- #1 Zarie: The Story of Sin
97% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: MOON USAGI
Windows
What kind of conversation will you have with the Shinigami girl? How will you conclude your story? The choice is yours in this tale of sin and 'the girl'.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Casual 19.9%, Anime 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Violent 9.2%
- #2 Porcelana
96% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: Pandita Studio
Windows · Linux
Isabella, your classmate, is someone you were never close to but someone you certainly noticed. One day however, you notice that Isabella stopped coming to class. You start to discover how important you were to her despite never even having a conversation with her before.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Anime 16.3%, Casual 16.3%, Psychological 13.4%, Dark 11.9%
- #3 VOID
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Vifth FloorPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
VOID is a visual novel themed around espionage and revenge. You play as Arthur Woods, a man seeking revenge from the death of his loved one, forging himself into a deadly assassin. Along the way, you will meet people who may (or may not) be your allies, as you try to untangle the web of lies and intrique surrounding your girlfriends...
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Casual 19.9%, Anime 15.4%, Violent 13.6%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #4 A Light in the Dark
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,722 reviews2018
Dev: CreSpiritPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Anime 15%, Casual 14.5%, Violent 13.5%, Gore 11%
- #5 1000: The All-Mother's Embrace
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
Do you love me now?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Psychological 24.8%, Anime 16.6%, Casual 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #6 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
94% matchVery Positive90% of 592 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 39%, Anime 19.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Gore 7.1%
- #7 The Sun Shines Over Us
93% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Eternal DreamPub: Soft Source Pte. Ltd.
Windows
An award-winning visual novel that dives into the lives and minds of high school students. While focusing on the stories of victims of bullying, The Sun Shines Over Us also explores the social, mental and emotional issues facing modern teenagers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Anime 20.3%, Casual 14.7%, Female Protagonist 10%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #8 Memory's Dogma CODE:01
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Liz-ArtsPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Japan, 2030 A.D. Memories can now be digitized and archived, allowing people to communicate with the deceased. With only one week left before his best friend’s memories are deleted, can Hiroki uncover the truth behind Sorano’s death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.6%, Anime 28.7%, Casual 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #9 Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
91% matchVery Positive88% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 29.8%, Anime 20.7%, Psychological 19.9%, Gore 11%, Violent 10%
- #10 outside the door
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 543 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
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 25%, Anime 19.4%, Psychological 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Casual 7.6%
- #11 Making*Lovers: First Blush
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SMEEPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Does destiny really leave you with only one option?
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Casual 27.9%, Anime 23.3%, 2D 11.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #12 Hacking The Moon to Find My Goddess
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CUBEPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Kaito Shiromae is a young man with a gift for hacking, but when he hacks into Central-AI—a system that supervises countless AIs around the world—and asks it to find him his soulmate, he ends up with an unexpected surprise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.4%, Casual 27.3%, Anime 23.2%, 2D 11.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #13 Lyset Core
88% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lyset Team
Windows
A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Anime 21.9%, Violent 12.5%, Gore 11.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #14 The Red Triangle Factory
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tektonika
Windows
The Red Triangle Factory is a conveyor worker simulator. Remove defective shapes by day and follow the thoughts of a protagonist whose dog has gone missing. In the evening, lose yourself in mini-games and music in your room in a shared apartment of alternative 21st-century St. Petersburg.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Casual 29.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%, 2D 11.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #15 The Fall: Act I
87% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Flexing Skel
Windows
The story of three foreign students at a private British boarding school. Becoming information brokers within the school walls brought them money and respect, but knowledge can also bring trouble. The forbidden fruit was forced in their mouths and its taste will remain forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological 17.1%, Anime 14.4%, Dark 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #16 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
85% matchVery Positive85% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Anime 19%, Dark 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Gore 11.1%
- #17 Gretel's Honesty
86% 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: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological 19%, Dark 13.8%, Anime 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #18 A Conversation With Mister Rabbit
86% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
A Conversation With Mister Rabbit is a very short, linear visual novel with a dark and bloody twist. The story follows an aspiring knight who seeks wisdom from a big and fluffy rabbit.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Anime 20.9%, Casual 13.1%, Dark 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #19 Error: Girlfriend Not Found
84% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Byte Me Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
One-room cyberpunk VN about doubt, guilt and memory. Talk to a girl who claims to be your girlfriend, question reality, and unlock multiple endings in a short, replayable psychological story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Casual 18.7%, Dark 13.5%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #20 Prism
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gazpins
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about the mind, change, and being locked up.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Casual 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, 2D 8.5%, Psychological 8%
- #21 soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -
82% matchPositive98% of 41 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: Visual Novel 20%, Gore 15.8%, Violent 11.8%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological 11.1%
- #22 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1
83% matchVery Positive92% of 352 reviews2017
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 53.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Grisaia: Phantom Trigger" is a visual novel, specifically a kinetic novel (without branching routes). Returning character artist Akio Watanabe and writer Ryuta Fujisaki bring you the latest installment in the acclaimed Grisaia series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Anime 19.4%, Violent 13.8%, Dark 12.3%, Casual 12.3%
- #23 Mobile Murder Mystery
80% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Arlen Szabo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Anime 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Casual 15.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #24 Styxton
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BUZDOV KAPLAN
Windows · Mac
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Dark 15.5%, Psychological 9%, Atmospheric 8%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #25 The Lament of a Lifeless Star
81% matchPositive98% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
As their feet lead them on a journey... They happen upon the secret of how this world was destroyed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Casual 24.3%, Anime 22.6%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #26 终末之名 ending name
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: endingn
Windows
"People can only endure pain after seeing the pain of others." He believes this. Between beautiful dreams and cruel reality, he would not hesitate to choose the former. This is the narrow and prejudiced short text adventure game "终末之名".
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Casual 21.4%, Psychological 21.3%, Anime 21%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #27 Stellaren II
79% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: ninedux
Windows
A space sci-fi visual novel in post-apocalyptic worldCombines a unique visual novel experience with multiple mini-games!Travel across multiple locations across space and meet a diverse set of interesting characters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Anime 19.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Gore 7.5%, 2D 7.2%
- #28 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.8
78% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
At last, an all-out war is at hand. The battle against the religious organization, The Fatal Answer (TFA), has entered its final phase, with CIRS and SORD preparing to send all of their troops into TFA's stronghold.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Anime 20.6%, Casual 11.1%, Gore 7.3%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #29 Foolhearted
79% 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: Visual Novel 29.3%, Psychological 22.9%, Anime 16.2%, Casual 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #30 DR3AMy
77% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: ph0ton
Windows · Mac
"Players, please break the chains of Amy's nightmares with DR3AMy!" Break free from nightmares with the lovely DR3AMy android and Amy. This game contains visual and auditory horror elements. It is not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Anime 17.8%, Casual 13.5%, Dark 13.2%, 2D 8.1%
- #31 Night Loops
76% 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: Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological 14.9%, Anime 13.8%, Dark 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #32 Marco & The Galaxy Dragon
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,531 reviews2020
Dev: TOKYOTOONPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Marco, an orphan with missing memories, and Arco, a dragon who rules the galaxy, were hunting for treasure in space! On one of their adventures, Marco was given a clue to the whereabouts of her mother. Their next stop, her birthplace - Earth!
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.1%, Anime 20.8%, Casual 9.4%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Story Rich 6%
- #33 Fallstreak
77% matchVery Positive83% of 172 reviews2018
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A golden dream, and a closed world. A spiral staircase into the garden of the mind. What lies beyond gilded wonderland?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Anime 18%, Violent 12.8%, Gore 12.5%, Psychological 9.7%
- #34 Our Home, My Keeper
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Co-developed with ebi-hime, this is a fairytale-inspired yuri visual novel full of magic. Follow Paige, a struggling writer, as she moves into a spacious home in the English countryside, where she meets the mysterious Faye.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Casual 22.1%, Anime 20.8%, 2D 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #35 Flaurel's Diaries
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Angarsa Labs
Windows
A visual novel about my OC, Flaurel. Her full name is Flaurel Gerania el Caryana. She’s a character, but also a part of me. I hope you enjoy reading her story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you for playing.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Anime 23.4%, Casual 17.5%, 2D 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #36 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
75% matchVery Positive85% of 171 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 28.2%, Anime 20.2%, Dark 12.9%, Casual 12.5%, Psychological 10.2%
- #37 トガネヨビ
73% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: JamsanpoidPub: VampireK.K.
Windows
Toganeyobi, a horror escape puzzle game by Jamsanpoid (From Madness with Love).Protagonist Hachisuka Yuki lured by a high-paying shady gig,"connect to 11 numbers on the old public communicator at 2:00 AM." Whether you ■■■■ them or ■■■■ them is up to you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Casual 18.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, 2D 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #38 Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Chatte NoirePub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural visual novel about madness, love and hate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Anime 19.3%, Casual 16.1%, Gore 14.9%, Violent 9.3%
- #39 Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 670 reviews2017
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.9%, Anime 25.7%, Casual 21.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #40 Khitarii and Khimoshi
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XeroStryker
Windows
Kitari and Kimoshi is a story about two girls who meet for the very first time through unusual circumstances. Click through the manga pages, and make choices that affect the flow of the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Anime 18.5%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Dark 14.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #41 CHAOS;CHILD
71% matchVery Positive94% of 3,800 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Anime 16.2%, Gore 12%, Violent 10.4%, Psychological 7.9%
- #42 Save Me, Sakuya-san!
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 908 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
She's here to help! Let Sakuya Izayoi from the Touhou Project comfort you after encountering some hardships in this beautiful visual novel that aims to heal your troubles away!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Anime 28.8%, Casual 16.1%, Story Rich 6.8%, 2D 6.6%
- #43 Train of Afterlife
73% 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 39.2%, Anime 16.8%, Casual 15.6%, Psychological 9%, Dark 5.7%
- #44 Ubel
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Anime 20.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Psychological 9.8%, Casual 8.9%
- #45 Exogenesis ~Perils of Rebirth~
72% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: KwanPub: Sekai Project
Windows
After losing his sister to a violent death, former treasure hunter Yu Sayashi learns about a mysterious relic that may bring her back. However, this mythical "Ark" may be more terrifying than he could ever imagine. Innocent lives are at stake. How far will he go to save his sister?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Gore 15.5%, Violent 14.1%, Casual 10.3%, Anime 8.4%
- #46 TrymenT ―献给渴望改变的你― AlphA篇
70% matchVery Positive90% of 682 reviews2020
Dev: TrymenTPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 86.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
《TrymenT—献给渴望改变的你—》是由2016年被誉为业界年度黑马,并荣获了萌系游戏大赏剧本金奖的作品《Re;LieF~致亲爱的你~》的原班人马所打造的共享世界观与游戏角色,并以群像剧视角重新演绎的全新作品。本作拥有令人一见倾心的顶级场景绘画,以及拥有余音绕梁般魔力的优秀配乐。
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.9%, Casual 25.3%, Anime 23.9%, Story Rich 5%
- #47 Hauling Away
70% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2022
Dev: Medice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone and stuck in job that he has no passion for, Ray is about to meet someone that may change his life forever. Will they be able to find salvation together?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Anime 25.3%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Casual 14.4%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #48 The Mermaid of Zennor
70% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Anime 15.7%, Dark 12.2%, Psychological 10.3%, Casual 10.2%
- #49 Over Yandere
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Ian Cold
Windows
In this combination Visual Novel / Pixel Art game, you play as Valery, a girl who might have a *little* crush on a boy named Taylor. She's not the only one, though, her rival Gloria will have something to say about that.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Anime 25.5%, Dark 17.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Casual 7.8%
- #50 Kemono Friends Opening Day
68% matchVery Positive99% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: snow in the library
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fan visual novel where you join Nana at Japari Park as new caretaker. Fun and food await in adventures with an energetic serval cat and an always hungry fox!
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Anime 24.2%, Sci-fi 13.2%, 2D 9.2%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #51 Double Date Dilemma
67% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: ANIMPub: Shiravune
Windows
In this visual novel with E-mote animated sprites by veteran studio ANIM, after trying and failing to have children, the Kajiuras decided to attend a relationship seminar to fix the problem. There they meet the Sonadas and as the sessions continue, their lives begin to entwine more and more...
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Anime 26.4%, Casual 21.3%, Choices Matter 7.5%, 2D 5.8%
- #52 My Dear Delirium
67% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Averona
Windows
Within this fully voice-acted Visual Novel, meet Elliot, and the vortex of conflicting truths he has become trapped in. Reach each ending to discover reality for yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Psychological 20.9%, Anime 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Dark 8.2%
- #53 Tomorrow Will Be Dying
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Robo
Windows · Mac
Tomorrow Will Be Dying is an atmospheric, story-driven slice-of-life visual novel with light sim elements about finding yourself through your connections with others.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Casual 21.6%, Anime 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, 2D 8.5%
- #54 Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 28.4%, Anime 15.7%, Psychological 14%, Gore 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #55 Viscereality
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SasDeRiderPub: podval01
Windows · Mac · Linux
Visual novel in crystal punk genre, In the recent past, humans discovered a new mineral—Visceralite. Its unique feature lies in its ability to integrate with the human body.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Anime 11.6%, Psychological 10.9%, Casual 8.7%, Dark 7.8%
- #56 Stealing Them Softly
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark One!Pub: Shiravune
Windows
A popular Japanese visual novel by Dark One! — a touching story of two people torn by inner conflict and sorrow as they face separation from the one they love. What kind of ending awaits them…?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.6%, Casual 31.4%, Anime 27.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #57 VVINTERCORE
65% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: MDN9HTPub: Soap&Code
Windows
A visual psychological horror novel set in a winter setting. You have a unique opportunity to explore your relationships with your friends, and then with yourself. But be careful, a blizzard seems to be approaching.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Anime 19%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Dark 9.7%, 2D 8.9%
- #58 IA
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Otternot
Windows · Mac
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Psychological 20.2%, Casual 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #59 Cross The Boundaries
65% 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: Visual Novel 26.2%, Anime 17%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Psychological 13.1%, 2D 8%
- #60 CORPSE FACTORY
66% matchVery Positive80% of 855 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Anime 16.3%, Violent 13.2%, Gore 9.4%, Casual 8.4%