- #1 Threads of Karma
97% matchMixed55% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 萝卜不长毛线公司Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Why similar: Supernatural 20.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Horror 9.5%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #2 Mystical Riddles: Behind Doll’s Eyes Collector's Edition
96% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
What's hidden in an ordinary toy? Is it possible to bring the dead back to life? Find answers to these questions using your wits, knowledge of the paranormal phenomena, and your special equipment – a magic camera! Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Supernatural 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Investigation 9.6%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
- #3 Eclipsed Memories
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SheepGamesStudios
Windows
Every town is unique. Liddy's town has a lot of supernatural activity and it is her job to find and free entities stuck on our realm. Join her and her friends on their adventures, finding clues and ways to banish the creatures that shouldn't be here.
Why similar: Supernatural 26.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #4 Sanfu
95% matchVery Positive83% of 17,608 reviews2023
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2000年,山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告,而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入,一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。
Why similar: Mystery 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, RPG 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #5 Escape Hospital-脫出 失憶病棟
94% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: 白袍恐懼症
Windows · Mac
“My IV stings…who can I trust?” Created independently by Morning Drizzle M.D., artist behind the acclaimed Iatrophobia Facebook page, this game features a brand new storyline with familiar characters and art from the comic.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Comic Book 12.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Mystery 9.8%
- #6 Cat carried Butterfly
93% matchVery Positive91% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: 包包丁STUDIOPub: XD
Windows · Mac
In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Horror 10.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
- #7 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,105 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Horror 9.9%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #8 Rubbings
91% matchVery Positive89% of 241 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: Supernatural 13.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Investigation 10%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Mystery 8.7%
- #9 City Legends: The Curse of the Crimson Shadow Collector's Edition
92% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
You are not afraid of ghost stories, so your pursuit of inspiration leads you to the strangest of places. But this time something truly sinister is in the air. Can you survive the encounter with a real spirit?
Why similar: Supernatural 18.4%, Investigation 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #10 Firework
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 44,022 reviews2021
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Supernatural 12.8%, Puzzle 10%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #11 Paper Bride
90% matchVery Positive91% of 2,228 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Supernatural 17.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Horror 11.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
- #12 戾谈
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: SPG Mistarille
Windows
There is no English version of this game!There is no English version of this game!You wake up in a room full of mysteries, accompanied by a beautiful girl you have met before. In the following time, you will go on a heartbeat journey to the supernatural world with her.
Why similar: Comic Book 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Horror 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #13 M City
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: SMEK
Windows
Crazy and strange town. Mysterious events. A hero with multiple personality disorder. Laughter, tears and madness!
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Supernatural 10%, Horror 10%
- #14 灯
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polar_Fish
Windows
《Falling Light》is a suspenseful game with Chinese horror. In a remote small village, there stands an evil Buddha statue. To do research for her studies in folkloristics, college student Ruan Qing arrives in this distant village, only to find herself entangled in a series of deadly mysteries...
Why similar: Mystery 20.4%, RPG 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Investigation 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%
- #15 FILTHY US
87% matchMixed68% of 474 reviews2021
Dev: Game Logic Studio
Windows
《残秽的我们》是一款本土手绘写实风格的恐怖冒险游戏,以真实事件为蓝本改编。在游戏中,玩家将跟随女主“无者”的脚步,深入由亡者怨念而产生的“怨秽地”,利用“刻印”的力量,探究隐藏其中的一段真实往事。
Why similar: Supernatural 19.4%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #16 The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek
86% matchVery Positive96% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: Senokos Games
Windows · Linux
The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%
- #17 The Girl In White
86% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: DIG Games
Windows
What seems like a miracle at first quickly reveals itself to be more of a nightmare, as Long realizes that restless Ghosts have always Surrounded Us—unseen, until now...
Why similar: Supernatural 23.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Horror 11.8%, RPG 11.6%
- #18 Deep Under
85% 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: Comic Book 20.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Investigation 11.9%, Horror 11.1%
- #19 Evil Spirits
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.7%
- #20 The Haunting of Joni Evers
83% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.6%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Emotional 8.9%
- #21 Sally Face - Episode One
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 26,584 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Horror 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #22 WITHER
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KemsynPub: Kemsyn Games
Windows
Wander the halls of an eerie 1920s mansion as haunting visions torment you and the line between reality and nightmare begins to blur. Step into the role of grieving widow Eleanor Hartfield and uncover the chilling truth behind your husband’s mysterious death.
Why similar: Supernatural 26%, Mystery 17.8%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 6.6%, Puzzle 6%
- #23 Twin Mind: Ghost Hunter Collector's Edition
82% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Can the twin detectives solve a new case? You are the only one who can help them catch the killer. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Supernatural 13.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%
- #24 The Faded
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deertwig Studio
Windows
Kids are going missing in the Copple Doe Town over the last 10 years and nobody has any clue about the kidnapper. Will Ume be able to find out who is behind these disappearances or she will be the next victim?
Why similar: Supernatural 16.3%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, RPG 11.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Emotional 10.6%
- #25 回门 Way Back Home
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 519 reviews2021
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室
Windows
"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...
Why similar: Supernatural 21.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, RPG 8.5%
- #26 Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows
80% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows
Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Investigation 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #27 Five Stages of Pink
79% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Kaffein
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror mystery about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city while trying to survive one more day. In a universe where Sleep is an illness. This is a visual novel with point and click features.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Supernatural 13.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Horror 11.5%
- #28 追曙
77% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: 悄语灯
Windows
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to the records of a young girl's suicide years prior. As his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a dark secret buried so deep,no one dares speak of it.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #29 Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Seam Entertainment
Windows
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Supernatural 20.6%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%
- #30 Twilight bride :VORMSLEGEND
79% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: 深圳市元计划科技有限公司Pub: 杭州悦动互娱科技有限公司
Windows
"Alice" silently protected "Philip" who broke into the underworld. She thought that after many tests, she could find the never withering rose symbolizing love and go to the wedding banquet hall. Who would have guessed that their ordeal is not over yet? How will it develop in the end?
Why similar: Mystery 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, RPG 11.5%, Visual Novel 10%
- #31 Creepy Crypt Critters
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 11.8%, RPG 9.9%
- #32 春泥 Soil of Rebirth
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 298 reviews2026
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕,刑警程佑接到报案,动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入,案件的疑点层层浮现,将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动,深埋的真相即将揭开......
Why similar: Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
- #33 Secret Glory Hole
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: jonnymelabo
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an abandoned bathroom waits a hungry female mouth; wet, eager, and downright sinister. Dare to feed it? — SHORT NAUGHTY SPOOKY VISUAL NOVEL · 26k words · 12 endings (in some you might even survive).
Why similar: Comic Book 20%, Supernatural 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%
- #34 Victim Complex: Part 1
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: 5ive Bullet Games
Windows
Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.
Why similar: Supernatural 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 12.2%, Investigation 11.7%
- #35 It Paints Me
75% matchVery Positive97% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Supernatural 17%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Horror 10%
- #36 她杀 - The Suspected Murder
74% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: 麻辣工作室 Spicy GamesPub: INDIECN
Windows
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Comic Book 21.8%, Investigation 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #37 LakeLady
73% matchVery Positive80% of 111 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: Interactive Fiction 15%, Supernatural 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #38 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,082 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Supernatural 9.7%
- #39 Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries
74% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Outsider Games
Windows · Linux
In 1921, young French artist Jennifer Chevalier becomes embroiled in death, espionage and revolution, assisted by the ghost of Oscar Wilde. A hand-drawn Point & Click adventure with a unique comic book inventory design.
Why similar: Supernatural 20%, Comic Book 17.1%, Investigation 16.2%, Hand-drawn 12%, Mystery 10.6%
- #40 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Supernatural 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Emotional 11.7%, Horror 11.3%
- #41 Black Sheep
73% matchMixed53% of 785 reviews2022
Dev: 完蛋了的国王Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Supernatural 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%
- #42 Hypnotique : Beyond Death
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Caduna
Windows
Have you ever wondered of what truly lies Beyond Death? Bora Bard, after surviving a suicide attempt, is introduced to Hypnotic therapy in the Roth Asylum; discovering different realities as she explores the traumatic memories of other patients, uncovering dark truths and unveiled mysteries.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #43 下九泉
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: LazyBoy
Windows · Mac
《下九泉》是一款国产剧情向解谜游戏。主角孟存真死后魂归地府,成为行走于九泉的实习判官。孟存真从一个因受诅咒而不能入轮回的亡魂展开调查,追寻亡者被诅咒的真相。游戏围绕人性中“贪、嗔、痴、慢、疑”展开5个截然不同的单元故事。不到最后一刻,你永远想不到事件背后令人细思极恐的真相…
Why similar: Mystery 15.8%, Investigation 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, RPG 10%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #44 BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
Why similar: Supernatural 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #45 Twin Mind: Power of Love Collector's Edition
72% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Famed twin detectives go on a new case! They are the only people skilled enough to find out what happened to a woman that vanished in the broad daylight. But it seems like they need your help to uncover this mystery.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.1%, Investigation 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Mystery 9.6%
- #46 Tales Of The Death
71% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Hanoi Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join a comic adventure in a hand-drawn book with a life of its own. Rearrange the panels of an animated comic to reveal the stories of the world of The Death.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Comic Book 16.8%, Supernatural 15.1%, Hand-drawn 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #47 The Hour: Echoes of the Crescent
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Veilbreak Studio
Windows
A narrative supernatural horror set in the enigmatic Meridian Hotel. Players investigate through exploration, puzzles, and encounters with human and supernatural threats.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 10.1%
- #48 DARKROOM
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
DARKROOM is a mystic novel. You wake up in complete darkness and you don’t know where you are or how you got there. Yet, there is someone else in this dark room.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.1%, Horror 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #49 Dissociated Worth
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Felis Cassius
Windows
The narrative is the puzzle itself. You have no power, no resources, but a cryptic force sends you to face the impossible, where you have to see through your opponents lies before they see through yours, be they human or not.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.3%, Investigation 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Mystery 8.4%
- #50 This is Interesting
67% matchVery Positive99% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Supernatural 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, RPG 9.5%
- #51 Town of Illustive
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Works and ideasPub: Creative works and ideas
Windows
A group of students from Falica High School have been dared by their classmate and class president Wade Severstone. Solving the mysteries that spread from generation to generation once and for all.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.5%, Investigation 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 10.4%
- #52 Marked Souls
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marked Boy
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far would you go to undo death? Marked Souls is a psychological horror visual novel about five orphans trapped in an isolated manor. Uncover the shelter's dark history, perform a forbidden ritual, and try to survive the consequences.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 9.2%
- #53 Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood
69% matchVery Positive85% of 271 reviews2021
Dev: Devespresso GamesPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Scarlet Hood must lead a hapless Munchkin troupe through the Wicked Wood. Too bad the Black Witch, LeFaba, doesn't take too kindly to strangers gallivanting in her domain. Our fledgling witch soon realizes she's reliving the same day. Can she overcome the disaster that awaits at every turn?
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Comic Book 16.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #54 The Haunting of the Chea-Wilson Family
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TheOdiePub: NightmarePugStudios
Windows
A Cambodian-American family becomes haunted by a ghost. Enjoy this story-driven narrative as the haunting unfolds. Inspired by horror movies in the late 2000s-2010s.
Why similar: Supernatural 25.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Horror 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #55 VERISMO
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Star Anise Games
Windows
A ghost and a carnival clown plot revenge on the man who ruined their lives. An operatic tragedy set in 1920s Sicily.
Why similar: Supernatural 22.1%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.5%
- #56 Sabbatical In Merzouga
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 12.7%, Investigation 12%
- #57 Aletta - Visual Novel
70% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Mystery 9%
- #58 City Legends: Trapped In Mirror Collector's Edition
68% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
On your way to writing the perfect supernatural novel, be prepared to face danger. Are you ready for such desperate measures?
Why similar: Supernatural 15.3%, Investigation 14.4%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Horror 9.1%, Visual Novel 9%
- #59 凶宅 HouseHaunting
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 炉火绘题本
Windows
《HouseHaunting》 is a horizontal puzzle solving game. You need to solve puzzles in a haunted house. There is no fixed sequence for solving puzzles. You can freely explore the room, and finally complete the task "she" gave you, satisfy "their" wishes, and finally find "your" memory and destination.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #60 Deep Fog Signals
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Symmetry Break Studio
Windows
Stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog, your crew has been decimated, you're cut off from the outside world, and oxygen is running out. Use limited bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, conduct esoteric research that could change the world, and interpret strange signals from the deep.
Why similar: Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%