- #1 MOOZ
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: motsuhouse
Windows
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 12.5%, Adventure 11.6%
- #2 Metamorphosis
96% matchPositive78% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: AKAI KIRI
Windows
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Horror 17.9%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #3 アカイロマンション完全版
96% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: studio.praparat
Windows · Mac
A complete version of the well-received free game “Akairo Mansion - Horror Edition” is now available with additional episodes! A dramatic horror novel presented to sound novel lovers by the author who is a sound novel lover.
Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Mystery 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Text-Based 12.3%
- #4 Kamaitachi no Yoru x3
95% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場! シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Text-Based 17.7%, Mystery 16.8%, Adventure 12.6%
- #5 わたしをそとにつれてって
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 鬼火書天
Windows
Explore a sealed classroom and work together with a mysterious girl to escape. As the story unfolds, it gradually begins to seep into reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Mystery 22.5%, Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Adventure 11.2%
- #6 Horrors of Helmsfirth
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Horror 19.7%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Mystery 16.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #7 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Horror 20.8%, Text-Based 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.6%
- #8 怪話
92% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Horror 22.5%, Mystery 18.3%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #9 Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tohakusha Inc.
Windows
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #10 Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
91% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Mystery 24.9%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Adventure 13.7%
- #11 最上邸R
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: もこもこ
Windows
A Japanese-style horror visual novel set in 1980s Japan. Five years after a mysterious disappearance, Yukari Kanzaki and Akane Kiryu enter the abandoned Mogami Mansion. Explore its hidden secrets, uncover its dark past, and face multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #12 LOOP SYNDROME
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: TBCATGAMES
Windows
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #13 偽人鳥ゲーム -ニセペンギンゲーム-
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 灰田おゆ
Windows
A certain streamer's fan meeting. Ten men and women are trapped on a luxury cruise ship. And the nightmare 'death game' begins—Collect notes through investigation, use deduction and voting to 'catch the shark'! A mid-length mystery ADV where bad endings are unavoidable.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Mystery 23.9%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Adventure 8.4%
- #14 The Trials - Chapter One
88% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Horror 16.6%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #15 Alice's Warped Wonderland:REcollection
87% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Nightmare Studio
Windows
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Horror 24.8%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Mystery 13.8%, Adventure 12.7%
- #16 空野まなみの事件録 ― 空白のカルテ ―
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbitly
Windows
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Text-Based 19.9%, Mystery 18.2%, Adventure 9.4%
- #17 アパシー学校であった怖い話 極
86% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
エンディング数140種類以上!縦横無尽に広がりを見せる選択肢が恐怖の世界へ誘います。
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Text-Based 19.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #18 Don't Beg for Help
85% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Kosmo Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel game with "Tales from the Crypt" style plot.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Horror 24.3%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Adventure 11%
- #19 FantômeRapport -Intermezzo-
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NTT Solmare
Windows
Fantôme Rapport is a multi-genre visual novel that blends romance, horror, and mystery. Uncover the secrets of a ghostly luxury cruise liner and the enigmatic women aboard.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Horror 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Mystery 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #20 The Trials - Chapter Two
83% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Text-Based 11.9%, Horror 11.7%
- #21 Alice49 EP.0『ダイヤモンドとシュークリーム』
84% matchMostly Positive69% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Include0
Windows
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Mystery 27.1%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Text-Based 17.6%, Adventure 11.6%
- #22 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
82% matchVery Positive85% of 216 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, Mystery 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #23 CLOSED GALAXY ~ワタツミより愛をこめて~
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: rask_gamePub: libertyrask corporation
Windows
"There's Something on This Spaceship" An SF horror mystery adventure game depicting a life-or-death struggle against an alien that imitates your crewmates.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Mystery 21%, Horror 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #24 死写2 -SHISYA2- GHOST VIDEO
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: TEAM SHINZA
Windows
A horror adventure game where you identify ghost photos and ghost videos
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Visual Novel 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #25 Tomorrow Never Comes
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Xamo Games
Windows
Tomorrow Never Comes is a choice-driven first-person narrative thriller. Trapped in a time loop, Noah must relive the same day, manage his injuries, use items, unlock new paths, and discover multiple endings in his attempt to finally reach tomorrow.
Why similar: Mystery 21.7%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 12.5%
- #26 アパシー学校であった怖い話1995特別編
81% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
怖すぎるにも ほどがある。新聞部は、夏休み前の学校新聞で「学校の七不思議」を特集することになった。七人の学生を集めて、彼らから怖い話を聞き、それを特集としてまとめるのだ。新聞部三年生の日野から命を受け、新入部員の坂上修一はその集会の聞き役を担当することになった。集会当日、放課後の新聞部部室に日野によって集められた七人の語り部と聞き役の坂上修一は初めて顔を合わせる。しかし、七人集められたはずの語り部は、何故か六人しかいなかった。七人目が姿を見せぬまま始まる七不思議の集会。七人目は、現れるのか。そして、この集会の終わりに待っているのは……。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 19.6%, Horror 19.4%, Adventure 13.7%
- #27 32, Dandelion Drift
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRG Studios
Windows
Discover the secrets held within the old House on 32, Dandelion Drift. In this classic Visual Novel you’ll find joy, hope, but also remorse and terror.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Horror 21.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #28 死写 -SHISYA-
79% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: TEAM SHINZA
Windows
Horror adventure game to appraise spirits photos
Why similar: Horror 30.3%, Visual Novel 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #29 恐怖夜話
77% matchVery Positive96% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Horror 22.1%, Text-Based 19.1%, Mystery 17.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #30 Log.in
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Mystery 23.6%, Horror 21.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #31 The Seventh Day at the Tsubaki House - Whoever You Accuse Is Guilty
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maru Works
Windows
A Japanese mystery adventure where any of the four could be the killer. Holding the dead man's will, you stay in his estate until the seventh-day memorial. Question the household across 13 locations, but you get only ten moves. Motive, opportunity and proof decide what your accusation is worth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Mystery 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #32 My Dearest Direst Disaster
75% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Water PhoenixPub: KEMCO
Windows
「透明人間」のクロと、「透明人間しか見えない・聞こえない」豹馬。平穏を望む2人に、世界は恐るべき牙を剥ける。何度でも。ただ、豹馬の望みが絶たれるまで。
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Mystery 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Horror 11.3%, Adventure 10.5%
- #33 Midnight School Walk 真夜中学園さんぽ
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Hautecouture Inc.
Windows
In the summer of third year of high school, the movie club which he belongs in crisis of survival! Have make movie until Cultural festival, if don’t make impress the audience, movie club will be forced to abolish. The cast of the movie is what a girl! Will he be able to keep the movie club alive ?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Horror 17.9%, Adventure 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #34 Mass of Consumption
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #35 キミが消えてしまう前に
75% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: ニケ
Windows
A visual novel game where you spend an exciting school life in an abandoned school with ghost girls who have regrets and cannot rest in peace.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Horror 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #36 『絵話 -kaiwa-』
76% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: 852話
Windows
A scary picture. You may find this picture scary. You may think it is abnormal. Or there may be a picture that makes you happy.
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Text-Based 23.3%, Realistic 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Adventure 9.2%
- #37 Dance by the River (former: Silence of Switchblade)
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Summertime
Windows
In the middle of summer, in the suburbs, in the river, a drowned body is floating. It seems like three-years-earlier incident replays. This story, through the investigation into the case, shows triangular relationship between a male police officer, a female police officer, and a female murderer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Mystery 18.9%, Adventure 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #38 Stay Alive For Me
73% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #39 Gal Mothers and Daughters who love sex
73% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Enjoy the process of the timid protagonist using hypnosis to manipulate and subjugate his abusive mother and daughter, training them to his liking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Horror 16.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #40 海鳥野ガクの精神鑑定録
72% matchVery Positive83% of 326 reviews2024
Dev: いもチャイ屋
Windows
「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか?それとも……」 精神科医である道島(主人公)は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…!?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Mystery 19.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Adventure 12.6%
- #41 BUNNY SHADOW
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NEUROPOLLY
Windows · Mac
Every step you take influences bunny journey and the outcome of her cursed existence. Will you unravel the mysteries of the past, confronting darkness with courage, or succumb to fear and desperation, sealing her fate in eternal torment?
Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Mystery 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15.3%
- #42 For Mother Matron
73% matchVery Positive92% of 173 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 21.6%, Horror 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Realistic 12.5%
- #43 Buried: An Interactive Story
74% matchVery Positive95% of 161 reviews2016
Dev: Bromoco Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Horror 19.6%, Adventure 14.2%
- #44 朝凪高校生徒会 - 決断の記録
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ELISTA×STUDIO
Windows
As the student council president of Asanagi High School, you must decide how to respond to opinion forms submitted to the suggestion box in this school-themed choice-based adventure game. Your choices change how events unfold and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Adventure 14.8%
- #45 貴方が狼カードデス!
71% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: toRipota
Windows
Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, Mystery 13.6%, Adventure 8.5%
- #46 There Is No Next Stop
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Horror 16.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Mystery 13.1%
- #47 Bound Between Desks
68% matchPositive86% of 21 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 22.2%, Mystery 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Horror 10.2%
- #48 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
69% matchVery Positive98% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Horror 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #49 アパシー小学校であった怖い話 月曜日
70% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
鳴神学園初等部六年六組は、選ばれた者たちが集う特殊なクラス。 そこに一人の転校生がやってきた。 何やら曰くがありそうなその転校生に、クラスメイト達は学園にまつわる怪談を語り始める。 そして六年六組は巨大な怪異に飲み込まれていく…
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Text-Based 21.4%, Horror 20.6%, Mystery 18%, Adventure 13.6%
- #50 正体 SHOUT-AI
67% matchMixed61% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: 852話
Windows
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Horror 13.5%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #51 Heart of mobius
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: gunsturn Inc.
Windows · Mac
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 20.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
- #52 糺糺縁糸(きゅうきゅうえんし)
66% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: おかゲ制作所Pub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows · Mac
A story-driven exploration horror adventure set in a fictional modern-day Japan. Experience a quiet tale of psychological horror as two schoolgirls confront folklore, curses, and choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Horror 32%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 17.3%, Adventure 13.6%
- #53 Lost/Secret A
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: uehara create
Windows
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Mystery 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Adventure 10%
- #54 Worn Out
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Horror 16.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 13.3%
- #55 Reborn
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Horror 17.1%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%
- #56 Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel
71% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: Horizon Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Welcome to Elsewhere High, "a school for exceptional children." In this visual novel, players are able to immerse themselves in the world of the outcast. Each student at Elsewhere High has fallen short of expectations at their original high school; they've flunked out, skipped class, wrote threatening notes, or grew to be a...
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Horror 26.2%, Mystery 24.2%, Adventure 15.5%
- #57 ANGEL WHISPER - The Suspense Visual Novel Left Behind by a Game Creator.
68% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Child-DreamPub: Mamekujira
Windows
This is the last work of a certain game creator who mysteriously disappeared. The cross reality ADV, known for its shocking conclusion, is coming back after 24 years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Horror 20.9%, Mystery 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Realistic 11.8%
- #58 The Book of Regrets
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Synodic Arc
Windows · Mac
Escape a nightmarish realm filled with puzzles and deadly beasts!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Horror 19.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Adventure 8.3%
- #59 Sabbatical In Merzouga
67% 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: Visual Novel 21.1%, Horror 18.2%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Mystery 15.2%, Text-Based 10%
- #60 The Innsmouth Case
69% matchMixed64% of 207 reviews2020
Dev: RobotPumpkin GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Horror 15%, Mystery 14.6%