- #1 1000xRESIST
97% matchVery Positive95% of 6,743 reviews2024
Dev: sunset visitor 斜陽過客Pub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.
Why similar: Narrative 21.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Cinematic 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #2 The 1500 Year Old Forest Elf and My Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle
96% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Kowloon Drop Bear
Windows
1000 years ago, an alliance of humans and elves drove back the invasion of dragons. Peace was meant to return. Instead, humanity descended into endless bloodshed and tyranny. 1000 years later, the last surviving elves must defend their forests against man-made dragons forged from far deeper cruelty.
Why similar: Narrative 29.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #3 Echomnesia
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SasDeRiderPub: podval01
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the mysterious sci-fi visual novel "Echomnesia", two brilliant scientists - Morpheus and Crona, experiment with a suspicious Cube, but something goes wrong.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Cinematic 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Abstract 13%, Mystery 10.9%
- #4 Project Atlas
94% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Outerlynx
Windows
Inspired by the 3I/Atlas comet, Project Atlas is a story-driven sci-fi narrative following Commander Simth as she tracks a mysterious object through deep space and discovers a truth no one is prepared for.
Why similar: Narrative 42.5% ★, Space 19%, Surreal 9%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #5 Systematic Insanity
95% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: SECRETSOF
Windows
Nami - a perfect student - accepts a "special award" on her Graduation Day - but suddenly finds herself facing the horrors of a one-day nightmare.
Why similar: Narrative 32% ★, Cinematic 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #6 Mayfly
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Backyard Zoo
Windows
Mayfly is an eerie story-based quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Upon waking alone to find your husband is missing you find yourself weaving through a shifting, unstable reality as you search your confined surroundings in this focussed narrative exploration game.
Why similar: Narrative 31.6% ★, Cinematic 13.6%, Abstract 11%, Mystery 10%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #7 ATTENTION DEFICIT - A story about ADHD
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Narrative 36% ★, Abstract 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
- #8 Foghorns Drown
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Laaya
Windows
You're a ferryman in Birchwood, a remote village isolated beyond a lake veiled in thick fog. Mysteries and folklore haunt your dreams in this narrative-driven psychological horror game.
Why similar: Narrative 31.9% ★, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Cinematic 13.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Surreal 10.4%
- #9 MIA: Memory Fragments
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trigger The Monster
Windows
MIA: Memory Fragments is a story-driven psychological horror adventure where you explore fractured memories, interact with the environment to progress, uncover the story through the world, and escape from MIA’s darkest side. Survive the memories… or remain trapped forever in the past.
Why similar: Narrative 25.7% ★, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Mystery 10.6%
- #10 GOD: B
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SandStew
Windows
After Earth’s fall, only distorted data remains. Join GOD Corp and restore the past in a virtual space.
Why similar: Narrative 41.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Dystopian 13.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%
- #11 Trips'n'Traps - A Vicious Odyssey
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Vagabundo
Windows
Join Rat Girl on a gloriously unhinged adventure. Explore a hand-painted world filled with bizarre creatures and unforgettable characters. Solve creative puzzles, make choices that shape your journey, and discover an irreverent story full of dark humor about rebellion and identity.
Why similar: Narrative 34.4% ★, Dystopian 15.1%, Mystery 8.8%, Story Rich 8%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
- #12 Cyrurgia
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Low Life Expressions
Windows
Step into a vanishing world. Make it whole again. Cyrurgia is a surreal first person narrative game centered around a tragedy, and what it takes to fix it, if that is even possible.
Why similar: Narrative 20.7% ★, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Surreal 10.2%
- #13 REST STOP
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ant Parade Interactive LLC
Windows
Abandoned and alone at a highway rest stop in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains, the night breeze begins to caress your cheek. The scent of wet pine whispers that you’re home. The taste of iron in your mouth reminds you that you can’t stay here forever.
Why similar: Narrative 28.6% ★, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Abstract 10%, Story Rich 9.5%, Cinematic 9.1%
- #14 Heartworm
88% matchVery Positive86% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent AdinolfiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.
Why similar: Narrative 33.9% ★, Cinematic 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Surreal 9.4%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #15 The Shade
87% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Nonsense Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror set in rural Finland, where isolation and unsettling encounters slowly turn your housekeeping job into something far more disturbing.
Why similar: Narrative 32.4% ★, Cinematic 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 8.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.5%
- #16 ESCAPE: Orphanage
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brotherhood Studios
Windows
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 44.5% ★, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 8.5%
- #17 CH13: Rest Stop
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yellow Smile
Windows
Rest Stop is a psychological horror game set in early 2000s Poland. What begins as a calm drive through the woods turns into something you weren't prepared for... Will you find out what awaits at the end of the road?
Why similar: Narrative 34.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Cinematic 14.9%, Mystery 8.6%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #18 Taguan
84% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
David Lagani is an ordinary Filipino worker whose quiet life turns to dread when a mysterious figure begins breaking into homes and making people disappear. Each night feels longer, every sound closer, and all he can do is pray the footsteps don’t reach his door.
Why similar: Narrative 42.5% ★, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Cinematic 12.9%, Horror 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #19 Hope: A Sky Full of Ghosts
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wil Alvarez
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this narrative-driven, sci-fi point and click adventure, unravel the secrets of a stolen spaceship and your enigmatic crew. A new future away from corporate tyranny awaits. As captain, your choices matter and forging your crew's connections, even more so. Flying free has a cost. Will you pay it?
Why similar: Narrative 36.8% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10%, Dystopian 9.9%, Mystery 8.7%
- #20 A Frail Qubit
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sledgehog Software
Windows · Linux
You control an Artifically Intelligent Quantum Bit (Qubit) completing mysterious Trials. Juggle being controlled by a Superintelligent master of the Infinite and employees of a large, ill-intentioned Corporation while reckoning with the nature of your reality.
Why similar: Narrative 38.3% ★, Cinematic 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Abstract 11.2%, Surreal 9.3%
- #21 NUN
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLUNT Digital Media Collective
Windows
NUN is a third-person narrative and cinematic open-world adventure game, with action and RPG elements and a 1970s horror aesthetic. In 1820, Sister Mary-Martin, a Templar agent, is sent on a mission to the land of Winchester to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young nun.
Why similar: Narrative 32.9% ★, Cinematic 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Mystery 8.6%
- #22 The Doll Shop
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atelier Sentô
Windows
The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?
Why similar: Narrative 21.1% ★, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 13%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #23 Yunashi no Yume
81% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: The Yunashi Archive
Windows
A fractured dream of a girl who tried to make something beautiful, and was silenced before she could finish it. Now, her voice resurfaces. A quiet story of memory, loss, and reclaimed authorship - told through fragmented exploration and stark, fragile spaces.
Why similar: Dystopian 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Surreal 10.1%
- #24 Shadows Of Memory lll
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixelyarn
Windows
Face your fears, Alice. This time, you're not alone. This is the last chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Surreal 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #25 KEROGEN
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zartbitter Games
Windows
Dredge up corpses from an oil-drenched nightmare. Lost at sea, the small crew of the 𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐒 calls for aid. Elmsfire dances in the clouds above while black beasts stir in the waves beneath. Take your meds. Hold your breath. The black sea won't let go.
Why similar: Narrative 32.5% ★, Cinematic 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Surreal 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%
- #26 My True North
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Never Surrender
Windows
My True North - a nonlinear visual novel about Personal Choice of a Human, Love, and the Journey to Yourself in a world of the living dead. Watch. Love. And don't go under the ice. Especially in the height of summer.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Cinematic 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
- #27 Coincidences?
78% matchVery Positive91% of 283 reviews2026
Dev: FogTime
Windows
After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...
Why similar: Narrative 30.6% ★, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Cinematic 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Horror 8.8%
- #28 Whispers of the Luminaries Part 1
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VN Heaven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Idol-themed murder mystery. Play as a detective, solve logic puzzles, and shape your relationships in this VN inspired by Danganronpa & Famicom Detective Club.
Why similar: Narrative 31% ★, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #29 RUSA Odyssey
80% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: ZussMan
Windows
RUSA Odyssey is a third-person exploration game set in the post-apocalypse world. Alone, a deer journeys to the unknown mysterious world and finds its way to The End. Discover stories along the way.
Why similar: Narrative 27.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Cinematic 14.3%, Dystopian 12%, Mystery 11.7%
- #30 Anomaly: Haunted Aisle
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hurly Burly StudiosPub: U. S. Cart Games
Windows
Explore a looping supermarket aisle in a first-person psychological horror walking simulator. Observe the environment to spot anomalies: turn back when something is wrong, otherwise move forward. Progress reveals a story of guilt and grief, as a man searches for his lost wife and son.
Why similar: Narrative 36.5% ★, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Surreal 10.1%, Abstract 9.8%
- #31 Silent Wounds - The Doll
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
Silent Wounds is an episodic psychological horror anthology. Each episode offers a compact and intense narrative experience. In this first episode, a man returns home and trades reality for the dangerous, silent obsession with a perfect doll.
Why similar: Narrative 31.8% ★, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Cinematic 12.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Mystery 8.7%
- #32 Tyrania Enforcers - Visual Novel
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Leviathanimation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Faced with evil... would you pull the trigger? Tyrania Enforcers is a story-driven visual novel exploring morality, duty, and the cost of enforcing order in a world on the brink of conflict.
Why similar: Narrative 27.9% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Anime 10.9%, Cinematic 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #33 Haifa
76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Team Ashan
Windows
Haifa is a hidden object puzzle experience that tells a story about the emotional struggles of trying to maintain hopefulness in times of war. Help your characters keep their head up by finding small objects in their environment to lift their spirits, as they look for their lost friend.
Why similar: Narrative 45.6% ★, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 8.3%
- #34 无名者
74% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: Origincourtyard世界庭院Pub: WindField Games
Windows
"请告诉我,爱是否存在意义。" 《无名者》是一款百合向文字冒险游戏。追随少女们的足迹,在失落的城市中寻找神明的踪迹,探寻埋藏在过往之中的真相,寻找延续未来的方法,直至抵达世界尽头——
Why similar: Cinematic 19.5%, Dystopian 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
- #35 Little JttW: The Birth
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: T·HELL
Windows
This game series tells the stories from the ancient Chinese book . This is the first part of the first chapter of the book. Suitable for juveniles.
Why similar: Narrative 63.2% ★, Cinematic 21.7%, Story Rich 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #36 GRANDFATHER
75% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: ТРИНАДЦАТЫЙ ШАГ
Windows
GRANDFATHER is a first-person psychological horror game set in a two-room apartment. One evening, the mother brings home the long-lost father. With his return, the house is filled with oppressive anxiety and fear.
Why similar: Narrative 33.9% ★, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 9.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #37 Alone After Dark: Head Practitioner
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tachycardia Games
Windows
Attend to patients and fill out paperwork as 22-year-old Kimora Jackson on her first shift after graduating nursing school. Draw blood, administer medications, and try not to lose your head in the chilling hallways of Coldrock Medical Center.
Why similar: Narrative 46.8% ★, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Story Rich 9.6%, Horror 7.4%
- #38 Unforgivable
74% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Mario LealPub: Celestial Realm Studios
Windows
Rebecca's search for her missing girlfriend, Leanna, takes her to the Hemisfair Health Clinic, where nothing is as it seems. Uncover secrets, face gripping encounters, and unravel a chilling mystery in this story-focused third-person experience.
Why similar: Narrative 33% ★, Cinematic 16.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #39 追曙
72% matchVery Positive88% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: 悄语灯
Windows
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to the records of a young girl's suicide years prior. As his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a dark secret buried so deep,no one dares speak of it.
Why similar: Narrative 36.8% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #40 Ashes
73% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Visual Novel 19.9%, Story Rich 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Mystery 11.2%
- #41 PECADO
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Solid Neon SD
Windows
PECADO is a first-person folkloric horror experience set in the “España profunda”. Listen to the word of God.
Why similar: Narrative 40.4% ★, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Cinematic 12.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Horror 7.1%
- #42 Molytropia: Cloud in Shape of Hurt
73% matchVery Positive95% of 131 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: Narrative 41.6% ★, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Surreal 8.1%, Anime 8.1%
- #43 Flat 207
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Double R Digital
Windows · Mac
A surrealist exploration of the mind of a man trapped in a room. Part game, part short film, part disaster, Flat 207 is a cursed video game with no traditional game mechanics that takes roughly 40 minutes to finish.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Mystery 15.7%, Surreal 15.6%, Abstract 13.5%
- #44 Land of Infinite Dreams
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinite Tales Studio
Windows
Land of Infinite Dreams is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure about Princess Luna, a young girl who escapes into Lunaria — a dreamworld shaped by loss, loneliness, and imagination. She harnesses the power of moonlight to overcome challenges and confront creatures born from her fears.
Why similar: Narrative 48.6% ★, Female Protagonist 12%, Story Rich 11.1%, Surreal 10.9%, Mystery 9.4%
- #45 Blind Memory
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: OliveRoots StudioPub: OliveRoots Publisher
Windows
Dive into a haunting mystery where you wake up half-blind and amnesiac, trapped in a time-looping nightmare. Uncover the truth through shifting 3D and 2D perspectives, where every revelation twists reality further.
Why similar: Narrative 40.9% ★, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Cinematic 16.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Visual Novel 5.8%
- #46 Shadows Of Memory ll
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pixelyarn
Windows
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Surreal 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
- #47 Night in the Woods
71% matchVery Positive95% of 20,046 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Why similar: Narrative 30.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #48 Assetflip attorney
69% matchVery Positive94% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Xenom
Windows · Linux
Assetflip attorney is a murder mystery satire visual novel, Solve crimes in a world where everyone has gone insane and everything feels like a fever dream, interrogate witnesses, hunt for clues and take down the criminal organization that threatens to destroy reality
Why similar: Narrative 43.1% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Abstract 10.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #49 Minute of Islands
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 975 reviews2021
Dev: Studio FizbinPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...
Why similar: Narrative 37.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #50 Mouthwashing
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 37,564 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Narrative 24.6% ★, Psychological Horror 22%, Space 11.1%, Story Rich 10%, Surreal 9.7%
- #51 Totally Normal Boyfriend 🔪
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Totally Normal Boyfriend
Windows
Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Abstract 11.1%, Anime 10.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #52 NeverHome Ch.1 - Hall of Apathy
69% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Shadow Gengis
Windows
Use your wits to solve puzzles and escape from an abstract world in this hand-drawn atmospheric horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Abstract 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Surreal 10.3%
- #53 Outsider: After Life
70% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Once A Bird
Windows
Outsider: After Life is a nostalgic puzzle adventure that takes you on a galactic journey with HUD-ini, an android who may be the only one who can prevent the end of the universe.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Space 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Surreal 10.9%, Cinematic 9.9%
- #54 SOMBRAS: negative frames
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maboroshi ArtworksPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
‘SOMBRAS: negative frames’ is a first person narrative game with a focus on photography and light horror elements. Follow Shiomi, a Japanese-Spanish photography student, as she is spirited away in a dark mirror of her 2000s Japanese town and must confront fragments of her own psyche.
Why similar: Narrative 33.1% ★, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #55 Gap Year
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mythical Voltage
Windows
Gap Year is a story-focused point & click adventure played through comic book panels that reconfigure as you explore Vera Novak’s one-bedroom apartment. Vera is a bright young scientist, but the arrival of an unexpected guest and a strange fixation with a cosmonaut may derail her academic pursuits.
Why similar: Narrative 37.8% ★, Cinematic 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 8%
- #56 The Butterfly Dreams
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Ave Q Production
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short mystery and psychological visual novel. Hook in to a state-of-the-art gaming machine capable of creating whole virtual experiences based on your imagination. But be careful, the other testers might be there with a different plan in mind.
Why similar: Narrative 44.5% ★, Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Anime 11.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #57 Thorns: Police never sleeps
67% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: BRNLG
Windows
Thorns. Police never sleeps is a kinetic visual novel about an alternative future. After global warming, cities were separated by a giant ocean. Our story begins in one of these cities.
Why similar: Narrative 34.9% ★, Dystopian 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #58 Mugger Party
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ingot Games
Windows
Play a psychological horror game that turns a night of party with friends into a nightmare. Unravel the mystery and survive the night 🔎
Why similar: Narrative 36.7% ★, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #59 For Zekyll
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team HGE
Windows
Every step forward rewrites your past. Dive into a cinematic fusion of first-person horror and novel. Featuring branching choices, and emotional storytelling.
Why similar: Narrative 30.3% ★, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #60 Thief's Roulette
65% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: hirogame
Windows
Lady Luck has selected 15 'thieves' to compete in Thief's Roulette. A new world of puzzles and deception.
Why similar: Narrative 35.6% ★, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 11.4%, Surreal 10.7%, Anime 8.7%