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 4,180 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$4.99
Visual novels like Pawn
Hooked on the mysterious and dark side of Pawn? These visual novels offer a similar pull for your backlog.
Bloody Chronicles - New Cycle of Death Visual Novel
A serial killer is on the loose and only you can stop the Phantom! Story of Koyama Kazuki, a young detective working for the Igrasil. While working on several, seemingly unrelated cases, you find clues pointing to the person who killed your parents. Can you stop this new cycle of death before it's too late?
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
73% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Five Stages of Pink
Psychological horror and mystery game about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city and investigate murders while trying to escape Death. This is a visual novel and point and click game.
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
96% of 98 Steam reviews are positiveFreeSHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
90% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Return to Shironagasu Island
A New York detective and his assistant travel to solitary Shironagasu Island on a dead millionaire's invitation, then murders start. You read, question suspects and pick choices that decide who lives. A compact mystery visual novel worth playing for its tight island case and sharp turn into horror and sci-fi.
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
93% of 4,180 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$4.99AI: 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.
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$3.99Detective Hunt - Crownston City PD
You are Damien Hunt, a junior detective of the Crownston City Police Department. Together with your partner, you are to investigate criminal activities around the city.
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
63% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Detective 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!
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99Yet 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?!
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99The Case of the Serialized Killer
Delve into a devilishly delightful world of mysticism and mystery as Harold Ludicael, the disgraced demonologist. After the untimely demise of a famous illustrator, you’re tasked with solving their murder in this point-and-click visual novel.
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
90% of 86 Steam reviews are positiveFree√Letter - Root Letter -
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
78% of 556 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Foul Play - Yuri Visual Novel
Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
92% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$13.99Pinewood Island
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Mysterious, Dark, Story-driven
80% of 56 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cheaper than Pawn
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
Detective Hunt - Crownston City PD
You are Damien Hunt, a junior detective of the Crownston City Police Department.
63% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
√Letter - Root Letter -
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared.
78% of 556 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
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 positive$5.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 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
Murder on the Marine Express
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express.
92% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
Detective INNA DUKE
Detective Inna Duke is a noir story-driven visual novel where you team up with lieutenant Inna Duke and her partner corporal Fernal to investigate…
100% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
A Detective's Novel
On a cold November night in a desolate estate deep in the mountains an innocent life has prematurely perished and its up to the player to find out…
76% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
HIRUGAO
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through many eyes, including the woman, the man, and the…
66% of 29 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like Pawn
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.
87% of 110 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
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
Bloody Painter Dating Sim
Captured by the Bloody Painter, you get seven days to talk your way toward survival. Every choice shifts how he treats you, across ten endings.
89% of 1,813 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
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
It gets so lonely here
A yandere yuri visual novel about a girl running through a dark forest from someone who loves her to death.
94% of 2,411 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7Free
Absent in the Rain
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet...
94% of 940 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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
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 positive$5.99
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.
95% of 6,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$19.99
MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
A game based on a simple concept: a mystery puzzle you can complete in an hour.
77% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Newest visual novels like Pawn
Detective INNA DUKE
Detective Inna Duke is a noir story-driven visual novel where you team up with lieutenant Inna Duke and her partner corporal Fernal to investigate…
100% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
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.
87% of 110 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
Mobile Murder Mystery
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
97% of 78 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
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
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
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
Bloody Painter Dating Sim
Captured by the Bloody Painter, you get seven days to talk your way toward survival. Every choice shifts how he treats you, across ten endings.
89% of 1,813 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel.
71% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The Case of the Serialized Killer
Delve into a devilishly delightful world of mysticism and mystery as Harold Ludicael, the disgraced demonologist.
90% of 86 Steam reviews are positiveFree