- #1 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
97% matchVery Positive97% of 79 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 23.1%, Dark 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Story Rich 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #2 Raging Loop
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,674 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 23.9 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Story Rich 12.5%, Psychological 9.2%
- #3 A Stray Line
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sprout Haven
Windows · Mac
A STRAY LINE is a point and click Adventure Game with a spoonful of autumnal love and body horror. Explore a strange world, draw to cast spells, and discover what becomes of a lonely little family in the woods.
Why similar: Story Rich 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #4 Oblivio: Lost In The World
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Jacob Meler
Windows
After a brief wander, at the end of a corridor, you encounter a girl curled up by a door, you can tell that her style is far from ordinary. Perhaps she knows more than you do… Or maybe she’s the reason you’re here. Will she help you? Or maybe you will help her?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #5 Night Loops
94% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Story Rich 11%
- #6 Thorner
94% matchNo user reviews
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: Visual Novel 21.9%, Dark 20.1%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #7 Last Report
92% matchVery Positive89% of 1,994 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Dark 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Psychological 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #8 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,766 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 17.1 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 24.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Dark 12.5%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #9 Forgive or Finalize
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Dark 18%, Story Rich 9.5%, Mystery 9.4%
- #10 ライヒェは街灯の下で
91% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: しゃちクマず
Windows
"Under the Streetlights of the Reiche" is an omnibus-style adventure game. Experience one man's last day in the town. A good man who is well-liked by those around him loses his job and is forced to leave the town he has lived in for a long time.
Why similar: Story Rich 19%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Dark 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 11.8%
- #11 .HEADSPACE
90% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Diana Jean Keith
Windows
.HEADSPACE is a 2D adventure game that combines pixel art and hand drawn styles to immerse the player in a psychological adventure through a fractured landscape. Alone and unsure of who you are, gain clarity, confidence and connection to reawaken yourself and recall your true purpose.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological 15.5%, Dark 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #12 Midnight Scenes: Among Graves
89% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
"When the graves stop whispering in your ear, it’s time for you to surrender to eternal silence". So says the Agreement, and so it must be fulfilled. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Dark 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #13 The Hex
89% matchVery Positive94% of 5,416 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Story Rich 16.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Dark 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
- #14 The Darkest Emptiness
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bathos.games
Windows
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Story Rich 13.9%, Psychological 10.2%, Dark 8.3%
- #15 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Poética Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel with light adventure elements, about a group of office workers grinding through an intense all-nighter. Just do your job and.... don’t ask about Ito… nothing happened to him... everything is fine.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, Psychological 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%
- #16 Nightmare Zapping
86% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Dark 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #17 Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Story Rich 12.8%, Psychological 11.2%
- #18 DARKROOM 2
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
DARKROOM: Ray of Light is a sequel of DARKROOM. You managed to figure out where you are, and now you have to find out what to do next. Do you want to know the end of Timmy’s story?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
- #19 Feeling Death
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SYUPRO-DXPub: room6
Windows · Mac
A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Story Rich 14%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
- #20 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,224 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 21.8%, Dark 13.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Psychological 12.9%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #21 Styxton
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BUZDOV KAPLAN
Windows · Mac
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Dark 21.6%, Story Rich 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Psychological 7.6%
- #22 Gretel's Honesty
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Callen Dulla
Windows
A comic-like visual novel, expressing a new story based on the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”.
Why similar: Dark 19.4%, Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Story Rich 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%
- #23 Banebush
81% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Story Rich 16.3%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Horror 7.4%
- #24 The Binding Hour
81% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Crimson Vale StudioPub: Twisted Joy
Windows
The Binding Hour is a first-person psychological horror game set in a forgotten house lost deep in the woods. Explore shifting spaces, confront haunting echoes, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. Every hour binds you tighter—will you break the loop, or become part of it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Dark 18.4%, Mystery 15.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Psychological 10.8%
- #25 Tiny Bunny
79% matchVery Positive83% of 29,932 reviews2025
Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Dark 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Story Rich 15%, Atmospheric 12.1%
- #26 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 867 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Dark 14.5%, Mystery 13.2%, Story Rich 12%
- #27 Flan's MS
80% matchVery Positive89% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: Geism
Windows
Flan's MS is a 2D story game with some puzzles and gameplay systems. After escaping from everything she is familiar with, Flan needs to retrieve her lost dream diary and find the answers she needs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Story Rich 18.4%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Adventure 5.8%
- #28 INMOST
79% matchVery Positive91% of 7,185 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Layer GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
Why similar: Dark 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Psychological 12.5%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #29 Looping Art Museum
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nekko
Windows
"Looping Art Museum" is a single-player adventure game where you wander through an infinitely-looping art museum, finding changes in the paintings to progress. Interact with a talking "Mr.Cat" and uncover the mysteries of the strange art museum.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #30 The Interval Bureau: Extension 0
77% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Quiet Den Games
Windows
A short psychological audio horror call where every number routes you deeper into a faceless bureau that measures and files you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Story Rich 18.4%, Dark 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Mystery 11.4%
- #31 Echograve
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Rockcats
Windows
Ensure the safety of the underground city. Manage the system through the terminal. Listen and watch carefully. It seems to have already made its way inside...
Why similar: Dark 25%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Mystery 14.7%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #32 Evil Spirits
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear horror visual novel based on Slavic folklore. Explore a god-forgotten village and a forest hiding ancient evil. Trust no one. Remember: real evil often lurks not in house corners, but in the human soul's darkness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Dark 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #33 Sterling Shroud
76% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Squid Snooze Studio
Windows
Sterling Shroud is a point-and-click atmospheric horror game with a focus on navigation and puzzle solving. Can you escape the forest alive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Dark 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Psychological 9%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #34 Awareness
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LazyStone
Windows
Horror adventure game with an emphasis on the story, in which, by interacting with the environment and characters, you have to help the doll-boy stop the terrible events that he himself is to blame.
Why similar: Story Rich 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Dark 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #35 Born for the Light ~Wavelength Radiant Collapse~
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: qDrotPub: TERNOX
Windows
Endless world. Endless sky. Endless light. Will the shadows be cast upon all Children dwelling on the Treetops? Regardless, I spread my prosthetic wings, taking a leap of faith.
Why similar: Dark 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 11%
- #36 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 663 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 91.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Mystery 15.9%, Story Rich 13.9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #37 Insanity Within
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derek LarsonPub: D Rock Games LLC
Windows
A psychological-horror puzzle game where after 16 years in prison for a murder you don't remember, you're back at your family's manor as schizophrenia distorts your reality. Manage, or harness, your mental hallucinations to uncover the truth. Will it vindicate you? Or confirm your darkest fears...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Dark 15.9%, Story Rich 15.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #38 Inside Intruder
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: ManLanterna
Windows
Inside Intruder - is a psychological horror game that mostly focuses on atmosphere. Game takes place in your own home, where a uninvited guest comes in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Story Rich 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Atmospheric 12%, Psychological 9.6%
- #39 St. Agony's Rest
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huy Ngo
Windows
You were with her. Then you weren't. Push an elderly woman's wheelchair through the shadowed halls of a Croatian monastery turned hospice. She is dying. She sees what you cannot. What do you owe the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Psychological 15.4%, Dark 14.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Atmospheric 12%
- #40 TBoF (The Book of Fredley)
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Grapefruit Studios
Windows
Gather the Pages, Mend the Book, and harvest the innocent to defy The Reaper. A retro stealth-adventure. Collect Keys to progress and avoid enemies while you explore the town and search for the missing pages that Fredley needs to fix his book and bring his friend back to life.
Why similar: Dark 17.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 13.2%
- #41 Keep in Mind: Remastered
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 605 reviews2018
Dev: Little Moth GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.
Why similar: Dark 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Psychological 12.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #42 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: Dark 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Psychological 9.2%
- #43 Silent Residence
70% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Dark 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Mystery 9.7%
- #44 Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
71% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: Reijo
Windows · Mac
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Story Rich 13%, Mystery 12.7%, Psychological 11.2%
- #45 Don't Remember
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Dark 12%, Mystery 11%
- #46 You Stay
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stillroom
Windows
A short psychological visual novel about a town you can’t leave. Observe. Wait. Repeat. The longer you stay, the more the town notices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Dark 16.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%
- #47 Pentimento
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Dark 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological 11.4%
- #48 Dead Secret
72% matchVery Positive82% of 591 reviews2016
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Dark 16%, Story Rich 15.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #49 Graces: Posthumous Wish
68% matchVery Positive97% of 172 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 18.4%, Dark 17%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, Mystery 10.9%
- #50 Zeizen
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sonoshee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ultra-violent point & click set in Shanghai, China.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 11.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #51 Sprunki Town
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ilovemustard
Windows
Welcome to Sprunki Town, where everyone is happy!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Story Rich 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Mystery 11.2%
- #52 3:33 AM
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: null.exePub: Subconscious Games
Windows
A stranger calls at 3:33 AM. They know your name. Choose your words carefully in this fully voiced psychological horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 15.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 12%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #53 Black Angels
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GruiaYT
Windows · Linux
They say the old bridge over the Săsar, is not merely a place, it is a threshold. In the decades of the 1980s and early ’90s, whisperers passed tales of the so‑called Black Angels, a secretive cabal, clad in black, who abducted children, some say to convert them, others to terrify the whole town
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 37.5%, Dark 30.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #54 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,215 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28.5%, Mystery 16.7%, Psychological 15.4%, Dark 14.8%, Story Rich 12.7%
- #55 Light The Way
70% matchMixed40% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Light The Way is a first-person horror adventure game. It takes place in a storage house after your character is kidnapped by a stranger.
Why similar: Dark 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Psychological 11.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Adventure 11.2%
- #56 Stitched HD
69% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Fluffex Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A pleasantly anticipated trip back home for the holidays becomes a nightmare for Catherine as a tragic accident leaves her unconscious. After coming to her senses, she realizes that something is dreadfully wrong. She must escape the doll factory she awoke in before it's too late.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 15.3%, Psychological 12.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #57 蛙電話 Frog Telephone
67% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Acid House Studio
Windows
Frog Telephone (蛙电话 / 蛙電話) is a folklore mystery adventure game rooted in computer science concepts. You play as an amnesiac phone operator at a Tokyo travel agency, reconstructing shattered reality through the spin of a dial, exploring the terrifying truth hidden behind Gero City's mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Story Rich 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Adventure 9%
- #58 Free Fall
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Mindstream Games
Windows · Mac
A horror visual novel told through the eyes of a sentient FPV drone on its final mission.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Story Rich 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Horror 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #59 Lost Trust-Episode 1
65% matchMixed50% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Matěj FabšičPub: Kreatura Production
Windows
After years apart, you visit an old friend for what should’ve been a quiet evening. But you soon realize you’re not alone and a dark betrayal awaits .The game is a first-person, linear PSX-style experience focused on exploration and uncovering secrets.”
Why similar: Dark 18.8%, Psychological 16.8%, Mystery 15.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #60 DREADCELL
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreadcell Studio
Windows
You wake in a strangely familiar place. Something isn’t right. The experiment has begun. You are being observed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Dark 14.9%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Mystery 12.8%