Games Like Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel

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 43.2%, Mystery 22.4%, Anime 21.4%, Horror 12.9%

Gary is caught in a strange dream and now he must overcome the adversities on his path or perish in the attempt. In this adventure you will meet 3 children in dream-like scenarios, next to a mysterious girl who talks about a promise.

Why similar: Visual Novel 74.1%, Anime 25.9%

Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?

Why similar: Visual Novel 47%, Anime 29.1%, Horror 16.7%, Mystery 4.1%, Adventure 3.1%

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 38.2%, Horror 25.1%, Anime 23.6%, Adventure 13.1%

High school students return well after hours, each with their own agenda and an ominous feeling. Come midnight...The fears deep inside become reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.1%, Horror 24.2%, Anime 20.3%, Adventure 11.4%

A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.4%, Mystery 25%, Adventure 15.8%, Anime 14.8%

Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...

Why similar: Horror 45.8%, Mystery 34.5%, Adventure 19.7%

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 46.6%, Mystery 26.8%, Anime 20.4%, Adventure 6.1%

In this short comedy visual novel, you're an unpopular transfer student who begins a new life at a Japanese high school. You quickly get drafted into the school's most secret after-school club... but could it be that the seemingly innocent members of the Murder Club are hiding a dark secret?!

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.5%, Anime 27.9%, Horror 21.6%

A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!

Why similar: Visual Novel 73.1%, Horror 26.9%

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Visual Novel 58.9%, Horror 29%, Adventure 12.1%

Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Horror 32.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Anime 7.1%

Zero End is a paranormal mystery adult Visual Novel with horror elements where you try to find the truth behind the sinister happenings at Altham Academy.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Mystery 26.8%, Horror 21.2%, Adventure 13.9%

A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Horror 20.9%, Anime 16.5%, Mystery 15.8%, Adventure 15%

A horror visual novel set in a suburban city.

Why similar: Visual Novel 53.7%, Adventure 27.1%, Horror 19.3%

Welcome to Kimochii Classroom! A slice-of-life visual novel with stunning visuals, a beautiful soundtrack, and an immersive story. Who will you meet first?

Why similar: Visual Novel 72.9%, Anime 27.1%

In a mysterious school where day and night are two separate worlds, a mismatched trio work to resolve magic-related incidents. A world of magic, intrigue, mystery and the occult awaits you!

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Anime 30.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Mystery 14.8%

FEAST is an experimental visual novel with our own unique design. Travel through the original fantasy world and learn its secrets together with the characters.

Why similar: Visual Novel 51.1%, Horror 25.3%, Adventure 23.5%

Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.

Why similar: Horror 55.5%, Anime 31.1%, Adventure 13.4%

It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Mystery 20.8%, Horror 19.2%, Anime 17.4%, Adventure 12.7%

The free first episode of a dystopian visual novel with RPG elements. Awaken in a secluded academy where students are stripped of their memories, develop your skills, build relationships, and uncover the truth about your past.

Why similar: Visual Novel 41%, Anime 21.2%, Adventure 19.8%, Mystery 18%

In the midst of their hearts, something is blossoming between two students. Both of whom go about their daily lives at an international school in Tokyo. Just what is flowering? Of course, it's love. Starting your new life after transferring into an international school, you find yourself dismayed when it turns out to be the same as any...

Why similar: Visual Novel 59%, Anime 31.3%, Adventure 9.7%

As Regeria Hope, clear your clients of their crimes, or watch them hang and amass power and wealth. It's up to you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 46.5%, Adventure 29.2%, Anime 24.3%

All of us are not dead. Our school has been infested with zombies, and we are still alive. Every day, our hopes of escaping this school become less and less likely. Follow us as we try to survive and escape our zombie-filled school. A visual novel based on the popular webcomic.

Why similar: Visual Novel 51.8%, Adventure 25.5%, Anime 14.7%, Mystery 8%

Based on the fictional reality TV series Paranormal Teens. Free to play.

When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...

Why similar: Anime 23.1%, Cartoon 21.5%, Adventure 20.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Horror 17.5%

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: Visual Novel 38.4%, Anime 22.7%, Mystery 19.9%, Horror 19%

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 38.3%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Anime 24.4%, Adventure 10.9%

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: Visual Novel 56.4%, Horror 23.5%, Anime 20.1%

How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 63.6%, Anime 36.4%

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: Visual Novel 50.7%, Mystery 26.4%, Adventure 22.9%

If you're nervous about job searching and interviews, face your fears head-on in "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" a Japanese horror business punk visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.1%, Anime 31.4%, Horror 16.5%

Imagine being the only survivor of an explosion that kills thousands of people. That is the fate of Sofya Rykov. And survival is just the beginning of her tale... Episode 0: The Immolation is a free, standalone chapter in the Echoes of the Fey adventure game/visual novel series.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.8%, Adventure 49.2%

Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.

Why similar: Visual Novel 56.1%, Adventure 23.9%, Horror 20%

Azurael's Circle: Chapter 1 is a horror-mystery adventure game where you must find the truth about your mother's death. What evils await you in the depths of the Lancaster farmhouse? The further you go, the more strange things get.

Why similar: Adventure 51.9%, Horror 48.1%

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Why similar: Anime 30.7%, Horror 25.4%, Mystery 24.4%, Adventure 19.5%

In this short visual novel, four prisoners on death row are cleared of all charges. But the prison has a quota to meet. The four are put in a room and asked to decide among themselves over the course of an hour... who will be the one to die?

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Mystery 25.1%, Anime 18.1%, Cartoon 16.6%, Adventure 3.7%

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 39%, Horror 22.7%, Mystery 22.2%, Adventure 16.1%

This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...

Why similar: Visual Novel 62.4%, Adventure 19%, Anime 18.6%

Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish is a thrilling mystery story revolving around a series of unfathomable incidents in a town.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Mystery 19.5%, Anime 18%, Adventure 16.3%, Horror 13.9%

One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Mystery 33.5%, Adventure 31.1%

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 53.8%, Mystery 32.6%, Anime 13.6%

A group of girls are having their vacation, alone. What would a group of girls do on a dark Christmas night? Of course, fortunetelling! Unfortunately for them, their boyfriends are not about to leave them alone and their sudden visit totally ruins their plans for fortune telling, turning it into a scary story contest.

Why similar: Visual Novel 66.4%, Anime 17.8%, Horror 15.8%

This visual novel game tells the tale of a cute little Santa Clause appearing

Why similar: Visual Novel 58.3%, Anime 30.8%, Adventure 10.9%

Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.

Why similar: Visual Novel 41.6%, Mystery 30.6%, Anime 20.6%, Adventure 7.2%

A visual novel game following a young man who wakes up in the body of another student... Learning his friends may not be living the perfect lives he thought they were.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.7%, Adventure 27.8%, Anime 22.5%

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 44.2%, Anime 27.8%, Mystery 16.7%, Horror 11.3%

This is *NEW* SCUFFED EPIC VISUAL NOVEL, which is a story set in the world of *NEW* SCUFFED EPIC BHOP SIMULATOR (#4 Best Selling free game of Steam November 2020), play as a character of your choice, as you run into some new, and familiar faces along the way.

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.9%, Cartoon 32.9%, Adventure 19.2%

Explore an abandoned school where memories linger longer than the living. Uncover the mystery of your best friend’s disappearance. Dodge bullets.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Mystery 29.3%, Adventure 19.6%, Anime 13%

"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Horror 26.3%, Anime 23%, Adventure 9.6%

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?

Why similar: Visual Novel 39%, Anime 22.7%, Adventure 20%, Mystery 18.3%

​Welcome to the chess school! Connect with the brilliant girls of Sakuragi town and engage them in chess matches. How will you master the moves that come your way?​

Why similar: Visual Novel 40%, Mystery 28.4%, Anime 24.1%, Horror 7.6%

High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Mystery 26.6%, Anime 22.2%, Adventure 15%

In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.6%, Adventure 22.1%, Anime 14.4%, Mystery 13.9%

"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.

Why similar: Visual Novel 41.3%, Adventure 26.1%, Anime 21.2%, Mystery 11.4%

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 32.9%, Mystery 21.2%, Adventure 19.3%, Horror 15.6%, Anime 11.1%

A visual novel about raising a cute robot child, which may or may not go horribly wrong. Your choices decide the outcome.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Mystery 24.1%, Horror 22%, Anime 20.1%

Escape from the Cursed Convent is a narrative-driven adventure game set in a medieval girls' convent, offering a rich storytelling experience, and several gameplay styles including QTE, hunting, cooking, and puzzle-solving.

Why similar: Visual Novel 46.5%, Horror 29.3%, Anime 24.2%

Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome

Why similar: Horror 69.7%, Adventure 30.3%