- #1 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
97% matchVery Positive86% of 518 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...
Why similar: Gore 32.5%, Violent 23.7%, Anime 15.9%, Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #2 Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash
96% matchVery Positive86% of 211 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Vengeful spirit Sachiko Shinozaki is having a birthday bash, and the lovable cast of damned souls from the Corpse Party series is invited! Join the revelers as they do their best to keep Sachiko happy and survive her twisted games in this midquel to Corpse Party and Corpse Party: Book of Shadows.
Why similar: Gore 38.7%, Violent 27.1%, Anime 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Horror 10.1%
- #3 Corpse Party (2021)
95% matchVery Positive91% of 1,508 reviews2021
Dev: MAGES.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
Why similar: Horror 34%, Anime 23.4%, Gore 20.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Violent 10.7%
- #4 Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient
96% matchMixed68% of 423 reviews2019
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
High-schooler Ayame awakens from a coma in a seemingly abandoned hospital, strapped to an operating table. It turns out she’s not as alone as she thought, but she’ll come to wish she were. Step into the latest episodic installment in the Corpse Party saga, and try your best to survive treatment...
Why similar: Gore 41.4%, Violent 27.7%, Anime 13%, Horror 12.3%, Indie 5.5%
- #5 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
94% matchVery Positive88% of 2,029 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 54.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Gore 39.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 18.6%, Violent 15.8%, Horror 5.4%
- #6 Corpse Party
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,396 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.1 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: Gore 34.2%, Horror 28.3%, Anime 23.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Indie 2.3%
- #7 CHAOS;CHILD
93% matchVery Positive93% of 4,074 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 80.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Gore 32.1%, Violent 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Anime 17.1%, Horror 10.1%
- #8 Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
92% matchVery Positive86% of 196 reviews2023
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.
Why similar: Gore 28.8%, Anime 22.6%, Violent 20.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Horror 6.8%
- #9 Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,562 reviews2017
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24.7 hrsMean: 54.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This is the 2nd half of the Umineko When They Cry sound novel series, featuring episodes 5 through 8. This steam version features multi-language options, swap-able renewed character sprites, as well as the original BGMs and un-cut content.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Anime 31.2%, Horror 25.5%
- #10 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 765 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 85.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Gore 27.2%, Anime 21.3%, Violent 17.6%, Horror 16.4%, Visual Novel 15%
- #11 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,008 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 39.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Gore 25.7%, Anime 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Violent 17.4%, Horror 17.3%
- #12 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,837 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.1%, Anime 31.2%, Horror 24.8%
- #13 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,373 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Anime 23.8%, Visual Novel 21%, Gore 19.8%, Violent 19.1%, Horror 16.4%
- #14 Spirit Hunter: NG
88% matchVery Positive90% of 290 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Beware the Creeping Horror... Face nightmares you thought were merely urban legends. Uncover a dark mystery, making deadly decisions just to survive. Play this chilling companion story to the award-winning Spirit Hunter: Death Mark game and bring the terror home.
Why similar: Gore 36.5%, Violent 27.1%, Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Anime 6.5%
- #15 Muv-Luv Alternative
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,767 reviews2018
Dev: aNCHOR Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Playtime's over. Time for despair. Experience the definitive version of a masterpiece in the Muv-Luv trilogy's thrilling conclusion. Note: therapy not included.
Why similar: Gore 34.9%, Violent 25.9%, Anime 21.2%, Visual Novel 18%
- #16 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,953 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Anime 22.8%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Horror 20.4%, Gore 19.5%, Violent 13.8%
- #17 AI: The Somnium Files
85% matchVery Positive92% of 9,378 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Gore 31%, Anime 26.2%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Violent 17.2%, Horror 4.4%
- #18 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,154 reviews2017
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Gore 26.3%, Anime 21.2%, Horror 18.9%, Violent 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%
- #19 CORPSE FACTORY
84% matchVery Positive80% of 879 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Violent 28.9%, Gore 25.4%, Anime 19.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Horror 11.7%
- #20 The Song of Saya
83% matchVery Positive89% of 10,117 reviews2019
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 63.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.
Why similar: Gore 50.8%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Horror 13.5%, Anime 13.2%
- #21 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 967 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Violent 32.4%, Anime 25.7%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Horror 15.1%, Indie 4.1%
- #22 Kara no Shojo
82% matchVery Positive92% of 455 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 154.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Anime 40.6%, Visual Novel 29.8%, Horror 29.6%
- #23 Tokyo Dark
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,344 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.6 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: Anime 29.1%, Horror 20%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Gore 18.2%, Violent 13.1%
- #24 Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 281 reviews2024
Dev: Chatte NoirePub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural visual novel about madness, love and hate.
Why similar: Gore 33.9%, Anime 18.9%, Violent 17.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Horror 13.9%
- #25 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
81% matchVery Positive85% of 539 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.
Why similar: Gore 29%, Violent 19%, Anime 18%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 15.3%
- #26 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,556 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: Anime 47%, Horror 45.4%, Indie 7.6%
- #27 The Way We All Go (2015)
81% matchVery Positive86% of 157 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?
Why similar: Gore 35%, Violent 24.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Anime 13.8%, Horror 5.6%
- #28 Mary Skelter Finale
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 151 reviews2023
Dev: Compile HeartPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The last installment of the dungeon-crawling RPG trilogy reaches its stunning conclusion! Will the Blood Maidens finally get their happily ever after?
Why similar: Anime 59.9%, Visual Novel 40.1%
- #29 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
78% matchVery Positive95% of 867 reviews2020
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Horror 31%, Anime 25%, Indie 8.9%
- #30 The Eden of Grisaia
79% matchVery Positive93% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 284.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The final chapter in the Grisaia series, featuring The Seed of Blanc Aile, the overarching story's grand conclusion and Prologue De La Grisaia, a prologue set before Yuuji's arrival at Mihama.
Why similar: Violent 37.5%, Anime 30.7%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Gore 8.1%
- #31 Yomawari: Lost in the Dark
76% matchVery Positive87% of 371 reviews2022
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Another chapter of the atmospheric horror series has emerged from the shadows! Eerie sound design and shadowy environments set the stage for gruesome and terrifying ghosts never seen before in the series.
Why similar: Anime 70.8%, Horror 29.2%
- #32 Tiny Bunny
72% matchVery Positive83% of 30,504 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Gore 28.5%, Horror 21.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Violent 18.2%, Anime 9.3%
- #33 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,183 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Anime 38%, Horror 31.4%, Visual Novel 30.6%
- #34 Noel the Mortal Fate Complete Edition
77% matchVery Positive87% of 3,407 reviews2018
Dev: KANAWOPub: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
This is a tale of revenge — of a demon, a girl, and their companions. After seven years of development, the popular dark suspense adventure "Noel the Mortal Fate" finally arrives as a complete edition with all 13 seasons included, fully upgraded and with no extra charges.
Why similar: Anime 36.5%, Horror 22.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Gore 12.1%, Indie 9%
- #35 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
77% 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: Gore 26.7%, Horror 24%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Anime 13.5%, Violent 11.8%
- #36 The House in Fata Morgana
75% matchVery Positive95% of 6,643 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 33%, Visual Novel 32.3%, Horror 27.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #37 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1
76% matchVery Positive92% of 352 reviews2017
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 52.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Grisaia: Phantom Trigger" is a visual novel, specifically a kinetic novel (without branching routes). Returning character artist Akio Watanabe and writer Ryuta Fujisaki bring you the latest installment in the acclaimed Grisaia series.
Why similar: Violent 35.7%, Anime 26.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Horror 16.3%
- #38 soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -
71% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: milk+ visual
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yuri denpa tale about the cursed pariah of a rural cult, Mercy, and her fateful meeting with the Holy Maiden Auma. Bloody, bold, and bone-chilling, this visual novel explores the complexities of the cycle of abuse and the violence in playing by the rules.
Why similar: Gore 40.2%, Violent 24.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Horror 11.7%, Anime 11.7%
- #39 FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
73% matchVery Positive83% of 6,517 reviews2021
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
“FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water” comes to Steam for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the horror-adventure series FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO. The game is set on sacred Mt. Hikami, a site of many mysterious and terrifying incidents.
Why similar: Horror 59.6%, Violent 25.7%, Anime 14.7%
- #40 Mad Father
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,736 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Anime 33.6%, Violent 27.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #41 DreadOut 2
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,092 reviews2020
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A third-person horror adventure that draws inspiration from Indonesian urban legend. Play as Linda, a high school student with the ability to sense and see ghosts. This spine-chilling sequel expands on the cult hit original, making DreadOut 2 another terrifying addition to the horror genre.
Why similar: Gore 42.1%, Horror 30.8%, Anime 27.2%
- #42 Ib
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,289 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Horror 46.5%, Anime 41%, Indie 12.5%
- #43 Death end re;Quest 2
75% matchMixed69% of 507 reviews2020
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In collaboration with Corpse Party scenario writer Makoto Kedouin, this horror RPG follows Mai Toyama’s search for her sister in a quiet lakeside town. She’ll unravel clues to the town’s past by day, and battle Shadow Matter by night. Can you uncover the truth before reality is consumed by darkness?
Why similar: Gore 38.7%, Violent 24.9%, Anime 21%, Horror 15.5%
- #44 Raging Loop
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,913 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.0 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Gore 26.4%, Violent 18.9%, Anime 11.5%, Indie 6.3%
- #45 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,130 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Gore 31.3%, Anime 28.3%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Violent 15.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #46 FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,967 reviews2023
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Japanese survival horror game "FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse" is back with better graphics.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #47 Violent Horror Stories 2
68% matchVery Positive82% of 218 reviews2025
Dev: Trioskaz
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A brand‑new bundle from the creators of the short‑form horror hit Violent Horror Stories. This time the collection revolves around one chilling theme: confinement.
Why similar: Horror 55%, Visual Novel 35.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #48 Syutyaku Gakuen
68% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love. As they spend their time at the school, what was once a peaceful life turns into a blood-soaked, corpse-riddled, blood-soaked day....
Why similar: Anime 33.2%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Gore 24.5%, Violent 12.7%
- #49 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
72% matchVery Positive82% of 161 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: Gore 26%, Anime 22.2%, Violent 20.9%, Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #50 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
70% matchVery Positive83% of 274 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Anime 31.4%, Gore 25.1%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Violent 18.6%
- #51 Detention
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,802 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Gore 23.4%, Violent 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Indie 8.5%
- #52 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
67% matchVery Positive84% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Gore 28.7%, Anime 21.3%, Violent 16.6%, Horror 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%
- #53 Aooni2
67% matchMixed41% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Game Studio Inc.
Windows
[A Double Dose of Blue Terror in an Abandoned, Rain-Slicked School]The latest installment in the legendary horror franchise, Aooni!
Why similar: Horror 88.9%, Indie 11.1%
- #54 Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
69% matchVery Positive93% of 983 reviews2017
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The dark is no place to be alone. After a beautiful show of summer fireworks, two young girls begin to make their way home. However, a mysterious attacker separates them, and both must brave the haunting night filled with unspeakable terrors and survive the darkness.
Why similar: Gore 31.7%, Horror 31.1%, Violent 22.4%, Anime 14.7%
- #55 The Witch's House MV
68% matchVery Positive95% of 4,117 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 66.2%, Anime 16.8%, Gore 10.1%, Indie 6.9%
- #56 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
66% matchVery Positive86% of 3,764 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Anime 57.2%, Visual Novel 42.8%
- #57 Cabin Corpse - Season 1
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: MetalB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cabin Corpse is a story-driven adult horror visual novel. Filled with suspenseful story telling, compelling characters and a dash of mature themes.
Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Visual Novel 35.9%, Violent 15.8%, Indie 4.5%
- #58 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
69% matchVery Positive83% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Violent 38.3%, Horror 26.5%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Anime 14%
- #59 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
62% matchVery Positive87% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Gore 32.4%, Violent 13.2%, Visual Novel 6.4%, Indie 4.3%
- #60 FLESHBREAK
65% matchNo user reviews40% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Horubrain InteractivePub: Hexapede Engine
Windows
A story-driven survival visual novel inspired by SCP-610. Face a flesh-spreading outbreak, make brutal moral choices, protect the people you can’t let go of, and uncover the terrifying truth behind the disease.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.1%, Anime 38.6%, Indie 8.3%