GRUNND
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
65% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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Scarlet Hollow
Your aunt's funeral pulls you to Scarlet Hollow, a small mountain town where the mine is sealed, livestock is going missing and something is very wrong. A horror-mystery visual novel with hand-drawn art, traits that change your dialogue, and branching so dense one playthrough shows less than a fifth of it. You have a week. Good luck.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
97% of 4,987 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 108$29.99GRUNND
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
Also in Visual novel and Detective · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
65% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
A hand-drawn detective adventure about a sharp young sleuth whose mother is accused of murder. Explore the town of Arthurton, read suspects for tells, and make choices that bend the story the narrator is writing. Witty, atmospheric and surprisingly heartfelt, with a mystery that keeps pulling you forward.
Also in Visual novel and Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99Raisond'etre
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
93% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Yet 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? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Also in Visual novel and Detective · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99start;again
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99Dry Drowning
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Also in Visual novel and Detective · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
81% of 400 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Raging Loop
A psychological horror visual novel set in the mist-bound village of Yasumizu, where an ancient feast turns the locals against each other and a werewolf hides among them. Die, learn, loop back, and use what you know to pull the truth apart. A branching mystery with a flowchart, keys earned from your own deaths, and endings worth chasing.
Also in Visual novel and Detective · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
95% of 10,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$29.99The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Seven people, one old curse, and a letter that starts it all. A horror visual novel where every choice ripples through the story: who lives, who dies, who falls in love. Over 700,000 words, full voice acting and endings that change with everything you decide.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
86% of 1,313 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$19.99For Mother Matron
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
92% of 176 Steam reviews are positiveFreeIt gets so lonely here
A dark fairytale visual novel about a girl running through a night forest, and the three lonely strangers waiting at the end of each path. A yandere yuri story told in second person, where love and danger wear the same face and every ending arrives exactly on time.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeFive Stages of Pink
Psychological horror and mystery game about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city and investigate murders while trying to escape Death. This is a visual novel and point and click game.
Also in Visual novel and Detective · Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
96% of 98 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cheaper than RUNT
Raisond'etre
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
93% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
start;again
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Mandemon
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.
86% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
98% of 323 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Good Bones
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative…
75% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$6.74
The Wolf of Derevnya
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you.
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
The Fog Knows Your Name
Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. Unravel the fog's mysteries before you become its next victim.
86% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Moth Lake: A Horror Story
This is the story of Moth Lake, a small town that, behind its peaceful facade, hides a terrible secret.
82% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Runaway: A Twist of Fate
Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full…
89% of 403 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$4.99
√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
Hidden gems like RUNT
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
Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school.
94% of 163 Steam reviews are positive$21.99
The Apocalypse Sacrifice
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years.
94% of 222 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
It gets so lonely here
Run through a night forest, choose your path, and meet the three strangers waiting at the end of each one.
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
98% of 323 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Beacon Pines
A cute, creepy storybook adventure. You play Luka, a young deer snooping into his small town's strange events, and also the reader of the book…
97% of 3,116 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$19.99
Saturnalia
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its…
88% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Mandemon
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.
86% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Cemetery Mary
A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely…
96% of 384 Steam reviews are positiveFree
For Mother Matron
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths.
92% of 176 Steam reviews are positiveFree
start;again
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
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Beyond R: Rule Ripper
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules.
92% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Mobile Murder Mystery
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
97% of 76 Steam reviews are positiveFree
SkullX: Aibohphobia
You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin.
90% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school.
94% of 163 Steam reviews are positive$21.99
The Apocalypse Sacrifice
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years.
94% of 222 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Grunn
Tend the garden by day, break the rules after dark, and piece together what is really going on in this short, unsettling mystery.
95% of 1,386 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$12.99
Let Bions Be Bygones
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest…
69% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Saturnalia
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its…
88% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Good Bones
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative…
75% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$6.74
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...
83% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$6.99