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Games Like On The Way Home : Strange Incidents

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  1. #1 Alice's Warped Wonderland:REcollection
    97% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2022
    Dev: Nightmare Studio
    Windows

    Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 19%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Adventure 12.4%

  2. #2 Magic Potion Stories
    96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
    Dev: ARTIFACTS
    Windows

    魔法の薬とそれにまつわる人々、そして『魔女』が織り成す50の物語。

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 11.3%, Horror 10.5%

  3. #3 Banebush
    96% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
    Dev: Hinterland Mood
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 37%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 22.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 5.5%

  4. #4 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 753 reviews2020
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 18.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 7.4%

  5. #5 Lynne
    94% matchVery Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2018
    Dev: ebi-hime
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 44.5%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 18.2%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Story Rich 2.8%

  6. #6 PROJECT: Halloween
    94% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2021
    Dev: Studio Madeleine Chai
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    She was created for one purpose: to make sure everyone in the world enjoys Halloween. At all costs. A short, fully-voiced horror visual novel exploring instrumental convergence.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Horror 17.3%, Story Rich 7.1%

  7. #7 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
    93% matchMixed63% of 178 reviews2015
    Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 46.3%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 12.5%, Adventure 8.4%

  8. #8 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 reviews2020
    Dev: Saikono
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%

    Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Horror 32%, Adventure 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Story Rich 3.9%

  9. #9 Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: Lexilia GamesPub: holo Indie
    Windows

    Sakura Miko and the Hololive members are suddenly warped into an alternate future timeline. In this 3D adventure game, Miko must reunite with her friends and uncover the truth of this strange world to find her way back home.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 7.7%

  10. #10 Netveil
    91% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2024
    Dev: KlownEris
    Windows

    A pixel art psychological horror game with a point-and-click system that takes the style of an interactive desktop environment.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 41.7%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  11. #11 Relight The Dark
    90% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
    Dev: TaleHammer
    Windows

    Dive deep into a chilling and emotionally charged short horror experience that tells a story about a girl living with her abusive mother.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 26.6%, Female Protagonist 26.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

  12. #12 The Butterfly Collector
    89% matchVery Positive89% of 870 reviews2025
    Dev: Wicky Yu
    Windows

    investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 16.8%, Adventure 7.1%

  13. #13 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
    Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac

    A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Horror 17.8%, Story Rich 9.8%

  14. #14 Recall: Empty Wishes
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2025
    Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
    Windows · Mac

    Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Story Rich 12.9%, Horror 12.2%, Adventure 8.8%

  15. #15 Free Fall
    87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Mindstream Games
    Windows · Mac

    A horror visual novel told through the eyes of a sentient FPV drone on its final mission.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 42.9%, Horror 24.9%, Story Rich 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Adventure 6.6%

  16. #16 Project Volition
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Wirelore
    Windows

    Find your rebirth along the wires.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Adventure 17%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

  17. #17 Looping Art Museum
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nekko
    Windows

    "Looping Art Museum" is a single-player adventure game where you wander through an infinitely-looping art museum, finding changes in the paintings to progress. Interact with a talking "Mr.Cat" and uncover the mysteries of the strange art museum.

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

  18. #18 Bedrotting
    85% matchMixed65% of 39 reviews2024
    Dev: Marginalact
    Windows

    This game is about bed rotting. You lie in the bed for 20 days trying to survive.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Adventure 15.7%, Horror 12.3%

  19. #19 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
    84% matchVery Positive85% of 536 reviews2015
    Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Horror 21.5%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Adventure 5.5%

  20. #20 Witchlight Woods
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Delphin Casado
    Windows

    Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 17.4%, Female Protagonist 10%, Story Rich 8.4%

  21. #21 The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition
    81% matchVery Positive98% of 221 reviews2025
    Dev: 橙々Pub: Frontier Works Inc.
    Windows

    Navigate your way through an aquarium overrun by gruesome creatures known as creepies and unravel its hidden mysteries. With each riddle you solve, you’ll find yourself one step closer to uncovering the chilling truth of Bianca Aquarium. Your choices affect the outcome of the game, so choose wisely.

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.3%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

  22. #22 The Falconers: Moonlight
    83% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2017
    Dev: Bionic PenguinPub: Sekai Project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    The Falconers: Moonlight is a supernatural thriller visual novel set in the 19th Century West Coast of New Zealand. Falconer, Cassandra Winter, is on her first solo mission. Can she save the people of Moonlight from their plight? Or will she disappear into the mist like so many others before her?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Female Protagonist 36.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Story Rich 7.2%

  23. #23 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 873 reviews2018
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 38.8%, Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%

  24. #24 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,008 reviews2017
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 20.4%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Story Rich 8.7%

  25. #25 Yuki「清醒梦」
    80% matchVery Positive99% of 271 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: Visual Novel 27.2%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Story Rich 8.6%

  26. #26 LOST IN TRANSIT
    79% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: ThorHighHeels
    Windows

    a horror game about trains, girls, and hospitals

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.7%, Horror 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

  27. #27 TheMemory
    81% matchPositive80% of 35 reviews2019
    Dev: TeamNPC
    Windows

    Find the lost memories and escape from Mor's Asylum.

    Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Adventure 16.9%

  28. #28 Apple Orchard Escape
    79% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Noah ShoePub: Shoe Pie Games
    Windows

    Overview: Run around an apple orchard as Val, she is the pumpkin headed mascot of a rival pumpkin patch to the apple orchard that she finds herself at. Don't make too much noise or you'll be caught!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Female Protagonist 27.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Horror 14.2%, Adventure 10.3%

  29. #29 『LACKGIRL I - "Astra inclinant, sed non obligant."』
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2023
    Dev: DontsugelPub: Lackgirl Project
    Windows

    A visual novel about a magic battle between girls. Iris" is a boarding school where students learn about magic. The girls gathered there all have mental defects. This is a story of magical girls with flawed minds and their battles and growth.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 44.6%, Female Protagonist 31.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

  30. #30 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
    77% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
    Windows

    A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Horror 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Story Rich 11.1%

  31. #31 Tales From Windy Meadow - Legacy Edition
    78% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2018
    Dev: Moral Anxiety Studio
    Windows

    A slice-of-life interactive story about choosing your path and living in a community. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. A unique fantasy Visual Novel blending coziness and melancholy.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Female Protagonist 27.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%

  32. #32 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
    Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 39%, Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Story Rich 7.7%

  33. #33 I'll Do It Tomorrow
    76% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2024
    Dev: Luca Morotti
    Windows

    It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 8.3%

  34. #34 Forgive or Finalize
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 72studio
    Windows · Mac

    A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 14.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 8.2%

  35. #35 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 663 reviews2019
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 91.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 20.6%, Adventure 12.1%, Story Rich 11%

  36. #36 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
    Dev: Fantastico Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 18.3%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Adventure 8.7%

  37. #37 WHIIIIN!! -The Endless Nightmare-
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Daniel Macoto
    Windows

    A 2D exploration horror adventure game in which an immortal man tries to escape from the "never-ending nightmare of dental treatment."

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Horror 19%, Adventure 11.5%, Story Rich 7.7%

  38. #38 Everglow
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2022
    Dev: 7CoreLoops
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Experience the story of Glow, a young and naive furry heroine caught between two empires' interplanetary ambitions, forged in tragedy and conspiracy.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 43.3%, Female Protagonist 29.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  39. #39 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
    73% matchVery Positive100% of 107 reviews2022
    Dev: NoBreadStudio
    Windows · Linux

    Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 21.3%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  40. #40 Sympathy for the Wicked: Hindsight
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: zeenhil
    Windows

    Hindsight is a Visual Novel with themes of romance and horror, in which the player takes control of three key individuals at different points in time, and must help them to survive their trials in order to truly understand their stories.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Horror 16.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  41. #41 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Poética Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A horror visual novel with light adventure elements, about a group of office workers grinding through an intense all-nighter. Just do your job and.... don’t ask about Ito… nothing happened to him... everything is fine.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

  42. #42 Something Strange
    72% 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 43.9%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Horror 21.4%, Adventure 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  43. #43 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 reviews2021
    Dev: Nikita Kryukov
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Psychological Horror 30.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Story Rich 8%, Horror 7.9%

  44. #44 Perceptions of the Dead
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
    Dev: Ithaqua Labs
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 61.5%, Horror 21.8%, Adventure 16.7%

  45. #45 CORINNE
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Team Corinne
    Windows

    Navigate Corinne through a realm of pixel horrors, surrounded by neighbors that are turning into bloodthirsty monsters. Discover the secrets of this twisted dimension before it's too late for Corinne and her friends.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Female Protagonist 26.2%, Story Rich 13.8%, Horror 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%

  46. #46 Shan Gui (山桂)
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,275 reviews2014
    Dev: Magenta FactoryPub: Ju Cai
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    It is the end of summer. Han Hui, a university student, meets a mysterious young girl named He Jia in the mountains. After this chance meeting, the two embark on a delightful journey.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 65.5%, Female Protagonist 28.1%, Adventure 5.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  47. #47 Night Loops
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
    Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 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: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 9.9%

  48. #48 Miya Might Break
    69% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
    Dev: VAINSANE
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 18.6%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Story Rich 4.8%

  49. #49 Totally Normal Boyfriend 🔪
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Totally Normal Boyfriend
    Windows

    Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 15%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Story Rich 8.6%

  50. #50 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
    Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 16.8%, Story Rich 9.2%

  51. #51 Tezcatlipoca
    68% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
    Dev: LuQui
    Windows

    Tezcatlipoca is inspired by classic retro horror games with tank controls, like Alone in the Dark, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil. However, unlike those titles, while the game features enemies, combat is not a central feature.

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.4%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 21.8%, Story Rich 11.5%, Adventure 7.6%

  52. #52 Ticy Adventure Club
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,234 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 22.1%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Story Rich 11.6%

  53. #53 Ticy Adventure Club : Queen of the Spring
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 787 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 31.4%, Horror 23.7%, Female Protagonist 23.5%, Story Rich 16.8%, Visual Novel 2.1%

  54. #54 Sixtieth Kilometer
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,786 reviews2016
    Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    You're going to work by train, but strange things happens on the way: the train stops, the pink fog appears outside and the man who came off the train immediately dies. The main characters turned out to be locked in the train without any clues about what's happening...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 76.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Horror 7.2%, Adventure 3.7%, Story Rich 3.4%

  55. #55 Faro
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: matt!
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The world ended long ago. Humanity didn’t. What remains is a fragile society sustained by fear and distrust. Faro is a psychological horror visual novel set on a sunless planet, where you guide four survivors as cosmic horrors linger and every decision erodes the trust holding them together.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Story Rich 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Adventure 8.5%

  56. #56 Return to Shironagasu Island
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 3,990 reviews2020
    Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 41.9%, Horror 19.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 7.1%

  57. #57 Yearning
    69% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2018
    Dev: Nyan_Fort
    Windows

    This 2D horror game is set in Edo period of Japan. The girl notices that her old sister has disappeared. The girl will look for her and clues of her. What will the girl find in end of the story?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.1%, Horror 27.7%, Adventure 20.4%, Story Rich 16.9%

  58. #58 Restless Dreams
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
    Dev: Room410
    Windows

    Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Female Protagonist 23.8%, Horror 23.2%, Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 9.3%

  59. #59 A Stray Line
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sprout Haven
    Windows · Mac

    A STRAY LINE is a point and click Adventure Game with a spoonful of autumnal love and body horror. Explore a strange world, draw to cast spells, and discover what becomes of a lonely little family in the woods.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Story Rich 18.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%

  60. #60 Tokyo Dark
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,336 reviews2017
    Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Female Protagonist 21.8%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Story Rich 6.8%

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