- #1 Spirit Whisperer Conversation With Akari
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Akari was a beloved streamer—until she died live on camera. Now, as a spirit, she’s still performing. You’ve been hired to speak with her, and uncover the truth behind the smile she never took off.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Adventure 13.3%, Gothic 12.6% ★, Conversation 12.4% ★
- #2 Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,084 reviews2019
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
Why similar: Vampire 48% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dark 5.5%, Narration 5.1%
- #3 It Paints Me
96% matchVery Positive97% of 245 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 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Supernatural 10.8%, Dark 8.5%
- #4 Varney Lake
95% matchVery Positive99% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Summer, 1954. A perfect vacation awaits three best friends, playing games, making crazy plans, and running from bullies... Until they meet the vampire. What really happened that summer at Varney Lake?
Why similar: Vampire 38.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Supernatural 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Adventure 8.2%
- #5 Parasite in Love
94% matchVery Positive95% of 57 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: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Dark 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #6 Neighboring Islands
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Angry gamesPub: Total
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Visual Novel 21%, Adventure 20.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Casual 9.8%
- #7 Vampirii
93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Vampyrie Eleison
Windows
Prowl homes, explore neighborhoods, overcome random encounters, reveal dark secrets, and make difficult choices as a newly-risen vampire in this text-heavy visual novel. Make friends and enemies while surviving this new life in which one night you are the predator, another - the prey.
Why similar: Vampire 45.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Dark 9.2%, Supernatural 8.5%, Visual Novel 4.4%
- #8 Occultus: Daughter of Darkness
92% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: BCG
Windows
Occultus: Daughter of Darkness is a noir-inspired visual novel detective story with supernatural elements.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Supernatural 11.2%, Dark 11.1%, Casual 9.3%
- #9 Pentimento
91% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dark 11%, Casual 9.5%, Thriller 8.8%
- #10 Final Frame
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Inspired by Danganronpa and Ace Attorney series, Final Frame is a murder mystery Visual Novel set in modern Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Adventure 20.2%, Casual 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Supernatural 8.5%
- #11 Argyle Manor, Book 1: Away From The Sun
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Palladine Studios
Windows
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Why similar: Gothic 28.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Supernatural 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dark 10.3%
- #12 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Supernatural 16.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Adventure 8.6%
- #13 AMEN: The Quiet Exodus
89% 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 31.1% ★, Visual Novel 19%, Dark 11.2%, Thriller 7.7%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #14 Vacation Terminal
88% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Dark 7.9%, Thriller 7.8%
- #15 Haze
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glassmind Interactive
Windows
Pilot a biomechanical android through a derelict spacecraft consumed by alien corruption. Every scene, narrative, and horror is procedurally generated by AI. No two explorations are the same. Uncover what happened to the crew in this 16-bit sci-fi horror adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Casual 13.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #16 School Bathroom
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hanahito Apps
Windows · Mac
A first-person escape horror game, 'School Bathroom'.You've found yourself penned in an eerie stall.What is the source of the fear you feel in this inescapable space...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Supernatural 16.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 9.3%
- #17 Echoes
86% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Baba Nura
Windows
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Adventure 16%, Casual 12.7%, Dark 8.1%
- #18 RUNT
85% 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 22.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #19 Thorner
84% 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 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dark 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Adventure 7.7%
- #20 Twilight Express
84% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Daniil Tarasau
Windows · Mac
A short novel about travelling by train. Become the one who (not)helps three girls to get to the final destination at the sea.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Thriller 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Supernatural 10%
- #21 Still Room: I Miss You
83% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Pohybelnia
Windows
Experience the mind of a man with schizophrenia in a surreal, single-room narrative. Manage his daily needs, maintain mental stability, and explore shifting memories in a calm, intense psychological journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.1%, Adventure 9.4%
- #22 Do Animals Dream?
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Black Vein Productions
Windows · Mac
You’re shipwrecked on a mysterious island of talking animals! You’ll need to make friends with the local critters if you hope to return home. This adventure includes branching conversations, memorable endings, and dark secrets...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Casual 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Adventure 8.7%
- #23 BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Supernatural 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 12.4%
- #24 The Beresford family
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Conversation 12.7% ★
- #25 Evil Spirits
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Supernatural 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 9.4%
- #26 DARKROOM
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
DARKROOM is a mystic novel. You wake up in complete darkness and you don’t know where you are or how you got there. Yet, there is someone else in this dark room.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Supernatural 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Adventure 14%, Casual 12.3%
- #27 A Philosophical Discussion of Worms
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Errantimarum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Gothic 24% ★, Visual Novel 16.9%, Dark 6.9%, Casual 6.3%
- #28 Next Please
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Conversation 16.9% ★, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Narration 7.9%
- #29 The King of Cats
79% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
Navigate the claustrophobic corridors of a cargo ship and try to survive a night with man-eating tigers on the loose. Your choices will determine who lives and who dies.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Thriller 10.4%, Dark 10.1%
- #30 Myosotis: My Life Is Not Yours to Take
77% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Try_Froggery
Windows
Haunt your murderer /slash/ ex-boyfriend and discover the truth behind his actions in a visual novel about finding peace when all you want is vengeance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Narration 9.1%, 2D 5.9%
- #31 Matchmaking for Ghosts
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adoraboo StudiosPub: Okasan’s Recipe
Windows
Matchmaking for Ghosts is an atmospheric visual novel with horror elements and themes of love and loss, built around a unique multi-protagonist system that lets players experience the afterlife through the eyes of every ghost. Match ghosts together for love, or for chaos. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Gothic 30.9% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Supernatural 11.1%, Casual 8.6%
- #32 易阈症
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Threvorn Seep
Windows
Peratosis is a psychological mystery visual novel where you follow Yiluo into hidden threshold spaces that emerge at the edges of perception. Explore, interact, and make choices as you encounter those who linger there—and decide whether to cross further.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Conversation 16.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 10%, Adventure 9.7%
- #33 Love Potions Suck: A Visual Novel
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grumpo Games
Windows
A choice-driven visual novel where your decisions shape both the story and how it’s told. AI-driven narration adapts to your character’s personality, shifting tone, emotion, and intensity in every scene for a dynamic, replayable experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Casual 17.2%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #34 Red Bow: Strange Dream
75% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Casual 14.1%, Dark 6.5%
- #35 On Love, On Monsters
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lighthouse Theory Games
Windows
On Love, On Monsters is a Frankenstein-inspired story with an emphasis on love in its many forms. Play as three characters with alternating POVs; the Doctor, The Priest, and The Exile. Bond with allies and enemies, avoid raising suspicion in the town of Blackmoore, and learn what it means to love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Gothic 23.4% ★, Visual Novel 18.1%, Adventure 16.3%, 2D 5.1%
- #36 The False Culprit
73% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: HwachaPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
1년 전, 여중생 한 명이 흔적도 없이 사라진다. 그녀의 흔적을 찾기 위해 사건의 담당 형사는 여중생의 동급생이었던 6명의 학생을 심문하게 되는데...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Conversation 17.4% ★, Thriller 9.3%, Casual 8.7%
- #37 Dreamwalker
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Supernatural 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Atmospheric 8%
- #38 Betweenside
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Ed Curtis-SivessPub: Ysty Games
Windows
A first-person Gothic fiction set in interwar Cornwall, where players rewrite the story as they go. The patriarch of a once-respected house is dead, survived only by his late sister's children. Left to them are his worldly and unworldly belongings, and the fate of their family.
Why similar: Gothic 35.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Dark 15.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #39 My Lovely Wife
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 757 reviews2022
Dev: GameChanger StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.
Why similar: Gothic 29.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Adventure 6.6%
- #40 Vampire on Trial
71% match8 user reviews82% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: AFancyQuestionMark
Windows · Mac · Linux
A grand drama of Guilt and Justice is now unfolding within the hallowed halls of Our Court. Be sure not to miss it. After all, for this play, the conclusion is yours to decide.
Why similar: Vampire 51.3% ★, Visual Novel 18.4%, Casual 10.5%, Adventure 9.6%, 2D 3.3%
- #41 Elevenses
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REDRAYPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Conversation 17.4% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Thriller 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #42 Natural - Beyond Nature -
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Natural - Beyond Nature - is a Mystery, Drama, Supernatural Visual Novel. Follow the story of Olea in a chance encounter with two residents of a quiet island, Flori and Llima. Can Olea save them from their cruel yet inevitable fate?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Adventure 16%, Casual 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Supernatural 11.3%
- #43 Canceled
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Gothic 15.6% ★, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #44 Gothic 1881
72% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Florian Voss
Windows
Autumn 1881 - deep in the Thuringian forests lies the village of Rabenfels. From here a new epidemic spread over the whole country. You are a young doctor sent by the Imperial Office of Disease to investigate the origin of this mysterious disease.
Why similar: Gothic 38% ★, Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Narration 16.6%, Adventure 6.7%, 2D 4.2%
- #45 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #46 Echoes of the Fey: The Fox's Trail
72% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2016
Dev: Woodsy Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Echoes of the Fey: The Fox's Trail is a visual novel that blends the magic of high fantasy and the mystery of a classic detective story. Play as Sofya Rykov, a private investigator with a secret of her own—the power to turn into a cat—as she searches for the truth behind a missing Leshin soldier.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Adventure 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Casual 16.5%, Indie 3.8%
- #47 The Devil's Shoes
71% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Dodo Novels
Windows · Linux
When The Devil himself approaches you with an opportunity you cannot refuse a journey into your most perverse fetishes starts! A collection of interactive erotic stories!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Casual 12%, Narration 6.3%
- #48 Wished on guilt
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manul Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Aristocrat Evan Alford receives a mysterious invitation to the fair and comes to a small village on the outskirts of the country. The village seems strange and painfully familiar, but Evan has never been here. In addition, other guests of the fair are not as simple as it seems.
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dark 11%, Supernatural 10.4%
- #49 DARKROOM 2
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
DARKROOM: Ray of Light is a sequel of DARKROOM. You managed to figure out where you are, and now you have to find out what to do next. Do you want to know the end of Timmy’s story?
Why similar: Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Supernatural 17.2%, Casual 16.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #50 77 Oleander Avenue
69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Runa Liore WintersPub: Waxweal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.
Why similar: Gothic 28.6% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Supernatural 17%, Adventure 10%, Psychological Horror 5.6%
- #51 Your Future Self
70% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Casual 17%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 10.9%
- #52 11号小镇综合症
69% matchVery Positive85% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Hell Delivery
Windows
欢迎来到11号小镇,在这个诡异的小镇里,您是一位新来的画家。为了完成镇上居民们的绘画委托,您需要收集对话中的关键词,将关键词提炼成绘画素材组合到画布上。面对居民们奇怪的委托,您能顺利完成作画并融入镇子,证明自己是“正常”的吗?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.1%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Casual 19.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, 2D 6.4%
- #53 The Rose of Cravenmor
68% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Salin
Windows
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 22.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Thriller 9.9%, Dark 8.4%
- #54 Elevenses: The Flask
68% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: REDRAYPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
일레븐지스: 플라스크는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 한 치 앞을 예상할 수 없는 전개와 끝없이 펼쳐지는 반전, 영원히 끝나지 않는 11시의 티타임에 여러분을 초대합니다.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Thriller 14.9%, Conversation 14% ★, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #55 Culling of Normality
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: The Forever GM
Windows
"A very short psychological horror Visual novel. My first ever game made for a gamejam."
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Casual 10.9%, Thriller 7.2%
- #56 Please Act Normal
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ezhaac Studio
Windows
"Please Act Normal" is a live-action comedy about the agonizing pressure of social etiquette. Navigate awkward dinners and tense meetings through frequent dialogue choices, or embrace chaos and use your "Secret Weapon". Will they yell, laugh or just stare in pity? There’s only one way to find out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Adventure 17.2%, Casual 13.8%, Conversation 10.1% ★
- #57 The Land of Crows
68% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2019
Dev: Gemlore
Windows
"The Land of Crows" is a side-scroller gothic story adventure game, inspired by the literary works of the Masters of pre-romantic, romantic and gothic literature (E.A. Poe, J.W. Goethe, A. Mickiewicz, J. Slowacki) and lovecraftian mythos.
Why similar: Gothic 28.3% ★, Adventure 23.7%, Casual 18.1%, Dark 8.3%, Thriller 8%
- #58 The Game of Fourtune
67% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Thriller 13%, Supernatural 10.9%, Dark 10.7%
- #59 Gloom and Doom
67% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Neo Tegoel Games
Windows
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Gothic 19.3% ★, Conversation 18.2% ★, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Casual 7.2%
- #60 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
65% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: granatPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Supernatural 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 10.1%