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.
84% of 258 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Visual novels like 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～
Did 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～ leave you in a mysterious and story-driven frame of mind? These visual novels are a good place to start.
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, Hand-drawn
84% of 258 Steam reviews are positive$8.99星影の館殺人事件
1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
95% of 141 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free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.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
96% of 125 Steam reviews are positiveFreeReturn 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.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
93% of 4,173 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99Zombie 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!
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
88% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$12.99MAKOTO 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?
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
77% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$12.99Demons' 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.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 1,400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99Roman'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.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
95% of 1,396 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$10.99Methods: The Detective Competition
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
91% of 685 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
64% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$12.99SHINRAI - 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 Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
90% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$14.99The 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 agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
90% of 288 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$10.19
Cheaper than 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～
Return to Shironagasu Island
A New York detective and his assistant travel to solitary Shironagasu Island on a dead millionaire's invitation, then murders start.
93% of 4,173 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Twelve years after a girl vanished from a playground, retired detective Jeon Gyeong reopens the case.
96% of 10,587 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
Alice49 EP.0『ダイヤモンドとシュークリーム』
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
71% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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…
57% of 88 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
炸鸡块与天使
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story.
92% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
A 1960s London where one in ten people has a supernatural ability, and those abilities keep turning into murder tricks.
93% of 4,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$16.99
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
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 554 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
瓔珞事件簿之誰殺了愛情
瓔珞事件簿系列遊戲是一系列以私人偵探拍擋瓔．珞為主角的推理解謎遊戲 你將會與兩位充滿火花的偵探, 一同破解一個又一個離奇案件!
95% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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$6.29
Hidden gems like 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～
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 1,400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
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 1,044 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$24.99
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$6.29
The Grade 5B Case Files
A narrative AVG focused on everyday mysteries from the lives of elementary school students.
90% of 150 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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 125 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 323 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
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 547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
星影の館殺人事件
1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー
95% of 141 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
Sofia in Exchange for Lies
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the…
82% of 169 Steam reviews are positive$25.99
The Shell Part I: Inferno
A dark detective visual novel set in Tokyo, 1956. As private detective Reiji Tokisaka you take three linked cases: gruesome murders, missing girls…
90% of 1,339 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!
A Werewolf game-style social deduction adventure where you play as the landlord of an apartment and try to uncover the Yokai hiding among your…
82% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Newest visual novels like 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～
Trick × Trick
Supernatural × Mystery × Death Game Twelve high school students awaken trapped in a mysterious building.
80% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
The Grade 5B Case Files
A narrative AVG focused on everyday mysteries from the lives of elementary school students.
90% of 150 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 1,044 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$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…
97% of 1,400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
何度目かの式
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
95% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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 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 323 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
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 125 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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$6.29
Magical Girl Witch Trials
Thirteen girls wake up in an island prison, told one of them is a witch.
96% of 30,850 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 212$29.99
Sofia in Exchange for Lies
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the…
82% of 169 Steam reviews are positive$25.99