- #1 Epimutation
97% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 11%
- #2 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 reviews2020
Dev: Saikono
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Dark 7.5%, Indie 6.7%
- #3 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 19.6%, Horror 15.5%, Gore 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #4 Tiny Bunny
94% matchVery Positive83% of 29,932 reviews2025
Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 10.8%, Gore 9%
- #5 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
95% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 31.8%, Anime 25.3%, Horror 13.4%, Sexual Content 11.4%, Psychological Horror 5.4%
- #6 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
94% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
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 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.6%, Gore 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #7 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
93% matchVery Positive94% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Anime 15.5%, Emotional 12.9%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #8 氷点下30度の絶望
91% matchVery Positive97% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
Windows
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Drama 10.1%
- #9 Aroma
91% matchVery Positive84% of 448 reviews2022
Dev: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #10 Saihate Station
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Horror 12.9%, Anime 9.1%, Dark 8.2%
- #11 Siberian Way
90% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: RootGame
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #12 Train of Afterlife
92% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Anime 16.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Dark 6.7%
- #13 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,656 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Dark 17%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 14.8%, Emotional 14%, Drama 12.9%
- #14 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
87% matchVery Positive85% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 14.6%, Gore 13.6%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 13.1%
- #15 Sixtieth Kilometer
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,786 reviews2016
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You're going to work by train, but strange things happens on the way: the train stops, the pink fog appears outside and the man who came off the train immediately dies. The main characters turned out to be locked in the train without any clues about what's happening...
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.1%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Horror 6.2%, Sexual Content 5.6%, Choices Matter 4.7%
- #16 Folie Fatale
86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Anime 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #17 Королевская ночь
85% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: SNch
Windows
"Королевская ночь"– нелинейная визуальная новелла в жанре ужасов. Десятки лет одиночества заставят её мыслить иначе..
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Horror 15%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Anime 11.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #18 Midnight Syndrome
84% matchVery Positive99% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Horror 14.7%, Anime 12.5%, Dark 11.1%, Drama 10.6%
- #19 Interactive Horror Stories
86% matchMixed68% of 147 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Sexual Content 15%
- #20 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
81% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Survival Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #21 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
84% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Anime 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Gore 11.2%
- #22 Pink Noise
81% matchVery Positive92% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Horror 12%
- #23 Experimentation
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #24 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
78% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Anime 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #25 The Island: Into The Mist
83% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Anime 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #26 Unforgotten
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 11.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #27 Nightmare Zapping
79% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 13.6%, Anime 12.8%
- #28 Memory Girl +
78% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 11%, Anime 9.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #29 Quantum Suicide
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Cotton Candy Cyanide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Gore 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Anime 10.8%
- #30 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
75% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Drama 13.9%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #31 12 Hours to Die
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Emotional 14.9%, Anime 13.1%, Dark 12.5%, Gore 10.9%
- #32 Lake of Voices
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 620 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Dark 10.6%
- #33 Banebush
74% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 22.1%, Story Rich 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #34 MAMIYA
76% matchVery Positive93% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #35 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
74% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 15.5%, Gore 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #36 Suhoshin
75% matchVery Positive91% of 166 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Anime 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #37 Perseverance: Part 1
77% matchVery Positive85% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: Titanite NovelsPub: Feardemic
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Perseverance is a horror/drama visual novel about survival and redemption. In Part 1 you play as Jack, a father who is struggling to keep his family together and finds himself in the middle of horrific events.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Horror 15.8%, Drama 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Anime 7.8%
- #38 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
73% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
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 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Anime 10%
- #39 Fingerbones
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,583 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 25.2%, Dark 22.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Indie 6.4%
- #40 Cooking Companions
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,183 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.3%, Anime 13.1%, Dark 10.1%
- #41 Hazy Mind
72% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Anime 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #42 DEAD LAMB WALKING
71% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #43 Midnight Witch
71% matchVery Positive93% of 345 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 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Anime 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Horror 9.3%
- #44 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
72% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
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 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Horror 13%, Anime 8.9%
- #45 The Peresmeshnik
73% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #46 Outlying Islands
69% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Gore 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.1%
- #47 The Shell Part I: Inferno
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Gore 10.4%, Dark 10.3%
- #48 For Mother Matron
70% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #49 Kill or Love
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Anime 18.7%, Horror 9.6%, Sexual Content 9%
- #50 Corpse Party
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 19.7%, Anime 13.6%, Gore 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #51 Snowfall's Mystery
67% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Emotional 9.3%
- #52 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
69% matchVery Positive85% of 252 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.8%, Anime 32.7%, Story Rich 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%, 2D 6.6%
- #53 Trapped with Jester
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #54 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Anime 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #55 My Head On Your Body
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Horror 10.6%, Anime 9.2%
- #56 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
69% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Anime 20.5%, Dark 16%, Gore 11.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #57 Deep Under
67% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 14.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #58 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
66% matchVery Positive85% of 171 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Anime 15.6%, Dark 12.2%, Drama 11.2%, Emotional 10.1%
- #59 Chernobyl: Origins
68% matchVery Positive85% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Nelset
Windows · Linux
"Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 15.8%, Survival Horror 13.2%
- #60 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
67% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Drama 14.4%, Anime 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%