Games Like 12 Hours to Die

12 Hours to Die

A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.

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A Detective's Novel

68% 👍 OF 896
About This Game

On a cold November night in a desolate estate deep in the mountains an innocent life has prematurely perished and its up to the player to find out who did it.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Question the Suspects
  • …Examine Murder Evidence
  • …Deduce Who, How, Why
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The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

92% 👍 OF 543
About This Game

In the bayside area of Kanto, a murder with unknown motivations sets off a series of seemingly random events bringing together peculiar individuals, one of whom is detective Tokio Morishima. When their ambitions begin to collide, a truly shocking pattern emerges…

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Trace Three Interwoven Cases
  • …Investigate a Ward Murder
  • …Revisit Tokio’s Memories
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The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录

90% 👍 OF 1.8K
About This Game

Play as college student who majors in criminal investigation and solve the weird cases happened right beside him! A visual novel involves puzzle solving, reasoning, humor and of course adventures! English version is available now.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Investigate Viral Hearse
  • …Trace Falling Deaths
  • …Analyze Case Evidence
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HoloTrials: Case Covered

99% 👍 OF 342
About This Game

A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.

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Soulslayer~灭魂·误佳期~

95% 👍 OF 730
About This Game

An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Question Household Suspects
  • …Connect Clues Across Loops
  • …Spend Three Lives
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428: Shibuya Scramble

95% 👍 OF 3.9K
About This Game

A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …make a choice for one character that instantly derails or rescues another elsewhere in Shibuya.
  • …hit a sudden lockout, jump to another character to find the missing trigger, then come back and reopen the blocked route.
  • …play through a live-action Shibuya thriller where still photos suddenly burst into full video when the situation escalates.
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AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative

86% 👍 OF 3.8K
About This Game

Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Search Suspects’ Dreams
  • …Rebuild Virtual Crime Scenes
  • …Investigate Across Six Years
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Pesterquest

90% 👍 OF 1.6K
About This Game

Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe, created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Visit Earth And Alternia
  • …Reconnect With Homestuck's Cast
  • …Choose Character Routes
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

88% 👍 OF 4.5K
About This Game

Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Cross-Examine Witnesses
  • …Spot Hidden Tells
  • …Match Emotions to Testimony
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The Incident at Galley House

94% 👍 OF 4.3K
About This Game

In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Operate the Echo Machine
  • …Match People to Moments
  • …Rebuild a Fractured Timeline
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泡沫冬景

95% 👍 OF 4.5K
About This Game

It is the year 1988. Japan is in the midst of the bubble economy. New buildings are sprouting up everywhere, and the people are ecstatic. This is a story of people who live for one year... in such a little corner of the city.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Take a job that requires you to live inside an aging train station, sharing the space with a stranger who does not speak your language.
  • …Follow conversations in which both people keep speaking in their own language, leading to arguments and misunderstandings—and, at times, letting them express things they might otherwise hold back.
  • …Watch the visual novel’s composition shift around its scenes, with text and images moving on screen rather than remaining in a fixed dialogue-box layout.
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Aviary Attorney

95% 👍 OF 2.3K
About This Game

The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …break into a place to steal a key clue, then discover you can't submit it in court because you got it illegally.
  • …knock on Notre-Dame's doors and loot the Louvre while investigating crimes as a bird lawyer in 1848 Paris.
  • …lose a trial and keep going, with that failure shaping the branching story instead of triggering a game over.