- #1 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,609 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Detective 36.5%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Point & Click 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive trapped-in-a-house murder mystery visual novel that perfectly mirrors the high-stakes tension of One Eleven.
- #2 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Point & Click 24.5%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Story Rich 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a group of people forced into a deadly game where they must solve riddles and identify the killer among them.
- #3 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Story Rich 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This collection offers intense psychological horror and complex puzzles within a confined, life-or-death setting.
- #4 GNOSIA
95% matchVery Positive94% of 4,733 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Visual Novel 29%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends social deduction, dating-sim elements, and mystery in a sci-fi setting where you must identify the threat.
- #5 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 17.6%, Text-Based 17.4%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliant detective mystery that utilizes a unique visual novel format to explore supernatural horror.
- #6 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
94% 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 24%, Horror 18%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Gore 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It effectively balances horror, romance, and branching choices within a narrative-heavy visual novel structure.
- #7 BURIED STARS
93% matchVery Positive84% of 2,079 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Thriller 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Story Rich 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival mystery that focuses heavily on interpersonal relationships and the psychological toll of being trapped.
- #8 Who's Lila?
92% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Point & Click 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique point-and-click mechanics paired with a deeply unsettling psychological horror narrative.
- #9 Scarlet Hollow
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,469 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that features deep character interactions and significant, choice-driven consequences.
- #10 Fatal Twelve
91% matchVery Positive92% of 995 reviews2018
Dev: LYCORISPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shishimai Rinka was a high schooler who ran a small café named Lion House in place of her grandmother. She lived her life much like any other person her age, but one day, she was caught up in an explosion while returning home on the train alongside her friend, Hitsuji Naomi.
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.6%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Story Rich 10.5%, Choices Matter 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A death game visual novel that mirrors the 'twelve people' premise and focuses on the mystery of survival.
- #11 The Shell Part I: Inferno
90% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Romance 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A hard-boiled detective mystery that leans heavily into dark, psychological themes and complex character dynamics.
- #12 AI: The Somnium Files
89% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 29.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Gore 10.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A complex detective mystery that incorporates psychological horror and unique investigation mechanics.
- #13 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.8%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Romance 12.3%, Gore 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends dating-sim tropes with a meta-narrative psychological horror experience that subverts expectations.
- #14 SIMULACRA
89% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Point & Click 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive detective experience that uses phone-based mechanics to uncover the truth behind a disappearance.
- #15 Almost My Floor
87% matchVery Positive92% of 244 reviews2021
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric point-and-click horror game that emphasizes psychological tension and mystery.
- #16 The House in Fata Morgana
86% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Romance 19.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Horror 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror and gothic mystery that excels in character-driven storytelling.
- #17 Corpse Party
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Gore 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic trapped-in-a-horror-setting visual novel that focuses on survival and gruesome mystery.
- #18 Kara no Shojo
85% matchVery Positive92% of 439 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 165.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Point & Click 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty detective visual novel that focuses on solving gruesome murders with a strong emphasis on mystery.
- #19 Folie Fatale
82% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Thriller 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Psychological horror with otome elements and branching paths that explore dark, obsessive relationships.
- #20 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: Detective 47.4%, Visual Novel 36.4%, Gore 11.6%, Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match for the time-sensitive murder mystery premise in a visual novel format.
- #21 The Zodiac Trial
83% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 13.6%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental horror mystery that forces players to make high-stakes decisions in a confined environment.
- #22 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
84% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An FMV-based detective mystery that requires you to question suspects to uncover the truth.
- #23 Nightmare Zapping
82% matchVery Positive99% of 74 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 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Point & Click 15.9%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror game that focuses on psychological tension and surreal storytelling.
- #24 WORLD OF HORROR
79% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Point & Click 35.4%, Horror 32.2%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Adventure 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the noir and psychological horror aesthetic perfectly through its unique art style and investigative gameplay.
- #25 Homicipher
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,818 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Thriller 13%, Horror 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines otome-style character interactions with intense horror and survival elements.
- #26 My Head On Your Body
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental psychological horror game with a distinct visual style and a focus on unsettling character relationships.
- #27 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
81% matchVery Positive90% of 592 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Story Rich 10.8%, Gore 10.5%, Thriller 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An intense mystery visual novel with high stakes and multiple branching paths that impact the survival of the cast.
- #28 Yet Another Killing Game
77% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Thriller 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #29 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,215 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 66.5%, Story Rich 18.8%, Cute 11.6%, Adventure 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for psychological horror mysteries that start with a seemingly cute premise before descending into darkness.
- #30 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 483 reviews2020
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Point & Click 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Romance 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Interactive fiction that balances mystery with character-driven romance and branching narrative paths.
- #31 Love Alone Death
77% matchVery Positive99% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.6%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Psychedelic 11.7%, Romance 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #32 Sunlight Scream
78% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Romance 9.1%
- #33 YOUR HOUSE
76% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Detective 17.3%, Thriller 12.8%, Text-Based 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #34 The Murder Hotel
75% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Thriller 10.4%
- #35 Siberian Way
76% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: RootGame
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #36 Pink Noise
73% matchVery Positive92% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Point & Click 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #37 Drops of Death
74% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 14%, Thriller 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #38 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
74% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dating Sim 10.6%, Point & Click 9.8%, Romance 9%
- #39 Kill or Love
75% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Romance 18.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Horror 8.7%
- #40 Mind Diver
71% matchVery Positive97% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Noir 38.9%, Detective 29.9%, Thriller 20.7%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 2.3%
- #41 Midnight Witch
73% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Thriller 10.9%
- #42 Purgatory’s Flower
72% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Point & Click 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Hand-drawn 14%, Romance 13.3%
- #43 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
72% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Detective 37.7%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Point & Click 19%, Horror 17.3%, Adventure 3.1%
- #44 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
70% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 17.7%, Detective 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #45 The Fernweh Saga: Book One
73% matchVery Positive91% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?
Why similar: Romance 24%, Thriller 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 19.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #46 Abscission
71% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Point & Click 24.1%, Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #47 Trapped with Jester
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 9.1%
- #48 The Simen Rumors
67% matchVery Positive92% of 88 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: Detective 36.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Text-Based 3.4%, Psychological Horror 2.6%
- #49 BAD END THEATER
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Romance 11.3%
- #50 Interrogation Simulator
70% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Point & Click 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%
- #51 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
64% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Psychedelic 9.1%
- #52 Insight
68% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Thriller 22.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #53 Love Love Mystery Club
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 559 reviews2026
Dev: LuminDrivePub: NANA Stories
Windows · Mac
In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?
Why similar: Dating Sim 42.9%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Adventure 1.9%
- #54 SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
71% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: Gosatsu Visual Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Detective 34.4%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Thriller 13.5%, Gore 11.4%, Horror 10.8%
- #55 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
65% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 10%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #56 This Is Not Your House
66% matchVery Positive88% of 252 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Tierson (Trash Eyes)Pub: Trash Eyes
Windows
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Thriller 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%
- #57 oneway.exe: Module 1.0
65% matchVery Positive87% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Disordered Media
Windows
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.8%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 21.8%, Multiple Endings 19.8%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #58 The Specter's Desire
66% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Detective 17.2%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Horror 8.5%
- #59 Magical Girl Witch Trials
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,650 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Cute 11.9%, Gore 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #60 Found Horror Game 11.exe
70% matchMixed67% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
You'll scream in pleasure... You'll choke with fear! Play through 11 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format that relies on you, the players, to continue. Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion?
Why similar: Gore 25.9%, Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychedelic 16.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
