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.
89% of 1,097 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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PARANORMASIGHT: 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, Dark
95% of 6,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99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, Dark
89% of 1,097 Steam reviews are positive$4.99The 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 from Oba Girls' Academy, and a strange girl asking you to find her true self. A 10+ hour, multi-ending mystery worth reading for its bleak atmosphere and slow-building dread.
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90% of 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99SAS：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: 3FreeThe 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$3.99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...
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87% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Kindaichi 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...
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64% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$12.99Gensokyo：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.
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92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99AI: 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$3.99她杀 - The Suspected Murder
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
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77% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$8.99七人杀阵 - 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, Dark
78% of 941 Steam reviews are positive$6.99AKIBA 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 again. You switch between seven people, make choices that spill across their stories, and chase multiple endings to find what happened 13 years ago.
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85% of 313 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$24.99
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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
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
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
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.
78% of 941 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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 4,177 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
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
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
再见断刀
A wuxia murder mystery set in a cliffside manor cut off by a single suspension bridge.
92% of 2,663 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99
Tales of the Black Forest
Trapped in the town of Kuromori-cho, schoolgirl Kihara Kashin must travel into the past with Kiritani Yuki to find a way out.
97% of 14,942 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$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…
58% of 89 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
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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.
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
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$8.99
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。
89% of 328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3Free
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
再见断刀
A wuxia murder mystery set in a cliffside manor cut off by a single suspension bridge.
92% of 2,663 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries.
94% of 608 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$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…
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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
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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
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 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
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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
Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
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: 3$24.99
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The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here!
70% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
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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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A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces.
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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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"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN…
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Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery.
64% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
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A wuxia murder mystery set in a cliffside manor cut off by a single suspension bridge.
92% of 2,663 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99
她杀 - The Suspected Murder
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?
77% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$8.99