Games Like Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary

This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Dark Comedy 17.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Horror 11.4%, 2D Platformer 8.6%

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Text-Based 16.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Adventure 8.8%

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 29.2%, Text-Based 17%, Mystery 11.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%

"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Casual 10.8%

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: Visual Novel 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Cinematic 11.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Text-Based 10.2%

Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 14%, Horror 12%, Gore 7.9%

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: Visual Novel 35.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Adventure 13.9%, Horror 13.7%, Gore 12.9%

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.4%, Horror 19.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Casual 10.6%

"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Text-Based 17.3%, Cinematic 15.7%, Horror 8.7%

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 61.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Adventure 7%, 2D 4.4%

Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend's house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again.Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Horror 5%

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 38.2%, Adventure 21.6%, Mystery 16.1%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 5.2%

A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Adventure 9.1%

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Casual 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Mystery 6.6%

The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love. As they spend their time at the school, what was once a peaceful life turns into a blood-soaked, corpse-riddled, blood-soaked day....

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Text-Based 10.7%, Adventure 10.5%

It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Mystery 13.6%, Horror 12.4%, Adventure 12.3%

A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.5%, Mystery 16.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Gore 9.6%, Violent 8.1%

Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Cinematic 16.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 11.4%, Horror 8.7%

The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Text-Based 19%, Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 6.2%

This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Horror 7.3%

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Adventure 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.3%

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: Visual Novel 27.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Mystery 13.6%, Adventure 11%

A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Adventure 25.9%, Casual 19.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 6%

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: Visual Novel 27.8%, Text-Based 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Adventure 9.1%

Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.1%, Adventure 18.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 6.2%

Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Text-Based 28.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 8.5%

Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.3%, Mystery 22.2%, Adventure 16.1%, Story Rich 8.3%, 2D 6.8%

What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel!

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Casual 11%, Horror 9.3%, Mystery 8.6%

Kill each other...for science! The class of '89 is trapped in an elite school killing game. Investigate, solve, and expose your classmates in Kumitantei™: Old-School Slaughter, an episodic murder-mystery ADV card-battler inspired by retro anime.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.5%, Mystery 21.2%, Horror 17%, Adventure 15.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Follow a girl through the last day of her life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 68.8%, Violent 18.5%, Casual 11%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Text-Based 14.1%, Gore 12.5%, Horror 11.7%

You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Text-Based 27.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Horror 14.1%, Casual 5.1%

Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Mystery 17.5%, Cinematic 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%

Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Horror 11.7%, Adventure 9.8%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.1%, Horror 17.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%, 2D 9.3%, Story Rich 7%

A Denpa Bishoujo Psychological Horror Curio: A Visual Novel ❦ Mild Horror, Mild Suspense, and a Hint of Whimsical Madness ❦ We Hope You Find Your Own "Happy Ending" Among Multiple Conclusions ❦ A Major Plot Twist, Perhaps? ❦ Glimpse a sliver of truth in the liminal space between life and death.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.3%, 2D Platformer 25.7%, Casual 12.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%

A horror mystery adventure game with ghost story elements. Anxiety plagues college student Lily, whose crush Sally has gone missing. As Lily explores the truth, Sally's boyfriend starts to look increasingly suspicious. Even worse, the story of the Cannibal Boy seems to be involved somehow...

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Mystery 12.1%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Adventure 8%

A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Adventure 7.4%

MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.6%, Horror 14.6%, Casual 12.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Adventure 10.4%

A horrific choices matter adventure game where you need to get out of the house!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.5%, Gore 16.6%, Horror 12.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%

In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.2%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 6.3%

Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.

Why similar: Visual Novel 51.6%, Adventure 21.3%, Casual 15.1%, Horror 12%

Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Gore 12.5%, Adventure 10.4%, Violent 7.8%

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 41.6%, Text-Based 15.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Casual 9.6%, Violent 8.5%

In this short comedy visual novel, you're an unpopular transfer student who begins a new life at a Japanese high school. You quickly get drafted into the school's most secret after-school club... but could it be that the seemingly innocent members of the Murder Club are hiding a dark secret?!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.5%, Visual Novel 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Horror 6.9%

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 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Mystery 8.4%, Horror 7.8%

A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Horror 11.8%, Violent 11.2%, Mystery 9.8%

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: Visual Novel 45%, Mystery 16%, Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 11.4%, Gore 6.1%

The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Text-Based 17.4%, Horror 8.3%

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 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Horror 12%, Mystery 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Text-Based 27.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 7.4%, Casual 5.3%

This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.5%, Adventure 21.9%, Mystery 14.9%, 2D 8.4%, Story Rich 3.7%

私は、自殺を考えている。クラブ・スーサイドへようこそ。自殺を考える少年達に寄り添う、奇妙な一週間。命を思考するノベルアドベンチャー。

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Adventure 18.8%, Gore 12.3%, Violent 9%

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 8.8%, Gore 5.2%

High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.

Why similar: Mystery 20.4%, Horror 20.3%, Gore 20.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%

A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Mystery 19.6%, Horror 19.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Story Rich 8.9%

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: Visual Novel 48.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Gore 11.3%, Violent 7.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%

A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%

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: Visual Novel 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Casual 9.2%