The Best Visual-novel crime choices matter Games for Mac OS

Update : The Accuser and The Abyss added at rank #5.
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Overboard! (2021)

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Overboard! is an exciting mystery game where you play as Veronica Villensey, a 1930s femme fatale who throws her husband overboard on a boat eight hours away from New York. You must help her get away with her crime by getting her off the boat scot-free when it docks. With visuals and music that evoke the 1930s, and the ability to direct your own story with multiple endings, this game is sure to keep you entertained.


What we like:
  • Open world visual novel gameplay
  • Multiple endings
  • Replayable
  • Short playthroughs
  • Fun 1930s visuals & music
What could be improved:
  • Short playthrough times may be a con for some players

  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • mystery
  • choices
  • detective
  • narrative
  • fiction
  • comedy
  • novel
  • interactive
  • adventure
  • conversation
  • sailing
  • cover
  • puzzle

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Interrogation: You Will Be Deceived (2019)

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Linux Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

As a police detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?


  • detective
  • political
  • noir
  • crime
  • psychological
  • story
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • mature
  • fiction
  • book
  • comic
  • dark
  • manipulation
  • realistic

3

Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? (2022)

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Xbox Series X Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Playstation 5

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

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  • fmv
  • choices
  • mystery
  • detective
  • conspiracy
  • multiple-endings
  • crime
  • interactive
  • drama
  • visual-novel
  • realistic
  • story
  • adventure
  • family
  • point-and-click

4

ghostpia Season One (2023)

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Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.

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  • visual-novel
  • dark
  • snow
  • dystopian
  • humor
  • conversation
  • crime
  • text
  • violent
  • story
  • anime
  • cinematic
  • choices
  • 1990s
  • drama

5

The Accuser and The Abyss (2025)

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Mac OS PC Windows Linux

You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems.  Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.

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  • choices
  • detective
  • horror
  • text
  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • surreal
  • point-and-click
  • linear
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • 2d

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Cannibal Tales (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!

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  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • psychological
  • multiple-endings
  • thriller
  • gore
  • violent
  • adventure
  • crime
  • dark
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • drama
  • story

7

For Your Tranquility (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows

It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.

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  • detective
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • immersive
  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • mystery
  • text
  • investigation
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • story
  • single-player
  • simulation
  • difficult

8

Angels with Scaly Wingsa ecaaa (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

You, the player, are an ambassador for Earth sent through a mysterious portal into the world of dragons. Explore a town full of secrets and the people who keep them in this compelling sci-fi visual novel with slice of life and dating sim elements.

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  • dragon
  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • psychological

9

The Final Prize Is Soup (2023)

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You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.

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  • choices
  • psychological
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • lgbtq
  • crime
  • interactive
  • anime
  • dark
  • adventure
  • romance
  • 2d
  • cute
  • supernatural

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Chains of Judgment (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.

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  • fiction
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • text
  • visual-novel
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • anime
  • simulation
  • casual
  • drama
  • mystery
  • conversation
  • choices

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