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: 36$3.99
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If DAEMON MASQUERADE scratched a mysterious and hand-drawn itch for you, keep reading. You might settle into these visual novels easily.
Demons' 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.
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97% of 1,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.99LumineNight
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure set in 1950s Summerset, where Detective Kelvin Foster and his daughter Selen chase a decade of unsolved murders. Expect long illustrated dialogue, crime-scene searches, interrogations, codes and stealth detours, carried by hand-drawn anime art and a dark, neon-lit mood.
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87% of 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99The Occult Detective
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
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71% of 276 Steam reviews are positive$13.49Staffer 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. As ordinary detective Notrick, you read testimonies, sort clues into documents, and call out contradictions until five strange cases crack open. Worth playing for fair, ability-driven deductions with real twists.
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93% of 4,162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$16.99Methods: The Detective Competition
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
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91% of 686 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Yuma, an amnesiac detective-in-training, and Shinigami, the spirit haunting him, solve impossible cases in a rain-soaked city run by a megacorporation. You gather clues on the streets, then take them into the surreal Mystery Labyrinth to corner the truth. Worth playing for the cases and the cast.
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80% of 2,317 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$14.99MAKOTO 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?
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77% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$12.99AI: 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: 36$3.99How Many Secrets Under Ceiling
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here! A dentist dead in a double-locked room seems like a suicide, but unexplained contradictions connect different truths. Each investigation and puzzles are up to you. But wait, what's wrong with this suspicious "assistant" following?!
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70% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99The Mermaid Mask
A locked-room murder aboard a strange submarine, with a dead captain, an ancient cauldron, and a crew of odd suspects. You question everyone, turn clues over in 3D, and follow Grimoire and Sally’s sharp, funny banter to a satisfying answer.
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99% of 3,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 82$15.99Detective Grimoire
Detective Grimoire is called to a marsh tourist trap where the owner was apparently killed by the local swamp monster. You question suspects, gather clues, and piece together what happened. Short, funny, and dialogue-heavy, it suits visual novel readers who like mysteries carried by character talk.
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96% of 2,279 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$6.99Little Locked Rooms
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
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86% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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How Many Secrets Under Ceiling
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here!
70% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Detective Grimoire
Detective Grimoire is called to a marsh tourist trap where the owner was apparently killed by the local swamp monster.
96% of 2,279 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$6.99
Little Locked Rooms
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries!
86% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Twelve years after a girl vanished from a playground, retired detective Jeon Gyeong reopens the case.
96% of 10,613 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$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: 11$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
Detective School Club
Welcome to the Detective Club! Led by the troublesome and shy president Alice Baskerville.
93% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$1.49
SIMULACRA 2
A young influencer is dead and the case is closed too fast. A detective hands you her phone, and you dig through messages, videos, and social media…
87% of 1,385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$7.99
Tead
A murder-mystery visual novel following 12 strangers with mysterious pasts.
98% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Chakana
Bound to a brutal loop of murders, you are forced to clean up every crime scene and wipe the evidence.
90% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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
Hidden gems like DAEMON MASQUERADE
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 1,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.99
The Mermaid Mask
A locked-room murder aboard a strange submarine, with a dead captain, an ancient cauldron, and a crew of odd suspects.
99% of 3,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 82$15.99
The Posthumous Investigation
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes.
93% of 584 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
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 1,051 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$24.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Methods: The Canada Files
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition.
93% of 314 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
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.
88% of 466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Psycho-Sleuth
Interrogate thirteen suspects whose minds twist the truth, argue your way through warped testimony and pick the killer among them.
91% of 1,297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 463$17.99
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…
96% of 128 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
The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into empty Galley House and found something bloody.
93% of 4,961 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 155$19.99
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
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Psycho-Sleuth
Interrogate thirteen suspects whose minds twist the truth, argue your way through warped testimony and pick the killer among them.
91% of 1,297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 463$17.99
Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 15-day psychological horror…
64% of 437 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$17.99
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.
88% of 466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
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
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 1,051 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$24.99
The Mermaid Mask
A locked-room murder aboard a strange submarine, with a dead captain, an ancient cauldron, and a crew of odd suspects.
99% of 3,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 82$15.99
The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into empty Galley House and found something bloody.
93% of 4,961 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 155$19.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
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 1,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.99
The Posthumous Investigation
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes.
93% of 584 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
How Many Secrets Under Ceiling
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here!
70% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Methods: The Canada Files
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition.
93% of 314 Steam reviews are positive$12.99