- #1 Valenza Family
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcane Ink Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the mind of Michael Valenza—a ruthless made man scarred by his past, haunted by guilt, and shaped by violence. In this dark, story-first Mafia visual novel, trust is currency, betrayal cuts deep, and every scene drags you deeper into a world ruled by blood and silence.
Why similar: Assassins 27.8% ★, Crime 17.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
- #2 Lost/Secret A
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: uehara create
Windows
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Crime 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Psychological 9.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #3 悪人悪華 - AKUNIN-AKKA -
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: moutardelog
Windows
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Crime 18.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological 10.2%, Thriller 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #4 NO, THANK YOU!!!
95% matchVery Positive88% of 198 reviews2018
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
NO, THANK YOU!!! is a dark, dramatic mystery hidden behind a comic veneer as all of the men in this yaoi visual novel harbor their own secrets. Uncover the mystery behind the protagonist and this bar disguising a detective agency while flirting with the guys and growing intimate with them.
Why similar: Crime 15.4%, Assassins 14.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological 9.5%, Thriller 9.4%
- #5 Siren's Call: Second Wind
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Thriller 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Psychological 9%
- #6 Who Killed Mr X
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ENDAI
Windows
You wake up locked up in an unknown place with 8 strangers. Who are these people ? Why are you here ? You have a bad feeling. But suddenly, the phone rings, and it's up to you : Will you dare answer and go deeper in this mysterious plot ? Will you reveal the horrible truth... and survive it ?
Why similar: Assassins 18.4% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Crime 12.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological 9.5%
- #7 My Oppai Mommy Makes Me Want To Spill All Of My Company Secrets
93% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Peach Punch
Windows
Your busty personal assistant Elizabeth Fields is taking you out to diner tonight. Will you be able to resist her motherly charms and keep your precious company secrets to yourself? Find out in this femdom-centric adult visual novel.
Why similar: Assassins 33% ★, Crime 13.1%, Psychological 12.2%, Anime 9.9%, Mystery 9.7%
- #8 The Final Prize is Soup
92% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Crime 18.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological 9.5%, Anime 9.3%
- #9 Mutual Harrow
91% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.3%, Thriller 9.8%
- #10 Beyond R: Rule Ripper
91% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: TohrivPub: GJ Staff
Windows · Mac · Linux
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.
Why similar: Assassins 17.8% ★, Visual Novel 12.3%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological 9.8%, Anime 9.2%
- #11 CORPSE FACTORY
90% matchVery Positive80% of 879 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Thriller 15%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Anime 11%, Mystery 10%
- #12 KEPT
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silk Dagger
Windows
You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological 9%, Anime 8.4%
- #13 Whispers Of Fear
88% matchPositive84% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Tibet Games
Windows
You step into the shoes of a woman being stalked by a mysterious figure. What was supposed to be a safe haven in an isolated forest house turns into a nightmare as strange events unfold during the night. Each night grows more terrifying... Can you escape before it’s too late?
Why similar: Assassins 29.5% ★, Psychological 13.2%, Alternate History 12.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Horror 8.8%
- #14 Bad Faith
89% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Anime 11.5%
- #15 Lightless
86% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Nychta
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you throw glowing orbs to navigate a collapsing mine — and uncover the dark truth behind your missing father.
Why similar: Crime 24.2%, Thriller 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological 12%
- #16 The Silver Case
87% matchVery Positive89% of 1,192 reviews2016
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Crime 19.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Mystery 9.5%, Psychological 8.6%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #17 River Secret
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Thriller 10.6%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological 10.4%
- #18 精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss
85% matchVery Positive83% of 239 reviews2022
Dev: CHARONPub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
话题作《精神病大王花》重制作品。 追求精神病少女们的恋爱游戏,你能活到最后吗?
Why similar: Thriller 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Horror 9.2%
- #19 Midnight Witch
84% matchVery Positive93% of 364 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: Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Anime 10.7%, Thriller 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #20 Tuned In
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vercors Games
Windows
A cursed TV holds you captive. To break free, survive the dark entity's programs of mind-bending puzzles, terror, and impossible choices, as reality and the broadcast slowly bleed into one another.
Why similar: Assassins 27.1% ★, Crime 15%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Thriller 7.8%
- #21 Stay Alive For Me
82% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 8.9%
- #22 Nightmare Inside
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Benelux
Windows
Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Thriller 10.4%, Dark 9.8%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #23 Wonderful Body Wanted
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mitchaPub: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 14.3%, Thriller 12.4%, Anime 11.3%
- #24 Awakewood
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Thriller 9.1%, Anime 8.8%
- #25 You are a Failed Murderer
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rambi_PorkChop
Windows
A visual novel passed through an image compressor Play as a murderer unsure of their entire life, down to their name. But you have a mission. One you NEED to undertake.
Why similar: Assassins 26.3% ★, Crime 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #26 Morse Academy
79% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Thriller 14.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Anime 10.8%
- #27 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,953 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 21.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.2%, Anime 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%
- #28 Mota Must Die
78% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Thriller 14.5%, Horror 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #29 Pentimento
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological 12.2%, Mystery 9.6%, Horror 9.6%
- #30 The Breakfast Serial Club
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucian Gallacane
Windows
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Crime 14.9%, Thriller 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 11.3%
- #31 Confinio: Reality Prison
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Psychological 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Anime 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #32 Kayotica
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kicksoft Studio
Windows
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 20.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Anime 10.4%, Psychological 8.8%
- #33 恐怖夜話 第二夜
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Horror 12.7%, Thriller 9.2%
- #34 The Mofu Game
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rasen Horror
Windows · Mac
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #35 0.0035%
74% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: MANIA PRODUCTIONS
Windows
“0.0035%” is a mystery & horror game set in modern Japan. Players piece together fragmented clues and items to uncover hidden truths. No flashy action—only a shocking finale and deep, thought‑provoking exploration with multiple endings.
Why similar: Crime 19.4%, Psychological 17.4%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
- #36 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,087 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological 10.7%, Horror 8.9%, Anime 8.7%
- #37 Hélène est dans mon Ventre.
74% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Capucine Mahieux
Windows · Linux
You follow a troubled girl whose only friend is her talking tapeworm inside her belly. This one will help and advise her in order for her to get closer to the person she loves.
Why similar: Assassins 25.3% ★, Crime 15.2%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Dark Humor 8.8%, Psychological 8.6%
- #38 BAD END
76% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 15.7%, Anime 12.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #39 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Myosi
Windows
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 10.9%, Thriller 10.1%, Mystery 10%
- #40 Backspace Backspace Backspace
73% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 11.5%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #41 Monari Station
72% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Horror 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #42 Room Service
71% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: ZictorixPub: MixedUp Games
Windows
Jacob White, a young man in need, took a job at an old motel. It seemed easy: clean rooms, survive the nights. But he soon noticed increasingly unsettling things. Adding to his pain was the recent loss of his wife.
Why similar: Psychological 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Thriller 13.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Horror 10.4%
- #43 ぼくは人狼になりたい
73% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: uehara create
Windows
"I Want to Be a Werewolf" is a text-based adventure where you can enjoy the detective elements of the Werewolf game and the stories of the characters.A strange room when you wake up. "werewolf game" that starts without knowing the purpose. Mystery & suspense that sees through deception.
Why similar: Crime 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 12.5%
- #44 Monologin
70% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Anime 9.6%
- #45 The Game of Fourtune
72% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Thriller 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Anime 10.2%, Mystery 9.6%
- #46 Type Your Fate
71% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: ZollkronPub: Zollkron Ilustra Codeworks
Windows · Linux
Type your fate. Arm yourself with your keyboard and your wits, and try to escape from the abandoned house where you are. Unfortunately, you won't be alone...
Why similar: Assassins 26.7% ★, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Thriller 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Horror 8.8%
- #47 Forgive or Finalize
69% matchMixed69% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
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 20.7%, Dark 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological 11.7%
- #48 Make Moku Proud
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #49 My Murder
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Psychological 13.6%, Anime 9.9%, Mystery 9.3%
- #50 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,373 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological 16%, Anime 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Horror 10.1%
- #51 No Recollection
69% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Anime 11%
- #52 3Paths
68% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Anime 11.8%, Horror 9.8%
- #53 Amelie
70% matchVery Positive92% of 462 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: Psychological 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Thriller 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%
- #54 生物实验室:畸变实验记录
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: EL
Windows
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Psychological 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #55 Prison of Lies
66% matchVery Positive97% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: LockedOn
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this short visual novel, four prisoners on death row are cleared of all charges. But the prison has a quota to meet. The four are put in a room and asked to decide among themselves over the course of an hour... who will be the one to die?
Why similar: Crime 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Psychological 12.1%
- #56 BRXKEN INSIDE
67% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Psychological 13.3%, Anime 11.9%, Thriller 10.2%
- #57 Abandoned Village Walking Group
68% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
He wanders into the village and comes face to face with the village customs and the mystery of the sacred tree. However, he is also a freak who wants to desecrate the mystery. The battle for the salvation of mankind by the cursed village begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 10.8%
- #58 Pay at the pump
67% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Lemon SoftwarePub: Lucas Santillan
Windows
A lonely night shift at a remote gas station turns into a nightmare. Strange customers arrive, unease grows, and the line between reality and hallucination begins to blur.
Why similar: Crime 16.8%, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 11.8%, Horror 10.9%
- #59 Feeling Death
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SYUPRO-DXPub: room6
Windows
A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Thriller 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #60 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 765 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 85.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Anime 15.6%, Mystery 14.2%, Horror 13.8%