Jisei
A murder mystery visual novel. Use your psychic powers to track down a killer and prove your innocence!
89% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
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Kansei
A murder mystery visual novel. Use your psychic powers to uncover secrets and hunt down a murderer.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Yet 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 · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 18 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Bloody Chronicles - New Cycle of Death Visual Novel
A serial killer is on the loose and only you can stop the Phantom! Story of Koyama Kazuki, a young detective working for the Igrasil. While working on several, seemingly unrelated cases, you find clues pointing to the person who killed your parents. Can you stop this new cycle of death before it's too late?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
73% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Return to Shironagasu Island
A detective gets a dead millionaire's invitation to a lonely island, and the murders start. Read through a full-voiced mystery with Neneko, his assistant, follow the clues, make choices that steer the story toward different endings, and find a way off the island alive.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
93% of 4,176 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
90% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$14.99AI: The Somnium Files
Detective Kaname Date hunts a serial killer through near-future Tokyo, and through other people's dreams. A murder mystery with sharp twists, a talking AI partner and dream puzzles on a six-minute clock. Dark, funny and stranger than it has any right to be.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99The Case of the Serialized Killer
Delve into a devilishly delightful world of mysticism and mystery as Harold Ludicael, the disgraced demonologist. After the untimely demise of a famous illustrator, you’re tasked with solving their murder in this point-and-click visual novel.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
90% of 86 Steam reviews are positiveFreeMind Rite
Aina is a young investigator in a distant city in the north, but when mysterious magical murders begin to take place in it, it is she and her partner who are entrusted with the case. But what if everything is not what it seems? What if Aina itself become a victim?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
88% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$6.99PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
A horror-adventure visual novel set in 1980s Tokyo. The Seven Mysteries of Honjo hide a Rite of Resurrection, and everyone who learns of it gains the power to curse. Investigate real Sumida streets in 360° panoramas, follow several points of view, and choose your moves carefully, because a wrong one can kill you.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
95% of 6,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99Drops of Death
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
92% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Murder on the Marine Express
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
92% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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Return to Shironagasu Island
A detective gets a dead millionaire's invitation to a lonely island, and the murders start.
93% of 4,176 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
AI: The Somnium Files
Interrogate suspects by day, then step into their dreams on a six-minute clock to crack a serial killer case in Tokyo.
91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99
Mind Rite
Aina is a young investigator in a distant city in the north, but when mysterious magical murders begin to take place in it, it is she and her…
88% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Murder on the Marine Express
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express.
92% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect!
81% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
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
√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
Tead
A murder-mystery visual novel following 12 strangers with mysterious pasts.
98% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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
The Kuon Island Nursery Rhyme Murders: Case Notes
A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room…
58% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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Talk to a dead girl who remembers nothing, chase the truth of her death through urban legends and branching choices, and find one of many endings.
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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
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
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$8.99
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
Drops of Death
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in…
92% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Absent in the Rain
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet...
94% of 938 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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"Murder Mystery Paradox: Fifteen Years of Summer" is a text-based adventure game.
85% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Investigate a rain-drenched city, then take the case into a labyrinth where the truth itself turns hostile.
80% of 2,310 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$14.99
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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
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…
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Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
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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.
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Drops of Death
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92% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
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Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?
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Investigate cursed relics and impossible anomalies as a rookie psychic detective, one strange urban myth at a time.
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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
Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel.
71% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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Investigate a rain-drenched city, then take the case into a labyrinth where the truth itself turns hostile.
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