- #1 SIMULACRA
97% matchVery Positive90% of 4,689 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 19.6% ★, Detective 13.7%, Thriller 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, Visual Novel 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Like lily's world XD, you investigate a missing person's lost phone and piece together their fate through personal files and messages.
- #2 KinitoPET
96% matchVery Positive93% of 14,786 reviews2024
Dev: troy_en
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, 1990's 15.6%, Horror 14%, Retro 13.5%, Psychological 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar retro, fourth wall-breaking computer interface that slowly devolves into psychological horror.
- #3 Who's Lila?
96% matchVery Positive94% of 3,836 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 12%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a heavy focus on unsettling investigation, bizarre mysteries, and a unique detective-like interface.
- #4 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
95% matchVery Positive94% of 58,305 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.4%, Visual Novel 26%, Psychological 20.7%, Story Rich 8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Both games dive into dark psychological themes while utilizing a simulated computer screen and messaging mechanics.
- #5 [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,717 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 20.1%, Thriller 17.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same eerie, modern-day dread of digital surveillance and privacy invasion.
- #6 Emily is Away <3
94% matchVery Positive91% of 6,804 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Emotional 22%, Visual Novel 17%, Simulation 12.9%, Story Rich 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It replicates the intimate, retro messaging experience of chatting with peers on a simulated computer OS.
- #7 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,923 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 12.4%, Horror 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same deeply unsettling atmosphere, psychological themes, and rich narrative mystery.
- #8 Desktop Explorer
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Detective 18%, 1990's 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It embraces the same retro desktop simulation and investigative puzzle-solving mechanics.
- #9 Doki Doki Literature Club!
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 228,468 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.4%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Horror 17.7%, Story Rich 10.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same shocking, fourth wall-breaking psychological horror subversion hidden beneath an innocent exterior.
- #10 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
91% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Detective 18%, Mystery 16.4%, Horror 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Both games lean heavily into modern internet mysteries and investigative puzzle-solving.
- #11 missed messages.
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,554 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 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Emotional 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Psychological 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features intimate narrative choices centered around modern communication and deeply emotional subject matter.
- #12 Lily's Well
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,672 reviews2022
Dev: PureIceBlue
Windows
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 16.9%, 1990's 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Puzzle 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares thematic overlapping and a dark, multi-ending psychological mystery tone.
- #13 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,925 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similarly dark, story-driven psychological horror experience with compelling puzzle elements.
- #14 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
88% matchVery Positive88% of 3,595 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 25.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Both games use confined, eerie environments to tell a tense psychological story.
- #15 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,549 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 84.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 50.6%, Visual Novel 34%, Story Rich 12.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the same meta-narrative horror elements and psychological twists.
- #16 Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
86% matchVery Positive95% of 455 reviews2024
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Thriller 20.9%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Retro 16.7%, Horror 14.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Both titles blend retro aesthetics with creeping psychological dread.
- #17 Hazy Mind
86% matchVery Positive87% of 355 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: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Psychological 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It explores surreal, psychological themes through a narrative-driven mystery lens.
- #18 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
85% matchVery Positive91% of 254 reviews2025
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 18.5%, Mystery 15%, Psychological 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into unsettling psychological mystery and narrative exploration.
- #19 Red Line
84% matchVery Positive97% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Thriller 19%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Detective 12.3%, 1990's 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of puzzle-solving and dark psychological mystery.
- #20 Nightmare Shift
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 259 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Thriller 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Psychological 10.8%, Horror 10.6%, 1990's 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Both games immerse you in isolated, tense environments driven by psychological suspense.
- #21 Blood Lily Loop
83% matchVery Positive85% of 78 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 20.1%, Choices Matter 20%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features intense psychological narrative threads and mysterious circumstances.
- #22 Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.
Why similar: 1990's 28.8%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Investigation 17.5%, Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 11%
Why You'll Like It: Both games revolve around uncovering a disturbing mystery through a digital medium.
- #23 What Happened to Lily?
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Montee Games
Windows
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 14.5%, Emotional 11.8%, Mystery 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Both games focus on investigating the mysterious disappearance of a character named Lily.
- #24 Hello my World! Lily.
81% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Black Leaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Thriller 23.3%, Visual Novel 22%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Retro 12.5%, Emotional 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a story-focused adventure centered around the titular character Lily.
- #25 Lily's Lil Video Shop!
80% matchVery Positive89% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Lich & Lily
Windows
The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a whimsical yet unsettling indie aesthetic centered on a character named Lily.
- #26 Blood Lily Ghoststories
79% matchVery Positive92% of 132 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: Thriller 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Emotional 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Both titles center around story-rich choices and dark thematic mysteries.
- #27 Amelie
81% matchVery Positive92% of 468 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: Thriller 16.8%, Psychological 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Both feature female-driven narratives with psychological undertones.
- #28 Alice's World
79% matchVery Positive90% of 417 reviews2025
Dev: STORIA GAMES CO., LTD
Windows
Alice's World is a story-driven 2D adventure puzzle game. Amidst desolate ruins and deserted cities in a world filled with death, the young girl Alice hears "your" voice from in front of the screen. You must guide her forward, solve the mysteries, and reach the top of the tower.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a similar narrative-focused adventure style with a haunting edge.
- #29 last seen online
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,361 reviews2024
Dev: Sochin Studio
Windows · Mac
Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Psychological Horror 17%, 1990's 16.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Horror 10.4%
- #30 Lily's Night Off
78% matchVery Positive99% of 116 reviews2018
Dev: Kyuppin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lily's Night Off is a visual novel, but not in the typical sense; as you progress in this game, your actions drastically change character personalities, story lines, and lead to unexpected outcomes.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the character-focused, indie-style adventure narrative.
- #31 Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike
76% matchVery Positive87% of 3,435 reviews2022
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Thriller 22.4%, Horror 14%, Retro 14%, Psychological 9.3%
- #32 Lily's Day Off
78% matchVery Positive88% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Kyuppin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Lily's Day Off is a visual novel, but not in the typical sense. As you progress in this game, your actions drastically change characters, story lines, and outcomes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
Why You'll Like It: Both games feature character-driven stories centered around a figure named Lily.
- #33 Bad Faith
77% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Thriller 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Emotional 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #34 Curse or Love
74% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 小橘子糖_official
Windows
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: Thriller 21.5%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Emotional 8.7%
- #35 Murmurs of the Mist
75% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Jenna YourstonePub: JamJam Studios
Windows
In this game, you’ll encounter puzzles which require you to use your environment in order to solve them. Take note of every detail, they can help you in uncovering Sofia’s story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 16.7%, Story Rich 11.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #36 Love, Internet, and Murder Magic
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 253 reviews2025
Dev: Renka
Windows
Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Puzzle 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 13.2%
- #37 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,372 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Psychological 19.5%, Horror 13.3%, Emotional 8.7%
- #38 Blood Lily: Killers Can't Sink a Yuri Ship
72% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A B-horror mystery comedy adventure game. Having a crush on your bestie is hard enough without serial killers in the way! Lily's vacay plan to romance her crush Sally goes wrong when killers keep cropping up and ruining the mood. And that means war. "How dare you come between Sally and me!"
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Thriller 15.6%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #39 MINE MEMORY
73% matchVery Positive94% of 62 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: Psychological 33.8%, Mystery 21.9%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #40 Her Story
74% matchVery Positive89% of 10,424 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: FMV 24% ★, Investigation 19.3%, Detective 15.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #41 Afterdream
71% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Psychological 16.4%, Thriller 12.1%, Horror 12.1%, Emotional 11.6%
- #42 Erica
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,765 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: FMV 30% ★, Detective 11.9%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #43 Nicole
75% matchMixed68% of 126 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Excited to join her first choice school, Nicole discovers a disturbing series of disappearances on campus upon moving into the university dorms. Three girls have vanished, and she might be next, deviating from her ideal college experience.
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Thriller 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.5%
- #44 Ib
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,340 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Story Rich 14%
- #45 Black Lily's Tale
71% matchVery Positive88% of 498 reviews2023
Dev: 1000-REKA
Windows
Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Mystery 21.5%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Emotional 14.7%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #46 Case 03: True Cannibal Boy
71% matchVery Positive97% of 60 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 20.2%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Mystery 16.3%, Horror 14.4%
- #47 The Boba Teashop
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,400 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.5%, Horror 21.1%, Psychological 16.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #48 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Mystery 20.4%, Horror 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #49 Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 800 reviews2023
Dev: Pyon Pyon Platinum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 15.8%, Emotional 13.7%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #50 Em-A-Li
72% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: YobobPub: Yobob Games
Windows
A portal inspired walking simulator horror game.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Investigation 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 11.6%, Horror 9.9%
- #51 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
70% matchVery Positive85% of 184 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: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Mystery 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Thriller 14.1%, Emotional 11.8%
- #52 Riruri Tachibana : Reincarnated
68% matchVery Positive83% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: OTL GAME
Windows
Haruka, who streams as the popular virtual streamer Riruri Tachibana. After a streaming accident, her everyday life quietly begins to crumble. What awaits her is a new stage—or an endless nightmare. A short first-person horror story themed around “reincarnation.”
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Thriller 21.9%, Horror 19.2%, Female Protagonist 17%, Story Rich 13.9%
- #53 vivid/stasis
66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,998 reviews2025
Dev: Team VividstasisPub: Hajimeli
Windows
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.3%, Female Protagonist 26.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #54 Yume Nikki
69% matchVery Positive94% of 10,656 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Psychological 28%, Horror 18.3%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Singleplayer 3%
- #55 Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
68% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Lexilia GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
Sakura Miko and the Hololive members are suddenly warped into an alternate future timeline. In this 3D adventure game, Miko must reunite with her friends and uncover the truth of this strange world to find her way back home.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Horror 15.6%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Mystery 14.3%
- #56 Lihiman
67% matchVery Positive96% of 117 reviews2026
Dev: FaithbullsPub: Kiwi Dreams
Windows
<3 Bond with your Family, but there's something wrong going on in this house........
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Mystery 24.6%, Horror 20.1%, Simulation 20%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #57 outside the door
67% matchVery Positive94% of 776 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 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: Psychological 22.7%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #58 this morning I decided to die
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Female Protagonist 31.7%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #59 Stray Cat Crossing
70% matchVery Positive93% of 651 reviews2015
Dev: JurloPub: Fridge
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Stray Cat Crossing is an indie pixel horror game about an encounter with a mysterious little girl named Cat. Explore a surreal world filled with colorful characters, challenging riddles, and dark secrets.
Why similar: Horror 53%, Female Protagonist 31%, Puzzle 15.9%
- #60 BAD END THEATER
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,071 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Choices Matter 30.5%, Story Rich 20.9%, Simulation 8.6%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
