- #1 Fu Sha 3: Night Clinic
96% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: 1号观测员Pub: 世界观测站
Windows
Spend a terrifying night of uncertain life and death in a late-night hospital via text adventure. *Fu Sha 3: Night Clinic * has numerous side choices and over twenty endings. Every choice may trigger unbearable horror—can you make the right ones, avoid fatal dangers, and escape this death curse?
Why similar: Thriller 17%, Gore 13.5%, Horror 12.7%, Word Game 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #2 Seul (Alone): The entrée
97% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Paranormal Games
Windows
Seul. (Alone) is a text based choose your own adventure and philosophical thriller with horror elements. A subsistence where characters dwell. There are mysteries to solve and connections to unfold. Journey through here but remember you may not stay. Can you save Peggy?
Why similar: Gore 41.8%, RPG 11.2%, Thriller 10.8%, Horror 6.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.8%
- #3 FUSHA2 Nocturnal Fishing
96% 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: Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Gore 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #4 Flora Parasocial
95% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Horror 12.8%, Gore 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #5 地下室
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XJS studio
Windows
游戏玩家李念一在探索一款新游戏《变态乐园》时,发现这款游戏的界面跟他家里一模一样,而且,通过游戏,他发现自己家里居然有一个地下室,而地下室里,除了面具、铁链、各种奇怪的工具之外,还有一个笼子,而笼子里,囚禁着一个姑娘……
Why similar: Word Game 21.6%, Gore 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, RPG 15%, Horror 10.3%
- #6 DEGENERATE STAR
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ozone Interactive Pub: Haunted Publishing Syndicate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Investigate the S.S Vandermeer and discover the fate of those aboard.
Why similar: Gore 24.2%, Thriller 16.5%, Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #7 Until Mom Comes Home
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Maus
Windows
After a tragic event changed his life forever, Ethan moves to Rottenpine with his mother. As strange occurrences begin to shake the town, the boundary between reality and nightmare slowly starts to crumble.
Why similar: Gore 49.4%, Horror 14.7%, Thriller 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Exploration 3.7%
- #8 Don’t Make Her Open Her Eyes!
92% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Velvet Rot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A black-white-red visual novel in the horror genre.
Why similar: Gore 39.1%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Thriller 8%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%
- #9 Worn Out
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Gore 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #10 Contra Spem Spero
91% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Gore 19.8%, Horror 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #11 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
90% matchVery Positive81% of 293 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 17.9%, Thriller 14.7%, Gore 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Horror 11.7%
- #12 CORPSE FACTORY
89% matchVery Positive80% of 885 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.7 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 24.7%, Gore 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 10.9%
- #13 The House They Left Behind
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
A first-person horror game about returning to a familiar place that no longer feels safe. Explore a remote house, search for your missing grandparents, and uncover what was happening right in front of you all along.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Thriller 21.5%, Gore 20.7%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%
- #14 Vacation Terminal
87% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Gore 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Thriller 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #15 Not It: Spookiest Edition
88% 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: Gore 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Horror 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #16 筮灵 SHILING
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Thriller 24%, Word Game 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #17 Love You To Pieces
85% 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: Horror 18.9%, Gore 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Thriller 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #18 Sanguine Sanctum
86% matchVery Positive95% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: Modus Interactive Games
Windows · Mac
It desires more. Feed It. Nourish It. Sanguine Sanctum is an atmospheric horror-exploration game with a low-poly, PS1 aesthetic.
Why similar: Gore 70.2%, Horror 21.3%, Exploration 5%, Indie 3.5%
- #19 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
84% 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: Gore 24.1%, Thriller 15.9%, Horror 15.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #20 The Game of Fourtune
84% 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: Thriller 19.8%, Gore 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #21 UNCULT
83% 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 20.9%, Gore 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #22 Darkness Up North
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Langer Studios
Windows
Escape into the haunting beauty of the Canadian wilderness — but be careful, the forest doesn’t want you to leave.
Why similar: Thriller 31.2%, Horror 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #23 Gnawer No. 44 Observation Report
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hunger Evil
Windows
Due to "special" work requirements, you've been assigned by your superiors to live in a very remote and desolate villa. You thought your dull and monotonous life would just carry on as usual, but every midnight, strange sounds emanate from the pitch-black attic...What kind of beginning awaits you?
Why similar: Word Game 20.1%, Thriller 16.9%, Horror 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #24 School Grounds
82% matchMixed41% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: JubleLemonSeed
Windows
Strange mannequins silently stalk visitors to the school grounds as they piece together the mystery of what is happening at the school.
Why similar: Gore 71.4%, Horror 18.8%, Casual 6.3%, Indie 3.5%
- #25 The Regis Family Experiment
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Productions RPIX inc.
Windows
The Regis Family Experiment is an independent narrative horror game that immerses you in the dark secrets of an abandoned farm. Uncover the mysteries of a cursed family and prepare for the terror that has only just begun. Will you survive the night ?
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Gore 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Thriller 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%
- #26 Shadows of Betrayal
80% 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: Thriller 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 11.7%
- #27 Suite 776
79% matchVery Positive91% of 754 reviews2019
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A pure terror with a twisted backstory; jumping straight into the horrors surrounding Suite 776.
Why similar: Gore 36%, Thriller 23.5%, Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Indie 4%
- #28 The Last Job 2
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
What should have been a simple job turns into something far more disturbing. Take on the role of a thief in this first-person psychological horror experience, uncover what’s hidden inside the house, and hope you make it out before this job becomes your last.
Why similar: Thriller 32.1%, Horror 23.1%, Gore 21.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Realistic 5.3%
- #29 Psalm 2
76% matchVery Positive88% of 723 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Gore 39.5%, Horror 18.4%, Thriller 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Exploration 4.3%
- #30 Money Under the Bed
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 011NINE
Windows
You complained to a strange roadside statue about being broke—and the next day, a jar of money appeared under your bed. How do you plan to spend this windfall? Of course, you’re free to squander every cent... as long as you can survive until tomorrow.
Why similar: Gore 29.6%, Thriller 23.2%, Horror 16.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #31 Envelope
77% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Skaar Game Productions
Windows
A first-person exploration sim with unrestricted freedom of choice. Envelope is all about gathering supplies, completing quests for strange characters, and preparing yourself for the Final Mission.
Why similar: Gore 28.3%, Thriller 22.4%, Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #32 Tomato Way
79% matchVery Positive82% of 869 reviews2016
Dev: Vladislav Castillo Gonzalez
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
FPS/Slasher/Horror for people with strong nerves. Tomato Way it`s like your favorite video game, but better.
Why similar: Gore 54.9%, Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Indie 2.3%, Thriller 1.5%
- #33 LakeLady
75% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Word Game 16.2%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #34 What Happened At Sugar Hill?
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ADirtyDan Games
Windows
A First Person Horror Walking Simulator with other Simulator elements set in a fictional town called Sugar Hill. Play as various characters trying to unravel the mystery of What Happened At Sugar Hill.
Why similar: Gore 49.2%, Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, First-Person 4.5%
- #35 Corpse Party
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,404 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Gore 32.6%, Horror 30%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #36 Horror of Victim
75% matchMixed67% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Soporific team
Windows
Psychological horror about a girl captured by an insane family.
Why similar: Gore 33.3%, Thriller 27.5%, Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #37 Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 581 reviews2018
Dev: NostalgiaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A short love story with a twist: the love of your life is 50% human, and 50% grasshopper.
Why similar: Gore 47.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9%, Horror 8.9%
- #38 花母
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Gore 27.2%, Word Game 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #39 Shadows in the Silence
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZoOgame
Windows
Shadows in the Silence is a short first-person psychological horror game with jumpscare mechanics. You will have to explore an abandoned mansion and investigate the horrors committed by a cult devoted to Astaroth,there are scenes of violence and explicit images, the use of headphones is recommended.
Why similar: Gore 59.8%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 3%, Exploration 2.5%
- #40 迷失综合征 Disorientation Syndrome
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 不稳定流质Pub: Liquid336Games
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the company! A friendly boss, harmonious colleagues—everything seems almost too good to be true. But you always feel there's something strange about it. This is a psychological suspense and chilling visual novel that unveils the truth hidden beneath the surface of everyday illusions.
Why similar: Word Game 18.2%, Thriller 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Gore 14%, Horror 10.5%
- #41 Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Bern.C
Windows
Wander through a haunted hotel where three Entities are trapped; solve cryptic clues about their rooms, collect artifacts belonging to them by deciphering their stories, to unravel the three chilling endings.
Why similar: Gore 33.9%, Thriller 23.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #42 ReDo
72% matchPositive81% of 32 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: Gore 17.9%, Thriller 17%, Horror 16.7%, RPG 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #43 Hollow Flesh
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SKELETON CREW COMPANY
Windows
A first-person psychological horror set in a decaying 1950s psychiatric hospital. You came for your daughter. The building came for you. Explore its wards, solve its locks, relive the past it won't let you forget. Run and hide when it remembers too much.
Why similar: Gore 38.8%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Thriller 11.2%
- #44 The Farm of the Living
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, RPG 11.7%, Thriller 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #45 浊令
70% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: 虚拟烤箱整活组
Windows
《浊令》 是一款第一人称文字冒险游戏,融合视觉小说元素。玩家将沉浸于探索“宙与埃”世界观的互动故事,通过选择驱动叙事发展,解锁多样的剧情分支。体验引人入胜的对话、收集精美CG与成就,感受独特的情感旅程。
Why similar: Gore 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, RPG 20.6%, Multiple Endings 16%, Text-Based 12.6%
- #46 Awakewood
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will returns to bury his mother and leave right away, but everything changes when he finds a stranger in the woods. As the house decays and roots swallow everything, saving her comes with an irreversible cost: uncovering a truth hidden in Awakewood for ten years.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Gore 16.1%, Thriller 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #47 Your Boyfriend
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inverted Mind INC
Windows · Mac
A visual novel about one man’s unhealthy obsession. . .You. Navigate a world much like our own to figure out how to deal with this mysterious new stranger. Accept him, or reject him? Love him, or hurt him? The choice is yours. . .
Why similar: Gore 25.2%, Thriller 19%, Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #48 This Party Is Killer
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SweetTooth Tiger
Windows
On your one day off, you decide to take your partner Iris and their camera to a planning party for your friend Erik’s future thesis film. But the footage Erik wants to capture is more than you or Iris bargained for. Will you be able to protect your partner from what lies before you?
Why similar: Gore 29.9%, Thriller 24.3%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #49 Mota Must Die
68% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies
Why similar: Thriller 24.8%, Horror 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
- #50 For Mother Matron
70% matchVery Positive92% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
- #51 One-Time Trigger
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ruren studio
Windows
Observe seven patients. Identify the one anomaly. Shoot to survive. You have only one bullet and no room for error.
Why similar: Gore 24%, Horror 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #52 Don't Beg for Help
69% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Kosmo Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel game with "Tales from the Crypt" style plot.
Why similar: Gore 25.7%, Horror 21.6%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%
- #53 Indefinite: Intake
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mikail Erdal
Windows
Analyze anomalous objects as a prisoner serving a 900+ year sentence. Identify threats, make critical decisions, and survive increasingly disturbing encounters that challenge both logic and sanity.
Why similar: Thriller 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #54 The Butterfly Collector
67% matchVery Positive88% of 964 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 27.3%, Gore 20%, Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #55 看事
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Thriller 13.3%, Horror 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #56 771
66% matchMixed59% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Admia
Windows
"771" is a first-person psychological horror game consisting of 7 unique gameplay segments, each created by a different developer.
Why similar: Gore 35.9%, Horror 20%, Thriller 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Exploration 4.9%
- #57 The Mofu Game
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rasen Horror
Windows · Mac
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
Why similar: Gore 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Thriller 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #58 恐怖夜話 第二夜
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Horror 18.5%, Thriller 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%
- #59 The Scourge | Tai Ương
63% matchVery Positive94% of 1,331 reviews2026
Dev: Rare ReverseePub: Rare Reversee (Global)
Windows
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?
Why similar: Gore 20.9%, Thriller 19.3%, Horror 17.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #60 He
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Siye Studio
Windows
Journalist Qiqi, eager for exclusive news, decides to delve into an enigmatic hospital surrounded by rumors. Upon stepping inside, she finds herself shrouded in layers of mist, each step guiding her deeper into the hospital, as if poised to reveal the entire truth.
Why similar: Gore 23.2%, Thriller 22.2%, RPG 20.7%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%