
If you're nervous about job searching and interviews, face your fears head-on in "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" a Japanese horror business punk visual novel.
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If you're nervous about job searching and interviews, face your fears head-on in "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" a Japanese horror business punk visual novel.

Karoshi Club
Explore the afterlife world of Yomi as a soul sales manager in the Japanese business punk first-person horror adventure "Karoshi Club".

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From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.
Explore the afterlife world of Yomi as a soul sales manager in the Japanese business punk first-person horror adventure "Karoshi Club".
Why similar: Capitalism 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, 1990's 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Anime 11.8%
From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Supernatural 16.3%, Anime 14.7%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%
This is a short hentai visual novel about restless girls looking for adventures
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, 1990's 18.1%, Anime 18%, Casual 11.7%
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Supernatural 13.2%, Surreal 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
Immerse yourself in Darko, a short psychological horror game where the scars of the past come to life. Explore the house, avoid hallucinations, and find your pills before it’s too late.
Why similar: 1990's 22.5%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Supernatural 13.8%, Exploration 11.1%
Traverse through twisted dreamscapes and encounter disturbing monsters in this action-horror RPG, while discovering a compelling story with loveable characters through hand-drawn visuals inspired by 90s anime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, 1990's 13.5%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Anime 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 11%
Will you break the circle of madness, even if you have to lose everything? Discover the dark secrets that the world of Sprunki hides. Be careful, because an ancient evil is waiting for you there.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Supernatural 11.2%, Dark 8.4%
Reality imprints itself on our individuality through pain. Like grooves on a vinyl record, scars on the soul shape sounds out of emptiness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, 1990's 18.1%, Anime 16%, Hand-drawn 16%, Dark 8.2%
"Players, please break the chains of Amy's nightmares with DR3AMy!" Break free from nightmares with the lovely DR3AMy android and Amy. This game contains visual and auditory horror elements. It is not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Anime 18.1%, Dark 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Casual 7.9%
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Supernatural 14.6%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 8%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Anime 10.6%, Dark 7.7%
You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.6%, Surreal 11.1%
A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Supernatural 13.9%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%
Four students have a dark secret—they are mystic fae, who can enter people’s dreams and influence their feelings. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, 1990's 19.1%, Anime 16.4%, Supernatural 11%, Surreal 8.5%
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Anime 15.5%, Exploration 11.5%
This is a New Year's fairy tale and at the same time a small spin-off of the first part of the game Zeliria Sactuary.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Anime 23%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Casual 11.7%, 2D 8%
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Anime 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Exploration 8.5%
Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
Why similar: Capitalism 30%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Anime 11.6%, Surreal 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
A psychological horror visual novel. You're trapped in a corporate training simulation with replayable loops. Navigate branching dialogue choices. Reality glitches. People fade away. Your decisions escalate the dread.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, 1990's 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Supernatural 11.6%, Anime 10.3%
Together with Snezhana and her dog Ayda you will go to the woods for mushroom hunting. An ordinary adventure does not foreshadow adversity, until you decide to step into an uncharted plase… A short but atmospheric visual novel that will give you goosebumps.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 11.1%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Hand-drawn 17%, Dark 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Supernatural 11.1%
Hidden Nightmares is a horror experience set inside the endless nightmares of a psychiatric patient. Experience the horrors generated by the human mind and wonder if you will ever wake up again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Exploration 14.6%, Supernatural 13.8%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Anime 16.2%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Atmospheric 7%
A demon is trying to kill you and your friends, and it's all that you can do to survive. How can you stop it permanently? How many of your friends have to die before it's all over? Try and make the best choices you can in this pulse-pounding horror visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Supernatural 14.9%, Anime 13.8%, Dark 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Hand-drawn 19.5%, Anime 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%
A visual novel in the Samosbor setting. You are a student of the technical college who wakes up in a stranger's living cell after your own death. You must come to terms with your new grim nature and face the cruel world far from the walls of your native incubator block.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Anime 19.8%, Casual 12.3%, Dark 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%
My name is Jeremy. I can bring things to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Anime 19.3%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Dark 15.4%, Horror 7.6%
An RPG set in a distant, lonely future. Follow Arem, a young man lured from his small island community to explore the desolate megastructure beneath it: “The Well.” With the simple goal of finding the exit, Arem will burden himself with something more terrible than he ever thought possible.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Anime 13%, Sci-fi 10.2%
Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Anime 13.3%, Dark 8.6%
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Supernatural 15.3%, Dark 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
Discover the far side of the moon and the effects of participating in MK Ultra in this psychological thriller. It will be dark and nothing will tell you what to do next. Find what mystery awaits above and below the moon's surface as you are joined by an unexpected tour guide.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Exploration 12.9%, Surreal 12.1%, Dark 11.6%
A story-oriented visual novel set in historical France. Play as Emile, a lonesome boy whose past has caught up with him. Witness as the choices he makes continue on a downward spiral…
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Anime 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 13.9%
朝の早い時間、午前五時くらいになると、この町にはときどき濃い霧が出る──。
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Anime 21.8%, Exploration 17.2%, 2D 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%
The Bell is ringing and there is no escape. The world is quickly shrouded in darkness and horrifying creatures lurk for Marv. He must face his fears and find a way out of this nightmare or he will be trapped in hellfire forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Surreal 15.7%, Anime 13.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Supernatural 10.9%
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Anime 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 14.3%, Dark 8.3%
A science fiction visual novel. Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a secret that will change everything. Six researchers. One rift. No one will return the same.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Anime 16%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Exploration 11.3%
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 13.6%, Anime 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
A short visual novel about a person that wants achievements.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Hand-drawn 31.6%, Casual 18.5%, 2D 11.4%, Indie 0.9%
A short novel about travelling by train. Become the one who (not)helps three girls to get to the final destination at the sea.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Anime 13.5%, Supernatural 11.3%
Meet high schooler Haruka and her classmates as they find themselves trapped in an eerie, abandoned hospital connected to an urban legend called “Ayame’s Mercy.” Try to escape, or face a multitude of gruesome ends that will leave you begging for mercy in this all new Corpse Party story.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.1%, Anime 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Surreal 9.5%
Marinette is an adventure horror game about a girl who gets trapped inside of a mysterious dollhouse. In her journey she will meet different friends and foes while trying to survive the dangers lurking at every corner. Will she escape alive in time for her birthday?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Exploration 11.4%
A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Surreal 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Anime 10.8%
A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Anime 13.8%, Surreal 12.3%, Dark 10%
In this adventure game, play as a young boy, Boku, who accidentally releases vengeful spirits from a local shrine. To fix his mistake, he must collect the ancient treasures to repair the seal. But the freed Youkai have their own plans for him and won’t make it easy. Can he resist their deadly lure?
Why similar: Anime 24%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dark 15.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 10%
You attempt to leave an office building late at night but find yourself trapped in two rooms that repeat endlessly. The office is haunted. Find your way out.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.5%, 1990's 16.1%, Supernatural 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Surreal 11.3%
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Anime 23.9%, Surreal 20.4%, Casual 10%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
A supernatural horror visual novel game where your choices decide if you and your friends see the light of day again or not. Use your sleuthing skills with point and click mechanics to battle horrifying creatures of the night that haunt an abandoned school building and earn your title of "Exorcist"!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Anime 22.8%, Supernatural 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 11.2%
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Supernatural 14.3%, Dark 13.9%, Anime 13.6%, Horror 11.2%
On a winter afternoon, she sees that familiar face again. But what does it matter? He was never hers to keep...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Hand-drawn 27.4%, Anime 24.4%, Casual 16%, Indie 0.7%
You are the only maid working a night shift at an old hotel. Your duties are simple, clean the rooms, fill in reports and survive the night.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Supernatural 22.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Horror 10.7%
A short atmospheric puzzle game about symmetry and reflection. Restore order in distorted rooms and break an endless cycle. Estimated playtime: ~25 minutes.
Why similar: 1990's 23.2%, Supernatural 15.3%, Exploration 14.8%, Casual 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
Ultra-Gene Code is a sci-fi visual novel with horror elements that constantly confronts you with a difficult moral choice.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Dark 12.6%, Sci-fi 12%, Atmospheric 9.3%
A 2D exploration horror adventure game in which an immortal man tries to escape from the "never-ending nightmare of dental treatment."
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Psychological Horror 22%, Exploration 14.1%, Anime 12.1%, Horror 9%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, 1990's 19.1%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Dark 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Hand-drawn 21.8%, Anime 19.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, 2D 8.3%
“Defeat my sleep deprivation monsters. And I will cure your poverty virus.” Living is Expensive... is a visual novel about the cost of existence & minimum wage vampires. 🩸🍷💸😭🥹💀
Why similar: Capitalism 31.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Anime 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Surreal 11%
Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Supernatural 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Surreal 12.2%, Dark 11.2%
Use your wits to solve puzzles and escape from an abstract world in this hand-drawn atmospheric horror game
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Anime 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Surreal 12%