- #1 Hazy Mind
97% matchVery Positive87% of 347 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: Psychedelic 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological 12.4%, Anime 9.6%
- #2 Bad Faith
96% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Psychological 13.6%, Anime 13%, Emotional 9.6%
- #3 CHAOS;CHILD
96% matchVery Positive93% of 4,074 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 80.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 9.6%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #4 Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
95% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: Reijo
Windows · Mac
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Anime 11%, Psychological 10.7%, Emotional 9.8%
- #5 River Secret
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #6 Endless Summer Syndrome
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ampelos Studio
Windows · Linux
You ended the world. She, the one who holds every card, gave you an endless summer as your reward. Now your only way out is through sugar, jellyfish, sunlight, and blood — into the deepest reaches of her mind, or be dissolved along the way. Choose your path in this psycho-thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Psychological 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #7 Advent: Dawn
93% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Seven strangers. One collapsed cave. No escape. A sci-fi mystery visual novel where every route to survival pulls you closer to a different companion—and a different lie. Will you unravel the mystery before the cave unravels you?
Why similar: Science 18.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 11%, Psychological 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #8 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
92% matchVery Positive88% of 3,550 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 16.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Anime 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #9 Dissolution of the Silent Union
91% matchVery Positive91% of 205 reviews2026
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows · Mac
The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.
Why similar: Psychedelic 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Anime 10%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #10 The Paracelsian Project
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Anime 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #11 Born for the Light ~Wavelength Radiant Collapse~
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: qDrotPub: TERNOX
Windows
Endless world. Endless sky. Endless light. Will the shadows be cast upon all Children dwelling on the Treetops? Regardless, I spread my prosthetic wings, taking a leap of faith.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Anime 13%, Psychedelic 9.5%, Mystery 8.6%
- #12 Close Your Eyes
90% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac
An anthology of 7 horror tales within a connected universe. Join a murderous marshmallow bound by their past down an atmospheric descent, brought into question by an odd game show host. Follow a Witch trying to seduce her love with sweet things. Plus 5 other surprisingly twisted yet emotional tales.
Why similar: Psychedelic 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Psychological 9.8%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Horror 9.2%
- #13 Anomalistic Revolution
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows
You stand before a pit at the city's heart, then your gaze drifts to a deeper void, one you fear even more. Wield your invention to unravel mysteries, reclaim lost memories, strengthen your skills, and battle nightmare-born horrors in this multi-ending RPG.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Anime 13%, Emotional 8.4%
- #14 你就是缘由
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 空亡月隈
Windows
Death, redemption, distortion, love, and... you are the reason.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Anime 11.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #15 Amelie
87% matchVery Positive92% of 462 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: Psychological 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Anime 10.2%
- #16 Ubel
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Anime 16.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #17 Night Loops
86% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Psychological 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 11.7%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #18 Zili Diary escape against witch
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KeyChong Studio
Windows
Zili Diary is a psychological horror visual novel. Explore a cursed mall, make life-or-death choices, and fight to survive. Every action costs a piece of your soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Psychological 10.1%, Anime 9.9%
- #19 Totally Normal Boyfriend 🔪
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Totally Normal Boyfriend
Windows
Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Anime 12.9%, Horror 8.7%
- #20 Phantom Lamb
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grid Paper Studio
Windows
Play a story-driven third-person psychological thriller set in a sinister early-20th-century asylum where reality bends under the weight of forgotten horrors. Phantom Lamb blends tense stealth gameplay with an immersive narrative of haunting secrets and psychological dread.
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Third Person 12.9%, Psychedelic 12.5%, Horror 9.8%
- #21 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,285 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Psychedelic 21.6%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological 9.2%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #22 Alice's World
81% matchVery Positive90% of 414 reviews2025
Dev: STORIA GAMES CO., LTD
Windows
Alice's World is a story-driven 2D adventure puzzle game. Amidst desolate ruins and deserted cities in a world filled with death, the young girl Alice hears "your" voice from in front of the screen. You must guide her forward, solve the mysteries, and reach the top of the tower.
Why similar: Anime 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #23 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,953 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Anime 15.5%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 10.5%
- #24 DR3AMy
82% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: ph0ton
Windows · Mac
"Players, please break the chains of Amy's nightmares with DR3AMy!" Break free from nightmares with the lovely DR3AMy android and Amy. This game contains visual and auditory horror elements. It is not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Anime 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #25 AENIGMA
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NEUROMANCE
Windows
Set in the year 4XXX, humanity lives disconnected inside underground megastructures to escape the threat of the ever-expanding silicon-based lifeforms.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Anime 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Emotional 11%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #26 STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT
78% matchVery Positive86% of 623 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Science 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Anime 10.1%
- #27 The Darkest Emptiness
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bathos.games
Windows
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Psychological 11.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #28 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
79% matchVery Positive96% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you save a test subject from your life’s work? A cinematic sci-fi visual novel about cybernetic research and its sickening consequences. A prequel to malViolence.
Why similar: Science 20.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Anime 11.4%, Psychological 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #29 Sprunki Town
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ilovemustard
Windows
Welcome to Sprunki Town, where everyone is happy!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #30 Retrace
79% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2020
Dev: Spider Lily Studios LLC
Windows
THIS WORLD DESIRES YOUR DEATH. A ghost tour gone wrong leads Freya to a parallel dimension, almost designed for her. Can you beat death, and escape? A game of mystery, adventure and queer love stories for PC.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 10.8%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
- #31 project; VIRAI: DOOMER’s LIFE ESCAPE
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RIKANIMATION
Windows · Mac
You play as Hicha — a shut-in girl whose only reason to live is her virtual avatar, Virai. Help her escape the depressive nightmare before it consumes her completely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Anime 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #32 KEPT
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silk Dagger
Windows
You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 11.9%, Anime 10.7%, Psychological 9.1%
- #33 PROJECT: Halloween
77% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Madeleine Chai
Windows · Mac · Linux
She was created for one purpose: to make sure everyone in the world enjoys Halloween. At all costs. A short, fully-voiced horror visual novel exploring instrumental convergence.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Science 15.6%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Horror 12.1%
- #34 A Night at Ashmere Manor
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bandaloop Games GmbH
Windows
When your father goes missing with little more than a letter to clue you in, it's up to you to find him. His last known whereabouts? Ashmere Manor. Will you succeed in solving the mystery at the heart of the house and find your father, or will you succumb to its phantom call?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Third Person 9.3%
- #35 Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
74% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Lexilia GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
Sakura Miko and the Hololive members are suddenly warped into an alternate future timeline. In this 3D adventure game, Miko must reunite with her friends and uncover the truth of this strange world to find her way back home.
Why similar: Anime 18%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Horror 11.3%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #36 WHIIIIN!! -The Endless Nightmare-
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniel Macoto
Windows
A 2D exploration horror adventure game in which an immortal man tries to escape from the "never-ending nightmare of dental treatment."
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Horror 11.7%, Anime 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%
- #37 this morning I decided to die
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 179 reviews2023
Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychedelic 18%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Anime 15.9%
- #38 Contraindication
73% matchVery Positive98% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychedelic 15.8%, Anime 13.3%, Psychological 10.1%
- #39 Necrophobia
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Sapphire Comics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Psychological 18.3%, Anime 11.3%, Horror 11.1%
- #40 Bound Between Desks
72% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #41 I'll Do It Tomorrow
73% matchVery Positive96% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Luca Morotti
Windows
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Anime 15.8%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #42 Backspace Backspace Backspace
73% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychological 15.5%, Psychedelic 13.2%, Horror 11%
- #43 Abyss Veil
71% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Zorrio
Windows
Investigate the lives of Ivy, Issa, Everett, Logan, Anju, Aisha, Billy, Leslie, Idris, Jimmy, Pinto, e-slum5, Mel, Granny, Gramp, Au, Joel, Eel, Roach, Rowan, Caterina, Lucian... Wait hold on.. Who am I again?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Psychedelic 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Anime 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #44 CORPSE FACTORY
72% matchVery Positive80% of 879 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Anime 14.2%, Mystery 9%, Thriller 8.4%
- #45 LEVATE
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dudar
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short atmospheric visual novel about a teenager who tries to hide from his thoughts and problems. But the longer he avoids reality, the more it distorts around him.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Psychological 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #46 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,373 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 15.5%, Psychological 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Mystery 10.6%
- #47 MIA: Memory Fragments
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trigger The Monster
Windows
MIA: Memory Fragments is a story-driven psychological horror adventure where you explore fractured memories, interact with the environment to progress, uncover the story through the world, and escape from MIA’s darkest side. Survive the memories… or remain trapped forever in the past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Anime 11.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #48 SYNESTHESIA
70% matchPositive100% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...
Why similar: Science 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 12.7%, Psychological 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #49 Alice's Warped Wonderland:REcollection
70% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Nightmare Studio
Windows
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #50 Yuki「清醒梦」
67% matchVery Positive99% of 409 reviews2025
Dev: visualmemoryunit_
Windows
Explore an abandoned school where memories linger longer than the living. Uncover the mystery of your best friend’s disappearance. Dodge bullets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Anime 9%
- #51 BRXKEN INSIDE
68% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Anime 14.2%, Psychological 12.6%, Horror 7.4%
- #52 rest: in a dark room
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: regular glove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two misanthropic teenagers attempt to be reborn through the world of sensory deprivation. A visual novel full of death, drugs, and dolphins.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #53 Fear Of The Darkness
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: GFCreativeLab
Windows
Fear Of The Darkness is a narrative psychological horror game that will push you to face the serious phobias of some patients. Play as the enigmatic doctor, avoid being overwhelmed by the heavy emotional burden of your patients, come out of the Darkness and explore the various corners of the Truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Emotional 10%
- #54 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
70% matchVery Positive91% of 615 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Anime 18.4%, Multiple Endings 12%, Mystery 10%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #55 Kindling Hour
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KUWAPONG SOUND DESIGNS
Windows
A short, horror-tinged text adventure where random events unfold each time you push deeper into the darkness with only a candle’s flame. Chase Yumeko and search for fragments of memory in the quiet night. Kindle a fire in your heart.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #56 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
68% matchVery Positive82% of 4,888 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Anime 11.5%, Sci-fi 9%
- #57 outside the door
65% matchVery Positive95% of 746 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Anime 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Psychological 16.7%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #58 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
66% matchVery Positive92% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Psychological 14.9%, Anime 14.5%, Emotional 11.3%
- #59 Without a Dawn
64% matchVery Positive92% of 871 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Psychedelic 11.4%, Emotional 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9.3%