The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录
Play a criminal investigation student who solves the strange cases unfolding right next to him, one puzzle and interrogation at a time.
90% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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Murders on the Yangtze River
A detective adventure in early 20th century China. John Shen returns home to find out who really killed his brother, and the cases along the way lead somewhere bigger. Investigate scenes, hunt contradictions in testimonies and argue your case, all across a hand-painted ink wash scroll of the Yangtze.
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96% of 15,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$8.99Silent Love
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
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74% of 201 Steam reviews are positive$9.99再见断刀
A wuxia murder mystery in visual novel form. Guests gather at a mountain manor cut off from the world, the host turns up dead, and it falls to you to question everyone, gather evidence and point at the killer. Fair-play deduction, branching accusations and a story that keeps twisting long after you think you have it figured out.
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92% of 2,657 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99The 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.
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90% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Misty 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.
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92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$6.29Mohism: Battle of Words
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
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76% of 570 Steam reviews are positive$9.99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...
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87% of 556 Steam reviews are positive$7.99SAS：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。
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89% of 323 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeTales 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.
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54% of 250 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
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76% of 494 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
A point-and-click murder mystery in Tang Dynasty China. Play Di Renjie, the empire's most famous investigator, as he hunts a serial killer through the capital while the court itself circles him. Pixel art, a strong soundtrack, and a deduction mechanic where you rebuild the crime yourself.
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88% of 1,104 Steam reviews are positive$10.99恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
It’s based on Hengshui high school to reveal the real society, Game feature: cult painting style, puzzle elements, serious student death event plus humorous minor role, As it was released on March,2015, and finished in the following four months, now it’s downloaded almost 0.9 million players, the live video of the game has 2.
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85% of 514 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
It’s based on Hengshui high school to reveal the real society, Game feature: cult painting style, puzzle elements, serious student death event plus…
85% of 514 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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.
79% of 940 Steam reviews are positive$1.88
景安区奇案-Jing 'an District Copstories
Jing' an District is a peaceful place, but sometimes some interesting cases will happen. The cases here are not all so bloody.
67% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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…
81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
山：临界幸存者
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
90% of 525 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
CaseCracker
Dig through case files, cross-reference every receipt and transcript, and follow the evidence through five connected mysteries.
89% of 3,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99
六阶谜题 six-step mystery
失意青年刘在机缘巧合下得到了一份离奇的工作，在命运齿轮的推动下，结识了几名性格各异的少女。忽然有一天祸从天降，他卷入了一起绑架案，并被迫参与一场事关生死的游戏。在求生的同时，他不得不重新审视过去生活寻求蛛丝马迹，那看似平静的生活实则早已暗流涌动……
86% of 585 Steam reviews are positive$2.58
品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures.
93% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Banter Schooldays!!三〇一室无一人
Banter Schooldays!! is a visual novel legal drama adventure game developed by the independent team Lingtan Studio.
90% of 676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.99
The Chrono Jotter
Trapped in a school where classmates keep dying, you rewind time after every murder to unmask the killer and reach the girlfriend who vanished years…
94% of 1,976 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Death Game Report
Type names into an old terminal, piece together the students' final thoughts, and deduce who killed whom and why.
95% of 2,417 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99
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Long Knives
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty.
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Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
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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% 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。
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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% of 1,344 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$14.44
久美子之死：昭和少女血色告白
1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
88% of 125 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
再见断刀
Investigate a string of deaths at an isolated mountain manor, question suspects who may be lying, and name the killer yourself.
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追曙
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to…
85% of 101 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…
81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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《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。
87% of 187 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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During the Xining era of the Northern Song, a corrupt chancellor plunged the court into chaos, waged reckless wars, favored commoners over…
79% of 219 Steam reviews are positive$7.40
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铜刀银剑
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追曙
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Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after.
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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…
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1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
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Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
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Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor".
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This detective interactive game casts you as an officer solving a murder at a remote inn. Freely type to question NPCs, who react dynamically.
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A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces.
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