Games Like On The Way Home : Strange Incidents

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 19%, Female Protagonist 13%, Adventure 12.7%

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 12.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Horror 10.5%

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 37.1%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 22.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 5.7%

A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Female Protagonist 20%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Horror 9.4%

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 24.8%, Horror 18.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 7.4%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.9%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 18.2%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Story Rich 2.8%

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 32.8%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Female Protagonist 21%, Horror 17.4%, Story Rich 7.1%

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 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 12.5%, Adventure 8.6%

A grotesque body horror visual novel inspired by SCP-027, play as the young host of the Vermin God. Wake up in a hidden lab with no memories and experience the terror of a mysterious disease turning your body into a living hive for swarms of pests. Make choices to escape the crawling chaos.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Female Protagonist 25.1%, Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Adventure 6.1%

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 42.6%, Horror 31.9%, Adventure 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 3.9%

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 20.9%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 7.6%

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 41.9%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

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 26.9%, Female Protagonist 26.7%, Horror 26.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9%

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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 16.8%, Adventure 7.2%

Prison Glow is a 2D realistic suspense pixel visual novel about a wrongfully imprisoned girl. Facing seemingly solid charges, she accepts a plea deal for a lighter sentence and waits quietly behind bars for the truth.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Story Rich 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

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%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Adventure 6.8%

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 28.7%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 17.9%, Story Rich 9.7%

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%, Story Rich 12.8%, Horror 12.4%, Adventure 9%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Horror 12.2%

Find your rebirth along the wires.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Adventure 17.4%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

"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 22%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

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 33.6%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 17.7%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Story Rich 8.3%

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 24.2%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

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%, Horror 21.6%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Adventure 5.7%

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 39.1%, Horror 25.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Story Rich 7.6%

Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 9.7%

A Game about Nothing is an experience through the eyes of a college student struggling to make it through their day while avoiding the unpleasant experiences that often interrupt it.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.8%, Psychological Horror 33.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%

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 21.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Story Rich 11.6%

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 39.2%, Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Story Rich 10.1%, Adventure 8.6%

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 43.3%, Female Protagonist 36.8%, Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 7.1%

A story-driven exploration horror adventure set in a fictional modern-day Japan. Experience a quiet tale of psychological horror as two schoolgirls confront folklore, curses, and choices that lead to multiple endings.

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Adventure 15.6%, Story Rich 13.8%, Female Protagonist 13.8%

Vampires, Necromancer, Skeleton and even a Time Traveler. This Visual Novel has it all. But most important question is, can you actually keep Skeleton alive? I guess we will find out.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 8%

a horror game about trains, girls, and hospitals

Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.1%, Horror 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

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 27.8%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Female Protagonist 21%, Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 8.6%

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

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Adventure 17.2%

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 33.3%, Female Protagonist 27.5%, Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

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 30.4%, Horror 21%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Story Rich 11%

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 44.4%, Female Protagonist 31.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

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 30.6%, Female Protagonist 28%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Horror 14.2%, Adventure 10.6%

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%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 8.5%

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 30.6%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 20.4%, Female Protagonist 10%, Story Rich 8.8%

Experience the autophobia of our protagonist Emilia as she tries to find her place in the job culture. The Mesón La Última Parada, in the middle of nowhere, is it the idyllic scene promised by the regional television commercial? What would it be like to work the night shift in a place like that?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.4%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

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 32.9%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 19%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 7.7%

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 32.9%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

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 22.4%, Horror 20.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 11%

A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Female Protagonist 18%, Horror 17.1%, Story Rich 9.5%

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 28.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 18.3%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Adventure 8.8%

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 43.1%, Female Protagonist 29.9%, Story Rich 14.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

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 24.3%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Horror 16.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Set in the year 4XXX, humanity lives disconnected inside underground megastructures to escape the threat of the ever-expanding silicon-based lifeforms.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11%, Story Rich 10.9%

Evercursed is a narrative-driven, atmospheric horror experience that delves into the world of sleep paralysis, and the demons that lurk within it. Step into Amelia's haunting nightmares, where the line between dreams and reality is blurred.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 26.1%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Story Rich 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Visual Novel 44%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Horror 21.5%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, face strange encounters, and survive this psychological horror visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

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 36.8%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 21.4%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%

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 29.6%, Female Protagonist 26.4%, Story Rich 13.8%, Horror 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 61.3%, Horror 21.8%, Adventure 17%

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 32.7%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 18.6%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Story Rich 4.8%

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 37.1%, Psychological Horror 30%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Horror 8.1%, Story Rich 7.9%

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 65.4%, Female Protagonist 28.1%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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 19.3%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Horror 15.5%, Story Rich 9.9%