- #1 Hazy Mind
97% matchVery Positive87% of 355 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Anime 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #2 Kara no Shojo
96% matchVery Positive92% of 457 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 153.5 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 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Emotional 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%
- #3 Syutyaku Gakuen
95% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love. As they spend their time at the school, what was once a peaceful life turns into a blood-soaked, corpse-riddled, blood-soaked day....
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Anime 10.5%, Emotional 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #4 Train of Afterlife
96% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Anime 13.8%, Mystery 7.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #5 Suhoshin
94% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Anime 11.5%
- #6 Gore Screaming Show
94% matchVery Positive87% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: Black CycPub: JAST
Windows
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Why similar: Text-Based 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Emotional 10.3%, Anime 9.2%
- #7 The Shell Part I: Inferno
92% matchVery Positive90% of 1,505 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 116.0 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 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 9%, Cinematic 8.1%
- #8 Corpse Party
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,404 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.9 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 24.5%, Anime 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #9 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
91% 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: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Anime 9%
- #10 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 20.6%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dark 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #11 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
91% matchVery Positive82% of 163 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: Anime 16.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #12 Bad Faith
90% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Emotional 12.7%, Anime 12.4%, Horror 11.9%
- #13 Project Vostok: Episode 1
89% matchVery Positive82% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.2%, Anime 11%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #14 Midnight Syndrome
88% matchVery Positive99% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Horror 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Anime 11%, Dark 9.4%
- #15 outside the door
87% 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 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Anime 15.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #16 骸心 Mainbody
86% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2022
Dev: 土豆火锅Pub: Cosmic Train
Windows
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Emotional 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Horror 9.7%
- #17 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
86% matchVery Positive84% of 258 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 19%, Anime 16.2%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 14%, Text-Based 12.4%
- #18 Mandemon
85% matchVery Positive87% of 373 reviews2023
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine. Love and hatred blur in the mist. What will you do? Who can you trust? Welcome to a cruel world of deceit and suffering—
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Emotional 18.9%, Mystery 17.5%, Anime 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #19 Pink Noise
84% matchVery Positive87% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 9.9%
- #20 恐怖夜話
82% matchVery Positive96% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%
- #21 Midnight Witch
82% matchVery Positive93% of 366 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Anime 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Horror 9.1%
- #22 BAD END
84% 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 17.3%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Anime 13.6%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 13.2%
- #23 Yet Another Killing Game
81% matchVery Positive97% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Text-Based 12%, Anime 11.2%
- #24 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
81% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Anime 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #25 Seven Mysteries: The Last Page
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Sang Hendrix
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Anime 11.4%
- #26 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
77% matchVery Positive93% of 22,293 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Anime 13.9%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #27 BRXKEN INSIDE
79% 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: Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Anime 12.3%, Dark 9.7%
- #28 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #29 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
80% 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 22.8%, Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #30 Nightmare Zapping
79% 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 16.2%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.4%, Anime 10.2%
- #31 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
78% 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 25.1%, Horror 16.3%, Dark 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #32 Dissolution of the Silent Union
76% 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: Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Emotional 11.4%, Anime 9.9%
- #33 Folie Fatale
77% 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: Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Mystery 10.8%
- #34 Memory Girl +
75% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Horror 9.2%, Emotional 8.9%
- #35 Without a Dawn
73% 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: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Emotional 14%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 10.5%
- #36 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
73% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 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 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Text-Based 14.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Horror 9.3%
- #37 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
73% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dark 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #38 Sunlight Scream
76% matchVery Positive84% of 83 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 16%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Anime 12.5%, Mystery 12%, Dark 8.7%
- #39 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Anime 14%, Emotional 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #40 Backspace Backspace Backspace
74% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #41 5omeday
72% matchVery Positive88% of 326 reviews2026
Dev: Indigo IngotsPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
You have been assigned to guard a dragon girl set to be executed at the end of 5 days and have the ability to kill her instantly at any time with the push of a button in this multi-ending visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Anime 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #42 Crimson Gray: Dusk and Dawn
75% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Anime 16%, Story Rich 11.8%, Horror 11.2%
- #43 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,313 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 15.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Anime 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Horror 10.9%
- #44 怪話
72% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 16.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Mystery 14.4%
- #45 RGB GlitchGazer
70% matchVery Positive96% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Emotional 13.9%, Anime 12.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Surreal 11.4%
- #46 Curse or Love
69% 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: Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Anime 13%, Emotional 11.1%
- #47 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,617 reviews2019
Dev: Eternal Dream
Windows
Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Anime 16.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 15%, Horror 13.8%
- #48 MINE MEMORY
70% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Mystery 17.6%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Cinematic 11.1%, Surreal 10.5%
- #49 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Emotional 12.1%, Text-Based 12%, Horror 10%
- #50 氷点下30度の絶望
66% matchVery Positive98% of 389 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
Windows
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #51 Fearbonding
67% matchVery Positive96% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #52 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 382 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: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Dark 16.5%, Surreal 14.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, Horror 12.6%
- #53 The Way We All Go (2015)
71% matchVery Positive86% of 157 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.1%, Anime 28.9%, Horror 14%
- #54 BAD END THEATER
66% 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: Multiple Endings 24%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #55 The Monstrous Horror Show
68% matchVery Positive91% of 317 reviews2023
Dev: kaniheadcrabPub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Four girls find their way into an abandoned hospital, each for her own reasons. Will they manage to unravel the dark secrets hiding within, escape safely, and return to their normal, peaceful lives?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Anime 14.9%, Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 13.3%
- #56 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,765 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 175.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Anime 11.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #57 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Anime 10.8%, Horror 10.7%, Mystery 10.5%
- #58 The Island: Into The Mist
71% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Text-Based 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Anime 10.3%
- #59 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
67% matchVery Positive98% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #60 Break Wolf
65% matchVery Positive99% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: RE Atelier
Windows
"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 22%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Anime 15.5%, Story Rich 13.5%, Dark 12.8%