
Japan, 1992. Neurophysiologist Ren Adler travels to Mizunari to investigate missing people, memory gaps and contradictory evidence. Search the village, connect analog clues and make decisions that can have lasting consequences.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Psychological Horror, Choices Matter, Horror.

Japan, 1992. Neurophysiologist Ren Adler travels to Mizunari to investigate missing people, memory gaps and contradictory evidence. Search the village, connect analog clues and make decisions that can have lasting consequences.

Rising Odds
Participate in the Death Game "Rising Odds", a psychological horror visual novel, with dark and gore themes. Your choices will decide how this story ends!

Scarlet Wolf
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Participate in the Death Game "Rising Odds", a psychological horror visual novel, with dark and gore themes. Your choices will decide how this story ends!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 16.2% ★, Time Travel 13.2% ★, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Gore 7.2%
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 10%
A short workplace-horror visual novel. You play as John, a fresh grad on his first day in IT ops. The office looks completely normal—your predecessor’s ThinkPad does not. Read the notes, analyze the logs, and decide who to trust. It all ends today.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Horror 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Psychological 10.2%, Anime 9%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Horror 11.2%
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: Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Psychological 9.6%
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: Visual Novel 28.3%, Horror 20.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Gore 7.1%
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Horror 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Text-Based 11.7%
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Psychological 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Horror 9.1%
⚠️ KnitBone is a story-driven psychological horror visual novel, where the therapist is more traumatized than the patient.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 10%
A psychological horror visual novel. Tonight, shadows come to visit you while you lie paralyzed in the dark. One by one, they make you face what you are. All you have to do is be honest. Doesn't sound hard, does it?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Text-Based 16.8%, Horror 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Time Travel 19.6% ★, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Science 11%, Horror 9.1%
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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Horror 16.5%, Choices Matter 14.9%
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Horror 12%
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%
A psychological horror experience powered by a local AI model. You've been kidnapped by a serial killer who demands your deepest truths. Speak, type, or lie your way to freedom - but every word matters. No internet required. No data leaves your PC. 18+ only.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Dialogue Heavy 21.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Horror 13.5%
“Only Monsters Become Perfect Idols” — A choice-driven psychological mystery visual novel, Anti-Anti. In a world once devastated by slime monsters, you are forced into a suspicious audition. A locked-room mystery, ensemble drama, adventure, thriller, and romance!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
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 23.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 16.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%
Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
“喂喂,求求你啦!救救我!” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救,给你打电话的人,是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Text-Based 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Text-Based 17.9%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological 11.1%
The story of a group of friends who set out for some urban exploring. By breaking into this abandoned house, Emy, Perle, Oliver, and Faez just wanted to check out the rumors going around town. Little do they know, the energy inside is very real... and it's moving with them in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 16.4%, Gore 6.2%
山の中にてあなたは偶然にも、怪談寺に迷い込む――。そこにいたのは、正体不明の奇妙な4人の人物だった。聞かされる怪談話の数々。王道ホラーから人怖、SFホラー、ホラーコメディなど多岐に渡る怖い話を楽しめます。VHS風画面短編集ホラーノベルゲーム。
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 18.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Gore 7%
You have been assigned to guard a dragon girl set to be executed at the end of 5 days and have the ability to kill her instantly at any time with the push of a button in this multi-ending visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Text-Based 13.1%, Horror 11.8%
«Voice over» is a visual novel about millionaire Thomas and a maniac terrorizing the city, made by a girl with bipolar disorder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 14%, Choices Matter 11.1%
Your Mother Disgusts Me is a yuri horror visual novel about 3 women taking refuge in a shipping container during the apocalypse. A mother, a stranger and a daughter have to hash out their differences, lest they attract the attention of the disgusting Parasites infecting humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Horror 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Text-Based 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Horror 12.9%
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Psychological Horror 21%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Horror 10.1%
GEMINI SYNDRXME is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Anime 8%
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Text-Based 15%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Choices Matter 11%
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Horror 12.6%
Yellow House is a non-linear visual horror novel. Dive into the grim atmosphere of a twisted mind surrounded by false and cruelty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Gore 14.2%, Anime 12.5%
A visual psychological horror novel set in a winter setting. You have a unique opportunity to explore your relationships with your friends, and then with yourself. But be careful, a blizzard seems to be approaching.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Text-Based 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Anime 9.6%
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: Visual Novel 31.2%, Horror 19.1%, Gore 11.3%, Anime 10.6%, Violent 9.3%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Psychological Horror 23%, Text-Based 20.8%, Horror 17.9%, Adventure 3.4%
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 19%, Text-Based 15.2%, 1990's 8%
A black-white-red visual novel in the horror genre.
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Gore 13.6%, Text-Based 10.8%
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: Horror 28.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Anime 11.2%, Gore 10.6%
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: Visual Novel 23.5%, Horror 16.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Anime 10.2%, Gore 9.1%
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: Visual Novel 29.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10.1%, Gore 10%, Violent 8.6%
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.1%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
You are a ship's doctor trapped in quarantine as a nameless fever spreads. Diagnose the sick through a locked hatch, ration what little medicine remains, and decide who lives — while the same sickness slowly claims you too.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 10.9%
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 20.8%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Adventure 9.6%
A demon is trying to kill you and your friends, and it's all that you can do to survive. How can you stop it permanently? How many of your friends have to die before it's all over? Try and make the best choices you can in this pulse-pounding horror visual novel!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
THE HALLWAY is a chilling text-based, command-line psychological horror experience where every loop changes, your choices matter, and hidden secrets, puzzles, stats, multiple endings, and 20 Steam achievements await.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
On his first visit to his father's rural hometown in seven years, Hotaru reunites with his first love—only to learn that she died three years ago. Explore Yokomizo, uncover the truth behind a family tragedy, and escape supernatural otherworlds in this Japanese horror mystery adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
鳴神学園初等部六年六組は、選ばれた者たちが集う特殊なクラス。 そこに一人の転校生がやってきた。 何やら曰くがありそうなその転校生に、クラスメイト達は学園にまつわる怪談を語り始める。 そして六年六組は巨大な怪異に飲み込まれていく…
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Text-Based 22.8%, Horror 16.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Psychological 9.7%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, Horror 14.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Text-Based 20.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 10.8%
Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 23.7%, Violent 9.3%, Adventure 4.2%
Every soul seeks absolution, yet not each deserves it. SALVARE is a psychological horror game where you step into the worn cassock of a young Catholic priest, burdened with hearing the confessions of those who come seeking God's mercy.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%
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 25.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 17.9%, Anime 10.9%, Gore 9.3%
Virtual Girlfriend Eliza is an experimental simulation that puts you in charge of monitoring and evaluating the behavior of an advanced artificial intelligence. It is not a game about virtual girlfriends or dating.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological 10%