Visual novels like 鲤氏奇人异闻录

Want something that feels mysterious and story-driven the way 鲤氏奇人异闻录 does? These visual novels are worth a look next.

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.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
90% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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, Hand-drawn
80% of 1,848 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Roman'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.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
95% of 1,397 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
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, Hand-drawn
89% of 1,097 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon
一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀，对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查，并各自提交一份答案。最后，出现了七种截然不同的解答……
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
85% of 206 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99
Ticy Adventure Club
You split up with a paranormal investigation club, poke through scenes for clues, and piece together a sad ghost story from each member's view. Cute cartoon art, lots of unlockable CGs, funny item chatter, and one mild scare for readers who want feelings with their frights.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 3,285 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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, Hand-drawn
78% of 941 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. 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 · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
天降锦鲤 ~ My Lucky Koi
Its`A humorous Daily story——A friendship story between a hard worker and a Koi leprechaun.——This is a Chinese short visual novel with single ending.
Story-driven, Hand-drawn
93% of 245 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.99
品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
93% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Misty Judgment
A live-action mystery where you play Qi Yi, an amnesiac mystery writer caught in four murder cases. Search scenes for evidence, poke holes in suspects' stories, and name the killer hiding among familiar faces. Good for visual novel readers who want their reading interrupted by an accusation.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
子归 - Blossom
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
87% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

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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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Trials of Innocence

Rookie lawyer Luna Ray takes hopeless murder cases to a modern courtroom, and you read, question and argue your way to the truth.

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Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.'

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月华辉映之刻

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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…

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咒影 Curse of the Shadow

"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once…

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PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures.

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The Simen Rumors

本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。

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Long Knives

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London: Echoes of the Past

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