- #1 寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
97% matchVery Positive81% of 1,995 reviews2018
Dev: Arrowiz
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
都市的夜晚并不安宁。浮华背后,暗潮在阴影中涌动。旧书店『Hermitage』的店主不幸被卷入了种种神秘事件。越是接近答案,他见到的真相却愈发诡异。疑云之下,一切都指向了“那些”超越常理的——危机渐渐逼近,在谣言与谎言间劈开道路,追寻自己的“结局”吧!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 66.3%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Indie 4.5%
- #2 追曙
96% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: 悄语灯
Windows
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to the records of a young girl's suicide years prior. As his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a dark secret buried so deep,no one dares speak of it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.6%, RPG 26.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #3 克苏鲁异闻录
96% matchMixed66% of 250 reviews2019
Dev: LLC Blini GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
基于“克苏鲁神话”世界观下的Roguelike动作冒险游戏作品。玩家将在游戏中身临其境地接触洛夫克拉夫特笔下那些不可名状之物。通过不同的选择调查世界的谜团,合理控制自己的san值让自己在残酷的走位-射击战斗中生存下去!获取装备,磨练技巧,挫败古神与外神们的邪恶计划!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 75%, RPG 14.2%, Adventure 6.7%, Indie 4.2%
- #4 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
95% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.5%, RPG 32.3%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 9.9%
- #5 Rubbings
94% matchVery Positive89% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑,根据匿名信件中的拓片线索,深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村,这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事,并在村庄中展开调查,你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Visual Novel 60.4%, RPG 29.3%, Adventure 10.3%
- #6 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 85.2%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #7 Insight
93% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 97.2%, Adventure 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #8 The Simen Rumors
92% matchVery Positive82% of 317 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Visual Novel 82.5%, Adventure 6.1%, RPG 4.5%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #9 规则怪谈:盛崖小区
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: ZHUYUAN Co.,Ltd
Windows
这是一款怪谈类剧情游戏。在宏大的原创世界观下你需要一步步探索盛崖小区的“全貌”,你能做到仅仅是依靠“规则”在这里觅得一线生机。你可以假装无事发生,安然度日;也可以想尽办法,逃出生天;或许你也可以直面它,成为它的一部分……但无论如何,请你记住,保持理智,遵守规则。
Why similar: RPG 63%, Adventure 23%, Singleplayer 13.9%
- #10 缄默咖啡厅
91% matchVery Positive84% of 221 reviews2022
Dev: plasmafall
Windows
Silence Coffee Shop is a JRPG game inspired by SCP and 规则类怪谈(creepy rule).In this game,you'll act as a regular customer,unveil the truth of Silence Coffee Shop behind it conflicting rules.Of cause,you are not the only one attracted by this abnormal shop...
Why similar: RPG 84.8%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 6.3%
- #11 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
89% matchVery Positive84% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 54.8%, Visual Novel 27.4%, RPG 10.7%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #12 Daily Chthonicle: Editor's Edition
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: Sinister SystemsPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Try on the role of a Supernatural Newspaper Agency boss and editor. The world it takes place in is a dark and haunted one, with ghosts, zombies, monsters and even shapeshifting murderers, pretending to be human after they have stolen their victims' bodies or infiltrated the humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 65.7%, RPG 19.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 6.3%
- #13 TOUQI
87% matchVery Positive92% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》(头七怪谈)是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员,你需要根据主编的要求,整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联,并在必要时与同伴实地探索,以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Visual Novel 62.5%, RPG 31.5%, Adventure 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%, Indie 1.2%
- #14 Cthulhu Mythos ADV Lunatic Whispers
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the Cthulhu Mythos with this 2D visual novel game featuring a thrilling TRPG-based experience! Roll the dice and use your skills and luck to escape the abandoned hospital, while experiencing the cosmic terror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 60.8%, Visual Novel 25.5%, RPG 6.5%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #15 ShadowSide
89% matchMixed63% of 431 reviews2018
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ShadowSide is a First Person Exploration game. A policeman Alex Carter has been watching over the tranquility in the town for many years. He protects the people from robbery and crime. Nothing but a routine.
Why similar: Adventure 54.6%, Indie 33.7%, Singleplayer 11.7%
- #16 梦魇:无归 Nightmare without return
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: 青衣工作室
Windows
This is a journey without return When you wake up... In the strange space, the bronze gate that eats people, the strange rules of the game, and the ever-changing nightmare world appear in front of you Everything starts from here
Why similar: RPG 59.9%, Adventure 24.1%, Singleplayer 14.2%, Indie 1.8%
- #17 The Narcotic Operation
84% matchVery Positive88% of 515 reviews2025
Dev: Beijing Kuailai Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.2%, RPG 27.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #18 雾之本境S Conspiracy Field: Fog Shadow
86% matchMixed62% of 459 reviews2020
Dev: SP-time
Windows
终年雾气笼罩的山区,封闭化管理的神秘高中,张泊岩作为转校生来到这个世界。凶案发生,自称雾之境主的凶手游荡在校园中。死亡步步逼近,反抗还是逃离?您将通过主角张泊岩的视角,最终揭示真相。
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.9%, Adventure 19.4%, RPG 18.1%, Singleplayer 7.3%, Indie 4.3%
- #19 Mirages
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 296 reviews2023
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.
Why similar: RPG 59.8%, Adventure 22%, Singleplayer 9.6%, Indie 8.6%
- #20 Undercover
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 693 reviews2026
Dev: intiny
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
《对不起,我是警察》是一款由“小有内容”打造的硬核港风卧底题材互动影像。产品由全香港班底制作,金马奖影帝、金牌老戏骨重磅加盟,香港实地取景,力求还原黄金时代港片的质感。你将化身潜伏在黑暗深处的卧底,在回归前的香港街头,面对毒品、暴力与职场背叛。 这不只是一场关于生存的选择,更是一次关于“命运”的豪赌。
Why similar: RPG 63.9%, Adventure 32.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #21 The Strange City
84% matchMixed49% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Newmatic Co., Ltd.
Windows
Embark on the adventure as Agent G, a lone survivor drawn into a mystery after a brutal car crash. Pursued by relentless monsters and trapped in eerie, shifting environments, you’ll need courage and wit to survive. Can you uncover the secrets at the journey's end—or will the shadows claim you first?
Why similar: Adventure 45.2%, Indie 27.5%, Singleplayer 27.3%
- #22 出马
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: SS STUDIO
Windows
《出马》是一款结合了AVG和挂机玩法的恐怖互动真人影视游戏,脱变于东北传统民俗出马仙,同时融合了挂机玩法,不仅让你有视觉体验,还有超高的成就收集体验。 在游戏里,你将扮演民国时期的一名尔滨神探,和青梅竹马的记者林秋,受林秋学妹刘菲菲的邀请,前往一个名叫黑顶子的山村,调查一起离奇命案。过程自然是惊恐万分,你要面临多种选择,在村民、村长、巫师、林秋、刘菲菲,以及穿着肚兜出现的神秘女人之间,不断做出选择,最终获得正经的、不正经的、完美的、遗憾的等多种结局。
Why similar: RPG 73.9%, Indie 13.1%, Singleplayer 13%
- #23 The Nameless City
82% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Paradnight Studio
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 88.3%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Indie 0.6%
- #24 筮灵 SHILING
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 275 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: Visual Novel 68.1%, RPG 29.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%, Indie 0.9%
- #25 Deep Inside
80% matchVery Positive84% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Indie 67.9%, Adventure 32.1%
- #26 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #27 镇邪
78% matchVery Positive87% of 2,960 reviews2022
Dev: 灵煦工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
《镇邪》是一款单机国风道士题材游戏,根据大量的民间故事改编。玩家将扮演道门弟子前往神秘村庄调查身世之谜,不想却无意中卷入一场巨大的阴谋。摸金寻宝,驱邪镇灵,开坛做法,画符炼尸...空前绝后的人鬼较量,灵异邪祟的无尽纠缠。二十载宿命,难抵一生夙愿。
Why similar: RPG 58%, Adventure 26.1%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #28 Chronicle of Innsmouth
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 89.7%, Adventure 10.3%
- #29 Paper Bride
77% matchVery Positive91% of 2,228 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: RPG 64.7%, Singleplayer 22.2%, Adventure 13.1%
- #30 Transient: Extended Edition
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 340 reviews2020
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 91.3%, Adventure 8.7%
- #31 The Occult Detective
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 326 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Visual Novel 58.2%, RPG 21.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Indie 4.1%
- #32 再见断刀
74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,493 reviews2025
Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中,接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查,抽丝剥茧的推理,才能定一个是非清白,还一个天理公道。 然而,在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下,似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.7%, RPG 20.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #33 Snares of Ruin
79% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
You are detective Hank Anderson , and you’ve just been transferred to another city to help solve a series of unusual crimes. Upon arrival, you are greeted with a gory scene and a revelation of several instances of a deadly disease that turns people into savage zombie-like husks.
Why similar: RPG 97.1%, Indie 2.9%
- #34 Anomalies Detective
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Adventure 51.6%, Indie 31.7%, Singleplayer 16.7%
- #35 全网公敌:诡村
73% matchVery Positive89% of 571 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事,通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员,需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入,始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面,“祂”,似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村,有着千丝万缕的联系。
Why similar: RPG 68.5%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #36 逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight
76% matchMixed52% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Beijing Changyou Chuangxiang Software Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: Changyou.com HK Limited
Windows
Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!
Why similar: RPG 79.1%, Adventure 20.9%
- #37 Dread Flats
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,518 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 34.2%, Singleplayer 13.7%
- #38 The Dark Stone from Mebara
76% matchMixed63% of 247 reviews2015
Dev: Jerseyware GamingPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Set in 1924 Massachusetts, take the role of Detective Monroe, Professor Webley, and Boss Pendleton of the Pendleton Agency, all of whom have come to possess an eerie black rock with strange properties.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.1%, RPG 24.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 9.1%
- #39 13层:公寓异常管理员 13 Floors: Anomalies
73% matchMixed66% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: LU
Windows
You get a strange job. Your job is to patrol a 13th-floor apartment, look for anomalies...
Why similar: Singleplayer 63%, Indie 37%
- #40 Sunlight Scream
73% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 79%, Adventure 12.7%, Singleplayer 8.3%
- #41 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
72% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Adventure 68.3%, Indie 20.3%, Singleplayer 11.4%
- #42 Incoming Evil
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Adventure 44.5%, Indie 35.8%, Singleplayer 19.6%
- #43 Call of Cthulhu®
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,561 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 84.9%, RPG 7.4%, Adventure 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #44 禁地直播
70% matchVery Positive89% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Say Hi Hi
Windows
This is a live-action suspense puzzle game where you will be embroiled in a decade-old unsolved case. The interlocking plot branches reveal the hidden shocking truth through reasoning and interaction. Brain-burning puzzles, multi-scene plot branches, and each level is full of unknown challenges!
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.4%, RPG 38.6%, Adventure 4%
- #45 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
70% matchVery Positive93% of 662 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You is an adventure game featuring a turn-based ATB system. Step into the shoes of Yue Qing, an ordinary high schooler thrust into a world of darkness as an otherworldly force tears reality asunder. Navigate a ruined world and end the filth festering within humanity.
Why similar: RPG 71.5%, Adventure 28.5%
- #46 Winter Clothing
71% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
Why similar: RPG 88.1%, Adventure 11.9%
- #47 A Place for the Unwilling
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 77.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #48 SkullX: Aibohphobia
70% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: SkullX
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin. Hold the line, make the calls, and survive the night in this choice-driven visual novel with turn-based combat.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.9%, RPG 28.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #49 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Step into the eerie Kowloon Walled City in 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand, an indie horror walking simulator. Complete daily tasks, uncover dark secrets, and explore with 3D spatial sound. Think critically to unlock all six endings in this 1-2 hour journey. Can you escape the city's grip?
Why similar: Adventure 75.6%, Indie 15.3%, Singleplayer 9.1%
- #50 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
67% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 76.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Singleplayer 8.8%
- #51 Faint Call
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
Faint Call is a psychological horror game about a police officer investigating a distress call from someone at a notoriously cursed house.
Why similar: Adventure 63.4%, Indie 22.5%, Singleplayer 14.1%
- #52 Vesnith Tapes
68% matchVery Positive80% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Adventure 86.5%, Singleplayer 7%, Indie 6.5%
- #53 This Is the Police
69% matchVery Positive82% of 11,102 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Adventure 21%, Singleplayer 20%, Indie 19.2%
- #54 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Adventure 59.2%, Singleplayer 40.8%
- #55 Lunar Mirror:The Pavilion of Desire
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,326 reviews2023
Dev: TUTGamePub: DSGame
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a side-scrolling exploration and puzzle game with the background of the horror story of Cthulhu. You can move the character through A and D, talk to the character in the scene, press the F key to interact with the props in the scene, and complete the puzzle by collecting clues.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.3%, RPG 37.5%, Indie 7.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 6.4%
- #56 Stygian: Outer Gods
66% matchVery Positive84% of 662 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 83.5%, RPG 16.5%
- #57 The Cemetery Shift | 墓地の夜勤
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: KIKIPub: KM Studios
Windows
You are a young college student working the night shift as a security guard at a remote cemetery deep in the Arkansas woods. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into something far more unsettling.
Why similar: Adventure 64.7%, Indie 21.1%, Singleplayer 14.2%
- #58 You Will (Not) Remain
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,539 reviews2022
Dev: Bedtime PhobiasPub: No way, we're indie baby of course we don't have a publisher
Windows
You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.2%, Visual Novel 25.8%, RPG 12%
- #59 Omen Exitio: Plague
68% matchVery Positive85% of 626 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 71.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Adventure 4.6%, Indie 4.4%
- #60 Night Patrol Rules
63% matchVery Positive100% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Te.Sa
Windows
Virtual group - PLAVE doujin game, set against the backdrop of winter school ghost stories. Experience the Night Patrol Rules of the Seven Mysteries through the eyes of all five band members, uncovering the unsettling truth hidden behind the mystery through your investigation and choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.7%, Adventure 19.1%, Singleplayer 5.1%