
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
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A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.

Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude
Join KK and his gang of supernatural detectives as they investigate a strange disappearance, only to stumble upon something more sinister. Build relationships with your team and piece together their stories.

Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Join KK and his gang of supernatural detectives as they investigate a strange disappearance, only to stumble upon something more sinister. Build relationships with your team and piece together their stories.
Why similar: Supernatural 29.8%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Mystery 18%, Story Rich 8.4%, Adventure 5.4%
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.2%, Supernatural 18.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Mystery 17%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 8.5%
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Lore-Rich 7.6%
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Lore-Rich 13%, Mystery 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Supernatural 9.9%
Inspired by Danganronpa and Ace Attorney series, Final Frame is a murder mystery Visual Novel set in modern Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Adventure 12.4%, Supernatural 11.5%, Casual 11.1%, Mystery 8.4%
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Supernatural 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 12.2%
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Lore-Rich 20.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Text-Based 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Mystery 15.2%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Supernatural 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
The story of a young graduate witnessing the twilight of his world.
Why similar: Supernatural 31.1%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Mystery 19.5%, Text-Based 14%, Casual 6.8%
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Supernatural 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 10.4%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Supernatural 17.3%, Mystery 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.2%, Supernatural 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
Natural - Beyond Nature - is a Mystery, Drama, Supernatural Visual Novel. Follow the story of Olea in a chance encounter with two residents of a quiet island, Flori and Llima. Can Olea save them from their cruel yet inevitable fate?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Supernatural 14.6%, Adventure 9.5%, Mystery 9%, Casual 9%
Gather evidence and uncover the truth through your interactions with others in this mystery adventure game about a case where past and present collide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Mystery 23.5%, Adventure 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 11.3%
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Mystery 15.1%, Adventure 13.5%, Text-Based 10.9%
DARKROOM: Ray of Light is a sequel of DARKROOM. You managed to figure out where you are, and now you have to find out what to do next. Do you want to know the end of Timmy’s story?
Why similar: Supernatural 22.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Adventure 11%, Casual 10.1%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Mystery 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Supernatural 9.5%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.8%, Supernatural 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Adventure 9.6%
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Supernatural 12.4%, Casual 9.7%
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.5%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Text-Based 7.2%
Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Supernatural 20.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 8.5%
DARKROOM is a mystic novel. You wake up in complete darkness and you don’t know where you are or how you got there. Yet, there is someone else in this dark room.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Adventure 8.8%
Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Navigate a mysterious underground as you navigate through multiple story paths in this text-based, pixel-art, dark fantasy rpg, visual novel computer game
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 9.8%
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.1%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 7.4%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.9%, Lore-Rich 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 6.5%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Mystery 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
Noah lives with his eccentric father, who’s obsessed with Dictator X. When he joins a strange auction at a castle, he must work to solve mysteries hidden in the exhibits and uncover his father’s secrets. Risk everything to win—but what truth awaits? Story by Rika Suzuki!
Why similar: Mystery 31.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 11.5%
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 24.2%, Mystery 17.7%, Supernatural 16.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Story Rich 8.9%
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Lore-Rich 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Story Rich 8.3%
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Supernatural 14.2%, Story Rich 12%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Supernatural 12.6%
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.3%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 14%, Story Rich 8.2%
💖 Meet five stunning girls in this sexy visual novel prologue — from a rebellious punk vampire to a playful zombie and a sweet angel. Play through each girl’s two chapter, flirt, and unlock steamy 3D scenes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Supernatural 12.9%
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Supernatural 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Mystery 11.2%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.1%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Mystery 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Text-Based 9.6%
An adventure visual novel following an unlucky trio who find themselves hunting monsters for the powerful being known as Kurokami-sama.
Why similar: Supernatural 24.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Mystery 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
Discover the secrets held within the old House on 32, Dandelion Drift. In this classic Visual Novel you’ll find joy, hope, but also remorse and terror.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Mystery 15.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Supernatural 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Mystery 14.4%, Text-Based 13.7%
Re:Call is a deeply emotional visual novel exploring the fragile nature of memory, the weight of forgotten promises, and the healing power of friendship. Set in a nostalgic Japanese high school, it follows Kaito Nakamura as he learns his ordinary life’s built on fragments of a past he can’t remember
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Story Rich 9.2%, Casual 7.1%
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Mystery 19%, Text-Based 16.6%, Adventure 9.4%
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Supernatural 24.8%, Mystery 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Lore-Rich 18%, Supernatural 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Mystery 10.1%
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Lore-Rich 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Adventure 7.3%
A first-person supernatural horror inspired by the legends of Bhangarh Fort. Explore India’s most haunted place, uncover your brother’s disappearance, and survive the ancient curse that still haunts the ruins.
Why similar: Supernatural 31.5%, Lore-Rich 30%, Story Rich 8.2%, Horror 6.7%, Dark 6.2%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Mystery 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Text-Based 7.4%
A choose-your-own-adventure horror game about using the memories of the dead to scavenge lost civilisations.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Mystery 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Lore-Rich 21.5%, Supernatural 17.1%, Mystery 15%, Adventure 8.6%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Text-Based 15.4%, Supernatural 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.1%, Supernatural 14.6%, Mystery 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Lore-Rich 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Story Rich 6%