- #1 Epimutation
97% matchVery Positive95% of 66 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 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #2 Tiny Bunny
96% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
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 17.4%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 10.7%, Gore 9.1%
- #3 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,257 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 30.1%, Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Dark 7.5%, Indie 6.6%
- #4 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
95% matchVery Positive90% of 3,616 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 25.4%, Horror 13.5%, Sexual Content 11.5%, Psychological Horror 5.3%
- #5 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 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 20%, Horror 15.9%, Gore 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #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 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.5%, Gore 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #7 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
93% matchVery Positive94% of 89 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 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Anime 15.6%, Emotional 12.7%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #8 Pink Noise
91% matchVery Positive90% of 117 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 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #9 Aroma
91% matchVery Positive84% of 457 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 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #10 氷点下30度の絶望
90% matchVery Positive97% of 337 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: Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #11 Saihate Station
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,976 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Horror 12.9%, Anime 9.1%, Dark 8.1%
- #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 36.1%, Anime 16.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Choices Matter 6.7%, Dark 6.7%
- #13 Siberian Way
88% matchVery Positive83% of 70 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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #14 Survive In Russia
89% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Alexander Sablin
Windows · Mac
Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Multiple Endings 19%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Survival 7.8%
- #15 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
87% matchVery Positive84% of 230 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%, Horror 13.8%, Gore 13.4%, Dark 13.1%
- #16 Sixtieth Kilometer
86% 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 54.2%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Horror 6.2%, Sexual Content 5.6%, Choices Matter 4.6%
- #17 Neve
83% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 10.6%
- #18 Corpse Party
85% matchVery Positive89% of 1,376 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 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 19.8%, Anime 13.8%, Gore 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #19 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
86% 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 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Survival Horror 11%, Horror 10.8%
- #20 Suhoshin
84% matchVery Positive91% of 170 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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Anime 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #21 Room No. 9
84% matchVery Positive90% of 535 reviews2020
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
It's up to you to decide how far you're willing to go in order to survive in this psychological thriller visual novel about two best friends trapped in an experiment. Can these two men survive their choices between physical and psychological harm long enough to earn freedom?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Anime 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Sexual Content 11.2%, Horror 8.4%
- #22 Королевская ночь
82% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: SNch
Windows
"Королевская ночь"– нелинейная визуальная новелла в жанре ужасов. Десятки лет одиночества заставят её мыслить иначе..
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Horror 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Anime 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #23 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
81% matchVery Positive87% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #24 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,742 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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 17.1%, Emotional 15.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #25 Folie Fatale
79% matchVery Positive86% of 2,531 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 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 22.1%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Anime 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #26 The Island: Into The Mist
82% 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: Anime 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
- #27 Midnight Syndrome
78% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Horror 15.8%, Anime 13.5%, Dark 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #28 Interactive Horror Stories
81% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Sexual Content 15.1%
- #29 Banebush
76% matchVery Positive95% of 2,161 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 31%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 22.2%, Story Rich 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #30 Nightmare Zapping
78% matchVery Positive99% of 76 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 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 13.5%, Anime 12.9%
- #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 29.7%, Emotional 14.3%, Anime 12.8%, Dark 12.2%, Gore 10.4%
- #32 Lake of Voices
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 628 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 13.7%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Dark 10.7%
- #33 Cooking Companions
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,193 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 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 13.3%, Anime 13.2%, Dark 10%
- #34 Quantum Suicide
77% 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 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Gore 12.3%, Choices Matter 11%, Anime 10.9%
- #35 Memory Girl +
73% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 11%, Anime 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #36 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
73% matchVery Positive98% of 96 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 24.5%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 15.5%, Gore 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #37 Kill or Love
74% 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 24.8%, Psychological Horror 23%, Anime 18.9%, Horror 9.6%, Sexual Content 9.2%
- #38 Unforgotten
76% 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 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 11.1%, Choices Matter 11%
- #39 Perseverance: Part 1
75% matchVery Positive85% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: Titanite NovelsPub: Feardemic
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 24.2%, Horror 18.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Anime 9.1%, Dark 8.8%
- #40 Hazy Mind
72% matchVery Positive86% of 331 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: Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Anime 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #41 Fingerbones
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,593 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Horror 25.3%, Dark 23%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Indie 6.4%
- #42 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
73% matchVery Positive83% of 267 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.6 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 27.5%, Anime 19.5%, Dark 15.1%, Gore 10.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #43 DEAD LAMB WALKING
70% matchVery Positive97% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #44 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
70% matchVery Positive95% of 129 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 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Anime 10.1%
- #45 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
71% matchVery Positive86% of 253 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 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Horror 13.1%, Anime 9%
- #46 The Peresmeshnik
72% matchVery Positive93% of 108 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 24.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 11.2%, Choices Matter 10%
- #47 For Mother Matron
71% matchVery Positive91% of 164 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 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #48 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,824 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 16.5%, Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #49 Experimentation
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 98 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 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 12.3%, Anime 10%
- #50 The Price Of Flesh
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,097 reviews2022
Dev: Gatobob
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 9.9%, Sexual Content 9.1%
- #51 Deep Under
69% 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 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 14.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #52 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
65% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 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 24%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Anime 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #53 Outlying Islands
67% matchVery Positive96% of 92 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 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.1%
- #54 Trapped with Jester
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 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 14.9%, Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #55 Chernobyl: Origins
69% 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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 14.5%, Survival Horror 12.3%
- #56 MAMIYA
68% matchVery Positive92% of 473 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #57 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 20.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Dark 10.5%
- #58 MATRESHKA
66% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 15.6%, Emotional 12.8%
- #59 Snowfall's Mystery
66% matchVery Positive87% of 112 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 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Emotional 9.2%
- #60 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
67% matchVery Positive86% of 257 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 32.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%, 2D 6.6%