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Mystery

Weaving intrigue and suspense, these experiences challenge players to uncover hidden truths, solve puzzles, and piece together clues in enigmatic narratives or atmospheric settings.

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Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Visual Novel
Type Help
Solve the Deaths of Galley House
William Rous
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Visual Novel
One Thousand Acts of Decency
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
domedev
Visual Novel
The Gray Ascendancy
Craft the story of a villain's amnesiac henchperson on a quest to mage restoration.
grayascendancy
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Snowbound Blood
A Vast Error Story
DECONRECONSTRUCTION
Visual Novel
Delphine's Discovery
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
LegendEx Games
Visual Novel
The Fall of House Black
Rise from the grave and start anew.
ethersic
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Divide
I will not be just a sacrifice.
TrulyDrew
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
What Girls Do in the Dark
A short slumber party text adventure ♡
olivebranche
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Waybinder
A city bound by ritual to prosper — or so it was hoped...
Gemma Thomson
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
Solve a case with your time-travelling kid self
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Cannery Vale
forget who you are
Hanon Ondricek
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Briarheart
saving the world cost the briarheart their life - it was supposed to also claim your own. but you failed. why?
wilderlingdev
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Puzzle
Play in browser
Wolfsbane
rainingdown
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
La Faille
Un visual novel fantastique sur un groupe de lycéens dont la vie est sur le point de basculer...
Chester
Visual Novel
Suffer The Night(Demo)
The envelope is just the beginning. Burn it. Destroy it. Don't play his game. When you see him, it’s already too late.
TaintedPact Games
Survival
Known Unknowns
Bisexual teen ghost hunting romance
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Warp Cinema
You wake at the cinema. The movie is over. Your friend is missing. Déjà vu grips you tight. It's all happened before.
Cosmic Void
Adventure
SoraKagi (ソラカギ) - Eden Escape 1.1.7
A beautiful illusion hides a grisly truth. It’s time to uncover it!
Fujitsuki
404 Missing Page Detective Agency
Webpages can run, but they cannot hide from... THE DETECTIVE!
Snozbot
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
Five Minutes a Day
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Andrea Pignataro
Adventure
The Bar on the Abyss
This tale starts with your death. Manage a spectral bar in the Abyss and find love beyond the mortal coil.
Esh Cohen
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ascendance
A love story that surpasses death
Ascendance IF
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Locked Room on Rails
A trip back home turns into an impromptu murder mystery.
solarProtag
Visual Novel
LUNIUM
An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
radiosity
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Jikoronpa: Laments of Isolation (Up to CH3 Trial)
A Danganronpa Fangame: A game of reflection, our guests facing the truth of themselves.
Laments
Visual Novel
OSTRO - A System Investigation
A system-based investigative adventure. Ludum Dare 50.
Totteri
Puzzle
Play in browser
domvs
a gothic mystery
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Night Market Book 2 (WIP)
The sequel to the Night Market
The Night Market
Role Playing
Play in browser
Welcome to the Dragon Palace
A queer illustrated text adventure game
yllogique
Adventure
Play in browser
Miss Spring Pomegranate 2019
A short text adventure about a story that's way more trouble than it's worth
olivebranche
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Daily Murder
Daily murder mysteries. Talk to suspects, detect lies, and accuse the murderer and their motive.
phaddius
Puzzle
Play in browser
the blood that warms these veins of ours
Something isn't right in Ashwood Grove.
Kill2Birds
Interactive Fiction
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