- #1 missed messages.
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,531 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Romance 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%
- #2 Garden of Oblivion
96% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.4%, Casual 15.1%, Horror 14.6%, Indie 13.9%
- #3 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
96% 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 55.6%, Horror 13.8%, Romance 10.5%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 4.2%
- #4 It gets so lonely here
95% matchVery Positive94% of 2,296 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #5 Creature Romances: For the Ladies
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 reviews2020
Dev: NostalgiaPub: Sekai Project
Windows
An original mystery horror love story! This work contains many disturbing, grotesque images and images of non-human creatures. Please be aware of this if you decide to buy this game.
Why similar: Otome 24.3% ★, Visual Novel 16%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Romance 8.3%
- #6 Flesh Water
94% matchVery Positive82% of 925 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 17%
This is your last day as a worker for a pet feeding service, and depending on how the day goes, your life. Prepare the final meal for a client's odd pet that lives in an abandoned pool all while trying to make it out safely and avoid mistakes.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.3%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 13.2%
- #7 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,421 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Indie 5%, Female Protagonist 4.3%, Casual 1.8%
- #8 Disturbed
92% matchVery Positive92% of 1,872 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.1%, Horror 20.7%, Dark 17.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #9 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
91% matchVery Positive83% of 194 reviews2021
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel - play a powerless victim of a terrifying, unfair world. 200+ choices, 50+ endings, 20+ hours of play - and only one way to escape.
Why similar: Otome 32.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #10 Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds
91% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Rascal Devworks
Windows
Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, a standalone introduction to the characters and setting of Sigh of the Abyss.
Why similar: Otome 32.3% ★, Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #11 The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek
90% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: Senokos Games
Windows · Linux
The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #12 Lynne
89% matchVery Positive80% of 1,144 reviews2018
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.8%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Indie 5.1%
- #13 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,041 reviews2016
Dev: Fallen Snow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.7%, Horror 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
- #14 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,262 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 48.1%, Horror 25.4%, Indie 10.2%, Dark 6.8%, Psychological Horror 5.9%
- #15 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
88% matchVery Positive86% of 1,527 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Horror 17.9%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #16 Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea
86% matchPositive89% of 70 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 45.7%, Dark Fantasy 27.5%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Atmospheric 4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #17 Our Bad Ending
85% matchVery Positive100% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: FEVER FICTION
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ritual. A festering, unrequited love. Sink into a humid and visceral Southeast Asian horror about the pursuit of a doomed lesbian love. Is a bad ending better than no ending at all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Horror 16.5%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Romance 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #18 The Monster Inside
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,103 reviews2017
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 10%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.1%, Horror 14.7%, Indie 13.6%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #19 Sigh of the Abyss
84% matchVery Positive96% of 190 reviews2024
Dev: Rascal Devworks
Windows
Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.
Why similar: Otome 30.7% ★, Visual Novel 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #20 Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,140 reviews2017
Dev: Dicesuki
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Why similar: Otome 42.6% ★, Visual Novel 21%, Female Protagonist 11%, Romance 8.9%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #21 Dark Nights
83% matchVery Positive92% of 433 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Otome 39% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Romance 9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #22 Without a Voice
82% matchVery Positive95% of 351 reviews2020
Dev: L³Pub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.3%, Female Protagonist 24.5%, Casual 10.3%, Indie 10.2%, Horror 6.5%
- #23 Chronicles of Tal'Dun: The Remainder - Act 1
82% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows
A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.
Why similar: Otome 38.4% ★, Visual Novel 22.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Dark 5%, Romance 5%
- #24 The Bottom of the Well
81% matchVery Positive85% of 588 reviews2016
Dev: Red Nettle Studio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 87.1%, Horror 12.9%
- #25 CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,308 reviews2016
Dev: FerventPub: Afterthought Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.4%, Otome 11.3% ★, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Romance 7.6%, Horror 6.7%
- #26 Heart Fragment
79% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.
Why similar: Otome 36.5% ★, Visual Novel 22.6%, Female Protagonist 10%, Indie 8.9%, Romance 8.7%
- #27 Perceptions of the Dead
80% 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 61.7%, Horror 15.5%, Indie 12.2%, Casual 10.6%
- #28 Midnight Witch
78% matchVery Positive93% of 364 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 30%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Romance 11.8%, Horror 10.4%
- #29 For Mother Matron
79% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 12%
- #30 Our Wonderland
75% matchVery Positive100% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: CarrotPub: Project Ensō
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror-romance visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Romance 11.6%, Horror 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%
- #31 We Know the Devil
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,187 reviews2016
Dev: Pillow Fight
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Horror 7%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #32 soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -
76% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: milk+ visual
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yuri denpa tale about the cursed pariah of a rural cult, Mercy, and her fateful meeting with the Holy Maiden Auma. Bloody, bold, and bone-chilling, this visual novel explores the complexities of the cycle of abuse and the violence in playing by the rules.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 13.8%
- #33 Kill or Love
77% 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 40.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Romance 12.9%, Horror 9.2%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #34 Homicipher
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,289 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Otome 35.2% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Horror 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #35 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
77% matchVery Positive85% of 539 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Horror 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #36 Hydrangea
74% matchVery Positive93% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.2%, Romance 12.9%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Casual 8.5%
- #37 Folie Fatale
72% matchVery Positive86% of 2,679 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 38.5% ★, Visual Novel 19.5%, Female Protagonist 15%, Multiple Endings 8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #38 Shiver
74% matchVery Positive92% of 481 reviews2017
Dev: Kowai Sugoi Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Welcome to Windy Oaks National Park. A beautiful and chilling point-and-click horror adventure. On your way to visit your aging father, everything goes wrong, leaving you trapped and isolated.
Why similar: Horror 67.1%, Indie 32.9%
- #39 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
76% matchMixed64% 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 37.7%, Otome 31.1% ★, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Horror 7.2%, Psychological Horror 5.4%
- #40 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
72% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #41 The Final Prize is Soup
71% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.2%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 12%, Romance 9.7%, Choices Matter 9%
- #42 Project Vostok: Episode 1
73% matchVery Positive82% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Horror 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Dark 10.7%
- #43 Midnight Syndrome
71% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.2%, Horror 20.9%, Dark 15.2%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #44 Summer Nightmare
75% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.3%, Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Casual 8.1%, Indie 7.4%
- #45 Pinewood Island
73% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
Windows · Mac
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 31.6% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #46 It Paints Me
69% matchVery Positive97% of 277 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: Visual Novel 30.5%, Horror 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Romance 11.4%, Dark 10.6%
- #47 fishy
71% matchVery Positive95% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: I Choose Paradise
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fishy is a heartfelt visual novel about friends, enemies, acceptance, and monsters. Explore the aquarium, face your fears, and maybe make a friend. here fishy fishy f̵̥͘͠i̷̱͉͋͑s̵͙̈͘h̵͖̅y̶̜͘
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.2%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #48 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
69% matchVery Positive90% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #49 Lachesis or Atropos
70% matchVery Positive86% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Horror 11.4%
- #50 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,342 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #51 When the Darkness comes
68% matchVery Positive92% of 8,429 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 21.3%, Dark 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Indie 10.4%
- #52 Blood Orange: Definitive Edition
68% matchVery Positive95% of 262 reviews2023
Dev: Decent TreatmentPub: Semicolon
Windows
Underwater psychological horror with a shocking, character-driven narrative. Explore ruins beneath the amazon river basin, and converse with their dolphin inhabitants. Skillfully capture and develop photographs with your underwater camera.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #53 Particles of Reality
69% matchVery Positive92% of 59 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: Otome 32.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Dark 7%
- #54 The House in Fata Morgana
68% matchVery Positive95% of 6,643 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Romance 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #55 Glassy Stare
66% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.6%, Dark 18.9%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Casual 6.4%, Indie 5%
- #56 Children of Silentown: Prologue
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.9%, Horror 20.7%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15%
- #57 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,822 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Dark 30.9%, Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #58 Selene ~Apoptosis~
66% matchVery Positive88% of 5,618 reviews2023
Dev: Viscum keyPub: Nupu Neko Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Horror 19.6%, Romance 9.1%, Dark 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #59 Solstice
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: Otome 25.1% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #60 Aroma
67% matchVery Positive85% of 464 reviews2022
Dev: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%