Games Like Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

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 30.5%, Mystery 15.7%, Anime 13.6%, Psychological 10.9%, Dark 7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the essential starting point of the series that establishes the core mystery and atmosphere found in the second chapter.

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 20.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Anime 10.2%, Horror 9.1%, Psychological 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This chapter continues the intense psychological descent and character-driven horror that defines the Higurashi experience.

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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Anime 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides critical context to the overarching mystery while maintaining the series' signature blend of suspense and character development.

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 19.7%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Anime 11.3%, Mystery 11%

Why You'll Like It: This chapter offers a chilling perspective shift that deepens the player's understanding of the series' dark, recurring themes.

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 25.1%, Horror 13%, Mystery 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Anime 12%

Why You'll Like It: It serves as a pivotal turning point in the narrative, escalating the psychological stakes and emotional intensity.

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 21.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Anime 13.4%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: This entry is crucial for piecing together the complex puzzle of the Hinamizawa tragedy.

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%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 15.9%, Anime 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: The grand conclusion to the main story arc provides necessary closure and resolution to the series' psychological mysteries.

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 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Mystery 16.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Horror 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same author, this series shares the same masterful approach to mystery, psychological tension, and meta-narrative structure.

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 26.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Mystery 17.2%, Horror 8.7%, Anime 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: These arcs provide the definitive resolution to the complex riddles and psychological battles established in the Question Arcs.

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 33.6%, Mystery 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Anime 13.2%, Violent 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Another entry from the same creator that explores dark, high-stakes science fiction themes with a similar psychological depth.

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 29.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Anime 9.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a high-stakes death game scenario that relies on intense psychological pressure and complex mystery-solving.

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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Horror 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the dark, gothic, and emotionally heavy atmosphere that makes Higurashi so memorable and impactful.

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 30.5%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Gore 11.3%, Horror 10.3%, Anime 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal work of psychological horror that, like Higurashi, uses a deceptive premise to explore truly disturbing and dark themes.

CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!

Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Mystery 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Anime 12.1%, Gore 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title explores the psychological instability of its protagonist in a way that mirrors the paranoia found in Higurashi.

Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Anime 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Story Rich 11%, Mystery 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic visual novel that excels in building a slow-burn mystery that eventually spirals into a gripping, high-stakes psychological thriller.

Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Mystery 16.7%, Anime 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a claustrophobic death game setting with intense character-driven mystery and psychological conflict.

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 26.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Anime 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a dark, mystery-heavy narrative centered on gruesome events and the psychological toll they take on the characters.

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: Horror 25%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Anime 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Gore 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential horror visual novel that focuses on gore, supernatural dread, and the psychological breakdown of its cast.

Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Anime 17.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands on the mystery and psychological horror elements of the first game with even higher stakes.

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 25.5%, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 9.2%, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric horror visual novel uses a dark, folk-horror aesthetic to build a sense of constant, creeping unease.

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 26.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Mystery 9.2%, Anime 9.1%, Horror 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply philosophical and disturbing visual novel that explores the darker aspects of human nature and reality.

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 32.9%, Horror 19.1%, Anime 18%, Mystery 17.3%, Story Rich 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery that uses its visual novel format to create a tense, atmospheric experience filled with dread.

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 28.8%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Anime 17.1%, Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a haunting, supernatural atmosphere and psychological horror elements that will feel familiar to Higurashi fans.

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 53%, Anime 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-production visual novel that features a compelling mystery and supernatural elements with a strong narrative focus.

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Anime 14.3%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It subverts the visual novel genre to deliver a shocking psychological horror experience that challenges the player's expectations.

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 29.9%, Horror 16.1%, Anime 14.7%, Gore 8.8%, Violent 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-focused visual novel that emphasizes atmosphere and the constant threat of death in a mysterious setting.

Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.

Why similar: Mystery 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Psychological 15.9%, Anime 15.6%, Dark 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully utilizes a death game premise to force players into difficult moral and psychological dilemmas.

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 40.1%, Anime 16.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Story Rich 8.6%, Gore 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, multi-perspective mystery that relies on psychological tension and high-stakes survival scenarios.

The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Anime 15.1%, Psychological 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends social deduction with a deep, looping mystery that forces players to constantly question the motives of those around them.

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 37.5%, Anime 14.6%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Story Rich 7.4%, Horror 6.3%

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.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Anime 15.3%, Psychological 12.2%, Gore 7.2%, Violent 6.2%

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 32%, Mystery 18.5%, Horror 14.9%, Anime 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

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 58.2%, Anime 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Story Rich 6.2%, Indie 0.6%

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 43.1%, Anime 20.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Story Rich 10.1%, Classic 6.2% ★

"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 36.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Gore 11.1%, Anime 10.1%, Violent 9.4%

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 21.4%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Anime 13.1%, Gore 10%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Mystery 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Psychological 7.1%, Story Rich 6.9%

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: Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Horror 10.9%, Anime 9.4%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Mystery 17.4%, Anime 16%, Story Rich 9%, Gore 7.1%

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 38.3%, Anime 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Story Rich 12.3%, Psychological Horror 4.8%

Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Anime 16.7%, Mystery 15.5%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7%

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: Visual Novel 22%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Anime 12.3%, Mystery 12%, Horror 9.7%

A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Anime 15%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

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: Visual Novel 23%, Anime 15.9%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Mystery 11.9%

Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish is a thrilling mystery story revolving around a series of unfathomable incidents in a town.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Anime 20.4%, Mystery 19.6%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 3.8%

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 30.8%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 8.4%

In the bayside area of Kanto, a murder with unknown motivations sets off a series of seemingly random events bringing together peculiar individuals, one of whom is detective Tokio Morishima. When their ambitions begin to collide, a truly shocking pattern emerges…

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Mystery 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.4%, Violent 13.7%, Story Rich 6.6%

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 26.6%, Psychological Horror 17%, Mystery 15.5%, Anime 9.8%, Story Rich 8.5%

A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Anime 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%

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 34.8%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Anime 12.1%, Horror 8.2%, Story Rich 5.2%

"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural visual novel about madness, love and hate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Anime 15.6%, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Gore 10.3%

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 39.2%, Horror 29%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Anime 6.6%, Dark 5.7%

Enigma is an atmospheric, full-length visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Anime 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Mystery 15.4%, Adventure 4.6%

“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 30%, Anime 17.7%, Dark 10.2%, Horror 10%, Psychological 7.3%

A yuri denpa tale about the cursed pariah of a rural cult, Mercy, and her fateful meeting with the Holy Maiden Auma. Bloody, bold, and bone-chilling, this visual novel explores the complexities of the cycle of abuse and the violence in playing by the rules.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 11.4%, Gore 11.3%, Anime 8.8%

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.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Anime 15%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

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 43.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Anime 8.7%, Story Rich 5.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%

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: Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 15.5%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.2%

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Psychological 8.6%, Horror 7.6%, Story Rich 6.7%

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 35.2%, Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Violent 7.2%