- #1 Starhound: War On The Frontier
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Mars Equinox
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a young graduate from the space fleet, embark on a epic story of conflict, heroism and survival.
Why similar: Spaceships 42.9% ★, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Anime 8.7%, Space 6%
- #2 KORA
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月之小
Windows
In a city ruled by AI, a carefully staged abduction gives you a long-awaited chance for revenge. Every choice comes with a cost—what will you sacrifice?
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 13.8%, Cyberpunk 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #3 Confinio: Reality Prison
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Psychological 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Conspiracy 9.4% ★, Anime 9.2%
- #4 Omnisight
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yahont Games
Windows
In "Omnisight" you decide what people will believe. Theories, relationships with colleagues, and secrets are just tools at your disposal. You change reality and transform yourself along with it. But are you ready to accept the consequences?
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.1% ★, Psychological 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Artificial Intelligence 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #5 Head AS Code
94% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Miracle Moon
Windows
The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.5% ★, Psychological 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Anime 8.1%, Mystery 7.2%
- #6 Virtual Girlfriend: Eliza
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: m.Pub: Tsundere Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Virtual Girlfriend Eliza is an experimental simulation that puts you in charge of monitoring and evaluating the behavior of an advanced artificial intelligence. It is not a game about virtual girlfriends or dating.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 20.7%, Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #7 Mutual Harrow
93% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
- #8 Mental Break
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Keaton LeePub: Keaton Media LLC
Windows · Mac
Manage our AI girlfriend product as the newest engagement lead at Bigger Tech Corp. Make the tough choices for Alice as she slowly drives her user insane. A satirical choose-your-own-adventure with beautiful pixel art and widely branching narrative.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Conspiracy 14.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Artificial Intelligence 11.7%, Cyberpunk 11.3%
- #9 Binary Syndrome
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 青エビ研究所
Windows
The year is 2101, in a near future where the line between man and machine is fading. Through counseling, the film unravels the disease of inoperability caused by 21g, which has suddenly increased in some androids. It is a PC-98 respect command-click ADV with FM sound music and 20 color dots.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 18.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #10 Faultline.Exe
91% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Jason BannPub: VibeAxis
Windows
The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Futuristic 7.5%
- #11 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
89% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Poética Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, face strange encounters, and survive this psychological horror visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Story Rich 8%
- #12 Your Forever Friend
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Le Clown De La ClassePub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Your Forever Friend™ is the solution to never feeling alone again! Play video games, listen to music together, reminisce about buried memories... And there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. NOTHING ! <3
Why similar: Psychological 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Conspiracy 13% ★, Artificial Intelligence 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #13 ConOps21: Subversion Protocol
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldHat®
Windows
ConOps21: Subversion Protocol: Book One — Black Signal. An interactive drama in Neo-London. You are Cipher Reeve. The Dominion tried to erase you. The protocol failed. A buried civilization remembers itself through one fractured mind. Memory is the terrain. Truth is contraband.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27% ★, Cyberpunk 20.5%, Psychological 19.5%, Artificial Intelligence 10.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #14 ホロウドライヴ
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: D10RAMA
Windows
In that world, simply being alive was enough to bear the weight of sin. To prevent the depletion of energy that grants supernatural powers, those who fail to prove their "worth of existence" are eliminated. …In this desolate world, I awoke with no memories, not even knowing my own name.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Anime 14.3%, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #15 Born for the Light ~Wavelength Radiant Collapse~
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: qDrotPub: TERNOX
Windows
Endless world. Endless sky. Endless light. Will the shadows be cast upon all Children dwelling on the Treetops? Regardless, I spread my prosthetic wings, taking a leap of faith.
Why similar: Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Anime 11.8%, Dark 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #16 BUZZ or DIE
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bon
Windows
If you win, you are acquitted; if you lose, you are executed. Death row inmates compete for ratings and talk battle in the conversation deck!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Artificial Intelligence 13.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #17 Thorner
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
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.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Dark 11.8%, Psychological 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #18 Monari Station
84% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Horror 8%
- #19 草莓味儿Strawberry Flavor Sci-Fi
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 忘机工作室
Windows
A suspense and sci-fi visual novel with fundamentalist vibes. In a near-future world that may descend at any moment, you will step into the role of an "Ocular" to gradually unravel a series of covert plots and overt schemes interwoven with technological ethics and human nature.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 17.9%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Mystery 8.8%
- #20 Necrophobia
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Sapphire Comics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.
Why similar: Psychological 24.3%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Psychological Horror 11%, Anime 9.3%
- #21 Save The World
82% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Linux
In a world plagued by conflict, greed, and division, hope arrives from beyond the stars. The aliens have come to Earth, and they're listening to everything you say and make it a reality. What will you do with all this sudden power? Will you be able to save the world?
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Anime 11.1%, Futuristic 10.5%
- #22 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,271 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Psychological 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Dark 8.3%
- #23 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you save a test subject from your life’s work? A cinematic sci-fi visual novel about cybernetic research and its sickening consequences. A prequel to malViolence.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 14.7%, Psychological 13%, Visual Novel 13%, Anime 10%, Futuristic 9.1%
- #24 Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bit Quirky, LLC
Windows · Mac
You are Juno, a teenage girl getting evidence to clear her brother's name. Choose who helps you solve the mystery. With multiple endings, some scenes are flashbacks to the past. Your actions there may even change who committed the crime, with what, and where!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 16.1%, Conspiracy 14.2% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Psychological 9.2%
- #25 Dead Intelligence: First Encounter
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: xvc
Windows
A psychological horror narrative game disguised as an AI assistant. Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal, but discover the "intelligence" responding isn't only artificial - something or someone else is tagging along.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 6.7%, Horror 6%
- #26 Guarded by the AI: Painted with Love
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cassie AlexanderPub: Cassie Alexander Studios
Windows
A luxe, high-heat sci-fi romance visual novel where your AI protector and his android counterpart take you to a beach house to ride out a biological nesting cycle—together, and on purpose.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological 12.4%, Cyberpunk 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #27 時折記 -Tokioriki-
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Mystery 8.8%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #28 The Paracelsian Project
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Anime 9.5%, Dark 8.3%
- #29 Morse Academy
78% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Psychological 18.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Anime 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #30 The Hidden and Unknown
78% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: ProX
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Hidden and Unknown is a story-based game, that aims to widen the perception of its audience in the areas of psychology and philosophy.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21.1%, Psychological 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #31 泥舟と罪人
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Psychological 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Anime 9%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #32 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,830 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 24.5%, Anime 13.9%, Psychological 12%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Mystery 10.1%
- #33 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,381 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.7 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 26.7%, Psychological 24%, Anime 15.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Dark 8.5%
- #34 Abandoned Village Walking Group
75% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
He wanders into the village and comes face to face with the village customs and the mystery of the sacred tree. However, he is also a freak who wants to desecrate the mystery. The battle for the salvation of mankind by the cursed village begins.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Anime 9.8%, Horror 8.3%
- #35 Robot Daycare
75% matchVery Positive87% of 156 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: Artificial Intelligence 21.4%, Psychological 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 10.9%, Mystery 7.9%
- #36 Make Moku Proud
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Horror 8.9%
- #37 BAD END
76% matchVery Positive84% of 395 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 17.8%, Anime 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Psychological 11.8%, Mystery 9.6%
- #38 Shadows Of Memory ll
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pixelyarn
Windows
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 8.9%
- #39 Birth ME Code
74% matchVery Positive84% of 100 reviews2020
Dev: Miracle Moon
Windows
The second entry of the Abime Series. Play as the mastermind in a death game where you must find the traitor while concealing your identity. Six hours, one school, six deaths. Nine participants fight for survival: it's kill or be killed, trust or deceive, escape or die.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.9% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological 12.1%, Anime 9.5%, Mystery 8.1%
- #40 The VII Enigma
74% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fate, love, death... Can the enigma be solved? 『The VII Enigma』is a character-driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Set in a shadowy world of dystopian conspiracy, you must defy the fabric of reality, navigating the desperate path to the 'true end' against the tyranny of time itself.
Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Conspiracy 10% ★, Cyberpunk 9.2%
- #41 ノロワレサイクル
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bokusen StudioPub: PAW International
Windows
Mayuhara City, Tokyo. The wounds of the mass suicide event of Mayuhara Academy from eight years ago have finally begun to heal. The rumors of the “Mayuhara Curse” are still whispered amongst the students.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological 14.2%, Anime 10.6%, Mystery 10.3%
- #42 CODE::LUX
71% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: すやすやファクトリー
Windows
泥沼化した世界大戦によって主要な電力インフラが失われ、文明が崩壊した未来。 遺物を求めて廃墟を渡るスカベンジャーのカイは、旧国家システムを掌握する謎の少女ミツハと出会う。 彼女の願いは、ただひとつ――かつて世界を支えた核融合炉を再び動かすこと。
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Anime 14.5%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Futuristic 10.3%
- #43 CELL 0: Cyber Entertainment Leisure Lounge
72% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Någon Annan
Windows · Mac
CELL is a short non-linear visual novel in a post-apocalypse/cyberpunk setting. Kenzo is an artificially grown human who lived his entire life alone isolated with a sweet, but artificial service intelligence. He's not okay. Help him to go through the disturbing situation he's about to get into.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.4%, Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 12.3%, Futuristic 8.2%
- #44 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Myosi
Windows
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Psychological 14.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Anime 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #45 Ashen Reverie
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological 14%, Anime 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #46 Awakewood
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Anime 9.8%, Sci-fi 9%
- #47 ぼくは人狼になりたい
71% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: uehara create
Windows
"I Want to Be a Werewolf" is a text-based adventure where you can enjoy the detective elements of the Werewolf game and the stories of the characters.A strange room when you wake up. "werewolf game" that starts without knowing the purpose. Mystery & suspense that sees through deception.
Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Conspiracy 15.6% ★, Mystery 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #48 MINE MEMORY
69% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #49 アルタイル号の殺人
69% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: orange
Windows
宇宙船を舞台にしたSFミステリーゲーム。 とある基地の残骸を回収したことから、有人宇宙船アルタイル号の中で不可解な事件が巻き起こる。 被害を食い止めるべく宇宙船のマスターAIは、壊れかけのアンドロイド・フレムと共に事件の調査に乗り出す――
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Space 11.4%
- #50 Tropical
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Robert Welz
Windows
Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #51 Bound Between Desks
68% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Anime 14.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #52 Pentimento
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dark 9.8%, Mystery 7.9%
- #53 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
68% matchVery Positive86% of 3,657 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.7% ★, Artificial Intelligence 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 10.7%, Sci-fi 10%
- #54 Dry Drowning
70% matchVery Positive81% of 512 reviews2019
Dev: Studio VPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Why similar: Psychological 15.7%, Futuristic 14.5%, Cyberpunk 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #55 イミテーション
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: gentle TAMPOPO
Windows
――It seems that in this world, immortal humans are called “Players.” Eve, a girl living in a world where immortality is commonplace. Become her, gather information through conversation and exploration, and unravel the mysteries of this world.
Why similar: Psychological 29.7%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Futuristic 15.5%, Adventure 12.3%
- #56 Forgive or Finalize
65% matchMixed69% of 211 reviews2026
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological 15.7%, Dark 13.8%, Mystery 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #57 SYNESTHESIA
67% matchPositive100% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...
Why similar: Psychological 17%, Visual Novel 15%, Conspiracy 12.4% ★, Anime 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #58 Worn Out
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Psychological 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #59 Project Nihilum - Zero
66% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Tired Racoon Games
Windows
Project Nihilum Zero is a narrative-driven Visual Novel. Discover the twisted story from different points of views and make your own choices. Discover 1 or 3 abilities: Mind Glimpse, Shape Shift and Hybrid. Use your ability wisely to see the past, influence the present and shape the future.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 16%, Psychological 14.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Anime 10.7%, Futuristic 9.7%