Games Like Iwaihime

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 24.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Anime 14.9%, Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This gothic visual novel shares the same deep, atmospheric dread and tragic, curse-laden storytelling found in Iwaihime.

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 34.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Anime 14.6%, Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: Written by the same author as Iwaihime, this title offers a similarly complex mystery filled with supernatural elements and psychological tension.

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 31.9%, Anime 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 8.8%, Story Rich 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title delivers a gripping, dark mystery centered on psychological trauma and disturbing supernatural occurrences.

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 26.9%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Lovecraftian 20.7%, Anime 9.2%, Horror 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a similarly disturbing and visceral psychological horror experience that challenges the player's perception of 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: Supernatural 26.3%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Anime 15.4%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Horror 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery that uses atmospheric storytelling and curse-based themes to build constant tension.

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 24.8%, Anime 23.1%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Story Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential school-based horror experience that mirrors the unsettling, curse-driven atmosphere of Iwaihime.

Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Anime 16.2%, Emotional 14.9%, Horror 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This dark detective visual novel features a gritty, atmospheric tone and disturbing mystery elements similar to Iwaihime.

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%, Horror 14.1%, Anime 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Adventure 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure-focused visual novel that blends mystery, horror, and supernatural elements in an isolated setting.

Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.9%, Visual Novel 31.2%, Anime 23.2%, Story Rich 6%, 2D 3%

Why You'll Like It: This title subverts the visual novel format to deliver a deeply unsettling psychological horror experience.

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 46.2%, Anime 24.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 6.1%, Thriller 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes psychological thriller that masterfully builds tension through its branching narrative and character-driven horror.

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: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.2%, Anime 13.1%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cosmic horror game that captures a similar sense of dread and supernatural mystery through its unique, hand-drawn aesthetic.

Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Anime 13.4%, Emotional 11.8%, Horror 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A focused psychological horror visual novel that leans into anime-style aesthetics to deliver a disturbing, character-driven story.

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 24.5%, Supernatural 20.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 9.5%, Anime 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game explores supernatural urban legends through a lens of mystery and psychological unease.

"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 33.3%, Anime 23%, Horror 15.5%, Thriller 10.7%, Linear 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, gore-filled horror visual novel that shares the unsettling doll-themed imagery found in Iwaihime.

MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 22%, Anime 12%, Emotional 11.7%, Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and deeply psychological visual novel that explores themes of identity and trauma in a dark, atmospheric setting.

Two pairs of twins war for love, life, and limb beneath the curtain of a dark Tokyo night. From the artisans at CRAFTWORK comes a visual novel lush with art, action, and mystery; a story of GEMINISM—deformity and divinity.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Anime 15.9%, Emotional 13.6%, Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy visual novel that utilizes psychological horror and anime aesthetics to create a haunting 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 28.6%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Anime 17.1%, Horror 14%, Story Rich 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This chapter deepens the psychological horror and mystery elements that define the series' appeal.

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 27.5%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Anime 20.9%, Story Rich 8.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological mystery game that uses a time-loop mechanic to build paranoia and tension among its cast.

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 33%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 18.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric visual novel that focuses on psychological horror and a slow-burn, unsettling narrative.

A dark, dramatic medieval visual novel. On a stage at the boundary between life and death, an actress struggles through her hardest performance—directed by a jester, she relives her past for the the prize of resurrection...

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Anime 16.8%, Supernatural 15.7%, Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-heavy visual novel that incorporates psychological horror and medieval themes to create a unique, dark atmosphere.

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 41.6%, Anime 24.6%, Story Rich 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Psychological 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential Ryukishi07 horror mystery that established the tone and style found in Iwaihime.

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 27.9%, Anime 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.5%, Story Rich 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A pivotal chapter that focuses on the psychological breakdown of its protagonist, mirroring the intensity of Iwaihime.

A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Supernatural 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 14.9%, Horror 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused psychological horror game that features a dark, atmospheric narrative and strong character work.

A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.

Why similar: Supernatural 22.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Anime 8.9%, Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, supernatural visual novel that explores psychological themes in a grounded yet disturbing way.

A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.

Why similar: Supernatural 22%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Anime 16.4%, Horror 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror adventure that relies on multiple endings and choices to heighten its dark, supernatural mystery.

A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.

Why similar: Supernatural 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Anime 10.5%, Emotional 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A thriller-focused visual novel that leans heavily into supernatural horror and psychological tension.

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 24.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Anime 20.3%, Horror 14.3%, Adventure 8.4%

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Anime 19.7%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 6.2%

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 27.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Anime 18%, Horror 9.7%, Story Rich 6.5%

Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.

Why similar: Supernatural 28.6%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Horror 11.7%, Anime 10.1%, Adventure 8.9%

“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 25.3%, Anime 19.8%, Emotional 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Horror 8%

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Anime 19.3%, Horror 15.8%, Adventure 6.4%

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Supernatural 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Thriller 6.2%

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 29.4%, Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 13.9%, Anime 12.2%, Adventure 8.6%

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 31.5%, Anime 16.5%, Emotional 12.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Anime 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Dark 4.9%

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.4%, Anime 18.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Surreal 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: An indie visual novel that uses a supernatural premise to explore deep psychological and emotional themes.

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 31.3%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Anime 14.2%, Horror 8.5%, Story Rich 7.1%

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 27.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 15.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Story Rich 7.9%

A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Anime 17.6%, Horror 15.4%, Emotional 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

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 36.3%, Anime 15.2%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 10%

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 34.8%, Anime 26.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 6.5%

Witches, curses, and fairy tales meet horror in this classic walking sim with an eerie atmosphere and well-paced jumpscares.

Why similar: Supernatural 34.9%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.1%, Thriller 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%

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: Supernatural 20.9%, Mythology 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Anime 11.4%

"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Anime 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Story Rich 4.7%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.5%, Anime 22.1%, Emotional 15.5%, Story Rich 6.2%, Adventure 6.2%

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 56.1%, Anime 30.2%, Emotional 6.9%, Story Rich 5.5%, Adventure 0.6%

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".

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Anime 18%, Surreal 9.6%, Story Rich 6.8%

Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.

Why similar: Supernatural 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Emotional 10.3%

When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Anime 13.9%, Story Rich 5.8%

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 41.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Anime 11.8%, 2D 7.4%, Story Rich 5.5%

Together with Snezhana and her dog Ayda you will go to the woods for mushroom hunting. An ordinary adventure does not foreshadow adversity, until you decide to step into an uncharted plase… A short but atmospheric visual novel that will give you goosebumps.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Emotional 12.7%, Anime 12.5%, Horror 11.1%

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: Visual Novel 26%, Supernatural 21.4%, Anime 18.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 7.9%

Cursed Bet is a horror game where you play from a body camera perspective. Enter the abandoned preschool, the subject of terrible rumors, in the midnight. Struggle the cursed doll Ebeleen as you investigate the school's dark past. Will you be able to destroy him and his curse?

Why similar: Supernatural 35.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 15.2%, Thriller 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 18.7%, Emotional 13.6%, 2D 6%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Anime 29.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Adventure 7%

CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.8%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Anime 20.1%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 5.6%

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 35.3%, Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Adventure 8.4%, Anime 7.9%

A world of shadows. A world of light. In the world of light where no shadows exist lived a boy - Meito Tanabe. One day, he met a girl who possessed a shadow - Shimon. She brings him to her world - a place filled with shadows.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.6%, Horror 23.4%, Anime 17.5%, Adventure 9.5%

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: Visual Novel 26.7%, Psychological Horror 22%, Anime 21.1%, Horror 16.2%, Story Rich 7.5%