60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Adventure, Visual Novel, Story Rich.
Immerse yourself in this grotesque visual novel. Unspeakable secrets, sinister crimes, and a macabre obsession weave this tale, where sanity crumbles beneath the tide of perversion and human cruelty. The first chapter in a new independent anthology of visual novels.
Valenza Family
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.
Lost/Secret A
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.
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 27.5% ★, Crime 18.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
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 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Psychological 9.9%, Mystery 9.8%
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 18.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological 10.3%, Thriller 8.9%, Dark Humor 7.2%
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 15.6%, Assassins 14.6% ★, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological 9.6%, Thriller 9.4%
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 32.7% ★, Crime 13.3%, Psychological 12.3%, Anime 9.8%, Mystery 9.8%
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 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Psychological 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
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 15.3%, Psychological 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.2%, Thriller 9.8%
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 17.6% ★, Visual Novel 12.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological 9.9%, Text-Based 9.3%
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 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Anime 10.9%, Mystery 10%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Anime 11.4%
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 29.2% ★, Psychological 13.4%, Alternate History 12.8%, Mystery 9.2%, Horror 8.8%
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 20%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Psychological 8.6%, Text-Based 7.9%
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 24.5%, Thriller 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological 12.1%
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Thriller 10.7%, Psychological 10.5%, Horror 10.5%
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 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
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%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Mystery 8.9%
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 12.6%, Thriller 10.4%, Text-Based 9.9%, Dark 9.8%
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 14.4%, Thriller 12.5%, Anime 11.3%
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 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.1%, Anime 12.7%, Mystery 12.7%
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 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Thriller 9.2%, Anime 8.8%
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 13.9%, Psychological 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Anime 10.7%
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% ★, Crime 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Thriller 9.5%
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 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Thriller 14.6%, Horror 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Horror 9.5%
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 15.3%, Crime 15.1%, Thriller 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 11.3%
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 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Anime 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
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 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Horror 9.4%
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 20.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Anime 10.3%, Psychological 8.8%
“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 19.6%, Psychological 17.4%, Horror 14.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
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 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Psychological 10.8%, Horror 8.8%, Anime 8.6%
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 24.9% ★, Crime 15.4%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Dark Humor 8.8%, Psychological 8.6%
"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 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 10.9%, Thriller 10.1%, Mystery 10.1%
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: Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 11.4%, Text-Based 11.2%
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 15.6%, Anime 12.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%
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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Horror 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%
"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 15%, Psychological 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 12.5%
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 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Thriller 13.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Horror 10.3%
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 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%
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 26.5% ★, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Thriller 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Horror 8.8%
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 18.9%, Psychological 16.1%, Anime 12.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Horror 10%
A psychological horror visual novel and management game set in a dystopian company that serves mermaids as seafood dishes. Bet your blood, navigate office drama, and trade ingredients. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Anime 10.6%, Thriller 9.5%, Horror 8.6%
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 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Anime 10.9%
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 20.5%, Dark 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological 11.6%
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 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Thriller 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Psychological 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Anime 11.8%, Horror 9.7%
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 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
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 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 10.9%
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 17%, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 11.8%, Horror 10.8%
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 18%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Psychological 12.1%
A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Thriller 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
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 15.9%, Anime 15.6%, Mystery 14.3%, Horror 13.7%
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Crime 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Thriller 10.5%
Don't look away, Stare at their formation of attachment.
Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Psychological 15.2%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%
The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?
Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 11%, Psychological 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Crime 11.8%
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
The Last Frame is a psychological horror game about a father who disappeared. As you walk through the locations he documented, you discover that watching and recording them changed the place itself — and not for the better.
Why similar: Psychological 19.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Thriller 12.4%
Paradise is a Boys Love visual novel and tells the story of a group of men who go on holiday on a deserted island. When things begin to go wrong, they realize to their horror that they are stranded. Turns out that’s only the start of their problems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Anime 10.6%, Psychological 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Mayuhara City, Tokyo. The wounds of the mass suicide event of Mayuhara Academy from eight years ago have finally begun to heal. The rumors of the “Mayuhara Curse” are still whispered amongst the students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Psychological 11%
