- #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 73.7%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Indie 3.6%, Story Rich 3%, Adventure 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror and mystery that keeps the player trapped in a tense, isolated environment with high stakes.
- #2 [Chilla's Art] Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号
96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,085 reviews2024
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号 is a game set in Japan where players are tasked with finding anomalies in the Shinkansen. (Japanese bullet train)
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 25.3%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Casual 9%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the eerie, liminal horror of being trapped on a train where supernatural events begin to unfold.
- #3 Subway Midnight
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,242 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Horror 19.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the surreal, atmospheric, and psychological horror themes set within a train environment found in the seed game.
- #4 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
95% 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 70.8%, Horror 7.4%, Multiple Endings 5%, Anime 4.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, supernatural mystery narrative that feels similarly grounded yet deeply unsettling and psychological.
- #5 Tiny Bunny
94% matchVery Positive83% of 29,932 reviews2025
Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.4%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Horror 6.8%, Choices Matter 4.5%, Atmospheric 4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror visual novel that uses a slow-burn, unsettling narrative to build dread in a small, isolated setting.
- #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 64.6%, Horror 7.6%, Psychological Horror 4.6%, Choices Matter 4.5%, Sexual Content 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A branching narrative horror game that emphasizes the psychological toll of supernatural encounters on its cast.
- #7 The House in Fata Morgana
93% 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 61.6%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Horror 5.5%, Choices Matter 4.5%, Multiple Endings 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A highly acclaimed psychological horror visual novel that focuses on heavy atmosphere and a dark, unfolding mystery.
- #8 Doki Doki Literature Club!
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 66%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 5.9%, Anime 4.4%, Sexual Content 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: While starting as a casual visual novel, it masterfully descends into psychological horror, mirroring the shift in tone found in Sixtieth Kilometer.
- #9 Crimson Gray
92% matchVery Positive96% of 442 reviews2017
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.9%, Nudity 7.1%, Psychological Horror 6.7%, Sexual Content 5.4%, Choices Matter 5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends romance with intense psychological horror, focusing on the unstable mental states of its characters.
- #10 WORLD OF HORROR
90% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Anime 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its unique aesthetic and focus on cosmic, psychological dread provide a similar sense of impending doom.
- #11 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,215 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 86%, Anime 4.1%, Story Rich 3.5%, Atmospheric 2.4%, Adventure 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential psychological horror visual novel that excels at turning a seemingly normal setting into a nightmare.
- #12 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 6.5%, Anime 2.4%, Adventure 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, intense, and highly psychological experience that captures a similar feeling of mental instability and isolation.
- #13 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Visual Novel 73%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 3%, Horror 2.8%, Story Rich 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the surreal, psychological exploration of the protagonist's fractured reality.
- #14 Tren0
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 283 reviews2018
Dev: BubblePub: INDIECN
Windows
A pixel game that contains some puzzles. It tells a story about five strangers who were trapped on a mysterious train.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 27%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Atmospheric 12%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: A horror game that utilizes a train setting to deliver a psychological and supernatural experience.
- #15 Aroma
86% matchVery Positive84% of 448 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: Visual Novel 54.3%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Horror 6%, Choices Matter 5%, Multiple Endings 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy psychological horror experience that relies on atmosphere and unsettling narrative choices.
- #16 Train of Afterlife
88% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.6%, Casual 4.8%, Indie 4.6%, Adventure 3.3%, Psychological Horror 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the specific train setting and visual novel format, focusing on the transition between life and death.
- #17 Project Vostok: Episode 1
86% matchVery Positive83% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.1%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Horror 6.2%, Sexual Content 5.6%, Choices Matter 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that mirrors the post-apocalyptic and mysterious tone of the seed game.
- #18 Subway Exorcist Girl
84% matchVery Positive83% of 304 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Visual Novel 70.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 9.5%, Story Rich 3.4%, Anime 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines train-based exploration with supernatural horror elements in a unique visual novel style.
- #19 GNOSIA
83% 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 68.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Story Rich 4.3%, Anime 4.2%, Sci-fi 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of social deduction and visual novel that traps the player in a confined sci-fi setting with a growing sense of paranoia.
- #20 BAD END
85% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 61.2%, Horror 7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.8%, Multiple Endings 5%, Indie 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark visual novel that explores the consequences of choices in a horror-themed, anime-inspired setting.
- #21 Corpse Party
84% 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: Visual Novel 52.7%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Anime 5.3%, Multiple Endings 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic horror visual novel that traps students in a nightmarish, supernatural dimension where survival is the only goal.
- #22 Hazy Mind
82% matchVery Positive86% of 318 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: Visual Novel 59.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 5.1%, Multiple Endings 4.7%, Horror 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that focuses on the protagonist's internal struggle and surreal environments.
- #23 HOPE LEFT ME
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 818 reviews2023
Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 27%
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 80.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Casual 5%, Multiple Endings 2.9%, Anime 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric visual novel that captures a sense of dystopian hopelessness and psychological weight.
- #24 The Song of Saya
80% matchVery Positive90% of 9,092 reviews2019
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.
Why similar: Visual Novel 65.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Sexual Content 7.5%, Nudity 5.9%, Horror 4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, influential psychological horror visual novel that explores themes of perception and madness.
- #25 6 PEOPLE
82% matchMixed52% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: GsK
Windows · Mac
A man travels in a subway car alone. Where is he going? Will he or any of his fellow passengers arrive at their destination? Are they drawn together by pure coincidence, or something more sinister?
Why similar: Visual Novel 70.3%, Indie 20.1%, Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-horror visual novel that traps a group of people, forcing them to confront the unknown.
- #26 The Silver Case
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,085 reviews2016
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Horror 5.8%, Story Rich 4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological mystery visual novel that shares a similar focus on unsettling, cryptic storytelling.
- #27 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
79% 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 78.7%, Psychological Horror 5.6%, Story Rich 4.7%, Horror 4.5%, Anime 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, long-form mystery visual novel that excels at psychological tension and supernatural ambiguity.
- #28 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 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 75.4%, Anime 5.1%, Sexual Content 4.8%, Horror 4.7%, Casual 2.2%
- #29 PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE
76% matchVery Positive99% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Lunaticker
Windows
A self abating husk is forcibly coerced into a suicide pact by a "perfect" girl drowning in ennui and despair. The result is unfathomable heart rending terror and confusion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 64%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Adventure 3.2%
- #30 Express No. 6
77% matchVery Positive85% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: ASK_GAMES
Windows
Thirty minutes to New Year. You’re a train passenger. Something awful is unfolding- stop the train and survive. Look through the camera- it reveals the truth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 43.2%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Indie 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14%, Singleplayer 6.9%
- #31 Kill or Love
78% 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: Visual Novel 64.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Sexual Content 4.2%, Anime 4.1%, Horror 3.7%
- #32 Army Gals
77% matchVery Positive88% of 233 reviews2017
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Can you survive with three women in the middle of nowhere. In this Survival, Romance Visual Novel adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.4%, Nudity 11.1%, Sexual Content 10.5%, Violent 3.9%, Indie 3.7%
- #33 Highschool Possession
78% matchMixed68% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 24%
A visual novel game following a young man who wakes up in the body of another student... Learning his friends may not be living the perfect lives he thought they were.
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.6%, Nudity 11%, Indie 6.4%, Sexual Content 5.8%, Adventure 4.4%
- #34 Second Chance
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,128 reviews2018
Dev: COMANPub: C&E
Windows · Mac · Linux
One night, Leslie finds himself at a small town train station, completely lost in the memories of his past. As he explores his past, he makes friends, but... Who are they really? Who is lying and who is telling the truth? And is it true that everyone in our world is entitled to a second chance?
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Nudity 16.8%, Sexual Content 16%, Mature 8.1%, Violent 2.1%
- #35 Yet Another Killing Game
73% 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 66.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.8%, Anime 4.5%
- #36 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
72% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.1%, Psychological Horror 8%, Sexual Content 6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.9%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #37 Sweetest Monster
75% matchVery Positive92% of 617 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.5%, Nudity 8.2%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Sexual Content 6.6%, Horror 5.3%
- #38 I Walk Among Zombies Vol. 1 (Adult Version)
75% matchVery Positive95% of 496 reviews2018
Dev: SeacoxxPub: Denpasoft
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 55.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Yuusuke awakens in a world where zombies have overrun civilization, but finds that the zombies don't attack him. How will Yuusuke take advantage of his new situation, and what will he discover? Enjoy this twist on the classic zombie survival genre.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Nudity 6.6%, Psychological Horror 5.9%, Sexual Content 5.8%
- #39 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 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 73.5%, Horror 9.8%, Indie 5.5%, Adventure 3.5%, Psychological Horror 3.4%
- #40 Saihate Station
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 6.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 3.7%, Multiple Endings 3.3%
- #41 Room No. 9
74% matchVery Positive90% of 508 reviews2020
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
You have been selected to participate in a behavioral analysis experiment and these guys are at the mercy of your inhumanly cruel choices! it's up to you to decide the fate of these two...
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.1%, Sexual Content 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Nudity 7.4%, Mature 2.4%
- #42 Frosty Kiss
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,556 reviews2016
Dev: 2Chance Projects
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 108.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
It's been a year since Semyon returned from "Sovyonok" and met the girls from the camp in the real world. But it's New Year at hand! And it needs to be celebrated!
Why similar: Visual Novel 82.4%, Anime 5.1%, Indie 3.4%, Casual 2.8%, Nudity 2.7%
- #43 Sophie: The Girl From The Zone
70% matchVery Positive88% of 333 reviews2026
Dev: DavyCroquetteGame
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sophie: The Girl from the Zone is a choice-based adult Visual Novel. What if your world was nothing more than a hallucination? What if you were simply insane? In that case, how could you know what is real? And you, are you really who you think you are?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Nudity 9.2%, Sexual Content 7.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.1%
- #44 outside the door
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 543 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
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: Visual Novel 67.4%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Anime 4.6%, Choices Matter 3.9%, Multiple Endings 3.6%
- #45 The logic of the miniature garden
73% matchVery Positive87% of 609 reviews2019
Dev: CabbitPub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 137.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide your adventure with beautiful girls through the mysterious campus. Adventure aside, this game also draws a vivid picture of the darkness filled inside Hakoniwa City. As a human the protagonist can't do much about it, but he has been observing. What will he see?
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.3%, Sexual Content 13.6%, Nudity 13.1%, Indie 3.4%, Anime 2.9%
- #46 Zero End: Chapter One
72% matchVery Positive86% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Stolen Rose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zero End is a paranormal mystery adult Visual Novel with horror elements where you try to find the truth behind the sinister happenings at Altham Academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.3%, Sexual Content 13.3%, Nudity 11.2%, Horror 5.7%, Choices Matter 4.1%
- #47 My Head On Your Body
71% 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: Visual Novel 63%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 7.1%, Multiple Endings 4.1%, Anime 3.5%
- #48 Banebush
68% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 68.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Horror 7.3%, Violent 3.5%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #49 Hira Hira Hihiru
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 860 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 68.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.5%, Casual 5.9%, Choices Matter 4.8%, Adventure 4.3%
- #50 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
69% matchVery Positive94% of 87 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: Visual Novel 80.6%, Sci-fi 5.1%, Story Rich 4.8%, Anime 4.3%, Adventure 1.7%
- #51 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
71% matchVery Positive82% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Visual Novel 76.2%, Horror 9.7%, Violent 6.7%, Adventure 5%, Anime 2.4%
- #52 You know my name?
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 213 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Visual Novel 68.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Horror 5.9%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #53 氷点下30度の絶望
66% matchVery Positive97% of 285 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: Visual Novel 62.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Multiple Endings 5.4%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #54 THRESHOLD
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Atmospheric 9%
- #55 Rail of Möbius
68% matchVery Positive95% of 485 reviews2021
Dev: PHOSEPO
Windows
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 6.6%, Choices Matter 5.3%, Multiple Endings 4.1%
- #56 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
63% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Multiple Endings 5%, Anime 3.4%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #57 I Walk Among Zombies Vol. 3
67% matchVery Positive89% of 285 reviews2020
Dev: SeacoxxPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Gunfire rings out, shattering the safe haven of the town hall. Violent death. People driven to suicide. A mystery group behind the scenes. An imminent horde of zombies. And the intelligent zombies are finally on the move. What will become of Yuusuke and the others?
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Sexual Content 6.5%, Horror 4.3%, Anime 3.2%
- #58 7 days with Death
68% 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 54.5%, Nudity 13.2%, Sexual Content 11.8%, Indie 5.2%, Mature 3.6%
- #59 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
65% matchVery Positive85% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Visual Novel 68.2%, Horror 8%, Adventure 5.2%, Anime 4.9%, Violent 3.9%
- #60 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
66% 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: Visual Novel 48.4%, Nudity 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8%, Horror 6.6%, Choices Matter 5.6%
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