Games Like Please, Explode Me, Senpai!

A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Romance 19.2%, Anime 18.3%, Horror 9.4%

You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Anime 11.9%

You accidentally grew a mushroom girl! Overcome your social anxiety to help her live her brief life to the fullest! Or don't.

Why similar: Romance 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Anime 13.6%, Horror 11.8%

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: Romance 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 11.9%, Horror 10.6%

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Anime 16.1%, Romance 13.3%, Horror 12.6%

"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover a story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate of diverse cast of characters in this visual novel.

Why similar: Romance 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Horror 12.6%, Anime 11.7%

After getting lost in a blizzard you find yourself in Rainbow Valley—a strange mountain with even stranger villagers.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Anime 13.5%, Horror 13.2%

YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Romance 18.1%, Anime 12.3%, Horror 8%

SCP-8008-1 IS A HORROR DATING SIM WHERE THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS SURVIVAL. SMOOCH SCP-173, SCP-682 AND EVEN SCP-096. DO NOT RUN THIS SOFTWARE WITHOUT CLASS-4 AUTHORIZATION.

Why similar: Romance 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Anime 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Horror 10.1%

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: Romance 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Anime 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

Hehe... It really looks delicious... This is a “Japanese-style Kawaii ghost anime horror game” where you uncover the truth behind the village's “Kamishizume Ritual.” while fleeing from an approaching sinister presence.

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Anime 16%, Cute 7.5%, Walking Simulator 7.4%

Set in the year 4XXX, humanity lives disconnected inside underground megastructures to escape the threat of the ever-expanding silicon-based lifeforms.

Why similar: Romance 16%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Anime 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychological 10%

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: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 12.3%, Romance 11.9%, Horror 10.3%

A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?

Why similar: Romance 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%

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: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Anime 12.9%, Horror 12.7%

In this dark romance, horror visual novel, a brutal attack on your village leaves you stranded and vulnerable. Making matters worse is your run-in with the beast of the nearby woods. Will you find a way to escape your demented captor, or will you earn his trust? Choose a side; Don't look back.

Why similar: Romance 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Horror 12.1%

The story takes place after school, when Willie decides to confess his love to the girl of his dreams, Liza. Afraid of being refused, he hesitated for a while. Should he summon up his courage and confess his love to her?

Why similar: Romance 22.6%, Anime 20.3%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.3%

Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Romance 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.5%

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: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Thriller 11.4%

A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.

Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological 8.5%, First-Person 7.3%

A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Psychological 8.1%

A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a house that feels like it knows you. Uncover dark secrets buried within its walls. Something is watching. Something has been waiting a very long time.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Adventure 10.3%

A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Anime 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Gore 5.9%

Woken up one day to find your body turning into something in equal parts horrifying and unfamiliar, you decide to attempt to score a date with your crush before it's too late. Navigate high school and a kafkaesque nightmare, while trying to win the affection of your beau before the week ends.

Why similar: Romance 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Anime 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 7.2%

In a high school hidden within a centuries-old castle, terror strikes as a sinister force begins hunting the students. You must use your skills and wits to survive, evade the relentless villain, and find a way to escape.

Why similar: Anime 25.5%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

After falling in love at first sight with the shy Sachi Usui, an injury-ridden, single-eyed high school girl, the protagonist tries to win over her lonely and isolated heart. A pure, heart-warming romance game where the apple of your eye only has one eye!

Why similar: Romance 31.7%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Anime 20.9%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Cute 5.1%

Pseudo realistic visual novels,I'm Social livestock,Life is full of pressure and fatigue, feeling dissatisfied and confused about the current situation,can only escape reality through fantasy,The spiritual world is hovering on the edge of distortion and collapse.

Why similar: Romance 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Visual Novel 15%, Horror 12%, Anime 9.7%

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: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Horror 14.5%, Anime 13.8%, Thriller 10.8%

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 18.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Thriller 11%

Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Anime 14.3%, Psychological 9.3%

Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Anime 28%, Romance 16.5%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 5.5%

Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?

Why similar: Anime 17.8%, Horror 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Romance 15.6%, Adventure 8.8%

Haunt your murderer /slash/ ex-boyfriend and discover the truth behind his actions in a visual novel about finding peace when all you want is vengeance.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Romance 20.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Anime 8.1%

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 22.9%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Anime 16.3%, Psychological 6.8%

Lying Souls is an atmospheric, mysterious single player story horror game. You'll dive into a story in which nothing is as it seems. Find out the reasons behind what happened to your family back then. Your decisions will guide the course of the story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 6%

A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."

Why similar: Romance 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14%, Anime 11.5%

Escape into the haunting beauty of the Canadian wilderness — but be careful, the forest doesn’t want you to leave.

Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Thriller 14.5%, Psychological 7%

A first-person psychological horror game set in a childhood home. Explore, uncover four days of missing memory, and survive something that has been listening since you arrived.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 18%, Horror 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological 8.6%

Insanias is a psychological horror game where you will have to explore what happened to find a hidden truth. To do this, you will have to be able to control your sanity to avoid falling into the madness that lurks in every corner. Are you ready to face your fears and discover the truth?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 9%

Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Horror 14.9%, Romance 14.5%, Anime 12.4%

A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 15.4%, Anime 13.3%, Horror 10%

Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?

Why similar: Romance 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.

Why similar: Romance 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Anime 9%

"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 14.9%, Anime 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%

Watch a tragedy unfold and uncover one lone girl's forbidden love underneath. This kinetic novel features beautiful visuals, a charming cast of characters, and a gripping drama at its heart.

Why similar: Romance 27.7%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Anime 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Adventure 9.4%

The romantic noir visual novel The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf returns to Kabukicho in this unhinged simul-quel. Me, Azami, and the whole ragtag gang rampage through five all-new short stories!

Why similar: Romance 22%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 14.1%, Thriller 9.7%

You want to leave this weird apartment, but the stairs seem to have no end and there are strange noises coming from the corridor. Things are getting weirder and weirder.

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological 10.9%, Adventure 9.7%

The Rotting Man | 悪臭男 is a psychological horror game that depicts a protagonist working as a clerk in a Japanese internet café.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Psychological 11.2%

A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?

Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Thriller 8.1%, Adventure 7.7%

Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.

Why similar: Romance 21.1%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Anime 9.9%

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Thriller 10.6%

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: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Horror 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological 12.4%

Have you ever had an online friend? What if you were to meet them in real life? Can you be sure that nothing will go wrong? Find out in this horribly adorable experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Horror 13.8%, Romance 12.1%, Anime 11.4%

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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Anime 7.1%

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 17%, Horror 16.5%, Anime 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Anime 8.9%

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 24.1%, Walking Simulator 23.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Thriller 7.5%