- #1 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
97% matchVery Positive82% of 4,933 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Anime 9.5%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #2 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 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: Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.7%, Anime 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%
- #3 Suhoshin
96% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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: Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Anime 11.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #4 Reflection Link
95% 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: Psychological Horror 15%, Mystery 12.7%, Anime 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #5 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
94% 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 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Anime 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #6 The Fifth Name
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tiny Hammer Games
Windows
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Adventure 9.5%
- #7 Stay Alive For Me
93% 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 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Mystery 10%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #8 R.I.P. Tour
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost Clown
Windows · Linux
A death game visual novel where murder victims are decided by group consensus. Make friends and enemies, solve the mysteries of an abandoned amusement park, and suss out the traitor in your group.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Mystery 16.7%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Anime 8.8%
- #9 The Paracelsian Project
91% 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: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Anime 10.2%
- #10 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
91% matchVery Positive93% of 7,427 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Mystery 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Anime 9.4%
- #11 Ubel
90% 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: Visual Novel 20.4%, Anime 16.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Thriller 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #12 Where Control Ends
89% 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: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9%, Anime 7.7%
- #13 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
89% matchVery Positive91% of 616 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Anime 17%, Mystery 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Story Rich 9%
- #14 Bound Between Desks
87% 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 16.7%, Anime 15.2%, Mystery 15%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #15 ELEGIES: Aya
88% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Squircle
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Anime 11.1%, Thriller 10.7%
- #16 Prison Chain: The Unredeemed Thought
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 落梅序
Windows
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Mystery 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Thriller 8.5%
- #17 Turn Illness into a Weapon
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: enderverse
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a high school hidden within a centuries-old castle, terror strikes as a sinister force begins hunting the students. You must use your skills and wits to survive, evade the relentless villain, and find a way to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Anime 24.2%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #18 There Is No Next Stop
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Mystery 10.1%
- #19 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
84% 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: Visual Novel 18.1%, Mystery 15.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Thriller 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #20 Anomalistic Revolution
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows
You stand before a pit at the city's heart, then your gaze drifts to a deeper void, one you fear even more. Wield your invention to unravel mysteries, reclaim lost memories, strengthen your skills, and battle nightmare-born horrors in this multi-ending RPG.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Anime 13.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #21 Teaparty in Candyworld
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: WildCatCom
Windows · Linux
Read the story from beginning to end, solve all the puzzles and unravel the creepy history of Candyworld. Accept the invitation to the tea party and make a choice - escape forever or stop the destruction of the magical world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Mystery 8.7%
- #22 Beyond R: Rule Ripper
82% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: TohrivPub: GJ Staff
Windows · Mac · Linux
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 11.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Thriller 9.5%
- #23 恐怖夜話 第二夜
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #24 Elevenses
81% 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 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Anime 9.2%
- #25 KARA
79% matchNo user reviews100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: IKARUS
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Multiple Endings 14%, Thriller 8.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #26 VOID RED
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: チーム引きこもり
Windows · Mac
An interactive card game that stirs memories and emotions. In silence, the cards speak, touching the depths of the heart. Philosophical space and tension quietly envelop the players.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 13%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #27 Gurobu
81% 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: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Anime 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Mystery 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #28 The Colour Beyond: A Zeroth Kind
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infigo Games
Windows
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Mystery 18%, Investigation 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #29 Gore Screaming Show
78% matchVery Positive87% of 179 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: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Anime 11.4%, Thriller 9.8%
- #30 Time For Changes
78% 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 22%, Mystery 16.9%, Anime 14.3%, Story Rich 10.2%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #31 The Retro Exorcist
76% matchPositive97% of 34 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 23.1%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 10.8%, Anime 10.5%
- #32 Island of Ruin
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: cretia studio
Windows
"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Mystery 11%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #33 Return to Shironagasu Island
77% matchVery Positive94% of 4,299 reviews2020
Dev: ONIMUSHI HyogoPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 24.4%, Mystery 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Anime 12.4%, Adventure 10%
- #34 下九泉
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: LazyBoy
Windows · Mac
《下九泉》是一款国产剧情向解谜游戏。主角孟存真死后魂归地府,成为行走于九泉的实习判官。孟存真从一个因受诅咒而不能入轮回的亡魂展开调查,追寻亡者被诅咒的真相。游戏围绕人性中“贪、嗔、痴、慢、疑”展开5个截然不同的单元故事。不到最后一刻,你永远想不到事件背后令人细思极恐的真相…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 9.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #35 Endless Summer Syndrome
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ampelos Studio
Windows · Linux
You ended the world. She, the one who holds every card, gave you an endless summer as your reward. Now your only way out is through sugar, jellyfish, sunlight, and blood — into the deepest reaches of her mind, or be dissolved along the way. Choose your path in this psycho-thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Multiple Endings 13%, Anime 10.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #36 CHAOS;CHILD
75% matchVery Positive93% of 4,142 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 23.6%, Mystery 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #37 Kara no Shojo
75% matchVery Positive92% of 457 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 153.5 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: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 11.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Investigation 10.2%
- #38 Wonderful Body Wanted
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Mystery 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Anime 14.4%, Thriller 10.1%
- #39 Yet Another Killing Game
72% matchVery Positive97% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Anime 11.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #40 Is There a Way?
73% 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: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, Thriller 10.7%, Investigation 10.4%
- #41 ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH
74% matchMixed67% of 298 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Anime 19.4%, Mystery 17.8%, Story Rich 17.6%, Sci-fi 13.8%
- #42 Do Not Merge
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MaruMiru
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%
- #43 Nightmare Inside
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Benelux
Windows
Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Anime 11.4%, Mystery 9.2%
- #44 outside the door
71% matchVery Positive94% of 776 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Anime 18.7%, Text-Based 9.6%, Mystery 9.1%
- #45 キズツケ kizutsuke
71% 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: Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Anime 8.2%
- #46 The Game of Fourtune
71% 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 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 12.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #47 Escape! House of Bonds
69% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: UNYAUNYA GAMES
Windows
Escape! House of Bonds is a yandere escape-room adventure. Explore the locked home of your kind neighbor Yeon, combine items, and solve puzzles to find a way out. Her cute yet unsettling affection awaits you in every room. Will she really let you leave?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 11.3%, Anime 9.7%
- #48 Letter from Heart Antique Shop
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: ふたつきPub: VNka
Windows
A visual novel about a girl who finds herself in a mysterious antique store where letters with screaming human hearts appear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Anime 13.8%, Mystery 13%, Thriller 10.3%
- #49 Summer Snow Day
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happy Ghost Studio
Windows
Spend your summer in a small snowy town in this Dating-Sim Murder Mystery. Meet new people and perhaps fall in love! A series of grisly murders throw a wrench into the romance, and now YOU have to solve them! Make FREQUENT choices and play mini games to catch the killer and fall in love!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Mystery 14%, Thriller 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #50 正体 SHOUT-AI
69% matchMixed61% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: 852話
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Mystery 9.8%
- #51 Kill or Love
70% 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 27.5%, Visual Novel 24%, Anime 21.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Thriller 7.8%
- #52 你就是缘由
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 空亡月隈
Windows
Death, redemption, distortion, love, and... you are the reason.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #53 This Fallen Lizard Still Dreams of Flame
68% 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 22.1%, Anime 15.8%, Text-Based 14%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #54 Accident Investigator Simulator: Black Box
67% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Cottondream Studio
Windows
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 13.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Dynamic Narration 8.9% ★
- #55 山:临界幸存者
68% matchVery Positive92% of 651 reviews2022
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
偏远的山村中,正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着,舞动着,一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Anime 22.5%, Mystery 20.2%, Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 9.9%
- #56 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
67% 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 27.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Anime 16.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #57 The seven days i spent with you
65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,247 reviews2026
Dev: RErevue_studioPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Anime 14.6%, Text-Based 14%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #58 Elevenses: The Flask
68% 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: Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 13%, Thriller 11.6%, Anime 11.4%
- #59 泥舟と罪人
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Anime 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%
- #60 Tales of Weak People
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TWP.Studio
Windows
The centennial ritual failed, trapping the United Army inside the Cataclysm. A dark visual novel with Point & Click elements. Explore locations and unite with survivors, gather clues, and make choices to forge a path to the epicenter through madness and death.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Mystery 7.9%