- #1 Before the Silence Claims: In Absentia
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Remnescens
Windows
"Willkommen in Eisenschall... how is it possible? It vanished decades ago." — To corrupted sounds of Schubert, guide Anton through diegetic noir psychological horror with zero HUD. Uncover the truth via crystal radio: saving your life may mean destroying your world.
Why similar: Noir 15.7%, Psychological 11.4%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Historical 10.3%, Cinematic 9.5%
- #2 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,292 reviews2015
Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 161.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
Why similar: Gothic 19.4% ★, Psychological 13%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #3 Orph - The Lost Boy
96% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows · Linux
Orph - The Lost Boy is a first-person horror game where you have to find out what happened with your son. Explore an old orphanage, uncover secrets long forgotten and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 12.2%, Cinematic 11.8%
- #4 The Glued
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
The peg doll faces from your childhood bedroom reappear at every turn. Struggle to find a path forward through your own personal hell in this bleak visual novel with light puzzles and point-and-click elements.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Gothic 17.6% ★, Cinematic 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological 7.8%
- #5 The Binding Hour
94% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Crimson Vale StudioPub: Twisted Joy
Windows
The Binding Hour is a first-person psychological horror game set in a forgotten house lost deep in the woods. Explore shifting spaces, confront haunting echoes, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. Every hour binds you tighter—will you break the loop, or become part of it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Psychological 14.3%, Cinematic 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 11.6%
- #6 CONTORTED
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Lenni Elias KauppiPub: namoviot
Windows
CONTORTED is a camera-based horror game where you descend into a seemingly endless series of mysterious wells, encountering strange, contorted creatures. Use your camera to create objects in the world and to defend yourself! Now featuring a new endless minigame—how many points can you score?
Why similar: Gothic 23.5% ★, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Cinematic 10.5%, Psychological 10.2%
- #7 Misericorde: Volume One
93% matchVery Positive98% of 489 reviews2023
Dev: XEECEE
Windows · Linux
Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.
Why similar: Gothic 21.2% ★, Noir 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Historical 11.1%, Mystery 10.2%
- #8 Faro
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: matt!
Windows · Mac · Linux
The world ended long ago. Humanity didn’t. What remains is a fragile society sustained by fear and distrust. Faro is a psychological horror visual novel set on a sunless planet, where you guide four survivors as cosmic horrors linger and every decision erodes the trust holding them together.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #9 Monari Station
91% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Horror 10.9%, Cinematic 9.2%
- #10 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
91% 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: Psychological 14.4%, Cinematic 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11%, Psychological Horror 11%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #11 Mutual Harrow
90% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Psychological 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Horror 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #12 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,766 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Psychological 10.7%
- #13 Abandoned Village Walking Group
88% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
He wanders into the village and comes face to face with the village customs and the mystery of the sacred tree. However, he is also a freak who wants to desecrate the mystery. The battle for the salvation of mankind by the cursed village begins.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Psychological 12.9%, Horror 11.4%
- #14 NoSleep: Nightmare Chronicles
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tupelo Labs
Windows
Embark on a an unforgettable narrative journey with NoSleep: Nightmare Chronicles, a chilling collection of interactive horror stories from the r/NoSleep subreddit. Explore immersive environments, face grotesque encounters, and fight to survive in this gripping anthology of terror.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Cinematic 12.1%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 9.7%
- #15 The Schizophrenic Dynasty of Müller
89% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Mutkrakt
Windows
In this visual novel you're a voice in schizophrenic heads of dynasty Müller. You pass from generation to generation and you countrol your schizophrenic, talking sometimes with him. The important thing is, you shouldn't let your schizophrenic die without offspring, otherwise you'll die with him.
Why similar: Noir 15.2%, Psychological 14.9%, Historical 14%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #16 It Paints Me
86% matchVery Positive97% of 224 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Gothic 28% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Historical 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 9.2%
- #17 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
86% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Noir 17.6%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Psychological 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #18 Everything Ends In 0
85% matchVery Positive94% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: findaeden
Windows
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: Game Development 19.3% ★, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Gothic 12.4% ★, Psychological 9.4%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #19 Siberian Way
84% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: RootGame
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Psychological 19%, Historical 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Dark 11.4%
- #20 RUNT
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 22.6% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 9%, Horror 8.8%
- #21 Salthe
84% matchVery Positive86% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: SoireePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Gothic 25.3% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological 11.6%, Mystery 8.9%
- #22 Canceled
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Gothic 15.4% ★, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Historical 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
- #23 Thorner
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Dark 14.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #24 Hollow Faces
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
Hollow Faces is an atmospheric narrative horror where you step into the role of creators documenting paranormal phenomena. The game blends an intense walking simulator with environmental observation, careful listening, and reacting to threats.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Cinematic 13.8%, Dark 13%, Psychological 12.3%, Horror 11.4%
- #25 Incredulity
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Joonas RiikonenPub: Nupsu Game Studio
Windows
Descend into mind of detective Zara Moreland in this dark, moody, short, story emphasized adventure game with fixed camera angles. Talk with people from her past, solve old school puzzles and try to figure out what is happening.... or what has happened.
Why similar: Psychological 23.7%, Noir 22.4%, Cinematic 12.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Dark 11.1%
- #26 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Poética Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel with light adventure elements, about a group of office workers grinding through an intense all-nighter. Just do your job and.... don’t ask about Ito… nothing happened to him... everything is fine.
Why similar: Psychological 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #27 Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
79% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Domus Aurea
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Gothic 31.3% ★, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Dark 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 12%
- #28 Aenigmarch
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alexander VavilonskyPub: Chesnokov Aleksandr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Noir 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Cinematic 13.2%, Dark 12%
- #29 イツワリの令嬢少年
78% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: meLtRoman
Windows
A boy living as a warrant for a political marriage falls in love with a maid despite his unrequited love. You become a black rose fairy who grants wishes and discover that you were once human. Enter the bodies of the people in the mansion and trace their memories to discover their true identities.
Why similar: Gothic 25.4% ★, Noir 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Cinematic 8.6%
- #30 Naishitai: The parts I'm missing.
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mayuuri
Windows
Accompany Nai in her normal Sunday routine of watching TV, eating ramen and ruminating on her past.
Why similar: Psychological 25.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Noir 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 8.7%
- #31 Morse Academy
77% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 8.9%
- #32 5omeday
75% matchVery Positive91% of 205 reviews2026
Dev: Indigo IngotsPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
You have been assigned to guard a dragon girl set to be executed at the end of 5 days and have the ability to kill her instantly at any time with the push of a button in this multi-ending visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 27.7% ★, Psychological Horror 17%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #33 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,224 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Horror 9.7%
- #34 Man Without Organs
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NaviPub: MWO
Windows
“Man Without organs” is a 2D detective adventure game. The player assumes control of “Man Without organs”, whose body is hollow inside, on his journey through a ruined Hong Kong.
Why similar: Noir 32.7%, Dark 13.2%, Psychological 10%, Horror 8.5%, Atmospheric 7%
- #35 King of Silence - Prologue
75% matchVery Positive85% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Onze 8 Degrés
Windows
Embark on a chilling journey in King of Silence, a first-person horror game where silence is survival. Trapped in a dark, abandoned temple, you must quietly uncover its secrets and the eerie legend of the King of Silence to find your escape. Make a sound, and it may be your last.
Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Mystery 10.5%
- #36 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
74% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Gothic 20.2% ★, Psychological 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 10%
- #37 The Last Winter Knight
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Gothic 32% ★, Visual Novel 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 10%
- #38 The House in Fata Morgana
76% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 27.1% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 8.8%, Mystery 8.4%
- #39 Silent Residence
71% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Cinematic 16.8%, Psychological 16.8%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 10.4%
- #40 Omitted
73% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 23%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.2%, Cinematic 10.2%
- #41 Born for the Light ~Wavelength Radiant Collapse~
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: qDrotPub: TERNOX
Windows
Endless world. Endless sky. Endless light. Will the shadows be cast upon all Children dwelling on the Treetops? Regardless, I spread my prosthetic wings, taking a leap of faith.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dark 12.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 8.6%
- #42 The Horrorscope
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #43 ノロワレサイクル
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bokusen StudioPub: PAW International
Windows
Mayuhara City, Tokyo. The wounds of the mass suicide event of Mayuhara Academy from eight years ago have finally begun to heal. The rumors of the “Mayuhara Curse” are still whispered amongst the students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological 13.5%, Horror 13%, Mystery 11.8%
- #44 Amelie
72% matchVery Positive92% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: Psychological 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 8.9%
- #45 Saint Kotar
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Gothic 16% ★, Psychological 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Horror 9%
- #46 Blood Crossroad
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TerrorForgeStudios
Windows
BLOOD CROSSROAD is a first-person psychological tale about William, a man who must deal with his alcoholism and his deepest shame as he is chased by a mysterious presence from Japanese folklore.
Why similar: Noir 28.5%, Gothic 24.9% ★, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological 9.7%
- #47 The Lighthouse
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: Shadow Knights Studio
Windows
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Psychological 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10.5%, Cinematic 10%
- #48 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
68% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 15.2%, Dark 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #49 Elara
69% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: LoveOtheRing
Windows · Mac
Elara is a dark, narrative-driven visual novel where players investigate a corporate death, navigate manipulation and power dynamics, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Psychological 17.8%, Cinematic 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #50 Summer of '58
70% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Psychological 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Cinematic 14.3%, Horror 13.7%, Historical 11.9%
- #51 Electio
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HDchrom
Windows
Five live rounds, a blank, and a choice. Electio is a short narrative horror game where death carries permanent consequences.
Why similar: Noir 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark 12%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
- #52 いのちのないうた
69% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: hata
Windows · Mac
音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。
Why similar: Gothic 26.4% ★, Visual Novel 15.3%, Dark 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #53 New Meaning
70% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Brave Lobster Studios
Windows
In New Meaning you play as Luke Wilson, or do you? Luke is a struggling teenager trying to shed some light upon a dark lonely world, will you help him or will you aid his departure into depression? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Psychological Horror 21%, Visual Novel 21%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 8.4%
- #54 The Shell Part III: Paradiso
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 567 reviews2025
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 184.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Historical 16%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Mystery 8.8%, Horror 7.9%
- #55 KAL
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 23h59Pub: Pixel Sunset Studio
Windows
KAL is a first-person psychological horror game. Trapped in an old, abandoned Creole house, immerse yourself in a time loop and relive the story of a slave who became a true legend.
Why similar: Gothic 22.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Historical 13.9%, Cinematic 11%, Horror 9.8%
- #56 Mota Must Die
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Horror 12.7%, Cinematic 9.3%
- #57 KILLA
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Tangerine
Windows
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Psychological 14%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #58 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Horror 10.1%
- #59 Raging Loop
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,674 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 23.9 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Psychological 15.2%, Mystery 14%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #60 Friday Night
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Priskon
Windows
Investigate a family’s gruesome fate, communicate using your microphone to uncover the truth, and hide from the spirit. Film the whole experience in your camcorder for the world to see.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%