- #1 FUSHA2 Nocturnal Fishing
97% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: 1号观测员Pub: 世界观测站
Windows
: A text-based horror adventure. Make choices during a fateful night of fishing. With over 20 endings, any decision can trigger unspeakable terror. Can you evade danger and break the deadly curse?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Supernatural 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Horror 11.6%, Word Game 9.9%
- #2 FuSha
96% matchPositive91% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: 1号观测员Pub: 世界观测站
Windows
In the text adventure mode, spend a terrifying night of uncertain fate in a perilous hotel. "Fu Sha" has a large number of side options and endings. Any choice may trigger a terrifying situation that is hard to face. In the end, can you make the right choice and escape this curse of death?
Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Gore 13.4%, Horror 12.7%, Word Game 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #3 ReDo
96% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: ENerd_Official
Windows
A supernatural horror visual novel game where your choices decide if you and your friends see the light of day again or not. Use your sleuthing skills with point and click mechanics to battle horrifying creatures of the night that haunt an abandoned school building and earn your title of "Exorcist"!
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Supernatural 14.2%, Horror 12.7%, Thriller 12.1%, Anime 9.3%
- #4 Don't Beg for Help
95% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Kosmo Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel game with "Tales from the Crypt" style plot.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Horror 16.7%, Violent 7.8%
- #5 破禁 Limbo Break
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xiaowanxiongzzz
Windows · Mac · Linux
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Word Game 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Thriller 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #6 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
94% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Horror 13.1%, Thriller 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #7 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
93% matchVery Positive91% of 1,112 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Word Game 18.4%, Thriller 17.5%, Supernatural 16.9%, Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #8 アパシー 鳴神学園七不思議
92% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: SHANNONPub: mebius.
Windows
怖い話を聞いているだけなのに何かおかしい……。新聞部の新人、坂上修一となり、学校新聞の特集のために集まった6人の語り部より怖い話を聞いていきます。語り部は話の途中で坂上に質問や感想を求めてきます。それが選択肢となっており、答えることによって物語が変化していきます。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Anime 9.2%
- #9 品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
91% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Supernatural 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12%, Horror 11.4%
- #10 Lyset Core
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lyset Team
Windows
A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Horror 16%, Violent 11.4%, Anime 11.1%, Gore 9.5%
- #11 Ghost of Ice Valley
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ProjeKt VAnguard
Windows
Ghost of Ice valley is a Visual Novel where you follow multiple different storylines and make choices according to what you believe the characters may do in that situation. Interact in the Interview system to find out more about the characters and about yourself as you go along.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Word Game 10.2%
- #12 The Butterfly Collector
89% matchVery Positive89% of 913 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Word Game 29.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Horror 13.7%, Female Protagonist 13%, Violent 6.3%
- #13 PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,254 reviews2026
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Horror 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Violent 9.1%
- #14 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
88% matchVery Positive81% of 266 reviews2026
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Supernatural 14.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Horror 10.3%
- #15 Our Bad Ending
86% matchPositive100% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: FEVER FICTION
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ritual. A festering, unrequited love. Sink into a humid and visceral Southeast Asian horror about the pursuit of a doomed lesbian love. Is a bad ending better than no ending at all?
Why similar: Supernatural 21%, Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #16 April 8th
87% 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: Word Game 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Horror 11%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Thriller 9.2%
- #17 Cemetery Mary
85% matchVery Positive97% of 379 reviews2021
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely ruin her life...or fix it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Thriller 12.4%
- #18 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Myosi
Windows
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Supernatural 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Thriller 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Horror 11.2%
- #19 The Falconers: Moonlight
86% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Bionic PenguinPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Falconers: Moonlight is a supernatural thriller visual novel set in the 19th Century West Coast of New Zealand. Falconer, Cassandra Winter, is on her first solo mission. Can she save the people of Moonlight from their plight? Or will she disappear into the mist like so many others before her?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.3%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Supernatural 13%, Thriller 12.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #20 CORPSE FACTORY
84% matchVery Positive80% of 866 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.6 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: Thriller 21%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Violent 11.6%, Horror 9.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #21 Fate is not a line
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: samet bozbıyıkPub: pixel include
Windows
Fate is not a line is a visual novel game where your choices shape destinies. With 40+ decisions, 4 unique perspectives, and 25+ endings, every playthrough reveals new truths. Defy fate, face moral dilemmas, and uncover the secrets of the Arbiter of Fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14%, Supernatural 8.7%
- #22 夏日重奏
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 俺们寻思工作室
Windows · Mac
夏日重奏 is a visual novel RPG in which you play as a seemingly ordinary high school student. In order to reclaim a once-lost dream of music, you will strive to improve yourself, search for teammates, spark new chemistry with your companions, and ultimately decide both your own future and theirs.
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Anime 8.7%
- #23 Demonophobia Company
82% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: MILKYPub: MILKY FACTORY
Windows · Mac
'Angel of glory, Gloria' joined the 'Demonophobia Company' with disguising herself as 'Demon of vanity, Burbary.' Could Burbary finish her mission and go back to her home?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, RPG 8.6%
- #24 妖闻录 STRANGE
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puffer Game
Windows
白泽——世上第一只与人类签订契约的妖怪,历代白泽作为人类皇朝的瑞兽被人传颂。 而事实上白泽真正的工作只有一样,那便是记录世间妖闻。没人知道他们的册中记了多少种妖怪,多少奇闻异志。 洪武年间,神兽白泽与夷人少女,在旅途中所遇妖、精、鬼、怪,以及人们与之发生的故事,将谱成妖闻录的新篇。
Why similar: Word Game 17.8%, Supernatural 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #25 GOLOD
81% 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 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Supernatural 10.1%
- #26 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
78% matchPositive100% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 13%, RPG 7.6%
- #27 The Mall Explodes!
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Ryclaw Games
Windows
The Mall Explodes! is a visual novel about a security guard with only a few minutes to stop a bomb from exploding in a shopping mall. Figure out who the bomber is and stop them before it's too late!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Thriller 25.9%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Adventure 3.7%
- #28 memOriedit
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: いちか鉢
Windows · Mac
An adventure exploring two distinct types of information: conversation and memory. A district two stations away from the city, a night district who exude a atmosphere of alluring “Just listen to their desires, then do whatever you like.” —Told ya?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #29 Claws of the Forest
78% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: VisualNovelGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mysterious and sinister presence stalks you back to your cabin, where you and your brother are all alone.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.9%, Horror 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Thriller 8.9%
- #30 Information conveyed Information received
77% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: ほんわかふわふわ
Windows
You are an AD intern at a TV studio aiming to secure a job offer. During a live talk show, you must give directions using cue cards. Convey information based on the situation to keep things running smoothly, boost audience favorability toward the guest, and earn your offer through your performance.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Adventure 8.9%
- #31 cijian appearance
76% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: 万象重工制作zu
Windows
《此间相》是一款有关怪谈、灵异的avg视觉冒险文字游戏。大学生安和同好友叁添因诡异傩面,意外触发诅咒,额角瞳孔”让安和窥见事物真相,但安和面临抉择,在此间之相,安和该何去何从。
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Supernatural 14.1%, Horror 12.9%
- #32 The Game of Fourtune
77% matchPositive97% of 37 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 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Supernatural 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #33 Stay Alive For Me
75% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Thriller 17.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 13%, Horror 8.6%
- #34 Your Mother Disgusts Me
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sirizchai
Windows · Mac
Your Mother Disgusts Me is a yuri horror visual novel about 3 women taking refuge in a shipping container during the apocalypse. A mother, a stranger and a daughter have to hash out their differences, lest they attract the attention of the disgusting Parasites infecting humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Horror 17.8%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Anime 6.4%
- #35 Tricks, Treats and Mirrors - An EoG Side Story
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Lonely Rabbit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Trick-or-Treat" doesn't always get you a treat.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Supernatural 16.9%, Horror 11.2%, Anime 10%
- #36 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Horror 16.8%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Female Protagonist 11.7%
- #37 Resequence: The Orchard
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CLEARRAVE
Windows
Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Horror 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #38 Reverie Eclipse
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skyfect StudioPub: Skyfect
Windows
You are the president of the student council at a high school. Six lovely girls are ready to help you! Spending time with them... is it as easy as it seems?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Thriller 15.6%, RPG 11.7%, Horror 8.4%
- #39 project; VIRAI: DOOMER’s LIFE ESCAPE
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RIKANIMATION
Windows · Mac
You play as Hicha — a shut-in girl whose only reason to live is her virtual avatar, Virai. Help her escape the depressive nightmare before it consumes her completely.
Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%
- #40 Love You To Pieces
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Love You To Pieces" is a Horror/Slasher Visual Novel thematically centered around Valentine's Day. Featuring elements of grind-house, choose-your-own-adventure and mystery. Can you or any of your friends survive this bloody love fest?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Horror 18%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Thriller 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #41 HYBE
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: アレン・ウィンチェスター
Windows
Fifteen people wake in a prison-like facility. A deadly “selection game” begins. Each survival restores fragments of memory—yet they don’t connect. What is the game’s true purpose? A multi-ending death-game adventure shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Adventure 8.6%
- #42 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
74% matchVery Positive85% of 538 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Horror 18.4%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Gore 12.3%, Violent 10.9%
- #43 Metamorphosis
71% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: AKAI KIRI
Windows
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Horror 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Anime 7.7%
- #44 アパシー学校であった怖い話 極
72% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
エンディング数140種類以上!縦横無尽に広がりを見せる選択肢が恐怖の世界へ誘います。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Horror 22.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 10%, Violent 9.1%
- #45 アパシー荒井昭二 ~牧場奇譚~
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
『学校であった怖い話』の語り部、荒井昭二。 彼は一年の夏休み、友人の誘いを受けてとある牧場でアルバイトをする。 全編、荒井昭二で染まる耽美且つ狂気の世界に貴方の心は息つく間もなく犯される。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Gore 14.4%, Violent 13.8%, Horror 12.9%
- #46 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Supernatural 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Horror 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #47 Algorithm Prescription
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shochiku
Windows
Xenoria, a city run entirely by AI Trust, occupation, romance, everything in life is pre-determined by "Empathy Score" which reveals a person's personality. Cocoro will unravel the secret of this city, and pursue the truth about herself. An indulging love suspense.
Why similar: Word Game 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Visual Novel 13%
- #48 Hang Out
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 屎大力与屎黛拉Pub: Shitari&Shitella Studio
Windows
Hang Out is a visual novel with multiple gameplay elements. You awaken in a bizarre town ruled by the “Sea of the Sky,” guided by a familiar yet unreadable figure. As residents mutate and factions clash, you uncover buried memories and a truth meant to stay forgotten
Why similar: Word Game 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #49 Shadows of Betrayal
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Thriller 19.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Horror 11.1%
- #50 Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 250 reviews2024
Dev: Chatte NoirePub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural visual novel about madness, love and hate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Horror 15.4%, Thriller 14.6%, Gore 13.1%, Anime 10.5%
- #51 Blood Lily Ghoststories
67% matchVery Positive95% of 113 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: Female Protagonist 15.1%, Supernatural 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Thriller 12.7%
- #52 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
70% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Thriller 15.5%, Violent 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #53 Flora Parasocial
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Thriller 8.3%
- #54 骸心 Mainbody
68% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2022
Dev: 土豆火锅Pub: Cosmic Train
Windows
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
Why similar: Word Game 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Thriller 11.9%, Horror 11.2%
- #55 SMTHNG WRNG
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NytherMood Studio
Windows
Men are mysteriously vanishing in a small, provincial town. A newly arrived guy finds himself trapped in the center of eerie events when someone he believed was gone forever suddenly reappears. What kind of ruthless system is behind this, and who can be trusted?
Why similar: Word Game 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Thriller 10.8%, Anime 6.4%
- #56 Homicipher
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,066 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Word Game 17.9%, Thriller 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Horror 11.4%
- #57 Monologue: Winter melancholy
66% matchVery Positive83% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectKukuevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this short but profound story, you will discover that the New Year is not only fun, but also a time for self-reflection. Immerse yourself in an emotional journey that will leave you thoughtful and perhaps with a new perspective on the meaning of this holiday.
Why similar: Word Game 22.5%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 9%
- #58 春琉ト怪夜
65% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: ENTERGRAM,INC.Pub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
An adventure game where you aim to escape a storied mansion with a mysterious girl named "Haru" who you meet there.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Thriller 17.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Adventure 7.6%
- #59 Not It: Spookiest Edition
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 13.5%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%