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 1,404 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
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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, Dark
85% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Return 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 4,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99超探偵シャーロックちゃん ～掟破りのミスディレクション～
The famous detective Sarako Imai (Sherlock-chan) takes on a difficult case! Sherlock-chan and Watson-kun are on a comfort trip. Can they solve a murder case at a winter spa resort? A murder mystery with a challenge to the player.
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74% of 39 Steam reviews are positive$9.99MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
A game based on a simple concept: a mystery puzzle you can complete in an hour. Can you solve the cases narrated in this beautiful pixel-art adventure?
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77% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$12.99奇天烈相談ダイヤル
矛盾を見つけ、相談者の悩みを解決する怪異判定アドベンチャー
Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
83% of 354 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4FreePARANORMASIGHT: 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, Retro
95% of 6,281 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99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 in a fantasy world.
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96% of 127 Steam reviews are positiveFreeゴシックマーダー -運命を変えるアドベンチャー-
命を狙われる当主を守るため、メイドの少女が恐るべき殺人計画に挑む！20世紀初頭英国の伯爵家を舞台にした恋愛ミステリーゲーム。予知夢を元に殺人計画の謎を推理して、当主の命を守る――待ち受けるのは死か密やかな恋か？ 選択によっていくつものエンディングに分岐します。
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79% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$11.99寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
A bookstore owner in a restless modern city gets pulled into strange cases with his friends. You pick dialogue tactics to suit each personality, gather clues from talk, TV and forums, then combine evidence to argue your way toward the truth. Wordy and slow in places, but the Lovecraftian mystery and stylish art give visual novel readers plenty to chew on.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
80% of 1,848 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Zombie Police: Christmas Dancing with Police Zombies
Rookie human detective and energetic zombie detective, a mismatched buddy tackle mysterious cases! Get to the truth with the zombie's super powers and human deductive skills in this Japanese mystery ADV! Now on release!
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88% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$12.99Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
A ghost with no memory keeps dying in front of you, and treats it like a joke. You are the only living person who can talk to Kugayama Shiori, so you help her chase her lost memories, question other ghosts, and fill an Urban Legend Encyclopedia until one incident explains everything. Funny, bloody, and sad in that order.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99Iseshima mystery annai: Itsuwari no Kuro shinnjyu
舞台は東京から伊勢志摩へ…… ファミコン風アドベンチャーゲームの完全新作！
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A ghost with no memory keeps dying in front of you, and treats it like a joke.
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99
氷点下30度の絶望
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97% of 399 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest
Verita runs a second-hand shop and owes a lot of money, so she takes on cases about Mana, the source of supernatural powers, and strange STAFF tools.
89% of 1,051 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$24.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 463 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
ステータス確認探偵
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The Real Face of a VTuber
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The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into empty Galley House and found something bloody.
93% of 4,954 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 157$19.99
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
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Midnight Syndrome
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
99% of 110 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…
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Supernatural × Mystery × Death Game Twelve high school students awaken trapped in a mysterious building.
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In 1936, locals walked into empty Galley House and found something bloody.
93% of 4,954 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 157$19.99
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A ghost with no memory keeps dying in front of you, and treats it like a joke.
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99
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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A mysterious phone number on a park restroom wall leads to an unknown “voice,” quietly awakening the town’s hidden apparitions.
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氷点下30度の絶望
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