- #1 Raging Loop
97% 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 28.8%, Mystery 17.4%, Gore 13.7%, Violent 12.7%, Adventure 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that uses a time-loop mechanic to unravel a dark mystery in an isolated village.
- #2 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Mystery 23.7%, Gore 11.8%, Violent 10.7%, Story Rich 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in trapped-group mystery that combines intense narrative choices with complex puzzle-solving.
- #3 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,609 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.9%, Mystery 34.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive death-game visual novel featuring a group of students trapped in an isolated location with a dark, unfolding conspiracy.
- #4 BURIED STARS
95% matchVery Positive84% of 2,079 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Mystery 32.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Story Rich 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on a group of survivors trapped in a collapsed building, emphasizing social tension and the breakdown of trust.
- #5 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Mystery 53.1%, Adventure 30%, Story Rich 16.9%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping death-game visual novel where social deduction and high-stakes voting are central to the survival of the cast.
- #6 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
94% 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 31.9%, Gore 22.5%, Violent 12.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a branching narrative with multiple characters caught in a supernatural mystery, mirroring the ensemble cast of the seed game.
- #7 Corpse Party
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 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: Gore 43.8%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 7.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic anime-style horror game that traps students in a haunted school, featuring intense gore and multiple endings.
- #8 孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon
91% matchVery Positive88% of 261 reviews2023
Dev: 章鱼罐头制作组
Windows
一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀，对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查，并各自提交一份答案。最后，出现了七种截然不同的解答……
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Mystery 28.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Casual 9.1%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A localized mystery visual novel that captures the essence of a classic locked-room thriller on a remote island.
- #9 One-Way Ticket / 单程票
92% matchMixed61% of 387 reviews2018
Dev: Light & Digital TechnologyPub: Zodiac Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
One-Way Ticket is a visual novel loosely based around actual events. A group of men and women, isolated at sea on a long-distance fishing vessel, suddenly find their very humanity at stake as crew members begin turning up dead.
Why similar: Gore 37.5%, Casual 24.1%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Indie 15.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie visual novel that explores dark, isolated themes with a focus on character survival and mystery.
- #10 A Light in the Dark
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,722 reviews2018
Dev: CreSpiritPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Violent 24.7%, Gore 19.2%, Casual 14.6%, Indie 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a tense, isolated kidnapping scenario that forces the protagonist to interact with their captor in a visual novel format.
- #11 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
90% 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 29.7%, Gore 16.4%, Violent 15.5%, Adventure 15.1%, Mystery 14.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused visual novel set in an underground facility that emphasizes escape and mystery.
- #12 AI: The Somnium Files
89% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Gore 20.7%, Mystery 19.7%, Violent 15%, Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep detective mystery that blends anime aesthetics with dark, surreal investigation sequences.
- #13 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
89% 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 36.2%, Gore 15.6%, Mystery 15.4%, Violent 14.8%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, multi-perspective mystery visual novel set in a facility where a group is trapped following a disaster.
- #14 Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
87% matchVery Positive88% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Gore 22.7%, Violent 21.6%, Adventure 16%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: An iconic mystery visual novel that excels at building dread within an isolated community setting.
- #15 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.4%, Mystery 27.2%, Adventure 21.7%, Story Rich 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique supernatural mystery that uses a distinct visual style to deliver a compelling, multi-character narrative.
- #16 Usotsuki Game / 谎言游戏
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 270 reviews2018
Dev: Studio WasabiPub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
当主人公醒来时，就发现自己与几位不认识的男女被关在了一起… 此时，一个奇妙的广播响起 「来，让谎言游戏开始吧！」
Why similar: Gore 39%, Violent 38.7%, Adventure 22.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the death-game trope, forcing characters to lie and manipulate each other to survive.
- #17 六阶谜题 six-step mystery
86% matchVery Positive88% of 655 reviews2020
Dev: 章鱼罐头制作组
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
失意青年刘在机缘巧合下得到了一份离奇的工作，在命运齿轮的推动下，结识了几名性格各异的少女。忽然有一天祸从天降，他卷入了一起绑架案，并被迫参与一场事关生死的游戏。在求生的同时，他不得不重新审视过去生活寻求蛛丝马迹，那看似平静的生活实则早已暗流涌动……
Why similar: Casual 25.9%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A concise indie mystery visual novel that mirrors the pacing and structure of the seed game.
- #18 Fatal Twelve
86% matchVery Positive92% of 995 reviews2018
Dev: LYCORISPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shishimai Rinka was a high schooler who ran a small café named Lion House in place of her grandmother. She lived her life much like any other person her age, but one day, she was caught up in an explosion while returning home on the train alongside her friend, Hitsuji Naomi.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Violent 18.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Casual 13%, Adventure 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes death game visual novel where characters must compete to avoid being erased from existence.
- #19 GNOSIA
84% 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 37.1%, Mystery 27.6%, Adventure 16.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi social deduction game that perfectly captures the paranoia of being trapped with people who may be hiding a deadly secret.
- #20 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
84% 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: Gore 31.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 18.5%, Adventure 11.8%, Casual 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and lore-heavy mystery that shares the dark, atmospheric tone of the seed game.
- #21 Yet Another Killing Game
81% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.5%, Mystery 31.6%, Adventure 19.8%, Story Rich 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly addresses the 'killing game' trope with anime-style visuals and psychological horror elements.
- #22 Winter Polaris
83% matchVery Positive94% of 96 reviews2019
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows
A mysterious global pandemic is making people disappear into thin air. A mysterious glass object carried by a girl found adrift at sea. Two stories that set two pairs of protagonists off on separate journeys around the world. What does it mean to live, make mistakes, and live again?
Why similar: Casual 32.7%, Gore 27.7%, Violent 25.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, dark visual novel with anime aesthetics that deals with violent themes in an isolated setting.
- #23 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,634 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Mystery 36.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Adventure 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A legendary locked-room mystery visual novel that challenges the player to solve complex crimes within a secluded mansion.
- #24 7 days with Death
82% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Narrator
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
On Christmas Eve, a strange girl breaks into your home claiming to be the bringer of death.；This unbelievable prophesy is then followed by many strange omens...he must make a choice...
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 24.7%, Story Rich 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Fits the niche of death-game visual novels with a focus on character interaction and dark outcomes.
- #25 Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
81% matchVery Positive93% of 957 reviews2017
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The dark is no place to be alone. After a beautiful show of summer fireworks, two young girls begin to make their way home. However, a mysterious attacker separates them, and both must brave the haunting night filled with unspeakable terrors and survive the darkness.
Why similar: Gore 39.4%, Violent 35.6%, Adventure 24.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the 'cute but dark' aesthetic while exploring a terrifying, isolated world filled with mystery.
- #26 山：临界幸存者
79% matchVery Positive92% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Mystery 22.4%, Adventure 21.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Indie 7.7%
- #27 The House in Fata Morgana
80% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Mystery 26.3%, Adventure 14.5%, Story Rich 11.6%, Indie 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional and dark mystery visual novel that explores tragedy across different time periods.
- #28 Magical Girl Witch Trials
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,650 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Gore 19.5%, Mystery 17.5%, Violent 15.2%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #29 再见断刀
76% matchVery Positive93% of 2,313 reviews2025
Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Mystery 30.3%, Adventure 15.5%, Story Rich 14%
- #30 Tiny Snow
78% matchVery Positive94% of 4,167 reviews2019
Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
On the snowy mountain, in the wooden hut, we are tied together by the world. She and "I" can only love each other, we cannot be separated. Is this free affection, or manipulated love? A short visual novel with multiple endings, "Tiny Snow", a story with two girls, and you who know what love is.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Violent 18.4%, Casual 15.1%, Indie 13.4%, Adventure 12.3%
- #31 Memory Oblivion Box
78% matchVery Positive93% of 1,107 reviews2016
Dev: DreaMoryPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
一份工作，让秦幽羽的父亲从此失踪，紧接着又是母亲的突然离去。虽然从未放弃过寻找，可是事情却毫无进展，直到那天……
Why similar: Casual 29.3%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Indie 21.4%
- #32 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
79% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 21.5%, Casual 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Indie 16.4%, Mystery 14.5%
- #33 蜉蝣之国的囚徒
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 505 reviews2026
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Gore 21.2%, Mystery 16%, Violent 14.2%, Adventure 14.1%
- #34 Nyakori's Rabbit Doll
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,414 reviews2020
Dev: 赤瞳大白猫
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Waking up in the beautiful night, maiden with cat’s ears whose name is Nyarutoru finds her friends nowhere. What are they waiting her ahead?
Why similar: Indie 39.5%, Adventure 36.1%, Mystery 24.5%
- #35 Coffin of Ashes
77% matchVery Positive91% of 833 reviews2016
Dev: LadomuPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?
Why similar: Adventure 49.3%, Casual 23.8%, Indie 18.9%, Story Rich 8%
- #36 Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 701 reviews2017
Dev: Magenta Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A melody of life and death surrounding a sickly girl and her friends.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.5%, Casual 28.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Adventure 13.4%
- #37 I wish it was morning all the time
73% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2023
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows · Mac
The sisters are chased into an abandoned house by a group of men who don't know what's going on. Every action you take will determine their survival. Take the necessary actions according to the situation to ensure their survival.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Adventure 21.7%, Gore 21.4%, Violent 18.8%, Casual 7.8%
- #38 不落城-Unconquered Castle
75% matchVery Positive81% of 150 reviews2018
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A Visual Novel Game. The story which happens thousand years after that "God's one day world". It's a story telling two brave girls who saved their city.
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Indie 29.2%
- #39 Say Goodbye
77% matchMixed52% of 229 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...
Why similar: Violent 34.2%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Casual 14.8%, Indie 13.4%, Adventure 10.9%
- #40 彷徨之街 The Street of Adrift
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,325 reviews2024
Dev: Caramel-Mocha StudioPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
大小姐与头牌花魁的羁绊、救赎与毁灭故事。
Why similar: Gore 22.3%, Violent 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 7.2%
- #41 Vampires' Melody
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,697 reviews2020
Dev: AsicxArtPub: SakuraGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened...
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Casual 28.1%, Adventure 25.2%
- #42 死亡旅店 / Death Inn
74% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
A group of people who didn't know each other found a dead body in a haunted house called 【Death Inn】. And when this group of people returned to the lobby again, ready to leave the place,The door has was no longer there......
Why similar: Casual 32.3%, Indie 22.8%, Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #43 Find the Demon 恶魔鉴定守则
69% 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 60.5%, Casual 22.3%, Story Rich 17.3%
- #44 雪之本境S Conspiracy Field: Snow Trap
73% matchMixed67% of 550 reviews2022
Dev: SP-time
Windows
主角端贤冲与女友去山中打工，突然遭遇大雪，困于旅店。随后食物失踪、通讯中断。面对饥饿，众人签下“食肉契约”。而后自称“境主”的“凶犯”出现，不断挑拨众人的关系。原本是“天灾下的无奈相残”，却成了“阴谋与杀戮的天堂”。脆弱的人类是冲破冰雪还是坠入寒渊？这将由你而定。
Why similar: Casual 28.2%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Adventure 23.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Indie 6.1%
- #45 寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
72% matchVery Positive81% of 1,992 reviews2018
Dev: Arrowiz
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
都市的夜晚并不安宁。浮华背后，暗潮在阴影中涌动。旧书店『Hermitage』的店主不幸被卷入了种种神秘事件。越是接近答案，他见到的真相却愈发诡异。疑云之下，一切都指向了“那些”超越常理的——危机渐渐逼近，在谣言与谎言间劈开道路，追寻自己的“结局”吧！
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.7%, Mystery 27.3%, Indie 23%
- #46 7'scarlet
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 854 reviews2019
Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Intragames
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.1%, Adventure 23.8%, Mystery 23%, Casual 14.1%
- #47 Natsu no Iro no Nostalgia
70% matchVery Positive91% of 561 reviews2019
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 85.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
《追忆夏色年华》是由美少女游戏品牌MOONSTONE制作的一款奇幻恋爱题材作品。讲述了主人公与妹妹时隔三年一同返回故乡生活，并与曾经关系密切的三位女孩再度相见，并深入了解她们内心隐藏的爱意与黑暗的故事。本作由山风岚负责原画，吴担当剧本，solfa制作音乐，霜月遥献唱主题曲。
Why similar: Gore 28.3%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Violent 21.9%, Casual 13.3%, Adventure 11.5%
- #48 妄想症：Deliver Me
70% 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 36.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 16.8%, Mystery 14.6%, Gore 10.6%
- #49 the 9th day:第九日
71% matchVery Positive92% of 317 reviews2017
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The story of The 9th Day, that started with the autumn fire incident, begins here…
Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Adventure 33.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #50 Molytropia: Cloud in Shape of Hurt
68% matchVery Positive95% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Alice Nowak
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first of seven chapters, which will tell an amazing story about the adventures of a girl and her friends. Colorful landscapes and warm sunny atmosphere. Also, they will find the real door! And take part in the contest! Can you imagine?
Why similar: Violent 27.2%, Gore 26.6%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #51 Seven Days
69% matchVery Positive98% of 191 reviews2019
Dev: LIFE0Pub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 162.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A couple of days before the summer holiday starts... Kanzaki Shuuichi receives a "cursed Blu-ray disc" from one of his friends and is possessed by a female ghost which, when exorcised, leaves behind the physical form of the female specter.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.9%, Mystery 26.5%, Adventure 25.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #52 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
69% matchVery Positive81% of 1,081 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Mystery 26.2%
- #53 七个小矮人2 / Seven boys 2
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 105 reviews2017
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
A pure hand - painted of modern fiction loving game, the story is full of vicious real factor underneath the surface of fairy tale. As the player, you will have to run errands for the seven boys to escape and survive. They are warlords, thieves, liars, murderers ... ... and, such a lovely girl (actually he is a boy?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Casual 24.9%, Adventure 24.1%, Indie 18.1%
- #54 雪凤山 Secret Opera
66% matchVery Positive80% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Mystery 23.2%, Adventure 20.2%, Casual 12.8%, Indie 6.5%
- #55 Fall into decay
65% matchVery Positive92% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: 灰房子工作室Pub: Gamera Games
Windows
名叫赛莉卡的少女某天在一间奇怪的宅邸中醒来，自己好像忘记了什么重要的事情，又似乎被卷入了什么事件之中…… 但首要的目的是找到逃离这里的方法。
Why similar: Mystery 45.7%, Adventure 25.3%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 12.5%
- #56 黑色花与红山羊 / Black Datura & Red Goat
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 583 reviews2020
Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
苏醒之时，他正处于昏暗的木屋之中。自己的身份、过去的经历，全都无法想起。很快，他发觉自己正处于一个异常的空间，到处都是谜题和陷阱，还有一些古怪的居民。在前行的途中，也不断与同样被困在此处的人成为了同伴。道路的前方，是救赎，还是绝望？这是一个围绕着“诅咒”与“救赎”的故事。
Why similar: Mystery 32.7%, Adventure 27.8%, Casual 16.8%, Indie 12.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #57 夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords
67% matchVery Positive100% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: 秋之忧郁Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
On a rainy night, Xiaoyin disappears searching for the legendary “Miracle Grass.” Yixuan follows clues into a trap-filled cave where bodies, monsters, lies, and warmth intertwine. Multiple endings guide you through fairy tale and reality, revealing a fate woven from hope and loss.
Why similar: Gore 34.4%, Violent 33.6%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 11%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #58 Novena Diabolos
67% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: H5DEV GamesPub: Giiku Games
Windows · Mac
One reporter, trying to survive nine days in an isolated village. Four demonesses who are out for blood. Several supernatural murders... Welcome to Hope Hill!
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.6%, Adventure 25.3%, Mystery 23.1%, Story Rich 8%
- #59 True Love ～Confide to the Maple～
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,600 reviews2016
Dev: SP-time
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Guo Hengyi and Yao Fengyi are childhood sweetheart. But their relationship goes far gradually after divided into different classes and the great college entrance exam pressure. Tang Haiyin and Yao Fengxi came to his life as well. An unexpected accident had involved them together.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.8%, Casual 18.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 14.7%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #60 SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
68% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: Gosatsu Visual Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Gore 22.9%, Mystery 22.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 10%
