- #1 You Broke My Sunshine
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YMs_studio
Windows
"You Broke My Sunshine".Haruharu is a cheerful girl loved by everyone. As you spend your school days together, your choices slowly change her heart. Will you save her, or leave behind only her smile? A psychological visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Psychological 17.8%, Anime 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 10.6%
- #2 I Have Died
96% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Ratmouse Games
Windows
You have died, and only you can discover how it happened. Do not worry though, I am here to help you. Let us figure this out together. This mixed media artistic point and click adventure novel will not take you long to complete.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Psychological 22.5%, Psychological Horror 21%, Linear 16.4%, 2D 7.5%
- #3 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
96% matchVery Positive92% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Psychological 20%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Anime 13.2%, Linear 10.7%
- #4 Man of Sterling Quality
95% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Weather Balloon PilotsPub: Weather Balloon Pilots
Windows · Mac
Son: Father, what is the nature of masculinity? Father: That is a most excellent question my son. Most worthy of contemplation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.6%, Visual Novel 30%, Linear 23%, 2D 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #5 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,942 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 29.7%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Anime 15%, Psychological 11.8%, Dark 9%
- #6 Ultra Cleaner Corp.
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ClaraBellmak
Windows
It’s been 300 years of life in space after the Earth exploded. All fake-oxygen-breathing humans remain immortal thanks to devices called the Chip Needles, made by Ultra Clean Corp. The story follows the Spaceship-000-009 crew as one of their crew members disagrees with her imposed immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.5%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Linear 21.7%, 2D 10%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #7 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,370 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 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: Visual Novel 25.7%, Psychological 21.2%, Anime 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dark 10.2%
- #8 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,712 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.6 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 33%, Psychological 24.2%, Anime 16.6%, Dark 10.4%, Linear 5.4%
- #9 Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
91% matchVery Positive86% of 195 reviews2023
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Psychological 27.4%, Anime 18.6%, Psychological Horror 8%, Adventure 6.4%
- #10 KEPT
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silk Dagger
Windows
You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Psychological 13.2%, Anime 10.6%, Dark 8.5%
- #11 Sweetest Monster
90% matchVery Positive92% of 622 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Anime 14%, Linear 13.1%, Psychological 12.2%
- #12 Faro
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: matt!
Windows · Mac · Linux
The world ended long ago. Humanity didn’t. What remains is a fragile society sustained by fear and distrust. Faro is a psychological horror visual novel set on a sunless planet, where you guide four survivors as cosmic horrors linger and every decision erodes the trust holding them together.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Dark 16.6%, Psychological 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #13 Project Volition
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Wirelore
Windows
Find your rebirth along the wires.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Anime 16.9%, Linear 11.8%, Adventure 10.3%
- #14 Endless Summer Syndrome
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ampelos Studio
Windows · Linux
You ended the world. She, the one who holds every card, gave you an endless summer as your reward. Now your only way out is through sugar, jellyfish, sunlight, and blood — into the deepest reaches of her mind, or be dissolved along the way. Choose your path in this psycho-thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 24.3%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Anime 10%, Dark 10%
- #15 異界ノ宿帳
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frontier Works Inc.
Windows
忘れられたモノが流れ着く異界の温泉宿を舞台にした温泉ホラーシミュレーション。昼はケガレを抱えた付喪神たちをもてなし、夜は宿に溢れたケガレが引き起こす怪奇から生き延びる。あなたの選択が、客の癒しと宿の運命を変えていく。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Psychological 24.6%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Anime 13.5%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #16 Bad Faith
86% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Anime 14.6%, Dark 11.1%
- #17 The Butterfly Dreams
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Ave Q Production
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short mystery and psychological visual novel. Hook in to a state-of-the-art gaming machine capable of creating whole virtual experiences based on your imagination. But be careful, the other testers might be there with a different plan in mind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological 19%, Anime 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dark 11.7%
- #18 Necrophobia
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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: Visual Novel 28%, Psychological 27.1%, Psychological Horror 23%, Anime 11.4%, Dark 8.2%
- #19 Void Inside
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
In a world devastated by radiation, the surface of the Earth has turned into a lifeless wasteland. People long ago sought refuge in underground shelters, but even there, death caught up with them through disease. The protagonist is the last survivor in his shelter
Why similar: Psychological 30%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Dark 17%, Atmospheric 11%, Linear 10.2%
- #20 Night Loops
84% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 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: Psychological 20.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Anime 12.7%, Dark 11.5%
- #21 Re:Metamorphosis Candina
82% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: 矢澤 豆太郎Pub: ヨアケラボ
Windows
All girls can transform with candy. A short branching visual novel about a mysterious candy shop and the girls who go there. What candy will you choose?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological 22.8%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #22 Thorner
83% 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 28.4%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Dark 15.9%, Psychological 13.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #23 BRXKEN INSIDE
82% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Psychological 18.9%, Anime 14.4%, Dark 10.6%
- #24 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
81% matchVery Positive85% of 175 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Anime 18.2%, Psychological 13.7%, Dark 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #25 My Therapist is a Futanari 2
81% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: owlyboi
Windows
A return visit to your new therapist leads to some unexpected developments. Since you didn't follow the instructions she gave you last time to a T, more severe measures will now have to be taken.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Psychological 18%, Linear 15.4%, Anime 11.8%
- #26 Amelie
80% matchVery Positive92% of 462 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: Psychological 22%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Anime 11.3%, Linear 11.2%
- #27 .HEADSPACE
79% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Diana Jean Keith
Windows
.HEADSPACE is a 2D adventure game that combines pixel art and hand drawn styles to immerse the player in a psychological adventure through a fractured landscape. Alone and unsure of who you are, gain clarity, confidence and connection to reawaken yourself and recall your true purpose.
Why similar: Psychological 27.4%, Visual Novel 22%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 10.6%, Linear 8.7%
- #28 金鱼症候群 Goldfish Syndrome
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: California Beef Noodle
Windows
In this post-pandemic psychological visual novel, players embody psychotherapist Honda, drawn into a neural imaging project targeting teens. There, Honda meets Natasha, a mysterious girl whose "world" unfolds like a spider's web, disrupting Honda's "calm" life. "Don't you think so, Dr. Honda...?"
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Psychological 27.6%, Anime 14.2%, Linear 13%, 2D 5.3%
- #29 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 965 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 Horror 17.9%, Anime 15.1%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological 9.1%
- #30 Gretel's Honesty
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Callen Dulla
Windows
A comic-like visual novel, expressing a new story based on the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”.
Why similar: Psychological 27.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 14.7%, Anime 11.8%
- #31 Poor Samantha
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPA Gameworks
Windows
"Noodles are the food of solitude." Trapped by agoraphobia and social anxiety, your only friend is Samantha. She is your courage to open the door. But in a room of broken mirrors, who is actually speaking? A short psychological visual novel about isolation and the lies we tell ourselves.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19%, Psychological 16.7%, Linear 15.7%, Anime 12.7%
- #32 Foolhearted
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PAZZY
Windows
Uncover the truth behind the online casino world through the eyes of a delusional fool. Meet the cute dealers, fall too fast, and experience heartbreak in a psychological visual novel about ego, obsession, and self-discovery.
Why similar: Psychological 32.7%, Visual Novel 29.9%, Anime 15.4%, Linear 8.9%, 2D 8.1%
- #33 Goodbye Shadow: My Confessions
75% match3 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Terekeme Game
Windows
Goodbye Shadow is a story about facing yourself and chasing unfinished memories. As the main character tries to understand his childhood hero , he realizes that the real unknown is himself. Love, friendship, and family become mirrors on this journey.
Why similar: Psychological 27.9%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Anime 14.4%, Linear 8.2%
- #34 My Stepmom is a Futanari Chemist
76% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: owlyboi
Windows
What would've been an evening packed with fun, soon turns into an awkward situation that goes beyond your wildest dreams...
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Psychological 17.5%, Linear 14.8%, Anime 11.4%
- #35 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
76% matchVery Positive95% of 865 reviews2020
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 35.9%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Anime 12.7%, 2D 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%
- #36 Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves
75% match2 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Dulkha315Pub: WhiteLodgeGames
Windows
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Psychological 18.5%, Anime 13.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #37 Cross The Boundaries
74% matchVery Positive99% of 93 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: Visual Novel 27.2%, Psychological 19%, Anime 16.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%, 2D 7.9%
- #38 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
73% matchPositive97% of 35 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: Visual Novel 27.2%, Psychological 24.5%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Anime 10%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #39 Leucanthemum Eyes
73% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Kuraishimi
Windows
On a rainy day, Daisy decides to wait out the rain inside a tunnel. Suddenly, she found herself in a metallic, dirty and dark place, full of ghosts and a beautiful female entity. Your objective now is to find a way out of that infernal sewer as quickly as possible.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Psychological 20.2%, Anime 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Linear 9.7%
- #40 Raging Loop
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,681 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.3 hrsMean: 61.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Psychological 17%, Anime 7.1%, Adventure 5.5%
- #41 Oblivio: Lost In The World
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Jacob Meler
Windows
After a brief wander, at the end of a corridor, you encounter a girl curled up by a door, you can tell that her style is far from ordinary. Perhaps she knows more than you do… Or maybe she’s the reason you’re here. Will she help you? Or maybe you will help her?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Psychological 15%, Dark 10.3%, Adventure 8.4%
- #42 Train of Afterlife
74% 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 39.6%, Anime 15.8%, Psychological 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Adventure 7%
- #43 My Doctor is a Futanari
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: owlyboi
Windows
A visit to a local Doctor takes an unsuspected turn, when a simple checkup turns intimate. Will your new GP be able to resolve your qualms?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Psychological 18.6%, Linear 14.9%, Anime 12%
- #44 Mado Marks
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three students record future-self videos in a classroom room that shouldn’t exist... The next morning, one of them is gone, and only corrupted marks prove she was ever there. A short psychological horror VN about memory, proof, and erasure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Psychological Horror 29.4%, Anime 13.7%, Adventure 9.3%, 2D 7.7%
- #45 soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -
70% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: milk+ visual
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yuri denpa tale about the cursed pariah of a rural cult, Mercy, and her fateful meeting with the Holy Maiden Auma. Bloody, bold, and bone-chilling, this visual novel explores the complexities of the cycle of abuse and the violence in playing by the rules.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological 16.6%, Dark 12.4%, Anime 10.6%
- #46 Xi-Portal
71% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: KakaMigu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel the Mystery of Xi-Portal You'll have the chance to join a diverse community of students and explore the exciting world of Xi-Portal alongside captivating characters such as Schneider, Hikari, Ayako, Ai, and KakaMigu.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Psychological Horror 32.2%, 2D 11.7%, Anime 10.8%, Indie 3.6%
- #47 Morse Academy
70% matchPositive89% of 35 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: Visual Novel 22.5%, Psychological 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Anime 14.6%, Dark 9.8%
- #48 River Secret
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Psychological 16.8%, Dark 11.2%, Anime 8.5%
- #49 Nina
69% matchPositive90% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Rookie Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
NINA is a short, narrative-driven psychological horror game about a girl who keeps forgetting. Guide her through memory, fear, and truth—before it's too late.
Why similar: Psychological 28.2%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Linear 19.4%, Anime 16.2%, Dark 5.2%
- #50 Away
71% matchMixed49% of 1,338 reviews2018
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Away — is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style.
Why similar: Psychological 37.4%, Linear 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.7%, Adventure 8.1%
- #51 After Friday 星期五之后
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Sw33tSaNity
Windows
After Friday is a psychological horror game. Every late Friday night on your way home, you sense that someone—or something—is following you. At the same time, your memories begin to fade—perhaps they were never important to begin with.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Psychological 17.6%, Linear 15.8%, Dark 8.8%
- #52 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
67% matchVery Positive93% of 21,847 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.0 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 32.3%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Psychological 19.8%, Anime 15.6%, 2D 3.6%
- #53 Ayla's Dollhouse
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thiago Bittencourt
Windows
Ayla's Dollhouse is a psychological game that tells the unfortunate story of Ayla, a girl tormented by the disorder of time, and her own demons.
Why similar: Psychological 26%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Linear 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 8.2%
- #54 My Yandere is a Futanari
68% matchVery Positive85% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: owlyboi
Windows
A girl from work seems to have a crush on you. Well, to be perfectly honest, it's a little more than that. Careful, there might be a surprise waiting for you around any corner.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Psychological 18.5%, Linear 14.7%, Anime 12%
- #55 Born for the Light ~Wavelength Radiant Collapse~
68% 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: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Anime 15.4%, Dark 14%, Psychological 8.5%
- #56 Contraindication
66% matchVery Positive98% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Psychological 16.5%, Anime 14.7%, 2D 6.9%
- #57 Naishitai: The parts I'm missing.
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mayuuri
Windows
Accompany Nai in her normal Sunday routine of watching TV, eating ramen and ruminating on her past.
Why similar: Psychological 31.1%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Dark 10.1%, Anime 9.1%
- #58 outside the door
66% matchVery Positive95% of 736 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 28%, Psychological 26.6%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Anime 20.3%, Indie 1.7%
- #59 SOULS
68% matchVery Positive90% of 148 reviews2017
Dev: Team Fork
Windows
One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Psychological 26%, Linear 20.7%, Anime 17%, Adventure 4%
- #60 氷華の雪化粧/Snow Veil
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: JlooPub: Sub:06
Windows
A visual novel depicting the daily life of a high school boy continuously tormented by guilt on a winter's day. It features layered music played on string instruments and piano, characterized by serious, deep psychological portrayals.
Why similar: Psychological 32.8%, Visual Novel 31.6%, Anime 11.7%, Dark 9.9%, Adventure 7.6%