- #1 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,269 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Abstract 12.3%, Psychological 11.6%, Text-Based 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct prequel, it provides the essential context and shares the exact same surreal, psychological, and intimate visual novel style.
- #2 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
96% matchVery Positive94% of 55,246 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Psychological 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same frantic, internet-age psychological horror and focuses on the delicate, often dark, management of a girl's mental state.
- #3 OMORI
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 86,619 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends pixel art with heavy, dark psychological themes and surreal dream sequences to explore trauma.
- #4 Who's Lila?
95% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Surreal 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique facial expression control mechanic and a deeply unsettling, meta-narrative psychological mystery that feels very similar in tone.
- #5 Mouthwashing
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 36,697 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.3%, Psychological 18.6%, Surreal 11.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Horror 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy psychological horror game excels at creating a claustrophobic, surreal, and deeply uncomfortable atmosphere.
- #6 Yume Nikki
94% matchVery Positive94% of 10,100 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.8%, Psychological 16.8%, Surreal 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive surreal exploration game that relies on abstract imagery and psychological isolation rather than traditional narrative.
- #7 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,109 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological 19.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, provocative visual novel that dives into dysfunctional relationships and psychological instability with a distinct art style.
- #8 Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,323 reviews2016
Dev: etherane
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Visual Novel 20%, Surreal 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Horror 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a highly surreal, meta-fictional world that mirrors the abstract and philosophical nature of the seed game.
- #9 Subway Midnight
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,267 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Psychedelic 33.1%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Abstract 12.3%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Horror 6%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses psychedelic visuals and a surreal, dreamlike environment to create an experience that feels like a fever dream.
- #10 Fran Bow
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,182 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.2%, Psychological 11.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, Horror 7.1%, Point & Click 7%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that uses surreal, grotesque imagery to explore a child's struggle with mental health and trauma.
- #11 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,999 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 81.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.1%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, Anime 6.6%, Story Rich 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-psychological horror visual novel that subverts player expectations through its cute aesthetic.
- #12 BAD END THEATER
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Choices Matter 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative visual novel that encourages exploring multiple tragic endings to understand the underlying psychological puzzle.
- #13 OneShot
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 62,700 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Story Rich 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It breaks the fourth wall to create an intimate, emotional connection between the player and the protagonist in a surreal world.
- #14 Tiny Bunny
87% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Story Rich 9.6%, Horror 8.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, dark visual novel that uses unsettling imagery and psychological tension to build its horror.
- #15 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
88% matchVery Positive88% of 3,358 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological 18.8%, Multiple Endings 10%, Story Rich 6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental psychological game that focuses on internal monologue and surrealism.
- #16 Little Misfortune
86% matchVery Positive92% of 13,710 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Point & Click 8.6%, Horror 8.2%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, whimsical, and tragic narrative game that explores the world through the eyes of a child dealing with heavy themes.
- #17 Ib
85% 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: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Surreal 11%, Multiple Endings 10%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic surreal horror game where the environment itself reflects the psychological state of the characters.
- #18 Mad Father
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,511 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Horror 11.7%, Anime 8.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror game that focuses on a dark, twisted family narrative and psychological exploration.
- #19 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
84% 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 27.2%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Psychedelic 11.4%, Psychological 10%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that explores psychological horror through a lens of existential dread and multiple endings.
- #20 Night Loops
84% matchVery Positive89% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a surreal, psychological narrative set in a looping environment that requires deep investigation.
- #21 WORLD OF HORROR
82% matchVery Positive90% of 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Horror 15.3%, Point & Click 9%, Anime 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cosmic horror game with a distinct 1-bit pixel art style that focuses on dread and psychological decay.
- #22 Hazy Mind
83% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.4%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 10.2%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that leans heavily into psychedelic visuals and psychological themes to tell its story.
- #23 q.u.q.
82% matchVery Positive95% of 1,858 reviews2023
Dev: motijanPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
q.u.q. is a surreal visual novel about a somewhat crude girl that wanders a desert.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Psychedelic 18.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, short visual novel that captures a similar sense of abstract, casual, yet unsettling storytelling.
- #24 Psychopomp GOLD
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,990 reviews2024
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.3%, Psychological 17.3%, Surreal 16.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Psychedelic 6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric dungeon crawler that focuses on psychological exploration and abstract storytelling.
- #25 REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,432 reviews2022
Dev: MAHOUMAIDENPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 37%
REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Psychedelic 21.7%, Psychological 12.6%, Abstract 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental visual novel that blends cute aesthetics with underlying psychological horror.
- #26 Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,436 reviews2025
Dev: Ferry // Nopanamaman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Text-Based 5.9%, Female Protagonist 5.5%
- #27 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,059 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Psychological Horror 28%, Psychological 18.6%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes psychological visual novel that forces the player to make difficult choices under extreme mental pressure.
- #28 Eye of Saccharine
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: SasDeRiderPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Abstract 9.3%, Text-Based 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal visual novel that uses a unique perspective and cute aesthetic to mask its underlying psychological unease.
- #29 outside the door
78% 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 23.3%, Psychological Horror 22%, Psychological 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Surreal 6.9%
- #30 this morning I decided to die
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Psychedelic 24.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that directly tackles heavy psychological themes with a focus on multiple endings and character-driven narrative.
- #31 The Cat Lady
79% matchVery Positive94% of 6,142 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.7%, Psychological 14.5%, Story Rich 11.3%, Horror 10.5%, Surreal 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, mature psychological horror game that deals with depression and trauma through a surreal, dark lens.
- #32 MiSide
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 138,400 reviews2024
Dev: AIHASTOPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 63.8%, Story Rich 13.9%, Horror 11.4%, Anime 6.1%, 2D 2.5%
- #33 The Winter Mind
77% matchMixed66% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Abstract 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #34 Doki Doki Literature Club!
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 221,125 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.6%, Visual Novel 30.1%, Anime 7.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%, Horror 6.3%
- #35 MOOD
75% matchVery Positive86% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Psychedelic 13.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #36 I Am Here, I Won't Disappear. I Am Here, I Won't...
76% matchMixed67% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Psychedelic 23.2%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Abstract 14.5%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #37 Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why
73% matchVery Positive96% of 360 reviews2026
Dev: senpiPub: GOGOGOBATO
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Visual Novel 24%, Psychedelic 15.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #38 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
74% matchVery Positive95% of 9,194 reviews2019
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 10.1%, Horror 8.6%
- #39 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,379 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Story Rich 10%, Anime 7.3%
- #40 KinitoPET
72% matchVery Positive93% of 14,300 reviews2024
Dev: troy_en
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8%, Horror 7.8%
- #41 You know my name?
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Abstract 12.9%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #42 Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,265 reviews2018
Dev: etherane
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"All ended well.There was nothing to grieve about." A farewell, and a greeting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological 11.4%, Story Rich 9.5%, Surreal 7.1%
- #43 A House Inside Me
71% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Ctrl HorrorPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Psychedelic 17.3%, Abstract 14.6%, Psychological 10.4%
- #44 Bad Faith
73% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological 16%, Text-Based 7.7%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #45 Without a Dawn
70% matchVery Positive93% of 757 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Visual Novel 23%, Psychedelic 18.5%, Psychological 9.2%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #46 Snowfall's Mystery
71% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 11.6%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #47 Critters for Sale
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,772 reviews2021
Dev: Sonoshee
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Experience death from the comfort of your seat.
Why similar: Psychedelic 29.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #48 Banebush
68% matchVery Positive95% of 2,161 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.6%, Psychological Horror 36.3%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 9.6%, Indie 2.1%
- #49 Cat in the Box
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,536 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Multiple Endings 6.2%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #50 Contraindication
68% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychedelic 21.8%, Psychological 9.2%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #51 Tide Girl: Phenomena
69% matchVery Positive96% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: momoluna
Windows · Linux
Enjoy the murder by the word.
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.5%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological 13.1%, Text-Based 11%, Abstract 10.8%
- #52 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,503 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Psychological 15.1%, Surreal 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #53 HOPE LEFT ME
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 851 reviews2023
Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.1%, Text-Based 15.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Anime 7.3%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%
- #54 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
66% 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 28.5%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Text-Based 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #55 Insomnia: Theater in the Head
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,891 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Hickory dickory dock. The city's deep in sleep. The clock's ticking. The sheep's bouncing. Hickory dickory dock. The girl tosses again, only with more things swarming into her head... In this Point & Click puzzle game "Insomnia", the show in the head is rolling on again. Alas, any sleep tonight...
Why similar: Psychological 32.7%, Text-Based 19%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Point & Click 10.2%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #56 Emily is Away Too
69% matchVery Positive93% of 6,176 reviews2017
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #57 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,538 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 173.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Psychological Horror 32.6%, Psychological 11.2%, Story Rich 7.3%, Anime 4.3%
- #58 The Witch's House MV
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,920 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Horror 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Story Rich 6.6%, Great Soundtrack 6%
- #59 Backspace Backspace Backspace
67% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychedelic 15.6%, Psychological 12.1%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #60 missed messages.
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,474 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Psychological Horror 25%, Psychological 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 7%, Female Protagonist 5.5%