- #1 Free Fall
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Mindstream Games
Windows · Mac
A horror visual novel told through the eyes of a sentient FPV drone on its final mission.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Horror 22.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Exploration 10.6%, 2D 8.8%
- #2 Blue Hawaii Aniki's Soft Ore Demand DEBUT
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Kirishima Shoichi
Windows
The Blue Hawaii Aniki’s legend begins. The debut of the late-night variety show-style novel game is here! Experience the puzzling and hilarious developments of the cast and their eccentric characters. The next installment is scheduled for release in November 2025!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Exploration 22.6%, Adventure 19.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, 2D 9.8%
- #3 Blue Hawaii Aniki's Soft Ore Demand vol.1
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Kirishima Shoichi
Windows
"Blue Hawaii Aniki's Soft Ore Demand" is a B-grade late-night variety show starring "Blue Hawaii Aniki's Soft Ore Demand," a show where "self-proclaimed film director" Blue Hawaii Aniki makes a little extra cash.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Exploration 22.6%, Adventure 19.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, 2D 9.8%
- #4 午前五時にピアノを弾く ENCORE
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
朝の早い時間、午前五時くらいになると、この町にはときどき濃い霧が出る──。
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Exploration 21.2%, Adventure 17.9%, 2D 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #5 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
94% matchVery Positive98% of 159 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Horror 22.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Violent 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #6 糺糺縁糸(きゅうきゅうえんし)
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: おかゲ制作所Pub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows · Mac
A story-driven exploration horror adventure set in a fictional modern-day Japan. Experience a quiet tale of psychological horror as two schoolgirls confront folklore, curses, and choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Exploration 17.4%, Adventure 15.9%, Story Rich 14.2%
- #7 Banebush
92% matchVery Positive95% of 2,161 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.3%, Horror 24.8%, Violent 13.7%, Story Rich 13.4%, Adventure 6.9%
- #8 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
93% matchVery Positive82% of 512 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.1%, Horror 27.3%, Violent 21.8%, Adventure 14.7%
- #9 Styxton
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BUZDOV KAPLAN
Windows · Mac
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Horror 21.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 9.2%, Violent 8.3%
- #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 34.2%, Horror 19.8%, Violent 16.4%, Story Rich 14.2%, Adventure 9.5%
- #11 Foss Park
90% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: RUOKPub: MBC Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Foss Park is a psychological horror VN that takes you deep into the fractured mind of a nameless patient in an unsettling mental hospital. You awaken with no memory of how you arrived, haunted by fleeting images of a life destroyed—a house fire, a lost family, and echoes of a forgotten tragedy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Horror 26%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Violent 12.1%
- #12 WHIIIIN!! -The Endless Nightmare-
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniel Macoto
Windows
A 2D exploration horror adventure game in which an immortal man tries to escape from the "never-ending nightmare of dental treatment."
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Exploration 18.5%, Horror 17.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Violent 8.9%
- #13 Still Life Inside
89% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: DIM Games
Windows
Descend 7 floors of a decaying building in this psychological horror visual novel. Confront fears through unique mini-games, collect memory fragments, and question the voice in your head. Will you face the chilling truth or remain trapped in a self-made nightmare?
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Adventure 19.9%, Horror 19.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, 2D 9.9%
- #14 Piano at 5 a.m.
87% matchVery Positive98% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: Kazuhide Oka
Windows · Mac
"Piano at 5 a.m." is a short text adventure game. A girl who is the main character wanders in a fog forest while adjusting the four factors of "drowsiness," "thirst," "madness," and "recharge," which increase or decrease depending on the choices she makes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Exploration 24.5%, Adventure 21.1%, Story Rich 11.7%, Singleplayer 2%
- #15 MYTH - Steam Edition
88% matchVery Positive89% of 170 reviews2016
Dev: CircletempoPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A world of shadows. A world of light. In the world of light where no shadows exist lived a boy - Meito Tanabe. One day, he met a girl who possessed a shadow - Shimon. She brings him to her world - a place filled with shadows.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44%, Horror 23.5%, Violent 22%, Adventure 10.4%
- #16 キミが消えてしまう前に
86% matchPositive97% of 33 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 43.6%, Horror 26.4%, Adventure 18%, 2D 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #17 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,257 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 42.5%, Horror 33.6%, Adventure 12.6%, 2D 6.1%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #18 Lost Hearts
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overfancy Hat Games LLC
Windows · Linux
A horror game inspired by the works of M.R. James. Explore Aswarby Hall to uncover your family’s secret history. Decide the fate of your ancestors by re-living each ghost’s last day on earth, with several endings for every story. Lift the family curse and save yourself… if you can.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Horror 21.5%, Exploration 16.7%, Story Rich 12.2%, Adventure 8%
- #19 Doppelgänger
84% matchPositive100% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: HOLOSTARS English
Windows · Mac
The story is set in an alternate universe where the player is struggling with the memories of what they know to be HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS- and the mysterious look-alikes who pull them every which way. Can the player figure out the truth about this twisted world and return to the guild?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Adventure 11.4%
- #20 Humerous (REBOOT)
82% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Mimeface
Windows
After an awful time at a Halloween party, the night welcomes you with a deep cold breeze. With your car busted and unusable thanks to your drunk tennant, a single pavement awaits for your determined fate....
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Story Rich 16.7%, Adventure 10.2%, Violent 9%
- #21 Horrors of Helmsfirth
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Horror 19.6%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Story Rich 14.3%, 2D 7.3%
- #22 Deranged
84% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Franco Hernandez
Windows
Deranged is a single player puzzle and psychological horror video game. Find a way to escape the O'Connor mansion before things get tough. Remember that in order to escape you must complete challenging puzzles against the clock ... Will you be able?
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Exploration 25.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Story Rich 15.9%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #23 Tiny Bunny
79% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Horror 20.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Violent 9.8%
- #24 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Horror 26.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 8.5%, Violent 7.2%
- #25 Raisond'etre
81% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: C3 Games
Windows
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Exploration 21.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Violent 12.3%, Story Rich 10%
- #26 死写 -SHISYA-
81% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: TEAM SHINZA
Windows
Horror adventure game to appraise spirits photos
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Horror 28.4%, Adventure 22.7%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #27 死写2 -SHISYA2- GHOST VIDEO
80% 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 36.1%, Horror 32.4%, Adventure 20%, 2D 9.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #28 Spirit Hunter: NG
79% matchVery Positive90% of 282 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Beware the Creeping Horror... Face nightmares you thought were merely urban legends. Uncover a dark mystery, making deadly decisions just to survive. Play this chilling companion story to the award-winning Spirit Hunter: Death Mark game and bring the terror home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Horror 23.7%, Violent 23.2%, Adventure 17.1%
- #29 L.OD
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 丸得基地
Windows
2D exploratory adventure
Why similar: Exploration 25.8%, Adventure 20.2%, Horror 16.9%, Violent 14.6%, 2D 11.4%
- #30 Blue Hawaii Aniki's Small Celebration vol.2
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kirishima Shoichi
Windows
A laid-back visual novel styled as a radio show. Self-proclaimed filmmaker Blue Hawaii Aniki hosts his second session with veteran FM DJ Cathy Kohori. This episode features the "Imo-Holy Training" — seven new recruits dig up each other's best memories in a sweet potato field. A warm, offbeat story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40%, Exploration 25.1%, Adventure 22.2%, 2D 10.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #31 Blue Hawaii Aniki's Small Celebration vol.1
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Kirishima Shoichi
Windows
Experience a fictional Japanese radio show as a visual novel. Two mismatched hosts — a self-proclaimed film director and an energetic DJ — celebrate life's small victories. Features original music, sound effects, and witty social commentary wrapped in comedy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40%, Exploration 25.1%, Adventure 22%, 2D 11%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #32 SHINJUKU SOUMEI
76% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.3%, Adventure 22.5%, Choices Matter 14.7%, 2D 9.8%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #33 Pluvia - Episode I
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: BitLogisPub: BitLogis
Windows
Pluvia is an investigative visual novel based on multiple choices and minigames.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.1%, Exploration 21.7%, Adventure 19.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, 2D 9.5%
- #34 -
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Why similar: Exploration 31.3%, Horror 23.1%, Adventure 16.7%, Violent 15%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #35 Twilight
74% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: SvetaSky
Windows
Twilight is a small dividing line between light and darkness. Sometimes you have to choose where you should stay and for what purpose.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Exploration 21.4%, Adventure 18.5%, Horror 12.9%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #36 ココロトーカーズ
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cbeats
Windows
舞台は廃校。記憶喪失の少年と、「モノ」を自身に宿すことができる「モノマネ」の力を持つ少女。 校舎内のあらゆる「モノ」と会話してモノだけが知っている情報を聞き出し、失われた記憶を取り戻そう!
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Exploration 25%, Adventure 22.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #37 Metamorphosis
74% 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 39.3%, Horror 20.2%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Adventure 13.9%, 2D 5.9%
- #38 Perseverance: Part 1
75% matchVery Positive85% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: Titanite NovelsPub: Feardemic
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Perseverance is a horror/drama visual novel about survival and redemption. In Part 1 you play as Jack, a father who is struggling to keep his family together and finds himself in the middle of horrific events.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Horror 18.4%, Violent 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Adventure 10.9%
- #39 CLOSED GALAXY ~ワタツミより愛をこめて~
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: rask_gamePub: libertyrask corporation
Windows
"There's Something on This Spaceship" An SF horror mystery adventure game depicting a life-or-death struggle against an alien that imitates your crewmates.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 13.4%, Violent 10.4%, Adventure 8.9%
- #40 Stretch
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Shoichi Kirishima
Windows
"For those of you who don't have a single novel you want to read." A novel game from "those days" that nobody knows about, presented with full CG (800 images generated by KlingAI) + ambient(300 materials).
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Exploration 24.6%, Adventure 23.5%, 2D 10.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #41 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 795 reviews2020
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 75.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.7%, Horror 22.3%, Adventure 15%, 2D 9.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #42 Scarlet Wolf
71% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Graven Visual Novels
Windows · Mac
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Horror 20.5%, Violent 18%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #43 Up or Down?
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eye Blink Twice
Windows
Listen up, bellhop! Only bring in healthy hotel guests up to the chopper. Avoid all sick or else...
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Horror 24%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Story Rich 14.4%, Adventure 3.1%
- #44 Your Mother Disgusts Me
72% 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 36.1%, Horror 22.7%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Violent 9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #45 Take Care Of It.
70% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Zealli
Windows
Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Horror 23.4%, Violent 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 8%
- #46 つばめの世代
71% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: PECOLIEN
Windows
A young man, rational and cold-blooded because he has lived on the battlefield since childhood, is attacked and injured by bandits. Injured, he takes refuge in a nearby abandoned shelter. There he meets someone. She is an android girl who was manufactured in the olden days as a babysitter.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Adventure 24.2%, Violent 16.7%, 2D 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #47 Price of Knowledge
71% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Dark Mind
Windows
Start your journey to meet your fears and new knowledge. You are forced to become an adult and learn the truth.
Why similar: Horror 37%, Exploration 23.6%, Story Rich 19.5%, Adventure 15.9%, Singleplayer 4%
- #48 Resequence: The Orchard
70% 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: Visual Novel 30.8%, Horror 20.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Story Rich 12.5%, Violent 9.2%
- #49 Mountain Home
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Advena Games
Windows
Mountain Номе is a 2D adventure game where the player along with monk and poet Saigyo will travel around medieval Japan, meet forest spirits, fight evil demons, help sad ghosts and write poetry.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Exploration 28.8%, Adventure 11.1%, 2D 11.1%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #50 Perceptions of the Dead
70% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.1%, Horror 22.2%, Adventure 18.6%
- #51 Burned One
67% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: HELIX741
Windows
Visual novel «Burned One» - story that tells about a post-apocalyptic world in post-soviet decorations, and about its people. In the center of the story a stalker Voyla, who trying to find his wife, disappeared during the Cataclysm...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Exploration 24%, Horror 14.2%, Violent 9.4%, 2D 8.9%
- #52 School Ghost Stories
67% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: M-Gentlemen AfterpartyPub: Saikey Studios
Windows
In this adventure game, play as a young boy, Boku, who accidentally releases vengeful spirits from a local shrine. To fix his mistake, he must collect the ancient treasures to repair the seal. But the freed Youkai have their own plans for him and won’t make it easy. Can he resist their deadly lure?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Horror 21.8%, Exploration 15.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #53 Lingering Shadows
69% 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 32.2%, Horror 27.7%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 11%
- #54 廃遊園地のメメントメモリア
68% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: アサノハ製作所
Windows
An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Adventure 16.9%, Story Rich 13.5%, Violent 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #55 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
69% matchVery Positive85% of 537 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 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 41.2%, Horror 23.7%, Violent 16.3%, Adventure 6.7%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #56 メアリウム
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: 群悠
Windows
少年が迷い込んだのは悪夢の水族館『メアリウム』。果たして彼は襲い来る異変を乗り越え、無事家に帰る事ができるのでしょうか?KOTAKE CREATE様の『8番のりば』を参考に、ドット絵で構成された2Dホラーゲームです。
Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Exploration 23.4%, Adventure 22.7%, 2D 13.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #57 Lost Day
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Memento
Windows
At that the day, the world ended. People die left and right. Scream heard everywhere. Yet, this is the beginning of my new life. A life where I could finally found my happiness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Exploration 20.7%, Horror 15.6%, Adventure 10.7%, 2D 9.6%
- #58 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
64% 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 32.5%, Exploration 17.5%, Horror 14.2%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 9.1%
- #59 Magic Potion Stories
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: ARTIFACTS
Windows
魔法の薬とそれにまつわる人々、そして『魔女』が織り成す50の物語。
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 15.9%, Horror 13.7%, 2D 9.5%
- #60 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 703 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Horror 21.8%, Adventure 14%, Violent 12.9%, Story Rich 12.7%