- #1 Anomalous Coffee Machine
97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,583 reviews2025
Dev: HoruBrain InteractivePub: Hexapede Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In this game, meet a mysterious girl who demands you use the "Anomalous Coffee Machine" and create any drink you can imagine. Whether realistic, paradoxical, or impossible, she’s willing to sample whatever you create. However, she doesn't seem to like the cup of death. Why? Well, I think you know.
Why similar: Dark Humor 32%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Female Protagonist 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #2 Anomalous Coffee Machine 2
96% matchVery Positive81% of 639 reviews2025
Dev: HoruBrain InteractivePub: Hexapede Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
In this game, meet a mysterious girl who demands you use an "Anomalous Coffee Machine". Type any word to create a drink, then choose who drinks: her or you. Some cups whisper, some scream, some change what you are. She watches quietly, like she already knows what you’ll choose. Now it's your turn!
Why similar: Dark Humor 28.4%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Collectathon 12.9%, 2D 7.8%, Female Protagonist 6.5%
- #3 The Winter Mind
96% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, 2D 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #4 I'll Do It Tomorrow
95% matchVery Positive96% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Luca Morotti
Windows
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Anime 10.4%, Dark Humor 9.1%
- #5 No, I'm not a Human
94% matchVery Positive93% of 29,295 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Horror 11.7%, Gore 11.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #6 Fragile
94% matchMixed65% of 430 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Gore 26.7%, Violent 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 9.6%
- #7 Ib
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,206 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Survival 13.7%, Horror 11.4%, 2D 8.7%
- #8 マカブルの残党: Remnants of the Macabre
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Navigate 1980s Japan as a schoolgirl in this Junji Ito-inspired horror game. Each choice shapes your fate, leading to safety or deeper into the macabre. Uncover hidden horrors in an urban street filled with sinister details. Will you find your way home, or be consumed by the unknown?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 50%, Dark 25.7%, Horror 23.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #9 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,869 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Horror 16.4%, Anime 10.5%, Indie 1.8%
- #10 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
89% matchVery Positive94% of 56,574 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.8%, Dark Humor 24.1%, Anime 14.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, 2D 6.5%
- #11 Blood Lily Loop
90% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Dark Humor 22%, Lovecraftian 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #12 My Lovely Daughter
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,304 reviews2018
Dev: GameChanger StudioPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Dark Humor 23.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Horror 7.2%
- #13 Obsessed : Night Shift
88% matchVery Positive90% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.9%, Horror 21.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #14 Wasteland Bites
87% matchVery Positive95% of 424 reviews2026
Dev: CosmicDevPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wasteland Bites is a horror-based food truck sim. Cooking up questionable cuisine in your post-apocalyptic food truck is tough. Fending off mutants, UFOs, rabid dogs, and things lurking in the dark? That's the real challenge. A chaotic mix of cooking and survival in a long gone world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.8%, Horror 25.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Resource Management 14.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #15 this morning I decided to die
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 178 reviews2023
Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Anime 15.5%, Violent 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #16 No Ghost in Sky Elevator
86% matchVery Positive99% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Midori Games / みどりげーむず
Windows
It is a strange high-rise elevator. The objects that appear and the people you board are all strange. Depending on your actions, you will face a variety of consequences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.5%, Female Protagonist 14%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, 2D 10.1%, Anime 9.3%
- #17 Unemployment Simulator 2018
85% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows · Linux
Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.
Why similar: Dark Humor 39.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Mystery 16.1%, Simulation 7.8%, Horror 7.3%
- #18 Particles of Reality
86% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Arewar Games
Windows · Mac
You are a troubled college student trying to live a normal life surrounded by some... complicated men. Although unaware, you are causing the destruction of reality. Will the Guardians kill you to protect the universe? Can you find your happily ever after... How many times will you die trying?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Dark Humor 20.3%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Dark 9.9%, Horror 8.2%
- #19 Imaginary Friend Institution
84% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Nightmare Emporium
Windows
Experience the not-so-ordinary life of a young institutionalized woman in the 1950’s. Amidst the daily struggles and overbearing loneliness, she often sees things that others do not. However, as the imaginary begins to seep into reality, she realizes she may not be as crazy as she once thought.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.8%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Horror 17.2%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Anime 10%
- #20 Love, Internet, and Murder Magic
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 249 reviews2025
Dev: Renka
Windows
Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.
Why similar: Dark Humor 35.6%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Anime 11.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #21 The Final Prize is Soup
83% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Anime 11.3%, Dark 10.9%, 2D 10.4%
- #22 BAD END THEATER
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,804 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Choices Matter 36.7%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Anime 9.7%, Gore 8.1%, Simulation 8.1%
- #23 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
82% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Dark Humor 21.5%, Horror 14.9%, 2D 9.6%
- #24 Flesh Water
82% matchVery Positive82% of 917 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 17%
This is your last day as a worker for a pet feeding service, and depending on how the day goes, your life. Prepare the final meal for a client's odd pet that lives in an abandoned pool all while trying to make it out safely and avoid mistakes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Mystery 14.6%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 11.3%
- #25 Cursed Mansion
81% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 9.7%, Dark 9.3%
- #26 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
79% matchVery Positive87% of 382 reviews2023
Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dark 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%
- #27 Life Eater
79% matchVery Positive84% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Lovecraftian 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 11.3%
- #28 The Music Machine
80% matchVery Positive88% of 608 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.7%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Mystery 13%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 10%
- #29 Cabernet
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,170 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #30 Subway Exorcist Girl
77% matchVery Positive82% of 314 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Lovecraftian 27.8%, Mystery 18.3%, Horror 15.1%, Anime 9.1%
- #31 Cat in the Box
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,551 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Mystery 20.7%, 2D 7.4%, Female Protagonist 5.2%
- #32 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
76% matchVery Positive95% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.1%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Horror 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #33 DEAD LAMB WALKING
75% matchVery Positive97% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Horror 9.7%
- #34 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
77% matchVery Positive86% of 256 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Horror 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #35 Help Me
78% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A horrific choices matter adventure game where you need to get out of the house!
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Gore 14.7%, Anime 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #36 Go Home Annie: An SCP Game
74% matchVery Positive82% of 494 reviews2024
Dev: Misfit VillagePub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A twisted psychological thriller and an original story set in the SCP universe. As an employee of the SCP Foundation, test artificially created paranormal events, solve puzzles, interact with anomalies, and uncover the secrets of the Replication Division.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Mystery 19%, Dark 13.4%, Horror 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.8%
- #37 For Mother Matron
74% matchVery Positive92% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Horror 10.6%, Anime 9.2%
- #38 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 59.9%, Horror 21.5%, Simulation 18.6%
- #39 The Rule Of SHE
72% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Mystery 22.1%, Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #40 Hazy Mind
72% matchVery Positive86% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.2%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Anime 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9%, Horror 8.8%
- #41 CloverPit
69% matchVery Positive90% of 24,886 reviews2025
Dev: Panik ArcadePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
Why similar: Dark Humor 32.8%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 9.5%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #42 Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 694 reviews2025
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 27.2%, Lovecraftian 21%, Anime 12.7%, Gore 10%
- #43 Cross The Boundaries
71% matchVery Positive99% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: AlfredProsPub: Ziel Graywords
Windows · Linux
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Mystery 27.3%, Anime 23.1%, 2D 21.7%, Dark 12.8%, Gore 5.4%
- #44 Little Lighthouse of Horror
71% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Codiwans
Windows
A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?
Why similar: Survival 26.2%, Mystery 21.1%, Horror 16.3%, Resource Management 12.5%, Dark 10.8%
- #45 PROJECT: Halloween
73% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Madeleine Chai
Windows · Mac · Linux
She was created for one purpose: to make sure everyone in the world enjoys Halloween. At all costs. A short, fully-voiced horror visual novel exploring instrumental convergence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.2%, Horror 18.7%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, 2D 13.9%, Indie 2.8%
- #46 Morph Girl
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Autumn Knight
Windows
Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #47 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,455 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Mystery 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Anime 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #48 Cooking Companions
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,196 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Mystery 17.6%, Horror 12.6%, Anime 12.2%, Dark 10.2%
- #49 My Sweet! Housemate
69% matchVery Positive98% of 386 reviews2024
Dev: sourmilk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area. Luckily, it seems you've found the perfect rental, but something is very off about your landlord...
Why similar: Dark Humor 34.9%, Survival 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Horror 9.3%, Anime 9.2%
- #50 WORLD OF HORROR
67% matchVery Positive90% of 9,794 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Lovecraftian 22.1%, Horror 14.2%, Survival 13.1%, Mystery 10.4%
- #51 Inner Voices
73% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Lovecraftian 19%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Gore 9.7%, Dark 8.9%
- #52 Eye of Saccharine
70% 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: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, 2D 13.3%, Horror 13.3%, Anime 10.3%
- #53 PAGER
67% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Dark Humor 36%, Psychological Horror 31%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Horror 12.3%, Simulation 7.3%
- #54 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
68% matchVery Positive100% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Linux
Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #55 Super Lone Survivor
68% matchVery Positive93% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: SuperflatPub: Superflat Games
Windows
The masked protagonist must escape the city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Use stealth to scavenge food, or kill everything in your path. Nurture your mental health or descend into madness. How you survive is up to you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Choices Matter 23.5%, Horror 13.4%, 2D 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #56 Crimson Gray: Dusk and Dawn
69% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Anime 13.9%, Horror 10.3%, Simulation 9.2%
- #57 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
68% matchVery Positive82% of 3,255 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.1%, Horror 29.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Simulation 7.7%, Anime 5.7%
- #58 Veloria
66% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows · Mac
Veloria awakens from a nightmare in an abandoned orphanage. As childhood fears resurface, she must piece together fragmented memories and uncover a dark past. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive this twisted place to reach her true ending.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Mystery 19.8%, Female Protagonist 12%, Anime 9.6%, Horror 8.1%
- #59 Dread Weight
66% matchVery Positive87% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Horror 12%, Anime 11.5%
- #60 Endless Dark
65% matchVery Positive99% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Little Light Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.
Why similar: Dark Humor 36.1%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Choices Matter 16.3%, 2D 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%