- #1 QUIET DAN
97% matchVery Positive94% of 1,412 reviews2025
Dev: ВСЖ
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.
Why similar: Memes 21%, Noir 19.2%, Thriller 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Cinematic 7.8%
- #2 Aenigmarch
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alexander VavilonskyPub: Chesnokov Aleksandr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Thriller 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Cinematic 11.6%, Dark 8.8%
- #3 Shadows Show
96% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: VladEv1LPub: VladEv1l.Art
Windows
Are you ready to face the mysteries of the past? The player will explore the gloomy environment of the hospital, encountering creepy phenomena and supernatural creatures. Uncover the story of the disappearance of all the inhabitants of the "Red Forest" sanatorium.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.9%, Thriller 17.5%, Cinematic 16.4%, Horror 15.3%, Realistic 10.2%
- #4 Puppet House
95% matchVery Positive89% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Vecube StudioPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Puppet House is a puzzle-adventure horror with escape room elements. A freak ritual creates a killer puppet, murdering anyone who enters the ventriloquist’s mansion. Detective Rick, seeking missing locals, will soon face his greatest horror.
Why similar: Psychedelic 27.9%, Thriller 20.8%, Cinematic 12.9%, Horror 11%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #5 BAROQUE SYNDROME
94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Sting
Windows
This ported edition of Baroque Syndrome presents the visual novel depicting the events before the main Baroque story. Play as Kitsune, owner of the Baroque Shop, and experience a branching narrative shaped by your choices. Fonts, stills, animations, and UI have been remastered for smoother play.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Thriller 19.6%, Horror 9.3%, Dark 8.4%
- #6 Sanity Loops
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: 375 Games
Windows
Caught in a strange series of events, you find yourself stuck in a job you never expected. What started as a simple way to earn money for a gift soon spirals into something much darker. As you navigate your new reality, the boundaries between what’s real and what’s not become harder to distinguish.
Why similar: Thriller 26.1%, Psychedelic 24.9%, Horror 15%, Cinematic 13%, Dark 8.3%
- #7 Neuro Horror
93% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
The first psychological horror in history, in the format of a visual novel, created using a neural network.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.9%, Noir 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Horror 10.7%, Thriller 9.1%
- #8 Would you sell your soul
92% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 28.6%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Thriller 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 10.2%
- #9 Don’t Make Her Open Her Eyes!
91% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Velvet Rot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A black-white-red visual novel in the horror genre.
Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dark 12.9%, Gore 11%, Thriller 8.5%
- #10 CHTHON
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Linux
CHTHON is a visual novel about pain, memory, and the darkness within us.
Why similar: Psychedelic 31.5%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Thriller 18%, Text-Based 10.9%, Horror 8.8%
- #11 Look Inside
90% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Bitwise Games
Windows
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Thriller 23.2%, Noir 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 11%
- #12 Bring Me that Shawarma
89% matchVery Positive91% of 527 reviews2024
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about shawarma, consisting of multiple episodes.
Why similar: Memes 31.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 10%
- #13 Spooltape
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: RocRac
Windows
While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Horror 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 10.9%
- #14 INFERIAE
88% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: ACCURSTPub: Accurst Ossuary
Windows
INFERIAE is a two-hour-long descent into a nightmare over 20 years in the making, an immersive experience blending unsettling soundscapes with hundreds of shifting scenes and a haunting narrative.
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Psychedelic 21.1%, Horror 8.5%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #15 The Void
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alexander RushPub: Pint Point Game Studio
Windows
The Void - a psychological horror game A surreal dimension called the Void is filled with eerie dreams that have become reality.
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.1%, Noir 24.4%, Thriller 19.5%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 9.8%
- #16 Farewell, we see each other for the last time.....
85% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: DrimmarPub: VNka
Windows
A dramatic visual novel about the search for the meaning of life.
Why similar: Thriller 25.3%, Psychedelic 23.5%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Text-Based 9.4%, Dark 8.4%
- #17 Witness the Dark - Episode 1 - Bloody Burger
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Narrative
Windows
You escaped a serial killer. Now you're hiding in a small town, working night shifts at a burger joint. But the hallucinations won't stop. The customers seem to know you. And in three days, seven people will die. A psychological horror narrative where reality itself cannot be trusted.
Why similar: Thriller 28%, Noir 24%, Horror 16%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Dark 11.1%
- #18 Echoes
86% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Baba Nura
Windows
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.6%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 9%, Horror 8.1%
- #19 What have you done, Father?
84% matchVery Positive91% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Darkania Works
Windows
A dark murder mistery game combined with a visual novel revolving around a disturbing plot. Embark on the frightening adventure of a young priest entangled in a forbidden affair with a beautiful lady who meets a gruesome end. Lust, wrath, murder, despair.
Why similar: Noir 28.3%, Thriller 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Horror 11.9%, Realistic 5.6%
- #20 Deep Lake: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive81% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Sinto_KengekiPub: Kairos GD
Windows · Mac
"Deep Lake: Prologue" visual novel In the neo-Gothic genre, with a psychological story. Our hero's name is Sali. Sali is a former forensic photographer for the crime department. The accident that happened to him reveals in him a mysterious gift that can lead him to a terrible death.
Why similar: Noir 28.8%, Psychedelic 25.5%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Realistic 9%, Dark 6.9%
- #21 Faint Echo
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Agard Games
Windows
Faint Echo is a psychological horror visual novel with point-and-click elements. A young man named Denys moves into a cheap apartment, but soon faces disturbing paranormal events. Explore the dark building, uncover its secrets, and try to survive.
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Psychedelic 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Horror 13%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #22 Network
83% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: NetGames
Windows
This game reveals the problem of the Internet. Now the global network has turned into a dump, in which you never know what file you can stumble upon. The so-called "deadly" files are no exception...
Why similar: Thriller 24.1%, Psychedelic 16.9%, Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark 11.1%
- #23 Side Alley
81% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Your new colleagues may be demons in disguise. A bleak horror visual novel with point-and-click gameplay.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Psychedelic 21%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Cinematic 10.6%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #24 Transmorphosis
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BottleBottomGames
Windows
Transmorphosis is a single-player horror and point-and-click puzzle game. You arrive as a doctor at a remote mental hospital where no sane person has been able to stay for long. Can you use your willpower and patience to heal the patients?
Why similar: Thriller 27.4%, Noir 25.9%, Psychedelic 22.5%, Dark 6.7%, Horror 5.7%
- #25 ALLBLACK Phase 1
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: NSAID
Windows · Mac · Linux
ALLBLACK Phase 1 is a visual novel adapted from light novel with the same title. Follow the journey of the amnesiac and seemingly abnormal "Theodore Quentin" as he uncovers his identity while escaping from the people who wants him at all cost...
Why similar: Noir 27.4%, Thriller 24.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Text-Based 10%, Violent 6.3%
- #26 Another Day
79% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: TrivioraGames
Windows
Ivan sets out for the abandoned hospital in the town of Olkhov, where his brother Tolya disappeared after witnessing something horrifying, causing him to stop communicating and eventually vanish.
Why similar: Psychedelic 30.2%, Cinematic 19.2%, Realistic 12%, Thriller 11%, Horror 10.5%
- #27 Neo HaBits
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dark Quixote Studio
Windows
Neo Ha_Bits plunges players into a chilling journey of psychological horror and mystery within a cyberpunk setting.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.8%, Noir 18.9%, Thriller 18.4%, Horror 12.8%, Cinematic 11.7%
- #28 The Path of Veins
80% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Repairer of Reputations
Windows · Mac
I have seen the face. Amongst the small white bones wrapped in fabric. Beneath the veins leading to the goddess. Within the black blood of the eucharist.
Why similar: Noir 23.4%, Visual Novel 21%, Cinematic 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #29 Humility
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pale Dome
Windows
"Humility" is a thriller visual novel. Immerse yourself in the fascinating story of a young Elma, who defies a cruel cult to save her beloved.
Why similar: Thriller 20.7%, Noir 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Dark 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #30 Fairy Deer
78% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: Expedition Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fairy Deer is a kinetic thriller visual novel. Make your way deep into the terrifying Forest in search of the sole pathway to happiness—the mythical Fairy Deer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Horror 15.5%, Thriller 14.5%, Dark 8.1%
- #31 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: Psychedelic 27.9%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Horror 15.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dark 11%
- #32 Backrooms Project: The lost file
77% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: xCousito
Windows
Backrooms Project: The Lost File - it's a horror exploration game, with many puzzles
Why similar: Cinematic 25%, Thriller 23.2%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 15.8%, Gore 6.6%
- #33 DEEP DARK
75% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Final Offer Games
Windows
DEEP DARK IS A LINEAR STORY GAME ABOUT BEING STRANDED ALONE IN DEEP SPACE, AT THE END OF TIME. YOU FIND YOURSELF ISOLATED, WHERE NO ONE HEARS YOU CRY.
Why similar: Thriller 26.5%, Noir 24.3%, Horror 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dark 9.8%
- #34 Anomaly Core: Hospital
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spirit
Windows
You are a patient. You should avoid treatment at the old hospital. The crazy doctor's strange methods raise doubts. The treatment may not go as you imagine.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.5%, Thriller 20.8%, Cinematic 13.5%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 9.8%
- #35 Fear in Hospital
77% matchMixed48% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Thriller 25.9%, Psychedelic 17.7%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 10.9%, Realistic 8.1%
- #36 RESTORER
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Psychedelic 32.3%, Thriller 19.2%, Horror 12.4%, Realistic 11.5%, Dark 9.6%
- #37 Hulzuyot: Horror Game
75% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Holitass
Windows
You are a salary man who will experience terrifying situations due to a special illness, all while carrying out household chores.
Why similar: Thriller 28.5%, Psychedelic 21%, Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Linear 6.6%
- #38 Prayerplay Order of Knowledge(PrayerPlay Trial version)
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Furoshiki Lab.
Windows
Folk Horror Adventure gameGame ConseptThree ritualsNew original languageMysterious Knights
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Horror 20.9%, Psychedelic 19.4%, Text-Based 10.1%, Cinematic 9.3%
- #39 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Thriller 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #40 The Breakfast Serial Club
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucian Gallacane
Windows
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Thriller 25.8%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 8.3%
- #41 Nightmare Inside
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Benelux
Windows
Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.
Why similar: Memes 20.4%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Thriller 19.1%, Horror 13%, Dark 12.5%
- #42 ITS NOT YOUR FAULT
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BozPub: Lixeira Publishing
Windows
Powerwash a murder scene with a bleach gun as layers of the story unfold in nonlinear fashion. Remember ... ITS NOT YOUR FAULT.
Why similar: Thriller 23.9%, Noir 21.8%, Cinematic 16.5%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 10.5%
- #43 Mercury Elopement Syndrome
70% matchVery Positive90% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka LH 1
Windows
Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.9%, Noir 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Cinematic 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #44 The Glued
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
The peg doll faces from your childhood bedroom reappear at every turn. Struggle to find a path forward through your own personal hell in this bleak visual novel with light puzzles and point-and-click elements.
Why similar: Noir 25.6%, Psychedelic 23.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Cinematic 14.7%, Dark 6.3%
- #45 CaveFiction
72% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: jiangliPub: GooodMon
Windows · Mac
"Cave Fiction" is a self-developed "game" that is actually a monstrous creation born from the author's sad, arrogant, and foolish consciousness. Its name is derived from a classic metaphor in Plato's philosophy, making it a manic modern story within a classical narrative framework.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Psychedelic 26.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Thriller 10.7%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #46 Death Frame
69% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Explore a haunted mansion, uncover a killers madness, and enter surreal paintings to relive the twisted mind of a killer. Danger and mystery are lurking behind the screaming walls of this fascinating and frightening horror adventure.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Psychedelic 21.8%, Thriller 18.8%, Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #47 Trapped
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Artisan
Windows
Trapped is a psychological VR horror-thriller set in a fractured mind. Navigate a morphing hospital and decaying home to uncover a tragic past. Use light to hold back the darkness and confront your inner demons. Will you find redemption, or be trapped forever?
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.3%, Thriller 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Horror 15.4%, Realistic 8.2%
- #48 CORPSE FACTORY
71% matchVery Positive80% of 866 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Thriller 28.7%, Visual Novel 23%, Horror 11.7%, Violent 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #49 A Night at the Watermill
70% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Thriller 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Dark 13.1%, Noir 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #50 Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Chatte NoirePub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural visual novel about madness, love and hate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Thriller 18.6%, Horror 16.9%, Gore 10.6%, Linear 8.1%
- #51 CROSSWIRE
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NOVAK STUDIOS
Windows
CROSSWIRE is a psychological horror game where Alex Keller, a radio technician, uncovers twisted experiments of a deranged scientist in a remote mountain tower. Haunted frequencies fill the air, and survival is your only broadcast.
Why similar: Thriller 31.9%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 14.6%, Cinematic 14.1%, Realistic 11.8%
- #52 Twilight Express
69% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Daniil Tarasau
Windows · Mac
A short novel about travelling by train. Become the one who (not)helps three girls to get to the final destination at the sea.
Why similar: Thriller 26.7%, Psychedelic 25%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Dark 8.1%
- #53 乌合之罪
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WindField Games
Windows
《乌合之罪》是一款集霸凌复仇X悬疑惊悚x真相还原的沉浸式AVG,你(玩家)所饰演的主人公将在与外界彻底断连隔绝的诡异岛屿上历经一场极端恶意的厮杀游戏,请寻找线索,推进剧情,抵达十四年前那件校园事件的真相……
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Psychedelic 22%, Visual Novel 16%, Cinematic 14.3%, Text-Based 8%
- #54 The Dinner
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Juan HernandezPub: Goat Studios
Windows
A war veteran, haunted by the scars of combat, struggles with tormenting hallucinations that revive the guilt of his darkest memories while trying to prepare everything for family dinner.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.3%, Thriller 22.3%, Horror 15.6%, Cinematic 14%, Dark 10.7%
- #55 KRAMPEN
67% matchVery Positive91% of 443 reviews2023
Dev: GMD13
Windows
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Thriller 23.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 10.8%
- #56 Disease
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pumpkin4Sale
Windows
"Disease" is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre. The Yellow Man pierces the night in search of a new victim. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Cinematic 20.2%, Thriller 17.1%, Text-Based 9.5%, Horror 7.8%
- #57 Mycopsychosys: Remastered
65% matchVery Positive98% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: DeltaCat Studio Pub: DeltaCat Studio
Windows
🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Psychedelic 22%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Horror 12.1%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #58 Up All Night: Daybreak
68% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nick just can't let go of the people he's killed.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Thriller 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 9.6%
- #59 Vacation Terminal
66% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Thriller 15%, Horror 9.6%, Dark 8.7%
- #60 How Much for the Body in the Freezer
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka LH 02
Windows
Short visual novel. An all-too-familiar story, born from an all-too-familiar motive, on an all-too-familiar street.
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Psychedelic 25.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Cinematic 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8%