Drops of Death
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in…
92% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
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Overboard!
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
90% of 581 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Black Closet
Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
91% of 248 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
Jenny LeClue is a hand-drawn mystery where a young detective tries to clear her mother of murder while her own author rewrites the story around her. You question suspects, spot visible clues mid-conversation, and make choices that bend both Jenny's case and the narrator's draft. Warm, funny, and full of secrets to poke at.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 163 Steam reviews are positive$21.99Yet 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? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99Kill The Clock
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 45 Steam reviews are positive$14.9912 Hours to Die
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
74% of 227 Steam reviews are positiveFreeTangle Tower
A murder at the top of a strange tower, and the only suspect is a painting holding a knife. You question its odd residents, turn up clues, and piece together what happened. Fully voiced, hand-painted, and funny, it is worth playing for the interrogations and the slow unravelling of the house itself.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 6,695 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$19.99Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Drops of Death
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
92% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99Class of '09
The anti-visual novel where you play the anime girl instead of chasing her. As cynical teen Nicole in the late 2000s, you pick cutting dialogue choices and ride the chaos into 15 different endings, with full voice acting and extra scenes for completionists.
Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Replayable
94% of 8,659 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 62$9.99
Cheaper than Expelled!
Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger!
97% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Departed Away
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery.
88% of 555 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead!
89% of 18 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
start;again
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Class of '09
The anti-visual novel where you play the anime girl instead of chasing her.
94% of 8,659 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 62$9.99
One Day in London
Take active part in a nonlinear, interactive visual novel set against the atmospheric backdrop of the 19th century England.
87% of 70 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Sunset High
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over.
94% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$6.49
Magical Diary: Horse Hall
You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date…
93% of 713 Steam reviews are positive$3.74
MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect!
81% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Sovereign Syndicate
A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult.
79% of 586 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$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
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Mesmalie
Your own wild magick sets your room on fire, so you answer a witch coven's newspaper ad and land at a run-down house in nowhere.
99% of 1,543 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$8.99
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
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
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
Moses & Plato - Last Train to Clawville
A murder mystery where you are the main suspect! An ambassador on a peace mission has been killed on board the Clawville Express.
88% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
95% of 237 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Drops of Death
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in…
92% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school.
94% of 163 Steam reviews are positive$21.99
SHUTEN ORDER
You wake up murdered with four days to live, and your killer is one of five ministers.
79% of 761 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$24.99
Departed Away
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery.
88% of 555 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Beacon Pines
Beacon Pines is a cute-creepy story told inside a mysterious book, where you are both the reader and Luka, a kid poking around strange happenings at…
97% of 3,116 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$19.99
Death Trick: Double Blind
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on!
84% of 225 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$15.99
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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
Mesmalie
Your own wild magick sets your room on fire, so you answer a witch coven's newspaper ad and land at a run-down house in nowhere.
99% of 1,543 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$8.99
Moses & Plato - Last Train to Clawville
A murder mystery where you are the main suspect! An ambassador on a peace mission has been killed on board the Clawville Express.
88% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Beyond R: Rule Ripper
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules.
92% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
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
SHUTEN ORDER
You wake up murdered with four days to live, and your killer is one of five ministers.
79% of 761 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$24.99
Drops of Death
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in…
92% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Sunset High
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over.
94% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$6.49
The Diary
Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present?
65% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Kill The Clock
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing.
89% of 45 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
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