- #1 Ib
97% 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: Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, Anime 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #2 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
96% 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 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Anime 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Psychological 10.9%
- #3 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Anime 13.1%, Horror 10%, Story Rich 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #4 UNREAL LIFE
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,883 reviews2020
Dev: hako lifePub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 296.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
And now, for today's story.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.1%, Story Rich 15%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Adventure 7.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.2%
- #5 The Rule Of SHE
94% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Drama 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #6 Hazy Mind
94% 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 13.4%, Psychological 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Anime 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #7 Afterdream
93% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.1%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Psychological 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #8 Seek
92% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: cloud_li
Windows
In this game, you play as Alice, an girl trapped in a twisted, ever-changing world. Survive a frozen orphanage filled with lurking horrors, eerie classical music, and unsolved mysteries. Scavenge, evade monsters, and uncover the truth. But can you face the brutal reality—or remain trapped forever?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Exploration 8.9%
- #9 Alice Mystery Garden
91% matchVery Positive96% of 211 reviews2017
Dev: AMG GAMES
Windows
Join Alice, who has wandered into the wondrous land of Alice Mystery Garden, to overcome adversity in this VR action-puzzle game. Control Alice's movements while switching back and forth between a top-down player perspective and Alice's in-world perspective to collect scattered looking-glass fragments and clear each stage.
- #10 Castle of Secrets
91% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.1%, Horror 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #11 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
90% 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: Psychological 15.4%, Anime 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.8%
- #12 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Anime 14.1%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #13 Slay the Alice
89% matchVery Positive98% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: SUZUMIHARAPub: BARON DU JUVÉNILE
Windows
A short visual novel presented with pixel art and cute animations. Chasing after a rabbit, Alice found herself in a land of talking plants. Now, it's time to go on a tiny little adventure.
Why similar: Horror 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Anime 13.1%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%
- #14 OneShot
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 61,459 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Story Rich 18.1%, Cute 13.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #15 Alicemare
88% matchVery Positive89% of 1,189 reviews2016
Dev: △○□× (Miwashiba)Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alicemare is a somehow familiar yet totally unique adventure game infused with subtle hints of horror, created by △○□× (Miwashiba) using the WOLF RPG Editor.
Why similar: Anime 16.3%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #16 Alice Escaped!
86% matchVery Positive83% of 328 reviews2023
Dev: illuCalabPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Explore the stylish world of Wonderland with Usada and Kotora as they search for a mysterious girl named Alice! A Metroidvania action game with a rich, exhilarating battle system all wrapped up in cuteness!
Why similar: Anime 19.2%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Cute 16.4%, Story Rich 16%, Atmospheric 13%
- #17 Alice in the Nightmare Land
86% matchVery Positive83% of 339 reviews2024
Dev: Tsukki's Tea PartyPub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 63.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
This is an escape adventure game. Within a building full of traps and mechanisms, your goal is to find the exit. Players will play as Alice, navigating through sealed rooms using click-based interactions to find items and solve the mechanisms to advance to the next stage.
Why similar: Cute 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Puzzle 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13%
- #18 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
85% matchVery Positive93% of 1,607 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Anime 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Female Protagonist 12%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #19 Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN)
84% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Sons of Welder
Windows · Linux
Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN) is a hidden object game. The player's task is to find things hidden on the map. Help Alice cross this path, destroy the ego-structure, get out of the abyss, find the key.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Psychological 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%
- #20 Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened
84% matchVery Positive91% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: Cortopia StudiosPub: Beyond Frames
Windows
Down the Rabbit Hole is an adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.4%, Cute 15.4%, Puzzle 13.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #21 Little Misfortune
82% matchVery Positive92% of 13,542 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.8%, Story Rich 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #22 Clea
82% matchVery Positive98% of 406 reviews2019
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Clea is a jump scare free, skill-based survival horror adventure.
Why similar: Side Scroller 14.6%, Anime 12.7%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #23 Memory Girl +
81% 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 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 13.1%, Cute 11.4%, Anime 10.8%
- #24 Whispering Willows
83% matchVery Positive82% of 1,862 reviews2014
Dev: Night Light InteractivePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.
Why similar: Side Scroller 13.2%, Horror 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Anime 9.7%
- #25 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
79% 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 22.2%, Anime 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Cute 11%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #26 猫不语
81% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: 库库尔坎游戏工作室
Windows
Cat Silence is a horror suspense puzzle game with urban legend themes. The story takes place in an abandoned experimental middle school. With the deepening of the investigation, the unknown and long-buried bloody stories of this school slowly emerged, putting together a chilling truth...
Why similar: Horror 15.2%, Anime 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Cute 7%
- #27 Mind Snares: Alice's Journey
80% matchVery Positive88% of 817 reviews2015
Dev: World-LoomPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Escape from the Shadow Land!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.3%, Puzzle 18.4%, Adventure 18.2%, Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #28 Fran Bow
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 15.5%, Story Rich 13%, Puzzle 9.8%, Psychological 9.6%
- #29 Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
77% matchMixed69% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Aya Games
Windows
A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?
Why similar: Side Scroller 17%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #30 The Witch's House MV
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Anime 8.1%, Story Rich 7%
- #31 Yomawari: Night Alone
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,266 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Anime 16.4%, Female Protagonist 16%, Cute 15.8%, Adventure 9.3%
- #32 DEAD LAMB WALKING
76% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Horror 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Cute 9.5%
- #33 Homicipher
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,818 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #34 Decollate Decoration
73% 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: Horror 30.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Cute 14.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #35 Ticy Adventure Club
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,234 reviews2022
Dev: YEZHI
Windows
本作是2d剧情向角色扮演恐怖游戏。在本作设定中,玩家将扮演灵异探险社的社员,分工调查被委托的事件,探索场景,寻找线索,并最终解决委托中灵异作祟的问题。
Why similar: Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Drama 12.3%, Cute 11.8%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #36 GOODBYE WORLD
75% matchVery Positive85% of 832 reviews2022
Dev: YO FUJIIPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.2%, Story Rich 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Drama 9.7%
- #37 CINERIS SOMNIA
76% matchVery Positive89% of 808 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Anime 16.3%, Story Rich 12.8%
- #38 Lucid Dream Adventure
77% matchVery Positive83% of 231 reviews2018
Dev: Dali Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
Why similar: Psychological 14.3%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Horror 11.4%
- #39 Cat in the Box
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,513 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Female Protagonist 6.6%, Anime 6.4%
- #40 Cross The Boundaries
73% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: AlfredProsPub: Ziel Graywords
Windows · Linux
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Anime 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Drama 11.7%, Psychological 10.9%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #41 Children of Silentown: Prologue
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Cute 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #42 Who Is The Red Queen?
71% matchVery Positive95% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: 4nokiPub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alice, Alice, the Red Queen is missing. The queen has been dismembered and Alice must find all her pieces. A horror-fantasy yuri visual novel filled with death, love, and forgotten memories.
Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Anime 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #43 Dread Weight
70% matchVery Positive87% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: Horror 12.7%, Anime 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #44 Night Loops
70% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Psychological 10.6%, Anime 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #45 At Home Alone
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,891 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: 0Cube
Windows
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Anime 19.8%, Cute 9.4%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #46 Down the Rabbit Hole
71% matchVery Positive94% of 456 reviews2020
Dev: Cortopia StudiosPub: Beyond Frames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Down the Rabbit Hole is a VR adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.
Why similar: Story Rich 30%, Adventure 28.2%, Puzzle 26.4%, Indie 15.4%
- #47 Murmurs of the Mist
69% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Jenna YourstonePub: JamJam Studios
Windows
In this game, you’ll encounter puzzles which require you to use your environment in order to solve them. Take note of every detail, they can help you in uncovering Sofia’s story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 21.6%, Story Rich 14.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #48 CLeM
69% matchVery Positive92% of 276 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #49 It gets so lonely here
68% 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 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Anime 11.4%
- #50 Little Goody Two Shoes
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,301 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Exploration 9.1%
- #51 LUNA
71% matchVery Positive83% of 322 reviews2020
Dev: SimplePub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Play as a little girl named 'Luna', and survive from the dark being while discovering the secrets behind her. The more you traverse on her memory, the more you will discover dark truths that lie deep inside.
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Anime 17%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 13.1%
- #52 Cursed Mansion
70% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon EmperorsPub: Nuon Games
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #53 The Rivers of Alice - Extended Version
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2015
Dev: TLR Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Rivers of Alice is a classic-style, emotional, graphic adventure set in a universe of puzzles and characters from the imagination of vetusta morla. Every time Alice falls asleep, she enters a fantasy world where the player must help her face her fears.
Why similar: Adventure 64.6%, Indie 35.4%
- #54 Bye Sweet Carole
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,067 reviews2025
Dev: Little Sewing MachinePub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 19.8%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #55 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
69% 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: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 11.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, Psychological 10.1%
- #56 The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition
65% matchVery Positive98% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: 橙々Pub: Frontier Works Inc.
Windows
Navigate your way through an aquarium overrun by gruesome creatures known as creepies and unravel its hidden mysteries. With each riddle you solve, you’ll find yourself one step closer to uncovering the chilling truth of Bianca Aquarium. Your choices affect the outcome of the game, so choose wisely.
Why similar: Horror 15.1%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Cute 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #57 Homicipher: Demo
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Exploration 10.5%
- #58 Veloria
66% matchVery Positive91% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows · Mac
Velaria awakens from a nightmare in an abandoned orphanage. As childhood fears resurface, she must piece together fragmented memories and uncover a dark past. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive this twisted place to reach her true ending.
Why similar: Anime 16.8%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #59 Alice Through the Fey Realm
67% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Mirrored CookiesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Alice Through the Fey Realm is an enchanting isometric narrative adventure that puts you into the shoes of Alice. A compelling adventure unfolds as you awaken in the mysterious Fey Realm and embark on a quest to discover the key to your journey home.
Why similar: Exploration 25.6%, Adventure 23.6%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #60 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2
67% matchVery Positive94% of 641 reviews2021
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A young girl needs to find her friends, unravel a dark mystery and escape the clutches of her cursed toys.
Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Side Scroller 25.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%