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
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Want something that feels mysterious and story-driven the way Shanghai1920 does? Start with these games when you are ready.
Shanghai Summer
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 394 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after. During a strange turn of events, she suddenly gains the ability to see into the supernatural realm—the so-called "Yin Yan." Will she be able to uncover the truth?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Insects Awaken
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
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88% of 406 Steam reviews are positive$6.29Cat carried Butterfly
In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
83% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Murders 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 15,993 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$14.99Tales 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% of 251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99One Day in London
Take active part in a nonlinear, interactive visual novel set against the atmospheric backdrop of the 19th century England.
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87% of 70 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Gensokyo：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% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Suhoshin
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
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89% of 169 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Detective 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 1,105 Steam reviews are positive$10.99Chinatown Detective Agency
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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71% of 121 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99妄生 - Wandering Souls
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance. Through delicate narrative and profound character creation, it brings players an immersive audio-visual experience.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
85% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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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
Kill The Shadow
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation.
86% of 491 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$16.99
Omen Exitio: Hunger
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney.
87% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Insects Awaken
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his…
88% of 406 Steam reviews are positive$6.29
Shanghai Summer
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of…
89% of 394 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99
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
Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor".
76% of 494 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Follow several points of view through 1980s Tokyo, uncover the truth behind the Seven Mysteries of Honjo, and try to survive a story where one wrong…
95% of 6,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99
Night Cascades
The city is on fire, and the Devil is to blame - or is it? Two women must solve an occult-themed mystery set in an alternate 1980s while unraveling…
94% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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…
96% of 15,993 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$14.99
杀青
"Shaqing" is a Chinese horror puzzle game set in "Wuzhan Town".
76% of 114 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$6.99
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Kill The Shadow
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation.
86% of 491 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$16.99
妄生 - Wandering Souls
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance.
85% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Omen Exitio: Hunger
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney.
87% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Shu legend
《The Shu Legend》 is an interactive adventure novel. In an apocalypse ruled by the Dog Clan, bandit Shi Jin is forced by a terrifying army to…
96% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$3.60
Cat carried Butterfly
In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress.
83% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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.
73% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after.
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Detective Bloodphobia
Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.
99% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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
Miss Peacock
1930s. A remote mining town in the mountains of French Vietnam.
100% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor".
76% of 494 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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