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Games Like ANOMALY CATALOG 1: SCHOOL

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Horror, Adventure, Story Rich.

ANOMALY CATALOG 1: SCHOOL header art

Something is wrong at this school. Strange incidents are spreading, students are hiding secrets, and creatures that should not exist are beginning to appear. Follow the clues, survive the horrors, and discover what is really happening before it is too late.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: H999 Games
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: NVORON
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.

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  2. #2 The Mofu Game
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rasen Horror
    Windows · Mac

    The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Horror 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 9.7%

  3. #3 Resequence: The Orchard
    96% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: CLEARRAVE
    Windows

    Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.

    Why similar: Supernatural 19.8%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Adventure 10%

  4. #4 In Your Hands
    95% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Nibble & HopPub: Lusty Robots
    Windows · Mac

    A psychological horror sound novel. A child who lost memories wakes in a ruined building. Explore unsettling space. Open cabinets, speak to adults, grab a weapon—or do nothing? Help the child escape. Help the judgment. Whatever you choose, do it with your own hands. Then… face the consequences.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Supernatural 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

  5. #5 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
    Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

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  6. #6 Eclipsed Memories
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SheepGamesStudios
    Windows

    Every town is unique. Liddy's town has a lot of supernatural activity and it is her job to find and free entities stuck in our realm. Join her and her friends on their adventures, finding clues and ways to banish the creatures that shouldn't be here.

    Why similar: Supernatural 28%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Story Rich 8.9%

  7. #7 Heather's Haunted House Party
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AliceQuinnArt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    While trying to plan a party that’s to die for, a high school queen bee finds she has an uninvited guest that is much scarier than your average teenage girl. A Visual Novel about Gossip, Grief and Ghosts.

    Why similar: Supernatural 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Lore-Rich 6.9%

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    92% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
    Dev: DADZINGO
    Windows · Linux

    Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.

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  9. #9 Haunted House 2
    91% matchVery Positive89% of 245 reviews2025
    Dev: Genuine Studio
    Windows

    In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.

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  10. #10 Graces: Posthumous Wish
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 212 reviews2024
    Dev: TomoToro
    Windows

    Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

    Why similar: Supernatural 22.6%, Detective 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Story Rich 8.6%

  11. #11 Urbex: Lanky Woods
    90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: petit vampire
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The story of a group of friends who set out for some urban exploring. By breaking into this abandoned house, Emy, Perle, Oliver, and Faez just wanted to check out the rumors going around town. Little do they know, the energy inside is very real... and it's moving with them in the dark.

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  12. #12 Brood Year
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wurm Fud
    Windows

    Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events

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  13. #13 Rudravati: Curse of Bhankilla
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: LeZit Games
    Windows

    A first-person supernatural horror inspired by the legends of Bhangarh Fort. Explore India’s most haunted place, uncover your brother’s disappearance, and survive the ancient curse that still haunts the ruins.

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  14. #14 The Off-Season
    88% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: 3Cats Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You are the winter caretaker of a seaside hotel nobody visits between October and March. The owner's rules are pinned above the desk: no guests, no exceptions. Then somebody knocks — off the last bus, in the rain, with cash and no booking. You decide who gets a key, and which room.

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    86% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
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  16. #16 魑魅:离人之歌
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    Dev: Dogegg Studio
    Windows

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    85% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Hollow Signal Games
    Windows

    In Silent Walls: Origins is a narrative psychological horror game where you investigate an abandoned mansion through disturbing visions and mysterious objects linked to the past.

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    82% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Windows

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    78% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2026
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  26. #26 School Bathroom
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hanahito Apps
    Windows · Mac

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    Dev: Digital Bento
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%

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    73% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
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    74% matchNo user reviews2027
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    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: maltsoup
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    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Babyhands Studios
    Windows

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    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MAGES.Pub: XSEED Games
    Windows

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    72% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 改變娛樂工作室
    Windows

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    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: SIMIRIALS
    Windows

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    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Delphin Casado
    Windows

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    71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    70% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
    Dev: Jake Platt
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    70% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: NUMBLINE
    Windows

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    69% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
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    69% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: VERTIGOD GAMES
    Windows

    Ashes of Berlumvale is a hand-drawn 2D horror detective game. Return to a ruined war-orphan asylum in 1951 to reclaim your past. Survive terrifying ghostly encounters, relive the victims' final moments, and use brutal deductive reasoning to uncover the dark truth behind a tragic fire.

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  50. #50 What Killed Rachel
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Team Miji
    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive94% of 3,836 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    68% matchNo user reviews
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    67% matchNo user reviews2027
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    Windows

    Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.

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    66% matchVery Positive81% of 293 reviews2026
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    66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: granatPub: ROSEVERTE
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    67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
    Dev: BDOneArt
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    68% matchMixed60% of 78 reviews2022
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    In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?

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