60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Psychological Horror, Horror, Adventure.
Explore a misty 90's small town where every choice you make unravels a dark, haunting mystery. Investigate clues, manage tense relationships, and face the consequences of your actions in this psychological horror visual novel that may leave you questioning your own sanity.
Kara no Shojo
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
The Song of Saya
Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 13%, Gore 9.6%, Mature 8.1%, Visual Novel 8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Gore 17%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Sexual Content 12.4%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Detective 14.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Visual Novel 6.6%, Dark 6.3%
I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Thriller 9.7%, Sexual Content 9.1%
A horror novel visual in which you can choose a way, anime style.
Why similar: Soundtrack 32% ★, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Anime 11.3%, Mystery 8.8%
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Detective 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 7.7%, Gore 7.1%
“喂喂，求求你啦！救救我！” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救，给你打电话的人，是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Detective 14.2%, Gore 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Anime 9.7%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Anime 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 8.1%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Detective 16.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 7.4%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
Game of Fitna Vol. 1: A thrilling death game visual novel set in 2030. Play as Zayn, a high school student thrown into sinister survival games known as "TEST." Fight for your life, uncover shocking truths, and face intense moral dilemmas in this mature, thought-provoking experience.
Why similar: Soundtrack 25.4% ★, Gore 18.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Anime 9.1%
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 39.4%, Detective 16.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.5%, Mystery 4.8%
A classic Point & Click adventure set in a stylized Noir world. What starts as a routine detective case quickly spirals into a Lovecraftian nightmare. Interrogate suspects, deduce the truth, and uncover secrets that were better left buried.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Detective 14.4%, Gore 9.8%, Thriller 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
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: Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Anime 9.4%, Mystery 7.4%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.4%, Detective 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Thriller 8%
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 18.2%, Horror 12.7%, Gore 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9%, Sexual Content 7.9%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Gore 11.8%, Anime 11.1%, Mystery 9%
Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah is a first-person, micro-adventure game that tells the story of P.I. Jim Morrison's encounters with the occult and the extraordinary. Explore your surroundings and solve puzzles in order to uncover the harrowing story of your friend's descent into insanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.2%, Detective 16.8%, Gore 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Dark 8.9%
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Detective 14.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Thriller 7.5%
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 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Gore 11.5%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 10.4%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear horror visual novel based on Slavic folklore. Explore a god-forgotten village and a forest hiding ancient evil. Trust no one. Remember: real evil often lurks not in house corners, but in the human soul's darkness.
Why similar: Gore 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 9%
A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Sexual Content 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mature 12.8%, Horror 9.1%, Lovecraftian 8%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.3%, Gore 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Point & Click 9.6%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9%
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Gore 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 11.6%, Lovecraftian 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Gore 10.1%, Mystery 8.3%
"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 18.9%, Detective 16.2%, Dark 13%, Horror 11.9%, Gore 9.8%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Gore 11.1%, Dark 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Anime 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Detective 13.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Gore 10.3%
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Gore 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Sexual Content 10.3%, Anime 9.4%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Mystery 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Anime 8%
The samurai detective visual novel! Solve crimes and pass judgment on vigilantes, officials, inventors, and brigands to protect a city of eternal cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Gore 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Sexual Content 10.1%, Anime 8%
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: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Thriller 13.6%, Gore 12.5%, Anime 10.1%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Detective 15.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Mystery 7.7%, Visual Novel 7.7%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dark 9.5%, Anime 9.4%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Gore 22.9%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Anime 11.4%, Mystery 9.5%
HINGE is a psychological horror VR adventure. You suddenly find yourself in an abandoned skyscraper, devoid of all your senses and memories. The laws of physics are distorted, and time has collapsed. The only way out is to step into the terrifying unknown and piece together the fragmented clues
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Detective 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Thriller 9.4%, Dark 7.4%
Unraveling Angel is an adult horror visual novel about a man losing himself in a world that's rotting before his eyes. Bury yourself in the warmth of others and remember to forget how much they've always loved you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Sexual Content 13.8%, Gore 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.8%, Detective 16.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Dark 9.1%, Mystery 6.4%
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 16.5%, Gore 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Anime 13.3%, Horror 10.9%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Gore 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Anime 10.4%, Mystery 9.3%
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Gore 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 9.8%, Thriller 9%
Endless world. Endless sky. Endless light. Will the shadows be cast upon all Children dwelling on the Treetops? Regardless, I spread my prosthetic wings, taking a leap of faith.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Gore 12%, Dark 10.5%, Anime 9.8%
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 20.2%, Gore 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Anime 12.7%, Horror 11.4%
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Gore 9.6%, Thriller 9.3%
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Sexual Content 15.5%, Anime 9.6%, Gore 7.7%
Welcome to the chess school! Connect with the brilliant girls of Sakuragi town and engage them in chess matches. How will you master the moves that come your way?
Why similar: Soundtrack 28.8% ★, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Anime 9.6%
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 10.9%, Gore 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.3%
A black-white-red visual novel in the horror genre.
Why similar: Gore 22.2%, Mature 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 10.9%
Ghostlight Melancholia is a retro horror first person mystery solving game, where you find out what connects the four ghostlights, the evil that is after them and the secrets behind it all.
Why similar: Soundtrack 23.4% ★, Detective 17.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 8.9%
Play as Adriana and travel to Europe with her brother Bruno. Meet Silke, who attended to Adriana's grandmother Maria during her final moments, and Dolores, a stunning and secretive woman on a trip. Explore House Chavez's shadowy hallways and navigate the mysteries within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Thriller 11%, Anime 9.6%
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31%, Gore 11.1%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Dark 9.4%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Gore 10.5%, Thriller 8.6%
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 27%, Detective 19%, Thriller 13%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Dark 9.3%
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 39.3%, Detective 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.2%, Point & Click 10.9%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Anime 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11%, Mystery 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Soundtrack 15.5% ★, Dark 8.7%, Point & Click 8%, Horror 7.8%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Dark 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
