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
Visual novels like SIMULACRA
Hooked on the mysterious and story-driven side of SIMULACRA? These visual novels could fill that gap nicely.
Her Story
You sit at a dusty police computer from 1994 and type words to pull up interview clips of a woman talking about her missing husband. Piece the clips together in whatever order you find them, and her story slowly takes shape. Best for visual novel readers who like listening closely and doing their own detective work.
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89% of 8,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99The Operator
You are the FDI's newest Operator, stuck at a desk while field agents call you for help. You search databases, scan photos and video, and connect clues across murders, missing people, and cyberattacks until the cases fold into one dark conspiracy. Short, tense, and story-first.
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91% of 8,716 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99TELEFORUM
TELEFORUM is a short found-footage horror story about a journalist who died on air. You visit his widow to interview her about the broadcast, but you are really after a tape. Ask carefully, search her apartment, and piece together what happened across multiple endings.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Cinematic
92% of 3,628 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Freelily's world XD
You find Lily's laptop from 2004 and start reading. Her diary, her blog, her messages to childhood friends — each file pulls you closer to why she vanished, while something else on the computer watches you back. A sad, scary desktop mystery with real teenage photos and voice work from LilyPichu.
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96% of 1,808 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$11.99Who's Lila?
A missing girl, a boy who saw her last, and no dialogue menu to hide behind. You steer William's face muscle by muscle, and a neural network reads the emotion you make. Fifteen endings wait on what you show and what you hold back, in a grainy ditherpunk world that keeps asking: Who is Lila?
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94% of 3,532 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$11.99Homicipher
You wake up lost in another world where monsters speak a language you do not know. A horror-tinged visual novel for visual novel readers who want romance with distinctly non-human men.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
96% of 7,921 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$13.99Song of Farca
You are Isabella Song, a hacker-detective solving crimes from home with drones, cameras and a sharp tongue. You read chats, hack feeds, pin evidence together and pick who to believe, and the story remembers. Dark, funny and procedural, with romance and multiple endings for visual novel readers who like their reading with a case file.
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78% of 1,406 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Cinematic
91% of 626 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99Log.in
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Cinematic
75% of 95 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Red 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 adventure.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
62% of 416 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$17.99Soul 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, Dark
94% of 139 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$12.99Matsuro Palette
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Mysterious, Story-driven, Cinematic
98% of 530 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cheaper than SIMULACRA
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
Trials of Harmony ~ A Found Phone Mystery Visual Novel
What would you do if you suddenly found yourself quarantined within an underground nuclear facility, isolated, and forced to play a series of death…
67% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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
Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
A short psychological story about a stressed student buried in books and study, who becomes fixed on exploring her ceiling.
87% of 3,445 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99
KOEWOTAYORINI SP / 声之寄托SP
Escape by means of "Voice"! The second installment of the new feeling puzzle and escape game!
94% of 196 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
A short surreal visual novel where a mysterious girl appears in your room and your only real job is to say hello.
93% of 20,760 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$1.99
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
Emily is Away Too
You are back in senior year with a buzzing messenger window and two separate threads to keep straight.
93% of 5,363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$0.99
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
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
Subsurface Circular
A two-hour detective story set entirely on a robot-only subway.
94% of 1,497 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Hidden gems like SIMULACRA
lily's world XD
You find Lily's laptop from 2004 and start reading. Her diary, her blog, her messages to childhood friends — each file pulls you closer to why she…
96% of 1,808 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$11.99
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: 18$12.99
Hymer 2000
You talk to an old computer named Hymer and dig through its logs to learn what happened at Hope Residence.
89% of 1,050 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
Dead Reset
Trapped in an underwater facility and stuck in a death loop, surgeon Cole Mason must operate on a patient hosting a parasitic horror.
88% of 773 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret!
This an adventure based live action interactive game，you need to save passengers from a plane crash.
89% of 601 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
FAKEBOOK
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
90% of 807 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
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 1,809 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Cellveillance
"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for…
85% of 540 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
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
Homicipher
You wake up lost in another world where monsters speak a language you do not know.
96% of 7,921 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$13.99
Newest visual novels like SIMULACRA
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: 18$12.99
lily's world XD
You find Lily's laptop from 2004 and start reading. Her diary, her blog, her messages to childhood friends — each file pulls you closer to why she…
96% of 1,808 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$11.99
Our Ordinary Home
A psychological thriller where you assemble fragmented memories and hidden clues to uncover the truth behind a disturbing incident.
88% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Log.in
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files.
75% of 95 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Hymer 2000
You talk to an old computer named Hymer and dig through its logs to learn what happened at Hope Residence.
89% of 1,050 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
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 77 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Dead Reset
Trapped in an underwater facility and stuck in a death loop, surgeon Cole Mason must operate on a patient hosting a parasitic horror.
88% of 773 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
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
Cellveillance
"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for…
85% of 540 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret!
This an adventure based live action interactive game，you need to save passengers from a plane crash.
89% of 601 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Recall: Empty Wishes
Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s.
95% of 39 Steam reviews are positive$14.99