- #1 Cat in the Box
97% matchVery Positive94% of 1,536 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 55.5% ★, Horror 18.2%, Thriller 6.1%, Adventure 4.8%, Anime 3.2%
- #2 The Witch's House MV
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,920 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 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: Horror 40.8%, RPG 10.7%, Anime 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Psychological Horror 4.8%
- #3 Nyakori's Rabbit Doll
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,426 reviews2020
Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 75.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Waking up in the beautiful night, maiden with cat’s ears whose name is Nyarutoru finds her friends nowhere. What are they waiting her ahead?
Why similar: RPGMaker 42.2% ★, Horror 13.3%, Anime 11.8%, RPG 10.4%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #4 Tales of the Black Forest
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,169 reviews2019
Dev: 拾英工作室
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.
Why similar: RPGMaker 45.7% ★, Horror 12.9%, RPG 10.2%, Female Protagonist 7.8%, Anime 7.6%
- #5 At Home Alone
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,898 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
This is 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 29.9% ★, Horror 21.7%, Anime 16.9%, RPG 9%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
- #6 Fall into decay
94% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: 灰房子工作室Pub: Gamera Games
Windows
名叫赛莉卡的少女某天在一间奇怪的宅邸中醒来,自己好像忘记了什么重要的事情,又似乎被卷入了什么事件之中…… 但首要的目的是找到逃离这里的方法。
Why similar: Thriller 23.7%, Anime 13%, Horror 13%, RPG 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.2%
- #7 Ib
92% 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: Horror 20.7%, Anime 15.9%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, RPG 13.4%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
- #8 Cursed Mansion
93% 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: Horror 20.6%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Anime 13.8%, RPG 11%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #9 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
91% 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: Anime 21%, Horror 15.1%, RPG 14.2%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #10 R.I.C.A
91% matchVery Positive87% of 247 reviews2019
Dev: Seldom Ludious
Windows
A little girl, Hinata, finding her missing cat in a mysterious and dangerous castle. This place once belonged to the famous Duke Shewell's family, but it is abandoned now. And there is a big secret hidden in this castle.
Why similar: RPGMaker 55% ★, RPG 18.2%, Horror 12.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #11 Alone in the School
90% matchVery Positive82% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 티민이
Windows
A girl who has lost her memory must collect five scattered memory fragments in the school to remember the events of that day.
Why similar: RPGMaker 31.4% ★, Horror 26.4%, Female Protagonist 16%, Adventure 8.5%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #12 Dear Brother
89% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: NGS Studios
Windows
Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, RPG 23.1%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Dark 4.9%
- #13 猫不语
89% 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: Horror 18.9%, Anime 16.3%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Thriller 12.8%, Adventure 5.8%
- #14 LUNA
88% matchVery Positive83% of 322 reviews2020
Dev: SimplePub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Play as a little girl named 'Luna', and survive from the dark being while discovering the secrets behind her. The more you traverse on her memory, the more you will discover dark truths that lie deep inside.
Why similar: Thriller 19.6%, Horror 15%, Anime 14.1%, Female Protagonist 14%, RPG 12.6%
- #15 Annie and the Art Gallery
87% matchVery Positive86% of 185 reviews2022
Dev: jswessler
Windows · Mac
After months of waiting, Annie finally snags a ticket to the new art exhibit. However, things take a turn for the worst: she finds herself trapped in the museum's haunted basement. Help her navigate puzzles, traps, and more as she tries to escape - and find out the truth of what's really going on.
Why similar: RPGMaker 39.6% ★, RPG 10.4%, Anime 9.5%, JRPG 8.4%, Horror 8.2%
- #16 Trick & Treat
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,406 reviews2016
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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 47.9% ★, Horror 14.4%, Anime 9.6%, RPG 7.5%, Adventure 5.2%
- #17 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,503 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.4 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: Horror 18.3%, Anime 16.5%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, RPG 12.6%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
- #18 Ann
84% matchVery Positive94% of 2,719 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: Horror 24.9%, Thriller 17.8%, Anime 15.8%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, JRPG 8.8%
- #19 Tide Up
84% matchVery Positive92% of 264 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Tide Up is a rather dark and gloomy adventure game. Accompany the girl in a dreamlike world of wonder. Collect the pearls scattered around the world and help the girl escape!
Why similar: RPGMaker 50.9% ★, Anime 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Adventure 4.7%
- #20 htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary
85% matchMixed69% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In the depths of a labyrinthine ruin, a young girl named Mion rises from a deep sleep. Lost, alone, and with no memory of how she got here or where her parents are, she is greeted by two fireflies—one composed entirely of light, and another who lurks among the shadows.
Why similar: Anime 32%, Female Protagonist 24%, Horror 15.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Cute 6.3%
- #21 The Sunny Day 晴天
83% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: 殇葵(K.)Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
In the story, the player plays the KUI, a 14-year-old girl with mental illness, who falls into her own spiritual world for an unknown reason during a daily activity. Players must pass through puzzles and various strange characters to communicate. The player's attitude toward various items in the game will affect the outcome of the game.
Why similar: RPGMaker 52.7% ★, Horror 14.4%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Anime 7.1%, RPG 5.8%
- #22 Castle of Secrets
82% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Female Protagonist 24.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #23 A Rose in the Twilight
82% matchVery Positive85% of 517 reviews2017
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A girl awakens in a castle void of color and time, affixed with the Curse of Thorns upon her back. After meeting a sleeping giant, the two work together to escape. Help them unravel the mystery of the thorns and the history behind the somber castle.
Why similar: Anime 26.5%, Female Protagonist 26.2%, Horror 21%, Adventure 12.8%, Puzzle 5%
- #24 夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords
81% 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: Horror 19.3%, Anime 18.1%, RPG 15.2%, Female Protagonist 15%, Adventure 7.3%
- #25 Veloria
79% matchVery Positive91% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows · Mac
An Adventure game with environmental puzzles. Veloria awakens from a nightmare in an abandoned orphanage. As childhood fears resurface, she must piece together fragmented memories and uncover a dark past. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive this twisted place to reach her true ending.
Why similar: Thriller 22%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Horror 12.4%, RPG 12.4%, Anime 11.1%
- #26 At Home Alone II
81% matchVery Positive86% of 227 reviews2019
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
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: Horror 18.1%, Anime 18%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, RPG 13.4%, Adventure 7.2%
- #27 Stray Cat Crossing
80% matchVery Positive93% of 648 reviews2015
Dev: JurloPub: Fridge
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Stray Cat Crossing is an indie pixel horror game about an encounter with a mysterious little girl named Cat. Explore a surreal world filled with colorful characters, challenging riddles, and dark secrets.
Why similar: RPGMaker 55.7% ★, Horror 18.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%
- #28 羽翼的祈愿 - Feather Of Praying
79% matchVery Positive96% of 318 reviews2018
Dev: 秋之忧郁Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
This is a horror puzzle RPG first released in 2016. Players control Qiu Xiaoqi as she explores a mysterious room filled with puzzles alongside a white-haired youth. They unravel mechanisms to uncover the truth behind her loss of consciousness. Will the wish be fulfilled? The story is yours to shape!
Why similar: Horror 15.1%, Anime 14.5%, Thriller 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, RPG 11.8%
- #29 HorrorVale
76% matchVery Positive99% of 423 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 45.2% ★, RPG 20.9%, Horror 19%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 3.5%
- #30 Corinne Cross's Dead & Breakfast
78% matchVery Positive99% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: bad chalk
Windows · Mac
A story-driven adventure game about a haunted bed & breakfast. A dead & breakfast!
Why similar: RPGMaker 57.5% ★, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 4.7%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #31 Helen's Mysterious Castle
77% matchVery Positive93% of 918 reviews2016
Dev: SatsuPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A young girl with a hidden past sets off on an epic and mysterious journey in hope of learning more about her own origins in this beautifully rendered, classic-style RPG adventure.
Why similar: RPG 23.7%, Anime 23%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, JRPG 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #32 At Home Alone Final
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,988 reviews2021
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
A casual healing rpg that takes players on a journey around the house from the perspective of a young girl, what does she do when she's home alone? What strange things will you come across in the process, and while exploring, perhaps... What other strange secrets might you discover?
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, RPG 21.4%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #33 Yomawari: Night Alone
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,280 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Anime 20.9%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Adventure 11%, Cute 4.7%
- #34 Chloé’s Requiem -encore-
75% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: buriki clockPub: Annulus
Windows · Mac
Chloé’s Requiem -encore- is a 2D Adventure Horror game set in Modern Europe. The genius violinist Michél is invited into an old mansion. Inside waits Chloé, who asks him to “Break the curse of the mansion”. What awaits the pair after the mystery is solved…?
Why similar: RPGMaker 45.3% ★, Horror 12.8%, RPG 9.8%, Anime 8.1%, Adventure 5.6%
- #35 Children of Silentown
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,521 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Female Protagonist 23.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Puzzle 7.1%, Dark 7%
- #36 Fantasia of the Wind - 风之幻想曲
77% matchVery Positive88% of 421 reviews2017
Dev: Fantasia Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
It is an adventure story about a girl named Sandra who lived in a small village. One day, she got a magic gem of life in a relic of goddess. But when she returned to the village, she found all villagers were brutally killed.
Why similar: RPGMaker 60.2% ★, Female Protagonist 14.6%, RPG 13.4%, Adventure 6.9%, Puzzle 2.5%
- #37 Savior of the Abyss
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 264 reviews2021
Dev: ALLAF GAMES
Windows
Savior of the Abyss is a horror adventure game. To avoid sudden death, always pay attention and be suspicious of things around you. Collect and use a variety of tools to get to the surface. Please lead the protagonist safely so that the protagonist can achieve his or her purpose safely.
Why similar: RPGMaker 24.3% ★, Horror 19.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, JRPG 8.1%, Anime 7%
- #38 Causality
74% matchVery Positive93% of 256 reviews2021
Dev: WAFFLE GAMESPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Causality is a survival horror game. You must rescue 3 students trapped in a school full of mysterious psychic phenomena, and uncover the secrets behind therein. The real story behind the school, and the causal relationship of the events, is all in your hands.
Why similar: RPGMaker 45% ★, Thriller 21.2%, Horror 13.1%, Adventure 6.3%, Psychological Horror 4.9%
- #39 Dark Light
73% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.9%, JRPG 19.8%, Adventure 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #40 The House in Fata Morgana
73% 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: Anime 23.4%, Horror 23%, Female Protagonist 16%, Psychological Horror 9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #41 Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
71% matchVery Positive95% of 420 reviews2024
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Thriller 25.9%, Horror 24.1%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Adventure 7.9%
- #42 Children of Silentown: Prologue
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Female Protagonist 26.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Puzzle 6.2%, Cute 5.6%
- #43 永冻之壳 The Shell of Permafrost
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,209 reviews2018
Dev: YUMMI StudioPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
A girl, draped in mystery and chased by an evil fate, escapes from a frozen land. Now, a year later, with her memory gradually returning, she is forced to make an important decision.
Why similar: RPGMaker 47.4% ★, Anime 16.9%, RPG 14.3%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Adventure 3.1%
- #44 Ashina: The Red Witch: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive87% of 180 reviews2020
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
The story is about Ash. An ordinary girl who takes a journey through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures. Ash must find her way back home...before something else finds her.
Why similar: Anime 25.6%, RPG 17.1%, Adventure 16.8%, JRPG 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #45 Angels of Death
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,297 reviews2016
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 53.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.
Why similar: Horror 19%, Anime 17.2%, Female Protagonist 14%, RPG 13.1%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
- #46 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
69% 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: Anime 22.9%, Horror 15.2%, RPG 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #47 Subway Exorcist Girl
70% 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: Horror 25.5%, Thriller 17.8%, Anime 16.4%, RPG 12.7%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #48 The Rule Of SHE
70% 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: Horror 26%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, RPG 13.4%, Anime 10.4%, Adventure 9.3%
- #49 Demonfo
69% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: BI SHUI YU
Windows
A girl at the bottom of the ladder with bad luck finds a cleaning job, but she mistakenly enters a cleaning company that is in the business of exorcising ghosts. As the story develops, the girl realizes that there is a reason for her constant bad luck, and gradually her divine power awakens ......
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Thriller 21.9%, RPG 19%, Female Protagonist 14%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #50 Captive
71% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Inside Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"Captive" tells the story of a woman who awakens badly hurt in an unknown cell, without any memories about herself. Will you be able to escape?
Why similar: RPGMaker 39.4% ★, RPG 24.9%, Horror 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Indie 4.6%
- #51 花火与幽灵少女 - Hanabi and Ghost girl
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,374 reviews2025
Dev: Tiram1su Games
Windows
蝉鸣声中偏远的山中小镇,表面悠然而宁静,背后却隐藏着某个笼罩了这里数百年的黑暗秘密。女主角结城花火几年前跟随父母一同来到空铃镇,在父母的事故后因为内向的性格被排挤的她如今一个人生活在小镇上,直到在旧校舍邂逅本已死去的“幽灵”。
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.9%, Horror 14.1%, RPG 13.8%, JRPG 13.3%, Anime 13.1%
- #52 Lily's Well
67% 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: Horror 28.1%, Anime 22.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Adventure 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #53 Red Line
68% matchVery Positive97% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Thriller 28.6%, RPG 17.1%, Horror 15.5%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
- #54 Greyfox RPG
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,042 reviews2015
Dev: Lesley DoddPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a new arrival to a foggy and mysterious town. You find yourself waking up in the bodies of the town's inhabitants at pivotal moments of their lives. Make tough choices as you discover the truth about this town called Greyfox.
Why similar: Anime 36.8%, RPG 24.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Indie 4.8%
- #55 Fausts Alptraum
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,241 reviews2017
Dev: LaboRatStudio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Fausts Alptraum is an single player, puzzle game created by LabORat Studio, an indie game team from Taiwan. The story based on Goethe's Faust. Players will play as a troubled girl wandering around in a crayon-drawn world. Players will have to find the relevance between dreams and reality by collecting clues.
Why similar: RPGMaker 49.2% ★, Horror 18.7%, Anime 7.9%, Female Protagonist 4.8%, Adventure 4.4%
- #56 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
66% matchVery Positive88% of 3,358 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Anime 26.1%, Horror 20.6%, Female Protagonist 20%, Adventure 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #57 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
69% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Thriller 23.8%, Anime 23.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Horror 12.4%, Adventure 10.6%
- #58 Decollate Decoration
64% 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: Horror 47.6%, Adventure 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Casual 6.8%, Cute 5.6%
- #59 High School Dirty Secrets
65% 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: Anime 23.3%, Horror 22.4%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Adventure 6%