- #1 螺丝钉 Screw
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Calico Studio
Windows
Sci-Fi x Lesbian x Visual Novel! "螺丝钉 Screw" is a sci-fi lesbian visual novel. You will play as a company intern who is about to undergo a probationary period review, and decide your own future within a short week.
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #2 The Dark Layer
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 暗格工作室
Windows
You are an investigator granted access to the "Paranormal Event Archive Management System." Browse century-old case files. Search for clues. But be careful—the archives are watching you now. >_ Files that watch back. Disappearances unexplained. Messages never sent.
Why similar: Word Game 27.7%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Detective 12.7%, Text-Based 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #3 ALVAR
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EMOKA
Windows
ALVAR is a ADV visual novel with raising mechanics and multiple endings. In the town of Nedtown, you guide and shape “your child” by choosing a trait to nurture, leading to different outcomes. Things may feel unsettling—but everything is normal. You have to trust it.
Why similar: Word Game 19.4%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #4 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
95% matchVery Positive93% of 967 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Incremental 13.2%, Detective 12.9%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #5 The Butterfly Collector
94% matchVery Positive89% of 923 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 32.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Text-Based 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #6 破禁 Limbo Break
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xiaowanxiongzzzPub: Stellar Artificer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Word Game 20.5%, Detective 18.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #7 品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
93% matchVery Positive92% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Incremental 10%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #8 EXS3~EthnologySister3:Culture and Personality
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
她的微笑,曾经让赤瞳的女子以为,自己不再是带来灾厄的乌鸦。直到四年前,神秘的团体将她的学生绑走,挖去双眼。[晦气][乌鸦][凶手],再次成了她的代表词。【有罪之人的 复仇 惩罚 即将来临 】被命运和性格束缚,这一次能否改变?你会改变什么?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,诡异的仪式,疯狂的连环杀人与肢解,新的死亡祭品,再次来临的威胁与复仇背后,真相到底是……
Why similar: Word Game 21.6%, Incremental 13.5%, Detective 12.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #9 鬼轉身
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 22.2%, Detective 17%, Incremental 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10%
- #10 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
91% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #11 Fu Sha 3: Night Clinic
89% matchPositive95% of 19 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: Word Game 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #12 往事:戒网瘾治抑郁
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 卷心菜
Windows
《往事:戒网瘾治抑郁》是一款沉浸式叙事驱动型文字冒险游戏。玩家将扮演一名被强制送入“戒网瘾学校”的青少年,在一个以“治疗”为名的压抑系统中被洗脑的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10%, RPG 9.7%
- #13 《道格拉斯警督的日记》
89% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 日食网络 solar eclipse studioPub: 日食网络
Windows
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: Word Game 20.2%, Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Text-Based 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #14 黑山羊BlackGoat
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Word Game 24.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Detective 17.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #15 月圆之堡 Castle of Full Moon
88% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: starknow
Windows
elf girls marry into a mysterious castle and reveal the horrific truth.
Why similar: Word Game 16.5%, Detective 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Horror 8.4%
- #16 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
86% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 20.4%, Detective 15.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #17 Citrus Summer
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LimeStudioPub: ZtoA CO.
Windows
Citrus Summer is a yuri visual novel set in the urban workplace. Play as Rachel, a single corporate worker stuck in overtime, and navigate unexpected romance with three women—a sharp boutique owner, a talented new colleague, or your childhood best friend. Your choices decide whose heart you capture.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Word Game 21.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #18 Dark Notes
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Dark Notes is a dark suspense puzzle game . You will play as the two protagonists, traveling through time and space to explore the secrets hidden in Happiness Mall!a secret concerning both protagonists surfaces... ...Anything can be a perfect fairytale as long as you believe it.
Why similar: Word Game 29.6%, Incremental 17.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10.3%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #19 Beneath Her Starry Sky
85% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Sylphsong, Inc.
Windows
A fantasy/adventure visual novel - as Freya Fae, track down the master assassin Orick Genn before he brings ruin to your home city. Rely on faithful companions and make friends with the citizens as you encounter dangers lurking through the streets.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Character Customization 10.9%
- #20 目盲/Blind
84% matchVery Positive85% of 900 reviews2022
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.
Why similar: Word Game 20.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Detective 10.5%
- #21 chihan
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PiGoDuck制作组
Windows
《赤涵》是一款百合文字冒险游戏。失去母亲的高中生王静,为了忘却过去而沉浸在两点一线的平凡生活中。然而在高二的开学典礼后,两个神秘的转校生闯入了她的视野,回家路上还被一个美丽女孩吸取鲜血,怪事频频发生,从此与名叫“赤涵”的生物纠缠不清,唤醒母亲的奇迹似乎触手可及……
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Text-Based 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
- #22 Island of Ruin
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: cretia studio
Windows
"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #23 中等生
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 土酪鸡喵
Windows
这是一部中式校园(高三)为背景的百合向视觉小说。 只要考上大学,一切都会好起来吗?手牵着手,心跳扑通扑通,我们只是朋友吗?大家说只是开个玩笑,感到不舒服是正常的吗?想要挣脱母亲的期待,这是不孝吗?您将跟随主角周语桐,探索青春期的疑惑,帮她作出选择。
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Word Game 21.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, RPG 10.1%
- #24 My Wet Leto Comic
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Fusen Studio
Windows
一个欢乐气氛的悬疑文字冒险类游戏。你将不断在十位不同身份的角色间切换视点来推进故事的发展并达成各种各样的结局。这是由一个个平凡而又独特的个人故事所拼出的新的物语,或许里面也有着你的故事……?
Why similar: Word Game 27.9%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #25 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
79% matchPositive100% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #26 晴末置雨
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 361 reviews2022
Dev: 置雨制作组Pub: 龍之咲
Windows
有关恋爱的故事往往在两人开始交往后便戛然而止,在那之后的重重障碍总是无人言说。 在盛夏被一场不期而至的暴雨宣告终结之时,两人看到的,究竟是朦胧的雨雾中对方逐渐消失的身影,还是下一个晴天,地上水洼倒映出的湛蓝
Why similar: Word Game 24%, LGBTQ+ 23%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
- #27 Let's MEAT Adam 2
80% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
LMA2 is a Gay Bara Horror Visual Novel, with murder mystery and puzzle elements; the sequel to 2017's "Let's MEAT Adam".
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 8.8%
- #28 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
77% matchVery Positive81% of 275 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 25.7%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Detective 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #29 God Busters : Who watches the watchers?
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Wander_Rabbits
Windows
Episode 1: When fresh bodies start appearing from an explosion that happened weeks ago it's up to the "God Busters" to crack the mystery behind this case.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.3%, RPG 15.7%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #30 The Accuser and The Abyss
78% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Spectre Sun Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems. Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Horror 8.9%
- #31 Love You To Pieces
77% 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: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #32 I Can Never Love Another
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Love Every Soul Studio
Windows · Mac
A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Word Game 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #33 Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tohakusha Inc.
Windows
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #34 ShadowLess Light
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uncommon Role
Windows · Linux
A visual novel with RPG elements set in a Cyberpunk dystopia where you play a detective tasked with solving a smorgasbord of cases.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Text-Based 17%, Character Customization 14.5%, Detective 14.1%, Visual Novel 14%
- #35 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
74% matchVery Positive89% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #36 INDOORS: Trespasser
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Estigia Softworks
Windows
May 7th, 1951. Five days after the Alston family vanished inside their manor. Local policeman Lucas Smith, never returned from his investigation. Now, his son breaks in to continue the investigation in this short horror and detective escape room.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #37 Demonophobia Company
75% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: MILKYPub: MILKY FACTORY
Windows · Mac
'Angel of glory, Gloria' joined the 'Demonophobia Company' with disguising herself as 'Demon of vanity, Burbary.' Could Burbary finish her mission and go back to her home?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Third Person 10.2%
- #38 Apple of my Eye
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeilanixPub: Niko Wright
Windows
Sometimes you need to be strong to the core to stand out from the rotten apples in society. Being an outcast is not easy, but is it worth indulging in a comfort that may bite? Play as Appril the apple snail through her everyday life in this RPG styled Psychological horror where your choices matter.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #39 蟲
72% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: SeaCube Studio
Windows
“你醒啦?快起来,一起迎接新世纪!” 显示屏上闪烁的异常痕迹,突然出现在桌面又突然变异死亡的“小虫子”,主动弹出的错误日志,梦回千禧年的网站,探求千年虫的真相……
Why similar: Word Game 18.3%, Text-Based 16.3%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Detective 10.8%
- #40 炸鸡块与天使
73% matchPositive94% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: Hamstachio
Windows · Mac
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story. The killer "Rooster" who killed six innocent girls has committed a new crime.Fortunately, at the scene of the seventh homicide, the police found important clues pointing to the murderer...
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #41 Yuri Dating Agency
73% matchVery Positive88% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #42 Lavender Dream
73% match9 user reviews40% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Vorh Games
Windows
A text-based visual game with a non-linear plot where every decision shapes the story. AI-driven characters engage in lifelike dialogues, each with unique motivations and hidden intentions you can uncover. The story’s outcome is in your hands.
Why similar: Word Game 27.7%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #43 Blackmail Directive
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 青梅不输天降工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Word Game 23.9%, Detective 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Incremental 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #44 Pirates Of Gensokyo
71% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: DemonChucklePub: SoLunar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Marisa rounds up a most unlikely crew, in search of adventure, and of course, treasure! Interpersonal conflict ensues among the crew, but in the end, their stark differences bring clarity to their personal lives. The real treasure is the one you find within yourself!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.4%
- #45 TOUQI
69% matchVery Positive91% of 448 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: Word Game 30%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Detective 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Horror 9.4%
- #46 夏日重奏
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 俺们寻思工作室
Windows · Mac
夏日重奏 is a visual novel RPG in which you play as a seemingly ordinary high school student. In order to reclaim a once-lost dream of music, you will strive to improve yourself, search for teammates, spark new chemistry with your companions, and ultimately decide both your own future and theirs.
Why similar: Word Game 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #47 Eye of Saccharine
71% matchVery Positive79% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: SasDeRiderPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #48 Panpu-ja
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: ToastyBea
Windows
You control three employees of a cleaning company, carrying out their jobs, but be careful, as engaging in activities outside of work may lead to undesirable outcomes.
Why similar: Word Game 27.3%, Incremental 17.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #49 海子 UMIKO
68% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: 盾构机 Tunnel Boring Machine
Windows
"海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!
Why similar: Word Game 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #50 诡雅异俗
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: iGame
Windows
NodeGame,原版游戏名为:脱出ゲーム | Nodes,由岩崎、はとむね开发,并在日本举办的GAMEJAM上首次亮相。 诡雅异俗,出自。原意为:与雅正相悖与长俗相违,也指异端邪说。 之所以选定这个名字,是因为我感觉他更有神秘感,也代表了很强的创作能力!!
Why similar: Word Game 26.2%, Detective 17.7%, Text-Based 17%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #51 交织的印记
68% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: 可食用蓝墨水
Windows · Mac
"The Intertwined Imprints" is a yuri visual novel that tells a story about youth, growth, and love. Due to an accident, Mei Yu was temporarily brought back to the village where she spent her childhood. She didn't think it was a good idea, but... she didn't feel like she had much of a choice.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Word Game 23.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, RPG 8.8%
- #52 Arcadia Fallen II
66% matchVery Positive99% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this sequel to the award-winning roleplay visual novel, Arcadia Fallen, you play as a senior student at the Seven Winds Academy. Choose from three different magical disciplines, and let your choices shape the personality of your character as you navigate school life during a time of great change.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #53 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 630 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
Why similar: Word Game 23.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Incremental 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #54 S-mail
66% matchVery Positive91% of 242 reviews2026
Dev: S-mail制作组Pub: OFF LAB
Windows · Mac
After the death of your lover May, you suddenly receive a new email: she is back, in the form of AI "M". The lover who "lives" in the mailbox, who is strong and eternal, always online, and always loves you. You just need to send letters to her: your choices will affect her and the story.
Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #55 Let's MEAT Adam
70% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Let's MEAT Adam is a Bara, BxB visual novel set in a neon NIGHTMARE of an escape-room-turned-death-game. Muscles, Blood, Escape, Trust, Betray, MEAT.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 10.6%
- #56 Stiff Neck
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Why similar: Word Game 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #57 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
68% matchVery Positive98% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
- #58 我的一个多重人格朋友
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Word Game 22.6%, Detective 21%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #59 荆棘落尘埃 Dust On Thorn
67% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: 可食用蓝墨水
Windows · Mac
这是一部包含百合要素的视觉小说,讲述了在封闭的都市中,少女展开冒险的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 26.8%, LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%