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The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.

Reviews: Very Positive — 88% — of 163 reviews
Released: 2023-11-09
Developer: 07th Expansion
Publisher: MangaGamer
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 4.0 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 64%

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  1. #1 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,224 reviews2016
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 22.2%, Psychological 20.8%, Anime 14.3%, Violent 7.3%, Gore 6.1%

  2. #2 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,766 reviews2015
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    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 26.9%, Anime 15.5%, Psychological 12.6%, Gore 7.2%, Violent 6.3%

  3. #3 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 867 reviews2016
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 25.3%, Anime 16.1%, Violent 13.3%, Psychological 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%

  4. #4 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 873 reviews2018
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 40.2 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 28.5%, Anime 17.9%, Gore 11.9%, Violent 9.8%, Adventure 7.2%

  5. #5 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,008 reviews2017
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 24%, Anime 17.6%, Gore 11.1%, Violent 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%

  6. #6 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 663 reviews2019
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 91.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 23.6%, Anime 18.9%, Gore 12.9%, Violent 10.2%, Adventure 10%

  7. #7 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,215 reviews2015
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 31.3%, Psychological 26.7%, Anime 17.8%, Mystery 5.4%, Classic 3.6%

  8. #8 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 753 reviews2020
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 76.9 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 37.6%, Anime 15.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 7.1%

  9. #9 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei
    91% matchVery Positive98% of 252 reviews2022
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 197.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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 36.9%, Anime 18.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Gore 9.3%, Comedy 3.9%

  10. #10 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,634 reviews2016
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Psychological 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 7.4%

  11. #11 Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,457 reviews2017
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24.7 hrsMean: 46.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    This is the 2nd half of the Umineko When They Cry sound novel series, featuring episodes 5 through 8. This steam version features multi-language options, swap-able renewed character sprites, as well as the original BGMs and un-cut content.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Anime 13.7%, Psychological 12.4%, Mystery 7.5%

  12. #12 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
    89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,696 reviews2022
    Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Gore 18.8%, Anime 16.2%, Violent 9%, Adventure 5.7%

  13. #13 CHAOS;CHILD
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 3,800 reviews2019
    Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 27.2%, Anime 14.2%, Gore 13.1%, Violent 11.3%, Psychological 10.6%

  14. #14 The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,710 reviews2018
    Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    "A Requiem for Innocence" is a companion to the visual novel "The House in Fata Morgana." It tells the tale of a young man dragged down by his ambitions and a girl both worshiped as a saint and maligned as a witch. For them, there is no happily ever after.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Gore 18.4%, Violent 16%, Adventure 11.7%, Anime 10.8%

  15. #15 The House in Fata Morgana
    87% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
    Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Anime 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Adventure 7%

  16. #16 Corpse Party: Blood Drive
    86% matchMostly Positive75% of 377 reviews2019
    Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Set two months after Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, Corpse Party: Blood Drive is the definitive conclusion to the long-running Heavenly Host story arc. Featuring dynamic lighting, 3D sound, detailed environments, and new gameplay systems, this is a Japanese horror experience not to be missed!

    Why similar: Gore 27.7%, Anime 23.4%, Violent 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Horror 6.3%

  17. #17 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 499 reviews2018
    Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Gore 18.5%, Anime 16.9%, Violent 16.5%, Adventure 6.2%

  18. #18 Ciconia When They Cry - Phase 1: For You, the Replaceable Ones
    85% matchVery Positive93% of 540 reviews2019
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    This is the first chapter in newest entry When They Cry visual novel series produced by Ryuukishi07. It features HD graphics, more detailed animations, and newly created songs by many of the composers from Umineko, as well as several new additions.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Violent 20.8%, Anime 16.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%

  19. #19 Corpse Party
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
    Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

    Why similar: Anime 24.7%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Gore 18.7%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 6.9%

  20. #20 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 2,444 reviews2017
    Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
    Windows
    Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 168.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".

    Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Psychological 17.4%, Violent 11.9%, Anime 11.8%, Gore 10.2%

  21. #21 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,225 reviews2015
    Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

    Why similar: Visual Novel 57.4%, Anime 29.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%, Indie 2.5%, Story Rich 2.4%

  22. #22 Raging Loop
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,674 reviews2017
    Dev: KEMCO
    Windows
    Median: 23.9 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Psychological 16.8%, Gore 8.5%, Adventure 7.7%, Violent 7.6%

  23. #23 The Song of Saya
    82% matchVery Positive90% of 9,092 reviews2019
    Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Gore 25%, Anime 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 4.6%

  24. #24 STEINS;GATE 0
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,939 reviews2018
    Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 124.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 39.6%, Anime 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Psychological 8%, Adventure 6%

  25. #25 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 221 reviews2024
    Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Anime 21.1%, Gore 15.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Violent 10.7%

  26. #26 Iwaihime
    80% matchMostly Positive79% of 873 reviews2020
    Dev: DMM GAMESPub: Shiravune
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Anime 26.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 6.5%

  27. #27 Return to Shironagasu Island
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,990 reviews2020
    Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 38.7%, Adventure 16.6%, Anime 16.5%, Mystery 7.5%, Horror 6.9%

  28. #28 Umineko: Golden Fantasia
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 511 reviews2017
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    The tag-team fighting game based on the original "Umineko When They Cry" series, finally released on Steam, in English and with improved rollback netplay!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Anime 33.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%, Indie 5.2%

  29. #29 Corpse Party (2021)
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,410 reviews2021
    Dev: MAGES.Pub: XSEED Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.

    Why similar: Anime 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.8%, Gore 9.6%

  30. #30 Tiny Bunny
    75% matchVery Positive83% of 29,932 reviews2025
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    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 31.9%, Gore 12.8%, Violent 10.4%, Anime 8.2%, Horror 7.2%

  31. #31 Muv-Luv Alternative
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,575 reviews2018
    Dev: aNCHOR Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Playtime's over. Time for despair. Experience the definitive version of a masterpiece in the Muv-Luv trilogy's thrilling conclusion. Note: therapy not included.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Anime 19.5%, Gore 17.2%, Violent 15.6%, Psychological Horror 5.9%

  32. #32 The Shell Part I: Inferno
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
    Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
    Windows
    Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Gore 15.8%, Anime 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Mystery 7.8%

  33. #33 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
    79% 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: Anime 18.2%, Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Gore 11.4%, Violent 11.2%

  34. #34 WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,330 reviews2023
    Dev: TYPE-MOONPub: Aniplex Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 62.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A tale told with vivid colors and rich sound in a classic TYPE-MOON visual novel.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 51.1%, Anime 25%, Adventure 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%, Story Rich 3.1%

  35. #35 CLANNAD
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,460 reviews2015
    Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: Sekai Project
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 105.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    From the world renowned visual novel studio Key, the highly rated story of CLANNAD is now available on Steam! Improved visuals, achievement integration, and Dangopedia make this the best version of CLANNAD to date.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Anime 27.1%, Classic 9.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Story Rich 4%

  36. #36 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 592 reviews2016
    Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
    Windows
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 40.6%, Anime 20.9%, Gore 9.7%, Violent 8.8%, Adventure 6.5%

  37. #37 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 171 reviews2025
    Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
    Windows

    “Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Anime 21.7%, Psychological 16.7%, Violent 10%, Adventure 9.5%

  38. #38 CROSS†CHANNEL: Steam Edition
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 430 reviews2018
    Dev: MoeNovel
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    "This is the Gunjo Broadcasting Club. Is there anyone left out there?” CROSS†CHANNEL is now available to the whole world for the first time ever. Eight students relive an eternally looping week as tensions rise. Can they mend their broken friendships, or are they too far gone to salvage...?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Anime 23.2%, Adventure 11.4%, Violent 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%

  39. #39 OMORI
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 85,929 reviews2020
    Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Great Soundtrack 24.3%, Anime 15.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Horror 10.3%

  40. #40 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
    69% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
    Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
    Windows · Mac
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    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

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  41. #41 Kara no Shojo
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 439 reviews2018
    Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 165.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.9%, Anime 22.2%, Gore 19.6%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Mystery 6.4%

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    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    73% matchVery Positive93% of 117 reviews2017
    Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
    Windows
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  44. #44 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,038 reviews2016
    Dev: Fallen Snow Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    Dev: ADELTAPub: MangaGamer
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    71% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
    Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

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  47. #47 KOEWOTAYORINI SP / 声之寄托SP
    72% matchVery Positive95% of 239 reviews2018
    Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Escape by means of "Voice"! The second installment of the new feeling puzzle and escape game! You are being held in a room that you haven't been to before. The only thing you can do is using telephone to ask for hint from a cooperator.

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  48. #48 Doki Doki Literature Club!
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  49. #49 STEINS;GATE ELITE
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,627 reviews2019
    Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
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  50. #50 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 reviews2020
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    Windows
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  51. #51 Train of Afterlife
    75% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 40.5%, Anime 18.3%, Psychological 15%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 4.5%

  52. #52 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
    Dev: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Anime 27.3%, Adventure 11.6%, Horror 8.5%, Mystery 6.9%

  53. #53 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 4,723 reviews2016
    Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 35.5%, Anime 16.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Adventure 7.4%, Gore 7.1%

  54. #54 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
    68% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2020
    Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Anime 23.7%, Gore 10.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Violent 9.2%

  55. #55 Noel the Mortal Fate Complete Edition
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 3,293 reviews2018
    Dev: KANAWOPub: Vaka Game Magazine
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    This is a tale of revenge — of a demon, a girl, and their companions. After seven years of development, the popular dark suspense adventure "Noel the Mortal Fate" finally arrives as a complete edition with all 13 seasons included, fully upgraded and with no extra charges.

    Why similar: Anime 24.8%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Adventure 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%, Psychological Horror 5.8%

  56. #56 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,292 reviews2015
    Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: DigitalEZ
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 161.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?

    Why similar: Psychological 23.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Gore 14.8%, Anime 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%

  57. #57 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
    64% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
    Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 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 41.2%, Anime 11.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 7.8%

  58. #58 The Witch's House MV
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
    Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

    Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Anime 18.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Classic 9.2%, Adventure 9.2%

  59. #59 Fate/stay night REMASTERED
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,307 reviews2024
    Dev: TYPE-MOONPub: Aniplex Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Seek the root of the Fate franchise. Return to where it all began.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 46.7%, Anime 28.2%, Adventure 7.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%, Story Rich 4.4%

  60. #60 Viviette
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 509 reviews2018
    Dev: DYA Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!

    Why similar: Anime 22.6%, Classic 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Adventure 10.5%, Horror 9.7%

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