- #1 Bear Haven Nights
97% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bear Haven Nights is a great indie horror game where you have to survive scary nights.
Why similar: Strategy 45.1%, Horror 22.8%, Action 14.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 4.9%
- #2 トガネヨビ
94% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: JamsanpoidPub: VampireK.K.
Windows
Toganeyobi, a horror escape puzzle game by Jamsanpoid (From Madness with Love).Protagonist Hachisuka Yuki lured by a high-paying shady gig,"connect to 11 numbers on the old public communicator at 2:00 AM." Whether you ■■■■ them or ■■■■ them is up to you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Multiple Endings 23.1%, Horror 22.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 1.9%
- #3 Don't Beg for Help
96% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Kosmo Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel game with "Tales from the Crypt" style plot.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Horror 20.5%, Adventure 11.8%, Anime 7.8%
- #4 Metamorphosis
95% 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 36.8%, Multiple Endings 21.8%, Horror 17.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Anime 9.5%
- #5 Fear Of Nightmares: Madness Descent
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 90 reviews2017
Dev: Christoffer Ryrvall
Windows
After having witnessed his own hanging, the character finds himself in a forest where strange events begin to happen. While traveling through dark enviroments in order to restore his sanity he will encounter various obstacles aswell as malformed horrors lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Horror 18.8%, Action 18.4%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 5.8%
- #6 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 reviews2020
Dev: Saikono
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.2%, Horror 32.3%, Adventure 11%, Anime 5.3%, Indie 4.7%
- #7 Alice's Warped Wonderland:REcollection
92% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Nightmare Studio
Windows
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Horror 22.4%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, Adventure 14.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #8 Tokyo Babel
93% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: propellerPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
And so begins a grand epic of intertwining destinies; a tale of God, of angels, demons and humans living amongst the walls of the floating purgatory, Tokyo Babel -- a soaring bastion erected in the image of Tokyo, one of the largest cities of a world succumbed to the apocalypse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.1%, Anime 22.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Action 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #9 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne
91% matchVery Positive86% of 878 reviews2021
Dev: Chime CorporationPub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Enjoy a new Re:ZERO storyline, fully supervised by the series author Tappei Nagatsuki! Featuring brand new characters designed by the original artist Shinichirou Otsuka as well as your favorites from the series!
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.6%, Strategy 23.6%, Anime 22%, Adventure 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #10 BISQUE DOLL
90% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: 寒蟬
Windows
BISQUE DOLL is a Hong Kong urban legend About a year ago My mother bought a pair of bisque dolls That's for my sister's room decoration My grandma told me since I was young When you put away the bisque doll Don't keep her in a dark corner Or in the cabinet that nobody cares about
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Multiple Endings 27.9%, Anime 19.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 2.4%
- #11 The Quintessential Quintuplets - Memories of a Quintessential Summer
86% matchVery Positive91% of 200 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
A thrilling island getaway with the Nakano quintuplets!
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Multiple Endings 24.1%, Anime 18.5%, Adventure 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #12 Grave Chase
89% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Skeleton Crew Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
GRAVE CHASE is a retro-inspired 2D horror action-adventure game in which a brother & sister must survive the month of October in the deadly graveyard of a ghoulish groundskeeper. An all new game from the creator of ABOBO'S BIG ADVENTURE and BIONIC CHAINSAW POGO GORILLA!
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, Action 19.6%, Adventure 16.9%, Horror 15%, Indie 6%
- #13 Awakening of Celestial
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Celestial Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awakening of Celestial is a magical fantasy Visual Novel filled with exciting adventures, epic moments, complex characters, and many more! Developed by Celestial Project and the platform will be PC.
Why similar: Strategy 32.7%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Action 14.6%, Adventure 13%, Anime 8.2%
- #14 Lost girl`s [diary]
88% matchVery Positive82% of 1,121 reviews2016
Dev: SmoleVN
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
A group of girls are having their vacation, alone. What would a group of girls do on a dark Christmas night? Of course, fortunetelling! Unfortunately for them, their boyfriends are not about to leave them alone and their sudden visit totally ruins their plans for fortune telling, turning it into a scary story contest.
Why similar: Visual Novel 68.7%, Horror 16.5%, Anime 13.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #15 Battle Time
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 218 reviews2016
Dev: FoggybusPub: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take a role of a true general of a real army. Join the battle, capture enemies’ castles and raise the power of your army. Lead your clan to the victory!
Why similar: Strategy 59.9%, Action 22%, Adventure 18.1%
- #16 SCP: Ground Zero
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 731 reviews2022
Dev: Nikk F.
Windows
Infiltrate a secret facility to recover an anomalous object.
Why similar: Strategy 43.7%, Horror 26.2%, Action 21.4%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #17 Candy Thieves - Tale of Gnomes
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: TrolleyBuzz LLC
Windows · Mac
A dynamic adventure. Protect delicious candies from impudent thieving gnomes! A whole assortment of development opportunities! Candy Thieves is a dynamic strategy game about making candy and protecting it from impudent thieving gnomes. They are legendary misers, known for their greed – and so are the main characters of the game.
Why similar: Strategy 56.8%, Action 23.2%, Adventure 20%
- #18 Baldina's Basis in Education Literary Grammar
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: Kourov Vyacheslav
Windows
Do you like reading the books of great writers? How many books have you read in school over the past year? Baldina is a teacher who makes you love books the way she loves them!
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Horror 21.1%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 7.8%
- #19 Before Arriving at the Terminal
83% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: 人工くらげ
Windows
A horror visual novel set in a suburban city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.5%, Horror 19.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 8.6%
- #20 アパシー 鳴神学園七不思議
78% 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: Visual Novel 35.1%, Horror 17.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Anime 13.5%
- #21 Abyss Cave
77% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Piao Jingfu
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As a member of an elite squad, you are tasked with a mission to penetrate into the great abyss. You are to explore an unknown cave system and eliminate all threats that may arise, Good luck Soldier!
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 22.2%, Adventure 19%, Indie 7%
- #22 Leveron Space
84% matchMostly Negative23% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Hunter Games AustraliaPub: Hunter Software Pty Ltd Australia
Windows
You are required to go into battle against huge enemy forces, using your wit you must engage and defeat huge enemy forces. This 3D first person space combat role will require you to protect civilians, remove enemy threats and clear the way for you capital ships to annihilate the enemy forces.
Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, Action 24.4%, Adventure 21%
- #23 Fatal Delivery
76% matchMixed49% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: IslandWare
Windows
A short horror game about a delivery driver in a semi-apocalyptic world tasked with the delivery of a strange package to a nearby city.
Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Multiple Endings 24.4%, Action 19%, Adventure 18.2%, Singleplayer 3%
- #24 Control Freak
81% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: AiyO Games
Windows
Control Freak is the wacky action game where you have to think fast to out smart your friends.
Why similar: Strategy 54%, Action 24.2%, Adventure 21.8%
- #25 The Toymaker's Apprentice
81% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Cross-Media Productions LLC
Windows
This world is dark. The Toymaker’s Apprentice has captured our citizens and enslaved us with his evil toys. Is there one amongst you brave enough to journey into his world on an unforgiving quest to end his tyranny and free so many lost souls……...
Why similar: Strategy 52.7%, Action 26%, Adventure 21.3%
- #26 busy spider
80% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: yousoi
Windows
"BUSY SPIDER" is a 3D shooting strategy action game launched by Yousoi Co.,Ltd. It is specially developed for game consoles and mainframes. It adopts full-view mode. Players are in constant and intense battles, using wisdom to defeat enemies. To accomplish this, you must rely on yourself alone.
Why similar: Strategy 52.2%, Action 27.7%, Adventure 20.1%
- #27 Perceptions of the Dead
79% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.8%, Horror 20.5%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 5.9%
- #28 STARBOY
82% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: BoominShit
Windows
The hardest game in the world.
Why similar: Strategy 53.9%, Action 25.4%, Adventure 20.7%
- #29 The Roaring Empire
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArGeymsPub: Komiker Media
Windows · Mac
How about entering an epic and fantastic medieval world than you've ever seen before. In the legendary world of The Roaring Empire, you can talk to dragons, charm and guide your adventure with countless characters. Add a new color of RPG with this game.
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #30 Electric Sheep: A Cyberpunk Dystopia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cross-Media Productions
Windows
In the near future, humanity has been minimalized, as the rise of android-rule crushes any threats to its near-term dominance. As part of the resistance, it’s your goal to undermine the automated dictatorship, and help free mankind from its robotic bonds.
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #31 Washed Up Wizard
78% match3 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Cyber Chroma
Windows
Welcome to Washed Up Wizard, a 3d top-down shooter following the adventures of a crazy wizard with all kinds of magical abilities at your disposal to take down enemies and escape from a multidimensional mental hospital. But as real as danger seems, you're just hallucinating... right?
Why similar: Strategy 52%, Action 27%, Adventure 21.1%
- #32 Bulleto Master
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Browith
Windows
Bulleto Master is a game in the wild wild west style. You shoot and control your bullets and try to move them to bunce and hit your targets.You can also go into slow motion for a limited time to gain additional controls over them. Defeat all the enemies and keep your town safe at all cost.
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #33 SUPER ROBO MOUSE
77% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: RCMADIAX
Windows
Over 20 courses across 3 different worlds await you as you help ROBO escape. Many obstacles such as saw blades, spikes, flamethrowers, lasers, and even sharks will try to stop you along the way. Beautiful hand-drawn art and exclusive music will dazzle you in 1080p HD.
Why similar: Strategy 50.3%, Action 23.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 6.7%
- #34 BattleParty
75% matchMostly Positive68% of 27 reviews2020
Dev: TeamNova
Windows
BattleParty is a survival topdown game in an apocalypse world.
Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Action 22.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 7.2%
- #35 There Is No Turning Back!
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Rob EngelPub: Pixel Horror Studios
Windows
There Is No Turning Back is a roguelike survival RNG that reveals your true nature as you face increasingly anxiety-provoking maps of monsters and darkness. Exploration and rescuing helpless survivors can bring you great rewards, and each you save unlocks a trainable ability you can unlock (up to 4 total) to help you survive deeper into...
Why similar: Strategy 51%, Action 22.8%, Adventure 19%, Indie 7.2%
- #36 StarSmashers
76% matchMostly Negative33% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Wayne JacksonPub: War Hungry Games
Windows
You are Captain Carter, of the Space Beagle. Ahead lies an army lead by the scumbag Kaldor Seth, he will obliterate all who oppose him in his pursuit of power. Carefully manage your ships weapons and defenses to bring your enemies to their knees!
Why similar: Strategy 49.3%, Action 24.2%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 6.6%
- #37 Guiding Hand VR
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Winter's Chill Studio
Windows
Guide your followers, gather resources, build your town and defend it against the surging hordes in this fast-paced survival game set on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Strategy 49.6%, Action 24.4%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 7%
- #38 Convoy Mod Tools
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #39 Grey Zone
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: A.Lepunov
Windows
Become a member of the first space expedition! Go through the path with the main character from the first landing to the final point. Take under your control the colonist Scipio and prove that it's hard for you to break!
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #40 Pine Seekers
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Nifty Productions
Windows
Pine Seekers is a Bomberman inspired project. It's a Competitive Online Multiplayer where your main mission is to either kill or outsmart other players. The game also features a simple Singleplayer mode.
Why similar: Strategy 49%, Action 25.2%, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 6.9%
- #41 Plunge
69% matchVery Positive90% of 144 reviews2019
Dev: Spooky BunsPub: N/A
Windows · Mac
It's time to take the Plunge! Enter the adventure of Billie, the billionth prisoner who longs to find freedom on the other side. Dodge, dash, and defeat a wide variety of guards, creatures, and otherworldly beings bent on preventing Billie's passage in this exciting turn-based dungeon plunger!
Why similar: Strategy 50.8%, Action 22.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 7.3%
- #42 The Blackbird of Amor
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: BCETracks
Windows
When there is an unsolved mystery, Stein can't let it go, he must pursue it till the end. In Amor there is a certain woman that interests him, she is rumored to have eternal youth. To solve the mystery of this woman he must tear heaven from earth. His journey will take him far beyond the world he has known.
Why similar: Strategy 54.7%, Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Indie 7.8%
- #43 CULT
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Salt & Pixel LLC
Windows
Chosen to be sacrificed. A kidnapped girl must use her wits and strength to escape a cult of demon worshipers.
Why similar: Strategy 52.2%, Action 21.3%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 7.3%
- #44 Coin Pickers
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Pablo Arismendi Rabe
Windows
Running across this maze-type of environment, you will have to open doors and avoid dangers to pass through the final door. Simple but cool. Classic but fresh at the same time.
Why similar: Strategy 50.4%, Action 23%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 7.2%
- #45 Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club TOKIMEKI Roadmap to Future
60% matchVery Positive83% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: HUNEX CO.,LTD.Pub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The first visual novel game of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club!
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.4%, Multiple Endings 21.8%, Anime 15.9%, Adventure 13.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #46 キミが消えてしまう前に
58% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: ニケ
Windows
A visual novel game where you spend an exciting school life in an abandoned school with ghost girls who have regrets and cannot rest in peace.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.7%, Horror 28.4%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #47 Rackham's Shambala Adventure
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ragonsoft
Windows
Point and Click Adventure Game
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #48 Space Ship Commander
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Dog Games
Windows
You and your space buddy must do whatever it takes to make it to your destination, wherever it is... The hard part about this journey is that your space ship is constantly breaking! Make repairs and avoid getting hit by asteroids in order to survive. Rack up points by fixing broken stations and shooting asteroids.
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #49 Lands of Pharaoh: Episode 1
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Pyramid GamesPub: Orion Asistan Hizmetleri A.S.
Windows
Lands of Pharaoh is a multi-camera-angle based adventure game. The hero, Heragos, tries to get to Cairo in order to find the messages, related to his divine duty, left for him by Nefertiti.
Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Action 23.8%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #50 The Ruins: VR Escape the Room
71% matchMixed59% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Entropy Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
As an archaeologist following in the footsteps of your grandfather, you find yourself trapped in an arcane site. Uncover artifacts and solve ancient puzzles to fulfill your legacy. There's a great secret held here; what will you discover?
Why similar: Strategy 49.7%, Action 23.3%, Adventure 20%, Indie 7%
- #51 死写2 -SHISYA2- GHOST VIDEO
61% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: TEAM SHINZA
Windows
A horror adventure game where you identify ghost photos and ghost videos
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.9%, Horror 33%, Adventure 18.5%, Action 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #52 C.A.T.S. - Carefully Attempting not To Screw up
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Magnet Games
Windows
C.A.T.S. is an action-adventure stealth game were you will become James Bones a skilled hacker in a top secret mission for the doggerment of Og Uniti. In this secret mission you will have to steal the blueprints of a devastating nuclear weapon.
Why similar: Strategy 49%, Action 25%, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 7.1%
- #53 Lingering Shadows
63% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Zinc The CyborgPub: Caustic Zinc Industries
Windows · Linux
A short, story-driven 3D RPG adventure with horror elements. Explore, fight, and make choices in a surreal world inspired by a nightmare, where your actions lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Horror 26.4%, Multiple Endings 22.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Action 5.4%
- #54 Starecrown (DEMO)
60% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Jofini
Windows
In STARECROWN, a visual-novel merged with a puzzle-based horror experience, your ANGEL whose watched from the distance finally makes himself known. For the worse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Strategy 30%, Horror 25.5%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Indie 1.6%
- #55 The Ball Adventure
68% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: PG Entertainment
Windows
Dive into this wonderful cartoon world and learn to use the characteristics of each material to overcome challenges. You will need balls to pass this game.
Why similar: Strategy 51.9%, Action 24.8%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 2.7%
- #56 GREEN The Life Algorithm
67% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: ESTACION PI Y DISEÑO
Windows
G.R.E.E.N. THE LIFE ALG0R1THM is a 2D action-adventure video game based in a world invaded by genetically altered vegetation.
Why similar: Strategy 49.3%, Action 24.4%, Adventure 19%, Indie 7.4%