- #1 Kill or Love
97% 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 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Romance 16.3%, Anime 10.6%, Horror 7.7%
- #2 Siren's Call: Second Wind
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Romance 10.7%, Horror 9.4%, Thriller 8.2%
- #3 Trust Me, Not Her
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NerdyBird Studios
Windows · Linux
Lost in a secluded forest, you encounter two mysterious girls. One Good. One Evil. But which is which? And who will you Trust in this thrilling, choice-driven Visual Novel?
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Casual 7.9%
- #4 Bound Between Desks
95% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Romance 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Anime 8.9%, Mystery 8.1%
- #5 Grow a Girlfriend
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: True Blue Basin
Windows · Mac · Linux
You accidentally grew a mushroom girl! Overcome your social anxiety to help her live her brief life to the fullest! Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Romance 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 10.1%, Anime 8.3%
- #6 Please, Explode Me, Senpai!
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
During your first night together, your girlfriend inexplicably exploded. Now you have to live with it...
Why similar: Romance 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 13.9%, Anime 9.1%
- #7 Memory Girl +
93% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Romance 15.9%, Horror 10.9%, Anime 6.5%
- #8 Eden Camp
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrealphus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Arrive at Eden Camp as John, the newest counselor at a remote summer retreat. Three women welcome you warmly perhaps too warmly. As bonds deepen and nights grow darker, you'll learn that devotion has a price. Every choice matters. Not everyone makes it home.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Romance 10.5%, Anime 9.7%, Casual 7.7%
- #9 Wonderful Body Wanted
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Thriller 9%
- #10 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
91% 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: Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological 7.9%, Thriller 7.1%
- #11 Mutual Harrow
89% matchPositive93% of 15 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: Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological 11.8%, Thriller 7.6%
- #12 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,928 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.9 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 27.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 15%, Anime 9.5%, Mystery 8.5%
- #13 Morse Academy
89% matchPositive89% of 35 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: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 11.8%, Thriller 10.5%, Psychological 10.1%
- #14 Midnight Witch
88% matchVery Positive93% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Romance 15.3%, Horror 9%, Anime 8.2%
- #15 YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,883 reviews2020
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 133.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 28%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Romance 16.7%, Anime 7.7%, Horror 7%
- #16 Thorner
86% 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: Visual Novel 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Dark 10.2%, Horror 8.7%, Psychological 6.7%
- #17 Sunlight Scream
85% 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: Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Romance 11.6%, Anime 8.6%, Horror 8%
- #18 Parasite in Love
84% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Romance 13.7%, Adventure 10.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #19 My Neighbour is a Bunny Demon
84% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Hyanmaru GamesPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows
An erotic Visual Novel thriller about surviving the machinations of a supernatural horror. Entangled by a chance meeting, you find yourself thrust into a web of paranormal plots and perils.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Romance 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 8.7%, Anime 8.7%
- #20 Cyber Village 2200
83% 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 18%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological 8.4%, Mystery 6.8%
- #21 Return to Shironagasu Island
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,168 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows · Mac
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 27.8%, Horror 14%, Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Mystery 10.7%
- #22 Stay Alive For Me
81% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Thriller 9.5%, Horror 7.8%, Dark 6.4%
- #23 Rain98
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: C#4R4CT3R
Windows
Tokyo, 1998. A rain that never ends and a girl who wants everything to end. Two lonely youths will change the world with their choices.
Why similar: Romance 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Anime 9.4%, Adventure 7.4%
- #24 Death by Begonia
80% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Romance 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 7.2%, Horror 6.3%
- #25 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
81% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Romance 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 12.2%, Anime 6.5%
- #26 Ubel
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Thriller 12.7%, Anime 11.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Horror 8.9%
- #27 Manna for our Malices
79% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: John OhnoPub: Double Mojo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Akagi Ai is unexpectedly stabbed on her way home from school. She finds her spirit possessing her body from earlier that day, and must collaborate with the past self that inhabits her body to discover why she keeps dying -- and why she keeps coming back.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 15.8%, Anime 12%, Mystery 11.1%
- #28 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
78% matchVery Positive95% of 853 reviews2020
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 72.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 16.1%, Adventure 11%, Anime 7.4%
- #29 River Secret
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 12.7%, Thriller 8.3%, Psychological 8.3%
- #30 Yume No Office
77% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Team YumePub: Outsider Comet Studios
Windows · Linux
Five coworkers. Six months. One mystery that changes everything. A romance visual novel where every route unfolds simultaneously... until reality begins to break apart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Romance 23.6%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Psychological 5.9%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #31 Make Moku Proud
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 14%, Atmospheric 5.4%, Thriller 5.2%
- #32 Mota Must Die
76% matchPositive91% of 11 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: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 13.6%, Thriller 11.1%, Adventure 7.4%
- #33 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 752 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 87.0 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 23.1%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 15.4%, Anime 11.4%, Adventure 10.1%
- #34 Pentimento
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological 9.5%, Dark 8.2%
- #35 Fearbonding
74% matchVery Positive96% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Romance 17.6%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 7%
- #36 Abandoned Village Walking Group
75% 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: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological 8.1%, Anime 7%
- #37 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,261 reviews2020
Dev: Saikono
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Horror 26.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Dark 5.1%
- #38 3Paths
73% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 11.9%, Horror 11%, Romance 8.9%
- #39 3:33 AM
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: null.exePub: Subconscious Games
Windows
A stranger calls at 3:33 AM. They know your name. Choose your words carefully in this fully voiced psychological horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 19.4%, Thriller 10.6%, Mystery 7.7%, Dark 7.3%
- #40 You Broke My Sunshine
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YMs_studio
Windows
"You Broke My Sunshine".Haruharu is a cheerful girl loved by everyone. As you spend your school days together, your choices slowly change her heart. Will you save her, or leave behind only her smile? A psychological visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Adventure 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Psychological 11.4%, Anime 10.5%
- #41 Alice's Warped Wonderland:REcollection
73% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Nightmare Studio
Windows
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 18.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 6.9%
- #42 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
70% matchVery Positive87% of 737 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Romance 13.9%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 7.8%
- #43 Sweetest Monster
72% matchVery Positive92% of 621 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Romance 14.6%, Horror 10.8%, Anime 9%
- #44 Glass Hearts
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Aedian Glair
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: Romance 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Psychological 9.6%, Dark 7%
- #45 SCP: Doki Doki Anomaly
71% matchVery Positive92% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Flightyfelon Games Inc.
Windows
SCP-8008-1 IS A HORROR DATING SIM WHERE THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS SURVIVAL. SMOOCH SCP-173, SCP-682 AND EVEN SCP-096. DO NOT RUN THIS SOFTWARE WITHOUT CLASS-4 AUTHORIZATION.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Romance 19%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Anime 10.4%, Horror 9.4%
- #46 Bad Faith
70% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological 12.5%, Thriller 9.9%
- #47 Kindred [SnowBound]
69% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this dark romance, horror visual novel, a brutal attack on your village leaves you stranded and vulnerable. Making matters worse is your run-in with the beast of the nearby woods. Will you find a way to escape your demented captor, or will you earn his trust? Choose a side; Don't look back.
Why similar: Romance 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological 5.5%
- #48 Yellow House
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Yellow House is a non-linear visual horror novel. Dive into the grim atmosphere of a twisted mind surrounded by false and cruelty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological 13%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 11.1%, Anime 9.8%
- #49 No Recollection
69% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 8.8%, Romance 8.6%
- #50 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,627 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Anime 17.5%, Romance 15%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 5.9%
- #51 Monari Station
67% matchPositive88% of 16 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: Visual Novel 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 13.5%, Adventure 7.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.7%
- #52 Train of Afterlife
71% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Anime 9.4%, Casual 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #53 CORPSE FACTORY
68% matchVery Positive80% of 873 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.7 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: Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Thriller 12.1%, Horror 9.7%, Anime 9%
- #54 Beneath the Shadow
68% 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: Visual Novel 26.4%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Psychological 13.2%, Anime 10.5%, Dark 8.5%
- #55 Neve
66% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.6%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Horror 9.7%, Thriller 9.2%
- #56 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
67% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Romance 13.2%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Anime 7.7%
- #57 Something Strange
67% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 16.1%, Casual 8.6%, Dark 7.5%
- #58 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,357 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.7 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 25%, Psychological 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, Anime 9.9%
- #59 AENIGMA
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NEUROMANCE
Windows
Set in the year 4XXX, humanity lives disconnected inside underground megastructures to escape the threat of the ever-expanding silicon-based lifeforms.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Romance 15%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Anime 10.6%, Horror 8.3%