- #1 看事
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 20.6%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Supernatural 10.5%
- #2 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
96% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 16.2%, Text-Based 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 9.9%
- #3 鲤氏奇人异闻录
96% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: 顽童计划
Windows
《明日方舟》同人游戏,以原作角色“老鲤”为主角,在二十年前的龙门,展开一系列解谜探案故事。
Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Mystery 16.8%, Anime 10.6%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #4 Dark Notes
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Dark Notes is a dark suspense puzzle game . You will play as the two protagonists, traveling through time and space to explore the secrets hidden in Happiness Mall!a secret concerning both protagonists surfaces... ...Anything can be a perfect fairytale as long as you believe it.
Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Supernatural 17.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Horror 11.5%, Drama 10.3%
- #5 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,098 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.4%, Word Game 17.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Horror 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #6 April 8th
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Word Game 16.6%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #7 LakeLady
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Word Game 18%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Supernatural 12.6%, Visual Novel 11%
- #8 童谣无忌
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Youki Fung
Windows
In 1998, journalist Gu Yao comes to Hongcha Valley after an anonymous letter. A nursery rhyme points to a chain of old murders. Explore scenes, question witnesses, and connect clues to separate truth from lies. Uncover a family secret buried for over twenty years.
Why similar: Word Game 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 13%, 1990's 7.9%, Anime 7.3%
- #9 Bedtime Story : Saint
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: TinyBigger
Windows
A writer obsessed with words, a voice in their mind like that of a god, and a strange story unfolding in the depths of winter. Between a cup of coffee and a cigarette, you are the deity that intervenes in the course of the story, guiding the writer to complete the narrative and its ending...
Why similar: Word Game 25.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Supernatural 13.6%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #10 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,196 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯,意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中,他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相,也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来,覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下,究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Why similar: Word Game 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 9.5%
- #11 怪奇工作介绍所
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xia Yuyi
Windows
This is a visual novel game that focuses on the daily lives of the background NPCs living in a 【supernatural fiction】 world. You will play as the owner of a mini job agency, assigning work to the 'supporting characters' of K City.
Why similar: Word Game 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Supernatural 10.1%
- #12 Ämäränth : The Last Day of My Adolescence
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Özura
Windows
The story of a young graduate witnessing the twilight of his world.
Why similar: Supernatural 31.8%, Text-Based 21.3%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Mystery 17.8%, Anime 7.3%
- #13 The Bygone Days of Her and the Flowers
87% matchVery Positive99% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: luern0313
Windows · Mac · Linux
和纳西妲一起,回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城,你能否揭开命案的真相,探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密,然后…与「那个人」再次相见? 和伙伴们一起,去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 16.8%, Mystery 16.4%, Detective 13%, Anime 11.6%
- #14 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Drama 10.3%, Anime 8%
- #15 23:61
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 31.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Anime 9.4%, Mystery 8.2%
- #16 Class Reunion Chat Room
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: RocRac
Windows
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Supernatural 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 13.7%
- #17 Paper Bride
85% matchVery Positive91% of 2,220 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Supernatural 17.4%, Word Game 16.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 12.8%, Drama 10.4%
- #18 流言侦探
84% matchVery Positive82% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异,烧脑,悬疑推理剧情游戏,在游戏的体验中,玩家自主找出线索,并利用线索,和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法,玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者,玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相,找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Word Game 33.2%, Mystery 14.2%, Drama 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Detective 10.1%
- #19 精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss
84% matchVery Positive83% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: CHARONPub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
话题作《精神病大王花》重制作品。 追求精神病少女们的恋爱游戏,你能活到最后吗?
Why similar: Word Game 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Horror 11.1%
- #20 Covenant of Fate
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: susanPub: susan studio
Windows
《Covenant of Fate》 is a story driven Chinese horror RPG. Players experience the game through the protagonist’s perspective, taking on various exorcism requests from different clients. During exploration, you may uncover clues that point toward the hidden truth.
Why similar: Supernatural 25.2%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Horror 15.2%, Drama 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #21 品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
82% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Supernatural 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Horror 11.3%, Drama 10.5%
- #22 FUSHA2 Nocturnal Fishing
81% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: 1号观测员Pub: 世界观测站
Windows
: A text-based horror adventure. Make choices during a fateful night of fishing. With over 20 endings, any decision can trigger unspeakable terror. Can you evade danger and break the deadly curse?
Why similar: Supernatural 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Horror 14.6%, Word Game 12.9%
- #23 幻境恋人-Fairy tale plan
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
A girl learned of the death of her father accidently, and as a result, she access to “FT”, the virtual reality project developed by her father. Half-brother, ambitious lawyer, hunting killers and mystery hackers..... Will she go back to the reality world safely?
Why similar: Word Game 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 10%
- #24 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: granatPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Supernatural 24.1%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 17.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #25 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
80% 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: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Horror 10.7%, Supernatural 9.5%
- #26 诡雅异俗
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: iGame
Windows
NodeGame,原版游戏名为:脱出ゲーム | Nodes,由岩崎、はとむね开发,并在日本举办的GAMEJAM上首次亮相。 诡雅异俗,出自。原意为:与雅正相悖与长俗相违,也指异端邪说。 之所以选定这个名字,是因为我感觉他更有神秘感,也代表了很强的创作能力!!
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Detective 9.7%
- #27 迷子公路
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零旗
Windows
《BanGDream! It’s MyGo!!!!!》的末世公路AU同人游戏,ansy cp向视觉小说。
Why similar: Word Game 29.7%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Anime 9%
- #28 cijian appearance
76% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: 万象重工制作zu
Windows
《此间相》是一款有关怪谈、灵异的avg视觉冒险文字游戏。大学生安和同好友叁添因诡异傩面,意外触发诅咒,额角瞳孔”让安和窥见事物真相,但安和面临抉择,在此间之相,安和该何去何从。
Why similar: Word Game 23.2%, Supernatural 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Horror 13.2%
- #29 Kanna Maze
77% matchVery Positive89% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Drama 9.6%
- #30 Inquiry Counsel逆转茶食人
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZHENG YUFENG
Windows
"Hold on!" A court battle game set in ancient China's Song Dynasty! In the government office of Lin'an County during the Song Dynasty of ancient China, many bizarre murder cases occurred! The protagonist engages in intense court battles with the county captain of Lin'an to find the real culprit!
Why similar: Word Game 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Detective 12%, Drama 9.5%
- #31 My Wet Leto Comic
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Fusen Studio
Windows
一个欢乐气氛的悬疑文字冒险类游戏。你将不断在十位不同身份的角色间切换视点来推进故事的发展并达成各种各样的结局。这是由一个个平凡而又独特的个人故事所拼出的新的物语,或许里面也有着你的故事……?
Why similar: Word Game 26%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #32 戀戀寶島~雨港再世奇緣~
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TUKUMO Production
Windows
『戀戀寶島~雨港再世奇緣篇~』 這是一個以現實世界的『台灣』為舞台的"架空平行世界" 一款單線單結局的日式文字冒險遊戲。 以架空的台灣寶島基隆市為主要場景,著名都市傳說娜娜鬼屋為開端。 融合了戀愛,靈異,美食,架空歷史的絕妙組合。 演繹Boy Meets Girl的戀愛喜劇。
Why similar: Word Game 25.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Horror 10.6%, Drama 10.6%, Anime 9.7%
- #33 停留此刻 Stay in the moment
76% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2022
Dev: 遇见咖啡厅
Windows
《停留此刻》是一款单线路的短篇视觉小说,讲述了白小夕与律晓文的师生之间,因为一本诗集所引发的互相改变与和解的故事
Why similar: Word Game 38.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Anime 13.6%, Drama 11.1%
- #34 7 Days Before the End
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TrucyAkina
Windows
一个普通的早晨,五个大学生踏入同一间教室,却在陌生的空间醒来。纸条上写着: “在七天内找到真相,否则这里就会毁灭。”你将如何度过这七天?
Why similar: Word Game 19%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Drama 11.6%
- #35 童年诡事录
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gargoyle
Windows
A 2002 China rural primary school-set horror puzzle game: The protagonist’s younger brother vanishes mysteriously after school. Searching the school, they face eerie supernatural events, solve mechanical puzzles to deduce the truth, and reflect on left-behind children and school violence.
Why similar: Supernatural 24.1%, Horror 16.8%, 1990's 16.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%
- #36 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
72% matchVery Positive95% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 29%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #37 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 619 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
Why similar: Word Game 21.2%, Text-Based 15.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #38 Firework
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 43,818 reviews2021
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Mystery 14.4%, Drama 14.1%, Supernatural 13.2%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #39 重叠·前夜谭:猫与少女
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: 顽童计划
Windows
Zhang Xiao, a senior high school student, has a strange power called “Master Key”. Since he was young, he can communicate with other “worlds”. One day, Zhang Xiao’s classmate Miao Xueling had an accident.
Why similar: Word Game 35.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 15.3%, Drama 12.8%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #40 放學後(After school)
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: DioPub: Dio Studio
Windows
After School is a short visual novel about an elementary school student who encounters an injured old woman on her way home from school, and is begged to help her walk home, but is forced to embark on a thrilling journey...
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
- #41 你与选择 You and Choice
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 灵虚之幽
Windows
这是一篇关于爱与选择的短篇小说
Why similar: Word Game 32%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Anime 9.6%
- #42 鬼轉身
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #43 死掉的女儿(The Dead Daughter)
70% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
一款单人心理恐怖视觉小说。玩家只需要持续点击体验文字和图画呈现的主线剧情。流程短但情节引人入胜。
Why similar: Word Game 35%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Horror 14.3%, Drama 14.2%, Text-Based 13.8%
- #44 恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
71% matchVery Positive94% of 2,929 reviews2020
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
九省通衢之地的阴影里,不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦,作为“非日常部”的一员,和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间,废墟一般的住宅楼,等待在两人前方的是……
Why similar: Word Game 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 15.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%
- #45 定风波·宁州
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Lore-Rich 6%
- #46 当火车鸣笛三秒
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 471 reviews2021
Dev: 蒐藏馆工作室Pub: MedusasGame
Windows
往事,往往会在淡化甚至遗忘时,以一种很难被人察觉的形态,影响着人们的生活。 这种现象叫做“后忆效应”。 而一段火车鸣笛,勾起了一位叫杨树的潦倒咨询师的过去,为了追寻自己身上的“往事”,他选择回到了自己的家乡---雾山镇。在那里,有个无比诡异的恐怖世界正在等待他的到来…… 反馈交流群:811121403
Why similar: Word Game 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 9%, Horror 8.8%
- #47 唐传奇 - 上元长干行
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 虎宝喵喵喵制作组Pub: 自己
Windows
三千里流亡路,揭不开的伥鬼迷局,当志怪传说被解码成社会病理报告,当武侠式的快意恩仇撞上权力层级的铜墙铁壁,从盗匪屠村到权贵食人,乱世里谁不是待宰的羔羊?本作聚焦唐朝安史之乱的历史大背景,玩家的每个选择,都将为角色的命运刻下印记。
Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 16.7%, Horror 14.6%, Anime 11.6%
- #48 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
67% matchVery Positive94% of 267 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Word Game 16.3%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 15.4%, Detective 11.1%
- #49 幻视之夜 Night of invisible:Moant
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Looping Manuscript Works.
Windows
A short, choice-based narrative game about solving mysteries through time loops. Death is not the end, but another beginning. This time, can I survive?
Why similar: Word Game 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Detective 11.7%, Anime 7.6%
- #50 黑山羊BlackGoat
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Detective 11%
- #51 Scary pictures: Yavez - seven deadly sins
69% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: DeilRoXEntertainment
Windows
Scary pictures: Yavez - seven deadly sins in the novel-horror genre. The game will plunge you into the atmosphere of the classic and gloomy history of the Soviet times. You have to face many life choices that will have consequences and lead to one of eight endings.
Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 12.6%
- #52 LOOP THE LOOP The Mansion of Gluttony
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: sweet ampoule
Windows
A closed-circle mystery visual novel where twelve people wake up inside a bizarre, impossible mansion—and a string of murders begins. Read from Remi’s point of view as you piece together the truth through his thoughts and conversations. Linear, text-focused, Japanese/English supported.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Supernatural 23%, Mystery 22.4%, Horror 12.7%, Anime 9.2%
- #53 Path of the Heart
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ourbit Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Why similar: Supernatural 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Horror 11.5%
- #54 推理小说的关键一定会出现两次
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReDeer
Windows
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱,而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧,去和推理协会一同调查、思考,最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Detective 12.7%, Mystery 10.9%
- #55 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
67% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Word Game 30.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Drama 13.6%, Anime 12%, Mystery 11.1%
- #56 星际魔法使-FromTheStars-
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DTAN
Windows
"FromTheStars" is a realistic-themed visual novel with a 120,000-word text and five endings. Focused on real-life settings, the game tells the story of the male protagonist Reginald, who is abruptly and insistently demanded by the female protagonist Fiona to live together one day.
Why similar: Word Game 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Drama 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 9.4%
- #57 Hateful Days
66% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: NoTrain
Windows
George Prinkerton, expecting nothing terrible about the new day, finds himself caught in a time loop. Shocking events unfold one after another, and what seemed to be a completely ordinary young man becomes trapped in a terrifying whirlwind of events.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.7%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Anime 10.1%