- #1 Suhoshin
97% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 10.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #2 The Game of Fourtune
96% matchPositive97% of 36 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: Thriller 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #3 Death by Begonia
96% 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: LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Thriller 9.8%
- #4 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
95% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: Nico HPub: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Mystery 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #5 Devil Apartment
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Thriller 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10%, Dark 9.7%, Anime 9.5%
- #6 Path of the Heart
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ourbit Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Anime 9.1%, Mystery 8.8%
- #7 Echoes of Pinebridge
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Thriller 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Mystery 9.2%
- #8 The Retro Exorcist
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chestpain Studios
Windows
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Text-Based 7.7%
- #9 Remnants of Dawn
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #10 Reflection Link
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Thriller 12.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Anime 9.7%
- #11 The Breakfast Serial Club
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucian Gallacane
Windows
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #12 Elevenses
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REDRAYPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Thriller 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #13 Remedy for Personality
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
Windows
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #14 Is There a Way?
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SS GC Omnipotens
Windows · Mac
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Detective 8.7%
- #15 Ashen Reverie
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Supernatural 9.6%
- #16 The Paracelsian Project
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Thriller 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Emotional 8.7%
- #17 Pages of Tomorrow
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Doksa
Windows · Linux
Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Emotional 11.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Thriller 10.7%
- #18 This Fallen Lizard Still Dreams of Flame
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoriDreams
Windows
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12%, Dark 11.5%, Anime 10.7%
- #19 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Thriller 15.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Anime 9.2%
- #20 Ubel
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
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 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Anime 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #21 The Mermaid of Zennor
83% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 13.9%, Emotional 11.8%, Anime 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #22 The Girl From The Snuff Video
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hatereallysPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about a girl who watches a snuff video to relieve stress, justifying herself with the fact that what is happening on the screen isn’t real...
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 10.6%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #23 Elevenses: The Flask
82% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: REDRAYPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
일레븐지스: 플라스크는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 한 치 앞을 예상할 수 없는 전개와 끝없이 펼쳐지는 반전, 영원히 끝나지 않는 11시의 티타임에 여러분을 초대합니다.
Why similar: Thriller 20%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 10.9%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #24 POPULARITY CONTEST
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Thriller 18.4%, Mystery 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #25 Occultus: Daughter of Darkness
79% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: BCG
Windows
Occultus: Daughter of Darkness is a noir-inspired visual novel detective story with supernatural elements.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Thriller 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Dark 9.5%
- #26 Mysteries of the House
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spark
Windows
You wake up with no memories inside the House, a place where reality bends... lies linger... and someone watching your every move.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Mystery 13.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Thriller 11.8%
- #27 Kara no Shojo
81% matchVery Positive92% of 449 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 161.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Thriller 13%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Emotional 9.5%, Detective 9.2%
- #28 Stay Alive For Me
78% match9 user reviews78% of 9 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: Thriller 18%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 9.6%
- #29 Haunted Heye Apartment
79% 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: Thriller 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #30 Blood Lily Ghoststories
77% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Thriller 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #31 Night in Delirium
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grupo Trenza
Windows · Mac · Linux
A series of murders puts a town in Chile on alert, and the police are unable to identify the perpetrator and his strange messages. Meanwhile, Nicolas, the young owner of Bar Delirio, suspects that the culprit is hiding among his frequent customers.
Why similar: Thriller 19.1%, Modern 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Mystery 8.4%
- #32 Gurobu
78% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"GUROBU" is a story-driven, 2D horror game about haunted apartments, ghosts of the past, and a murder mystery.
Why similar: Thriller 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Supernatural 11.1%, Anime 10%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #33 Eclipse : Special Forces
75% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: MoonSun
Windows · Mac
MEN ARE EXTINCT. ONLY WOMEN REMAIN. Welcome to Eclipse—a choice-driven Yuri VN where God, Kings, Soldiers, and even Villains are all women. As Haesu, an elite agent, your choices will forge her destiny and the very future of the world. Amidst love, desire, and bloodshed—can you handle the truth?
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Mystery 8.3%
- #34 Farewell, we see each other for the last time.....
75% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: DrimmarPub: VNka
Windows
A dramatic visual novel about the search for the meaning of life.
Why similar: Thriller 21.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Anime 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #35 Forgive My Sins & Desires, Father - Boys Love (BL) Visual Novel
76% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: ChaniMK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Emotional 10.1%
- #36 NO, THANK YOU!!!
76% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2018
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
NO, THANK YOU!!! is a dark, dramatic mystery hidden behind a comic veneer as all of the men in this yaoi visual novel harbor their own secrets. Uncover the mystery behind the protagonist and this bar disguising a detective agency while flirting with the guys and growing intimate with them.
Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #37 Gore Screaming Show
74% matchVery Positive89% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: Black CycPub: JAST
Windows
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Why similar: Thriller 17.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Emotional 10%, Supernatural 9.6%
- #38 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #39 Et le grain mourut
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fülli
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel set in 1920s Paris. As summer draws near, young students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Emotional 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #40 The Portal Pirate
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #41 Where Control Ends
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Thriller 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #42 Silver Blue
72% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Bunbosoup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Silver blue is a BL visual novel 15+ with anime style, containing adventure fantasy content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Emotional 11.3%, Mystery 11%, Anime 9.4%
- #43 Unmasked Truths: Shattered Dreams
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SuperPROTEIN Studios Inc.
Windows
10 world-renowned experts are trapped together and must cooperate to survive... until conflicts arise, and they discover the greatest threat to their lives isn't the system they're resisting: it's each other! Discover the truth of who's living a lie in this fully voiced murder mystery adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Detective 10.1%
- #44 Graces: Posthumous Wish
70% matchVery Positive97% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: TomoToro
Windows
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Thriller 12%, Supernatural 11.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Mystery 10.3%
- #45 April 8th
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Emotional 12.1%, Mystery 11.7%
- #46 Watashi Suzume
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 10.4%, Emotional 9.3%
- #47 All Scars and Starlight
71% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 10.6%, Emotional 9.4%
- #48 時折記 -Tokioriki-
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Emotional 9.5%
- #49 Kindred [High Tide]
68% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Detective 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #50 Graveyard Girls
70% 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: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 12%, Emotional 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%
- #51 Kamilia
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Emotional 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #52 The Witch In The Woods
68% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Dream Nyght Studio
Windows · Mac
In the treacherous Greywind Forest, a mysterious and dangerous witch resides. Nellie enters the forest, driven by her own motives. A fateful encounter awaits as their paths intertwine in this captivating fantasy Yuri visual novel. Unveil the secrets that lie ahead and make your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Emotional 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #53 Hardships Of A Vampire
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saitoki
Windows · Linux
A BL Visual Novel about an unlucky modern day Vampire who work the night shift at a convenience store. Will a mysterious co-worker and a flirty regular customer change his life to the better or worse?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #54 No Recollection
69% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Detective 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #55 GOLOD
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: 116 Boys
Windows
GOLOD is an atmospheric visual novel about survival in the pixel-art style, where you will have to fight not only with a lack of food, but also with panic, suffocating idleness, secrets of the past, betrayal and difficult moral choices in a confined space.
Why similar: Thriller 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Anime 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #56 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Thriller 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #57 UNCULT
67% matchMostly Negative29% 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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Mystery 11%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #58 雪凤山 Secret Opera
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Text-Based 11%
- #59 Awakewood
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Thriller 13.8%, Mystery 9%, Anime 8.4%
- #60 Linework
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overlyunderqualified
Windows
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Detective 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Thriller 10.3%