- #1 Miniature Garden
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: MuzintouPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 168.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Miniature Garden is a Japanese mystery visual novel with multiple endings and art by Korie Riko (Lump of Sugar).
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Anime 21.2%, Mystery 20.4%, Casual 11.7%, Horror 10.1%
- #2 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,040 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 29.7%, Anime 20.9%, Mystery 20.2%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #3 TRACKER《追踪者》
96% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: FLTINGHEADPub: FLTINGHEAD
Windows
《追踪者》中你将扮演李木鱼作为一名挣扎在温饱边缘的颓废宅男,终于有一天快要交不起租而苦恼的时候....不可思议的事情发生了...
Why similar: Mystery 24.2%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Casual 21.2%, Horror 16.8%, Indie 16.4%
- #4 The Lovebirds
95% matchMixed70% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Cafearatus Studios
Windows
Welcome to Saint Marionette's theater! Tonight's show is all about love and faith... Our life here m̷a̷y̷ ̷b̷e̷ ̷a̷ ̷s̷i̷m̷u̷l̷a̷t̷i̷o̷n̷, ̷f̷u̷l̷l̷ ̷o̷f̷ ̷s̷t̷a̷t̷i̷c̷ ̷p̷a̷i̷n̷, but our feelings are very real! 🕊️🖤
Why similar: Casual 26.2%, Indie 20.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.5%
- #5 Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish
94% 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 28.7%, Anime 22.8%, Mystery 22.7%, Horror 14.1%, Indie 11.6%
- #6 Kill or Love
94% 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 24.9%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Anime 20.9%, Mystery 10%, Horror 9.3%
- #7 Wonderful Body Wanted
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Mystery 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Anime 14.6%, Horror 10.8%
- #8 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 703 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Mystery 19.6%, Anime 19.2%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 15.9%
- #9 Summer Nightmare
92% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
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 25.7%, Anime 22.6%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Casual 9.6%
- #10 Carpe Diem: Reboot
91% matchVery Positive85% of 139 reviews2017
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Just because it crashed doesn't mean it's over
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.5%, Anime 26.4%, Casual 23.7%, Indie 18.4%
- #11 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 908 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Mystery 19.7%, Anime 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 16.8%
- #12 Brother Perro
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: LUZSTARDOM
Windows
Play with 'P.', a mystery character trying to figure out what's going on in this 'dream'. Who to trust? Apparently, not the dog.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Casual 26.5%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Indie 19.6%
- #13 霎时晴荫
89% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: 晴
Windows · Mac
这是一个宅系欢乐电波向恋爱文字游戏。 命运编织的万千繁枝茂叶。化作霎时间的荫蔽, ‘这次,轮到我成为你们的晴荫了。’
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Casual 28.1%, Indie 21.7%, Anime 20.9%
- #14 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,830 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Mystery 19%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Anime 17.2%, Horror 16.5%
- #15 Juniper's Knot
86% matchVery Positive95% of 323 reviews2017
Dev: Dischan Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Casual 24.5%, Indie 20.2%, Anime 18.5%
- #16 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
87% matchMixed63% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Anime 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Horror 11.1%
- #17 Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 671 reviews2017
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.3%, Anime 24.8%, Casual 18.6%, Indie 13.3%
- #18 "Ta"
84% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Lnx Studios
Windows
"Ta" is a first-person realistic horror game. When your online friend "Ashfall" suddenly goes silent while revealing the secrets of Linwood Academy, you decide to venture to this abandoned school alone—searching for Ashfall and "her," uncovering the dark truth buried within.
Why similar: Mystery 29.2%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 23.4%, Casual 11.1%, Indie 9.3%
- #19 Garden of Oblivion
85% matchVery Positive87% of 202 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 40.3%, Casual 24.4%, Indie 18.1%, Horror 17.1%
- #20 The phenomenon of Edgar Allan Poe 1/2
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Team Edgar Allan Poe VideogamesPub: NA
Windows
A horror novel visual in which you can choose a way, anime style.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Mystery 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, Anime 19.7%, Horror 15.3%
- #21 NOeSIS01_诉说谎言记忆物语
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,510 reviews2020
Dev: Classic ChocolatPub: Hikare 个人汉化
Windows
From behind the incidents, there hide the secret of the past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 19%, Psychological Horror 18%, Anime 15.4%, Horror 13.9%
- #22 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
83% matchVery Positive90% of 3,616 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 34.6%, Anime 30.4%, Horror 14.1%, Casual 6.2%, Psychological Horror 6%
- #23 Return to Shironagasu Island
82% 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 28.6%, Mystery 24.2%, Horror 15.7%, Anime 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%
- #24 Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
79% 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: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Anime 20.6%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 14.4%
- #25 Oblivious Garden ~Carmina Burana
81% matchVery Positive89% of 548 reviews2014
Dev: CorypheeSoftPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is a sumptuous palace built for the seven princesses. It is a "birdcage" glorified with the name "garden"… Irell Reis was once a famous general leading thousands of soldiers. However, the defeat three years ago cost him everything. Now, he is summoned by the Emperor of Celantu again...
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Anime 35.3%, Indie 13.9%, Casual 13.4%
- #26 It Comes Around - A Kinetic Novel
81% matchMixed49% of 41 reviews2016
Dev: Glass of Water StudiosPub: Afterthought Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
As seen in Singapore's Doujima, Glass of Water Studios is proud to present It Comes Around, born from a partnership between Glass of Water Studios as well as Afterthought Studios (Forgotten,Not Lost & A More Beautiful World)A ritual to solve the mysterious death of a schoolmate goes horribly wrong, trapping the students and teachers o
Why similar: Indie 27.1%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Casual 18%, Anime 16.6%, Horror 13.6%
- #27 6 PEOPLE
80% matchMixed52% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: GsK
Windows · Mac
A man travels in a subway car alone. Where is he going? Will he or any of his fellow passengers arrive at their destination? Are they drawn together by pure coincidence, or something more sinister?
Why similar: Indie 34.2%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Mystery 21.9%, Horror 20.6%
- #28 Lynne
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,124 reviews2018
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.5%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 17.8%, Anime 13.5%, Indie 6.6%
- #29 Juken Jigoku | 受験地獄
79% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: W&H Game Systems
Windows
Juken Jigoku | 受験地獄 (Examination Hell) is a japanese themed horror game inspired by the fears, anxiety and doubts that students have to go through during their school life and the exams time.
Why similar: Casual 26%, Indie 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Anime 17.5%, Horror 16.8%
- #30 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 795 reviews2020
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 75.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.5%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 18.5%, Anime 13.9%, Indie 9%
- #31 Japanese School Life
78% matchVery Positive84% of 334 reviews2016
Dev: code:jpPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcomed by the fluttering of cherry blossom, the main character, Brian, starts a new high school life in Japan. Brian soon starts to get along with two girls in the same class after they start to talk to him. With their help, Brian gradually learns Japanese culture and customs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Anime 30.7%, Casual 17.4%, Indie 12.1%
- #32 MYTH - Steam Edition
77% matchVery Positive89% of 170 reviews2016
Dev: CircletempoPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A world of shadows. A world of light. In the world of light where no shadows exist lived a boy - Meito Tanabe. One day, he met a girl who possessed a shadow - Shimon. She brings him to her world - a place filled with shadows.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Horror 21%, Mystery 18.7%, Anime 13.4%, Indie 11%
- #33 DR3AMy
76% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: ph0ton
Windows · Mac
"Players, please break the chains of Amy's nightmares with DR3AMy!" Break free from nightmares with the lovely DR3AMy android and Amy. This game contains visual and auditory horror elements. It is not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Anime 18.4%, Mystery 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.6%
- #34 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
75% matchVery Positive100% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Linux
Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 17.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Anime 10.4%
- #35 2236 A.D.
76% matchVery Positive93% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: ChloroPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
This tale began five years earlier, in the spring of 2231. Mankind has evolved a new kind of communication ability called “telepathy”.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Casual 26.5%, Indie 21.5%, Mystery 16.6%
- #36 Season of 12 Colors
74% matchVery Positive94% of 2,053 reviews2016
Dev: 橘子班Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
--The way it was, Just like it is now, On a bright, bright summer day. "That's a promise, right?" The girl in a white dress said. Sunny sky. A paper plane slid across it, riding on blue winds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.5%, Anime 21.3%, Casual 19.8%, Indie 17.4%
- #37 Xi-Portal
73% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: KakaMigu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel the Mystery of Xi-Portal You'll have the chance to join a diverse community of students and explore the exciting world of Xi-Portal alongside captivating characters such as Schneider, Hikari, Ayako, Ai, and KakaMigu.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Casual 16.9%, Anime 11.7%, Indie 8.5%
- #38 Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel
75% 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 33.2%, Mystery 25.8%, Horror 20.5%, Anime 20.5%
- #39 Raging Loop
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,075 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 59.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Mystery 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Anime 8.2%, Indie 8.2%
- #40 Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 576 reviews2018
Dev: NostalgiaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A short love story with a twist: the love of your life is 50% human, and 50% grasshopper.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Anime 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Casual 9.8%, Indie 8.6%
- #41 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,058 reviews2017
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Mystery 19.3%, Anime 18.9%, Horror 18.2%
- #42 克莉丝的炎之信仰 Cryste: the Faith of Fire Vol.1
73% matchVery Positive89% of 296 reviews2017
Dev: SalvationPub: JingtuStudio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In another distant world, there is a kingdom of fire. They who live under the red sky. People with different social classes. Birth with different but changeless fate. Those of nobility bring fortune and power to men, and bring hope.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.2%, Casual 21.3%, Anime 18%, Indie 16.5%
- #43 Forgotten Trace: Thanatos in Nostalgia
73% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: AlmazPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Forgotten Trace: Thanatos in Nostalgia is an enchanting all-ages dramatic mystery visual novel by developer Almaz.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Anime 25.2%, Casual 24.2%, Indie 19.2%
- #44 SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
71% matchVery Positive93% of 874 reviews2015
Dev: Team Eleven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.2%, Anime 29.4%, Casual 13.6%, Indie 10.8%
- #45 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 899 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Mystery 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Anime 17.2%, Horror 10.9%
- #46 Bound Between Desks
68% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Mystery 21.5%, Anime 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 8.1%
- #47 No Recollection
69% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Mystery 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Anime 15.6%, Horror 13.2%
- #48 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,257 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 35.9%, Horror 31.2%, Indie 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Anime 8.5%
- #49 Memento of Spring
70% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2018
Dev: Bright Onion Studios
Windows
Spring has come, and yet Juliane is more than happy to let it pass from the comforts of her bedroom. But how will her indoor nature survive when the world decides to boot her as far away as possible?
Why similar: Anime 31.5%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Casual 21.9%, Indie 18%
- #50 DARKROOM 2
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
DARKROOM: Ray of Light is a sequel of DARKROOM. You managed to figure out where you are, and now you have to find out what to do next. Do you want to know the end of Timmy’s story?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Casual 17.9%, Mystery 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14.8%
- #51 nothing & nowhere
69% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
While taking a walk on a foggy beach, reclusive writer Cora encounters a young runaway. Curious, Cora offers her a place to stay... and a quiet, pensive story about overcoming the past unfolds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Casual 26.8%, Indie 22.1%, Anime 21.3%
- #52 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 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 31.1%, Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Anime 12.4%
- #53 怪話
66% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.7%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Mystery 22.2%, Horror 19.9%, Indie 4.6%
- #54 outside the door
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Anime 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Casual 7.7%
- #55 Vivian Carmine
67% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: The Hand
Windows
In an average town somewhere in America, a disturbance has been felt. Vivian Carmine and her badge, Nicholas, have come from the Gap Between Worlds to investigate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Mystery 24.3%, Anime 19.6%, Casual 12.5%, Horror 9.7%
- #56 Connected Hearts - Visual novel
67% matchVery Positive89% of 344 reviews2017
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Stw Projects
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 10.3 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 47.1%, Anime 24%, Casual 15.5%, Indie 13.4%
- #57 Without Within 3 (初衷)
67% matchVery Positive97% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Vinty returns on her third adventure, this time in Singapore and Malaysia!
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.8%, Anime 29.7%, Indie 27.5%
- #58 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,810 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Mystery 22.2%, Anime 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 5.6%