- #1 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
97% matchVery Positive83% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Violent 29.8%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Horror 23.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Anime 3.6%
- #2 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
96% matchVery Positive98% of 168 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 31.8%, Horror 22%, Gore 16.5%, Violent 15.3%, Adventure 14.5%
- #3 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,183 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.2 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 42.1%, Horror 30.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Anime 10.5%
- #4 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
96% matchVery Positive86% of 518 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.1 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: Gore 26.4%, Violent 24%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Horror 17.4%, Adventure 7.7%
- #5 Summer Nightmare
94% 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: Gore 32.6%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Horror 22.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Anime 7.9%
- #6 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive86% of 1,527 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.0 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 32.2%, Horror 25.9%, Gore 19.9%, Violent 11%, Adventure 6.8%
- #7 Corpse Party
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,396 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.1 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 34.7%, Gore 28.9%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Anime 8.4%, Adventure 8.2%
- #8 The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,528 reviews2020
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Violent 13.1%, Gore 12.3%
- #9 Tokyo Dark
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,344 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.6 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 30.5%, Horror 23%, Gore 14.4%, Violent 13%, Anime 9.6%
- #10 Raging Loop
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,913 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.0 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Gore 17.9%, Violent 16%, Adventure 13.4%, Horror 6%
- #11 sweet pool
90% matchVery Positive91% of 510 reviews2018
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
As madness and horror devour his world, can Youji find hope amid the nightmare? Experience a bond deeper and darker than love in this unforgettable visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Gore 26.7%, Violent 19.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Horror 9.2%
- #12 CHAOS;CHILD
89% matchVery Positive93% of 4,074 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 80.8 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 30.5%, Gore 25%, Violent 21.3%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 6.3%
- #13 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
89% matchVery Positive88% of 2,029 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 54.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Gore 31.2%, Violent 15.4%, Adventure 7.9%, Anime 6.1%
- #14 Banebush
87% matchVery Positive95% of 2,291 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 38.6%, Horror 28%, Violent 24.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #15 Interactive Horror Stories
88% matchMixed69% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Violent 47.4%, Horror 34%, Adventure 18.6%
- #16 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
84% matchVery Positive88% of 6,230 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 50.6%, Horror 25.2%, Adventure 19.1%, Anime 5.1%
- #17 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
86% matchVery Positive86% of 264 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: Visual Novel 50.1%, Horror 37.9%, Anime 9.2%, Adventure 2.8%
- #18 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 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 100%
- #19 BAD END
86% 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 40.5%, Horror 31.3%, Adventure 17.4%, Anime 10.8%
- #20 Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 281 reviews2024
Dev: Chatte NoirePub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural visual novel about madness, love and hate.
Why similar: Gore 29%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Violent 18.5%, Horror 17.2%, Anime 6.7%
- #21 The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,903 reviews2018
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 17.2 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: Visual Novel 30.6%, Gore 27.2%, Violent 24.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Anime 3.6%
- #22 Found Horror Game 101.exe
84% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
You'll scream in pleasure... Choke with fear! Play through 101 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion? Maybe what's been lost was never meant to be found...
Why similar: Gore 36.3%, Violent 27.2%, Horror 22.1%, Adventure 14.5%
- #23 Selene ~Apoptosis~
81% matchVery Positive88% of 5,618 reviews2023
Dev: Viscum keyPub: Nupu Neko Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.6%, Horror 31.1%, Violent 16.9%, Anime 7.8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #24 Cooking Companions
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,207 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Horror 32.5%, Adventure 15.3%, Anime 11.3%
- #25 Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash
82% matchVery Positive86% of 211 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Vengeful spirit Sachiko Shinozaki is having a birthday bash, and the lovable cast of damned souls from the Corpse Party series is invited! Join the revelers as they do their best to keep Sachiko happy and survive her twisted games in this midquel to Corpse Party and Corpse Party: Book of Shadows.
Why similar: Gore 30.9%, Violent 27%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Horror 11.6%, Adventure 8.2%
- #26 Fear of Hot Water Ghost
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: nStarcube
Windows
"Watch out! The terrifying sexy water ghost is here!" A survival horror action-adventure where you escape from a nightmarish city that has suddenly gone mad.
Why similar: Horror 74.2%, Adventure 25.8%
- #27 Sakura no Mori † Dreamers
80% matchVery Positive92% of 1,069 reviews2017
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 199.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Who is the one hiding deeply in abyss? The Devil? The Killer? or—Yourself?
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.5%, Gore 17.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Horror 13.6%, Anime 8.5%
- #28 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 765 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 85.2 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 23.7%, Gore 20.8%, Horror 18.1%, Violent 16.7%, Adventure 13.9%
- #29 Cooking Companions 2: Dread Weight
78% matchVery Positive87% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.5%, Horror 32.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Anime 11.2%
- #30 Midnight Syndrome
77% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Horror 31.7%, Adventure 19.1%, Anime 9.6%
- #31 Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 748 reviews2021
Dev: qureate
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
In this side-scrolling action-adventure game, you'll need to scour the inside of an abandoned hotel, looking for clues to solve the mystery of the hotel and ensure your escape from a mysterious, murderous mascot intent to kill.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Gore 21.9%, Violent 16.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Anime 8.3%
- #32 Zero End: Chapter One
77% matchVery Positive85% of 110 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 48.9%, Horror 32.9%, Adventure 18.1%
- #33 CORPSE FACTORY
76% matchVery Positive80% of 879 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 28.9%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Gore 20.3%, Horror 13.6%, Anime 6.3%
- #34 FLESHBREAK
76% matchNo user reviews40% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Horubrain InteractivePub: Hexapede Engine
Windows
A story-driven survival visual novel inspired by SCP-610. Face a flesh-spreading outbreak, make brutal moral choices, protect the people you can’t let go of, and uncover the terrifying truth behind the disease.
Why similar: Visual Novel 70.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Anime 10.3%
- #35 Sunlight Scream
75% 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 38.7%, Violent 19.5%, Horror 19.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Anime 10.3%
- #36 FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
74% matchVery Positive83% of 6,517 reviews2021
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
“FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water” comes to Steam for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the horror-adventure series FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO. The game is set on sacred Mt. Hikami, a site of many mysterious and terrifying incidents.
Why similar: Horror 59.7%, Violent 22.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Anime 4.2%
- #37 Nightmare Zapping
74% 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 32.6%, Violent 28.2%, Horror 24.2%, Adventure 8%, Anime 7%
- #38 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
73% matchVery Positive95% of 35,628 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 54.8%, Gore 36.6%, Adventure 8.5%
- #39 AI: The Somnium Files
73% matchVery Positive92% of 9,378 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.2 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 34.8%, Gore 24.4%, Violent 16.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Anime 8.6%
- #40 SLEEPLESS -A Midsummer Night’s Dream-
71% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: EmpressPub: MangaGamer
Windows
An erotic fantasy visual novel from the twisted mind of Sei Shoujo of Bible Black fame. Will it prove to be a sensual midsummer night's dream... or a tantalizing nightmare?
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.6%, Anime 17.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Horror 9.5%
- #41 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
69% matchVery Positive87% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Adventure 24.3%, Gore 19.6%, Violent 10%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #42 Tiny Bunny
67% matchVery Positive83% of 30,504 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 31.4%, Horror 22.9%, Gore 20.9%, Violent 16.7%, Adventure 5.2%
- #43 Welcome to the Game
72% matchVery Positive84% of 2,591 reviews2016
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Gore 32.7%, Violent 26.5%
- #44 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
73% matchVery Positive82% of 161 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 21.6%, Gore 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Horror 17.4%, Adventure 13.2%
- #45 Kara no Shojo
72% matchVery Positive92% of 455 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 154.7 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 44.9%, Horror 31.1%, Anime 12.3%, Adventure 11.7%
- #46 Nanairo Reincarnation
71% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.8 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 34.5%, Violent 24.8%, Gore 24.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Anime 7.8%
- #47 Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 592 reviews2020
Dev: SuzakuPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A 2.5D horror game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, mixing cyberpunk with traditional Cantonese folklore. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots by celebrating visceral horror and the slow, fearful creep of dread.
Why similar: Horror 57.3%, Adventure 23.8%, Anime 18.9%
- #48 Back
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 373 reviews2024
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
《Back》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
Why similar: Horror 28%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Gore 19.7%, Violent 18.9%, Adventure 11.5%
- #49 The Titty-Fucking Hot Spring Ryokan Ghost
70% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: 喘葉の森
Windows
This is a titty-fucking only exploration horror game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.3%, Adventure 31.9%, Horror 12.8%, Anime 9%
- #50 The Shell Part I: Inferno
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,461 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 115.9 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 48%, Gore 33.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Anime 6.5%
- #51 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
68% matchVery Positive86% of 3,764 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 59.5%, Adventure 24.6%, Anime 15.9%
- #52 Corpse Party: Blood Drive
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 391 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Set two months after Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, Corpse Party: Blood Drive is the definitive conclusion to the long-running Heavenly Host story arc. Featuring dynamic lighting, 3D sound, detailed environments, and new gameplay systems, this is a Japanese horror experience not to be missed!
Why similar: Gore 36.5%, Violent 27.1%, Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Anime 6.5%
- #53 Ino
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: L Rod
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
INO is an Adventure/Horror story driven game that tells the story of Kaede and Hitaki, two classmates that get involved with a mysterious girl called Ino. Follow the story as they try to figure out who she is while they try to escape from being murdered.
Why similar: Gore 37%, Violent 34.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #54 DYSTHANASIA
65% matchVery Positive89% of 358 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Horror 62.1%, Anime 21.1%, Adventure 16.9%
- #55 DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,171 reviews2016
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is a new standalone horror game that takes place in the DreadOut universe. In this missing chapter, you will help Linda face the challenges of the DreadOut world with even more dangers lurking within.
Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Gore 29.7%, Adventure 25.3%
- #56 Aooni The Horror of Blueberry Onsen
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 324 reviews2025
Dev: Game Studio Inc.
Windows
Challenge yourself while being chased by fear! A horror puzzle action adventure! ■A completely new version of the legendary horror game "Ao Oni"!
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Adventure 41.1%, Anime 11.5%
- #57 Sensual Haunting
68% matchMixed63% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Lesson of Passion
Windows
Play as a ghost and influence women in the house in order to get sexual pleasures from them and achieve your goals by manipulating both the environment as well as their mind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Horror 32.7%, Adventure 24.3%
- #58 The House in Fata Morgana
67% matchVery Positive95% of 6,643 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 47.4%, Horror 28.5%, Adventure 14.4%, Anime 9.7%
- #59 Back:Fade
65% matchVery Positive82% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Visual Novel 48.1%