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High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 78% — of 103 reviews
Released: 2024-05-17
Developer: leaves
Publisher: socah
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    97% matchVery Positive86% of 257 reviews2022
    Dev: leavesPub: socah
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.5%, Philosophical 15.7%, Psychological 10.8%, Dating Sim 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.5%

  2. #2 Hazy Mind
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
    Dev: betetiro
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

    Why similar: Psychological 25.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Anime 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%

  3. #3 Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,436 reviews2025
    Dev: Ferry // Nopanamaman
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    Why similar: Philosophical 33.6%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Mystery 17.8%, Anime 8.1%, Story Rich 5.5%

  4. #4 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,040 reviews2016
    Dev: Fallen Snow Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Anime 24.3%, Mystery 22.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Choices Matter 5.3%

  5. #5 Graveyard Girls
    94% matchVery Positive98% of 163 reviews2022
    Dev: Delphinium Interactive
    Windows

    Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.

    Why similar: Psychological 22.6%, Dating Sim 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Anime 12.4%, Choices Matter 6.5%

  6. #6 Lover's Enigma
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2026
    Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
    Windows · Mac

    In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Anime 15.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%

  7. #7 Heart Cage
    93% matchVery Positive97% of 327 reviews2025
    Dev: RiceLoveCoffee
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Yandere x Otome x Mystery A mystery Otome game with all yandere love interest, play as a detective and find out the truth!

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%

  8. #8 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2022
    Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
    Windows

    Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Dating Sim 18.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 8.1%

  9. #9 The Chrono Jotter
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,231 reviews2021
    Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Anime 9.2%, Story Rich 7.4%

  10. #10 Uberich: Advent Sinners
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
    Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
    Windows

    The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Anime 12.1%

  11. #11 Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 412 reviews2025
    Dev: Armonica LLC
    Windows

    A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Mystery 27.1%, Anime 15.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

  12. #12 Absent in the Rain
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 825 reviews2022
    Dev: D10RAMA
    Windows

    A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 45.4%, Anime 19.5%, Story Rich 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%, Adventure 7.2%

  13. #13 Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows Refrain
    89% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2023
    Dev: Liar-softPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore the meaning of memories in this mysterious fairytale where fantasy and reality intertwine. The story unfolds from the perspectives of two women: one who travels in the ruins of Engine City New York, and one who finds herself in an underground world with an eldritch, violet sky.

    Why similar: Philosophical 22.9%, Lovecraftian 22.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 11.3%, Anime 10.3%

  14. #14 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
    88% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2025
    Dev: Rolling Crown
    Windows · Mac

    You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Anime 11.4%

  15. #15 Folie Fatale
    87% matchVery Positive86% of 2,531 reviews2024
    Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!

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  16. #16 Drops of Death
    85% matchVery Positive93% of 92 reviews2025
    Dev: Snowhaven Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?

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    Dev: arcadekitten
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely ruin her life...or fix it?

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    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?

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  19. #19 Midnight Syndrome
    84% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2024
    Dev: ナツミカン
    Windows

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    Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    83% matchVery Positive84% of 2,174 reviews2021
    Dev: LINE Games Corporation
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

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  22. #22 Train of Afterlife
    86% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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  23. #23 Dangerous Fellows: Otome Game
    82% matchMixed45% of 143 reviews2023
    Dev: Storytaco
    Windows

    Otome dating sim - make your choices and survive this thriller romance game!

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  24. #24 DEAD LAMB WALKING
    78% matchVery Positive97% of 195 reviews2024
    Dev: Lyn Mametchi
    Windows

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  25. #25 RGB GlitchGazer
    78% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
    Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
    Windows

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  26. #26 Blood Lily Loop
    79% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
    Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
    Windows

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    81% matchMixed69% of 57 reviews2021
    Dev: Rincho Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  28. #28 Lachesis or Atropos
    79% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
    Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.

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  29. #29 Nicole
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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  30. #30 Dark Nights
    77% matchVery Positive92% of 412 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  31. #31 Asphyxia
    80% matchMostly Positive77% of 277 reviews2015
    Dev: ebi-hime
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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  32. #32 outside the door
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
    Dev: basandaika games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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  34. #34 Seraphim Slum
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2024
    Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Windows · Mac

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    76% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
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    Windows · Linux
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    75% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac

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  38. #38 Heart Fragment
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 330 reviews2021
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    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%

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  39. #39 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
    Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
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    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

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  40. #40 Magical Girl Witch Trials
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,109 reviews2025
    Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  41. #41 Departed Away
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 552 reviews2024
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    Windows

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  42. #42 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 267 reviews2020
    Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 84 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    72% matchVery Positive93% of 233 reviews2021
    Dev: Red Skald
    Windows

    A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you?

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    71% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2023
    Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2024
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    68% matchVery Positive98% of 229 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    69% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: Wegenbartho Games
    Windows

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    72% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2019
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    73% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
    Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
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  51. #51 Love Love Mystery Club
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 594 reviews2026
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  52. #52 The Shell Part I: Inferno
    68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,368 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
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  54. #54 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2024
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    Windows

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  55. #55 Deathless Death
    67% matchMostly Positive72% of 854 reviews2024
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  56. #56 Crimson Gray: Dusk and Dawn
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2018
    Dev: Sierra Lee
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    A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.

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    65% matchVery Positive94% of 631 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.

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  58. #58 Hydrangea
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2024
    Dev: Meiri Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.

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  59. #59 natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 899 reviews2022
    Dev: Kazuhide Oka
    Windows · Mac

    ── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──

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  60. #60 Guidelicious
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2023
    Dev: Tymedust Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short, interactive visual novel about waking up in a strange room with a mysterious man. But why are you here? Let Him be your Guide to the truth.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Mystery 25.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Choices Matter 13%, First-Person 7.9%

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