- #1 Blood Lily Ghoststories
97% matchVery Positive95% of 107 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: RPGMaker 25.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, 2.5D 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #2 Blood Lily Loop
96% matchVery Positive84% of 67 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: RPGMaker 19.2% ★, Lovecraftian 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, 2.5D 6.6%
- #3 Case 00: The Cannibal Boy
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 164 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: RPGMaker 28.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Dark Humor 13%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Horror 7.1%
- #4 Cursed Mansion
95% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon EmperorsPub: Nuon Games
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: RPGMaker 31.6% ★, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Horror 7.9%
- #5 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
94% 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%, Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Choices Matter 12%
- #6 Ib
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: RPGMaker 29% ★, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Horror 9.2%
- #7 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
94% matchVery Positive86% of 173 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: RPGMaker 31.4% ★, Lovecraftian 22.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Mystery 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
- #8 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 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 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Anime 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #9 Who Is The Red Queen?
91% 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+ 32.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Horror 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #10 Coffin of Ashes
91% 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: RPGMaker 46% ★, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Horror 12.6%, Anime 10.2%, RPG 6.5%
- #11 夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords
90% matchVery Positive100% of 111 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: RPGMaker 41.3% ★, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Horror 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Anime 7.1%
- #12 Lachesis or Atropos
89% matchVery Positive87% of 68 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+ 20.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #13 Kimi to Kanojo no LILYVAGANZA
87% matchVery Positive82% of 498 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+ 27.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Anime 10%
- #14 猫不语
88% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: 库库尔坎游戏工作室
Windows
Cat Silence is a horror suspense puzzle game with urban legend themes. The story takes place in an abandoned experimental middle school. With the deepening of the investigation, the unknown and long-buried bloody stories of this school slowly emerged, putting together a chilling truth...
Why similar: RPGMaker 41.9% ★, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Horror 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Anime 7.2%
- #15 Cat in the Box
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,513 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Why similar: RPGMaker 56.5% ★, Horror 14%, Mystery 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, Female Protagonist 4.3%
- #16 Ann
85% matchVery Positive94% of 2,703 reviews2021
Dev: Rong Rong
Windows
Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.
Why similar: RPGMaker 48.1% ★, Horror 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #17 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,566 reviews2019
Dev: Eternal Dream
Windows
Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?
Why similar: RPGMaker 38.1% ★, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Horror 7%
- #18 Nicole
86% 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%, Female Protagonist 17%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Mystery 11.5%
- #19 Trick & Treat
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,403 reviews2016
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Why similar: RPGMaker 54.1% ★, Horror 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Anime 6.5%, Female Protagonist 6.5%
- #20 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 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 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Anime 11.4%, Horror 9.6%
- #21 Morph Girl
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Autumn Knight
Windows
Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #22 The Chrono Jotter
81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,205 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 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%, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #23 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
82% matchVery Positive86% of 252 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 18.7%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #24 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
83% 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: RPGMaker 33.4% ★, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Anime 9.4%, Horror 9.2%
- #25 The Witch's House MV
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: RPGMaker 57.2% ★, Horror 17.4%, Female Protagonist 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Anime 3%
- #26 Dread Weight
79% matchVery Positive87% of 177 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+ 21.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #27 Little Goody Two Shoes
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,301 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Horror 11.1%
- #28 Cooking Companions
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,183 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 15.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Horror 12.7%
- #29 Subway Exorcist Girl
78% matchVery Positive83% of 304 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 39.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Anime 6.7%
- #30 The Butterfly Collector
77% matchVery Positive89% of 870 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 37.7%, Female Protagonist 27.4%, Horror 20.7%, Story Rich 6.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #31 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,467 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Why similar: RPGMaker 36.5% ★, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Horror 11.7%, Anime 8.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #32 It gets so lonely here
74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,971 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+ 31.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Horror 7.9%
- #33 Hazy Mind
75% matchVery Positive86% of 318 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 15.2%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Horror 8.9%
- #34 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
76% 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 21.4%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #35 Midnight Syndrome
75% matchVery Positive99% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Horror 20.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Anime 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #36 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
74% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.8%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Mystery 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #37 At Home Alone II
76% matchVery Positive86% of 227 reviews2019
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: 0Cube
Windows
A recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process? and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: RPGMaker 36.4% ★, Female Protagonist 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%, Horror 8.7%, Anime 6.7%
- #38 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
71% matchVery Positive92% of 186 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+ 29.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Horror 11.2%
- #39 Midnight Witch
73% matchVery Positive93% of 345 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%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Anime 10.9%, Horror 10.4%
- #40 Memory Girl +
72% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Multiple Endings 17%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 10.4%
- #41 Ms.Director
73% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: SketchyNonsense
Windows
Cameras and heads are rolling in this noir inspired RPGmaker horror game. Save the spectral starlets trapped in the deadly director's mansion, and escape without joining them in their fate.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.1%, RPGMaker 21.1% ★, Horror 16.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
- #42 Fearbonding
71% matchVery Positive97% of 135 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+ 26.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #43 Corpse Party
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: RPGMaker 37.7% ★, Horror 16.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Anime 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #44 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
72% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 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 23.1%, Horror 16%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Mystery 7.2%
- #45 High School Dirty Secrets
70% matchVery Positive94% 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 12.7%, Horror 11.1%
- #46 The House in Fata Morgana
70% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 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 11%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Mystery 9.4%
- #47 The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition
67% matchVery Positive98% of 221 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: RPGMaker 19.4% ★, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #48 Mucorales
69% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: LuN
Windows
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Horror 18.3%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #49 The Rule Of SHE
68% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.1%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Horror 15.9%, Mystery 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #50 Araka~JK Exorcist Horror RPG
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: I'm moralistPub: BokiBoki Games
Windows
Manipulate the main character with power of telepathic, looking for the trace of Araka, an Exorcist imprisoned in the other world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.1%, Horror 18.2%, RPGMaker 15.4% ★, Visual Novel 14.2%, RPG 9.5%
- #51 Help Me
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A horrific choices matter adventure game where you need to get out of the house!
Why similar: RPGMaker 37% ★, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #52 HorrorVale
67% matchVery Positive99% of 407 reviews2024
Dev: BatWorks Software
Windows
HorrorVale: A grand Spooktacular adventure about a girl, her dog, and her long journey to save him in a strange and horrifying Underworld.
Why similar: RPGMaker 57.1% ★, Horror 18.3%, RPG 13.2%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 5%
- #53 Black Chapter
69% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Spire Studio
Windows
Your class goes on a field trip to Durhal Cathedral before things take an unexpected turn. Solve the mystery before you and your friends perish!
Why similar: RPGMaker 35.6% ★, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Horror 10.6%, Anime 8.1%
- #54 Tokyo Dark
69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,336 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 19.4%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Horror 12.4%, Anime 12.1%, Mystery 10.9%
- #55 Lily's Well
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,536 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 18.5%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Anime 11.5%
- #56 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,042 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: RPGMaker 25.7% ★, Multiple Endings 19%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Horror 8.7%
- #57 Decollate Decoration
64% matchVery Positive95% of 224 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 28.2%, Horror 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Mystery 11%, Adventure 6.8%
- #58 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
63% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 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 28.7%, Mystery 17.5%, Horror 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Story Rich 10%
- #59 Lunar Mirror
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,074 reviews2023
Dev: DSGame
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"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 31.6%, Horror 23.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Story Rich 12.9%, RPG 7.9%