- #1 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
97% 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 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Anime 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Cute 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same obsessive, dark, and high-stakes relationship dynamic found in 5omeday.
- #2 Doki Doki Literature Club!
96% 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 28.2%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Anime 15.6%, Cute 10.9%, Gore 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive experience for players who enjoy cute anime aesthetics that slowly unravel into deep psychological horror.
- #3 BAD END THEATER
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at exploring multiple tragic endings through a meta-narrative lens that rewards experimentation.
- #4 Sentimental Death Loop
95% matchMixed65% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: qureate
Windows
Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend's house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again.Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Anime 14.6%, Cute 13.6%, Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes time-loop mechanics to build tension and explore dark themes.
- #5 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
93% 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 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Psychological 10.5%, Anime 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that mirrors the dark, anime-styled aesthetic and branching narrative structure.
- #6 MiSide
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 136,956 reviews2024
Dev: AIHASTOPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Cute 17.4%, Conversation 13%, Story Rich 11.6%, Anime 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cute simulation game that hides a sinister, reality-bending horror experience beneath its surface.
- #7 7 days with Death
94% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Narrator
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
On Christmas Eve, a strange girl breaks into your home claiming to be the bringer of death.；This unbelievable prophesy is then followed by many strange omens...he must make a choice...
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Anime 17.1%, Sexual Content 15%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Adventure 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core premise of a time-limited interaction with a supernatural entity where your choices dictate the outcome.
- #8 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,444 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 168.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Psychological 9.8%, Anime 8.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, deeply psychological visual novel that challenges the player's perception of reality.
- #9 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
91% 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: Visual Novel 31.5%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Psychological 17.3%, Anime 10%, Story Rich 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and brief psychological exploration that mirrors the intimate, unsettling tone of 5omeday.
- #10 this morning I decided to die
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Anime 17.4%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Violent 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Explores heavy psychological themes through a visual novel format with a distinct anime art style.
- #11 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 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Psychological 17.5%, Anime 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features high-stakes moral dilemmas and a death game scenario where every character's life is on the line.
- #12 BAD END
90% 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 20.5%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Anime 12.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror visual novel that focuses on the inevitability of tragic outcomes.
- #13 Crimson Gray
89% matchVery Positive96% of 442 reviews2017
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Psychological 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the dark, obsessive side of romance with significant psychological horror elements.
- #14 outside the door
86% 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 21.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 15.4%, Anime 14.7%, Conversation 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that excels at building atmosphere through its limited, claustrophobic setting.
- #15 AI2U: With You 'Til The End
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,539 reviews2025
Dev: AlterStaff Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
You wake up in a cute girl's home who's eager to keep you by her side! Engage with thematic stories, puzzles, and unique AI NPCs who'll go to any lengths to protect you—even when it means contradicting themselves. Bask in meet-cutes or brace for chaos if you try to escape.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Conversation 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Anime 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological tension of interacting with an artificial intelligence in a high-stakes environment.
- #16 Quantum Suicide
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Cotton Candy Cyanide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Anime 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes visual novel where every decision could lead to a permanent, fatal conclusion.
- #17 Your amazing T-Gotchi!
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 720 reviews2020
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A cute game where you care about a green anime girl!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19%, Conversation 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, pixelated simulation that forces the player to manage a relationship under stressful, horror-filled conditions.
- #18 Memory Girl +
85% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Cute 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a cute, 2D aesthetic to mask a deeper, more unsettling psychological narrative.
- #19 Decollate Decoration
84% matchVery Positive95% of 224 reviews2026
Dev: KANEKODOPub: KEMCO
Windows
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 40.5%, Cute 18.8%, Adventure 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that utilizes visual novel mechanics to deliver a short, impactful experience.
- #20 Kill or Love
84% 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: Visual Novel 29.5%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Anime 18.5%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Sexual Content 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play visual novel that leans into the romance-horror subgenre with multiple endings.
- #21 DEAD LAMB WALKING
82% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Cute 12.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a cute, 2D aesthetic with interactive fiction elements to create a unique narrative experience.
- #22 My Therapy
83% matchVery Positive96% of 332 reviews2022
Dev: Suvorov Mikhail
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Anime 13.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-based visual novel that explores psychological themes through a series of branching paths.
- #23 Escape from Yandere
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 952 reviews2026
Dev: VorhGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Yandera has locked you in your house and is asking for a declaration of love. You can stay with her or try to escape. Explore the house, but be careful, Yandera can kill you.
Why similar: Conversation 23.3%, Anime 21.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Cute 14.6%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends life-sim elements with horror to create a tense, character-driven experience.
- #24 Magical Girl Witch Trials
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,650 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Gothic 19% ★, Cute 11.8%, Anime 7%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #25 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
81% 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 30%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Psychological 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the surreal and deeply personal psychological journey of its predecessor.
- #26 GNOSIA
80% matchVery Positive94% of 4,733 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Psychological 15.9%, Anime 14.6%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A time-looping social deduction game that builds complex, often tragic relationships with its cast.
- #27 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
81% 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 38.1%, Psychological 21%, Anime 18%, Story Rich 11.4%, Cute 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic example of deceptive cuteness hiding a brutal and deep psychological horror mystery.
- #28 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Anime 11.5%, Cute 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #29 Yet Another Killing Game
77% 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: Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Anime 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #30 The House in Fata Morgana
79% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 30.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Anime 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, emotional, and psychological masterpiece that focuses on the weight of past choices.
- #31 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
77% 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 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #32 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #33 Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
75% matchVery Positive94% of 13,259 reviews2023
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Demon-Slayer, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. Your choices will determine which employees become enamored with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Cute 16.4%, Anime 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Simulation 14.1%
- #34 Kill The Dragon
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A unique choices matter adventure with horrific deaths and wonderful choices!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Multiple Endings 22.1%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Cute 14%, Gore 6.7%
- #35 Find Love or Die Trying
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Anime 14%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #36 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: Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Anime 11.7%, Psychological 11.1%
- #37 Landmine Princess
72% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Jeistar
Windows
Meet Mina! She's a landmine girl! That means she's cute on the outside, but dangerous on the inside! But maybe she's the kind of danger you've always been looking for. This is a rogue fast-love dating sim. And the only sim that teaches you to be nice to girls. Or else.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Conversation 17.8%, Cute 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #38 Hydrangea
72% 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: Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Psychological 13.4%, Anime 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #39 Our Lovely Escape
76% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your life is a peaceful one. Each day, you work alongside your (otherwise?) all-female workforce in the pursuit of creating otome games. Will you complete your life with a cute girlfriend? Will you be doomed to a life of normalcy? Or...? Find out in this (mostly...?) normal visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Anime 13.6%, Cute 10.3%, Simulation 9.5%
- #40 Robot Daycare
74% matchVery Positive87% of 151 reviews2021
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about raising a cute robot child, which may or may not go horribly wrong. Your choices decide the outcome.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological 19.1%, Anime 15.4%, Cute 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #41 Kunado Chronicles
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The dragon is already dead. Help what's left of humanity learn how to live in this post-apocalyptic fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Conversation 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Anime 10.2%
- #42 Folie Fatale
71% 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: Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Anime 9.4%
- #43 Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator
71% matchVery Positive97% of 253 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You're gonna get yourself killed out here... There's monsters, bandits, and much, much worse roaming these lands... Do you really think you've got what it takes to survive? Or do you think you're cut out for much more than that... There's only one way to find out, and time is of the essence!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Psychological 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #44 Crimson Gray: Dusk and Dawn
73% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological 18.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Anime 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #45 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,598 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 53%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Anime 15.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Indie 2.6%
- #46 Syutyaku Gakuen
69% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love. As they spend their time at the school, what was once a peaceful life turns into a blood-soaked, corpse-riddled, blood-soaked day....
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Anime 10.8%, Cute 10.3%
- #47 Train of Afterlife
76% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Anime 11.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Psychological 7.4%
- #48 DRAPLINE
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,516 reviews2025
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
"DRAPLINE" is a roguelite training game where you raise a dragon girl who eats anything and train her to become the strongest in one year. Feed her a variety of things to increase her abilities, combine various skills to build your own strategy, and defeat the impending catastrophe!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 24.7%, Simulation 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Cute 13%, Anime 11.2%
- #49 クラブ・スーサイド
70% matchVery Positive97% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: MORPATHPub: Celtia
Windows · Mac
私は、自殺を考えている。クラブ・スーサイドへようこそ。自殺を考える少年達に寄り添う、奇妙な一週間。命を思考するノベルアドベンチャー。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Anime 12.7%, Gore 10.1%
- #50 Angels with Scaly Wings™ / 鱗羽の天使
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,735 reviews2017
Dev: Radical Phi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #51 Stella of The End
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,926 reviews2023
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: VisualArts
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Jude Gray, a wandering Courier, receives a request to deliver some very special cargo. This cargo turns out to be Philia, an android girl who is unaffected by the enigmatic Singularity Machines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Anime 14%, Gore 9.4%, Cute 9.1%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #52 How To Date A Magical Girl!
71% matchVery Positive80% of 469 reviews2019
Dev: Cafe ShibaPub: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You're invited to the elite academy for magical girls! Will you take the opportunity to make new friends? Learn magic? Or... Will you try to date a cute magical girl?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Anime 14.4%, Simulation 8.6%, Cute 7.2%
- #53 Trainee Death Simulator
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,956 reviews2024
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.
Why similar: Gothic 34.3% ★, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Simulation 11.3%, Cute 8.8%
- #54 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
69% 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 39.2%, Anime 26%, Psychological Horror 6.8%, Sexual Content 6.1%, Simulation 5.7%
- #55 Ib
66% 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: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Story Rich 11.4%, Cute 11.1%
- #56 Kara no Shojo
68% matchVery Positive92% of 439 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 165.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Anime 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #57 Room No. 9
68% matchVery Positive90% of 508 reviews2020
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
You have been selected to participate in a behavioral analysis experiment and these guys are at the mercy of your inhumanly cruel choices! it's up to you to decide the fate of these two...
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Sexual Content 10.5%, Psychological 10.2%, Anime 8.9%
- #58 YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,464 reviews2020
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 128.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Psychological Horror 24%, Anime 10.6%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, Sexual Content 6.6%
- #59 MOOD
65% matchVery Positive87% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
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 23.6%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Anime 12.3%
