- #1 Aroma
97% matchVery Positive85% of 464 reviews2022
Dev: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Horror 12%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #2 Echoes of Memory
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JonnyProductionsPub: Jonny
Windows
Explore an abandoned mountain village, investigate mysterious audio tapes, and confront memories that contradict the truth. A dark psychological horror mystery in anime style.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #3 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,522 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 20.2%, Horror 19.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #4 Your Mother Disgusts Me
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sirizchai
Windows · Mac
Your Mother Disgusts Me is a yuri horror visual novel about 3 women taking refuge in a shipping container during the apocalypse. A mother, a stranger and a daughter have to hash out their differences, lest they attract the attention of the disgusting Parasites infecting humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Horror 16%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Violent 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #5 Don’t Make Her Open Her Eyes!
94% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Velvet Rot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A black-white-red visual novel in the horror genre.
Why similar: Violent 17.1%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Gore 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #6 Do you have SALT?
94% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Sin and SunPub: BRXKENVN
Windows
A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Horror 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #7 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 731 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 88.0 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: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Horror 15.5%, Violent 13.2%, Anime 8.3%
- #8 The Coffin of Sarah
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: AyoCreative
Windows
A 2D top down horror game that takes you on a story about a girl named Sarah. Will you be able to solve the puzzles, escape the horror hiding in the dark, and figure out the secrets hiding in this small town?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 16%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Violent 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #9 Humerous (REBOOT)
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Mimeface
Windows
After an awful time at a Halloween party, the night welcomes you with a deep cold breeze. With your car busted and unusable thanks to your drunk tennant, a single pavement awaits for your determined fate....
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Story Rich 11%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #10 Tiny Bunny
91% matchVery Positive83% of 30,327 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 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 18.3%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Violent 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #11 Thorner
90% 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: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Horror 9.2%, Choices Matter 9%
- #12 This Party Is Killer
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SweetTooth Tiger
Windows
On your one day off, you decide to take your partner Iris and their camera to a planning party for your friend Erik’s future thesis film. But the footage Erik wants to capture is more than you or Iris bargained for. Will you be able to protect your partner from what lies before you?
Why similar: Violent 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 9%
- #13 Banebush
88% matchVery Positive95% of 2,223 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 23.9%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 20.8%, Violent 16.7%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #14 Worn Out
89% 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: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #15 KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托
87% matchVery Positive86% of 982 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 257.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
“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: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Violent 10.8%
- #16 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 948 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 39.4 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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 16.5%, Violent 13.2%, Anime 8.1%
- #17 THE HALLWAY
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peyton Bright
Windows
THE HALLWAY is a chilling text-based, command-line horror experience set in a dark, narrow corridor with comprehensive mechanics such as loops, stats, puzzles, meaningful choices, and Steam achievements.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Violent 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #18 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
85% matchVery Positive86% of 513 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...
Why similar: Violent 18.3%, Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Gore 8.9%
- #19 WHIIIIN!! -The Endless Nightmare-
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniel Macoto
Windows
A 2D exploration horror adventure game in which an immortal man tries to escape from the "never-ending nightmare of dental treatment."
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Horror 15%, Violent 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #20 CORPSE FACTORY
84% matchVery Positive80% of 869 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Violent 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Horror 10%, Anime 6.7%
- #21 The Many Deaths of Lily Kosen
83% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A demon is trying to kill you and your friends, and it's all that you can do to survive. How can you stop it permanently? How many of your friends have to die before it's all over? Try and make the best choices you can in this pulse-pounding horror visual novel!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Violent 12%, Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #22 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
82% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 14.5%, Violent 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #23 Eden Camp
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrealphus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Arrive at Eden Camp as John, the newest counselor at a remote summer retreat. Three women welcome you warmly perhaps too warmly. As bonds deepen and nights grow darker, you'll learn that devotion has a price. Every choice matters. Not everyone makes it home.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Violent 10.4%, Anime 8%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #24 Corridors
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dmitry Buzgin
Windows
Explore an abandoned hospital, solve puzzles, and uncover a nonlinear story where your choices have consequences. A hardcore psychological horror game in pixel art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Violent 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Horror 10.5%
- #25 outside the door
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 667 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Violent 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #26 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
81% matchVery Positive85% of 539 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 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 22.8%, Horror 18.2%, Violent 18%, Gore 9.7%, Anime 8.8%
- #27 Sickness
80% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: ZetsubouPub: Unwonted Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sickness is a visual novel centering around Suoh Tesla, an amoral high school student whose life is rapidly deteriorating. Following the deaths of his parents, a brief stay in the hospital, and the emergence of his “Sickness”, his daily life quickly devolves from carefree school days to a life of crime.
Why similar: Violent 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Anime 6.6%
- #28 Everything Will Be Fine!
77% matchVery Positive85% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Text-Based 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #29 Stay Alive For Me
78% matchPositive80% of 10 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: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #30 Reborn
78% matchNo user 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: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Horror 12.4%
- #31 The Coma: Recut
79% matchVery Positive84% of 3,040 reviews2017
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are Youngho, a Korean high school student trapped and relentlessly pursued by a psychotic killer in the hellish corridors of Sehwa High. Run, hide, explore, and survive while piecing together the mystery The Coma in this remastered version of the Korean cult classic.
Why similar: Violent 19%, Horror 19%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Anime 8.2%
- #32 Entwined: The Visual Novel
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Modell Studio LLC
Windows
Entwined is a visual novel horror game set in a hospital. A lockdown has occurred and no one can escape. Team up with either a nurse or a patient in order to escape the hospital. Make your choice for the path ahead…
Why similar: Violent 28.5%, Gore 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Horror 10.6%
- #33 Unfriendly Friend
77% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Violent 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Gore 9.7%
- #34 Mists of Aiden
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 24%, Violent 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Gore 6.1%
- #35 Corpse Party (2021)
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,468 reviews2021
Dev: MAGES.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 19.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Visual Novel 7.6%
- #36 Fateful Night
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reaper GS
Windows
Jim and his three friends head to an abandoned house in the forest, hoping to escape the pressure of upcoming exams and break free from their mundane routine. But none of them realizes that this night will prove to be fateful.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Violent 11.8%
- #37 Hazy Mind
74% matchVery Positive86% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
- #38 Resequence: The Orchard
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CLEARRAVE
Windows
Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 15.9%, Violent 10.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #39 GEMINI SYNDRXME
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hatereallysPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
GEMINI SYNDRXME is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Text-Based 10.7%, Violent 8.2%
- #40 Heather's Haunted House Party
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AliceQuinnArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
While trying to plan a party that’s to die for, a high school queen bee finds she has an uninvited guest that is much scarier than your average teenage girl.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 13%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #41 KARA
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IKARUS
Windows · Mac · Linux
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #42 Lyset Core
71% 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 21.9%, Violent 20.9%, Horror 17.5%, Story Rich 10.6%, Anime 10%
- #43 Rock Paper Kill
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: ThighisenPub: BARGAIN BIN ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game about Rock Paper Scissors.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Horror 10.5%
- #44 CHAOS;CHILD
72% matchVery Positive93% of 3,973 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Violent 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 9.4%, Gore 8.6%
- #45 Not It: Spookiest Edition
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Horror 13.2%, Text-Based 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #46 No, I'm not a Voenkom
70% matchMixed47% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...
Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Violent 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #47 Blackthorn Witch
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #48 Corpse Party
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,384 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Anime 9.5%, Gore 9.4%
- #49 R.I.P. Tour
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost Clown
Windows · Linux
A death game visual novel where murder victims are decided by group consensus. Make friends and enemies, solve the mysteries of an abandoned amusement park, and suss out the traitor in your group.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Violent 13.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #50 Contra Spem Spero
68% matchPositive92% of 25 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: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 9%
- #51 氷点下30度の絶望
67% matchVery Positive97% of 358 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
Windows
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #52 IA
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Otternot
Windows · Mac
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Horror 8.2%
- #53 Maison Rouge
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Messor Games Studio
Windows
Это история об обычном человеке, живущим во времена экономического кризиса во Франции. Страна на пороге революции. Главному герою предстоит выбор, на чью сторону встать. Руководить восстанием или отстаивать честь короля. Предать ли друзей ради благой цели или поставить на кон всё - решать вам.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Violent 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #54 Metamorphosis
68% 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 23.2%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Horror 16.5%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #55 恐怖夜話
66% matchVery Positive95% of 150 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: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Horror 17.2%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 15%
- #56 Something Strange
68% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 17.5%, Text-Based 15.6%, 2D 6.2%
- #57 Be Honest
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #58 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,894 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.9 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 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 17.5%, Violent 9.6%, Anime 8%
- #59 Urbex: Lanky Woods
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: petit vampire
Windows · Linux
The story of a group of friends who set out for some urban exploring. By breaking into this abandoned house, Emy, Perle, Oliver, and Faez just wanted to check out the rumors going around town. Little do they know, the energy inside is very real... and it's moving with them in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Violent 11.9%