Games Like Dump[ster] of Fears

7 Lives is an intriguing Visual Novel that follows the lives of two people who has to bear the weight of time on their shoulders

Why similar: Drama 37.5%, Thriller 29.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Casual 7.7%, Indie 4.7%

A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Mystery 17.4%, Horror 13.8%, Thriller 12.6%, Drama 12.1%

This is a plot-oriented 2D scrolling horror game, the protagonist will follow the plot development through the red and white worlds to solve the mystery and find the exit. What we want to present is not just a simple gore, but a sad story.

Why similar: Drama 48.3%, Mystery 17.4%, Horror 15%, Adventure 9%, Hand-drawn 4.9%

Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...

Why similar: Drama 24.7%, Thriller 21.9%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 13%, Horror 10.5%

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: Drama 35.3%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Thriller 20.8%, Horror 12.5%, Adventure 2.4%

Silver Soul is a first-person horror adventure game based on a sci-fi thriller. The story tells the story of a young man who falls off a cliff while being chased to the top of a mountain by the army, but enters another part of the earth where alien creatures fall, who is good and who is evil.

Why similar: Thriller 30%, Drama 28%, Mystery 15.6%, Horror 15.1%, Adventure 6.4%

Evelyn travels to the chalet she inherited from her father and finds herself caught in a relentless blizzard and dark secrets. Silence is sometimes the loudest scream. Atmospheric tension and the fight for survival await. Can you kill the past?

Why similar: Thriller 41%, Mystery 18.7%, Horror 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 8.8%

Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.

Why similar: Drama 33.5%, Thriller 26.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Horror 14.3%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Beloved Firefighter, A respected firefighter, haunted by past mistakes, faces horror as his ex, diagnosed with schizophrenia, sets her house on fire. He rushes to save her, confronting physical and psychological terror. Players experience his journey through guilt and redemption.

Why similar: Drama 32.3%, Thriller 28.4%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 13%, Atmospheric 6.3%

A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Drama 20.2%, Thriller 19%, Mystery 17.1%, Adventure 10.9%

Trapped in a small room, four friends must uncover the mystery hidden within its walls while confronting the secrets of an elusive truth. Answers are just a button away. A psychological thriller visual novel packed with dark humor and fascinating facts about raccoons.

Why similar: Thriller 27.6%, Drama 25%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 4.1%

Mario, a college student in his early 20s, gets a call from a distant uncle asking him to take care of a junkyard in the middle of nowhere. As the days unfold, he’ll wish he had never gone there. Mario survived by making the right choices

Why similar: Thriller 32.5%, Drama 32.2%, Mystery 16.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Horror 7.4%

You are a girl called Maya who ends stranded in island with a lighthouse during a storm. What is this strange place? How did she get here? What to do next? Explore this small island and lighthouse to understand what happened to Maya.

Why similar: Drama 32.1%, Thriller 18.7%, Mystery 17.5%, Adventure 10.4%, Hand-drawn 8%

Pumpkin Eater is a visual novel about grief, pumpkin heads, and human decomposition. 100% medically accurate.

Why similar: Thriller 28.7%, Drama 26.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.9%

"Missing" is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1970s Hong Kong. The story follows a young man named Jiahao, who is led by a mysterious force into a renovated historic district. A series of strange events unfold, and upon arriving, Jiahao feels a nausea and longs to escape.

Why similar: Drama 37.1%, Thriller 22.7%, Horror 18.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Play as Doctor Athena, a passionate young woman with mixed alien heritage—and the sole survivor of refugee camp ITOH. Three days remain on the trip 'home'—with only the ship's unsettlingly polite Captain Odysseus and the cryptic alien war criminal Chiron for company. But is everything really as it seems?

Why similar: Drama 38.9%, Visual Novel 34.3%, Mystery 14.8%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 4.7%

During the five-night levels in the game, you need to closely monitor the surveillance cameras, operate the gates and all available tools to fend off the attacks of the monsters, and gradually experience the entire storyline through the various plot developments and gameplay in each level

Why similar: Drama 44.8%, Thriller 22.3%, Horror 18.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 4.2%

Elezion is a visual novel about memory, war, and human connection, told across several intertwined timelines. Retro pixel art and original music frame a story where every choice explores what it means to exist.

Why similar: Drama 41.3%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Casual 7.6%, Linear 5.2%

A visual novel about a girl who finds herself in a mysterious antique store where letters with screaming human hearts appear.

Why similar: Drama 34.5%, Thriller 24%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 5.8%

Urban Abilities Text Adventure Game

Why similar: Drama 36.3%, Dynamic Narration 28.9% ★, Visual Novel 25.7%, Casual 8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Two sisters arrive, bringing trouble along!? A thrilling life surrounded by beautiful sisters begins!

Why similar: Drama 29.8%, Thriller 26.7%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Adventure 6.2%

This is a text adventure game based on image selection. Players will explore the streets with girls after losing power. As time goes by, the reality will gradually blend into different scenery. You can't turn back. Your choice determines the direction you go.

Why similar: Drama 50.2%, Visual Novel 32.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 3.1%, Singleplayer 2%

A thriller interactive-fiction audio game. Run from creatures in a grid based fashion style in this ´choose your own adventure´ game. Embark on a treasure hunt to help Marco finding his missing grandfather.

Why similar: Thriller 38.3%, Dynamic Narration 25.4% ★, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Adventure 8.7%

Beneath the Bell is a horror game that combines exploration, bizarre puzzles, and frightening paranormal phenomena, all enriched by brief action sessions. A gloomy and disturbing atmosphere, which changes and deforms due to paranormal events that you will unintentionally trigger.

Why similar: Drama 32%, Thriller 30.9%, Horror 15.7%, Mystery 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Just another stupid adventure game

Why similar: Drama 58.5%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 5.5%

Be consumed by darkness and light in this humorous psychological thriller adventure!

Why similar: Thriller 44.2%, Visual Novel 31.4%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 7.1%

The last food delivery order leads you into a residential building you can never leave. You thought it was just an ordinary job, but in the familiar Yik Sin House, you gradually fall into an inescapable nightmare.

Why similar: Thriller 32.4%, Drama 24.2%, Horror 18.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 8.4%

A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?

Why similar: Thriller 32.9%, Visual Novel 28.3%, Mystery 17.4%, Horror 9.8%, Adventure 5.6%

You will play as a father who, in a nightmare, sees his wife and son smiling at him bizarrely. When you wake up, you find that reality is even more cruel.

Why similar: Drama 42.8%, Mystery 21.8%, Horror 17.7%, Adventure 7.9%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.

Why similar: Drama 32.2%, Thriller 23.7%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Mystery 9.8%, Atmospheric 5.6%

John, who couldn’t bear the pain of losing his daughter, joined a mysterious ritual with six others and gained a supernatural power called "Ghost Eye". Can he complete the ritual before the rest to bring his daughter back to life?

Why similar: Drama 39.9%, Thriller 20.1%, Horror 17.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 10.5%

A short kinetic visual novel, independently written by Redewaan Duckett, giving an alternative take on the Welcome To... Chichester series

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.5%, Drama 30.3%, Adventure 12%, Casual 7.7%, Indie 4.5%

Creepy Forest, a scary plot puzzle game, is full of strange things waiting for you to discover the truth on the mysterious mountain.

Why similar: Thriller 33.1%, Drama 28.2%, Mystery 17.1%, Horror 9%, Atmospheric 5.9%

A short memoir of first love.

Why similar: Drama 54.1%, Visual Novel 33.6%, Casual 6.8%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Step into Holbrook Hotel, a chilling psychological horror. Strange noises disrupt your stay, pulling you into a deadly chase through its shadowy halls. Uncover the town’s dark secrets and face lurking terrors as you fight to survive!

Why similar: Drama 36.1%, Thriller 18%, Horror 10.6%, Mystery 10.2%, Adventure 10.2%

A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.4% ★, Cats 19.9%, Thriller 19.2%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 9.2%

: 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: Drama 32%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Horror 15.2%, Thriller 10.2%, Adventure 6.2%

With all adults across the world out of commission, everyone below the age of eighteen is forced to participate in a Death Game when the perpetrator reveals themselves on TV. Play through the eyes of multiple characters in a mystery/thriller visual novel like no other.

Why similar: Thriller 34.9%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Mystery 16.8%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 7.1%

Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 31.2% ★, Thriller 28%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%

My name is Jeremy. I can bring things to life.

Why similar: Drama 37.9%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Hand-drawn 5.4%

A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.

Why similar: Drama 26.3%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Mystery 16.3%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Stylized 5%

One-room cyberpunk VN about doubt, guilt and memory. Talk to a girl who claims to be your girlfriend, question reality, and unlock multiple endings in a short, replayable psychological story.

Why similar: Drama 31.7%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Thriller 20.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Casual 7.8%

The hidden cat is waiting for your words.

Why similar: Drama 31.9%, Cats 30.6%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Hand-drawn 6.3%, Adventure 4.6%

A Girl's Kidnapping Case in Your Neighborhood...Your Choices and Actions Determine the Outcome

Why similar: Drama 26.9%, Cats 25.5%, Thriller 20.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Mystery 8.2%

The first game of Sorcerer’s Records Series Season 3 is here! Check out the story of Sorcerer's Records, which is more mature than ever! This game is a standard lower window novel game for men of all ages.

Why similar: Drama 48.6%, Visual Novel 32.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%

A horror puzzle game with strange rules

Why similar: Thriller 36.7%, Drama 25%, Horror 17%, Mystery 9.6%, Adventure 5.4%

'I', an ordinary high school student, turns into a monster every night after a certain incident. The protagonist struggles to find out why he became a monster and at the same time avoid being restrained. Please join this girl on her journey toward truth.

Why similar: Drama 31.2%, Visual Novel 27%, Thriller 18.9%, Horror 10.2%, Mystery 10%

A suspenseful 2.5D adventure game where you return to your hometown, use the “Sight” ability to read memories from old objects, investigate clues, evade monsters, and uncover the hidden truth.

Why similar: Drama 56.2%, Mystery 18.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Linear 4.2%

Alex is supposed to just meet his girlfriend at a club. An ordinary evening, an ordinary city, an important meeting with people who can change his future. But the road to the club turns into a real nightmare.

Why similar: Drama 35.6%, Thriller 33.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Horror 9.7%, Adventure 6%

Call of the Lake is an atmospheric visual novel in the psychological horror genre. Would you dare to look into your own past if it turns out to be more terrifying than any nightmare? 💀

Why similar: Drama 37.6%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Horror 15.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Adventure 5.2%

2011年，世界在下雪。我们站在无法前进亦无法后退的雪原上。 明天就会是世界末日，关于所有不寻常的叙事与抒情，面对结局与奇观化，一个关于我们的过错，我们的自我与他人的故事。

Why similar: Drama 35.7%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Mystery 18.1%, Adventure 9%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...

Why similar: Drama 27.4%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Mystery 17.5%, Horror 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.2%

“阿难，是等皆以业火乾枯，酬其宿债，傍为畜生。” 《业火Hellfire》是一款中国本土题材的剧情悬疑解谜游戏。 故事发生在一个夏秋之交，年轻的摄影师回乡探寻故人。但随着探查深入，深埋已久的回忆被悄然激起…… 题材取自铁链女和乌衣事件，部分剧情改编来自白茕《周娘娘》。

Why similar: Drama 61.6%, Mystery 21.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.

Why similar: Drama 28.3%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Thriller 21.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Mystery 6.2%

A short tale, a long journey. With a beautiful watercolor touch, it depicts the life of a woman. In her ordinary and modest life...experience her joys, her sorrows, her growth. Witness the story she spins in a life woven by those around her.

Why similar: Drama 28%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Cats 20%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Hand-drawn 5.7%

Ling Tong "is a new Chinese style horror suspense puzzle game that combines click to solve puzzles and storyline adventure.

Why similar: Drama 31.1%, Thriller 27.6%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Embark on an enthralling journey into the corporate world with "Heartless Corporation," a visual novel dating sim. Immerse yourself in a gripping narrative filled with drama, romance, and ethical dilemmas as you guide Liam through the twists and turns of corporate life.

Why similar: Drama 34%, Dynamic Narration 33.2% ★, Visual Novel 20.7%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Casual 3%

After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.

Why similar: Drama 26.2%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Thriller 13.8%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 11.6%

Exorcism:Nuo Rituals is a horror pazzle game. A late-night delivery goes horribly wrong, pulling you into the city's supernatural underbelly. Saved by Nuo mask, you enter a hidden world where Nuo Masters against unspeakable horrors. But you'll soon discover this mask didn't choose you by accident.

Why similar: Drama 34%, Thriller 27.3%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%