- #1 Spirit Hunter: NG
97% matchVery Positive90% of 287 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Beware the Creeping Horror... Face nightmares you thought were merely urban legends. Uncover a dark mystery, making deadly decisions just to survive. Play this chilling companion story to the award-winning Spirit Hunter: Death Mark game and bring the terror home.
Why similar: Violent 30%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Horror 23.4%, Adventure 15.3%, Anime 3.7%
- #2 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
96% matchVery Positive98% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Horror 29.5%, Violent 17.3%, Adventure 14.8%
- #3 AI: The Somnium Files
96% matchVery Positive92% of 9,294 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Violent 16.6%, Detective 16.5%, Anime 13%, Adventure 9.2%
- #4 Tokyo Dark
95% matchVery Positive84% of 1,343 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Horror 22.5%, Detective 13.4%, Anime 12.2%, Violent 10.7%
- #5 Raging Loop
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,315 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.1%, Violent 16.4%, Adventure 12.7%, Detective 10.1%, Horror 7.4%
- #6 CHAOS;CHILD
94% matchVery Positive93% of 3,973 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.4%, Violent 25.8%, Horror 16%, Anime 10.7%, Adventure 7%
- #7 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,978 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 37.7%, Horror 30%, Anime 13.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Point & Click 5.6%
- #8 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
93% matchVery Positive86% of 1,522 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 38.8%, Horror 34.6%, Violent 12.4%, Anime 7.2%, Adventure 6.9%
- #9 The 25th Ward: The Silver Case
91% matchVery Positive92% of 518 reviews2018
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In the bayside area of Kanto, a murder with unknown motivations sets off a series of seemingly random events bringing together peculiar individuals, one of whom is detective Tokio Morishima. When their ambitions begin to collide, a truly shocking pattern emerges…
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Violent 35.9%, Adventure 17.7%, Detective 9.8%
- #10 The Shell Part I: Inferno
90% matchVery Positive91% of 1,407 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 115.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.2%, Detective 25.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Anime 10.3%
- #11 Corpse Party
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,384 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 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: Horror 49.7%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Anime 15.6%, Adventure 9.1%
- #12 Sunlight Scream
89% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Horror 17.4%, Detective 16%, Violent 14.8%, Anime 12%
- #13 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
88% matchVery Positive88% of 6,076 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Horror 22.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Detective 12%, Anime 6%
- #14 PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,353 reviews2026
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Violent 25.9%, Horror 20.2%, Adventure 14%, Anime 6%
- #15 Kara no Shojo
89% matchVery Positive92% of 450 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 158.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Horror 24.7%, Detective 16.6%, Anime 12.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #16 √Letter - Root Letter -
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 578 reviews2017
Dev: DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Why similar: Violent 23.6%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Horror 18.2%, Detective 11.8%, Anime 9.1%
- #17 Nanairo Reincarnation
86% matchVery Positive96% of 166 reviews2019
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join spirit detective Kagami Makoto and his demon familiars as they hunt down the wandering ghosts disrupting the peace of his small town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.5%, Violent 30.6%, Anime 14.7%, Adventure 9.2%
- #18 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
84% matchVery Positive94% of 166 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Horror 20.5%, Detective 15.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Anime 10.4%
- #19 Return to Shironagasu Island
84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,118 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Horror 23.6%, Adventure 18.7%, Detective 8.8%, Anime 8.2%
- #20 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
85% matchVery Positive85% of 539 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Visual Novel 34.3%, Horror 25.3%, Violent 22.8%, Anime 11.1%, Adventure 6.5%
- #21 SIMULACRA
82% matchVery Positive90% of 4,658 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Visual Novel 32.2%, Detective 18.2%, Point & Click 9.5%, Adventure 7.6%
- #22 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,546 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.4%, Detective 19.9%, Anime 16.4%, Horror 14.1%, Adventure 5.7%
- #23 Bloody Chronicles - New Cycle of Death Visual Novel
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: Igrasil Development TeamPub: Igrasil Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A serial killer is on the loose and only you can stop the Phantom! Story of Koyama Kazuki, a young detective working for the Igrasil. While working on several, seemingly unrelated cases, you find clues pointing to the person who killed your parents. Can you stop this new cycle of death before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Anime 16.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Horror 13%, Detective 12.3%
- #24 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 359 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Horror 63.6%, Point & Click 36.4%
- #25 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
80% matchVery Positive88% of 1,885 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 53.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.5%, Violent 20.6%, Anime 12.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #26 BAD END
82% matchVery Positive83% of 398 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 38.3%, Horror 32.9%, Anime 14.7%, Adventure 14%
- #27 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
79% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Violent 23%, Horror 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Anime 12.5%
- #28 Kimagure Temptation
77% matchVery Positive97% of 192 reviews2021
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Mysterious murders. A cursed apartment building. Cohabitating with a cute demon girl?! All in a day's work for diviner, Haruhisa but will he be able to solve the case and not be distracted by a demon girl only interested in him?
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Anime 12.1%, Horror 11.2%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #29 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,084 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Horror 29.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Anime 12.2%, Detective 9.1%
- #30 告死天使之言 Death angel
78% matchVery Positive81% of 446 reviews2019
Dev: 我妻寒十
Windows
This is a 2-hour horror puzzle game. Please avoid the players who are uncomfortable with bloody and horrible content. There is a rumor in this city about suing angels. It is said that people only need to see this creature called suicidal angel You'll get an invitation from the angel of death.
Why similar: Violent 82.4%, Anime 17.6%
- #31 CORPSE FACTORY
77% matchVery Positive80% of 869 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.6 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 33.3%, Visual Novel 30.7%, Horror 18.6%, Anime 11.2%, Adventure 6.3%
- #32 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 782 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Adventure 22.2%, Horror 18.5%, Violent 18.3%
- #33 Nightmare Zapping
76% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Horror 24.8%, Violent 24.3%, Anime 9.3%, Adventure 6.3%
- #34 Summer Nightmare
79% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Horror 34.1%, Anime 15.8%, Adventure 11.4%
- #35 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
75% 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: Horror 39.3%, Visual Novel 38.9%, Adventure 13.4%, Anime 4.3%, Point & Click 4.2%
- #36 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
74% matchVery Positive84% of 234 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 28.2%, Horror 25.4%, Violent 18.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Anime 12.2%
- #37 Sixtieth Kilometer
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,786 reviews2016
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You're going to work by train, but strange things happens on the way: the train stops, the pink fog appears outside and the man who came off the train immediately dies. The main characters turned out to be locked in the train without any clues about what's happening...
Why similar: Visual Novel 76.1%, Horror 9.7%, Violent 6.7%, Adventure 5%, Anime 2.4%
- #38 Death Come True
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 955 reviews2020
Dev: IzanagiGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.9%, Horror 25.5%, Adventure 19.2%, Violent 7.3%
- #39 Sakura no Mori † Dreamers
74% matchVery Positive92% of 1,064 reviews2017
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 197.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Who is the one hiding deeply in abyss? The Devil? The Killer? or—Yourself?
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.2%, Horror 17.6%, Anime 14.2%, Adventure 14%
- #40 Hira Hira Hihiru
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 932 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
"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 48.2%, Violent 23.6%, Adventure 21.8%, Anime 6.4%
- #41 Mato Anomalies
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 199 reviews2023
Dev: ArrowizPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Mato Anomalies takes players on a journey through a neo-futuristic version of a bygone oriental city. Investigate strange happenings across the city and uncover secrets behind the walls. Join a cast of enigmatic unlikely heroes in this anime-inspired RPG experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Violent 29.1%, Detective 16.8%, Anime 13.4%, Adventure 9.9%
- #42 Tiny Bunny
69% matchVery Positive83% of 30,327 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 37.3%, Horror 30.1%, Violent 18.6%, Adventure 5.3%, Anime 4.8%
- #43 Hashihime of the Old Book Town
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 659 reviews2019
Dev: ADELTAPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Follow the protagonist's pursuit to uncover the death of his friends during the Taisho era of Japan. An highly-acclaimed, psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel from indie developer ADELTA!
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.2%, Anime 27.8%
- #44 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
73% matchVery Positive86% of 513 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...
Why similar: Violent 28.1%, Horror 24.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Anime 9.6%, Adventure 8.2%
- #45 DRAMAtical Murder
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,797 reviews2021
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.3%, Violent 18.9%, Anime 17.7%, Adventure 7.1%
- #46 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
71% matchVery Positive93% of 7,226 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.4%, Violent 11.8%, Horror 11.7%, Anime 10.3%, Adventure 8.3%
- #47 Mercury Abbey
68% matchVery Positive91% of 974 reviews2024
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
In a mansion surrounded by mist, as the curse made by the Alchemist and Fairy reappears, the danger is quietly lurking in the darkness, awaiting its visitors.Follow Harrod and Willie to unravel an incredible story in Mercury Abbey, and go on an adventure that you would only find in mystery novels.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Detective 25%, Horror 19.7%, Adventure 16.8%, Anime 10.3%
- #48 Tokyo Necro
70% matchVery Positive87% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Nitro OriginPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Earth has plunged into an ice age, and the cities that survive have a new threat – Necromancers; those who reanimate corpses using inexplicable biotech. Now So'un and Ethica, two badass Living Dead Stalkers, must save Tokyo in this thrilling sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.8%, Adventure 21.3%, Violent 20.5%, Anime 15.4%
- #49 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
70% matchVery Positive86% of 3,714 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Detective 21.7%, Anime 17.4%, Adventure 15.9%
- #50 The Occult Detective
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.1%, Detective 21.9%, Anime 17.7%, Adventure 13.3%
- #51 Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude
72% matchMixed62% of 452 reviews2022
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Join KK and his gang of supernatural detectives as they investigate a strange disappearance, only to stumble upon something more sinister. Build relationships with your team and piece together their stories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 78.8%, Adventure 21.2%
- #52 CARTAGRA
67% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Detective 16.6%, Horror 16.4%, Violent 14.9%, Anime 11%
- #53 12 Hours to Die
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.8%, Detective 18.2%, Violent 16.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Anime 9.4%
- #54 Zero End: Chapter One
68% matchVery Positive87% of 106 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 48.5%, Horror 36.2%, Adventure 15.3%
- #55 Subway Exorcist Girl
66% matchVery Positive82% of 314 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: Horror 33.8%, Visual Novel 33.2%, Detective 16%, Anime 9.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #56 Reaplaced
67% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Mystery Gamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Detective 18.3%, Anime 12.8%, Adventure 9.3%
- #57 Banebush
64% matchVery Positive95% of 2,223 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 38.5%, Horror 31%, Violent 22.6%, Adventure 7.8%
- #58 Slitterhead
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,191 reviews2024
Dev: Bokeh Game Studio lnc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"I must eliminate them...ALL..." The bodiless "Hyoki" hunts down the brain-devouring "Slitterheads", lurking in the alleys of a neon-lit city
Why similar: Horror 55.3%, Adventure 28.3%, Violent 16.4%
- #59 I Walk Among Zombies Vol. 3
67% matchVery Positive89% of 294 reviews2020
Dev: SeacoxxPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 39%, Horror 19.2%, Violent 16.9%, Adventure 13.4%, Anime 11.5%
- #60 The Dark Rites of Arkham
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 580 reviews2026
Dev: Postmodern AdventuresPub: enComplot
Windows
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Detective 23.4%, Adventure 20.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Anime 6.4%