GESTALT: The Fifth Day
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a…
93% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Visual novels like Good Bones
If the mysterious and story-driven rhythm of Good Bones stuck with you, this helps. You might settle into these visual novels easily.
Soul Mates
Trapped in a dark manor hunting for your missing friend, you get chased by angry ghosts who turn out to be very dateable. You search rooms, solve puzzles and talk your way from prey to love interest, one tragic backstory at a time.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
94% of 139 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$12.99Jenny 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, Emotional
86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99YOUR HOUSE
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
79% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$6.99House Of Chavez
Your grandmother left behind a house full of secrets. Explore it in a psychological horror visual novel with point-and-click investigation, puzzles, family mysteries, meaningful choices, and two yuri romance paths.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
91% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Care
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
93% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Tangle 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, Emotional
94% of 6,696 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99The Crimson Maid
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay. Immerse yourself in a period drama that intertwines romance with murder mystery, as a young cleric who must resist or give in to the charms of a strikingly beautiful maid.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
86% of 116 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99GRUNND
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
65% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$7.99a pet shop after dark
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
89% of 368 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Yet 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, Emotional
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into empty Galley House and found something bloody. Years later, with a strange machine that replays echoes of the past, you piece together what happened. You feed it a who, where and when, and if you are right, you get to listen in. Illustrated scenes, full voice acting and an eerie soundtrack carry a grim, twisty mystery worth untangling.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
93% of 4,961 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 155$19.99Scarlet Hollow
Your aunt is dead, your cousin resents you, and the town of Scarlet Hollow is coming apart with ghosts, creatures, and old mine secrets. You read, choose, and live with it across one strange week where you cannot save everyone. The branching is enormous, so each run shows only a fraction.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
97% of 4,987 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85$29.99
Cheaper than Good Bones
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
A 1990s detective story about journalism student Kathy Rain, back in Conwell Springs to bury her grandfather and staying to untangle what broke him…
92% of 1,394 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$14.99
Buried: An Interactive Story
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text.
95% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Pitstop in Purgatory
Astrid wakes up in Purgatory and has to make peace with her death. Only problem is... she doesn't remember anything!
88% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Silenced: The House
Any plans for the weekend? There is a great place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and daily routine!
69% of 86 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Demons Never Lie
Demons Never Lie is a creepy graphic adventure made with voxel and low-poly where even your soul is at stake!
92% of 429 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Raisond'etre
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
93% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Our Ordinary Home
A psychological thriller where you assemble fragmented memories and hidden clues to uncover the truth behind a disturbing incident.
90% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
SIMULACRA
You hold Anna's lost phone, and her video plea for help is still on it.
92% of 3,488 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$4.99
I Saw Black Clouds
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets.
61% of 616 Steam reviews are positive$2.54
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
This Is Not Your House
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
85% of 280 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like Good Bones
Decollate Decoration
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost.
93% of 513 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Soul Mates
Trapped in a dark manor hunting for your missing friend, you get chased by angry ghosts who turn out to be very dateable.
94% of 139 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$12.99
Flower in Us
The first thing you notice is the darkness of the basement as you awaken, your memory wiped clean by a brutal attack.
93% of 428 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
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
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
Lover's Enigma
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma.
88% of 103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$11.99
The Crimson Maid
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay.
86% of 116 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
GESTALT: The Fifth Day
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a…
93% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Red Line
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world.
97% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
What have you done, Father?
A dark murder mistery game combined with a visual novel revolving around a disturbing plot.
91% of 141 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Hazy Mind
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
85% of 327 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
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: 10$19.99
Newest visual novels like Good Bones
Soul Mates
Trapped in a dark manor hunting for your missing friend, you get chased by angry ghosts who turn out to be very dateable.
94% of 139 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$12.99
RUNT
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
80% of 55 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Crimson Maid
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay.
86% of 116 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
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
Lover's Enigma
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma.
88% of 103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$11.99
Our Ordinary Home
A psychological thriller where you assemble fragmented memories and hidden clues to uncover the truth behind a disturbing incident.
90% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Decollate Decoration
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost.
93% of 513 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Good Morning My Darling
Mailey wakes up and goes to make her morning tea. However, something strange is going on inside her house, and her housemate Derthan is nowhere to…
100% of 18 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Flower in Us
The first thing you notice is the darkness of the basement as you awaken, your memory wiped clean by a brutal attack.
93% of 428 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
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
YOUR HOUSE
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
79% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
In The Foundations
A horror visual novel about coming back to your childhood home.
95% of 40 Steam reviews are positiveFree