- #1 Decollate Decoration
97% matchVery Positive93% of 314 reviews2026
Dev: KANEKODOPub: KEMCO
Windows
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 22.8%, Dark Comedy 16.8%, Adventure 13.4%, Horror 10.6%, Casual 9.2%
- #2 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 21.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 9.3%
- #3 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
96% 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 28.6%, Text-Based 17.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Mystery 10.6%
- #4 Hira Hira Hihiru
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"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 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Casual 11.4%
- #5 The Shell Part I: Inferno
94% 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: Visual Novel 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Cinematic 12.1%, Text-Based 10.5%, Mystery 10.5%
- #6 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
94% matchVery Positive98% of 159 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
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 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Horror 11.1%, Gore 7.8%
- #7 Sentimental Death Loop
93% matchMixed65% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: qureate
Windows
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 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, 2D Platformer 18.3%, Adventure 14%, 2D 4.7%
- #8 ghostpia Season One
91% matchVery Positive94% of 946 reviews2023
Dev: ChosuidoPub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
"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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 17.6%, Cinematic 15.7%, Adventure 8.1%
- #9 Ib
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,122 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.1%, Horror 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Casual 11.4%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #10 Train of Afterlife
92% 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 43.5%, Adventure 17%, Casual 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 5.8%
- #11 The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,112 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 31.9%, Cinematic 16.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #12 Blood Lily Ghoststories
89% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
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 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Adventure 9.8%
- #13 Days With Ollie
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: PT. Global Digital ArthaPub: hololive Indonesia
Windows
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 25.8%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Text-Based 19.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Choices Matter 6%
- #14 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
86% 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 59.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Adventure 7.6%, 2D 4.8%
- #15 Syutyaku Gakuen
86% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
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 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #16 BAD END
88% matchVery Positive84% of 395 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Horror 11.6%
- #17 Graces: Posthumous Wish
85% matchVery Positive97% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: TomoToro
Windows
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%, Text-Based 17%, Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
- #18 12 Hours to Die
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.6%, Adventure 16.8%, Mystery 15.2%, Gore 9.6%, Violent 8.1%
- #19 The Chrono Jotter
84% 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: Visual Novel 36.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Horror 13.1%, Gore 13%
- #20 Return to Shironagasu Island
84% 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 38.4%, Adventure 23.3%, Mystery 14.6%, Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 5.3%
- #21 Hazy Mind
83% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 31.6%, Adventure 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #22 The Specter's Desire
82% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Dark Comedy 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, Horror 6.7%
- #23 Dark Light
82% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
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 49.2%, Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, 2D 6.6%
- #24 Perceptions of the Dead
81% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.4%, Adventure 22.3%, Casual 16.3%, Horror 11%
- #25 Suhoshin
80% 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: Visual Novel 27.3%, Text-Based 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Mystery 11%, Adventure 9.6%
- #26 Case 03: True Cannibal Boy
79% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
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%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Adventure 8.6%
- #27 DEAD LAMB WALKING
77% matchVery Positive97% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47%, Horror 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, 2D 10.1%, Story Rich 7%
- #28 My Head On Your Body
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 33.7%, Text-Based 28.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Horror 13%, Casual 5.5%
- #29 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
81% matchVery Positive82% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 32.9%, Adventure 27%, Casual 21%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #30 this morning I decided to die
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 68%, Violent 18.2%, Casual 12%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #31 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
77% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 27%, Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Gore 12.6%, Horror 11.1%
- #32 Yet Another Killing Game
75% 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: Visual Novel 26.7%, Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 11.5%
- #33 Cooking Companions
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,193 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 10.9%, Adventure 10.3%
- #34 Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter
73% matchVery Positive91% of 285 reviews2026
Dev: Mango FactoryPub: Akupara Games
Windows
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 45.3%, Mystery 19.5%, Adventure 16.7%, Horror 16.4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #35 MINE MEMORY
74% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Cinematic 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #36 幽灵高校(Ghost College)
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: 血色双眸
Windows
An average college girl takes an elective class and everything is different. Death, spooky, enveloped her, uncovering the truth, looking for clues, making the right choice was the only way.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.4%, 2D Platformer 28.3%, Adventure 13.4%, Horror 13.4%, 2D 7.7%
- #37 The Zodiac Trial
75% matchVery Positive95% of 150 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
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 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 17.9%, Horror 7.7%
- #38 Memory Girl +
72% 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 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Horror 9.4%, Mystery 8.5%, Adventure 7.8%
- #39 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
78% matchMixed63% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 52.3%, Adventure 15.5%, Casual 12.1%, Horror 8.7%, Mystery 7.7%
- #40 MOOD
72% matchVery Positive86% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
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%, Horror 13.6%, Casual 13.4%, Choices Matter 12%, Adventure 11%
- #41 Nightmare Zapping
73% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
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 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Horror 11.1%, Violent 11%, Mystery 8.8%
- #42 It was a human.
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Adventure 13%, Mystery 7.5%, Horror 7.2%
- #43 Log.in
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Adventure 16.2%, Mystery 14.4%, Horror 11.4%
- #44 Help Me
74% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A horrific choices matter adventure game where you need to get out of the house!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.7%, Gore 16%, Adventure 11.9%, Horror 11.1%, Choices Matter 11%
- #45 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
70% 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: Visual Novel 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Mystery 11%, Casual 9.9%
- #46 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
73% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 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 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Horror 11.2%, Casual 8.9%, Mystery 8.9%
- #47 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
71% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2022
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Mystery 18.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Horror 11.5%, Story Rich 7%
- #48 Graveyard Girls
70% matchVery Positive98% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
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 42.7%, Text-Based 28.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Story Rich 7.2%, Casual 5.7%
- #49 Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
68% matchVery Positive94% of 4,035 reviews2023
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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%, Text-Based 29.6%, Mystery 15.8%, Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #50 Drops of Death
68% matchVery Positive93% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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%, Text-Based 14.7%, Mystery 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #51 The Occult Detective
69% 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: Visual Novel 45%, Adventure 15.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Gore 6.1%
- #52 After School Murder Club!!
71% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: Rabbit, Deer, You
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Dark Comedy 24.7%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Horror 6.4%
- #53 Particles of Reality
69% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Arewar Games
Windows · Mac
You are a troubled college student trying to live a normal life surrounded by some... complicated men. Although unaware, you are causing the destruction of reality. Will the Guardians kill you to protect the universe? Can you find your happily ever after... How many times will you die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Casual 7.1%
- #54 Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea
67% matchPositive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: 空想の工房Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
A dark fairy tale set in the deep sea. The fated encounter between a sea monster and a human forever changes their lives in this visual novel. Contains platonic yuri.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Adventure 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #55 night nite
68% matchVery Positive90% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
"Night Nite" is a horror comedy adventure game set in modern times. One day, mysterious events begin to unfold around you. What could be the true identity behind these occurrences?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Adventure 24.5%, Casual 18.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Horror 8.8%
- #56 outside the door
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 41.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Casual 10.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Violent 8.6%
- #57 Blood Lily Loop
67% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.9%, Horror 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Adventure 9.6%
- #58 The Test: Reality Check
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Text-Based 19%, Horror 9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #59 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
64% matchVery Positive94% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏(FuliGames)
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Adventure 15.6%, Gore 12.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Violent 12%
- #60 Magical Girl Witch Trials
62% 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: Visual Novel 48%, Mystery 12.8%, Gore 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%, Violent 7.7%