- #1 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
97% matchVery Positive91% of 1,150 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Word Game 19.4%, Thriller 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Detective 9.2%, Visual Novel 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This sequel deepens the series' signature blend of Chinese folk horror and complex environmental puzzles.
- #2 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 653 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
Why similar: Word Game 14.3%, Text-Based 8.8%, Puzzle Platformer 8.7%, Incremental 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' tradition of atmospheric storytelling and challenging logic puzzles set in a haunting rural backdrop.
- #3 Paper Bride
96% matchVery Positive91% of 2,306 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Word Game 15.6%, Detective 14.6%, Thriller 10.8%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, Horror 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the series' unique aesthetic of traditional Chinese folklore and mystery.
- #4 Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes
95% matchVery Positive84% of 712 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes" is the 5th work in the "Paper Bride' series. Our cast from Zangling Village return to the stage to welcome players back to the world of paper bride...
Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Incremental 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%, RPG 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This entry maintains the high-quality puzzle design and supernatural narrative focus that fans of the franchise expect.
- #5 Paper Bride 6 Nightmare
94% matchVery Positive80% of 466 reviews2024
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“Paper Bride 6 Nightmare” is the sixth work to the Paper Bride series. Dive into a bewitching dream and immerse yourself in yet another immersive Chinese horror puzzle game!
Why similar: Word Game 24.7%, Incremental 10.1%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a continuation of the series' dark, puzzle-heavy gameplay with a focus on unsettling psychological themes.
- #6 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
94% matchVery Positive93% of 312 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: The latest installment provides more of the same immersive, folklore-inspired mystery and interactive fiction elements.
- #7 Firework
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 44,473 reviews2021
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Thriller 10%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in Chinese psychological horror that shares the same focus on uncovering dark secrets through 2D exploration.
- #8 Sanfu
91% matchVery Positive83% of 17,858 reviews2023
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2000年，山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告，而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入，一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Detective 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 13.1%, RPG 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at blending surreal, retro-inspired visuals with a gripping mystery that feels tonally similar to the Paper Bride series.
- #9 回门 Way Back Home
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 524 reviews2021
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室
Windows
"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...
Why similar: Thriller 16.8%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Puzzle 9%
Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the historical and supernatural themes of the Paper Bride series within a 2D horror framework.
- #10 Murders on the Yangtze River
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,291 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Puzzle 10.9%, Mystery 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more detective-focused, it shares the strong narrative-driven puzzle gameplay and Chinese cultural setting.
- #11 Dark Notes
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Dark Notes is a dark suspense puzzle game . You will play as the two protagonists, traveling through time and space to explore the secrets hidden in Happiness Mall!a secret concerning both protagonists surfaces... ...Anything can be a perfect fairytale as long as you believe it.
Why similar: Word Game 24.8%, Incremental 14.9%, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game that shares the point-and-click investigative feel and supernatural undertones of the seed game.
- #12 Bride into the Cave
91% matchMostly Negative39% of 232 reviews2024
Dev: Flower_Official
Windows
Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.
Why similar: Word Game 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.5%, 2D Platformer 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same atmospheric horror and puzzle-solving mechanics centered around traditional cultural myths.
- #13 YinYang Street: Separate Ways
89% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: 彼云工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Street Li Fang Zhuan is a Chinese micro horror game set in 1980s China, combining the story of understanding puzzles and text adventures. In the game, the scroll scene that can be moved by four axes is applied to bring different game experience to the player.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Detective 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the supernatural mystery and puzzle-platforming elements common in the Paper Bride universe.
- #14 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,313 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.2 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: Text-Based 24%, Visual Novel 20.5%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery visual novel that captures the same eerie, folklore-heavy investigation style found in Paper Bride.
- #15 Detention
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,832 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 22%, Thriller 12.8%, Puzzle 11.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A seminal 2D horror game that masterfully weaves Taiwanese cultural folklore into a haunting, puzzle-filled narrative.
- #16 筮灵 SHILING
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪，销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息，将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄，还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索，怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Word Game 15.6%, Thriller 12.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep, story-rich experience that blends psychological horror with mystery-solving.
- #17 Scourge of the village
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 289 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Scourge of The Village is a Chinese folk horror-themed text decryption game. A young female intern reporter who was inexplicably trapped in a nightmare while investigating a factory sewage discharge incident. In order to solve the mystery, she decided to go to the land of her dreams alone.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.1%, Incremental 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused horror game that explores the dark secrets of a rural setting through puzzle-solving.
- #18 Silent Love
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Thriller 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same blend of psychological horror and mystery that makes the Paper Bride series so engaging.
- #19 Myths of Rules
84% matchVery Positive88% of 1,047 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Word Game 39.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 8.7%, Text-Based 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses surreal, rule-based puzzles to build an unsettling atmosphere that resonates with fans of folk horror.
- #20 Rubbings
83% matchVery Positive89% of 257 reviews2025
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑，根据匿名信件中的拓片线索，深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村，这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事，并在村庄中展开调查，你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Word Game 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.1%, Detective 11.9%, Thriller 8.9%, Visual Novel 8%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that incorporates visual novel elements to tell a story with a similar focus on exploration and mystery.
- #21 子归 - Blossom
82% matchVery Positive88% of 652 reviews2024
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Horror 11.1%, RPG 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused mystery game that shares the atmospheric, story-rich nature of the Paper Bride series.
- #22 The Case of the Golden Idol
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly satisfying deduction-based puzzle experience that rewards the same level of observation required in Paper Bride.
- #23 Mirages
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.
Why similar: Thriller 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Detective 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A thriller-mystery game that focuses on exploration and atmospheric storytelling within a dark, supernatural context.
- #24 Rusty Lake Hotel
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,639 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.8%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 20.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Story Rich 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click puzzle game that shares the unsettling, dream-like quality of the Paper Bride series.
- #25 全网公敌：诡村
79% matchVery Positive88% of 636 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事，通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员，需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入，始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面，“祂”，似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村，有着千丝万缕的联系。
Why similar: Word Game 30%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, RPG 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Detective 8.3%
- #26 TOUQI
78% matchVery Positive90% of 486 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》（头七怪谈）是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员，你需要根据主编的要求，整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联，并在必要时与同伴实地探索，以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Word Game 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Detective 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #27 CaseCracker3
77% matchVery Positive86% of 433 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Detective 16.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #28 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
80% matchVery Positive85% of 1,534 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 30%, Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a branching narrative horror experience that emphasizes the same supernatural mystery elements found in the seed game.
- #29 杀青
78% matchVery Positive84% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: 蒐藏馆工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows · Mac
"Shaqing" is a Chinese horror puzzle game set in "Wuzhan Town". Players must help the protagonist escape an evil scene where dreams and reality blur, and save his beloved. The objective is to help the protagonist escape and save his beloved.
Why similar: Text-Based 12%, Incremental 12%, Thriller 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #30 当火车鸣笛三秒
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 487 reviews2021
Dev: 蒐藏馆工作室Pub: MedusasGame
Windows
往事，往往会在淡化甚至遗忘时，以一种很难被人察觉的形态，影响着人们的生活。 这种现象叫做“后忆效应”。 而一段火车鸣笛，勾起了一位叫杨树的潦倒咨询师的过去，为了追寻自己身上的“往事”，他选择回到了自己的家乡---雾山镇。在那里，有个无比诡异的恐怖世界正在等待他的到来…… 反馈交流群：811121403
Why similar: Word Game 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Visual Novel 9.1%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #31 春泥 Soil of Rebirth
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 320 reviews2026
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕，刑警程佑接到报案，动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入，案件的疑点层层浮现，将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动，深埋的真相即将揭开......
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Incremental 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #32 16叠谋杀之谜
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 剧谜科技
Windows
Sixteen Layers of Mini Murder" is a video adventure game of the detective puzzle genre, where level-based puzzles drive the story's progression through video narration. Players must complete the level puzzles and uncover the identities of the various participants in order to clear the game.
Why similar: Word Game 21.2%, Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #33 Winter Clothing
75% matchVery Positive82% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Thriller 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.8%, Horror 10%
- #34 YinYang Street Ultimate Edition
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 115 reviews2023
Dev: 彼云工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
YinYang Street is an indie horror game set in Yunnan, China. Our protagonist Minglai Li finds his beloved wife missing when he comes home. All mysteries lead to a place called YinYang Street...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Thriller 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #35 Filthy us 2
74% matchVery Positive87% of 463 reviews2023
Dev: Game Logic Studio
Windows
千禧年初西北某地，一起恶性杀人事件轰动一时，行凶者临死前紧紧握着半张佛脸，他强烈的怨念引起了“无者”的注意。随着探究的深入，竟又牵扯出十年前另一起纵火灭门案！相同的一尊佛像，背后暗藏的究竟是天灾还是人祸。在那片由怨念产生的怨秽地之中，种种诡异可怖的表象之下，深埋着未知的秘密。
Why similar: Thriller 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 10%
- #36 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
72% matchVery Positive81% of 293 reviews2026
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Detective 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Thriller 9.9%
- #37 戾谈
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2021
Dev: SPG Mistarille
Windows
There is no English version of this game！There is no English version of this game！You wake up in a room full of mysteries, accompanied by a beautiful girl you have met before. In the following time, you will go on a heartbeat journey to the supernatural world with her.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.5%, Text-Based 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #38 再见断刀
70% matchVery Positive93% of 2,779 reviews2025
Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Mystery 10.1%
- #39 Cat carried Butterfly
71% matchVery Positive91% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: 包包丁STUDIO
Windows · Mac
In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.
Why similar: Thriller 13.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #40 Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰
73% matchVery Positive82% of 2,924 reviews2020
Dev: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Paper Dolls 2 is a first-person horror adventure game. A dark aura emanates from a Qing dynasty dwelling—the Yin Mansion. What happened to the once-famous Yin Family? Clues lead us to its second floor haunted by restless spirits. A truth, buried for over a hundred years, is waiting to be unraveled.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.9%, Horror 37.8%, Thriller 10.6%, Puzzle 6.9%, RPG 6.8%
- #41 Xi
71% matchVery Positive90% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: HHGame
Windows
"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion. This immersive escape room experience feels a bit too real, with eerie and strange elements everywhere—an empty banquet, an endless corridor.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 16.2%, Detective 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Thriller 11.8%, RPG 9.9%
- #42 Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人
73% matchVery Positive84% of 4,904 reviews2019
Dev: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. You act a man who is separated from his daughter after a car accident. When he awakes, he finds himself in a deserted Asian mansion. Find your daughter and unveil a terrifying story buried for a hundred years
Why similar: Thriller 40.8%, Horror 39.9%, Puzzle 13.5%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
- #43 流言侦探
74% matchVery Positive82% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异，烧脑，悬疑推理剧情游戏，在游戏的体验中，玩家自主找出线索，并利用线索，和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法，玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者，玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相，找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Word Game 37.5%, Detective 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Puzzle 8.2%, Mystery 8.2%
- #44 Kanna Maze
70% matchVery Positive89% of 394 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #45 久美子之死：昭和少女血色告白
68% matchVery Positive89% of 149 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 16.9%, Detective 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #46 Silen House
73% matchMixed57% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Fly & Wing Studio
Windows
《silen house》 is a scary adventure puzzle game. There is always a strange cry in the deserted old house in the deep mountains. I don't know where I came from. When I approached the old house, a grim burst came.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Detective 18.6%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Thriller 9.7%
- #47 Scarlet Idol
68% matchMixed65% of 3,029 reviews2026
Dev: 山雨工作室Pub: Pilot Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Scarlet Idol is a 3D Chinese folk horror puzzle game featuring a co-op two-player mode. The game integrates various folk cultural elements, including the funeral rituals of the Wu-Yue region, Ghost operas, Mulian operas, the duomin (outcast communities)
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.3%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 15%, Puzzle 13.9%, RPG 11%
- #48 妄生 - Wandering Souls
67% matchVery Positive91% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance. Through delicate narrative and profound character creation, it brings players an immersive audio-visual experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Thriller 14.3%
- #49 田游族谱
66% matchVery Positive94% of 218 reviews2026
Dev: Silent Coder Studio
Windows · Mac
《田游族谱》是一款简洁的族谱树解谜游戏。故事发生在虚构的福建沿海城市田游，围绕一个家族展开。玩家将扮演探索者，通过社交链追踪与线索搜集，按图索骥，逐步拼凑出家族成员的真实信息，最终点亮族谱树上的每一个节点。
Why similar: Word Game 32.8%, Detective 23.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, Text-Based 11.3%, Exploration 10.8%
- #50 Unheard - Voices of Crime
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,052 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Thriller 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Mystery 8.2%
- #51 死掉的女儿（The Dead Daughter）
69% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
一款单人心理恐怖视觉小说。玩家只需要持续点击体验文字和图画呈现的主线剧情。流程短但情节引人入胜。
Why similar: Word Game 35.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Thriller 11.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #52 Mystery Lover:Nonexistent Memories
67% matchVery Positive94% of 648 reviews2025
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
《恋爱绮谭 不存在的回忆》是国产悬疑恋爱AVG《恋爱绮谭》系列第三部作品，也是系列的解谜篇。在前作《不存在的夏天》与《不存在的真相》中留下的诸多谜团，将在《恋爱绮谭 不存在的回忆》中解答，系列的故事还在继续。
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Mystery 21%, Text-Based 17.4%, Story Rich 16.3%, 2D 8%
- #53 Black Sheep
72% matchMixed53% of 800 reviews2022
Dev: 完蛋了的国王Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.
Why similar: Thriller 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Mystery 10%
- #54 Dread Flats
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,695 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Thriller 21.7%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Mystery 12%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #55 The Rewinder
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,371 reviews2021
Dev: MistyMountainStudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Thriller 15.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Horror 9.7%
- #56 我有一座冒险屋 I have an adventure house
71% matchMixed56% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: 知音动漫
Windows
The boss couple of house of terror of amusement park of jiujiang city of new century is suddenly in some abandoned hospital is missing mysteriously, the relic that police can find has an old Rag Doll and a mysterious black mobile phone only
Why similar: Word Game 36.5%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, RPG 13.4%, Thriller 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #57 背后3:阴戏
66% matchVery Positive96% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back3:Spooky》 is a moderately horror-themed FMV.As the third game in the Back series, the story unfolds after protagonists Ren Xing and Gao Yan survive their escape from the strange realm in the previous Back2. embarking on a brand-new adventure.
Why similar: Thriller 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 11.5%
- #58 The Simen Rumors
66% matchVery Positive79% of 441 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 26.9%, Word Game 26.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Atmospheric 3.8%
