- #1 Sister Other Paranoia
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 677 reviews2026
Dev: HazeDenkiPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
A dark visual novel by acclaimed creator nyalra. Overly sensitive to other people's emotions, the protagonist—a light novel writer—develops the ability to read minds, only to be driven even deeper into isolation. His sole remaining comfort is his younger sister, gifted yet lonely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Anime 14.1%, Dark 7.1%
- #2 Bound Between Desks
96% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Anime 13.9%, Mystery 8.3%
- #3 KEPT
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silk Dagger
Windows
You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Romance 10.6%, Anime 9.8%, Casual 7.6%
- #4 Stay Alive For Me
95% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Anime 6.8%, Dark 6.2%
- #5 Mado Marks
94% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three students record themselves in a classroom room that shouldn’t exist... The next morning, one of them is gone forever... A short psychological horror VN about memory, proof, and erasure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Anime 11.6%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #6 The Night Heist
94% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Ladell Parks
Windows
Meet Mariah, Maria, and Missy a group of college girls from Greeley University of Arts, however like most people who attend college find themselves also working a part-time job trying to pay off their student loans and other bills. For Mariah, working part time at a shop wasn’t enough.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Anime 14.6%, Casual 13%, Romance 7.9%
- #7 Kill or Love
93% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Anime 19%, Romance 10.1%, Mystery 4.7%
- #8 Angel in Inferno
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひとりサークル「匙投げ部」Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
A visual novel that depicts the trials of four young girls who committed crimes during their lifetimes and have since passed away.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Anime 14.3%, Romance 8.1%, Dark 7.4%
- #9 Jaden & Jasmine II: Lost Memories
91% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Ladell Parks
Windows
It's been exactly one month since Jaden Black was shot and betrayed by Jasmine Miles. Did she complete her mission? Well in Lost Memories you not only find that out, but you find out what Harmony’s motive was. This game follows the events of the first game Jaden & Jasmine: The Curse of Deception.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Anime 15.5%, Romance 10%, Mystery 8.5%
- #10 Abandoned Village Walking Group
91% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
He wanders into the village and comes face to face with the village customs and the mystery of the sacred tree. However, he is also a freak who wants to desecrate the mystery. The battle for the salvation of mankind by the cursed village begins.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Anime 10.6%, Mystery 5.7%
- #11 Memory Girl +
90% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Anime 10.6%, Romance 9%
- #12 Rain98
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: C#4R4CT3R
Windows
Tokyo, 1998. A rain that never ends and a girl who wants everything to end. Two lonely youths will change the world with their choices.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Visual Novel 16%, Anime 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Romance 11%
- #13 Thorner
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Dark 10.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #14 Xi-Portal
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: KakaMigu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel the Mystery of Xi-Portal You'll have the chance to join a diverse community of students and explore the exciting world of Xi-Portal alongside captivating characters such as Schneider, Hikari, Ayako, Ai, and KakaMigu.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.1%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Casual 11.5%, Violent 11.3%, Anime 9.5%
- #15 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
87% matchVery Positive88% of 2,108 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Anime 15.2%, Gore 12.5%, Mystery 9%
- #16 Do you have SALT?
86% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Sin and SunPub: BRXKENVN
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Anime 11%, Dark 8.2%
- #17 Dysnamic
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
A story-rich and character-centric visual novel about a world with an illness called Dysnamia. Join Bene as he handles his Dysnamia and his past, helping the festival in his town be successful despite the terror lurking in the background.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Anime 13.9%, Casual 11.1%, Dark 6.6%
- #18 Blind Dog
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: svyat
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Anime 9%, Gore 5.6%
- #19 Cyber Village 2200
83% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
It is the newest village of tradition. In the year 2200, Oculus, an employee at a cybernetic body manufacturing company, hears a rumor that a colleague has gone missing while on the job.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Anime 10.7%, Mystery 7.2%
- #20 New Meaning
84% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Brave Lobster Studios
Windows
In New Meaning you play as Luke Wilson, or do you? Luke is a struggling teenager trying to shed some light upon a dark lonely world, will you help him or will you aid his departure into depression? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Psychological Horror 24%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Anime 11.1%, Dark 5.9%
- #21 Death by Begonia
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Anime 9.4%, Romance 8.6%
- #22 Cannibal Date
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: actpng
Windows
You go on a date with a mysterious woman from a dating app. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Romance 8.5%, Anime 7.3%
- #23 Quantum Suicide
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Cotton Candy Cyanide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Anime 11.7%, Romance 8.6%, Violent 8.3%
- #24 My Therapy
81% matchVery Positive96% of 335 reviews2022
Dev: Suvorov Mikhail
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Anime 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Casual 9.2%
- #25 Blackthorn Witch
80% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Anime 11.7%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #26 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 790 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 84.2 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: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Anime 18.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Gore 9%
- #27 Murmuring of Moth Mouth
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
An account dead for eleven years uploads a video of Yuna's car from the road ahead. The girl in the clip is waiting at the next exit, and the job Yuna is driving toward has no record of her. A short psychological horror VN about a road built from every future she begged for.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Anime 11%, Choices Matter 4.7%
- #28 Mother;Above
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Matoki is about to flood to protect the inhabitants of the city above... Vik and his companions head for the flood controls, but his search for his missing mother threatens to consume him. A psychological horror VN about sacrifice, and what desperation makes people willing to do.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Anime 10.9%, Choices Matter 4.6%
- #29 Make Her Real
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A young inmate is given a faded body pillow of a girl from an old romance VN. Then she starts speaking... and becomes the only person who still sees him as human. A short psychological horror VN about guilt and the desperate need for love.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Anime 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #30 What Is Love? Anime Visual Novel Vol. 1
79% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Baka Dog
Windows · Mac
What is Love is full of pretty girls with dark secrets. Keep in mind that your actions matter, so Baby, don't hurt me! Not suitable for those who are easily disturbed by their own choices. It can result in Vietnam Flashbacks/PTSD after realising what you have done.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 11.1%, Romance 8.9%
- #31 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
76% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Anime 17.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Romance 7.3%
- #32 Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 581 reviews2018
Dev: NostalgiaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A short love story with a twist: the love of your life is 50% human, and 50% grasshopper.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Anime 17.2%, Gore 15.4%, Casual 7%
- #33 キズツケ kizutsuke
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Anime 8%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #34 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 38.6 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: Visual Novel 27.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, Anime 17.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Gore 8.6%
- #35 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,549 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 84.3 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: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 15.1%, Romance 8.6%, Gore 6.4%
- #36 Yume No Office
75% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Team YumePub: Outsider Comet Studios
Windows · Linux
Five coworkers. Six months. One mystery that changes everything. A romance visual novel where every route unfolds simultaneously... until reality begins to break apart.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Visual Novel 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Romance 13.2%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #37 The False Alice -Retold Tale-
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VISUAL ARTS / team AecaPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
This is the trash can where all failed works gather. When you awaken, you come across three false Alices. In order to become the one true Alice, they attempt to kill each other. Who will become the real Alice? This is a visual novel where your decisions, will change the ending of the story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Anime 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Gore 8.3%
- #38 Scarlet Wolf
73% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Graven Visual Novels
Windows · Mac
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: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Violent 10.5%, Anime 8%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #39 Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
72% matchVery Positive98% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Anime 11.6%, Romance 9%
- #40 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,041 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 32.9%, Anime 21.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Mystery 11%, Casual 6.5%
- #41 Glass Hearts
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Aedian Glair
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Anime 11%, Romance 9.2%
- #42 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
71% matchVery Positive97% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark 11%, Gore 7.7%
- #43 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,000 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.0 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: Visual Novel 27.8%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Anime 16.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Dark 6.9%
- #44 Worn Out
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Gore 7.7%, Mystery 7.2%
- #45 Happy Sunny Doll
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starlit Hall Studio
Windows
A storm traps ten people in a museum. Seven rules demand that one of them become a Sunny Doll each day. Allocate points across five attributes, explore, talk and make choices in a supernatural horror text adventure with RPG elements. Romance is not required to progress.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Romance 10.8%, Anime 6.5%
- #46 Trust Me, Not Her
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NerdyBird Studios
Windows · Linux
Lost in a secluded forest, you encounter two mysterious girls. One Good. One Evil. But which is which? And who will you Trust in this thrilling, choice-driven Visual Novel?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Casual 11.6%, Anime 10.2%
- #47 Syutyaku Gakuen
70% matchVery Positive90% of 67 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: Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Anime 12%, Dark 7.5%
- #48 Midnight Witch
70% matchVery Positive93% of 366 reviews2023
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?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Anime 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Romance 9%
- #49 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
69% matchVery Positive90% of 6,818 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Romance 9.8%, Anime 9.4%
- #50 CORPSE FACTORY
69% matchVery Positive80% of 885 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: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Anime 14.5%, Violent 10.6%, Mystery 7.7%
- #51 Time For Changes
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wedared Game Studio
Windows
During exam prep, Semyon faces a family crisis that leads to failure and a transfer to a troubled class. There, he encounters not only hostility but also makes new friends and meets girls who change his outlook on life. He must make tough choices between friendship, dreams, and harsh reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Anime 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Romance 12.1%, Mystery 10.3%
- #52 TOKYO LOVE +
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: choloco
Windows
A romance/drama visual novel. School life, love, jealousy, betrayals...and YANDARE!(different endings). Available in Chinese, French and English.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Romance 13.9%, Anime 12%, Violent 10.7%
- #53 The Game of Fourtune
69% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Anime 12.7%, Dark 7.9%
- #54 Siren's Call: Second Wind
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Anime 10%, Romance 8.7%
- #55 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
66% matchMixed66% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: CHARON
Windows
“You were only trying to do the right thing—so why is everything falling apart?” A Japanese language teacher’s choices to save three girls who have stopped attending school will change their fates. A psychological horror visual novel with 16 endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Anime 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Dark 7.4%
- #56 Doki Doki Literature Club!
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 228,468 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Anime 17.6%, Romance 7.4%, Dark 7.2%
- #57 Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves
66% match2 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Dulkha315Pub: WhiteLodgeGames
Windows
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Anime 13.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Gore 5.3%
- #58 VT Harmony
68% matchMixed61% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 7.4%, Anime 7.2%
- #59 クラブ・スーサイド
67% matchVery Positive97% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: MORPATHPub: Celtia
Windows · Mac
私は、自殺を考えている。クラブ・スーサイドへようこそ。自殺を考える少年達に寄り添う、奇妙な一週間。命を思考するノベルアドベンチャー。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Anime 15.2%, Gore 9.2%
- #60 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
67% matchVery Positive100% of 109 reviews2022
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Linux
Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Psychological Horror 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Anime 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%