60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Mystery.
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
咒影 Curse of the Shadow
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
九省通衢之地的阴影里，不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦，作为“非日常部”的一员，和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间，废墟一般的住宅楼，等待在两人前方的是……
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: Word Game 21.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Detective 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%
九省通衢之地的阴影里，不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦，作为“非日常部”的一员，和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间，废墟一般的住宅楼，等待在两人前方的是……
Why similar: Word Game 21.4%, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Romance 8.8%
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Detective 19.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Romance 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Word Game 16.8%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Detective 15.1%, Thriller 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 20%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
Qiudu loses all memories of the day whenever he wakes up. After answering a victim’s call, the night-shift emergency hotline operator becomes entangled in a serial murder case. Gather clues from late-night calls, uncover the truth, and confront the memories he can never keep.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23%, Word Game 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Mystery 9.3%
Strange things frequently happen in the apartment, such as the black shadow by the bed, the face behind the curtains, and the eccentric neighbor... This old apartment seems to be hiding some unknown secrets... Will you walk ignorantly into death or discover the truth and escape to safety?
Why similar: Detective 16%, Word Game 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Thriller 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
Taniharazo, who lost his memory, wakes up from the forest and goes deep into an isolated school, working with eight girls with different characteristics. The girls are happy together, but as one of them disappears, the serial murders gradually unfold But is the purpose just to find the murderer?
Why similar: Word Game 20%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.2%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Thriller 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9%, Mystery 8.9%
Occultus: Daughter of Darkness is a noir-inspired visual novel detective story with supernatural elements.
Why similar: Detective 18%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Detective 9.5%, Thriller 7.7%
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Word Game 20.9%, Detective 20.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Thriller 8.7%, Mystery 8.2%
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Thriller 13.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 9.2%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Romance 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Mystery 8.6%
Fleeting Summer's End is a small game of ADV. It is in the remote countryside of Teoswa area, China, in August. Deng Ainyang, who was Born and grew up in the metropolis(Shenzhen), followed her parents back to Teoswa. In Teoswa, Ainyang met Deng Kangsui and developed an intimate relationship with her
Why similar: Word Game 27.3%, LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, RPG 8.3%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Detective 17%, Word Game 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 9%
1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 19.8%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪，销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息，将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄，还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索，怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Word Game 17.6%, Thriller 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 9.7%
A girl who has been sold, is about to start her new life with the notorious Duke in this horrible mansion. She has to tiptoe through the daily fearful routine of being beheaded if she utters a wrong word!? A Lily story, corny and sweet Beauty and the Beast Yuri show is about to begin.
Why similar: Word Game 23.7%, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Romance 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%
"1990s Psychosis" - A feng shui master battles eldritch visions after a head injury. This Chinese Lovecraftian visual novel explores psychosis, cosmic horror and ancient gods through medication-resistant hallucinations. Remember: Take your pills.
Why similar: Word Game 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 6.9%, Mystery 6.4%
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Word Game 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 10%
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Detective 10.8%, Thriller 7.6%
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 23%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Romance 8.3%
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Word Game 21%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 9.5%
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Detective 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Mystery 10.2%
《赤涵》是一款百合文字冒险游戏。失去母亲的高中生王静，为了忘却过去而沉浸在两点一线的平凡生活中。然而在高二的开学典礼后，两个神秘的转校生闯入了她的视野，回家路上还被一个美丽女孩吸取鲜血，怪事频频发生，从此与名叫“赤涵”的生物纠缠不清，唤醒母亲的奇迹似乎触手可及……
Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Romance 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Thriller 12.4%, Detective 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10%
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 23.2%, Detective 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%
Due to "special" work requirements, you've been assigned by your superiors to live in a very remote and desolate villa. You thought your dull and monotonous life would just carry on as usual, but every midnight, strange sounds emanate from the pitch-black attic...What kind of beginning awaits you?
Why similar: Word Game 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Thriller 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
《頭七》（头七怪谈）是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员，你需要根据主编的要求，整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联，并在必要时与同伴实地探索，以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Word Game 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
"Moment of Moonset" is a thriller story game. The heroine Pang Lu comes into contact with Aileen by chance, and encounters a strange mysterious power on the way to learn Aileen's identity. How should she respond, or should she choose to fall into crisis? Or escape intact? Or...
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%, RPG 8.3%
A romantic comedy featuring "Reaper x Spirit Eye"?! (Maybe?)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.5%, Word Game 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Romance 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Romance 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
A Denpa Bishoujo Psychological Horror Curio: A Visual Novel ❦ Mild Horror, Mild Suspense, and a Hint of Whimsical Madness ❦ We Hope You Find Your Own "Happy Ending" Among Multiple Conclusions ❦ A Major Plot Twist, Perhaps? ❦ Glimpse a sliver of truth in the liminal space between life and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Word Game 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Thriller 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
A murder mystery visual novel where you play a fish-out-of-water college student who must face the best and worst traits animalkind has to offer. Solve the mystery of this school as you develop close bonds, get intimate, and uncover shocking secrets with alluring, yet deeply flawed, ordinary men.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Thriller 13%, Romance 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
欢迎来到温泉岛，我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗？那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落，那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说，那里是另一个世界，由贪婪，欲念构成的炼狱……最后，请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Detective 15%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
10 world-renowned experts are trapped together and must cooperate to survive... until conflicts arise, and they discover the greatest threat to their lives isn't the system they're resisting: it's each other! Discover the truth of who's living a lie in this fully voiced murder mystery adventure.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Romance 9.5%
Sixteen Layers of Mini Murder" is a video adventure game of the detective puzzle genre, where level-based puzzles drive the story's progression through video narration. Players must complete the level puzzles and uncover the identities of the various participants in order to clear the game.
Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀，对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查，并各自提交一份答案。最后，出现了七种截然不同的解答……
Why similar: Word Game 21.9%, Detective 21.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 12.2%, Anime 8.2%
游戏内容： 这是一款以绘画为主题、描述了成年人对于过往错过的人与事的灵魂之旅，兽人向的纯视觉小说游戏。 故事讲述了25岁的狸花猫兽人“启诚”，在被公司辞退后回到老家的城市。作为曾没能通过联考的美术生，在青梅竹马“未乾”，以及好朋友【熙和】、【望舒】、画室的“学弟”【烈烈】的帮助下，慢慢寻回了自己曾失去的那个暑假，那个他命中注定的人……
Why similar: Word Game 29.4%, LGBTQ+ 27%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Romance 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱，而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧，去和推理协会一同调查、思考，最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Word Game 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 7.3%
Henry Heimlich, a shark dragon lifesaver suddenly received a ticket to Dragon Island, the famous resort. Follow Henry to the island, and create some unique memory on the long shore with 6 other dragons!
Why similar: Word Game 25%, LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Mystery 7.3%
《煦风新笺-Once Upon a Breeze》是一款以毛茸茸世界繁华与传统并盛的岛城『风本市』里，一所颇为特立独行的私立学校『风本学院』为主舞台的兽人题材的视觉小说。同时它又不止于小说，包括个人界面、摸摸乐等更多内置小游戏都在不断更新开发中。作为一款偏向群像的游戏，您将以包括小老虎浦昼在内的众多角色的角度来感受毛茸茸世界的学园生活，以及更多丰富绚烂的故事！已有十五位并仍在不断增加的、诸多种族的学生和教师们正在风本学院校门的另一侧等待着迎接你们！从今天开始入学吧！
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Word Game 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, RPG 6.1%
A psychological horror romance mystery inspired by Lovecraftian, Black Butler, and Danganronpa
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Romance 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Dark yaoi horror game about learning who to trust. Investigate leads, interrogate suspects, and unravel a doomsday conspiracy in the search for your missing friend.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Detective 21.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 10.4%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
This Lovecraftian psychological horror text game puts you as an Observer spared by the Round Table. You randomly possess one of ten unknown mortals per round. Deduce your host and three Old Ones' emissaries via dialogue, clues and table talks.
Why similar: Word Game 33.2%, Detective 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Mystery 6.2%
Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?
Why similar: Word Game 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Romance, comedy, and furrys— all wrapped in Diary of Summer Travel.
Why similar: Word Game 32.7%, LGBTQ+ 30%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 10.4%, Anime 3.9%
A visual novel adapted from a real story.To tell the most authentic Chinese story in the most simple words
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Word Game 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Romance 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“，你发现了这所学校，不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ，而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进，被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索，已生命为代价换取来的真相，才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 34%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Mystery 7.1%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Word Game 20.2%, Thriller 13.9%, Mystery 10%, Horror 8.6%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Thriller 9.3%
The web woven by spiders is only for waiting for prey to bite.
Why similar: Word Game 24.6%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Mystery 7.5%
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: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Romance 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Thriller 14.5%, Detective 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%
