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A choice-driven oriental mystery with branching narrative and a dice system that shapes the journey, playable in about six to seven hours.

Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
A point-and-click murder mystery in Tang Dynasty China with a memorable setting but forgettable narrative.
2019-05-01
- Puzzle

Adventure

Third person

Indie

Simulator

Role-playing (RPG)

Historical

Mystery

Point-and-click

Educational

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty cover art

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

A dark visual novel set in famine-ravaged late Ming China, following a trafficker and a mute girl through a redemptive, choice-driven story with multiple endings.

2024-04-22

Adventure
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical
Visual Novel

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Raging Loop

A lengthy, choice-driven visual novel about a werewolf death game in a Japanese village, blending psychological horror and mythology with multiple endings.

2017-08-23

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view
Text
Mystery
Visual Novel

Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives cover art

Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives

A roughly 7-8 hour single-player interactive fiction RPG about vampire political intrigue, betrayal, and character relationships.

2021-10-28

Adventure
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)

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Murders on the Yangtze River

An Ace Attorney-like detective game set in early 20th-century China, where you solve murder cases through clue-gathering, interrogation, and deduction over a ~17-hour, historically atmospheric campaign.

2024-01-30

Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical
Mystery

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Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion

A lengthy wuxia open-world RPG that rewards player freedom and choice-driven storytelling, with emotional character moments balanced by shallow combat and localization rough edges.

2023-11-15

Adventure
Survival
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical
Open world

PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo cover art

PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

An eerie horror-adventure visual novel set in historical Japan, featuring branching investigations, a story chart, and meta narrative twists, lasting about 14 hours.

2023-03-08

Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Simulator
Text
Mystery
Point-and-click
Visual Novel

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Mask of the Rose

A branching romance/murder mystery visual novel set in a Victorian apocalypse, offering a moderately-paced ~13-hour mix of relationship-building, intrigue, and quirky details like bats.

2023-06-08

Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Romance
Visual Novel

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Wandering Sword

A lengthy retro pixel-art wuxia RPG with menu-driven progression and a heavily railroaded story where companion recruitment is easy to miss.

2023-09-14

Adventure
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Side view
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical

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Road to Empress Ⅱ

A ~13-hour live-action palace drama where your decisions steer dynastic intrigue, with strong acting but a divisive ending.

2026-06-08

Adventure
Historical
Drama

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Mato Anomalies

A turn-based JRPG mixing cyberpunk, horror, and detective work in a neo-futuristic oriental city, with a compact but sometimes confusing story and a ~37-hour campaign.

2023-03-10

Science fiction
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Visual Novel

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game cover art

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game

A punishing, branching text-based RPG about the Roman invasion of Caledonia, where emotional dice rolls decide your fate and permanent death is always a risk.

2021-10-18

Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Tactical
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical
Stealth