- #1 EXS3~EthnologySister3:Culture and Personality
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
她的微笑,曾经让赤瞳的女子以为,自己不再是带来灾厄的乌鸦。直到四年前,神秘的团体将她的学生绑走,挖去双眼。[晦气][乌鸦][凶手],再次成了她的代表词。【有罪之人的 复仇 惩罚 即将来临 】被命运和性格束缚,这一次能否改变?你会改变什么?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,诡异的仪式,疯狂的连环杀人与肢解,新的死亡祭品,再次来临的威胁与复仇背后,真相到底是……
Why similar: Word Game 16.6%, Philosophical 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Detective 10%, Incremental 9.4%
- #2 三国诡影:黄天
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 奇谭工作室
Windows
三国x克苏鲁文字冒险游戏。189年,东汉王朝的垂暮之年,各种灾异让洛阳弥漫着一股末日氛围,玩家将扮演曹操和“李飞”,调查神秘组织长生道和他们的神明“黄天”背后的真相。游戏采用双线叙事,两个主角将各自调查真相、做出抉择……
Why similar: Faith 18.8% ★, Word Game 18.2%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Mystery 9%
- #3 TOUQI
96% matchVery Positive90% of 479 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 23.2%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Detective 10.4%
- #4 YinYang Street: A Slave to the Mask
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 彼云工作室
Windows
《The Faceless Prisoner》 is a crime-suspense folklore adventure. Confront suspects, gather clues, and profile minds to expose an urban legend’s buried truth—every choice reshapes fate.
Why similar: Word Game 16.6%, Detective 12.3%, Philosophical 11%, Crime 9.8%, Mythology 8.5%
- #5 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
94% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女,将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。[想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ?准 备 好 ]浅冰背后,为何会有寒意深藏?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,不断的匿名威胁,绑架,真相到底是……
Why similar: Philosophical 25.2%, Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #6 品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
94% matchVery Positive93% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Supernatural 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #7 世界之外的愚人船
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 愚人失格
Windows
This is a visual novel, in reality we create different worlds that belong only to you for various reasons, and they will gradually fade away with your memories. Please enjoy this time traveling in different worlds with the girls, and then return to where you are meant to exist - your life.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.5%, Word Game 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #8 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
92% matchVery Positive89% of 148 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 17.2%, Detective 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #9 Blackmail Directive
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 青梅不输天降工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A gripping visual novel set in modern-day Japan, featuring cute anime-style heroines and branching storylines that lead to multiple endings. Every choice you make shapes the story—and determines Arisa's fate.
Why similar: Word Game 19.7%, Detective 13.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #10 Crossed Parallel Lines Murder Case
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 雨幡洞云工作室
Windows
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Crime 16.7%, Word Game 15.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #11 All Songs Are From The King
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Taigha Games
Windows
"All Songs are from the King," a haunting psychological horror experience that transcends traditional gaming boundaries.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.3%, Faith 16.4% ★, Psychological 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #12 EXS1~EthnologySister:Cultural functionalism
90% matchVery Positive94% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
在南国小岛上与金发修女的相遇的拳手高中生,对方是多年未见的青梅竹马,与记忆中很大变化。越是喜悦般重逢,背后却越是隐藏着什么?战斗,悬疑,灵异,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,前来杀人的乌鸦一般的女子和岛上一切的真相到底是……
Why similar: Word Game 19%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Incremental 10.9%, Detective 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #13 鬼轉身
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 20.1%, Detective 15.8%, Incremental 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Mystery 11.1%
- #14 透明罪 - Blue Tears
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 心林咖啡厅
Windows · Mac
A novel, a game, a judgment document, a self-confession letter. On an ordinary summer morning, the arrival of an unexpected visitor awakened the dormant memories of a small island. You will play the role of Lynn Chan, and face your "Invisible Sin" by searching for a "Non-existent friend".
Why similar: Word Game 19.6%, Detective 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.8%
- #15 学校七不思议怪谈
86% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Morning Song Game
Windows
This is a click to decrypt game that includes storyline, role-playing, and detective gameplay. The student played by the player will reason and decrypt school gossip events in the school.
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Detective 14.6%, Crime 12.9%, Incremental 12.1%, Psychological 10.6%
- #16 Kanna Maze
86% matchVery Positive89% of 388 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 25%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Detective 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #17 Rubbings
85% matchVery Positive89% of 253 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 19.4%, Lore-Rich 14%, Detective 12.9%, Crime 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #18 我的一个多重人格朋友
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Word Game 18.7%, Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 10.7%
- #19 SS.Archives
84% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Hazy mist Studio
Windows
This is a text adventure game with elements of horror, suspense, and puzzle-solving. Players take on the role of a detective, encountering various mysterious cases. These cases may be bizarre, eerie, or seemingly calm on the surface, but with turbulent undercurrents beneath.
Why similar: Word Game 22.1%, Philosophical 14.9%, Crime 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #20 破禁 Limbo Break
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xiaowanxiongzzzPub: Stellar Artificer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Word Game 19.3%, Detective 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 9.6%
- #21 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 521 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.2%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Psychological 9.8%, Supernatural 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #22 File Tricks
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows
"File Tricks" is a visual novel with puzzle solve. It is not only a test of logical thinking and observation, but also a reasoning feast full of suspense and reversal. You need to investigate the crime scene, collect evidence, confront the people involved and finally solve the case.
Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, RPG 7.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
- #23 LakeLady
79% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Word Game 19.3%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #24 大梦春秋
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 夫夫游戏工作室
Windows
An interactive AVG with a time-travelling male protagonist in an ancient style, with multiple endings and multiple branches, and a journey of bondage in which you and six close friends join hands to dominate the world in a parallel world.
Why similar: Philosophical 21%, Lore-Rich 18%, Word Game 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #25 死亡编码-Death Code
82% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Word Game 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 11.5%
- #26 Trials of Innocence
78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,779 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏Pub: Right Mind
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Lore-Rich 17%, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #27 Haunted Heye Apartment
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: V.N GAME STUDIO
Windows
Strange things frequently happen in the apartment, such as the black shadow by the bed, the face behind the curtains, and the eccentric neighbor... This old apartment seems to be hiding some unknown secrets... Will you walk ignorantly into death or discover the truth and escape to safety?
Why similar: Word Game 15.6%, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 10.3%
- #28 16叠谋杀之谜
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 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 19.6%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%
- #29 Dark Notes
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 131 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 26.7%, Incremental 14.3%, Supernatural 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 10.8%
- #30 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
76% matchVery Positive81% of 286 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 22.8%, Detective 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Supernatural 10%
- #31 April 8th
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Word Game 18.2%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Mystery 10.5%
- #32 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
79% match9 user reviews40% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Word Game 15.1%, Detective 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 10.6%
- #33 The Brothers Karamazov
75% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Daniling
Windows
Three brothers come back to the house of a father none of them loves: one for the money, one for the truth, one to save them all. Something terrible is about to happen here. Dostoevsky's whole novel, word for word.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.6%, Faith 20.9% ★, Psychological 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Crime 11%
- #34 Town of Dusk
77% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.3%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #35 宽恕我(Show me mercy)
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Evelita Studio
Windows
SHOWMEMERCY is mystery otomegame. Play as Lilith, a widowedduchess who must eliminate those threaten herself or others. Choose method, plan thecrime. Every decision leads to different outcome. Build relationships with characters— stepson, priest, sheriff,and apothecary. Trust them, or deceive them
Why similar: Faith 22.3% ★, Crime 14.7%, Detective 12.4%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #36 筮灵 SHILING
75% 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 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #37 鸳鸯风云录——白中悬案(Phoenix sword: The Hidden Scroll)
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rex Studio
Windows
In 1630, Ming Dynasty collapses—famine, war, and rebellion plague the land. When a tyrant is murdered in "utopian" Baichu County, detectives Yue Wuxi and Feng Shengjue investigate, unwittingly uncovering a conspiracy that will shake both court and martial world...
Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Detective 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #38 寻味记
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Gujiu-郁居Pub: 个人
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Taste Quest Journal" is a short multi-ending visual novel with the theme of Cantonese morning tea, which is easy and healing. It has rich plot branches and contains exquisite CG. May you have two warm stories in one cup.
Why similar: Word Game 19%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #39 Rewrite the Romance: The Golden Lotus
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Forest
Windows
古代重生题材文字冒险游戏,改编自小说《金瓶梅》。北宋政和年间,清河县出了一位大财主西门庆,风流倜傥,妻妾众多,却也在纸醉金迷中走向宿命终局。而如今,你化身西门庆,重来一世,命运的罗盘交到你手中。
Why similar: Word Game 27.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #40 Ezrebeth
73% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12.3%
- #41 Turlock Holmes
72% matchVery Positive80% of 984 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Detective 20%, Crime 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 10.7%
- #42 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
70% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.9%, Detective 16.2%, Word Game 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological 11.6%
- #43 DaoNoKa hide
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 沥Pub: 北京道之华隐互联网销售工作室
Windows · Mac
Don't fear to speak elusive words. The only certainty is that all things present shall fade away in time. Friends from overseas have recommended consulting relevant reference books during your playthrough of the work.
Why similar: Word Game 29.4%, Philosophical 27.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 8%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%
- #44 The Bible
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,167 reviews2022
Dev: Bible Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 249.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
A digital recreation of The Bible in Kinetic Novel form! Read through and save passages in any order with an original soundtrack, or listen through the greatest story ever told in audiobook form. Featuring an extensive Trivia section to find out how well you really know the stories of Old and New.
Why similar: Faith 20% ★, Philosophical 17.8%, Word Game 16.8%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #45 妖闻录 STRANGE
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puffer Game
Windows
白泽——世上第一只与人类签订契约的妖怪,历代白泽作为人类皇朝的瑞兽被人传颂。 而事实上白泽真正的工作只有一样,那便是记录世间妖闻。没人知道他们的册中记了多少种妖怪,多少奇闻异志。 洪武年间,神兽白泽与夷人少女,在旅途中所遇妖、精、鬼、怪,以及人们与之发生的故事,将谱成妖闻录的新篇。
Why similar: Word Game 18.8%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Detective 15.4%, Supernatural 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #46 Destiny Isle
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HiStory
Windows
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Lore-Rich 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%
- #47 THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
69% matchPositive84% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: 图南工作室(Tunan Studio)
Windows
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after. During a strange turn of events, she suddenly gains the ability to see into the supernatural realm—the so-called "Yin Yan." Will she be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #48 Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anecdote StudioPub: TBD
Windows
Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods is a non-linear Chinese fantasy visual novel. Adapted from the classic Chinese supernatural collection Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, it presents a bizarre and fantastical world. What choices will you make if you step into it?
Why similar: Word Game 20%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #49 The Test: Secrets of the Soul
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,565 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Philosophical 17.1%, Detective 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Psychological 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #50 乌托邦之血 Blood of Utpia
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 黑豆柴的幻影
Windows
This is a visual novel game, an interactive text-based adventure with some elements of dating simulation. this game contains themes of violence, gore and immorality. The themes of this game does not represent the views and opinions of the author.
Why similar: Word Game 27.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, RPG 11.7%, Crime 10.5%
- #51 Talk Insomnia
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
Talk Insomnia is a visual novel that blends suspenseful weird tales with mixology. You play as Ming, a bookstore staff member who prepares drinks for guests during the day and delves into their stories at night. With the warmth of a single drink, you draw out the secrets buried deep in their hearts.
Why similar: Detective 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Supernatural 11.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #52 The Simen Rumors
66% matchVery Positive79% of 426 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 21%, Word Game 19.8%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 13.8%
- #53 DEAR SUSPECT
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
Windows
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Word Game 19.8%, Detective 18.6%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 10.5%
- #54 生物实验室:畸变实验记录
67% 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: Lore-Rich 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #55 23:61
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #56 Misty Judgment
65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,519 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Word Game 16.6%, Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Crime 9.9%
- #57 Shut your teeth
69% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: Anastasia ErokhinaPub: Pavel Pichugin
Windows
Shut your teeth is an absurdist mystery visual novel inspired by Thai culture, folklore and traditions. The complex plot full of dark atmosphere, vivid characters and psychological tension will keep you guessing until the very end.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.6%, Mythology 16.3%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Detective 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #58 余生水花 Survival,The Diphylleia Grayis.
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 玻璃雨 Glass Rain
Windows
公元2017年12月中旬,洪水摧毁了远海世界某个叫忆城的大都市,中原联邦接管此处后,一切记忆似乎都要被时间抹除,包括一个叫永弦的音乐人。 解离症将她的记忆和灵魂分离开,纵使心中燃烧着对音乐热爱的火焰,那些明确的曾经的故事却早已不曾记得了。 透过玻璃墙看去,她看见的是自己的二手贝斯,笔下疼痛的情侣……以及,一个虚无缥缈又无比真实的女人,那真的是我曾经所爱着的人吗? 另一边,随着科技的快速进步和发展,可控时空穿越技术的成功研发,为现实世界中许多过往的遗憾带来了弥补的可能性。 不过大家都知道,遗憾的定义始终在人。所以,无限地信任自己的科学技术,还是承认并回归人性,还是要交给您自己选择。
Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Faith 11.1% ★, Multiple Endings 7.3%