Visual novels like 烧尾宴

Hooked on the mysterious and story-driven side of 烧尾宴? You might settle into these visual novels easily.

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, Tense
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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, Tense
95% of 1,397 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
Long Knives
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty. Every choice leads the story down a different path, and the world itself evolves in response to your actions.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
98% of 673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
神都不良探 Underdog Detective
A live-action mystery set in Luoyang under Empress Wu Zetian, where you play a quick-talking slum dweller turned detective. You gather clues, work traps and secret rooms, and talk your way through a conspiracy between killers and the imperial guard. Funny, tense, and full of twists, it plays like a short series you get to steer.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
73% of 2,722 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
再见断刀
A wuxia murder mystery set in a cliffside manor cut off by a single suspension bridge. You play the investigator, walking the courtyards, searching scenes, questioning a large cast, and naming any suspect when you think you can prove it. The cases link together toward one truth, and the foreshadowing pays off.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
92% of 2,662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven
90% of 464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
The Murder Hotel
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
92% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
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, Tense
87% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Case of the Golden Night Apartment
A bizarre murder breaks the peace of Jin Xiao Apartment. As the new night guard, your only tools are the surveillance cameras and the residents' passing words. Everyone here has a secret. The truth is hidden between your screens and your deduction notes.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
43% of 96 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
景安区奇案-Jing 'an District Copstories
Jing' an District is a peaceful place, but sometimes some interesting cases will happen. The cases here are not all so bloody. But it also brings us a lot of reflection and insight. You will play a young policeman in Jing 'an District. Go through and solve these cases with your partner.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
67% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Methods: The Detective Competition
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Replayable
91% of 686 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Mohism: Battle of Words
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Tense
76% of 571 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Cheaper than 烧尾宴

神都不良探 Underdog Detective

A live-action mystery set in Luoyang under Empress Wu Zetian, where you play a quick-talking slum dweller turned detective.

$7.99

再见断刀

A wuxia murder mystery set in a cliffside manor cut off by a single suspension bridge.

$6.99

子归 - Blossom

Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village.

$7.99

景安区奇案-Jing 'an District Copstories

Jing' an District is a peaceful place, but sometimes some interesting cases will happen. The cases here are not all so bloody.

$2.99

欢迎来到林葬屋

Mourningwood Lodge is a full-motion video (FMV) live-action mystery horror game.

$6.99

好久不见 - Long Time No See

The story centers around a frustrated middle-aged man named Yu Kaijie.

$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.

$3.99

Detective Grimoire

Detective Grimoire is called to a marsh tourist trap where the owner was apparently killed by the local swamp monster.

$6.99

Murder Is Game Over

Join the investigation in Murder Is Game Over, a pixel art point-and-click game where you and Cleo try to solve the murder of a famous game designer.

$4.99

炸鸡块与天使

"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story.

$4.99

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

Twelve years after a girl vanished from a playground, retired detective Jeon Gyeong reopens the case.

$6.99

Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death

Embark on a thrilling pixel art adventure with Detective Guy & Cleo as they solve a mysterious murder.

$4.99

Hidden gems like 烧尾宴

Long Knives

Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty.

Free

REWIND

《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.

Free

Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker

Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets.

$19.99

Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn

Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.

$14.99

Misty Judgment

A live-action mystery where you play Qi Yi, an amnesiac mystery writer caught in four murder cases.

$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…

Free

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…

$10.19

The Incident at Galley House

In 1936, locals walked into empty Galley House and found something bloody.

$19.99

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。

Free

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.

$14.44

再见断刀

A wuxia murder mystery set in a cliffside manor cut off by a single suspension bridge.

$6.99

Best Served Cold

You run the Nightcap, the last speakeasy in an alternate-history European city, pouring cocktails while pumping 20 regulars for clues across five…

$17.99

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