- #1 Kukata: Word of Ghosts
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Word Naz Game Studio
Windows
Your words are your only weapon. Banish the restless dead in this Malaysian folklore typing horror. Face the Pocong and Pontianak in an abandoned school using fast-paced typing combat and ritual crafting. Can you find the words to survive? Start typing now.
Why similar: Typing 52.2% ★, Horror 18.6%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Psychological Horror 7%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #2 THREE VERSES³
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: spherePub: POND V.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
THREE VERSES is a first person dungeon crawler / typing game based on poetry. Having shed your corporeal form, you must now escape purgatory by completing the simple task of delivering verses from deities to struggling poets.
Why similar: Typing 62.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 28%, Grid-Based Movement 7.1%, First-Person 1.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #3 IRIS: I'm Reflecting In the Silence
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: garven
Windows
The 90s. The Internet has yet to become part of everyday life. Desperate to find a friend, you decide to give this new way of communicating a chance. After all, it's just a conversation...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Right?..
Why similar: Typing 43.7% ★, Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #4 OTHERS
95% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: Typing 22.1% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Lore-Rich 12.3%
- #5 Finish Report
94% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: D4
Windows
Finish Report is a short science fiction horror game. All communications have been lost to a space station far in deep space. You as a one-man investigation unit has been sent to find out why did the station go silent.
Why similar: Typing 51.1% ★, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Mystery 6.8%
- #6 Human.exe
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Weird EnginePub: Weird Engine
Windows · Mac
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. As the terminal operator, you access files, run programs, and take his consciousness through ethical dilemmas. Your decisions will train the AI's final algorithm.
Why similar: Typing 45.4% ★, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #7 Backspace Bouken
94% matchVery Positive92% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: RNG Party Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Type your way through absurd encounters and mysterious puzzles in this old-school typing dungeon crawler.
Why similar: Typing 85.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Indie 2.1%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%
- #8 Chatting ChurroBun
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: maltsoup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Typing 25.3% ★, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 11%
- #9 Reflections of the void
91% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: Echo Story Games
Windows
A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #10 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,527 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Horror 28.6%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #11 Horrors of Helmsfirth
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Horror 21.8%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Mystery 10%
- #12 迷雾岛屿:9号万能试剂
89% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Bio.no.187
Windows · Mac
The new "DROPS" gameplay system is now live. You can now use keywords to unlock lost memories and undiscovered records to pursue the truth hidden amidst the fog. You play as an amnesiac, piecing together fragmented memories to uncover the dark secrets hidden within yourself and on the island.
Why similar: Typing 46.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #13 Your Canvas
89% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Abihumsi
Windows
Your Canvas is a Text-Based Psychological Horror game set during three therapy sessions with different time periods where the player will be presented with various choices for deciding the outcome of the story.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
- #14 This Forsaken Climb
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wyatt Warren
Windows
A keyboard based climbing game where you use your real hands to grab each rung. Be careful, because each mistake could spell your doom, and it's a long way down!
Why similar: Typing 59.9% ★, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Simulation 2.5%, First-Person 2.4%
- #15 Rock Paper Kill
87% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ThighisenPub: BARGAIN BIN ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game about Rock Paper Scissors.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 13.8%, Lore-Rich 13.1%
- #16 ファントピア
86% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: AppleFunction
Windows
タイピング×ノベルゲーム。「ファントピア」という謎の世界に迷い込んでしまったあなた。あなたは元の世界に帰るためにファントピア中を旅することになります。ノベルパートとタイピングパートに分かれたオリジナルゲーム。
Why similar: Typing 78.8% ★, Visual Novel 20.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #17 S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
84% matchVery Positive91% of 2,637 reviews2025
Dev: U0U GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This is a modern adventure of young adults seeking love and meaning. Return to 2011's Castor Yard, tap on your keyboard, and make those letters dance: Use your online persona to make meaningful decisions for your clients and yourself.
Why similar: Typing 50.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #18 Don't Text and Drive
85% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: StartUpGames
Windows
Don't Text and Drive is a challenging single-player horror game where you text for help as you are driving.
Why similar: Typing 70.3% ★, Horror 25.6%, First-Person 3%, Indie 1%
- #19 The Door Of Redemption
86% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: 地航者
Windows
When you wake up in a dungeon full of peculiar smell, someone tells you: you must find a way to escape from this dungeon, and be careful, you are not alone……
Why similar: Typing 41.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 33.1%, Horror 17.3%, Mystery 7.4%, Indie 1.1%
- #20 Wordlock
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NewtKingGames
Windows · Mac
Wordlock blends the combat of popular dungeon crawling action games with the frantic precision tests of typing games. Equip a variety of spells each with their own unique effects and words to expel your foes through sheer force of your words per minute.
Why similar: Typing 66% ★, Dungeon Crawler 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 2.3%, Indie 1.8%
- #21 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
84% matchVery Positive82% of 4,888 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 11.1%
- #22 REMOTE CONTROL
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CanteenPub: Weekend Games
Windows
Remote-control human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship. Type your commands, manage risk and decide how disposable a life really is.
Why similar: Typing 42.9% ★, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Mystery 6.9%
- #23 12 Abroad St.
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Ronpoingue
Windows
12 Abroad St is a solo textual adventure game for PC set in a present and urban setting. You have been invited to a party you don't want to attend. Roam the city of Seaforth and try to dodge the party.
Why similar: Typing 63.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.9%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Choices Matter 7%, Multiple Endings 4.7%
- #24 The Lullaby Weaver
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
The Lullaby Weaver is a 1 bit psychological point & click horror game inspired by games like World of Horror, Silent Hill, Junji Ito, & FAITH.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Horror 14%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #25 Up or Down?
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eye Blink Twice
Windows
Listen up, bellhop! Only bring in healthy hotel guests up to the chopper. Avoid all sick or else...
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Horror 26%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Psychological Horror 6.1%
- #26 I am Customer Support.
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Namakura = Dull Katana in JPN
Windows
“Ugh~... Why do I get nothing but weird customers...” Become Masato Kasuda, a new customer support representative, and experience the first five days of the program! Be careful, there are a lot of strange customers at night!
Why similar: Typing 52.3% ★, Horror 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #27 QWERTING
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QWERTING
Windows
Unfinished horror games by missing developers. A diary written from inside the code. Fragments that decay in real time. Your keyboard is a weapon. Hesitation is deadly.
Why similar: Typing 46.7% ★, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #28 COG
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac
HNI Industries is HIRING TODAY! Join a team where productivity is purpose and exhaustion is honor. Your worth will be measured by each word you successfully type. Can you handle the stress?
Why similar: Typing 63.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Multiple Endings 6.4%, First-Person 2.5%
- #29 Never Gives Up Her Dead
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Brian Rushton
Windows
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Typing 73.5% ★, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Story Rich 5.2%, Space 4.8%
- #30 Vault
78% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: ItllBeFunTheySaid
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vault is a spooky, atmospheric exploration game. Uncover the story of a mysterious island through the lens of a primitive drone as you search for the artifact concealed within it, and avoid the guardian of the island.
Why similar: Typing 55.5% ★, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Horror 8.5%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #31 LIVEBAIT
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 26th Street Games
Windows
Congratulations! You have been selected to become a parser at MERCURIALCORP! Please follow all safety protocols when communicating with the entity. Keep the vault door closed. Translate messages efficiently, and know that you are being watched. A short morse code focused survival horror experience.
Why similar: Typing 42.2% ★, Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Mystery 3.5%
- #32 Clack and Slash: Typing Roguelike
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShibaBrothers
Windows
The pen (or keyboard) is mightier than the sword! Use your fast typing skills, and deckbuilding knowledge to delve into a procedurally generated dungeon to fend off monsters, loot rare relics, and build crazy synergies.
Why similar: Typing 65% ★, Dungeon Crawler 27.7%, Strategy 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 1.4%, Indie 0.8%
- #33 DEAD LETTER DEPT.
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,847 reviews2025
Dev: Mike MonroePub: Belief Engine
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.
Why similar: Typing 52.6% ★, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #34 Hate You
76% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: PALINI
Windows
Welcome to the polar station, where a mysterious timer counts down every hour! Your task is to decipher and input codes on an old terminal, but beware: the polar night holds many secrets. Can you face the horrors that might become reality?
Why similar: Typing 45.6% ★, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 6.1%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #35 At Sixes and Sevens
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Worst Event
Windows · Mac
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Typing 48.6% ★, Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #36 Verdict
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Untold Software
Windows
Trapped in a high-stakes interrogation room, you must defend your innocence against an adaptive AI detective. Every answer is evaluated in real time—watch your words, because your own claims can convict you.
Why similar: Typing 53.9% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Horror 11.3%, Mystery 5%, Simulation 3.7%
- #37 Gata Guressi
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Elliot George Mann
Windows
Learn to communicate with the people of Hierre by speaking their languages and understanding their cultures in this sci-fi translation game. Use your translation skills to navigate Kallay Tirridor, uncovering its dark secrets while solving the sudden disappearance of your brother.
Why similar: Typing 34.1% ★, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #38 恐怖夜話 第二夜
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #39 Alice's Warped Wonderland:REcollection
75% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Nightmare Studio
Windows
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Mystery 8.5%
- #40 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #41 Winion Virus
72% matchVery Positive95% of 1,061 reviews2024
Dev: Dawntown Studio
Windows · Mac
Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #42 Starecrown (DEMO)
73% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Jofini
Windows
In STARECROWN, a visual-novel merged with a puzzle-based horror experience, your ANGEL whose watched from the distance finally makes himself known. For the worse.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Strategy 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #43 Witchlight Woods
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Horror 21.6%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #44 Satan is an Astronaut
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Demeru Makes Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A woman who suffers from severe delusions wakes in the center of a forest aboard “The BUB,” a proto-generation ship from the mysterious Faust Corporation to a vision of a spirit she grew up with, she quickly learns that not everything is as it seems, and this waking cycle is anything but ordinary.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #45 CL27: Modern Fantasy and Companions of Juland
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 心室
Windows
CL27 is a modern fantasy life simulation. Play as a clone in Juland: manage your farm, care for yourself, craft strange recipes, visit the weekend market, and spend time with the town’s residents. Choices shape relationships, uncover the ju-flower’s secret, and determine Juland’s future.
Why similar: Typing 55.1% ★, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #46 Kindred [Subject 6244]
71% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #47 Case #1472
70% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
Windows
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Typing 51% ★, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Mystery 5.3%
- #48 Fruit Dream
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: vivela_c
Windows · Linux
Fruit Dream is a fruit-eating typing game. Let's feed a girl who craves lots of fruit. The more you eat without making mistakes, the higher your score.
Why similar: Typing 98.6% ★, Indie 1.4%
- #49 Mart Mayhem
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 11 Dot Studio
Windows · Mac
Be a convenience-store clerk in a first-of-its-kind chat game—and kick out AI Karens. There are no preset choices. Say what you couldn’t in real life and enjoy how the AI responds differently each time. A stress-relief game where your what-ifs come to life!
Why similar: Typing 50.1% ★, Choices Matter 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11%, Simulation 3.6%
- #50 Prison Chain: The Unredeemed Thought
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 落梅序
Windows
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Choices Matter 13%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 9.8%
- #51 STATUS:GONE
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Melollo
Windows · Mac
STATUS:GONE is a puzzle-game mystery, far out in deep space.
Why similar: Typing 71.9% ★, Space 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%, Indie 1.6%
- #52 Happy Birthday: With Sergio Spellbound
68% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Lazer Genu
Windows
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
Why similar: Typing 42.3% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #53 Head in the Cloud
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Phosphor Fables
Windows
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Typing 38.2% ★, Horror 21.9%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #54 Project DeepWeb: Eternal Nightmare
66% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: NightCat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a desktop-like adventure game about exploration of the Deep Internet, a sequel to Project DeepWeb. Inspired by Internet lore and real netstalking experience, it tells a story of a person who got stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Why similar: Typing 47.2% ★, Horror 12.5%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #55 The Northern Lighthouse
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
You have been appointed to take care of a lighthouse in the Arctic Circle. Clean out the snow, take out the trash, and do your happy job on this happy and lovely island. Everything is so peaceful and delightful... except there is someone in the basement :D
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
- #56 Echograve
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Rockcats
Windows
You can’t see the whole complex. You can only hear it. Monitor an underground facility through microphone and radar. Listen to people behind concrete walls, identify threats by sound, and decide when to repair, suppress, or open fire. You hear more than you see.
Why similar: Typing 31.2% ★, Horror 30.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Sci-fi 8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #57 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
69% matchVery Positive93% of 7,340 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Mystery 11.2%
- #58 do something
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tuples
Windows
do something, like anything, explore
Why similar: Typing 86.6% ★, Mystery 7.4%, Simulation 4.8%, Indie 1.2%
- #59 恐怖夜話
64% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Choices Matter 19%, Mystery 10.5%
- #60 Cryptmaster
65% matchVery Positive93% of 2,281 reviews2024
Dev: Paul HartPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Can you conquer the crypt and uncover the mystery at the heart of CRYPTMASTER?
Why similar: Typing 48.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 24.2%, Lore-Rich 12%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Story Rich 4.5%