Top 6 Games Where Romance Meets Mystery
Plus 3 upcoming mystery/romance games to look forward to!
Happy Mystery Monday!
This was going to be last week’s post due to Valentine’s Day, but the Steam Next Fest kinda threw me off!
I actually had a bit of a hard time finding games for today's post, at least on Steam.
It was also difficult to find a mystery/romance game that was not a visual novel.
Maybe this combination is an untapped market!
According to the age-old rules of fair play, the pursuit of truth should always take precedence over the pursuit of love.
However, that hasn’t stopped the many creative minds who’ve found ways to make romance a part of the puzzle.
Here are 6 highly rated mystery/romance games, in no particular order:
Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
You have been given a chance to catch a glimpse of the family conference held annually by the Ushiromiya family. Brutal murders repeat, and unsolvable riddles are left at the scene. Is the culprit a "human", or a "witch"?
Soulset
SoulSet is a Mystery/Romance Visual Novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with 5 other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?
Quantum Suicide
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space. This science fiction thriller visual novel tells the tale of an intergenerational mission and its diverse crew, fighting against a deadly AI (and each other) for the chance to survive. Strategy, love interests and quantum mechanics await you.
Pinewood Island
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome visual novel.
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Lucid9: Inciting Incident
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
(Lucid9 is currently running a Kickstarter campaign, ending soon!)
BONUS: Romance/Mystery Games In Development
Drops of Death
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
(Drops of Death is also launching a Kickstarter campaign soon!)
Killer Trait
Betrayed and accused of a crime you didn't commit, your only option is to join forces with a serial killer. Will you push your differences aside and work together to get revenge? Or will you stab him in the back for a chance to regain social redemption?
Detective Butler and the King of Hearts
The members of a university Detection Club find themselves entangled in a series of murders. Follow Detective Butler through the eyes of his sidekick Gilligan as the two set out to find the culprit. Can they unravel the truth before the serial killer claims another victim?
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