- #1 Without a Voice
97% matchVery Positive95% of 355 reviews2020
Dev: L³Pub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Gore 15.9%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Violent 10.4%
- #2 It gets so lonely here
96% matchVery Positive94% of 2,361 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 19%, LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Dark 9.9%
- #3 Bad Faith
96% 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 Horror 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological 14.4%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 10.1%
- #4 Malcatras' Maiden
94% matchVery Positive95% of 292 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: LGBTQ+ 20%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #5 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
95% matchVery Positive85% of 539 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.
Why similar: Gore 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Violent 16%, Horror 12.1%, Anime 10%
- #6 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,534 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 23.6%, Gore 19.1%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Violent 8.7%
- #7 Our Bad Ending
91% matchVery Positive100% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: FEVER FICTION
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ritual. A festering, unrequited love. Sink into a humid and visceral Southeast Asian horror about the pursuit of a doomed lesbian love. Is a bad ending better than no ending at all?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Gore 19.4%, Horror 15.3%, Anime 10.7%
- #8 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
92% matchVery Positive86% of 267 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Dark 10.9%
- #9 GEMINI DISORDER
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 66 reviews2019
Dev: ReallySPub: SAD GIRLS GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
GEMINI DISORDER is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 10.1%, Horror 9.5%
- #10 Her Love, Like Poison
91% matchVery Positive96% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Dark 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Anime 9.7%
- #11 Dissolution of the Silent Union
89% matchVery Positive89% of 271 reviews2026
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows · Mac
The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Visual Novel 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Psychological 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #12 Tiny Bunny
89% matchVery Positive83% of 30,684 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 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 18.7%, Gore 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 11.9%
- #13 Salome's Kiss
90% matchVery Positive88% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark lesbian / yuri gothic romance tale set in Victorian England, in which an anxious governess is aggressively pursued by her unruly, tempestuous pupil.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Dark 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Anime 8.3%
- #14 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
88% matchVery Positive84% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Dark 13.3%, Violent 12.8%, Anime 12.1%, Psychological 9.7%
- #15 missed messages.
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,554 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #16 Curse or Love
86% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 小橘子糖_official
Windows
A Denpa Bishoujo Psychological Horror Curio: A Visual Novel ❦ Mild Horror, Mild Suspense, and a Hint of Whimsical Madness ❦ We Hope You Find Your Own "Happy Ending" Among Multiple Conclusions ❦ A Major Plot Twist, Perhaps? ❦ Glimpse a sliver of truth in the liminal space between life and death.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.5%, LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Female Protagonist 13%, Anime 8.4%
- #17 Who Is The Red Queen?
86% matchVery Positive96% of 188 reviews2022
Dev: 4nokiPub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alice, Alice, the Red Queen is missing. The queen has been dismembered and Alice must find all her pieces. A horror-fantasy yuri visual novel filled with death, love, and forgotten memories.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11%
- #18 Seraphim Slum
84% matchVery Positive96% of 179 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: Psychological Horror 26.3%, LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Text-Based 4.9%
- #19 Rituals in the Dark
85% matchVery Positive86% of 205 reviews2019
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Anime 11.3%, Dark 9.4%
- #20 Saihate Station
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,470 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 8.5%
- #21 Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea
82% matchPositive89% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: 空想の工房Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
A dark fairy tale set in the deep sea. The fated encounter between a sea monster and a human forever changes their lives in this visual novel. Contains platonic yuri.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Gore 26.1%, Violent 19.9%, Text-Based 9%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #22 Doki Doki Literature Club!
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 228,468 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 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: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Gore 14%, Anime 11.1%, Dark 9.9%
- #23 Lachesis or Atropos
84% matchVery Positive87% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Gore 14.2%, Horror 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
- #24 PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE
80% matchVery Positive99% of 232 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: LGBTQ+ 25.5%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Anime 10%, Atmospheric 7%
- #25 Fragile
83% matchMixed65% of 431 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Gore 33.3%, Violent 21.4%, Dark 9.5%, Psychological 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #26 Amelie
81% matchVery Positive92% of 468 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Psychological 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #27 Folie Fatale
79% matchVery Positive86% of 2,697 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Gore 12.6%, Anime 9.7%
- #28 Lake of Voices
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 643 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.4 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 34.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 13.8%
- #29 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
78% matchVery Positive92% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 15.5%, Anime 9.6%, Emotional 7.6%
- #30 Without a Dawn
76% matchVery Positive92% of 911 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological 11.1%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 9.7%
- #31 終わりの森 -Forest of soul slave-
78% matchVery Positive80% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: 渡里laboratoryPub: 072 Project
Windows
—This is a story without redemption. Colt embarks on a journey to heal her sister, but what awaits her is a forest full of dangers...
Why similar: Gore 31.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Violent 12.8%, Horror 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #32 The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,933 reviews2018
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
"A Requiem for Innocence" is a companion to the visual novel "The House in Fata Morgana." It tells the tale of a young man dragged down by his ambitions and a girl both worshiped as a saint and maligned as a witch. For them, there is no happily ever after.
Why similar: Gore 27.7%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Violent 20.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Anime 6.1%
- #33 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
76% matchVery Positive97% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Gore 16.9%, Dark 13.9%, Violent 13.5%, Horror 12.1%
- #34 The Mermaid of Zennor
77% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Dark 14.6%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Psychological 11.5%, Anime 10.9%
- #35 The Final Prize is Soup
75% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 12.8%, Dark 12.7%
- #36 BAD END THEATER
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,071 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.6%, Visual Novel 30.2%, Gore 11.3%, Violent 8.4%, Anime 7.7%
- #37 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 790 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Gore 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Violent 13.3%, Horror 11.6%
- #38 Kill or Love
74% 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 30.6%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Anime 16%, Horror 9.5%, Violent 7.5%
- #39 Money for Girls: Amortized
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 982 reviews2026
Dev: PorpentinePub: INNOCENT Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl detective faces her darkest mystery yet, in this horror-romance visual novel with stickers, fashion, and bad ends.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.5%
- #40 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,182 reviews2017
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Gore 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 12%, Violent 11.8%
- #41 A Tithe in Blood
72% matchVery Positive87% of 222 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark yuri visual novel about a quiet university student who discovers blood magic in the depths of her grief. Stepping into a world she little understands, Honoka finds unexpected love, and inadvertently sets in motion a deadly series of events.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Anime 12.9%, Dark 12.1%, Emotional 9.9%
- #42 Hydrangea
71% matchVery Positive92% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Psychological 16%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Anime 11%
- #43 CORPSE FACTORY
73% matchVery Positive80% of 885 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Violent 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Gore 16%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Anime 8.1%
- #44 BRXKEN INSIDE
72% matchVery Positive83% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological 12.5%, Dark 10.3%, Anime 8.9%
- #45 slime feet
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 551 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 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Dark 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #46 The House in Fata Morgana
71% matchVery Positive95% of 6,743 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 27.9 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 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 10%
- #47 Sister Other Paranoia
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 677 reviews2026
Dev: HazeDenkiPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
A dark visual novel by acclaimed creator nyalra. Overly sensitive to other people's emotions, the protagonist—a light novel writer—develops the ability to read minds, only to be driven even deeper into isolation. His sole remaining comfort is his younger sister, gifted yet lonely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Gore 21.9%, Dark 12.9%, Anime 11.7%
- #48 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 21.3%, Gore 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Violent 12.8%, Horror 12%
- #49 猫不语
73% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: 库库尔坎游戏工作室
Windows
Cat Silence is a horror suspense puzzle game with urban legend themes. The story takes place in an abandoned experimental middle school. With the deepening of the investigation, the unknown and long-buried bloody stories of this school slowly emerged, putting together a chilling truth...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 16.4%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Anime 12.9%
- #50 outside the door
69% matchVery Positive94% of 776 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Psychological 17.8%, Anime 12.7%, Violent 10.4%
- #51 Pumpkin Eater
70% matchVery Positive88% of 620 reviews2021
Dev: thugzilladev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Pumpkin Eater is a visual novel about grief, pumpkin heads, and human decomposition. 100% medically accurate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Dark 12.4%, Psychological 12.1%, Horror 8.6%
- #52 Lunar maiden, River-side Angel, and the Godlike moment
69% matchVery Positive90% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: サキュレントPub: 072 Project
Windows
"I make you real." Only he knows me. The identity of the young man who thought so was a serial killer. An 18+ novel game for maidens where a woman obtains divinity along with her ruin.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Dark 14.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #53 The Mildew Children
68% matchVery Positive93% of 525 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 9.7%
- #54 DEAD LAMB WALKING
67% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Anime 8.5%
- #55 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,476 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.3 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 61.5%, Anime 24.5%, Emotional 4.8%, Story Rich 4.2%, Female Protagonist 3.6%
- #56 Graveyard Girls
68% matchVery Positive98% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological 15.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Dark 13.5%, Emotional 8.9%
- #57 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
67% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Gore 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Violent 14.8%, Horror 11.6%
- #58 Blood Lily Loop
67% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.2%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Horror 16.1%, Anime 9.9%
- #59 Take Care Of It.
64% matchVery Positive99% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Zealli
Windows
Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Gore 24.5%, Horror 19.4%, Violent 18.7%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #60 Kimi to Kanojo no LILYVAGANZA
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 940 reviews2024
Dev: 赤月めう
Windows
This is a Yandere Yuri horror game where character sprites and still images move smoothly, created using Live2D and TyranoScript. If you enjoy Yandere Yuri horror filled with obsessive love, we highly recommend giving it a try.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Anime 14%, Horror 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.2%