Console Space
You are the captain aboard a starship. Make decisions in the terminal's text logs: from repairing the reactor to moral dilemmas that irreversibly…
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$0.59
Visual novels like Sinheritance
If Sinheritance scratched a mysterious and atmospheric itch for you, keep reading. These visual novels are a good place to start.
Tangle 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.
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94% of 6,685 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$19.99Mercury Abbey
In a mansion surrounded by mist, as the curse made by the Alchemist and Fairy reappears, the danger is quietly lurking in the darkness, awaiting its visitors.Follow Harrod and Willie to unravel an incredible story in Mercury Abbey, and go on an adventure that you would only find in mystery novels.
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92% of 800 Steam reviews are positive$17.99Jenny 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.
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86% of 1,253 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99LumineNight
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 547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99Detective 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 2,274 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$6.99YOUR HOUSE
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
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79% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$6.99The Diary
Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present? With frequent plot twists, you never know which is the truth and which is the unexpected; in a dense fog, time buries the past, but the marks remain.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Story-driven
65% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$15.99Care
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.
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93% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Little 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 149 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Red Line
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
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97% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Night Loops
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Story-driven
90% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$9.99The 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.
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93% of 4,897 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 157$19.99
Cheaper than Sinheritance
Ryclaw: Hope
Ryclaw: Hope is a short kinetic novel about a young girl named Sakura who has spent most of her life in the hospital.
100% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$0.49
Hidden gems like Sinheritance
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 3,110 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 111$15.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 463 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 446 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow.
92% of 107 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into empty Galley House and found something bloody.
93% of 4,897 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 157$19.99
Mercury Abbey
In a mansion surrounded by mist, as the curse made by the Alchemist and Fairy reappears, the danger is quietly lurking in the darkness, awaiting its…
92% of 800 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
LumineNight
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure set in 1950s Summerset, where Detective Kelvin Foster and his daughter Selen chase a decade of…
87% of 547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
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
Little Locked Rooms
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries!
86% of 149 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Night Loops
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits.
90% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Death Trick: Double Blind
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on!
84% of 224 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$15.99
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Step aboard the Orient Express in 2023 with Hercule Poirot, where every passenger has secrets and one has committed murder.
82% of 1,102 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 27$39.99
Newest visual novels like Sinheritance
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 3,110 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 111$15.99
The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into empty Galley House and found something bloody.
93% of 4,897 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 157$19.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 463 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Visual novel: Shadows of Ravenhall Castle
An inheritance. An old castle among mist-covered hills. Elizabeth Gray thought she only had to arrive, inspect Ravenhall, and sign a few papers.
92% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow.
92% of 107 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence
Mystery of Silence is a point-and-click adventure where William, a young writer in search of inspiration, enters an abbey shrouded in silence.
91% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Occult Detective
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements.
71% of 275 Steam reviews are positive$13.49
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 446 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
MAELSTROM LEGACY: The Tesla Mystery
The Tesla Mystery is a puzzle-driven adventure game. Join the journey of investigation in a Paris infused with steampunk and Art Nouveau styles.
69% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
The Murder Hotel
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective…
92% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Whisper of Y'Ryando
Whisper of Y'Ryando is a Lovecraftian puzzle-solving game that showcases a layered papercraft aesthetic.
70% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$1.59
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 146 Steam reviews are positive$15.99