- #1 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
97% matchVery Positive82% of 512 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 29.9%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Horror 23.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Anime 3.7%
- #2 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
96% matchVery Positive98% of 159 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 32.2%, Horror 21.5%, Gore 16.6%, Violent 15.3%, Adventure 14.4%
- #3 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 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 42.6%, Horror 29.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Anime 10.6%
- #4 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
95% matchVery Positive86% of 505 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 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: Gore 26.5%, Violent 24.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Horror 17%, Adventure 7.7%
- #5 Summer Nightmare
94% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
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 32.7%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Horror 21.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Anime 8%
- #6 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Horror 25.4%, Gore 20%, Violent 11%, Adventure 6.8%
- #7 The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,461 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%, Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Violent 13.2%, Gore 12.7%
- #8 Raging Loop
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,075 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 59.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Gore 17.7%, Violent 16.1%, Adventure 13.5%, Horror 6%
- #9 Corpse Party
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,376 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 33.8%, Gore 29.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Anime 8.6%, Adventure 8.3%
- #10 Tokyo Dark
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,341 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 30.9%, Horror 22.4%, Gore 14.5%, Violent 13%, Anime 9.7%
- #11 Banebush
89% matchVery Positive95% of 2,161 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 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 39.1%, Horror 27.4%, Violent 24.3%, Adventure 9.2%
- #12 sweet pool
90% matchVery Positive90% of 473 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 27.1%, Violent 19.7%, Adventure 10.1%, Horror 8.8%
- #13 Interactive Horror Stories
89% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Violent 47.8%, Horror 33.5%, Adventure 18.7%
- #14 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
88% matchVery Positive86% of 253 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 50.8%, Horror 37.2%, Anime 9.3%, Adventure 2.8%
- #15 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
87% matchVery Positive88% of 1,810 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Gore 31.4%, Violent 15.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Anime 6.2%
- #16 CHAOS;CHILD
86% matchVery Positive93% of 3,899 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.0 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 31.2%, Gore 24.5%, Violent 21.3%, Horror 10.8%, Adventure 6.3%
- #17 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 356 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%
- #18 The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,769 reviews2018
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 16.5 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 29.1%, Gore 27.6%, Violent 24.5%, Adventure 15.2%, Anime 3.6%
- #19 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
83% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 51%, Horror 24.8%, Adventure 19.2%, Anime 5.1%
- #20 Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Chatte NoirePub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
"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 28.8%, Violent 18.5%, Horror 16.8%, Anime 6.8%
- #21 BAD END
84% matchVery Positive84% of 395 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 41%, Horror 30.7%, Adventure 17.3%, Anime 10.9%
- #22 Selene ~Apoptosis~
82% matchVery Positive88% of 5,527 reviews2023
Dev: Viscum keyPub: Nupu Neko Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 20.8 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 40.1%, Horror 30.6%, Violent 16.6%, Anime 8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #23 FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
82% matchVery Positive83% of 6,431 reviews2021
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 30.7 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 14%, Anime 4.1%
- #24 Fear of Hot Water Ghost
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 155 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 73.8%, Adventure 26.2%
- #25 Sakura no Mori † Dreamers
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,058 reviews2017
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 194.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Who is the one hiding deeply in abyss? The Devil? The Killer? or—Yourself?
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.9%, Gore 17.3%, Adventure 14%, Horror 13.2%, Anime 8.5%
- #26 Cooking Companions
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,193 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 41.4%, Horror 31.9%, Adventure 15.3%, Anime 11.5%
- #27 Midnight Syndrome
78% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Horror 31%, Adventure 19%, Anime 9.7%
- #28 The Shell Part I: Inferno
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,368 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 48.1%, Gore 33.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Anime 6.5%
- #29 Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash
79% matchVery Positive87% of 209 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 31%, Violent 27%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 8.2%
- #30 Found Horror Game 101.exe
80% matchMixed67% of 58 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 36.5%, Violent 27.3%, Horror 21.7%, Adventure 14.5%
- #31 Zero End: Chapter One
77% matchVery Positive86% of 102 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 49.7%, Horror 32.3%, Adventure 18.1%
- #32 Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 741 reviews2021
Dev: qureate
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 35.1%, Gore 23.7%, Violent 17.4%, Adventure 14.8%, Anime 9%
- #33 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 703 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 89.0 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: Visual Novel 24%, Gore 20.8%, Horror 17.7%, Violent 16.8%, Adventure 13.8%
- #34 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
75% matchVery Positive95% of 35,384 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 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 54.3%, Gore 37.1%, Adventure 8.6%
- #35 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
73% matchVery Positive88% of 307 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 37.2%, Adventure 24.5%, Gore 19.9%, Violent 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #36 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 39.1%, Violent 19.5%, Horror 18.8%, Adventure 12.1%, Anime 10.4%
- #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 33.1%, Violent 28.3%, Horror 23.7%, Adventure 8%, Anime 7.1%
- #38 Welcome to the Game
73% matchVery Positive85% of 2,537 reviews2016
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 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 39.9%, Gore 33.6%, Violent 26.5%
- #39 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,035 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol GamesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Horror 65.9%, Adventure 34.1%
- #40 SLEEPLESS -A Midsummer Night’s Dream-
71% matchVery Positive97% of 58 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 57%, Anime 17.7%, Adventure 16%, Horror 9.3%
- #41 AI: The Somnium Files
71% matchVery Positive92% of 9,207 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.0 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 34.7%, Gore 24.7%, Violent 16.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Anime 8.7%
- #42 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
74% 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 21.6%, Gore 21.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Horror 17%, Adventure 13.1%
- #43 Kara no Shojo
72% matchVery Positive92% of 449 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 161.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 45.4%, Horror 30.5%, Anime 12.4%, Adventure 11.7%
- #44 Tiny Bunny
66% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Horror 22.3%, Gore 20.9%, Violent 16.8%, Adventure 5.3%
- #45 Back
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《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 27.3%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Gore 19.9%, Violent 19.1%, Adventure 11.5%
- #46 Nanairo Reincarnation
71% matchVery Positive96% of 165 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 34.8%, Violent 24.7%, Gore 24.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Anime 7.8%
- #47 DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,166 reviews2016
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 17.3 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 44.6%, Gore 30.1%, Adventure 25.4%
- #48 The Titty-Fucking Hot Spring Ryokan Ghost
70% matchVery Positive100% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: 喘葉の森
Windows
This is a titty-fucking only exploration horror game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Adventure 31.7%, Horror 12.5%, Anime 9.1%
- #49 Hashihime of the Old Book Town
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 643 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 38.6%, Violent 22.4%, Gore 19.5%, Horror 8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #50 DYSTHANASIA
67% matchVery Positive90% of 322 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 61.5%, Anime 21.5%, Adventure 17%
- #51 Aooni The Horror of Blueberry Onsen
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 311 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 46.9%, Adventure 41.3%, Anime 11.7%
- #52 The House in Fata Morgana
69% matchVery Positive95% of 6,235 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.6%, Horror 28%, Adventure 14.6%, Anime 9.9%
- #53 Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 588 reviews2020
Dev: SuzakuPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 56.6%, Adventure 24.1%, Anime 19.4%
- #54 Home Sweet Home
68% matchVery Positive87% of 3,762 reviews2017
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP CO.,LTD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Gore 30.9%, Adventure 14.8%
- #55 Sensual Haunting
69% 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 43.8%, Horror 32%, Adventure 24.2%
- #56 Back:Fade
66% matchVery Positive82% of 245 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 51.1%, Visual Novel 48.9%
- #57 THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME
68% matchVery Positive93% of 228 reviews2019
Dev: games by lum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive, explore and discover the secrets of the woods. But be careful, there's something else in these woods...
Why similar: Gore 58%, Horror 22.1%, Adventure 19.9%
- #58 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
66% 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: Visual Novel 25.5%, Gore 22.9%, Violent 20.4%, Horror 19.2%, Adventure 11.9%
- #59 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
65% matchVery Positive86% of 3,657 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.2 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 59.6%, Adventure 24.4%, Anime 16%