- #1 Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
97% matchVery Positive98% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Psychological 14%, Surreal 13.8%, Philosophical 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #2 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
96% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Psychological 20.4%, Philosophical 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Emotional 10.2%, Anime 9.1%
- #3 Dark Siren
96% matchVery Positive89% of 882 reviews2022
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Be careful not to be captured by the Dark Siren, find the note left by the sailors, uncover the truth, and escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.8%, Sexual Content 34.3%, Dark 21.9%, Anime 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #4 Malcatras' Maiden
95% matchVery Positive95% of 272 reviews2024
Dev: Nadia Nova
Windows · Mac · Linux
MALCATRAS' MAIDEN is a toxic yuri visual novel for adults about trauma, bonds, family, and sisterhood.
Why similar: Thriller 23.6%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Dark 12.8%, Story Rich 7%
- #5 Kill or Love
94% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Anime 16.8%, Thriller 16%, Mystery 5.8%
- #6 Bad Faith
94% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Thriller 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Emotional 11.7%
- #7 Sunflower Pie
93% matchVery Positive82% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.3%, Psychological 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Surreal 10.6%
- #8 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
92% matchVery Positive86% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.8%, Psychological 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 9.2%
- #9 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Thriller 16.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Emotional 11.6%
- #10 Scarlet Hollow
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,864 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Psychological Horror 32.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 4.6%
- #11 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
91% matchVery Positive90% of 3,623 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.4%, Anime 31.2%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Sexual Content 5%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #12 Selene ~Apoptosis~
89% matchVery Positive88% of 5,556 reviews2023
Dev: Viscum keyPub: Nupu Neko Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Thriller 19.5%, Anime 13.9%, Sexual Content 9.9%, Mystery 7.3%
- #13 Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 794 reviews2023
Dev: Pyon Pyon Platinum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
Why similar: Surreal 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Philosophical 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Anime 9.6%
- #14 Find Love or Die Trying
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Emotional 19.3%, Anime 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #15 My Head On Your Body
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.2%, Psychological 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Emotional 10.8%
- #16 Midnight Syndrome
86% matchVery Positive99% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Anime 14.6%, Dark 11.6%, Emotional 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #17 EvilTrap: Prologue
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Jeff Winner
Windows
Enter a sinister village that wants to keep you trapped forever. Eviltrap: Prologue is a standalone psychological horror experience where the environment shifts with every step. Open the door to an evil you thought had ended, but is just the beginning.
Why similar: Psychological 33.8%, Thriller 28.6%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Dark 12%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #18 Contraindication
84% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological 19.8%, Anime 14.5%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #19 Seraphim Slum
84% matchVery Positive96% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.
Why similar: Philosophical 26.1%, Surreal 23.3%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #20 Deviant Dungeon
86% matchMixed67% of 127 reviews2019
Dev: MielPub: Cherry Kiss Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Summoned into a world of only women, and tasked by the Demon Queen to fortify her dungeon against the world's strongest heroines. Use perverted traps to capture them one and a time, and force them to submit. Build a mighty harem and who knows, it might bring the Demon Queen to her knees...
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Anime 22.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Sexual Content 9%, Casual 6.1%
- #21 The Allure Of Wanton Cove
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Ktulhu Solutions
Windows · Mac · Linux
An adult tale of lust and horror in the vein of HP Lovecraft. Take on the part of a former detective who could never let go of the last terrible case he worked. One day his old partner comes knocking, begging for help.
Why similar: Dark 34.5%, Story Rich 27.8%, Sexual Content 18.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #22 Glassy Stare
81% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Surreal 34%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Dark 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #23 Escape from Yandere
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,212 reviews2026
Dev: VorhGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Yandera has locked you in your house and is asking for a declaration of love. You can stay with her or try to escape. Explore the house, but be careful, Yandera can kill you.
Why similar: Anime 30.9%, Thriller 23%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Cute 11.4%, Adventure 6.2%
- #24 Shrinking Pains
83% matchVery Positive85% of 227 reviews2018
Dev: Bedtime Phobias
Windows
You spend a day seeing how many coins you can fit into the hollows above your collarbones. You're losing yourself first in inches, then moments... Will you survive yourself?
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.2%, Sexual Content 23.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #25 Carpe Diem
82% matchVery Positive89% of 8,560 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Seize the day
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.3%, Anime 33%, Cute 7.5%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Sexual Content 3.2%
- #26 Psychopomp
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,540 reviews2024
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Your entire life has been a lie. There are catacombs under every home and building, stretching down for miles. Something calls you deeper into the labyrinth. Delve into the depths, and discover the monstrosities below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Psychological 26.4%, Surreal 17.9%, Anime 14%, Adventure 5.3%
- #27 soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -
79% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: milk+ visual
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yuri denpa tale about the cursed pariah of a rural cult, Mercy, and her fateful meeting with the Holy Maiden Auma. Bloody, bold, and bone-chilling, this visual novel explores the complexities of the cycle of abuse and the violence in playing by the rules.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological 19.7%, Dark 12%, Anime 10.4%
- #28 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,261 reviews2020
Dev: Saikono
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Dark 9.6%, Anime 9.1%
- #29 The Roach Hotel
77% matchVery Positive90% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Hawt Combo
Windows
The Roach Hotel is a first person analog horror game that drags you into its halls, where every shadow hides a question and every corner dares you to keep following its path.
Why similar: Thriller 65.2%, Mystery 22.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Singleplayer 2%
- #30 Lake of Voices
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 634 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.5%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Dark 16.4%, Casual 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #31 Dread Weight
77% matchVery Positive87% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Anime 19.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Cute 7.9%
- #32 It gets so lonely here
76% matchVery Positive94% of 2,196 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Anime 15.8%, Dark 12.9%, Cute 7.5%
- #33 HOMESICKNESS
75% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.5%, Psychological 28.1%, Story Rich 17.7%, Adventure 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #34 MindMindMind
76% matchVery Positive96% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: Psychological 32%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Anime 13.3%, Dark 11.8%, Emotional 8.6%
- #35 First Session
78% matchVery Positive81% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Psychological 21.2%, Thriller 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Surreal 17.1%, Dark 8.8%
- #36 Haunting Havens
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 355 reviews2026
Dev: Ayup Games
Windows
As a professional ghost hunter, you are contracted with subduing a group of troublesome succubi. You weren't the best option, but you were the only one left for the boss to call. As all other hunters and exorcists have failed their mission and felled to the seduction antics of the succubi.
Why similar: Thriller 69.9%, Adventure 13%, Sexual Content 12.5%, Mystery 2.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #37 Folie Fatale
74% matchVery Positive86% of 2,552 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Thriller 27.6%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Anime 11.1%, Mystery 9.4%
- #38 Welcome Home
73% matchVery Positive86% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Stalker StudiosPub: ITU Games
Windows
Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome
Why similar: Psychological Horror 81.4%, Adventure 15.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #39 At Home Alone Final
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,034 reviews2021
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
A casual healing rpg that takes players on a journey around the house from the perspective of a young girl, what does she do when she's home alone? What strange things will you come across in the process, and while exploring, perhaps... What other strange secrets might you discover?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.6%, Mystery 18.2%, Story Rich 10%, Anime 5.9%, Adventure 5.4%
- #40 Drowning Cross
74% matchVery Positive92% of 208 reviews2019
Dev: origamihero games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your boyfriend before the night takes him away forever. It's all your fault, after all! Just like always.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.5%, Mystery 19.6%, Story Rich 15.6%, Adventure 7.9%, 2D 7.4%
- #41 slime feet
70% matchVery Positive98% of 462 reviews2025
Dev: Nadia Nova
Windows · Mac · Linux
slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Dark 16.9%, Story Rich 7.4%, Sexual Content 7%
- #42 I got GOONED by a FEMBOY
72% matchVery Positive84% of 463 reviews2024
Dev: owlyboi
Windows
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Anime 17.9%, Cute 12.3%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 7.3%
- #43 Night Loops
71% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological 24.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Anime 12.6%, Dark 11.3%
- #44 A House Inside Me
70% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: Ctrl HorrorPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.
Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Philosophical 13.7%
- #45 DEEPER CREEPER LUST🐙😱
73% matchMixed56% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Creep Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Embark on a captivating odyssey in "DEEPER CREEPER LUST" – where the sea holds secrets, and every choice you make shapes the course of an unforgettable adventure. Are you ready to plunge into the depths of mystery and magic?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Story Rich 14.9%, Sexual Content 12.9%, Adventure 9.5%
- #46 Minds Eyes
73% matchMixed69% of 1,838 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Thriller 59.3%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #47 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,676 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 70.3%, Anime 22.6%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #48 Exit Lust
68% matchVery Positive83% of 465 reviews2026
Dev: LUST Committee
Windows
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "EXIT LUST".
Why similar: Surreal 27.9%, Sexual Content 25.4%, Anime 23.2%, Psychological 18.6%, 2D 4.9%
- #49 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
69% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Anime 15.9%, Mystery 15.6%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #50 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,314 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.4%, Anime 26.4%, Emotional 8%, Story Rich 7.1%, Casual 1.1%
- #51 Red Haze
72% matchVery Positive83% of 184 reviews2017
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You know, my dear, it isn't safe... To wander and creep while oh so weak. In the abandoned, the rotten, the decayed. Society has forgotten you; it won't lift a finger for that which is tossed away. You're just prey that the true prowlers who lay in shadows await to feast upon.
Why similar: Surreal 25%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Dark 14.8%, Adventure 14.5%, Mystery 11.4%
- #52 MONOPHOBIA
66% matchVery Positive99% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Z-xian
Windows
Follow a recluse who is the only being left in the world as she struggles with little things in her everyday life. This game was made entirely out of scanned traditional watercolor art.
Why similar: Surreal 25.2%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Psychological 18.2%, Emotional 8.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #53 You Must be 18 or Older to Enter
71% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2017
Dev: Seemingly Pointless
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 19%
It's the 1990s. You’re alone at home, and you heard about the "adult" internet at school. You Must be 18 or Older to Enter blurs several genres together to create an anxious horror experience, one that hits a little too close. How deep will you dive before your parents come home? Do you even like this stuff?
Why similar: Adventure 59.1%, Sexual Content 40.9%
- #54 Lure Of Passion
66% matchVery Positive91% of 409 reviews2026
Dev: Snakerser's Games
Windows · Linux
"Lure of Passion" is an adult game about a simple fisherman living in a old hut… who somehow keeps catching more than just fish.
Why similar: Anime 33.5%, Sexual Content 31.2%, Adventure 15.5%, Casual 9.8%, 2D 7%
- #55 You Shouldn't Be Here
67% matchVery Positive91% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 13.5%, Emotional 11.9%
- #56 Luto
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,278 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Thriller 20.3%, Psychological 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Emotional 11.2%, Dark 10.7%
- #57 Rental
65% matchVery Positive92% of 5,445 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Mystery 23.1%, Dark 19.7%, Cute 12.1%, Adventure 10.5%
- #58 Sucker for Love: First Date
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,973 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Anime 20.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Cute 9.6%
- #59 The Lar
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,100 reviews2019
Dev: MarvelSushi
Windows
Become an experiment and flee with friends from this chaotic and amazing place. And as the exploration deepens, the truth gradually emerges...
Why similar: Cute 36.5%, Adventure 33.6%, Casual 16.6%, Sexual Content 10.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%