- #1 The Rule Of SHE
97% matchVery Positive88% of 58 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: Surreal 18.4%, Drama 16.8%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Puzzle 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #2 RGB GlitchGazer
96% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Surreal 19.3%, Philosophical 15.5%, Emotional 13.6%, Anime 13.3%, Drama 12.4%
- #3 Reflection of Mine
96% matchVery Positive80% of 246 reviews2017
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Reflection of Mine is a dark puzzle video game about the dissociative identity disorder. The entire game takes place in the broken mind of Lilly Witchgan and the goal is to discover who is real – Lilly herself or one of her many personalities.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.7%, Anime 19.1%, Puzzle 17.1%, Dark 16.1%, Story Rich 13.2%
- #4 Ashina: The Red Witch
95% matchVery Positive92% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.
Why similar: Surreal 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Dark 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Anime 8.9%
- #5 Ib
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Surreal 20.3%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Anime 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #6 Hazy Mind
92% matchVery Positive86% of 318 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: Anime 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Story Rich 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #7 Aimi
93% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Toasty
Windows · Mac
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Surreal 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Dark 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #8 CLeM
91% matchVery Positive92% of 276 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 12.7%, Dark 12.1%, Emotional 12%, Investigation 11.9%, Magic 11.3%
- #9 Night Loops
91% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Dark 17%, Anime 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #10 Restless Dreams
90% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Female Protagonist 18%, Anime 12%, Dark 11.6%
- #11 Alice's World
89% matchVery Positive90% of 377 reviews2025
Dev: STORIA GAMES CO., LTD
Windows
Alice's World is a story-driven 2D adventure puzzle game. Amidst desolate ruins and deserted cities in a world filled with death, the young girl Alice hears "your" voice from in front of the screen. You must guide her forward, solve the mysteries, and reach the top of the tower.
Why similar: Anime 16.6%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #12 The Test: Secrets of the Soul
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,554 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Philosophical 20.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Investigation 13.6%, Emotional 12.7%, Anime 12.4%
- #13 With My Past
87% matchVery Positive95% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: Imagine Wings StudioPub: Edigger
Windows
"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.
Why similar: Philosophical 39%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Puzzle 15.1%, Drama 10.5%, Story Rich 6%
- #14 The Signifier Director's Cut
89% matchVery Positive80% of 333 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Surreal 17.6%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Dark 11.9%, Investigation 11.7%, Emotional 11.4%
- #15 Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
86% matchMixed69% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Aya Games
Windows
A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?
Why similar: Dark 31.8%, Female Protagonist 22.8%, Puzzle 19.7%, Story Rich 17.4%, Adventure 8.3%
- #16 High School Dirty Secrets
85% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsuki Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.
Why similar: Dark 17.8%, Anime 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #17 Kara no Shojo
86% matchVery Positive92% of 439 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 165.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Dark 14%, Investigation 13.4%, Emotional 13.4%, Anime 13.4%, Drama 10.9%
- #18 MOOD
83% matchVery Positive87% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Philosophical 22.6%, Dark 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Anime 11.4%
- #19 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Anime 18.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #20 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
84% matchVery Positive86% of 279 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Anime 19.4%, Investigation 18.6%, Story Rich 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #21 CINERIS SOMNIA
84% matchVery Positive89% of 808 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Anime 15.8%, Dark 13.4%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #22 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 461 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Dark 21.1%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Anime 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Drama 13.3%
- #23 The Path Home
80% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: kakuhitoPub: michikusa
Windows
"The Path Home" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle game where you explore a strange world with a girl. Use panels to "flip" black and white tiles and reshape the puzzle world. The girl always searches for the "shortest path to the goal," but avoiding fake goals and reuniting her with the crow is up to you.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.5%, Story Rich 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Adventure 10.3%, 2D 10%
- #24 春と修羅|Haru to Shura
82% matchVery Positive91% of 94 reviews2021
Dev: MIYAKOpubl
Windows
Explore a mysterious world as the protagonist in this short adventure game with pixel graphics.
Why similar: Dark 23.8%, Anime 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Story Rich 13%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #25 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
79% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.7%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #26 Find the Demon 恶魔鉴定守则
79% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: SHAKINO_UNIONPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
她们中间,有一个是恶魔。
Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Philosophical 16.2%, Anime 12.8%, Dark 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #27 Tokyo Dark
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,336 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Anime 28.3%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #28 The Method of Hiding a Body
78% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.2%, Multiple Endings 22.6%, Drama 22.5%, Story Rich 20.6%, Female Protagonist 2.7%
- #29 INDIKA
75% matchVery Positive90% of 7,865 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Surreal 28.7%, Dark 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Puzzle 11.7%, Story Rich 10%
- #30 Ashina: The Red Witch: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive87% of 180 reviews2020
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
The story is about Ash. An ordinary girl who takes a journey through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures. Ash must find her way back home...before something else finds her.
Why similar: Surreal 22.3%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Anime 12.8%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #31 Majotori
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,017 reviews2017
Dev: Majorariatto
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
How many lives will your ignorance ruin?
Why similar: Anime 20.2%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Story Rich 12.9%
- #32 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
73% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Surreal 20.9%, Anime 20.6%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Story Rich 13%
- #33 Burnhouse Lane
74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,072 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Dark 16.2%, Surreal 14.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Drama 11.4%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #34 Greyfox RPG
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,021 reviews2015
Dev: Lesley DoddPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a new arrival to a foggy and mysterious town. You find yourself waking up in the bodies of the town's inhabitants at pivotal moments of their lives. Make tough choices as you discover the truth about this town called Greyfox.
Why similar: Anime 49.9%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #35 The Almost Gone
75% matchVery Positive80% of 1,195 reviews2020
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Puzzle 16.3%, Emotional 15%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #36 Yet Another Killing Game
72% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Dark 17.8%, Anime 17.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%
- #37 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
76% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Anime 19.2%, Drama 18.9%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Story Rich 12%, Visual Novel 11%
- #38 Jessika
76% matchMixed68% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Tritrie GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.6%, Drama 23.7%, Story Rich 22.8%, Adventure 20.9%
- #39 Veloria
72% matchVery Positive91% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows · Mac
Velaria 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: Anime 21.9%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Puzzle 16.2%, Story Rich 13.6%, Drama 11.3%
- #40 Case #1472
74% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
Windows
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Dark 18.5%, Investigation 15.6%, Puzzle 15.3%, Drama 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%
- #41 Reaplaced
73% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Mystery Gamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Dark 22.2%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Anime 17.1%, Investigation 12.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #42 Tsunagari Chess School
73% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: Mintkuru
Windows
Welcome to the chess school! Connect with the brilliant girls of Sakuragi town and engage them in chess matches. How will you master the moves that come your way?
Why similar: Anime 49.5%, Visual Novel 24%, Story Rich 18.9%, 2D 7.6%
- #43 Subway Exorcist Girl
71% matchVery Positive83% of 304 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: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Anime 13.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Exploration 12.8%, Drama 9.7%
- #44 Without a Dawn
69% matchVery Positive94% of 679 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.5%, Emotional 14.7%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Dark 12.3%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #45 Dark Light
70% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.9%, Choices Matter 19%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Story Rich 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #46 Ghost on the Shore
71% matchVery Positive84% of 214 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Emotional 13.1%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Story Rich 10.3%, Exploration 9.8%
- #47 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Anime 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #48 Cross The Boundaries
69% matchVery Positive99% of 67 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: Anime 18.3%, Puzzle 15.2%, Drama 14.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Dark 10.5%
- #49 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
70% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you save a test subject from your life’s work? A cinematic sci-fi visual novel about cybernetic research and its sickening consequences. A prequel to malViolence.
Why similar: Anime 19.6%, Dark 18.6%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Story Rich 12.3%, Drama 11.8%
- #50 Taiji
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,371 reviews2022
Dev: Matthew VanDevander
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Surreal 23%, Puzzle 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Exploration 9.5%
- #51 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
71% 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: Anime 20.6%, Dark 18.1%, Puzzle 13.9%, Story Rich 12.3%, Investigation 11.3%
- #52 One's Own Exile
66% matchVery Positive100% of 394 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 19%, Dark 18.4%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #53 マカブルの残党: Remnants of the Macabre
69% 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: Walking Simulator 38.7%, Puzzle 16.8%, Dark 16.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Exploration 13.4%
- #54 Fantasmagorie
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: Needlepoint Productions
Windows
Journey through a distorted theatre held together by the fragile mind of a grieving puppet master. With only a needle and thread, traverse through this world and evade twisted and terrifying creations. Shatter the delusion and unravel the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Surreal 29%, Emotional 17.8%, Dark 15.5%, Story Rich 10.6%, Drama 9.1%
- #55 The Haunting of Joni Evers
67% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Investigation 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Drama 11.7%
- #56 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
68% matchVery Positive85% of 252 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Philosophical 33.2%, Anime 20.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #57 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
65% 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: Anime 32.9%, Multiple Endings 21.6%, Story Rich 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Adventure 9.8%
- #58 Path to Mnemosyne
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 247 reviews2018
Dev: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Relax, empty your mind, activate your senses and step into the hypnotic adventure of the Path to Mnemosyne in the quest for the lost memories.
Why similar: Surreal 34.9%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Puzzle 17.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #59 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528 reviews2025
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.
Why similar: Surreal 25.7%, Female Protagonist 15%, Puzzle 11.3%, Story Rich 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%