Games Like River Secret

Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.

Why similar: Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Surreal 8.8%, Psychological 8.7%, Experimental 8.6%

Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 12.1%, Thriller 11.7%, Horror 10.3%

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: Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Mystery 7.6%, Experimental 7.5%

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: Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Surreal 10%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Psychological 12.6%, Horror 9.6%, Emotional 8.5%

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: Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Thriller 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

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 17.6%, Thriller 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 8.3%, Mystery 7.7%

A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Psychological 9.3%

An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Thriller 11.4%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 8.1%

Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Psychological 10.5%, Horror 10%

After escaping her abusive brother, Sophie seeks a fresh start in a remote house in Hawthorn's forest. But strange events unfold, and her unsettling housemate, Elise, may be hiding something. Is it just her anxiety, or is there something more sinister lurking in the shadows?

Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Surreal 10.2%, Horror 9%

Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Psychological 13.7%, Horror 11.6%, Thriller 10.8%

The world ended long ago. Humanity didn’t. What remains is a fragile society sustained by fear and distrust. Faro is a psychological horror visual novel set on a sunless planet, where you guide four survivors as cosmic horrors linger and every decision erodes the trust holding them together.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 13%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%

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 25.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 14%, Mystery 9.8%, Psychological 7.7%

Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological 11.8%, Thriller 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%

A psychological horror adventure game about social anxiety.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Surreal 8.8%

Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological 12.2%, Horror 11.3%

A horror visual novel exploring the dark sides of friendship and the dangerous paths taken to save it.

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Psychological 10.9%, Horror 8.5%

A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Experimental 11.1%, Psychological 10.6%, Horror 10.1%

A stranger calls at 3:33 AM. They know your name. Choose your words carefully in this fully voiced psychological horror game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 17.9%, Thriller 14.9%, Mystery 8.7%, Dark 8.5%

BrokenLore: FOLLOW is a psychological first-person horror game that immerses players in the haunting narrative of Anne, as she grapples with issues of self-acceptance, bullying, and worthlessness while encountering metaphorical surreal creatures that heighten the terror of her journey.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Thriller 15.9%, Surreal 13.2%, Horror 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?

Why similar: Psychological 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Female Protagonist 12%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 8.2%

A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Thriller 13.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 9.9%

A short psychological audio horror call where every number routes you deeper into a faceless bureau that measures and files you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 13.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Surreal 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

Parasomnia Verum is an atmospheric horror game about a recurring dream.

Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Surreal 16.2%, Psychological 12%, Atmospheric 9.9%

"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Thriller 10.7%, Horror 10%, Psychological 9.7%

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9%, Horror 8.6%

An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 8%, Atmospheric 7%

Witness a little girl’s distorted memories of the past and her fantasies of a future that never happened. All she wants is a family… this time, of her own choice.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Thriller 21%, Horror 18.1%, Surreal 13.3%, Dark 8.3%

Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Experimental 12.4%, Surreal 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

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: Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8.7%

You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Thriller 14%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Dark 10.7%

After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Mystery 8%

Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 8.6%, Psychological 8.2%

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 23.1%, Psychological 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 11%, Mystery 9.9%

Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 10.2%

The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 12%, Psychological 10.9%, Story Rich 8.9%

Jacob White, a young man in need, took a job at an old motel. It seemed easy: clean rooms, survive the nights. But he soon noticed increasingly unsettling things. Adding to his pain was the recent loss of his wife.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 15.7%, Thriller 14.7%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 9.4%

The family lives in isolation, following the strict rules of the father. But the attempt to escape evil turns into a horror that grows from within.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Psychological 13.9%, Horror 12.4%, Thriller 12.2%, Surreal 9.8%

The Shift is a first-person 3D psychological horror game where you play as a night shift cashier in an isolated gas station, performing routine tasks while uncovering disturbing, unexplained events.

Why similar: Thriller 19.9%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 13.7%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 10.3%

Unfeigned Depths is a first-person psychological thriller where dreams and reality blur. Uncover the dark truth behind your dreams with fully voiced dialogue and dynamic events. Can you unravel the mystery before deception takes hold and your world falls apart?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Thriller 15.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 10.1%

Your daughter is sick. Hoping to alleviate her condition, you go to a distant temple. But your daughter disappears, your mind too, and the inhabitants of the church are not in the best mood for you. Will you be able to learn all the secrets of the Temple and get out of there alive?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological 10.1%

Ignorance Is bliss, or is it? Have you ever wondered if living in ignorance is better than to carry trauma? Freja is a first-person psychological thriller exploring this concept. Enter this dark and mysterious world and find out for yourself.

Why similar: Thriller 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Psychological 13.9%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 8.9%

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 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Experimental 11.3%, Horror 10%

A novel adventure where two high school girls encounter the supernatural on their pixelated way home.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 17%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Story Rich 9.1%

Ultra-violent point & click set in Shanghai, China.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 9.7%

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 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Thriller 12.4%, Horror 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

A story of loneliness in a connected world set in 90s Japan. Control high schooler Kazami through a psychological explorative visual novel horror to uncover the truth of garbled messages and student disappearances. Featuring 2D hand drawn anime sprites in an explorable 3D techno-horror world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological 9.4%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

"GUROBU" is a story-driven, 2D horror game about haunted apartments, ghosts of the past, and a murder mystery.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Thriller 10%, Dark 8.7%

You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.5%, Surreal 9.7%

The Last Frame is a psychological horror game about a father who disappeared. As you walk through the locations he documented, you discover that watching and recording them changed the place itself — and not for the better.

Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.6%, Thriller 13%, Mystery 10.1%

"When the graves stop whispering in your ear, it’s time for you to surrender to eternal silence". So says the Agreement, and so it must be fulfilled. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 9.9%, Psychological 9.7%, Thriller 9.2%

Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological 14.8%, Mystery 9.1%, Emotional 8.9%, Dark 8.8%

Death, redemption, distortion, love, and... you are the reason.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dark 12%, Emotional 10.3%, Story Rich 10%

Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Thriller 16.4%, Horror 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 8%

Two misanthropic teenagers attempt to be reborn through the world of sensory deprivation. A visual novel full of death, drugs, and dolphins.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological 13.4%, Thriller 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Surreal 9.8%

Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Psychological 12.2%, Experimental 11.9%, Horror 11.4%

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 31.3%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 19.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%