Games like 鲤氏奇人异闻录

Want something that feels mysterious and story-driven the way 鲤氏奇人异闻录 does? These games are worth a look next.

1. The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录

   

   A visual novel about a coffee-fuelled criminal investigation student who stumbles into strange cases: a hearse filmed at a gas station, a string of fatal falls. Gather evidence, interrogate suspects under pressure, crack puzzles and reach one of several endings. Fully voiced, with a dry sense of humour running through the mystery.

   Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   90%90% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positive$3.99

2. 寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files

   

   A Lovecraftian mystery visual novel set in a modern Chinese city. Run an old bookshop, question visitors with the right dialogue moves, gather clues from forums and TV, and argue your case before things get stranger. The story goes places few horror games dare, and the ending earns it.

   Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   80%80% of 1,848 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

3. Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集

   

   A snowstorm traps thirteen guests, including you, in a tavern where murders keep happening. Roman the wolf detective just wanted a quiet Christmas, but now it is your job to search rooms, question everyone and untangle five connected cases before the holiday falls apart completely.

   Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   95%95% of 1,396 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$10.99

4. 蓝宝石般的被害妄想少女/Damsel with persecutory delusion

   

   A strange letter lands with Li Meiyuan, a 17-year-old living inside her own delusions, and points to a brutal robbery and murder in Qinshan Port City more than a decade ago. What follows is a detective story told on two tangled lines: a prosecutor working real cases in the present, and the girl's delusions replaying the past. The deduction is genuine, the writing is sharp, and the truth keeps slipping out of reach.

   Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   89%89% of 1,096 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

5. 孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon

   

   一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀，对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查，并各自提交一份答案。最后，出现了七种截然不同的解答……

   Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   85%85% of 206 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$5.84

6. Ticy Adventure Club

   

   Join the Ticy Adventure Club, a crew of paranormal investigators handling spooky commissions. Split up, explore, poke at nearly every object, and follow a cute, colorful story that takes a sharp turn into horror. Short, charming and scarier than it looks.

   Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   97%97% of 3,285 Steam reviews are positiveFree

7. 七人杀阵 - Seven Sacrifices

   

   Seven girls came to a mountain villa on the outskirts to attend a party. Suddenly they were struck by a storm. They were trapped and lost contact with the outside world.Everyone was caught unawares by the accident, but the conspiracy has just begun.

   Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   78%78% of 941 Steam reviews are positive$1.88

8. 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 Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   92%92% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

9. Tales of the Mirror

   

   Tales of the Mirror is a landscape-mode visual novel game created by Cotton Games. As a player, you solve a series of mysteries in the mid and late Ming Dynasty, in the south of Yangtze River.

   Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

   54%54% of 250 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$7.99

10. 天降锦鲤 ~ My Lucky Koi

    

    Its`A humorous Daily story——A friendship story between a hard worker and a Koi leprechaun.——This is a Chinese short visual novel with single ending.

    Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Hand-drawn

    93%93% of 245 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$4.99

11. 品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales

    

    PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.

    Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn

    93%93% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$3.99

12. Misty Judgment

    

    A live-action mystery where you play Qi Yi, a man with no memory, hunting a murderer who hides among your friends. Search scenes, present evidence, name the killer in judgment, and let your choices carry you to very different endings.

    Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional

    92%92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$6.29

Hidden gems like 鲤氏奇人异闻录

Long Knives

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

98%98% of 668 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8Free

The Bygone Days of Her and the Flowers

和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》

99%99% of 234 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Ticy Adventure Club : Queen of the Spring

本作是一款RPG恐怖解谜游戏。在游戏中，玩家将扮演一群以解决灵异事件为课外实践活动的学生，在提西城里调查有关“春日女王”的事件。随着调查的深入，一场巨大的阴谋正徐徐展开……

98%98% of 902 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2Free

Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn

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

92%92% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Misty Judgment

You wake up as Qi Yi with no memory, and the killer is hiding among the people who call you by that name.

92%92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$6.29

SAS：绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶

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。

89%89% of 323 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6Free

Trials of Innocence

As rookie lawyer Luna Ray, cross-examine witnesses and turn evidence against them to win murder trials and expose a conspiracy that stretches far…

91%91% of 1,344 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$14.44

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.'

85%85% of 899 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident

"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN…

85%85% of 438 Steam reviews are positiveFree

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…

81%81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99

品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales

PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures.

93%93% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$3.99

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。

79%79% of 440 Steam reviews are positive$8

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一个普通的早晨，五个大学生踏入同一间教室，却在陌生的空间醒来。纸条上写着： “在七天内找到真相，否则这里就会崩塌。”——你将如何度过这七天？

100%100% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$0.79

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。

79%79% of 440 Steam reviews are positive$8

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…

81%81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99

Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn

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

92%92% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom

Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor".

76%76% of 494 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

Long Knives

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

98%98% of 668 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8Free

SAS：绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶

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。

89%89% of 323 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6Free

London: Echoes of the Past

A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces.

79%79% of 211 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

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.'

85%85% of 899 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Misty Judgment

You wake up as Qi Yi with no memory, and the killer is hiding among the people who call you by that name.

92%92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$6.29

The Bygone Days of Her and the Flowers

和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》

99%99% of 234 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident

"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN…

85%85% of 438 Steam reviews are positiveFree