- #1 Blood Lily Loop
97% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, 2.5D 8.1%, Dark Humor 8%
- #2 Blood Lily Ghoststories
96% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.8%, 2.5D 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10%, Visual Novel 10%
- #3 Case 00: The Cannibal Boy
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows · Mac
Case 00: The Cannibal Boy is a half-hour visual novel partly based on a true story, written by a writer with a background in psychology. It is a psychological horror story with an urban legend theme.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.6%, Dark Humor 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Horror 10%, Mystery 9.6%
- #4 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
95% matchVery Positive100% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Linux
Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #5 Who Is The Red Queen?
94% matchVery Positive95% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: 4nokiPub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
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+ 31.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #6 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
94% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2022
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Horror 7.9%
- #7 Lachesis or Atropos
93% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
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+ 20.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #8 The Chrono Jotter
92% matchVery Positive94% of 2,231 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Lovecraftian 24.1%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #9 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,379 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Anime 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #10 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Mystery 6.6%
- #11 Nicole
91% matchMixed68% of 125 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Excited to join her first choice school, Nicole discovers a disturbing series of disappearances on campus upon moving into the university dorms. Three girls have vanished, and she might be next, deviating from her ideal college experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Mystery 11.5%
- #12 Kimi to Kanojo no LILYVAGANZA
88% matchVery Positive82% of 625 reviews2024
Dev: 赤月めう
Windows
This is a Yandere Yuri horror game where character sprites and still images move smoothly, created using Live2D and TyranoScript. If you enjoy Yandere Yuri horror filled with obsessive love, we highly recommend giving it a try.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Anime 10.3%
- #13 Cursed Mansion
89% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.6%, Choices Matter 15%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Horror 11.6%, Mystery 10.9%
- #14 Ib
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,122 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.1%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Choices Matter 14%, Horror 13.3%, Story Rich 9%
- #15 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
85% matchVery Positive95% of 516 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Adventure 8.6%
- #16 Dread Weight
86% matchVery Positive87% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #17 The Butterfly Collector
84% matchVery Positive89% of 902 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Female Protagonist 25.1%, Horror 18.9%, Violent 8.5%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #18 Morph Girl
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 95 reviews2017
Dev: Autumn Knight
Windows
Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #19 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
82% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Mystery 16.9%, Horror 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #20 Cooking Companions
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,193 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Horror 12.7%
- #21 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
83% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #22 Hazy Mind
81% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Horror 9%
- #23 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,824 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Anime 11.5%, Horror 9.7%
- #24 Tokyo Dark
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,341 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Female Protagonist 17%, Horror 12.1%, Anime 11.8%, Mystery 10.5%
- #25 Little Goody Two Shoes
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,377 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.6%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%
- #26 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
81% matchVery Positive86% of 253 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #27 My Head On Your Body
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Horror 14.6%, Anime 10.5%
- #28 Midnight Syndrome
78% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Horror 18.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Anime 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #29 Decollate Decoration
76% matchVery Positive93% of 314 reviews2026
Dev: KANEKODOPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Horror 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Adventure 6.6%
- #30 Memory Girl +
77% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Horror 12%, Mystery 10.4%
- #31 High School Dirty Secrets
77% matchPositive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsuki Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.
Why similar: Dark Humor 17.5%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Horror 11.1%
- #32 Fearbonding
76% matchVery Positive96% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
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+ 26.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Horror 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #33 夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords
78% matchVery Positive100% of 113 reviews2020
Dev: 秋之忧郁Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
On a rainy night, Xiaoyin disappears searching for the legendary “Miracle Grass.” Yixuan follows clues into a trap-filled cave where bodies, monsters, lies, and warmth intertwine. Multiple endings guide you through fairy tale and reality, revealing a fate woven from hope and loss.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.6%, Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Violent 11.3%, Anime 10.8%
- #34 It gets so lonely here
75% matchVery Positive94% of 2,141 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Horror 7.9%
- #35 DEAD LAMB WALKING
74% matchVery Positive97% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #36 1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,383 reviews2024
Dev: 汉谟拉比炒面Pub: 无
Windows · Mac
A story about Ambiguous Affection, Appetite, and Tantalizing Desires.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Dark Humor 11.2%
- #37 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
73% matchVery Positive82% of 255 reviews2026
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
"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: LGBTQ+ 27.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 10.6%
- #38 The Method of Hiding a Body
75% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 29.8%, Choices Matter 24.7%, Mystery 21.4%, Story Rich 13.8%, Violent 4.8%
- #39 Subway Exorcist Girl
74% matchVery Positive83% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 11.7%, Anime 6.7%
- #40 Midnight Witch
72% matchVery Positive92% of 351 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Anime 11%, Horror 10.4%
- #41 The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2
70% matchVery Positive96% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: 橘音
Windows
A horror-meets-cute puzzle game with a twist-filled Yuri romance story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%
- #42 The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition
69% matchVery Positive98% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: 橙々Pub: Frontier Works Inc.
Windows
Navigate your way through an aquarium overrun by gruesome creatures known as creepies and unravel its hidden mysteries. With each riddle you solve, you’ll find yourself one step closer to uncovering the chilling truth of Bianca Aquarium. Your choices affect the outcome of the game, so choose wisely.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.8%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Horror 12.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #43 It was a human.
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 484 reviews2024
Dev: Loser/sPub: GAMER Plan
Windows
A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Anime 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #44 BAD END THEATER
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #45 Love Love Mystery Club
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 594 reviews2026
Dev: LuminDrivePub: NANA Stories
Windows · Mac
In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #46 Coffin of Ashes
72% matchVery Positive91% of 833 reviews2016
Dev: LadomuPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.5%, Horror 23.3%, Anime 19%, RPG 12.1%, Adventure 5.9%
- #47 Amelie
70% matchVery Positive92% of 450 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: LGBTQ+ 27.6%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Horror 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #48 Date Warp
73% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 12%
- #49 outside the door
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 21.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Anime 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #50 The House in Fata Morgana
70% matchVery Positive95% of 6,235 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Mystery 9.5%
- #51 Lunar Mirror
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,084 reviews2023
Dev: DSGame
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Lunar Mirror" It is a horror suspense decryption game with the theme of Cthulhu in the research institute. Nishimura Qiren's girlfriend mysteriously disappeared on campus. As the investigation deepened, strange events happened one after another
Why similar: Multiple Endings 30.7%, Horror 22.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, RPG 7.8%
- #52 Homicipher: Demo
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.7%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Horror 14.2%
- #53 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
71% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Anime 13%, Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #54 Her Love, Like Poison
66% matchVery Positive96% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Anime 13.2%, Horror 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #55 Cemetery Mary
68% matchVery Positive97% of 379 reviews2021
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely ruin her life...or fix it?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Multiple Endings 16%, Choices Matter 14.1%, RPG 6.9%
- #56 Five Stages of Pink
68% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Kaffein
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror mystery about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city while trying to survive one more day. In a universe where Sleep is an illness. This is a visual novel with point and click features.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #57 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
71% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Horror 10.1%
- #58 Lily's Well
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,572 reviews2022
Dev: PureIceBlue
Windows
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 26.3%, Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Anime 11.6%
- #59 Outlying Islands
65% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Horror 10.1%