- #1 The Hungry Town
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kick Punch Games
Windows
The Hungry Town is an interactive visual novel in a dark urban fantasy setting with vampires. You are a young vampire who has been drawn into a violent confrontation between two generations of vampires. You will have to choose a side or decide to stay true to yourself.
Why similar: Vampire 22.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Gore 10.4%, Dark 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #2 Vampirii
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Vampyrie Eleison
Windows
Prowl homes, explore neighborhoods, overcome random encounters, reveal dark secrets, and make difficult choices as a newly-risen vampire in this text-heavy visual novel. Make friends and enemies while surviving this new life in which one night you are the predator, another - the prey.
Why similar: Vampire 34.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #3 Cabernet
96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,924 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Vampire 29.1% ★, Choices Matter 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Dating Sim 9.1%
- #4 Drăculești
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fine Feathered Fiends
Windows
A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?
Why similar: Vampire 20.5% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 8.8%
- #5 Tales From The Under-Realm: Hazel
94% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Linux
In this dark visual novel, discover what led the apprentice witch, Hazel, to her untimely demise. There is, however, a chance for her to cheat death. Can you find her happy ending with one of two love interests - Tori the tough paladin, or Sasha the deceiving assassin?
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Narration 10.8%
- #6 Carmilla : Crimson Moon
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fercaren Games
Windows
A dark yuri horror romance set in a crumbling Gothic castle. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?
Why similar: Vampire 26.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Narration 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #7 Vampyr
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 23,838 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
Why similar: Vampire 41.4% ★, Choices Matter 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%, Story Rich 6.6%, Violent 5.9%
- #8 Tiny Bunny
91% matchVery Positive83% of 29,932 reviews2025
Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.8%, Choices Matter 11%
- #9 Madness within
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indra
Windows
Delve into the heart of darkness with Enelia, a chilling horror visual novel set in an Avatar-inspired biopunk realm. It's a dramatic story about adventure, love and fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Horror 9.3%
- #10 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 873 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 13.1%, Anime 11.2%, Gore 10.6%
- #11 Diptych
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Dnovel
Windows
The heroes meet on the battlefield of the First World War, in the case of the "Diptych", an anthropomorphic animal, we learn a terrible and touching story in a deceptively cute and unique style.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Narration 16.2%, Gore 9.4%, Dark 8.6%
- #12 Love Lock
89% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: BondageBunny
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stalked, loved, abducted. it's only a matter of time before he gets you and he WILL get you, or else another will. The question is, will you escape? Or submit?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #13 Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
89% matchVery Positive89% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 114.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #14 Snowfall Symphony - A tale of Crustallus
87% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Lola Piaoliang
Windows · Mac · Linux
After awakening as a forbidden vampire spawn, you're thrown into a cruel world where survival is not guaranteed. Who will you choose as your ally - and will you survive, or betray them yourself? Find out in this horror romance visual novel!
Why similar: Vampire 26.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #15 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 663 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 91.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 12.8%, Anime 11.9%, Gore 11.5%
- #16 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
86% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 13.2%, Gore 9.6%
- #17 Unraveling Angel
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ego Dismantler
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unraveling Angel is an adult horror visual novel about a man losing himself in a world that's rotting before his eyes. Bury yourself in the warmth of others and remember to forget how much they've always loved you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Dating Sim 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Violent 10.1%
- #18 DROOM
85% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
DROOM" is an adventure game of choice-based progression. The rooms are inhabited by a variety of alien life forms, and your choices are the key to success. As you progress through the levels, the threats in the rooms increase and the path becomes more difficult.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Gore 14.2%, Violent 11.6%, Horror 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #19 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
84% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #20 At the Mount Leng of madness
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 井頭。
Windows
Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Lovecraftian 13.9%, Horror 13.1%
- #21 Particles of Reality: Remembrance
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arewar Games
Windows · Mac
Congrats! You've landed a dream job as a paranormal scientist with the government! Downside? Outside contact is limited and monitored. You learn it is 'who' (not 'what') you are researching, and... you're the reason these supernatural beings are here? Ignore the lurking Guardians of Reality...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Dating Sim 13%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #22 Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition
82% matchVery Positive88% of 398 reviews2020
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows
Cabbage and the Chompettes want to play hide and seek! Can you find all five of them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Narration 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Horror 11%
- #23 The Lanterne of Light
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: skekpen
Windows · Linux
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #24 Thorner
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
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 18%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #25 Particles of Reality
81% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Arewar Games
Windows · Mac
You are a troubled college student trying to live a normal life surrounded by some... complicated men. Although unaware, you are causing the destruction of reality. Will the Guardians kill you to protect the universe? Can you find your happily ever after... How many times will you die trying?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #26 Morse Academy
79% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Narration 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 10.8%, Choices Matter 10%
- #27 Doki Doki Literature Club!
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Anime 11.5%, Horror 10%
- #28 Missing Time
80% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Fluttering Abyss
Windows
An inheritance uproots you back to your hometown. Surrounded by mysteries and temptations, which path will you choose? A horror dating visual novel by Fluttering Abyss.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Dating Sim 17.1%, Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #29 Geminism
77% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: CRAFTWORKPub: Shiravune
Windows
Two pairs of twins war for love, life, and limb beneath the curtain of a dark Tokyo night. From the artisans at CRAFTWORK comes a visual novel lush with art, action, and mystery; a story of GEMINISM—deformity and divinity.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 10.7%, Anime 9.5%
- #30 Sister Other Paranoia
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HazeDenki
Windows · Mac
A dark visual novel created by the team behind NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE. Overly sensitive to other people's emotions, the protagonist—a light novel writer—develops the ability to read minds, only to be driven even deeper into isolation. His sole remaining comfort is his younger sister, gifted yet lonely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Anime 10.9%, Gore 10.7%
- #31 Bound Between Desks
76% match8 user reviews89% of 9 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: Narration 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #32 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,766 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 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 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.2%, Anime 10.6%, Mystery 9.4%
- #33 What Is Love? Anime Visual Novel Vol. 1
77% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Baka Dog
Windows · Mac
What is Love is full of pretty girls with dark secrets. Keep in mind that your actions matter, so Baby, don't hurt me! Not suitable for those who are easily disturbed by their own choices. It can result in Vietnam Flashbacks/PTSD after realising what you have done.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dark 8.5%
- #34 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
76% 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 23.2%, Gore 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Anime 10.7%, Mystery 9.9%
- #35 ReDo
75% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: ENerd_Official
Windows
A supernatural horror visual novel game where your choices decide if you and your friends see the light of day again or not. Use your sleuthing skills with point and click mechanics to battle horrifying creatures of the night that haunt an abandoned school building and earn your title of "Exorcist"!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #36 Evil Spirits
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear horror visual novel based on Slavic folklore. Explore a god-forgotten village and a forest hiding ancient evil. Trust no one. Remember: real evil often lurks not in house corners, but in the human soul's darkness.
Why similar: Gore 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Dark 12.1%
- #37 Death Moon
74% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Hina Aozora Studios
Windows
DEATH MOON is a murder mystery death game visual novel inspired by games like Danganropa. However, ironically, in this "death game", death itself is not permanent. Every time you die, you open your eyes at the start of the loop forever trapped in an endless game of death and misery.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Gore 11%, Horror 10.7%
- #38 Stay Alive For Me
73% match8 user reviews78% of 9 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Dark 8.8%
- #39 Reflections of the void
71% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Echo Story Games
Windows
A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #40 KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托
74% matchVery Positive86% of 977 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 261.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
“喂喂,求求你啦!救救我!” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救,给你打电话的人,是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 11%, Anime 10.4%, Gore 9.8%
- #41 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,008 reviews2017
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 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 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.7%, Anime 11%, Gore 9.8%
- #42 Ashen Vale: Where They Fell
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stuart White
Windows
Descend into a cursed Japanese valley as archaeologist Yuna Sato. Uncover a lost village’s dark secrets through haunting visions and choices. A psychological horror adventure steeped in mystery, fear, and ancient rituals.
Why similar: Vampire 26.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Dark 8.7%
- #43 ANIMA : Dark Fairy Tale for Adults
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MUNAKI
Windows
In a psychological horror that delves behind the veil of a cruel fairy tale, you must gather fragments of the past to face the truth. Your choices may lead to salvation—or the most wretched of ruins.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Horror 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #44 Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,051 reviews2019
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
Why similar: Vampire 45.8% ★, Visual Novel 18.9%, Narration 10.4%, Dark 7.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #45 Sunlight Scream
71% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Anime 9.8%, Dark 8.7%
- #46 Forgive or Finalize
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 9.7%
- #47 Contra Spem Spero
69% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #48 Unfriendly Friend
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Linux
From YOUR decisions, many people could get hurt. Can you save your friends or at least save yourself from the horror that awaits?
Why similar: Gore 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Violent 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Horror 10.8%
- #49 Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2
67% matchMixed56% of 11,789 reviews2025
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You are the Nomad — an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger’s voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle.
Why similar: Vampire 49.5% ★, Gore 9.9%, Violent 8.1%, Dark Fantasy 6.9%, Horror 5.1%
- #50 Love You To Pieces
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Love You To Pieces" is a Horror/Slasher Visual Novel thematically centered around Valentine's Day. Featuring elements of grind-house, choose-your-own-adventure and mystery. Can you or any of your friends survive this bloody love fest?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #51 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
70% 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 21.2%, Horror 17.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Gore 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #52 SCP: Doki Doki Anomaly
69% matchVery Positive92% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Flightyfelon Games Inc.
Windows
SCP-8008-1 IS A HORROR DATING SIM WHERE THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS SURVIVAL. SMOOCH SCP-173, SCP-682 AND EVEN SCP-096. DO NOT RUN THIS SOFTWARE WITHOUT CLASS-4 AUTHORIZATION.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #53 DARKNESS WILL FALL
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmicrology
Windows
DARKNESS WILL FALL is a queer romance visual novel set in the modern world of vampires. After a fateful encounter you are tasked with revealing the identity of a reaver - a monsterous vampire eating vampire - in the city or your human life is forfeit. It should be easy enough, right?
Why similar: Vampire 36.2% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #54 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
70% 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 22.3%, Gore 15.5%, Horror 15%, Anime 12.7%, Violent 12.2%
- #55 Remnants of Dawn
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Vampire 19.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #56 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
67% matchVery Positive100% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Linux
Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #57 Charming Blood
66% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Meowgical Games
Windows · Mac
Embrace darkness as an unwitting vampire in this choice-driven romance. Navigate ancient powers, brewing conflicts, and passionate relationships with four captivating vampires who could become your greatest allies – or something more. When night falls, will you surrender to its dangers?
Why similar: Vampire 31.4% ★, Dating Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Anime 9.7%
- #58 De Profundis
69% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: points contigus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.
Why similar: Narration 17%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Horror 10.4%
- #59 Lyset Core
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lyset Team
Windows
A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 14.5%, Horror 14.4%, Violent 14.2%, Gore 13.3%
- #60 Quantum Suicide
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Cotton Candy Cyanide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Violent 11.2%, Gore 10.4%