- #1 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
97% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 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 64.4%, Anime 24.9%, Horror 10.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the exact same blend of anime-style horror, short length, and free-to-play accessibility.
- #2 Lynne
96% matchVery Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2018
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 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 73.9%, Horror 13.7%, Anime 11.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological horror visual novel that captures the same unsettling atmosphere and mature themes.
- #3 Selene ~Apoptosis~
94% matchVery Positive88% of 5,451 reviews2023
Dev: Viscum keyPub: Nupu Neko Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 21.1 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 55.6%, Horror 16.3%, Anime 15%, Nudity 12.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines mature themes and nudity with a horror-focused visual novel experience.
- #4 Summer Nightmare
96% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.4 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 59.5%, Anime 23%, Horror 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar anime aesthetic paired with dark, horror-themed storytelling.
- #5 Dissolving
95% matchVery Positive87% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows
Her ex-boyfriend became a shut-in. The girl goes to visit him... then things start to go wrong. They always do, right? Experience two stories about digital gods and loss. And remember - believe in the net.
Why similar: Visual Novel 77.6%, Horror 22.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, indie visual novel that leans heavily into horror elements and mature content.
- #6 Midnight Syndrome
94% matchVery Positive99% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 61.6%, Anime 20.1%, Horror 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror visual novel that emphasizes exploration and dark, choice-driven narratives.
- #7 Doki Doki Literature Club!
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 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: Visual Novel 61.5%, Anime 23.4%, Horror 14%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential horror visual novel that subverts anime tropes to create a deeply unsettling experience.
- #8 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 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: Visual Novel 70.9%, Horror 15.6%, Anime 13%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and psychological horror experience that shares the niche, indie feel of the seed game.
- #9 The Last Weekend
93% matchMixed61% of 402 reviews2017
Dev: KEXBOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
«The Last Weekend» - This weekend you'll never forget.
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.3%, Nudity 26%, Horror 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar mature content and visual novel mechanics within a dark, indie horror framework.
- #10 CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
91% 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 68.4%, Nudity 13.7%, Anime 10.1%, Horror 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar mix of mature content and visual novel storytelling in a free-to-play format.
- #11 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 81.4%, Horror 17.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly acclaimed horror visual novel that focuses on dark, branching paths and psychological tension.
- #12 Sakura Santa
90% matchVery Positive85% of 653 reviews2015
Dev: Winged Cloud
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Koji is feeling a bit down. This year is the first Christmas he's spending alone. After moving away from home to attend the University of his dreams, he found his college life to be rather lonely. Feeling distraught, he wanders to his local shrine to make an offering.
Why similar: Visual Novel 58.5%, Anime 28.4%, Nudity 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar anime-style visual novel experience with mature themes and casual gameplay.
- #13 One Manga Day
89% matchMixed61% of 969 reviews2015
Dev: DeXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Manga are comics created in Japan. The problem for most people is, as they're made in Japan they're only produced in Japanese; someone has to translate them to English! Is one man able to accomplish this? Is there more to his team's relationships other than business? Can everything in a translator's life be simple and clear?
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.3%, Anime 25.2%, Nudity 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, anime-style visual novel that fits the same casual, free-to-play niche.
- #14 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
88% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 67.7%, Horror 20.3%, Anime 12%
Why You'll Like It: A more extensive horror visual novel that maintains the mature, character-driven focus of the genre.
- #15 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Anime 90.4%, Singleplayer 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping horror-mystery visual novel that forces players to make life-or-death decisions.
- #16 Evening Surprise
86% matchVery Positive89% of 741 reviews2017
Dev: Aleksandr Soldatov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Max and his girlfriend Ann are very happy together. They have no arguments, they enjoy spending time with each other, they are in love. What else can they wish? Well, Max, you will get a big surprise this evening...
Why similar: Visual Novel 82.4%, Anime 16.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie visual novel that captures the specific anime aesthetic and short-form storytelling of the seed.
- #17 Sounds of Her Love
85% matchVery Positive91% of 761 reviews2017
Dev: ds-sans
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In the midst of their hearts, something is blossoming between two students. Both of whom go about their daily lives at an international school in Tokyo. Just what is flowering? Of course, it's love. Starting your new life after transferring into an international school, you find yourself dismayed when it turns out to be the same as any...
Why similar: Visual Novel 68.2%, Anime 22.6%, Nudity 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends romance-heavy visual novel tropes with mature themes and anime aesthetics.
- #18 Once Upon an All Hallow's Eve
86% matchVery Positive82% of 197 reviews2017
Dev: RanPub: Visual Wordplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 24%
What happens when a girl gets lost all alone in the woods and can only find the occupants of one mysterious mansion to help her?
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
Why You'll Like It: A holiday-themed visual novel that shares the anime style and accessible, short-form structure.
- #19 Once on a windswept night
84% matchVery Positive87% of 195 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A metafictional yuri visual novel about a traveller who runs across two cute nuns in an abandoned church.
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.9%, Anime 24.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric visual novel that focuses on character-driven narrative and anime art.
- #20 Adolescent Santa Claus
82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,317 reviews2018
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 25%
This visual novel game tells the tale of a cute little Santa Clause appearing
Why similar: Visual Novel 74.9%, Anime 24.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, anime-style visual novel that fits the same lighthearted yet mature-leaning aesthetic.
- #21 Garden of Oblivion
82% matchVery Positive87% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 21%
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 85.8%, Horror 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror visual novel that provides a similar unsettling experience in a short runtime.
- #22 Games&Girls
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 271 reviews2017
Dev: Yume Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 145.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An episodic Visual Novel about a Gamer and his life with cute girls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 69.8%, Anime 25.5%, Nudity 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that focuses on character interactions with mature themes and anime visuals.
- #23 Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil
80% matchVery Positive88% of 4,449 reviews2018
Dev: Catnip
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.3%, Anime 20.1%, Horror 15.9%, Nudity 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique visual novel that blends anime aesthetics with dark, horror-tinged plot points.
- #24 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,225 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 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 79.8%, Anime 19.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A highly regarded, story-rich visual novel that shares the short, impactful nature of the seed game.
- #25 Without Within
79% matchVery Positive88% of 2,027 reviews2015
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 19%
The (mis)adventures of Vinty, a nobody who thinks she's somebody!
Why similar: Visual Novel 67.4%, Anime 31.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, character-focused visual novel with a distinct anime art style.
- #26 Invisible Apartment
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 412 reviews2015
Dev: Milan KazarkaPub: Vysoko Anime Production
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 78.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Cyberpunk Visual Novel about a girl hacker struggling in a modern World. The story revolves around surveillance, hacking, artificial intelligence, cybernetic implants and those who want to lead a normal life in a high-tech society.
Why similar: Visual Novel 69.3%, Anime 27.7%, Nudity 3%
Why You'll Like It: An anime-style visual novel that focuses on narrative depth and female-led storytelling.
- #27 Say Goodbye
81% matchMixed52% of 229 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...
Why similar: Visual Novel 83.8%, Anime 16.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie visual novel that incorporates violent and dark themes into its narrative.
- #28 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 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 69%, Horror 23.4%, Anime 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #29 Carpe Diem
77% matchVery Positive89% of 8,560 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Seize the day
Why similar: Visual Novel 67.6%, Anime 27.6%, Nudity 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #30 Frosty Kiss
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,556 reviews2016
Dev: 2Chance Projects
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 108.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
It's been a year since Semyon returned from "Sovyonok" and met the girls from the camp in the real world. But it's New Year at hand! And it needs to be celebrated!
Why similar: Visual Novel 71.4%, Anime 25.2%, Nudity 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #31 Regeria Hope Episode 1
78% matchVery Positive82% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: Golden Game Barn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
As Regeria Hope, clear your clients of their crimes, or watch them hang and amass power and wealth. It's up to you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.4%, Anime 24.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure visual novel that features anime-inspired art and a focus on narrative choices.
- #32 Trick & Treat
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,403 reviews2016
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Why similar: Horror 54.3%, Anime 44.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #33 Connected Hearts - Visual novel
76% matchVery Positive89% of 339 reviews2017
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Stw Projects
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Gary is caught in a strange dream and now he must overcome the adversities on his path or perish in the attempt. In this adventure you will meet 3 children in dream-like scenarios, next to a mysterious girl who talks about a promise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 82%, Anime 18%
- #34 Sixtieth Kilometer
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,786 reviews2016
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You're going to work by train, but strange things happens on the way: the train stops, the pink fog appears outside and the man who came off the train immediately dies. The main characters turned out to be locked in the train without any clues about what's happening...
Why similar: Visual Novel 89.8%, Horror 3.8%, Nudity 3.2%, Anime 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #35 The logic of the miniature garden
75% matchVery Positive87% of 609 reviews2019
Dev: CabbitPub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 137.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide your adventure with beautiful girls through the mysterious campus. Adventure aside, this game also draws a vivid picture of the darkness filled inside Hakoniwa City. As a human the protagonist can't do much about it, but he has been observing. What will he see?
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.6%, Anime 17.4%, Nudity 15.9%
- #36 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,038 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 69.4%, Anime 21.4%, Horror 9.2%
- #37 At Home Alone
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,891 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: 0Cube
Windows
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: Horror 50.7%, Anime 48.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #38 Everlasting Summer
71% matchVery Positive95% of 77,204 reviews2014
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.2%, Anime 20%, Nudity 6.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #39 missed messages.
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,420 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 82.8%, Horror 8.3%, Anime 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #40 One Thousand Lies
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,129 reviews2016
Dev: Keinart Lobre
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
One day, Ciarán starts receiving enigmatic emails from a mysterious sender, turning his everyday life into a mess of a romantic comedy with psychological themes mixed in. What lies beyond the mystery he's been presented with? In the words of Harry H.: "If you want to know the truth, go find it".
Why similar: Visual Novel 76.5%, Anime 23.5%
- #41 7 days with Death
74% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Narrator
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
On Christmas Eve, a strange girl breaks into your home claiming to be the bringer of death.;This unbelievable prophesy is then followed by many strange omens...he must make a choice...
Why similar: Visual Novel 60.4%, Anime 21.1%, Nudity 17.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #42 Lake of Voices
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 620 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 84.3%, Horror 14.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #43 Without Romance
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 202 reviews2020
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fairy tale wish of a loveless girl
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.3%, Anime 23.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #44 Humanity Must Perish
72% matchVery Positive82% of 266 reviews2017
Dev: Zetsubou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Humanity Must Perish is a short, comedic visual novel in which the fate of humanity is placed in the hands of a witty, pessimistic android.
Why similar: Visual Novel 77.1%, Anime 22.9%
- #45 Christmas Girls
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Hunny Bunny Studio
Windows
It's Christmas time! Everyone is looking forward to it, including our girls! They have already put on their Christmas hats, so they are ready!
Why similar: Anime 56.3%, Nudity 39.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #46 Wet Nightmares
67% matchVery Positive83% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Demonheart StudiosPub: Kinky Fridays
Windows · Mac · Linux
As another woman joins the list of the missing, deep within a forest, a man living in solitude is visited by a pretty stranger. Wet Nightmares is an Erotic Horror Visual Novel exploring the psyche of a haunted man and his depraved past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.5%, Horror 19.8%, Nudity 19%, Anime 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #47 Phucker in the Woods
70% matchVery Positive94% of 172 reviews2019
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
A group of youngsters go to the woods to self-investigate a disappearance...
- #48 Dark Nights
67% matchVery Positive92% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 66%, Anime 20.6%, Horror 13%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #49 Dimension of Monster Girls
70% matchVery Positive88% of 152 reviews2018
Dev: RhinoGearz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morgan, a young man going on a trip to visit his parents, ends up nearly drowning when his ship sinks. When he awakens, he finds himself in a world ruled by monster girls and three of them want him to be their husband! He has only five days to get to know them and choose a girl to be with.
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.2%, Anime 23.1%, Nudity 4.6%
- #50 Aroma
68% matchVery Positive84% of 448 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 72.6%, Horror 20.2%, Nudity 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #51 LustyVerse: ShackBang
69% matchMixed53% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Inceton games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A trip to a cabin in the woods takes one guy and four hot girls trough an unexpected week filled with all kinds of twists and turns, where fun doesn't always promise a happy ending.
Why similar: Visual Novel 61.3%, Horror 22.8%, Nudity 15.9%
- #52 Tiny Snow
67% matchVery Positive94% of 4,167 reviews2019
Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
On the snowy mountain, in the wooden hut, we are tied together by the world. She and "I" can only love each other, we cannot be separated. Is this free affection, or manipulated love? A short visual novel with multiple endings, "Tiny Snow", a story with two girls, and you who know what love is.
Why similar: Visual Novel 80.8%, Anime 19.2%
- #53 Midnight Witch
66% matchVery Positive93% of 345 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 61.8%, Anime 22.8%, Horror 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #54 Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel
71% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: Horizon Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Welcome to Elsewhere High, "a school for exceptional children." In this visual novel, players are able to immerse themselves in the world of the outcast. Each student at Elsewhere High has fallen short of expectations at their original high school; they've flunked out, skipped class, wrote threatening notes, or grew to be a...
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.2%, Anime 17.9%, Horror 16%
- #55 Perceptions of the Dead
68% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 86.1%, Horror 13.9%
- #56 Army Gals
69% matchVery Positive88% of 233 reviews2017
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Can you survive with three women in the middle of nowhere. In this Survival, Romance Visual Novel adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 68.3%, Anime 16.6%, Nudity 15%
- #57 Lust Night💋
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Play and Cum 💦
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lust Night💋 invites you to step into a mysterious world, blending elements of horror and romance in this captivating adult visual novel. A group of friends finds themselves trapped in a cursed house, then murder comes onto the scene and a game for their lives begins!
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.8%, Horror 19.8%, Nudity 15.4%
- #58 The Monstrous Horror Show
65% matchVery Positive91% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: kaniheadcrabPub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Four girls find their way into an abandoned hospital, each for her own reasons. Will they manage to unravel the dark secrets hiding within, escape safely, and return to their normal, peaceful lives?
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.7%, Anime 20.9%, Horror 16.8%, Nudity 13.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #59 Lost in the Woods
62% matchVery Positive95% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: delulu girl
Windows
'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.6%, Anime 24.9%, Horror 17.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%