- #1 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
97% matchVery Positive88% of 3,358 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 14.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Visual Novel 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the claustrophobic, confined-space psychological horror found in the seed game.
- #2 Tiny Bunny
96% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Point & Click 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly dark, atmospheric, and unsettling psychological horror experience with deep narrative choices.
- #3 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
96% matchVery Positive94% of 55,246 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes psychological visual novel that focuses on the descent into madness through branching choices.
- #4 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,269 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.7%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Psychological 15.5%, Text-Based 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and deeply psychological visual novel that captures the feeling of mental instability and isolation.
- #5 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,578 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9%, Psychological 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the intense, surreal psychological exploration of the first game.
- #6 Ib
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,122 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Choices Matter 10%
Why You'll Like It: A classic exploration-based psychological horror game that uses pixel art to create a sense of unease and isolation.
- #7 For Mother Matron
93% matchVery Positive91% of 164 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A disturbing, choice-driven visual novel that explores dark themes through its branching narrative.
- #8 Trapped with Jester
92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, choice-based horror game that focuses on the psychological pressure of being trapped with a dangerous entity.
- #9 Saihate Station
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,976 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric psychological horror visual novel that emphasizes emotional weight and dark storytelling.
- #10 Who's Lila?
91% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Point & Click 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique point-and-click mechanics and a disturbing psychological narrative presented in a distinct pixel-art style.
- #11 Doki Doki Literature Club!
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 221,125 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.5%, Visual Novel 32.3%, Story Rich 9.2%, Cute 8.5%, Dark 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential psychological horror visual novel that subverts expectations through its branching narrative.
- #12 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
89% matchVery Positive98% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art psychological horror game that focuses on dark, story-rich interactions.
- #13 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,059 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Point & Click 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Multiple Endings 15%, Psychological 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes psychological visual novel where every choice is critical to the survival of the characters.
- #14 Hazy Mind
88% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Psychological 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic and psychological visual novel that mirrors the hallucinatory aspects of the seed game.
- #15 outside the door
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Psychological 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art psychological horror game that focuses on the tension of being trapped in a confined space.
- #16 Winion Virus
86% matchVery Positive95% of 1,002 reviews2024
Dev: Dawntown Studio
Windows · Mac
Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Point & Click 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%
Why You'll Like It: Combines point-and-click mechanics with psychological horror to create a sense of impending doom.
- #17 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Point & Click 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping mystery visual novel that blends horror and psychological tension with branching paths.
- #18 Contraindication
85% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Point & Click 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Psychological 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror point-and-click game that focuses on exploration and unsettling narrative revelations.
- #19 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
83% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Psychological 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that features multiple endings and a dark, anime-inspired aesthetic.
- #20 Midnight Syndrome
84% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Point & Click 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-focused visual novel that emphasizes exploration and the tension of the unknown.
- #21 DEAD LAMB WALKING
84% matchVery Positive97% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 20%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction visual novel that uses a cute aesthetic to mask a deeply unsettling and dark narrative.
- #22 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
82% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Cute 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed visual novel that utilizes pixel graphics to build a disturbing and memorable atmosphere.
- #23 Yet Another Killing Game
81% matchVery Positive98% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Point & Click 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused visual novel that incorporates psychological horror and multiple endings.
- #24 Nightmare Zapping
82% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Point & Click 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror game that uses pixel art to depict a terrifying and surreal nightmare sequence.
- #25 WORLD OF HORROR
79% matchVery Positive90% of 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.4%, Point & Click 30%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Atmospheric 6.9%, 2D 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cosmic horror game that uses pixel art and choice-based mechanics to create a constant sense of dread.
- #26 Project Vostok: Episode 1
81% matchVery Positive83% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that builds tension through its indie, anime-inspired presentation.
- #27 Corpse Party
80% matchVery Positive89% of 1,376 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive claustrophobic horror visual novel that focuses on the survival of students in a trapped environment.
- #28 海子 UMIKO
77% matchVery Positive98% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: 盾构机 Tunnel Boring Machine
Windows
"海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.7%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #29 Forgive or Finalize
78% matchMixed69% of 211 reviews2026
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #30 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,381 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.4%, Psychological 22.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Dark 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational psychological horror visual novel that excels at building dread through its narrative structure.
- #31 HOPE LEFT ME
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 851 reviews2023
Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 42.9%, Visual Novel 29.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #32 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A branching narrative horror game that emphasizes the consequences of choices and multiple endings.
- #33 Everything Will Be Fine!
76% matchVery Positive85% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #34 Katagiri-san is very cold
76% matchVery Positive91% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: プラスカゼットPub: Hanabi Games
Windows
You wake up in a dimly lit room, with your classmate Katagiri-san in front of you. Why are you here? Who could've done it? Why is she here? Maybe there is a way to get out of this place... Try to find your way out in this short escape room RPG with hints of horror, comedy, and a bit of spice!
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Story Rich 22.4%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Cute 9.4%, 2D 9.2%
- #35 Loop//Error
75% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #36 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,257 reviews2020
Dev: Saikono
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44%, Point & Click 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 5.9%, 2D 5.5%
- #37 白昼梦 · 心象病院
74% matchVery Positive85% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: 林檎树Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Psychological 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #38 The Final Prize is Soup
73% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
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.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Psychological 10%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #39 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,585 reviews2019
Dev: Eternal Dream
Windows
Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #40 FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate
74% matchVery Positive86% of 523 reviews2018
Dev: Alex Olinkiewicz
Windows
Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.6%, Story Rich 21.9%, Adventure 17.7%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #41 Tiny Snow
72% matchVery Positive94% of 4,167 reviews2019
Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 59.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
On the snowy mountain, in the wooden hut, we are tied together by the world. She and "I" can only love each other, we cannot be separated. Is this free affection, or manipulated love? A short visual novel with multiple endings, "Tiny Snow", a story with two girls, and you who know what love is.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.3%, Multiple Endings 24.5%, Cute 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Adventure 4.2%
- #42 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
71% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Psychological 13.1%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #43 Take Care Of It.
69% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Zealli
Windows
Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Multiple Endings 27.2%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 9.6%, 2D 6.2%
- #44 Aroma
71% matchVery Positive84% of 457 reviews2022
Dev: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #45 Kill or Love
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.7%, Visual Novel 37.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 5.1%, Psychological 3.4%
- #46 Room No. 9
70% matchVery Positive90% of 535 reviews2020
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
It's up to you to decide how far you're willing to go in order to survive in this psychological thriller visual novel about two best friends trapped in an experiment. Can these two men survive their choices between physical and psychological harm long enough to earn freedom?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Psychological 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #47 怪話
69% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Text-Based 9.3%, Adventure 4.7%
- #48 Winter Novel
72% matchVery Positive84% of 608 reviews2016
Dev: DeXP
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Snow, dullness, depression. Constant dissatisfaction with work and superiors and feeling like there is no escape. Is this what life will always be? Perhaps… but I can always hope for change to be just around the corner!…
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Text-Based 11.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #49 PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE
66% matchVery Positive99% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Lunaticker
Windows
A self abating husk is forcibly coerced into a suicide pact by a "perfect" girl drowning in ennui and despair. The result is unfathomable heart rending terror and confusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Visual Novel 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%, 2D 6.4%
- #50 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
67% matchVery Positive87% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Point & Click 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #51 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,616 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 65.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Story Rich 7.1%, Choices Matter 2.9%
- #52 BAD END
71% matchVery Positive84% of 395 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #53 Blackout Hospital
68% matchVery Positive97% of 174 reviews2023
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows
When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Choices Matter 14.6%, 2D 13%, Cute 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #54 骸心 Mainbody
69% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2022
Dev: 土豆火锅Pub: Cosmic Train
Windows
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #55 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
68% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Point & Click 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #56 海鳥野ガクの精神鑑定録
67% matchVery Positive83% of 315 reviews2024
Dev: いもチャイ屋
Windows
「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか?それとも……」 精神科医である道島(主人公)は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…!?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Text-Based 8.7%, Adventure 6.2%
- #57 Hydrangea
66% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Psychological 12.5%, Cute 6.3%
- #58 Hello my World! Lily.
66% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Black Leaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Cute 7.5%, 2D 7.3%
- #59 Kriophobia
66% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Fira SoftPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Trapped in the depths of a frozen Soviet bunker, geophysicist Anna must survive deadly cold, horrifying abominations, and the trauma of a buried past. A third-person survival horror blending psychological storytelling with hand-drawn static cameras.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Hand-drawn 19%, Story Rich 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%