AI: The Somnium Files
You are Kaname Date, a detective in near-future Tokyo hunting a serial killer who takes left eyes.
91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99
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AI: The Somnium Files
You are Kaname Date, a detective in near-future Tokyo hunting a serial killer who takes left eyes. You question suspects, pick through crime scenes, and enter dreams for clues. The plot branches into routes and endings until the pieces lock together. Funny, dark, and twisty, it is an easy recommendation for visual novel readers who like mysteries.
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91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录
A viral hearse video, a run of fatal falls, coffee in hand. A mystery-style visual novel with puzzles, reasoning, humor, and multiple endings.
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90% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
Wolf detective Roman just wants a quiet Christmas at a snowy tavern, but a storm traps 13 travelers inside with one murder after another. Read through 5 linked cases, question everyone, and pick your conclusions to reach different endings. Hand-drawn furries, dry jokes, and strong music carry it along.
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95% of 1,397 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99Return to Shironagasu Island
A New York detective and his assistant travel to solitary Shironagasu Island on a dead millionaire's invitation, then murders start. You read, question suspects and pick choices that decide who lives. A compact mystery visual novel worth playing for its tight island case and sharp turn into horror and sci-fi.
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93% of 4,176 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99七人杀阵 - Seven Sacrifices
Seven girls came to a mountain villa on the outskirts to attend a party. Suddenly they were struck by a storm. They were trapped and lost contact with the outside world.Everyone was caught unawares by the accident, but the conspiracy has just begun.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
78% of 941 Steam reviews are positive$6.99The Chrono Jotter
Ran Ibuki wakes in a derelict forest school where classmates keep getting murdered, and her missing girlfriend Ann Sakura is the reason she has to get out. You die, rewind time with your clues intact, and try again to unmask the killer. A yuri horror visual novel about forbidden love that refuses to stay dead.
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94% of 1,981 Steam reviews are positive$11.99PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
A horror visual novel about seven cursed ghost stories in late-20th-century Tokyo, and the people willing to kill to bring someone back. You read, investigate, pick dialogue, and time deadly curses across several intertwined lives. Sharp, eerie, and clever with its twists.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
95% of 6,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99The 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 mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.
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58% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$7.99蓝宝石般的被害妄想少女/Damsel with persecutory delusion
A 17-year-old shut inside depression and delusion gets a strange letter about a robbery and murder in Qinshan Port City over a decade ago. You follow her through tangled cases, gather clues, reason out answers, and steer toward different endings. Long, twisty, and earnest about law and justice, it rewards visual novel readers who like their mysteries thorny.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
89% of 1,097 Steam reviews are positive$4.99マーダーミステリーパラドクス このひと夏の十五年
"Murder Mystery Paradox: Fifteen Years of Summer" is a text-based adventure game. Enter the remote and sparsely populated island of Shikinejima and attempt to solve the strangely recurring mystery found there.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
85% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Demons' Timeline
Cyber detective L never leaves the room. You solve supernatural murders called Paradoxes by reading timelines on Parrotter, linking public accounts to secret alts, and quoting posts as proof. A demon partner, light puzzles, and a warm ending make it an easy read for visual novel readers who like mysteries.
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97% of 1,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.99SAS：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 328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3Free
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The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录
A viral hearse video, a run of fatal falls, coffee in hand. A mystery-style visual novel with puzzles, reasoning, humor, and multiple endings.
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
How Many Secrets Under Ceiling
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here!
70% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Butterfly Collector
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl.
87% of 969 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and…
79% of 992 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Trapped in Hope's Peak Academy with a murderous bear named Monokuma, you and your classmates can only escape by killing and getting away with it.
96% of 37,351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 430$1.99
KOEWOTAYORINI SP / 声之寄托SP
Escape by means of "Voice"! The second installment of the new feeling puzzle and escape game!
94% of 196 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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
Spiritual Bond ～Breaking the curse, Intertwining fates～
“Person of Serendipity… please help us——” A text-based adventure puzzle game set in ancient villages, where shrine maidens and the Kami guide you to…
82% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$4.49
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$4.99
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…
85% of 514 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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Demons' Timeline
Cyber detective L never leaves the room. You solve supernatural murders called Paradoxes by reading timelines on Parrotter, linking public accounts…
97% of 1,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Misty Judgment
A live-action mystery where you play Qi Yi, an amnesiac mystery writer caught in four murder cases.
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
ステータス確認探偵
Check the suspect's status and solve the mystery! A status-checking mystery ADV in which a rookie detective takes on difficult cases that take place…
96% of 127 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Real Face of a VTuber
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber…
90% of 288 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$10.19
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% of 328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3Free
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
AKIBA LOST
A live-action mystery set in Akihabara, where a washed-up game creator turns his sister's disappearance into a game and the disappearances start…
85% of 313 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$24.99
The Butterfly Collector
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl.
87% of 969 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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% of 439 Steam reviews are positiveFree
LumineNight
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure set in 1950s Summerset, where Detective Kelvin Foster and his daughter Selen chase a decade of…
87% of 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
子归 - Blossom
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village.
87% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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AKIBA LOST
A live-action mystery set in Akihabara, where a washed-up game creator turns his sister's disappearance into a game and the disappearances start…
85% of 313 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$24.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
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Demons' Timeline
Cyber detective L never leaves the room. You solve supernatural murders called Paradoxes by reading timelines on Parrotter, linking public accounts…
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Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
A ghost with no memory keeps dying in front of you, and treats it like a joke.
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How Many Secrets Under Ceiling
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here!
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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。
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The Real Face of a VTuber
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber…
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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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The Occult Detective
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements.
71% of 276 Steam reviews are positive$13.49
ステータス確認探偵
Check the suspect's status and solve the mystery! A status-checking mystery ADV in which a rookie detective takes on difficult cases that take place…
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Misty Judgment
A live-action mystery where you play Qi Yi, an amnesiac mystery writer caught in four murder cases.
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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The famous detective Sarako Imai (Sherlock-chan) takes on a difficult case! Sherlock-chan and Watson-kun are on a comfort trip.
74% of 39 Steam reviews are positive$9.99