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
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If 阎罗索命 scratched a mysterious and story-driven itch for you, keep reading. These visual novels are worth a look next.
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.
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92% of 2,662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99The 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$3.99Misty 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.
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92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Mohism: 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!
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76% of 571 Steam reviews are positive$9.99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$7.99SAS：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: 3FreePrisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
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76% of 494 Steam reviews are positive$6.99恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
It’s based on Hengshui high school to reveal the real society, Game feature: cult painting style, puzzle elements, serious student death event plus humorous minor role, As it was released on March,2015, and finished in the following four months, now it’s downloaded almost 0.9 million players, the live video of the game has 2.
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85% of 514 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Gensokyo：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$14.99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$7.99Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
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95% of 661 Steam reviews are positive$4.99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
Cheaper than 阎罗索命
恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
It’s based on Hengshui high school to reveal the real society, Game feature: cult painting style, puzzle elements, serious student death event plus…
85% of 514 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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.
67% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
山：临界幸存者
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
90% of 525 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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…
81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures.
93% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Banter Schooldays!!三〇一室无一人
Banter Schooldays!! is a visual novel legal drama adventure game developed by the independent team Lingtan Studio.
90% of 676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.99
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
墨心：波云诡船
You wake with no memory on a thorn-covered cruise ship that should not look like this, trapped with two girls and another man while a giant monster…
88% of 1,174 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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
Ignited in Cavern
A dark historical visual novel set in the Northern Wei Dynasty, where a Xianbei general and her Han captive chase a rumor of a blessing-granting…
93% of 1,363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion
On a sultry night in late August, I ran into a man carrying a peony lantern at the Mid-Lake Pavilion.
88% of 160 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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Long Knives
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty.
98% of 673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
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
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.
91% of 1,350 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.44
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
久美子之死：昭和少女血色告白
1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
87% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
再见断刀
A wuxia murder mystery set in a cliffside manor cut off by a single suspension bridge.
92% of 2,662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99
追曙
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to…
85% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
月华辉映之刻
A Song-dynasty otome set in Kaifeng, where you play a widowed tavern keeper married into a powerful family and fall into a forbidden romance with…
89% of 4,292 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$11.99
铜刀银剑
During the Xining era of the Northern Song, a corrupt chancellor plunged the court into chaos, waged reckless wars, favored commoners over…
79% of 226 Steam reviews are positive$9.26
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…
85% of 439 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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铜刀银剑
During the Xining era of the Northern Song, a corrupt chancellor plunged the court into chaos, waged reckless wars, favored commoners over…
79% of 226 Steam reviews are positive$9.26
妄生 - Wandering Souls
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance.
85% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
追曙
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to…
85% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after.
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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…
81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
久美子之死：昭和少女血色告白
1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
87% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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
Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor".
76% of 494 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Long Knives
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty.
98% of 673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
烧尾宴
This detective interactive game casts you as an officer solving a murder at a remote inn. Freely type to question NPCs, who react dynamically.
74% of 53 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
月华辉映之刻
A Song-dynasty otome set in Kaifeng, where you play a widowed tavern keeper married into a powerful family and fall into a forbidden romance with…
89% of 4,292 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$11.99