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A short suspenseful visual novel about a 1920s Shanghai police detective investigating a murder, with an emotional ending and eerie early atmosphere.

Paper Bride
A solo Chinese horror mystery puzzle adventure about a groom investigating dark village customs, with eerie atmosphere, folklore storytelling, and roughly seven hours of measured point-and-click puzzling.
2021-12-02
- First person

Puzzle

Thriller

Adventure

Horror

Indie

Text

Role-playing (RPG)

Mystery

Point-and-click

Visual Novel

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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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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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Sanfu

A supernatural crime investigation adventure RPG set in 2000 China, where a dead psychic boy's ghost hijacks TV broadcasts, leading to a dark conspiracy.

2023-07-27

Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Drama

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REWIND

A short, single-player text-based detective puzzle game about combining nearly a hundred clues to solve a single murder, typically finished in one to two hours.

2026-06-29

Puzzle
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery

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Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn

A mystery visual novel set in Gensokyo where a student investigates youkai murders; the story is promising but rough translation and bugs detract from the experience, spanning about 6–8 hours.

2026-03-12

Adventure
Indie
Text
Mystery

[Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明 cover art

[Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明

A compact Japanese horror adventure about a detective hunting for missing children, with a tense, creeping atmosphere and roughly two hours of gameplay.

2020-06-12

Action
First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Cat carried Butterfly

A compact, emotional RPG set in Republican-era Shanghai about recovering memories and uncovering secrets involving yaoguai, with a ~4-hour runtime and potential technical issues.

2026-04-27

Puzzle
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Murder at Chateau de Rouge

A compact anime-styled murder mystery visual novel where choices drive two distinct endings.

2025-09-29

Adventure
Indie
Mystery
Visual Novel

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Night Duty Log: A Shōwa School Record

A brief psychological horror set in a Shōwa-era Japanese school, where night-time investigation and branching choices lead to multiple endings.

2026-06-23

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Visual Novel

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Shanghai Summer

A reflective narrative adventure set in Shanghai around the millennium, following Baichuan through twelve days of anomalies as he seeks the truth about hope and regret.

2024-02-07

Adventure
Indie

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18Hell:Lost

A short psychological horror adventure set in 1930s Shanghai, blending hotel exploration with supernatural mystery and an atmospheric, unsettling mood.

2024-04-19

Action
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)