- #1 Myths of Rules
97% matchVery Positive88% of 1,041 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Word Game 56.7%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 8.2%, Adventure 3.4%
- #2 TOUQI
96% matchVery Positive90% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》(头七怪谈)是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员,你需要根据主编的要求,整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联,并在必要时与同伴实地探索,以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Word Game 57.6%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Adventure 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #3 Yuki「清醒梦」
96% matchVery Positive98% of 394 reviews2025
Dev: visualmemoryunit_
Windows
Explore an abandoned school where memories linger longer than the living. Uncover the mystery of your best friend’s disappearance. Dodge bullets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Mystery 18.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 8.5%
- #4 Midnight Syndrome
94% matchVery Positive99% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Exploration 17.6%, Mystery 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Adventure 12.7%
- #5 Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude
95% matchMixed62% of 452 reviews2022
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Join KK and his gang of supernatural detectives as they investigate a strange disappearance, only to stumble upon something more sinister. Build relationships with your team and piece together their stories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.4%, Mystery 29.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #6 The Simen Rumors
93% matchVery Positive79% of 409 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 46.3%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Mystery 17.5%, Psychological Horror 4%, Adventure 2.8%
- #7 流言侦探
94% matchVery Positive82% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异,烧脑,悬疑推理剧情游戏,在游戏的体验中,玩家自主找出线索,并利用线索,和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法,玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者,玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相,找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Word Game 66.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 4.7%, Adventure 3.2%
- #8 Knell of St. Godhrkar
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,572 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Word Game 52.8%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Exploration 8.1%, Adventure 6.5%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #9 全网公敌:诡村
91% matchVery Positive89% of 605 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事,通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员,需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入,始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面,“祂”,似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村,有着千丝万缕的联系。
Why similar: Word Game 57.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, Mystery 7.5%, Adventure 6.6%
- #10 Seven Mysteries: The Last Page
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Sang Hendrix
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #11 Rubbings
89% matchVery Positive89% of 249 reviews2025
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑,根据匿名信件中的拓片线索,深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村,这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事,并在村庄中展开调查,你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Word Game 42.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Mystery 8.6%
- #12 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,802 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 51.7%, Mystery 31.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #13 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
87% matchVery Positive88% of 6,180 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 31.2%, Psychological Horror 28.5%, Mystery 17.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 8.6%
- #14 Nightmare Zapping
88% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, Mystery 18.9%, Adventure 7.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #15 Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident
86% matchVery Positive86% of 416 reviews2025
Dev: akidouPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, Novels) subculture knowledge to solve criminal cases and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Word Game 76.7%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #16 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,086 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.1%, Mystery 28.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #17 Town of Dusk
86% matchVery Positive88% of 72 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: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Mystery 21.5%, Puzzle 18.9%, Adventure 5.8%
- #18 12 Hours to Die
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.1%, Mystery 22.5%, Puzzle 21%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #19 THANATOS
83% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.6%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Adventure 23.2%, Exploration 19.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #20 星影の館殺人事件
82% matchVery Positive94% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
1935年の洋館を舞台に織り成す、レトロな雰囲気の怪異ホラーミステリーアドベンチャー
Why similar: Visual Novel 41%, Adventure 21%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Mystery 18.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #21 Fingerbones
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,598 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.7%, Puzzle 20.2%, Exploration 16.3%, Adventure 13.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #22 怪話
82% matchVery Positive95% of 64 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 37%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, Mystery 19.1%, Adventure 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #23 筮灵 SHILING
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 284 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Word Game 36.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Mystery 13.8%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #24 Deathless Death
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 871 reviews2024
Dev: Dream Delivery CenterPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.
Why similar: Word Game 52.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 11%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 5.7%
- #25 Mimic Search
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,032 reviews2024
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 58.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #26 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,884 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42%, Puzzle 18.8%, Mystery 15.9%, Exploration 14%, Adventure 9.3%
- #27 Dingir OS
78% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Word Game 46.8%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 7.7%
- #28 Night Reverie: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.6%, Exploration 30.1%, Mystery 20.1%, Adventure 9%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #29 Summer Nightmare
81% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.3%, Psychological Horror 34.5%, Adventure 13.2%
- #30 Paper Bride
77% matchVery Positive91% of 2,278 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Word Game 47.2%, Puzzle 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Mystery 16%, Adventure 2.3%
- #31 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,266 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 59.8%, Mystery 18.5%, Adventure 18%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #32 Ticy Adventure Club
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,261 reviews2022
Dev: YEZHI
Windows
本作是2d剧情向角色扮演恐怖游戏。在本作设定中,玩家将扮演灵异探险社的社员,分工调查被委托的事件,探索场景,寻找线索,并最终解决委托中灵异作祟的问题。
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.3%, Visual Novel 32%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 7.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #33 Blameless
76% matchVery Positive84% of 5,098 reviews2016
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.3%, Mystery 24.9%, Adventure 20.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #34 Something Strange
76% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.1%, Psychological Horror 41.8%, Adventure 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #35 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
75% matchVery Positive87% of 292 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50%, Mystery 36.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #36 The Raintime
77% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #37 Winter Clothing
73% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.1%, Mystery 32.9%, Exploration 24.3%, Adventure 5.6%
- #38 Night Loops
73% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 35.6%, Visual Novel 30.5%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Adventure 6.8%
- #39 Turlock Holmes
73% matchVery Positive80% of 976 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Word Game 44.9%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Puzzle 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.9%
- #40 Office Hours
71% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: PipoteamPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 97.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #41 Perceptions of the Dead
74% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 76.3%, Adventure 23.7%
- #42 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 486 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.3%, Modern 28.3%, Mystery 22.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #43 Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest
68% matchVery Positive90% of 830 reviews2026
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Mystery 27.8%, Puzzle 19.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Singleplayer 3%
- #44 白昼梦 · 心象病院
71% matchVery Positive84% of 245 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: Psychological Horror 43.2%, Puzzle 22.8%, Mystery 22.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #45 PRICE
71% matchVery Positive94% of 5,164 reviews2016
Dev: YETU GAME
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The hero Ivry wakes up from a nightmare and finds himself in a weird room. To escape from fear and darkness, he has to search and explore on his own until he discovers the truth and finds his sister Iva.A puzzle game 《PRICE》
Why similar: Puzzle 38.7%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Mystery 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%
- #46 For Your Tranquility
72% matchMixed68% of 193 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Mystery 37.3%, Adventure 16.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #47 Care
69% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Mystery 25.3%, Puzzle 25.2%, Exploration 14.4%, Adventure 5.6%
- #48 Mirages
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.3%, Mystery 31.3%, Exploration 21%, Adventure 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #49 Ticy Adventure Club : Queen of the Spring
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 869 reviews2025
Dev: YEZHI
Windows
本作是一款RPG恐怖解谜游戏。在游戏中,玩家将扮演一群以解决灵异事件为课外实践活动的学生,在提西城里调查有关“春日女王”的事件。随着调查的深入,一场巨大的阴谋正徐徐展开……
Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.9%, Puzzle 32%, Visual Novel 3%, Adventure 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #50 [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備
68% matchVery Positive89% of 985 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 55.3%, Mystery 29.1%, Adventure 15.7%
- #51 At Home Alone
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,904 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: Psychological Horror 84.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #52 Static of Eve –凝滯聖夜–
70% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: Mystery clock
Windows
扮演偵探溫特前往多年前發生案件的宅邸,遭遇各種事件並解開謎題,還原故事的全部真相。
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Puzzle 26.2%, Mystery 16.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #53 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
69% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.1%, Mystery 34.1%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Adventure 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #54 Dread Flats
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,631 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.8%, Mystery 21.9%, Puzzle 18.1%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 10.7%
- #55 Follow the meaning
65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,024 reviews2024
Dev: HiKing Mind StudioPub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Puzzle 40.1%, Mystery 32.7%, Adventure 24.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #56 Joy Land
67% matchMixed68% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: MK Creations
Windows
Lewis, an intelligent detective, finds himself on a mission to uncover the truth behind the many disappearances including his sister's. With the help of Joy, Lewis is going to explore what lies behind these walls. only to realize that there's much more to discover than he initially thought.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Puzzle 22.8%, Mystery 20.6%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 9%
- #57 Keep the Lights On
67% matchPositive90% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Light the Lantern Studios
Windows
Keep the Lights On is an atmospheric horror game where you step in the shoes of Edmund Rosental, a private detective, who is tasked with investigating an old abbey and the mystery surrounding it. Will he be able to keep the lights on or will he succumb to the darkness
Why similar: Adventure 40.6%, Mystery 34%, Puzzle 22.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #58 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 44.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Exploration 7.6%
- #59 Dark Nights
66% matchVery Positive92% of 429 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.2%, Mystery 33.2%, Adventure 15.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%