- #1 Kanna Maze
97% matchVery Positive89% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Emotional 10.6%, Mystery 9.5%, RPG 7.9%
- #2 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
96% 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 33.3%, Psychological 16.6%, Anime 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Cute 9.4%
- #3 The House in Fata Morgana
96% matchVery Positive95% of 6,235 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Gothic 30.7% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Mystery 16.1%, Anime 10%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #4 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,082 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: JRPG 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological 10.9%, Emotional 10.6%, Mystery 9.5%
- #5 GNOSIA
94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,865 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Mystery 18.1%, Psychological 16.2%, Anime 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #6 Syutyaku Gakuen
94% 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 27.2%, Emotional 20.8%, Anime 14.8%, Cute 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #7 The Chrono Jotter
93% 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: Word Game 24.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 12.3%, Mystery 11.6%, Detective 8.6%
- #8 再见断刀
92% matchVery Positive93% of 2,493 reviews2025
Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中,接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查,抽丝剥茧的推理,才能定一个是非清白,还一个天理公道。 然而,在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下,似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Historical 16.6%, Emotional 14.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Anime 11.1%
- #9 RGB GlitchGazer
91% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Word Game 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Emotional 18.4%, Mystery 15.6%, Anime 12%
- #10 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
89% 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: Word Game 38.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Anime 10.6%, RPG 7.5%, Historical 7.1%
- #11 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
91% matchVery Positive85% of 537 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 41.3%, Anime 22.4%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #12 Cursed Mansion
90% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Mystery 27.2%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Anime 14.3%, Horror 13.1%, RPG 12.3%
- #13 Novena Diabolos
89% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: H5DEV GamesPub: Giiku Games
Windows · Mac
One reporter, trying to survive nine days in an isolated village. Four demonesses who are out for blood. Several supernatural murders... Welcome to Hope Hill!
Why similar: Vampires 19.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Anime 11.2%, Mystery 9.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #14 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
88% matchMixed59% of 8,400 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Historical 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Anime 9.4%
- #15 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Anime 13.2%, Emotional 13%, Mystery 11.9%, Detective 11.5%
- #16 Find the Demon 恶魔鉴定守则
86% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: SHAKINO_UNIONPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
她们中间,有一个是恶魔。
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Anime 29.5%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Adventure 7.5%
- #17 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
84% 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 27.6%, Mystery 21.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Detective 9.9%, Adventure 7.4%
- #18 The Occult Detective
85% 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 27.2%, Mystery 18.4%, Anime 17.2%, Detective 15.7%, RPG 10.6%
- #19 Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
84% matchVery Positive97% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Domus Aurea
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Gothic 26.1% ★, Mystery 16.8%, Word Game 16.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #20 Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish
86% matchVery Positive81% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Pomera StudiosPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish is a thrilling mystery story revolving around a series of unfathomable incidents in a town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Mystery 23.1%, Anime 19.1%, Adventure 11%, Cute 8.2%
- #21 The Shell Part I: Inferno
83% 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 28.8%, Mystery 24%, Detective 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Anime 9.4%
- #22 Break Wolf
82% matchVery Positive99% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: RE Atelier
Windows
"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.
Why similar: JRPG 30.4%, Anime 18.7%, Cute 13.4%, RPG 11%, Lore-Rich 9.9%
- #23 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
82% matchVery Positive94% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Detective 19.3%, Anime 17.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Horror 9.1%
- #24 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
80% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, JRPG 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Detective 7.4%
- #25 Even20: The Interference of Parallels
81% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: SilverEyesPub: Wisdom Games Publishing
Windows · Mac
Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.
Why similar: Mystery 21%, Thriller 16.6%, RPG 13.5%, JRPG 13%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #26 白昼梦 · 心象病院
81% matchVery Positive85% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: 林檎树Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.
Why similar: Emotional 21.8%, JRPG 17.8%, Mystery 14.6%, Psychological 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #27 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
79% 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 31.9%, Anime 23.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Horror 12.9%, Cute 12%
- #28 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
79% matchVery Positive88% of 420 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Word Game 35.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 10.7%, Anime 10.5%, Mystery 10%
- #29 Tales of the Black Forest
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,169 reviews2019
Dev: 拾英工作室
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.
Why similar: RPG 22.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Horror 16%, Anime 15.3%, Adventure 11%
- #30 Ib
77% 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: Anime 20.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, RPG 18.2%, Horror 16.1%, Cute 15.4%
- #31 MAMIYA
78% matchVery Positive92% of 473 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Emotional 17.8%, Mystery 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Anime 11.2%
- #32 Saihate Station
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,976 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, JRPG 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Anime 9.5%, Horror 7.9%
- #33 Mercury Abbey
76% matchVery Positive92% of 958 reviews2024
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
In a mansion surrounded by mist, as the curse made by the Alchemist and Fairy reappears, the danger is quietly lurking in the darkness, awaiting its visitors.Follow Harrod and Willie to unravel an incredible story in Mercury Abbey, and go on an adventure that you would only find in mystery novels.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 12.7%, 2D 10.7%, Adventure 10.1%
- #34 The Simen Rumors
75% matchVery Positive82% of 317 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Word Game 29.1%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Mystery 20.3%, Detective 13%, Lore-Rich 7.8%
- #35 Corpse Party
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,376 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Anime 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, RPG 11%
- #36 Suhoshin
76% 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 23.5%, Mystery 19.9%, Anime 14.5%, Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #37 蜉蝣之国的囚徒
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 532 reviews2026
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Historical 16.2%, Mystery 15.7%, Thriller 9.6%, RPG 9.5%
- #38 Subway Exorcist Girl
74% matchVery Positive83% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Mystery 17%, Detective 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Anime 9.1%
- #39 Forsaker:DingDing&Blade
73% matchVery Positive80% of 246 reviews2025
Dev: 圣剑提灯制作组 [BladeLanternStudios]Pub: Infini Fun
Windows · Mac
A visual novel/roguelike hybrid where a simple mission spirals into a cannibalistic odyssey. You'll struggle as a fragile human, blood-soaked knight, or flesh-devouring Forsaker. Devour or be devoured—yet your fate dangles by unseen strings. Choose: cling to this broken world... or forsake it.
Why similar: Gothic 22.8% ★, JRPG 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Historical 13.3%, Anime 9.1%
- #40 Return to Shironagasu Island
73% 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 27.5%, Mystery 22.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Anime 10.3%, Detective 8.1%
- #41 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
72% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Mystery 24.5%, Detective 15.4%, Anime 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #42 Kara no Shojo
74% matchVery Positive92% of 449 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 161.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 17.4%, Mystery 15.9%, Anime 11.5%, Detective 11.2%
- #43 Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter
71% 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 20.2%, Mystery 18.4%, Anime 14.2%, Detective 13%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #44 DAEMON MASQUERADE
71% matchVery Positive96% of 461 reviews2024
Dev: Callum Page
Windows · Mac · Linux
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
Why similar: Mystery 24.9%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Detective 19.1%, Anime 16.2%, Lore-Rich 12.6%
- #45 Geminism
72% matchVery Positive90% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: CRAFTWORKPub: Shiravune
Windows
Two pairs of twins war for love, life, and limb beneath the curtain of a dark Tokyo night. From the artisans at CRAFTWORK comes a visual novel lush with art, action, and mystery; a story of GEMINISM—deformity and divinity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Emotional 19.8%, Anime 14%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 10.4%
- #46 Town of Dusk
71% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Mystery 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Thriller 14.5%, Detective 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #47 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,200 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯,意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中,他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相,也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来,覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下,究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Why similar: Word Game 40.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Emotional 10.6%, Anime 8.3%
- #48 A Space for the Unbound
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,476 reviews2023
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats.
Why similar: Emotional 32%, Psychological 25%, Mystery 18.7%, Anime 13.6%, Adventure 5.5%
- #49 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
70% matchVery Positive84% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: JRPG 33.5%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Mystery 19.3%, RPG 9.4%, Horror 8.4%
- #50 Memory Girl +
68% 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 23%, Emotional 15.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Anime 10%
- #51 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,585 reviews2019
Dev: Eternal Dream
Windows
Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?
Why similar: JRPG 19.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Anime 13.7%, RPG 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #52 Folie Fatale
67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,531 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Mystery 19.6%, Thriller 16%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Anime 13.8%
- #53 Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
65% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: 雏形游戏Pub: Comma 49
Windows
"Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.
Why similar: Word Game 35.9%, JRPG 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, RPG 7.5%
- #54 Black Chapter
69% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Spire Studio
Windows
Your class goes on a field trip to Durhal Cathedral before things take an unexpected turn. Solve the mystery before you and your friends perish!
Why similar: Anime 28.6%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, RPG 14.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Detective 11.2%
- #55 The Monsters' History Book
70% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2018
Dev: 喵呜喵5Pub: 0Cube
Windows
Beyond horrible, odd and black feelings, while there is a sincere relationship.However,The horrors more terrible than all these, become increasingly clear as the two linger around in the school. The nervous history of the bizarre deaths replays again as the history book be opened.
Why similar: RPG 33.6%, Horror 26%, Anime 21.2%, Adventure 19.2%
- #56 School Years
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,498 reviews2019
Dev: YEARSPub: 电钮组
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A visual novel adapted from a real story.To tell the most authentic Chinese story in the most simple words
Why similar: Word Game 23.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, JRPG 15.1%, Anime 10.4%, Detective 9.2%
- #57 猫不语
70% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: 库库尔坎游戏工作室
Windows
Cat Silence is a horror suspense puzzle game with urban legend themes. The story takes place in an abandoned experimental middle school. With the deepening of the investigation, the unknown and long-buried bloody stories of this school slowly emerged, putting together a chilling truth...
Why similar: Anime 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 14.3%, Thriller 11.4%, Cute 10.5%
- #58 The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2
64% matchVery Positive96% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: 橘音
Windows
A horror-meets-cute puzzle game with a twist-filled Yuri romance story.
Why similar: JRPG 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Anime 12.1%, Detective 11.3%
- #59 Fearbonding
65% matchVery Positive96% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Mystery 18%, Horror 11.2%, Anime 10.2%
- #60 花母
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 37.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 15.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, RPG 8.9%