Games Like Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel

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 47.1%, Anime 29%, Horror 16.6%, Mystery 4.2%, Adventure 3.1%

As Regeria Hope, clear your clients of their crimes, or watch them hang and amass power and wealth. It's up to you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 46.9%, Adventure 28.7%, Anime 24.4%

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.

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.3%, Mystery 22.7%, Anime 21.3%, Horror 12.8%

Gary is caught in a strange dream and now he must overcome the adversities on his path or perish in the attempt. In this adventure you will meet 3 children in dream-like scenarios, next to a mysterious girl who talks about a promise.

Why similar: Visual Novel 74.1%, Anime 25.9%

A group of girls are having their vacation, alone. What would a group of girls do on a dark Christmas night? Of course, fortunetelling! Unfortunately for them, their boyfriends are not about to leave them alone and their sudden visit totally ruins their plans for fortune telling, turning it into a scary story contest.

Why similar: Visual Novel 66.2%, Anime 17.9%, Horror 15.9%

If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Horror 25.2%, Anime 23.6%, Adventure 12.9%

This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

Why similar: Visual Novel 70.6%, Anime 28.1%, Adventure 1.3%

A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house.

Why similar: Visual Novel 71.5%, Anime 28.5%

Max and his girlfriend Ann are very happy together. They have no arguments, they enjoy spending time with each other, they are in love. What else can they wish? Well, Max, you will get a big surprise this evening...

Why similar: Visual Novel 75.6%, Anime 24.4%

Manga are comics created in Japan. The problem for most people is, as they're made in Japan they're only produced in Japanese; someone has to translate them to English! Is one man able to accomplish this? Is there more to his team's relationships other than business? Can everything in a translator's life be simple and clear?

Why similar: Visual Novel 55.8%, Anime 34.7%, Adventure 9.5%

This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...

Why similar: Visual Novel 61.9%, Adventure 19%, Anime 19%

It's been a year since Semyon returned from "Sovyonok" and met the girls from the camp in the real world. But it's New Year at hand! And it needs to be celebrated!

Why similar: Visual Novel 56.5%, Anime 31.7%, Adventure 11.8%

Seize the day

Why similar: Visual Novel 60.6%, Anime 39.4%

Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.

Why similar: Visual Novel 60.1%, Horror 24.8%, Anime 15.2%

In the midst of their hearts, something is blossoming between two students. Both of whom go about their daily lives at an international school in Tokyo. Just what is flowering? Of course, it's love. Starting your new life after transferring into an international school, you find yourself dismayed when it turns out to be the same as any...

Why similar: Visual Novel 59.3%, Anime 31.2%, Adventure 9.5%

-"Do you believe the actuality now?" When the SCP Foundation moves, you will be a witness of {Project MA-13}.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Anime 24.3%, Horror 20.1%, Adventure 17.7%

A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!

Why similar: Visual Novel 73.1%, Horror 26.9%

A closed-circle mystery visual novel where twelve people wake up inside a bizarre, impossible mansion—and a string of murders begins. Read from Remi’s point of view as you piece together the truth through his thoughts and conversations. Linear, text-focused, Japanese/English supported.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Adventure 20.8%, Mystery 20.6%, Anime 17.5%, Horror 10.5%

偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Mystery 21.9%, Anime 19.3%, Adventure 17.9%

舞台は廃校。記憶喪失の少年と、「モノ」を自身に宿すことができる「モノマネ」の力を持つ少女。 校舎内のあらゆる「モノ」と会話してモノだけが知っている情報を聞き出し、失われた記憶を取り戻そう！

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Adventure 25.7%, Mystery 22.9%, Anime 16.3%

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: Visual Novel 23.6%, Mystery 22.7%, Anime 21%, Horror 20.6%, Adventure 12%

A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!

Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Mystery 21.5%, Adventure 19%, Horror 15.9%, Anime 10.7%

A drifting traveler boards a one-man space shuttle destined for Alpha Centauri. This shuttle is piloted by Budapest, an artificial intelligence program designed to serve humanity. When disaster unexpectedly befalls their ship, the two of them are sent careening through uncharted space.

Why similar: Visual Novel 63.5%, Anime 36.5%

A visual novel game where you spend an exciting school life in an abandoned school with ghost girls who have regrets and cannot rest in peace.

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.2%, Horror 27.1%, Adventure 25.7%

Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish is a thrilling mystery story revolving around a series of unfathomable incidents in a town.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Mystery 19.8%, Anime 18%, Adventure 16%, Horror 13.8%

Imagine being the only survivor of an explosion that kills thousands of people. That is the fate of Sofya Rykov. And survival is just the beginning of her tale... Episode 0: The Immolation is a free, standalone chapter in the Echoes of the Fey adventure game/visual novel series.

Why similar: Visual Novel 51.4%, Adventure 48.6%

「We prove our void――」

Why similar: Visual Novel 48.9%, Mystery 22%, Adventure 19.1%, Anime 10%

I want to confess my feelings for you...

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.4%, Anime 26.7%, Adventure 25.9%

Miniature Garden is a Japanese mystery visual novel with multiple endings and art by Korie Riko (Lump of Sugar).

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Mystery 20.3%, Anime 19.2%, Adventure 14%, Horror 11.3%

The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

Why similar: Visual Novel 69.5%, Anime 28.9%, Adventure 1.6%

Sakura Miko and the Hololive members are suddenly warped into an alternate future timeline. In this 3D adventure game, Miko must reunite with her friends and uncover the truth of this strange world to find her way back home.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Anime 20.9%, Horror 19.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Adventure 12.1%

A visual novel that brings the "Valkyrie Tune" plastic model series by Good Smile Company to life. Experience the resonant story of an amnesiac protagonist and six stunning heroines, whose intertwining serenade of love, sorrow, and fateful encounters calls forth a reboot for the future.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.3%, Adventure 33.2%, Anime 22.5%

写真と霊のちょっぴりホラーな紅葉狩り

Why similar: Mystery 28.8%, Horror 26%, Anime 25.1%, Adventure 20.1%

A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.2%, Anime 23%, Horror 22.1%, Adventure 14.8%

This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Horror 28.5%, Adventure 21.2%, Mystery 14.6%

A mystery adventure - uncover the truth behind a series of deaths by collecting clues hidden across internet. news articles, and wikipedias—creating an immersive experience that feels like real. Information is visually organized into a mind map, gradually open as the investigation progresses.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Adventure 30.4%, Mystery 27.6%

Travel through the ruins of the forgotten city Lemuria. Quell your curiosity as an Adventurer uncovering the misgivings of Lemuria's greatest treasure Rube. A gem so craved by man it brought out the isolation of a people and their suffocation.

Why similar: Adventure 44.5%, Mystery 28.7%, Horror 26.8%

Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Mystery 22.1%, Horror 16.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Anime 11.7%

The game is an episodic narrative journey following a mother and her daughter, Sarah, as they search for Sarah's missing father in a stormy, mysterious setting. It combines emotional depth and suspense, immersing players in a world of secrets and intrigue.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Adventure 33.6%, Horror 23.7%

This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.9%, Adventure 26.4%, Horror 19%, Mystery 17.7%

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 34.3%, Mystery 19.2%, Horror 18.5%, Anime 16.5%, Adventure 11.6%

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 28.5%, Mystery 19.8%, Horror 18%, Anime 17.5%, Adventure 16.2%

"The Other Side of the Sky" is a short text adventure game with an alternate fantasy setting in a single-line ending narrative mode.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.2%, Anime 27.1%, Adventure 22.6%

A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Mystery 22.9%, Anime 19.3%, Horror 11.9%, Adventure 10.6%

It is a story of going forward together with childhood sweetheart monsters and saving each other, accompanying each other to experience those sparkling youthful times that are both troublesome and joyful. There is unparalleled passion and warmth in the daily life of fighting and teasing each other.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.1%, Anime 25.7%, Adventure 24.3%

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.2%, Mystery 25.6%, Adventure 24.4%, Anime 12.8%

Noah lives with his eccentric father, who’s obsessed with Dictator X. When he joins a strange auction at a castle, he must work to solve mysteries hidden in the exhibits and uncover his father’s secrets. Risk everything to win—but what truth awaits? Story by Rika Suzuki!

Why similar: Mystery 41.3%, Adventure 29.5%, Visual Novel 29.2%

This is a Yandere Yuri horror game where character sprites and still images move smoothly, created using Live2D and TyranoScript. If you enjoy Yandere Yuri horror filled with obsessive love, we highly recommend giving it a try.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.6%, Adventure 24.1%, Anime 20.2%, Horror 17.1%

This short Visual novel can be considered as a little introductory episode of the game Elisa the innkeeper. Enjoy our Art and Soundtrack as you begin to shape Elisa's destiny for the better or the worse!

Why similar: Visual Novel 62.5%, Anime 37.5%

"Trick-or-Treat" doesn't always get you a treat.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Adventure 26.9%, Anime 20%, Horror 15%

Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Horror 22.3%, Adventure 22.3%, Mystery 15.1%

A complete version of the well-received free game “Akairo Mansion - Horror Edition” is now available with additional episodes! A dramatic horror novel presented to sound novel lovers by the author who is a sound novel lover.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Adventure 25.5%, Mystery 25%, Horror 23.3%

Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.2%, Mystery 30.2%, Anime 19.5%, Adventure 13.1%

I am here, in this world... A Japanese-style fantasy adventure by Kogado Studio. In this town, strange incidents never cease. Join Satoree Mizuki, a girl who can read others’ minds, and uncover the truth behind these supernatural cases.

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.9%, Adventure 27.6%, Anime 26.5%

A string of murders, cryptic phone calls, the "Black Thorns," and a girl calling herself an "Angel"... Before long, these fragments of mystery coalesce into a massive "anomaly" that threatens to consume the entire town.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Adventure 26.4%, Anime 19.1%, Mystery 17.7%

《明日方舟》同人游戏，以原作角色“老鲤”为主角，在二十年前的龙门，展开一系列解谜探案故事。

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.6%, Mystery 26.6%, Anime 18%, Adventure 15.7%

轻松愉快的短篇恋爱AVG！男主角阿逅是个烘焙师傅，他刚经历事业爱情的双重打击一蹶不振。就在此时，一位爱吃泡芙的女孩出现在他的面前，这段吃泡芙、做泡芙的恋爱故事就此开始！

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.5%, Anime 30.9%, Adventure 25.6%

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 39%, Horror 22.7%, Mystery 22.5%, Adventure 15.7%

怖い話を聞いているだけなのに何かおかしい……。新聞部の新人、坂上修一となり、学校新聞の特集のために集まった6人の語り部より怖い話を聞いていきます。語り部は話の途中で坂上に質問や感想を求めてきます。それが選択肢となっており、答えることによって物語が変化していきます。

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Adventure 26.6%, Anime 18.7%, Horror 18.4%

Night after night, the same dream of a guillotine. A headhunting serial killer. And the "knights" in black who follow soon after. Irrationality that defies the realm of common sense begins to assault and devour the city.

Why similar: Visual Novel 58.8%, Anime 25.8%, Adventure 15.4%