed visual novel game, where players need to play the role of a "detective", connecting seemingly unrelated events and discovering mysterious truths hidden behind them, Please survive, and walk with your head held high towards the 'perfect ending' you expect.
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94% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFreeRail of Möbius
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
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93% of 362 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story
Watch four murders unfold on film across 1922, 1972, and 2022, then solve them yourself as mystery novelist Haruka Kagami. You gather clues from the footage, build hypotheses, and name the killer to untangle a century of Shijima family deaths around the red camellia and the Fruit of Youth.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
79% of 1,046 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$49.99Kanna Maze
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
88% of 372 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
88% of 996 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99AI: The Somnium Files
You are Kaname Date, a Tokyo detective hunting a serial killer who takes left eyes. You work crime scenes by day and break into suspects' dreams by night, and every route changes what you think you know. Funny, dark and full of turns, it is built for armchair detectives who like to be wrong twice before breakfast.
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91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99The Posthumous Investigation
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
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93% of 583 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99Misty 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 office. Search scenes, press suspects, and present the right evidence to break their stories in this live-action detective story with multiple endings.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
You wake up dead with no memory and one night to solve your own murder. As ghost Sissel you possess objects, pull small tricks, and rewind time to stop deaths and untangle the plot. A funny, tightly plotted mystery worth playing for the ending alone.
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97% of 6,594 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$29.99√Letter - Root Letter -
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
78% of 556 Steam reviews are positive$1.99No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Twelve years after a girl vanished from a playground, retired inspector Jeon Gyeong reopens the file. You sort her scattered memories, match 54 conversations to their speakers, and catch every lie. A short, sad, clever detective game for armchair detectives who love paperwork.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
96% of 10,612 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
Cheaper than 初颜 - The Prototype
Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer!
88% of 996 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
AI: The Somnium Files
You are Kaname Date, a Tokyo detective hunting a serial killer who takes left eyes.
91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99
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…
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
√Letter - Root Letter -
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared.
78% of 556 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Twelve years after a girl vanished from a playground, retired inspector Jeon Gyeong reopens the file.
96% of 10,612 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
Return to Shironagasu Island
Detective Sen Ikeda and his assistant Neneko Izumozaki are lured to solitary Shironagasu Island by a millionaire's will.
93% of 4,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
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…
79% of 992 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
London: Echoes of the Past
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces.
79% of 211 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Tales of the Mirror
Tales of the Mirror is a landscape-mode visual novel game created by Cotton Games.
54% of 251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
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.
90% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
A wolf detective wants a quiet Christmas in a suburban tavern, but a storm traps 13 travellers inside with one murder after another.
95% of 1,397 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$10.99
Hidden gems like 初颜 - The Prototype
Demons' Timeline
Cyber Detective L never leaves his room. You solve supernatural murders called Paradoxes entirely through Parrotter, a fake social feed, with help…
97% of 1,404 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them.
90% of 1,385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
The Posthumous Investigation
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes.
93% of 583 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$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…
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into Galley House and found something bloody and unexplained.
93% of 4,954 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 157$19.99
The Red Pearls Of Borneo
A clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London reads the psychic echoes of one night in 1941 Borneo.
95% of 4,892 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97Free
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?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Trials of Innocence
Defend clients as rookie lawyer Luna Ray in this courtroom detective game with over 500,000 words of cases, twists and cross-examinations.
91% of 1,349 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.44
Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer!
88% of 996 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
Newest detective games like 初颜 - The Prototype
The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into Galley House and found something bloody and unexplained.
93% of 4,954 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 157$19.99
Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them.
90% of 1,385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Demons' Timeline
Cyber Detective L never leaves his room. You solve supernatural murders called Paradoxes entirely through Parrotter, a fake social feed, with help…
97% of 1,404 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
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.
94% of 137 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Posthumous Investigation
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes.
93% of 583 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
The Red Pearls Of Borneo
A clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London reads the psychic echoes of one night in 1941 Borneo.
95% of 4,892 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97Free
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
52Hertz
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac…
83% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$12.74
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
London: Echoes of the Past
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces.
79% of 211 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game.
77% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$9.99