- #1 Everything Ends In 0
96% matchVery Positive94% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: findaeden
Windows
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: Game Development 19% ★, Lore-Rich 13%, Gothic 11.8% ★, Psychological 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #2 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,299 reviews2015
Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 163.0 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 12.8%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #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 20.2%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 12.3%, Cinematic 11.9%
- #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 17.4% ★, Cinematic 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological 7.7%
- #5 Monari Station
94% matchPositive88% of 17 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 17.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Horror 11%, Cinematic 9.1%
- #6 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 14.1%, Cinematic 13.8%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 11.6%
- #7 Misericorde: Volume One
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 547 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 21.1% ★, Noir 20.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Historical 11.2%, Mystery 10.2%
- #8 Stitched HD
93% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Fluffex Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A pleasantly anticipated trip back home for the holidays becomes a nightmare for Catherine as a tragic accident leaves her unconscious. After coming to her senses, she realizes that something is dreadfully wrong. She must escape the doll factory she awoke in before it's too late.
Why similar: Gothic 18.6% ★, Psychological 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 10.5%
- #9 CONTORTED
91% 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 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Cinematic 10.6%, Psychological 10.1%
- #10 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,953 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 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 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Psychological 10.4%
- #11 It Paints Me
89% matchVery Positive97% of 277 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 27.7% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Historical 9.7%, Horror 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #12 Mutual Harrow
89% matchPositive94% of 16 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%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Horror 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #13 Salthe
90% matchVery Positive84% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: SoireePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.9 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 25.1% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological 11.4%, Mystery 8.8%
- #14 Faro
88% matchNo user reviews
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 16.6%, Dark 14.8%, Psychological 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #15 AMEN: The Quiet Exodus
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AMENTEAM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 30.8% ★, Visual Novel 16%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #16 Cyber Village 2200
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
It is the newest village of tradition. In the year 2200, Oculus, an employee at a cybernetic body manufacturing company, hears a rumor that a colleague has gone missing while on the job.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Horror 10.9%
- #17 KEPT
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silk Dagger
Windows
You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological 11.5%, Dark 7.8%
- #18 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,373 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 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 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Horror 9.9%
- #19 Prison Chain: The Unredeemed Thought
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 落梅序
Windows
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Noir 17.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Lore-Rich 8%
- #20 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 521 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 14.3%, Cinematic 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #21 Forgive or Finalize
82% matchMixed69% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Dark 15%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Psychological 13.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #22 The Schizophrenic Dynasty of Müller
84% 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 15.3%, Psychological 14.7%, Historical 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #23 Abandoned Village Walking Group
82% matchMixed64% of 28 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 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 12.7%, Horror 11.5%
- #24 NoSleep: Nightmare Chronicles
81% 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 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Cinematic 12.2%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 9.7%
- #25 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
81% matchMixed50% of 12 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 17.7%, Psychological 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #26 RUNT
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 22.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 8.9%, Dark 8.9%
- #27 Akelarre
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Antoner
Windows
A psychological horror game where you enter the dark forests of Urkaitz as Gustavo, a reporter determined to uncover the truth behind a series of sinister incidents connected to a possible witches' coven.
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Psychological 15%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Horror 11%
- #28 Siberian Way
79% matchVery Positive82% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: ROOT GAMES
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 18.7%, Historical 17%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Dark 11.3%
- #29 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: Noir 22.3%, Psychological 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Cinematic 13.2%, Dark 10%
- #30 Thorner
78% 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 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dark 14.2%, Psychological 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #31 Shadow in My Blood
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aquilonis
Windows
When everything seems to be lost, you return at last, Ego. You were gone for too long, but now that you're back you're the only one who holds the key to defeat the evil ruling this world so peace and hope can finally start to find their way back Home.
Why similar: Gothic 21.6% ★, Noir 19%, Psychological 14.3%, Lore-Rich 11%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #32 SESTRY
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Industrial Miracle
Windows
A detective horror about twin sisters and the mirrors between them. Search crime scenes by flashlight, gather evidence, interrogate suspects - and survive the nights. Accusations need proof. The truth needs more. 7 endings; your choices decide who the monster is.
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Gothic 24.3% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #33 Hollow Faces
76% 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 13.9%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological 12.1%, Horror 11.5%
- #34 Nocturne Hollow
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Keith MorrealePub: Diabolical Games llc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nocturne Hollow is a gothic mystery visual novel currently containing the complete opening and Episode One. Explore the available areas of Hollow Veil, uncover supernatural clues and memories, and begin the introductory paths for Lucian, Evelyn, and Damien.
Why similar: Gothic 14.7% ★, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #35 Shattered Dimensions
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tufancan DemirkılıçPub: Domestic Goose Studio
Windows
Shattered Dimensions is a psychological horror game where reality twists and reshapes around your fears. Trapped in a shifting nightmare, you must uncover the truth hidden within the darkness before it consumes you.
Why similar: Noir 17.5%, Psychological 14.4%, Gothic 14.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Cinematic 10.2%
- #36 Scary Shadow Spot - Last Farewell
75% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Scary Shadow Spot: Last Farewell - Haunted by his past, Mark explores a haunted house where nothing is as it seems. Chilling puzzles and shocking truths await. Are you ready to uncover the mystery hidden in the shadows?
Why similar: Noir 24%, Psychological 18.1%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 10.4%
- #37 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
73% matchVery Positive92% of 51 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 20.1% ★, Psychological 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Horror 10.1%
- #38 Incredulity
74% 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 23.4%, Noir 22.5%, Cinematic 12.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Dark 11.1%
- #39 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
73% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: Poética Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, face strange encounters, and survive this psychological horror visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Horror 10.3%
- #40 Canceled
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Gothic 15.3% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Historical 14%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
- #41 Beneath the Shadow
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beneath the Shadow is a 3-hour psychological horror kinetic novel set in an alternate Tokyo lost to endless darkness. Adapted from the creator's original novel, it follows Kazusa, an 18-year-old whose ordinary days unravel into madness. Linear and story-driven, with save/reload anytime.
Why similar: Psychological 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Dark 11.4%, Anime 8.6%
- #42 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Myosi
Windows
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Psychological 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Horror 9.8%
- #43 ノロワレサイクル
72% matchNo user reviews2027
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 14.3%, Psychological 13.2%, Horror 13%, Mystery 11.7%
- #44 イツワリの令嬢少年
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 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 25.3% ★, Noir 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Cinematic 8.6%
- #45 Naishitai: The parts I'm missing.
71% 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 25.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Noir 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 8.6%
- #46 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Psychological 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Horror 8.3%
- #47 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 15%, Dark 12%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #48 Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
70% matchVery Positive95% of 161 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 31.2% ★, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Dark 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 12%
- #49 The Ardmore: Last Shift
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Frame Interactive
Windows
New York, 1937... The Ardmore Hotel. Guests call. The elevator answers. Listen closely, trust no one too quickly, and choose carefully when the cage door opens. Play Night One in the free demo.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 14.5%, Cinematic 13.9%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 9.7%
- #50 5omeday
68% matchVery Positive89% of 323 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 27.3% ★, Psychological Horror 17%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #51 Dreams of Suffering
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rexium Studio
Windows
A cinematic psychological horror game where you explore a haunting dream world, investigate mysterious environments, solve surreal puzzles, and face unknown entities. Experience a deeply atmospheric journey where sound, fear, and instinct guide you through the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Psychological 15%, Horror 14.9%, Cinematic 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #52 Man Without Organs
69% 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 32.8%, Dark 13.2%, Psychological 9.9%, Horror 8.6%, Atmospheric 7%
- #53 Confinio: Reality Prison
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Psychological 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Dark 10.4%
- #54 King of Silence - Prologue
67% matchVery Positive85% of 122 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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Mystery 10.5%
- #55 The Mofu Game
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rasen Horror
Windows · Mac
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological 8.7%
- #56 異界ノ宿帳
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frontier Works Inc.
Windows
忘れられたモノが流れ着く異界の温泉宿を舞台にした温泉ホラーシミュレーション。昼はケガレを抱えた付喪神たちをもてなし、夜は宿に溢れたケガレが引き起こす怪奇から生き延びる。あなたの選択が、客の癒しと宿の運命を変えていく。
Why similar: Psychological 22.6%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #57 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
65% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: CHARON
Windows
“You were only trying to do the right thing—so why is everything falling apart?” A Japanese language teacher’s choices to save three girls who have stopped attending school will change their fates. A psychological horror visual novel with 16 endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Cinematic 12%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.7%
- #58 Silent Residence
66% matchVery Positive91% of 109 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 18.9%, Cinematic 16.9%, Psychological 16.5%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 10.3%
- #59 Re:Metamorphosis Candina
65% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: 矢澤 豆太郎Pub: ヨアケラボ
Windows
All girls can transform with candy. A short branching visual novel about a mysterious candy shop and the girls who go there. What candy will you choose?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Psychological 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 9.4%