- #1 The Shell Part I: Inferno
97% matchVery Positive91% of 1,368 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Detective 21.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #2 AI: The Somnium Files
96% matchVery Positive92% of 9,207 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Anime 12.3%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #3 Tokyo Dark
96% matchVery Positive84% of 1,341 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: Detective 20.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 11.6%, Point & Click 10%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #4 Return to Shironagasu Island
95% matchVery Positive94% of 4,067 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 18.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Detective 14.3%, Horror 9.2%, Anime 8.3%
- #5 Suhoshin
94% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Detective 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Thriller 11.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Investigation 9.7%
- #6 Sunlight Scream
94% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 20%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Anime 9.4%
- #7 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
93% matchVery Positive92% of 2,538 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 173.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Sexual Content 12.8%, Mystery 9.7%, Anime 9.3%
- #8 Kimagure Temptation
92% matchVery Positive97% of 190 reviews2021
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Mysterious murders. A cursed apartment building. Cohabitating with a cute demon girl?! All in a day's work for diviner, Haruhisa but will he be able to solve the case and not be distracted by a demon girl only interested in him?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Sexual Content 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #9 Nanairo Reincarnation
91% matchVery Positive96% of 165 reviews2019
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join spirit detective Kagami Makoto and his demon familiars as they hunt down the wandering ghosts disrupting the peace of his small town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Anime 20.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Sexual Content 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #10 CHAOS;CHILD
91% matchVery Positive93% of 3,899 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 21.6%, Mystery 14.7%, Anime 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #11 9-nine-:Episode 1
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,910 reviews2019
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 147.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Help Miyako and Kakeru track down a superpowered serial killer before they strike again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Sexual Content 18.1%, Anime 15.7%, Nudity 12.5%, Mystery 8.3%
- #12 Master Magistrate
89% matchVery Positive90% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: IRODORIPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The samurai detective visual novel! Solve crimes and pass judgment on vigilantes, officials, inventors, and brigands to protect a city of eternal cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Anime 8.3%, Sexual Content 8.1%
- #13 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
86% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 17.1%, Detective 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 7.6%
- #14 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Anime 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Emotional 8.2%
- #15 Tokyo Detectives
89% matchMixed69% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Rincho Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Investigation 22%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Anime 11.6%
- #16 Hentai Detective
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: KuKo
Windows
Enigmatic psycho challenges famous detective. Help detective solve riddles and overcome challenges on his way to save the local town from bombing by stopping a mysterious madman.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Anime 21.1%, Sexual Content 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Nudity 13.8%
- #17 The House in Fata Morgana
86% matchVery Positive95% of 6,235 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.5 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: Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.5%, Anime 9.6%
- #18 Hashihime of the Old Book Town
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 643 reviews2019
Dev: ADELTAPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Follow the protagonist's pursuit to uncover the death of his friends during the Taisho era of Japan. An highly-acclaimed, psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel from indie developer ADELTA!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Sexual Content 22.6%, Nudity 14.4%, Anime 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #19 The Murder Hotel
83% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 15%, Anime 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #20 Corpse Party
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,376 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 22.5%, Anime 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #21 The Occult Detective
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 326 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 32.5%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Anime 16.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 12.9%
- #22 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
81% matchVery Positive87% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dark 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Sexual Content 8.3%
- #23 Bloody Chronicles - New Cycle of Death Visual Novel
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: Igrasil Development TeamPub: Igrasil Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A serial killer is on the loose and only you can stop the Phantom! Story of Koyama Kazuki, a young detective working for the Igrasil. While working on several, seemingly unrelated cases, you find clues pointing to the person who killed your parents. Can you stop this new cycle of death before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Detective 24%, Mystery 20.5%, Anime 19.8%, Horror 6.1%
- #24 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,271 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 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 21.7%, Mystery 16%, Anime 14.8%, Dark 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #25 Detective Girl of the Steam City
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,961 reviews2019
Dev: ClymeniaPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play as Sophie, a private investigator not unlike Sherlock Holmes. It's up to Sophie to uncover the hidden truths of London through her investigations. What mysteries and intrigue await her? Find out in this steampunk RPG!
Why similar: Sexual Content 28.6%, Nudity 16.3%, Detective 14.6%, Hentai 12.5%, Anime 9.6%
- #26 It was a human.
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 484 reviews2024
Dev: Loser/sPub: GAMER Plan
Windows
A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Detective 15.1%, Anime 12.2%, Dark 10.7%
- #27 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
79% matchVery Positive87% of 288 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: Detective 25.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 10.6%
- #28 Kill or Love
78% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Anime 15.8%, Thriller 9.5%, Sexual Content 8.3%
- #29 √Letter - Root Letter -
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 578 reviews2017
Dev: DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Anime 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #30 Magical Girl Witch Trials
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,109 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Sexual Content 8.4%, Investigation 7.5%
- #31 Reaplaced
78% 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: Detective 20.9%, Investigation 11.5%, Dark 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10%
- #32 The Chrono Jotter
76% matchVery Positive94% of 2,231 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Thriller 12.2%, Emotional 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
- #33 Dark Secrets of Showbiz
77% matchVery Positive85% of 149 reviews2022
Dev: BoruPub: Playmeow
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
In her attempt to solve the mystery of her parents’ death, Chen Ruoxia is accidently drawn into the storm of unspoken rules in the entertainment industry. Hiding behind it is a truth even uglier... In this showbiz world surrounded by dark secrets and conspiracies, will she be able to escape with the truth or will she become their next...
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14%, Sexual Content 9.9%, Hentai 9.3%, Mystery 9.2%
- #34 For Your Tranquility
77% matchMixed68% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Mystery 13.8%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Investigation 10.9%
- #35 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 908 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 23.1%, Mystery 15.9%, Anime 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.3%
- #36 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
73% matchVery Positive94% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Anime 9.7%, Dark 8.5%
- #37 The Edge Of
76% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Hangover Cat Purrroduction
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Edge Of is a Mystery NTR visual novel with a tense atmosphere and a story that will keep you on the Edge of your seat. Play as either Sam as he grapples with the fact that his wife might be cheating on him, or Beth, the lovely wife who couldn't possibly be cheating... or is she?
Why similar: Sexual Content 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Hentai 10.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #38 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #39 Heart Cage
70% matchVery Positive97% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: RiceLoveCoffee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yandere x Otome x Mystery A mystery Otome game with all yandere love interest, play as a detective and find out the truth!
Why similar: Sexual Content 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Anime 9.5%
- #40 The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
71% matchVery Positive95% of 625 reviews2024
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 167.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Investigation 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Anime 10.2%
- #41 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
69% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 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: Visual Novel 25.6%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Anime 14.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #42 SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
74% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: Gosatsu Visual Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Thriller 8.6%
- #43 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,058 reviews2017
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.8 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: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Anime 14.8%, Horror 13.8%
- #44 PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 178 reviews2017
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In a world where psychological states can be quantified, every choice has consequences, victims can become criminals, and the very nature of truth can warp and shift. Can detectives Nadeshiko Kugatachi and Takuma Tsurugi remain on the path of justice as they face the ugly truths of humanity?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Anime 33.1%, Detective 22%, Adventure 6.8%
- #45 Lachesis or Atropos
72% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Anime 9.9%
- #46 LumineNight
70% matchVery Positive89% of 510 reviews2024
Dev: Spickasoft
Windows
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Investigation 12.6%, Anime 10.3%
- #47 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 703 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 19%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Mystery 16.3%, Anime 16.1%, Horror 12.9%
- #48 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
72% matchVery Positive86% of 505 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Anime 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 12.4%, Point & Click 12.1%
- #49 Rose Academy
68% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: KK Studio
Windows · Mac
A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Sexual Content 14.6%, Anime 11.2%, Mystery 8.9%
- #50 Folie Fatale
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,531 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Thriller 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 10.6%
- #51 Tiny Bunny
66% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 10%
- #52 YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,620 reviews2020
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 131.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Sexual Content 13%, Anime 10.2%, Hentai 7.1%
- #53 Araka~JK Exorcist Horror RPG
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: I'm moralistPub: BokiBoki Games
Windows
Manipulate the main character with power of telepathic, looking for the trace of Araka, an Exorcist imprisoned in the other world.
Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Detective 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Nudity 10.6%
- #54 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
71% matchVery Positive82% of 512 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Horror 24.7%, Detective 16.7%, Anime 12.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #55 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
66% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #56 The Butterfly Collector
67% matchVery Positive89% of 902 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 21.4%, Story Rich 8.6%, Adventure 5.3%
- #57 CORPSE FACTORY
69% matchVery Positive80% of 866 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Anime 12.3%
- #58 Memory Girl +
67% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Emotional 10.4%, Mystery 9%
- #59 Yet Another Killing Game
65% matchVery Positive98% of 229 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: Thriller 11.7%, Investigation 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Mystery 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #60 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
69% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Anime 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Mystery 9.9%