- #1 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
97% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 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 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%
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 29,932 reviews2025
Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
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 25.2%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Point & Click 9.8%
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 Positive95% of 53,234 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 22.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Conversation 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 Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 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 29.2%, Visual Novel 28%, Psychological 14.4%, Drama 8.4%, Text-Based 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and deeply psychological visual novel that captures the feeling of mental instability and isolation.
- #5 For Mother Matron
94% matchVery Positive91% of 163 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 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A disturbing, choice-driven visual novel that explores dark themes through its branching narrative.
- #6 Ib
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Multiple Endings 14%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%
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 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 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 28.2%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Psychological 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the intense, surreal psychological exploration of the first game.
- #8 Trapped with Jester
92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 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 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%
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 8,177 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11%, Multiple Endings 10%
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 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Point & Click 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
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 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 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 44.8%, Visual Novel 31.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Cute 8.7%, Dark 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential psychological horror visual novel that subverts expectations through its branching narrative.
- #12 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
89% matchVery Positive97% of 79 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 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Story Rich 9.3%
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 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 20%, Point & Click 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Psychological 11.3%
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 318 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 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Conversation 13%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Psychological 10.4%
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 543 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
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 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Conversation 15.8%, Psychological 13%, 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 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 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 22.4%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Point & Click 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping mystery visual novel that blends horror and psychological tension with branching paths.
- #17 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
84% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 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 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Psychological 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that features multiple endings and a dark, anime-inspired aesthetic.
- #18 Winion Virus
85% matchVery Positive95% of 967 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: Conversation 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Point & Click 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines point-and-click mechanics with psychological horror to create a sense of impending doom.
- #19 Midnight Syndrome
86% matchVery Positive99% of 87 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 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Point & Click 16.8%, Drama 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-focused visual novel that emphasizes exploration and the tension of the unknown.
- #20 DEAD LAMB WALKING
84% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction visual novel that uses a cute aesthetic to mask a deeply unsettling and dark narrative.
- #21 Contraindication
83% matchVery Positive99% of 68 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 21.8%, Point & Click 20%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Hand-drawn 12%, Psychological 9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror point-and-click game that focuses on exploration and unsettling narrative revelations.
- #22 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
82% matchVery Positive85% of 221 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 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Cute 7.9%
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 220 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 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Point & Click 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused visual novel that incorporates psychological horror and multiple endings.
- #24 Project Vostok: Episode 1
82% 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: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Drama 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that builds tension through its indie, anime-inspired presentation.
- #25 Nightmare Zapping
81% matchVery Positive99% of 74 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 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Point & Click 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror game that uses pixel art to depict a terrifying and surreal nightmare sequence.
- #26 WORLD OF HORROR
79% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 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 33.2%, Point & Click 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Atmospheric 7%, 2D 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cosmic horror game that uses pixel art and choice-based mechanics to create a constant sense of dread.
- #27 Everything Will Be Fine!
78% matchVery Positive88% of 69 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: Conversation 26.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Psychological Horror 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #28 Corpse Party
80% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 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 28.5%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Story Rich 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive claustrophobic horror visual novel that focuses on the survival of students in a trapped environment.
- #29 海子 UMIKO
77% matchVery Positive98% of 62 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: Conversation 23.8%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #30 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,215 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 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 43.7%, Psychological 22.7%, Story Rich 13.8%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Dark 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational psychological horror visual novel that excels at building dread through its narrative structure.
- #31 Katagiri-san is very cold
77% matchVery Positive91% of 74 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 34.3%, Story Rich 22.5%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Cute 9.5%, 2D 9.4%
- #32 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 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 33.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A branching narrative horror game that emphasizes the consequences of choices and multiple endings.
- #33 HOPE LEFT ME
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 818 reviews2023
Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 27%
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: Visual Novel 37.2%, Conversation 28.1%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #34 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 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 43.3%, Point & Click 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Adventure 5.9%, 2D 5.5%
- #35 Loop//Error
75% matchVery Positive90% of 51 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: Conversation 19.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #36 白昼梦 · 心象病院
74% matchVery Positive84% of 232 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 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Psychological 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Drama 11.4%
- #37 The Final Prize is Soup
73% matchVery Positive94% of 62 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 25%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Psychological 10.1%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #38 Tiny Snow
74% matchVery Positive94% of 4,167 reviews2019
Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 57.7 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 45.4%, Multiple Endings 21.6%, Drama 21.2%, Cute 8.2%, Adventure 3.6%
- #39 Kriophobia
72% matchVery Positive91% of 77 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 20.9%, Hand-drawn 18.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #40 FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate
75% matchVery Positive86% of 522 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 45.7%, Story Rich 21.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #41 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
73% 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 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Psychological 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #42 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,566 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 17.6%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #43 Snowfall's Mystery
71% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #44 Aroma
71% matchVery Positive84% of 448 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 18.5%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #45 Midnight Witch
70% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Drama 10.6%
- #46 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
71% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 64.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Story Rich 7.2%, Choices Matter 3%
- #47 BAD END
73% matchVery Positive84% of 393 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 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #48 It gets so lonely here
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,971 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Cute 6.4%
- #49 骸心 Mainbody
70% 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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #50 Blackout Hospital
70% matchVery Positive96% of 167 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 23.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, 2D 13.1%, Cute 13%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #51 海鳥野ガクの精神鑑定録
69% matchVery Positive83% of 312 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 33.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Text-Based 8.8%, Adventure 6.2%
- #52 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
67% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Point & Click 12%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #53 PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE
67% matchVery Positive99% of 140 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 33%, Visual Novel 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Atmospheric 9%, 2D 6.6%
- #54 Hello my World! Lily.
67% matchVery Positive93% of 55 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 29.9%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, 2D 7.5%, Cute 7.4%
- #55 Cooking Companions
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,183 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #56 SMOKY WHITE
67% matchVery Positive96% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: たにからきぬまで
Windows
雪の降る冬の屋上で、 不思議な雰囲気の先輩と出会って別れる短編ノベルゲームです。 会話中の選択によって結末が分岐します。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Conversation 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #57 怪話
68% matchVery Positive95% of 56 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 33.5%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Text-Based 9.4%, Adventure 4.7%
- #58 Love Alone Death
66% matchVery Positive99% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Drama 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #59 Folie Fatale
65% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #60 Hydrangea
66% matchVery Positive93% of 123 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 27.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Psychological 12.6%, Cute 6.4%