
A psychological horror romance mystery inspired by Lovecraftian, Black Butler, and Danganronpa
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A psychological horror romance mystery inspired by Lovecraftian, Black Butler, and Danganronpa

Отделение 38
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.

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Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Investigation 11.4%, Romance 10.7%, Dating Sim 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 9%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%, Investigation 8.4%
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Gothic 16.8% ★, Detective 15.1%, Investigation 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Anime 8.4%
Play as Adriana and travel to Europe with her brother Bruno. Meet Silke, who attended to Adriana's grandmother Maria during her final moments, and Dolores, a stunning and secretive woman on a trip. Explore House Chavez's shadowy hallways and navigate the mysteries within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Thriller 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.6%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17%, Detective 10.8%, Thriller 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.1%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.1%, Detective 15%, Gothic 11.7% ★, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
A murder mystery visual novel where you play a fish-out-of-water college student who must face the best and worst traits animalkind has to offer. Solve the mystery of this school as you develop close bonds, get intimate, and uncover shocking secrets with alluring, yet deeply flawed, ordinary men.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Thriller 10.8%, Dating Sim 10.4%, Romance 8.9%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 15%, Investigation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Visual Novel 9%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Detective 13.6%, Romance 10.8%, Investigation 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 19%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Dating Sim 10%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Mystery 8.9%
There are rumours of homosexuals in the Navy, and it’s your mission to date them! Sailors of Newport is a point-and-click puzzle game set in 1920s Rhode Island. Infiltrate the gay community, choose who to seduce and who to report, solve puzzles, and grapple with your own burgeoning desires.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Investigation 13.5%, Romance 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Romance 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Visual Novel 9%, Interactive Fiction 9%
A homoerotic thriller visual novel set in a luxurious men’s spa. Investigate a murder, pursue romance, solve puzzles, and uncover dangerous secrets.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Romance 10.7%, Thriller 10.5%, Investigation 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%
A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?
Why similar: Gothic 18.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9%
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: Romance 11.6%, Dating Sim 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Thriller 9.6%
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: Thriller 11.4%, Detective 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Mystery 8.9%
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Gothic 16.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Romance 10.4%, Dating Sim 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.1%
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Mystery 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Investigation 8.5%
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Romance 9.5%, Mystery 8.2%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Thriller 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Romance 9.5%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Thriller 8.5%
A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%, Romance 10.4%
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: Detective 16.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Thriller 8.3%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 11.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Romance 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Detective 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
When a murdered family is discovered in 17th Century Salem, at the height of a witch hysteria, people start to suspect something supernatural to blame. An atmospheric murder mystery. Connect the evidence and see if you can deduce the secrets behind the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Gothic 18% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 9.2%
Luna has been working too hard, fortunately as she finishes up each night she manages to find her way to a hidden out of the way cafe, one where the gals all dress up like different animals. It could be a place for dreams to come true, or just for Luna to blow off some steam and relax each night.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Romance 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Dating Sim 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Guide the traumatized 'Woochan' as you navigate his destiny. He can either find happiness with the heroine or remain forever lost in the depths of his past.
Why similar: Dating Sim 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Romance 12.9%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Lovecraftian 11.7%
When a famous Human Rights Lawyer dies under mysterious circumstances in her Sevenoaks mansion, Detective Inspector Rosie Morgan and her team of indefatigable investigators are called on the scene to find out who murdered the barrister and why.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Dating Sim 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Thriller 11.7%, Detective 9.7%, Investigation 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 12.1%, Thriller 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Mystery 8.2%
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: Lovecraftian 19.5%, Romance 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Investigate a murder. Romance five woman. But trust carefully: one of them is the killer.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 11.5%, Detective 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%
Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?
Why similar: Romance 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Gothic 10.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Investigation 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Spell Candle is your grief coping mechanism in a 2D romance visual novel. Take on the role of a foreign correspondent turned investigator of magical crimes to uncover the culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of a sleeping God.
Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Romance 12.6%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 7.6%
Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative game. Will you settle for pessimism, or open yourself to trust?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Romance 12.5%, Dating Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Romance 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
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: Detective 13.3%, Investigation 10.6%, Romance 10.2%, Dating Sim 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.3%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Investigation 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Thriller 9.5%
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 11.6%, Thriller 10.9%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Dating Sim 9.9%, Romance 9.3%
You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?
Why similar: Detective 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Romance 10.5%, Dating Sim 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.2%
Kasumi Kawamura thought the nightmare was over, but it followed her to university. A strange affliction begins to affect the city, causing the victims to suffer terrible nightmares. At the same time, Kasumi's old wound starts to burn with a frightening power, making her wonder if she is to blame...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Lovecraftian 13%, Thriller 12.4%, Romance 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
You killed him once before. Don't make the same mistake twice. A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you.
Why similar: Gothic 24.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 14%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Anime 7.4%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Romance 13.7%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%
TFTU: After Midnight is a dark / gothic visual novel with multiple endings. Your choices matter and will determine who stays alive and who dies. Discovering the whole truth about the murders will require more than one playthrough.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Mystery 9.9%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Gothic 14.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Mystery 8.8%
Dark yaoi horror game about learning who to trust. Investigate leads, interrogate suspects, and unravel a doomsday conspiracy in the search for your missing friend.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Romance 11.2%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.5%, Detective 15.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Point & Click 8.9%
Create your protagonist and inherit a house in Caelmere, a coastal village where hot romance, mystery, and bad decisions come bundled together. Investigate your uncle’s death, flirt with 15 love interests, uncover hidden mermaids, and choose whether the sea or forest turns you into one of them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Romance 12.4%, Dating Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 8.6%
A lonely young man is guided by a silent Muse to solve the mystery behind his two Doppelganger Soulmates.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Detective 11.8%, Romance 11.3%, Dating Sim 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
A dark yuri horror visual novel inspired by a classic gothic novella. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?
Why similar: Gothic 16.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Romance 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Dating Sim 10.3%
A modern fantasy BL Visual Novel following a young mans journey into a hidden world of gods and magic to recover the past he's lost, and find his missing family. Alongside 3 attractive romance options, Myka Riley delves into the unknown.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Romance 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Dating Sim 12%, Interactive Fiction 9%
Samuda Interval is a visual novel, slice-of-life, murder mystery & supernatural game. You play the daily life of Park Haewon or Park Sae-il, a college freshman attending classes, working part-time jobs, and meeting new people. Solving the serial kidnapping & murder case is your highest priority.
Why similar: Romance 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%