- #1 筮灵 SHILING
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 270 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Word Game 16.8%, Thriller 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #2 星际魔法使-FromTheStars-
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DTAN
Windows
"FromTheStars" is a realistic-themed visual novel with a 120,000-word text and five endings. Focused on real-life settings, the game tells the story of the male protagonist Reginald, who is abruptly and insistently demanded by the female protagonist Fiona to live together one day.
Why similar: Word Game 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Clicker 14.9%, Drama 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #3 Lam Lam
96% matchVery Positive97% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: 菠蘿Pub: orange pineapple tea
Windows · Mac
One night, "I" noticed that the neighbor was making some noise as usual. Just at this moment, I heard the cry of a girl from Room F. "I" used my superpowers to see what was going on next door. What awaits the "me" will be a heinous and heartbreaking scene.
Why similar: Word Game 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Clicker 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #4 鬼轉身
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Clicker 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 8.8%
- #5 Blackmail Directive
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 青梅不输天降工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Word Game 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Clicker 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Drama 10.8%
- #6 放學後(After school)
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: DioPub: Dio Studio
Windows
After School is a short visual novel about an elementary school student who encounters an injured old woman on her way home from school, and is begged to help her walk home, but is forced to embark on a thrilling journey...
Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Clicker 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #7 Dark Notes
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Dark Notes is a dark suspense puzzle game . You will play as the two protagonists, traveling through time and space to explore the secrets hidden in Happiness Mall!a secret concerning both protagonists surfaces... ...Anything can be a perfect fairytale as long as you believe it.
Why similar: Word Game 28.4%, Clicker 18.6%, Drama 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8.4%
- #8 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 619 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, Clicker 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Thriller 10.9%, Drama 9%
- #9 死掉的女儿(The Dead Daughter)
91% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
一款单人心理恐怖视觉小说。玩家只需要持续点击体验文字和图画呈现的主线剧情。流程短但情节引人入胜。
Why similar: Word Game 36.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Drama 12.7%, Thriller 12%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #10 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
91% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Word Game 31%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Drama 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #11 品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
90% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 28.2%, Clicker 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Drama 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #12 CORPSE FACTORY
89% matchVery Positive80% of 855 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 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: Thriller 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Violent 9.7%
- #13 23:61
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 37.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Anime 7.3%, Drama 7.1%
- #14 黑山羊BlackGoat
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Word Game 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Thriller 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #15 屌丝变美女:夺命轮回
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 豆包工作室
Windows
外卖骑手刘诞过着标准的社畜生活,每天早出晚归努力工作,偶尔与好友撸个串儿、开个黑、刷刷小视频就是他的全部日常。然而,一天夜里刚刚送完单准备收工,突然被一辆电动车撞倒……白开水一般平淡的生活彷佛被倒入滚烫的油锅,奇怪的事情就此展开……
Why similar: Word Game 20.6%, Modern 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 8.8%
- #16 Waiting for you at the end of time
86% matchMixed42% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: 元气文化YQgames
Windows
The player is a student who, due to an accident, was plunged into a mystery of time. Can the player solve this mystery of time and space? When countless mysteries are solved, what will be the final outcome for the player and the person he loves?
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Clicker 17.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Drama 6.8%
- #17 FUSHA2 Nocturnal Fishing
85% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: 1号观测员Pub: 世界观测站
Windows
: A text-based horror adventure. Make choices during a fateful night of fishing. With over 20 endings, any decision can trigger unspeakable terror. Can you evade danger and break the deadly curse?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Word Game 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Drama 11%
- #18 UNCULT
86% matchMostly Negative31% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: STUDIO EORARI
Windows
'UNCULT' is a Adventure where the protagonist, the daughter of a cult leader, suffers from amnesia after an accident in a fanatical pseudo-religious group. Now, she must piece together her obscured past, facing numerous challenges and uncovering the truth. Your decisions will shape her destiny.
Why similar: Thriller 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Modern 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #19 FuSha
84% matchPositive91% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: 1号观测员Pub: 世界观测站
Windows
In the text adventure mode, spend a terrifying night of uncertain fate in a perilous hotel. "Fu Sha" has a large number of side options and endings. Any choice may trigger a terrifying situation that is hard to face. In the end, can you make the right choice and escape this curse of death?
Why similar: Word Game 18.4%, Thriller 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Gore 13.9%, Horror 10.4%
- #20 精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss
84% matchVery Positive83% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: CHARONPub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
话题作《精神病大王花》重制作品。 追求精神病少女们的恋爱游戏,你能活到最后吗?
Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Thriller 13.5%, Drama 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #21 Procambarus fallax
83% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Sunowflake Studio
Windows
This is a visual novel game featuring toxic wave of electricity with a gameplay duration of 5-10 minutes. You will spend some bedtime moments with your “best friend” that can be either enjoyable or less pleasant. Will you take the medicine?
Why similar: Word Game 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Clicker 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #22 Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anecdote StudioPub: BoLo
Windows
Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods is a non-linear Chinese fantasy visual novel. Adapted from the classic Chinese supernatural collection Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, it presents a bizarre and fantastical world. What choices will you make if you step into it?
Why similar: Word Game 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Clicker 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #23 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏(FuliGames)
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Word Game 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Anime 7.6%, Violent 7%
- #24 皎月坠落之时
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: 一朵一朵Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"Moment of Moonset" is a thriller story game. The heroine Pang Lu comes into contact with Aileen by chance, and encounters a strange mysterious power on the way to learn Aileen's identity. How should she respond, or should she choose to fall into crisis? Or escape intact? Or...
Why similar: Word Game 34%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Thriller 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #25 枝江往事
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,877 reviews2021
Dev: A-SOUL GameMaker Project
Windows · Mac
在枝江市这座繁华的城市,A-Soul五个女孩为了自己的梦想努力奋斗,为了朋友,为了梦想,为了一切未来所希望获得的东西的互相扶持走向前方,最终和粉丝们一同走向明天的励志故事。
Why similar: Word Game 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Clicker 17.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Drama 7.7%
- #26 此刻探索中
81% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Tony Chan
Windows
這是一款有關迷宮探索的文字遊戲
Why similar: Word Game 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Clicker 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Drama 11.4%
- #27 怪奇工作介绍所
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xia Yuyi
Windows
This is a visual novel game that focuses on the daily lives of the background NPCs living in a 【supernatural fiction】 world. You will play as the owner of a mini job agency, assigning work to the 'supporting characters' of K City.
Why similar: Word Game 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Drama 7%, Anime 6.7%
- #28 Prometheus in a jar
78% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: ShiFeiFan
Windows
Take a look—watch how the “me” in the game is shaped by your choices, pushing the story forward step by step until the truth of this game (this world) is finally revealed.
Why similar: Word Game 31.4%, Clicker 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #29 花母·序
78% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Drama 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #30 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
76% matchVery Positive92% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: Word Game 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Thriller 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #31 The Hurt in Secret
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Soaker / 大貍Pub: Acrossbeavers Studio/翻滾海貍工作室
Windows
“The Hurt in Secret” is a visual novel game adapted from true events. Players play a role as practice teacher to experience teachers’ life. They will involve in a troublesome case. In the story, the chosen dialogue will affect directly to the ending.
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Clicker 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Drama 11.1%
- #32 老狼:第一季 - 宿命之吻 (The Wolf: Season 1 - Kiss of Fate)
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 狼社 (Wolf Studio)
Windows
The Wolf: Season 1 - Kiss of Fate is an immersive interactive storytelling game. As the protagonist, you must make pivotal choices in a whirlpool of love and hate. Every decision will turn the gears of fate, leading you toward vastly different destinies.
Why similar: Word Game 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Clicker 20.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Drama 6.6%
- #33 看事
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Drama 10.3%, Thriller 8.4%
- #34 错误之事
77% matchMixed54% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Coffee Studio
Windows · Mac
The Wrong Thing is an avg short visual novel produced by Coffee Studio. It tells the story of a former company's slaves who was fired at home and a female high school student from the first person perspective.
Why similar: Word Game 30%, Clicker 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Modern 8%
- #35 My succubus Kukula
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,344 reviews2024
Dev: 火鸡头工作室
Windows
Click the cute pixel Succubus Kukula, as she barges into your house—she'll kill you, if you don't sign her pact! ^o^ Save yourself!! Life and death are in your hands, so take care not to anger Kukula.
Why similar: Word Game 23.4%, Clicker 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Drama 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #36 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
74% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Drama 8%
- #37 Gnawer No. 44 Observation Report
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hunger Evil
Windows
Due to "special" work requirements, you've been assigned by your superiors to live in a very remote and desolate villa. You thought your dull and monotonous life would just carry on as usual, but every midnight, strange sounds emanate from the pitch-black attic...What kind of beginning awaits you?
Why similar: Word Game 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Thriller 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #38 Porlia
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiulija Astra
Windows
A visual novel game.She killed her father and the moon is larger than before.
Why similar: Word Game 24.1%, Modern 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Clicker 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #39 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
73% matchVery Positive93% of 942 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Word Game 25.2%, Clicker 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Thriller 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #40 The Butterfly Collector
71% matchVery Positive89% of 870 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Word Game 40.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 10.5%, Gore 6.1%
- #41 大鹏 - The Roc
72% matchVery Positive93% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: 折扶桑制作组Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows · Mac · Linux
Due to work, Wu Shengyou was forced to leave home for high school in a big city. The sensitive, introverted poet felt out of place with classmates.As they grew closer, he seemed her only friend, yet appeared to completely misunderstand her inner thoughts...
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Modern 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #42 Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~
73% matchVery Positive93% of 913 reviews2021
Dev: RASKPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 65.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~" is produced by Japanese visual novel brand Rask. First launched in 2016, it was praised as a "Dark Horse of the year" by visual novel users. It also won the Golden Award for the screenplay of Moe Game Award.
Why similar: Word Game 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 10.2%, Drama 8.7%
- #43 枝江畔之梦
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,502 reviews2022
Dev: 枝江梦游社
Windows
“她们是真实的,我才是虚拟的。” 失去了偶像的枝江市,忙碌、喧嚣,却死气沉沉,我们应该如何适应所谓的“现实”?现在,请你深呼吸,与她们共同经历、共同成长,努力找寻深藏在生活中的小惊喜,相信某一时刻,这个童话会将名为A-SOUL的女团导向最浪漫的结局。
Why similar: Word Game 41.3%, Clicker 24.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Drama 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #44 鲤氏奇人异闻录
71% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: 顽童计划
Windows
《明日方舟》同人游戏,以原作角色“老鲤”为主角,在二十年前的龙门,展开一系列解谜探案故事。
Why similar: Word Game 34.4%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Anime 10.1%, Clicker 9.6%
- #45 Haunted Heye Apartment
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: V.N GAME STUDIO
Windows
Strange things frequently happen in the apartment, such as the black shadow by the bed, the face behind the curtains, and the eccentric neighbor... This old apartment seems to be hiding some unknown secrets... Will you walk ignorantly into death or discover the truth and escape to safety?
Why similar: Word Game 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Thriller 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #46 花母
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Drama 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #47 R.I.P. Tour
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost Clown
Windows · Linux
A death game visual novel where murder victims are decided by group consensus. Make friends and enemies, solve the mysteries of an abandoned amusement park, and suss out the traitor in your group.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Mystery 12.5%
- #48 盲心:伪装的幻想
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 林诗语Pub: LIN诗语游戏
Windows
Blind Heart: Disguised Fantasy is an AVG game——At some point, my ordinary life stopped being ordinary… The doppelgängers I’d only read about in online horror stories had appeared in the real world. Before I could even process this, my lover, Lin Shiyu, knocked on my door.
Why similar: Word Game 47.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Drama 12.3%, Anime 10.4%, Horror 6.3%
- #49 Letter from Heart Antique Shop
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ふたつきPub: VNka
Windows
A visual novel about a girl who finds herself in a mysterious antique store where letters with screaming human hearts appear.
Why similar: Thriller 15.2%, Modern 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Drama 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #50 世界之外的愚人船
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 愚人失格
Windows
This is a visual novel, in reality we create different worlds that belong only to you for various reasons, and they will gradually fade away with your memories. Please enjoy this time traveling in different worlds with the girls, and then return to where you are meant to exist - your life.
Why similar: Word Game 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Drama 10.4%
- #51 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
67% matchVery Positive95% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 13%, Thriller 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #52 戀戀寶島~雨港再世奇緣~
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TUKUMO Production
Windows
『戀戀寶島~雨港再世奇緣篇~』 這是一個以現實世界的『台灣』為舞台的"架空平行世界" 一款單線單結局的日式文字冒險遊戲。 以架空的台灣寶島基隆市為主要場景,著名都市傳說娜娜鬼屋為開端。 融合了戀愛,靈異,美食,架空歷史的絕妙組合。 演繹Boy Meets Girl的戀愛喜劇。
Why similar: Word Game 30.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Drama 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #53 Bishojo Mangekyo Ibun Snow Woman
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ωstarPub: Seikei Production
Windows
玩家将扮演在比武中惜败的武士,体验在深山修行的过程中,所发生的离奇且惊心动魄、却又感人至深的奇幻恋爱体验。
Why similar: Word Game 39.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Drama 9.1%, Anime 7.7%
- #54 Night Patrol Rules
67% matchVery Positive100% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Te.Sa
Windows
Virtual group - PLAVE doujin game, set against the backdrop of winter school ghost stories. Experience the Night Patrol Rules of the Seven Mysteries through the eyes of all five band members, uncovering the unsettling truth hidden behind the mystery through your investigation and choices.
Why similar: Word Game 48%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Modern 10.4%, Mystery 7.8%
- #55 归途
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 予落甘霖
Windows
一则普通的短篇故事。男主角陈越泽是个因为失败而对自己失望的普通公司职员。离开家乡后他毫无热情的在某个公司过着麻木的上班生活。某一天,因为身份证过期上级给他请了小长假。他在烦恼要不要久违的回一趟老家。
Why similar: Word Game 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Drama 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #56 Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 685 reviews2022
Dev: AppliquePub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 63.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
《五色浮影绽放于花之海洋》是由日本知名美少女游戏品牌Applique制作的和风传奇作品。由名作《月影魅像-解放之羽-》与《黄昏的禁忌之药》的原班人马打造。由小田原箱根担当人物设计与原画,由桐月担当剧本,由鹰石忍制作音乐。主题歌《华历》由知名歌姬Ayumi.献唱,曾荣获萌系游戏大赏的年度主题曲金奖。
Why similar: Word Game 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Drama 13.4%, Anime 8%
- #57 Witch's Garden
68% matchVery Positive87% of 193 reviews2023
Dev: Windmill OasisPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
《魔女的花园》是由日本美少女游戏知名大厂Windmill Oasis(风车社)为纪念品牌成立十周年所倾力打造的奇幻恋爱大作。本作同时也是第一部搭载E-Mote动态立绘演出系统的作品,当年一经公布便引起业界震动,并在美少女游戏大赏中荣获诸多奖项。
Why similar: Word Game 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Drama 9.9%, Anime 8%
- #58 无量疯之章
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Windows
"1990s Psychosis" - A feng shui master battles eldritch visions after a head injury. This Chinese Lovecraftian visual novel explores psychosis, cosmic horror and ancient gods through medication-resistant hallucinations. Remember: Take your pills.
Why similar: Word Game 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Drama 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #59 TOUQI
65% matchVery Positive92% of 406 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》(头七怪谈)是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员,你需要根据主编的要求,整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联,并在必要时与同伴实地探索,以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Word Game 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Horror 9.1%
- #60 SS.Archives
67% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Hazy mist Studio
Windows
This is a text adventure game with elements of horror, suspense, and puzzle-solving. Players take on the role of a detective, encountering various mysterious cases. These cases may be bizarre, eerie, or seemingly calm on the surface, but with turbulent undercurrents beneath.
Why similar: Word Game 29%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Thriller 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Mystery 7.3%