- #1 Sakura no Mori † Dreamers 2
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 520 reviews2019
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 238.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
《樱之杜†净梦者2》是MOONSTONE于2017年夏天发售的《樱之杜†净梦者》的正统续作。游戏剧情采用双线叙事模式，同时讲述了圆香避开杀身之祸与主人公展开恋爱发展的平行时空故事以及在前作的时空下后续发生的主人公所在的樱之杜净梦者组织所遭遇的新奇事件。是前作玩家不可错过的精彩续作。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Sexual Content 25.2%, Nudity 18.8%, Anime 11.7%, Gore 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the intense narrative and dark mystery established in the first game.
- #2 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
96% matchVery Positive93% of 2,444 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 168.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Sexual Content 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Anime 9.9%, Nudity 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, philosophical psychological horror visual novel that challenges the player's perception of reality.
- #3 The Song of Saya
96% matchVery Positive90% of 9,092 reviews2019
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Sexual Content 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Gore 10.8%, Nudity 9%
Why You'll Like It: A legendary psychological horror visual novel that explores disturbing themes and visceral gore with a similar tone.
- #4 CHAOS;CHILD
95% matchVery Positive94% of 3,800 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 39.9%, Anime 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Gore 9.3%, Mystery 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: An intense mystery visual novel that excels at building psychological dread and features a high-stakes anime-style narrative.
- #5 YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,464 reviews2020
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 128.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Sexual Content 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Anime 11.4%, Nudity 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features meta-narrative psychological horror elements that subvert expectations in a way similar to the seed game's twists.
- #6 The logic of the miniature garden
94% matchVery Positive87% of 609 reviews2019
Dev: CabbitPub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 137.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide your adventure with beautiful girls through the mysterious campus. Adventure aside, this game also draws a vivid picture of the darkness filled inside Hakoniwa City. As a human the protagonist can't do much about it, but he has been observing. What will he see?
Why similar: Sexual Content 34.3%, Visual Novel 30%, Nudity 19.2%, Anime 11.4%, Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric mystery visual novel that focuses on psychological trauma and mature content.
- #7 Raging Loop
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,674 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 23.9 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mystery 8.2%, Anime 7.7%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping psychological horror mystery that uses a time-loop mechanic to heighten the tension and stakes.
- #8 sweet pool
92% matchVery Positive90% of 455 reviews2018
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
As madness and horror devour his world, can Youji find hope amid the nightmare? Experience a bond deeper and darker than love in this unforgettable visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Sexual Content 22.3%, Gore 10.8%, Anime 8.6%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark and visceral visual novel that explores psychological horror and mature themes through a unique, unsettling lens.
- #9 NOeSIS01_诉说谎言记忆物语
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,496 reviews2020
Dev: Classic ChocolatPub: Hikare 个人汉化
Windows
From behind the incidents, there hide the secret of the past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Anime 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Gore 10.8%, Sexual Content 9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that delves into memory, mystery, and supernatural occurrences.
- #10 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
90% matchVery Positive89% of 1,696 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.9%, Anime 15%, Gore 12%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that explores delusion and conspiracy with a dark, mystery-heavy plot.
- #11 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.2%, Sexual Content 12.2%, Horror 12%, Anime 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven horror visual novel that focuses on suspense and the psychological toll of supernatural events.
- #12 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,215 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 60.9%, Anime 24.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational psychological horror visual novel that masterfully blends slice-of-life elements with gruesome mystery.
- #13 I Walk Among Zombies Vol. 1 (Adult Version)
89% matchVery Positive95% of 496 reviews2018
Dev: SeacoxxPub: Denpasoft
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 55.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Yuusuke awakens in a world where zombies have overrun civilization, but finds that the zombies don't attack him. How will Yuusuke take advantage of his new situation, and what will he discover? Enjoy this twist on the classic zombie survival genre.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Sexual Content 18.8%, Anime 12.8%, Nudity 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed visual novel that combines survival elements with mature, dark narrative beats.
- #14 Kimagure Temptation
86% matchVery Positive97% of 184 reviews2021
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Mysterious murders. A cursed apartment building. Cohabitating with a cute demon girl?! All in a day's work for diviner, Haruhisa but will he be able to solve the case and not be distracted by a demon girl only interested in him?
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.9%, Sexual Content 20.8%, Anime 12.8%, Nudity 12.3%, Adventure 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-driven visual novel that utilizes a unique aesthetic to explore dark, supernatural themes.
- #15 Selene ~Apoptosis~
85% matchVery Positive88% of 5,451 reviews2023
Dev: Viscum keyPub: Nupu Neko Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Sexual Content 29.6%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Nudity 16.4%, Anime 10.8%, Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: A mature horror visual novel that centers on psychological tension and unsettling mystery.
- #16 Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~
87% matchVery Positive87% of 687 reviews2017
Dev: lightPub: views Co., Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Night after night, the same dream of a guillotine. A headhunting serial killer. And the "knights" in black who follow soon after. Irrationality that defies the realm of common sense begins to assault and devour the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.5%, Anime 20.2%, Sexual Content 13.7%, Adventure 6.3%, Nudity 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy visual novel that features intense narrative stakes and mature, supernatural themes.
- #17 9-nine-:Episode 1
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,894 reviews2019
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 145.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Help Miyako and Kakeru track down a superpowered serial killer before they strike again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Sexual Content 23.4%, Nudity 16.6%, Anime 16.1%, Mystery 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery visual novel that pairs a strong anime aesthetic with a compelling, suspenseful plot.
- #18 Summer Nightmare
88% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Anime 20.9%, Gore 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror visual novel that captures a dark, unsettling atmosphere through its narrative and art.
- #19 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
84% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Anime 25.4%, Sexual Content 15.6%, Horror 7.2%, Psychological Horror 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic-inspired horror visual novel that focuses on mystery and dark, mature themes.
- #20 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Psychological Horror 21%, Sexual Content 20.5%, Anime 17.2%, Gore 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that uses its medium to deliver shocking, meta-narrative twists.
- #21 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
84% matchVery Positive82% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.4%, Horror 17.6%, Anime 14.2%, Adventure 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-mystery visual novel that focuses on supernatural investigation and survival in a dark, oppressive environment.
- #22 Monobeno
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 652 reviews2018
Dev: LosePub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 88.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
This was a story about humans and monsters, disease and haunting, and the past and the future. It leads you to the unusual traditional Japanese culture.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Sexual Content 24.2%, Anime 19.7%, Nudity 14.6%, Adventure 8%
Why You'll Like It: An anime-style visual novel that explores supernatural mystery with a focus on mature, character-driven storytelling.
- #23 GNOSIA
81% matchVery Positive94% of 4,733 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Anime 22.3%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Mystery 9%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A social deduction mystery that creates intense psychological tension through its unique loop-based gameplay.
- #24 Kill or Love
82% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Anime 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Sexual Content 12.6%, Nudity 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that blends romantic elements with dark, suspenseful storytelling.
- #25 Wet Nightmares
80% matchVery Positive83% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Demonheart StudiosPub: Kinky Fridays
Windows · Mac · Linux
As another woman joins the list of the missing, deep within a forest, a man living in solitude is visited by a pretty stranger. Wet Nightmares is an Erotic Horror Visual Novel exploring the psyche of a haunted man and his depraved past.
Why similar: Sexual Content 34.9%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Nudity 20.6%, Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #26 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
82% matchVery Positive90% of 592 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 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 57.4%, Anime 20.8%, Mystery 6.8%, Gore 6.6%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A complex mystery visual novel that features high-stakes tension and psychological depth.
- #27 Working Sakuya
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: ぬるぬる坊主
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 150.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
This game is a visual novel game consisting of animation for adults.
Why similar: Sexual Content 31.3%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Nudity 16.9%, Anime 16.1%, Adventure 6.5%
- #28 Zero End: Chapter One
79% matchVery Positive86% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Stolen Rose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zero End is a paranormal mystery adult Visual Novel with horror elements where you try to find the truth behind the sinister happenings at Altham Academy.
Why similar: Sexual Content 35.8%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Nudity 17.5%, Horror 7.1%, Mystery 6.4%
- #29 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,292 reviews2015
Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 161.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Nudity 15.7%, Anime 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Gore 10.8%
- #30 月影魅像-解放之羽-
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,736 reviews2019
Dev: AppliquePub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 72.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
《月影魅像-解放之羽-》是由日本美少女游戏品牌Applique制作的一款悬疑传奇题材作品。本作由小田原箱根负责作画、桐月编写剧本、鹰石忍制作音乐。讲述了一个层层剥茧，需要完成十几种不同结局才能最终了解全貌的精彩故事。本作曾荣获萌系游戏大赏2017年度话题金奖。
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Sexual Content 22.5%, Anime 12.9%, Nudity 10.6%, Gore 7.5%
- #31 Army Gals
78% matchVery Positive88% of 233 reviews2017
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Can you survive with three women in the middle of nowhere. In this Survival, Romance Visual Novel adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Sexual Content 29.8%, Nudity 18.3%, Anime 11%, Adventure 6.1%
- #32 Find the Demon 恶魔鉴定守则
73% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: SHAKINO_UNIONPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
她们中间，有一个是恶魔。
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.5%, Anime 35.5%
- #33 The Titty-Fucking Hot Spring Ryokan Ghost
76% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: 喘葉の森
Windows
This is a titty-fucking only exploration horror game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Sexual Content 25.3%, Nudity 15.6%, Anime 11.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #34 Eden's Ritter - Paladins of Ecstasy
76% matchVery Positive87% of 143 reviews2020
Dev: WafflePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A virtuous princess and her lady knight battle depraved demons called Lustfiends, but struggle between shame and lust themselves... An erotic dark-fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Sexual Content 26.1%, Anime 16.4%, Nudity 11.4%, Gore 4.3%
- #35 Gachimuchi
78% matchMixed60% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: VolhaPub: Volha
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
A great adventure expects you in the Kingdom of Deep Dungeons♂
Why similar: Sexual Content 28.9%, Nudity 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Anime 14.5%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #36 SLEEPLESS -A Midsummer Night’s Dream-
72% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: EmpressPub: MangaGamer
Windows
An erotic fantasy visual novel from the twisted mind of Sei Shoujo of Bible Black fame. Will it prove to be a sensual midsummer night's dream... or a tantalizing nightmare?
Why similar: Sexual Content 29.7%, Visual Novel 24%, Nudity 23.6%, Anime 15%, Mystery 4.5%
- #37 Abyss School
72% matchVery Positive91% of 791 reviews2024
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Solve hidden items and puzzles while avoiding abyssal zombies and traps at school.
Why similar: Sexual Content 51.6%, Nudity 18.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Horror 9.3%
- #38 Spirit Hunter: NG
75% matchVery Positive90% of 280 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Beware the Creeping Horror... Face nightmares you thought were merely urban legends. Uncover a dark mystery, making deadly decisions just to survive. Play this chilling companion story to the award-winning Spirit Hunter: Death Mark game and bring the terror home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Gore 17.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Horror 13.2%, Anime 8.5%
- #39 Banebush
70% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 56%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 15.1%, Adventure 6.1%
- #40 The Shell Part I: Inferno
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Anime 11.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Gore 9.1%
- #41 Sixtieth Kilometer
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,786 reviews2016
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You're going to work by train, but strange things happens on the way: the train stops, the pink fog appears outside and the man who came off the train immediately dies. The main characters turned out to be locked in the train without any clues about what's happening...
Why similar: Visual Novel 72%, Sexual Content 7.1%, Nudity 6.9%, Psychological Horror 5.3%, Anime 3.1%
- #42 【SCP】器関ノ彷徨 -The will of a single Tale-【DEMOver.】
73% matchVery Positive90% of 373 reviews2018
Dev: Stoner TomohitoPub: GESTALT-§
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
-"Do you believe the actuality now?" When the SCP Foundation moves, you will be a witness of {Project MA-13}.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Anime 20.2%, Gore 16.8%, Sexual Content 12.5%, Horror 8.2%
- #43 Fortissimo FA INTL Ver
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: La’crymaPub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 103.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
This is the whole package! Its got everything you're looking for. Combined perfectly with music, you'll be drawn in to the depth of 'Moe' and dragged right out to a hot-blooded battle. This is a galgame made with the tears and blood of the one and only La'cryma and proudly presented by SakuraGame.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Sexual Content 20.8%, Nudity 16.8%, Anime 16.6%, Adventure 8.6%
- #44 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
69% matchVery Positive85% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Anime 24%, Adventure 11.9%, Gore 11.9%, Horror 11.9%
- #45 NUKITASHI
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,440 reviews2023
Dev: QruppoPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 43.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seiran Island. Even here in paradise, there are those who work in the shadows to bring it down... Confront the tyranny of a twisted system in this long-awaited visual novel adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Sexual Content 32.3%, Anime 19.2%, Mystery 4.7%, Adventure 4%
- #46 Togainu no Chi ~Lost Blood~
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 674 reviews2020
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Akira’s life has been defined by violence, but that won’t be enough to save him when he’s forced to play a deadly game. Will the bonds you forge in this stunning visual novel lead to his salvation, or to his ruin?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Sexual Content 29.7%, Nudity 10.8%, Anime 10.1%, Adventure 10%
- #47 DRAMAtical Murder
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,466 reviews2021
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Sexual Content 28.5%, Anime 15.1%, Nudity 10.3%, Gore 5.7%
- #48 Your Smile Beyond Twilight:黄昏下的月台上
71% matchVery Positive94% of 599 reviews2017
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A story about forced smiles, coming to terms with the past, and love—but most of all, redemption.
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.7%, Anime 25.9%, Adventure 14.4%
- #49 妄想症：Deliver Me
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,517 reviews2018
Dev: 属音制作组Pub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Based on the best seller 妄想症Paranoia, the story about Lingluo's college life will bring you to a world unknown. She pursues her music dream without knowing her life is about to be turned upside down. Losing her best friend and her confidence, she plunges into the depth of despair. What will she do?
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.4%, Anime 13%, Adventure 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Mystery 6.5%
- #50 Sex with the Devil
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,403 reviews2021
Dev: Evil Boobs Cult
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
What is forgiveness and what is a lie? Where does desire end and vice begins? The project "Sex with the Devil" will allow you to ask these and many other frank questions about the greatest personification of evil in human culture.
Why similar: Sexual Content 42%, Nudity 25.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Gore 8.2%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #51 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
69% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.8%, Anime 25.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Gore 7.5%, Mystery 7.1%
- #52 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
73% matchMixed63% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.9%, Anime 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Adventure 7.7%, Horror 7.1%
- #53 Sera's Adventure -Cave of Destruction-
68% matchMixed64% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: 渡里laboratoryPub: 072 Project
Windows
To gain experience, Sera ventures into the maze by her own, when suddenly the floor disappears, dropping her into an unknown place she has never seen before. There, awaiting her, will be inhumane treatment beyond imagination...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Sexual Content 23.3%, Nudity 18.3%, Gore 12.9%, Horror 9%
- #54 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
62% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.5%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Anime 20.8%, Adventure 3.2%
- #55 クラブ・スーサイド
66% matchVery Positive97% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: MORPATHPub: Celtia
Windows · Mac
私は、自殺を考えている。クラブ・スーサイドへようこそ。自殺を考える少年達に寄り添う、奇妙な一週間。命を思考するノベルアドベンチャー。
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.6%, Anime 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Gore 10.2%
- #56 Lunar maiden, River-side Angel, and the Godlike moment
67% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: サキュレントPub: 072 Project
Windows
"I make you real." Only he knows me. The identity of the young man who thought so was a serial killer. An 18+ novel game for maidens where a woman obtains divinity along with her ruin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Sexual Content 25.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Anime 13.3%, Horror 6.7%
- #57 終わりの森 -Forest of soul slave-
65% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: 渡里laboratoryPub: 072 Project
Windows
—This is a story without redemption. Colt embarks on a journey to heal her sister, but what awaits her is a forest full of dangers...
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Sexual Content 27.3%, Gore 13.3%, Nudity 10.4%, Horror 9.7%
- #58 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
68% matchVery Positive85% of 536 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.2%, Anime 19.6%, Gore 11.6%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
- #59 淑女同萌！
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 848 reviews2018
Dev: AKATSUKI-WORKSPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
HELLO LADY! is a Visual Novel game that tells a glory school story about youth, love, and revenge. The game is made by famous Japanese developer AKATSUKI WORKS. Welcome to cooperate, fight and fall in love with the young ladies!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35%, Sexual Content 27.6%, Anime 15.5%, Nudity 12.8%, Adventure 9.2%
