- #1 QUIET DAN
97% matchVery Positive95% of 1,320 reviews2025
Dev: ВСЖ
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 20.9%, Noir 19.2%, Thriller 16%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Cinematic 7.8%
- #2 Shadows Show
96% matchNo user reviews
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 19.9%, Thriller 16.8%, Cinematic 15.7%, Horror 14.4%, Realistic 9.7%
- #3 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: Visual Novel 21.2%, Noir 17.8%, Thriller 16.2%, Cinematic 11.3%, Dark 10.2%
- #4 Sanity Loops
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 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 26.3%, Psychedelic 24.8%, Horror 14.9%, Cinematic 13.1%, Dark 8.4%
- #5 Puppet House
94% matchVery Positive90% of 159 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 27.6%, Thriller 20.8%, Cinematic 12.8%, Horror 10.9%, Narration 10.6%
- #6 Fear Of Mine 001 (Novel)
94% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: NVG Games
Windows · Mac
Fear of Mine - a visual novel in the genre of adventure and horror. An alien mushroom creature has brought you under his influence, and now it seems to take over the whole world. Can you escape its grasp? Can you survive? Can you at least save others from falling prey to the same fate as yours?
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.6%, Visual Novel 23%, Narration 15.6%, Dark 12%, Horror 11.8%
- #7 Trapped
93% 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 16.4%, Thriller 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Horror 13.9%, Narration 9.7%
- #8 Spooltape
92% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 21.4%, Visual Novel 19%, Horror 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Dark 10.3%
- #9 Would you sell your soul
91% 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 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 10.2%
- #10 BAROQUE SYNDROME
91% 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 31%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Thriller 20.6%, Horror 9.7%, Dark 8.9%
- #11 Neuro Horror
90% 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 21.7%, Noir 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Horror 10.7%, Thriller 9.1%
- #12 Bring Me that Shawarma
89% matchVery Positive91% of 510 reviews2024
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about shawarma, consisting of multiple episodes.
Why similar: Memes 31.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Thriller 14.9%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 10%
- #13 Look Inside
89% 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 23.5%, Noir 23%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 11.1%
- #14 Intown Nightmares
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 0-Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror almanac that tells the story of events in the city of Intown, built around a science station. The town is caught up by nightmares that in the future will affect the lives of every resident, follow how the impact of the nightmares on Intown will change over time.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.3%, Horror 13.5%, Cinematic 12.2%, Thriller 12.1%, Dark 10%
- #15 INFERIAE
87% 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 24.2%, Psychedelic 21%, Horror 8.5%, Text-Based 8%
- #16 Another Day
86% 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 28.9%, Cinematic 18.5%, Realistic 11.5%, Thriller 10.6%, Horror 10.1%
- #17 Witness the Dark - Episode 1 - Bloody Burger
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold NarrativePub: Under NDA
Windows
A series of psychological horror episodes about routine and the fear buried in everyday life. Each story reveals a broken mind, an isolated place, and a truth that should’ve stayed hidden. Are you ready to witness what’s real?
Why similar: Thriller 26.2%, Noir 22.4%, Horror 14.8%, Narration 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #18 What have you done, Father?
85% 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 27.4%, Thriller 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Horror 11.5%, Narration 7.5%
- #19 The Void
84% 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 25.9%, Noir 24.4%, Thriller 19.6%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 9.8%
- #20 Deep Lake: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive80% of 71 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 28.9%, Psychedelic 25.5%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Realistic 9%, Dark 7%
- #21 CHTHON
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Linux
CHTHON is a visual novel about pain, memory, and the darkness within us.
Why similar: Psychedelic 32.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Thriller 18.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Horror 9.2%
- #22 Echoes
83% 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 14%, Text-Based 9.1%, Dark 8%
- #23 Side Alley
81% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
The city is a labyrinth. You always knew it, you just didn't have time to try different paths. Now, you have no choice. Did your coworker put a curse on you? Find out in this bleak horror visual novel featuring point-and-click gameplay elements.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Psychedelic 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Cinematic 10.7%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #24 A Night at the Watermill
82% matchVery Positive97% of 58 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 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Dark 12%, Noir 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #25 Lavender Field
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: KamilaFoxGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
An atmospheric visual novel with puzzle elements and a nonlinear storyline.
Why similar: Noir 38.3%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Narration 13%, Thriller 7.2%, Interactive Fiction 4.4%
- #26 Fairy Deer
81% 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 26.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Horror 15.3%, Thriller 14.3%, Dark 8%
- #27 Faint Echo
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Horror 13%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #28 Neo HaBits
79% matchNo user reviews
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 21.7%, Noir 18.9%, Thriller 18.5%, Horror 12.8%, Cinematic 11.7%
- #29 DEEP DARK
78% 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 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 9.8%
- #30 Farewell, we see each other for the last time.....
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DrimmarPub: VNka
Windows
A dramatic visual novel about the search for the meaning of life.
Why similar: Thriller 25.4%, Psychedelic 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Text-Based 9.4%, Dark 8.4%
- #31 Heirs
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: TEStudio
Windows
Inheritance can be different, and it is not always pleasant, right?
Why similar: Psychedelic 27.5%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Thriller 15.4%, Realistic 9.9%, Dark 8.9%
- #32 Network
78% 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 24.3%, Psychedelic 16.9%, Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark 11.1%
- #33 Hulzuyot: Horror Game
76% matchMixed50% of 12 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 28.6%, Psychedelic 20.9%, Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Linear 6.6%
- #34 RESTORER
74% 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 32.2%, Thriller 19.3%, Horror 12.4%, Realistic 11.5%, Dark 9.7%
- #35 Transmorphosis
75% 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 28.1%, Noir 26.4%, Psychedelic 22.9%, Dark 6.8%, Horror 5.8%
- #36 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
75% matchNo user 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%, Thriller 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Horror 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #37 Nightmare Inside
76% 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 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Thriller 19.2%, Horror 13%, Dark 12.5%
- #38 CaveFiction
73% 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 26.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Thriller 10.8%, Text-Based 10%
- #39 The Glued
73% 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%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Cinematic 14.8%, Dark 6.4%
- #40 The Path of Veins
74% 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 24.1%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Cinematic 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #41 Death Frame
71% matchVery Positive96% of 54 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 21.7%, Thriller 18.9%, Horror 12%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #42 Undesirable Me
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaya
Windows
Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 32.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Horror 16.9%, Narration 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 5.9%
- #43 Lewis Carroll's Alice
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Revie Studios
Windows
Lewis Carroll's Alice is a short interactive narrative game based on the classic English 1865 children's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.8%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Cinematic 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Narration 4.9%
- #44 CROSSWIRE
71% 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 32%, Horror 18.1%, Dark 14.7%, Cinematic 14.1%, Realistic 11.7%
- #45 The Sin
72% matchVery Positive87% of 224 reviews2021
Dev: Baba Nura
Windows
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Thriller 15.6%, Psychedelic 14.3%, Horror 11.5%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #46 REQUIRED SYNERGY WORKSHOP: Deja Damnation
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moire X Studio
Windows
A psychological horror visual novel. You're trapped in a corporate training simulation with replayable loops. Navigate branching dialogue choices. Reality glitches. People fade away. Your decisions escalate the dread.
Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, Noir 20.6%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Cinematic 12.6%, Horror 8.8%
- #47 I Am Here, I Won't Disappear. I Am Here, I Won't...
69% matchMixed66% of 79 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 28.6%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Horror 16.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Dark 11.5%
- #48 Mercury Elopement Syndrome
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka LH
Windows
Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.7%, Noir 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Cinematic 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #49 The Dinner
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 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: Thriller 22.4%, Psychedelic 22.2%, Horror 15.6%, Cinematic 14%, Dark 10.7%
- #50 KRAMPEN
68% matchVery Positive90% of 437 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 24.8%, Thriller 23.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 10.9%
- #51 乌合之罪
69% 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 21.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Cinematic 14.4%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #52 ALLBLACK Phase 1
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 99 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 29.2%, Thriller 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 10.8%, Linear 6.6%
- #53 The Breakfast Serial Club
68% 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 26.8%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 8.6%
- #54 Mycopsychosys: Remastered
65% matchVery Positive98% of 196 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 21.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 12.1%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #55 Is There a Way?
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SS GC Omnipotens
Windows
An original visual novel about the dark secrets of a Soviet asylum, inspired by real events. Here, you do not control the story — you watch as it slowly breaks the main character… and you along with him.
Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Thriller 16.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Realistic 7.3%
- #56 Twilight Express
66% matchPositive89% of 19 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 26.8%, Psychedelic 24.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Dark 8.1%
- #57 Up All Night: Daybreak
67% 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 21.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.6%
- #58 Dissent
67% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows
A visual novel with mild choice-based progression. In this prologue story, follow an inquisitve college student into the depths of deceptive corporate lab: Moniker Innovation. Begin to unravel a mystery larger than the young journalist looking for answers and even this game itself.
Why similar: Noir 37.3%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Dark 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Casual 5.1%
- #59 Depth Perception
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One Man Symphony
Windows
It’s the 1980s. A rural cop investigates a fellow officer’s disappearance. With limited ammo and failing gear, you'll explore eerie landscapes, piece together clues, and face your own fears; no jumpscares, just tense psychological unraveling. Will you find the truth… or lose yourself?
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Psychedelic 23.4%, Cinematic 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Realistic 9.2%