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  1. #1 Glassy Stare
    97% matchVery Positive90% of 70 reviews2026
    Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
    Windows

    A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 47.8%, Dark 18.3%, Stylized 8.5%, Story Rich 8.2%, 2D 7.9%

  2. #2 • Dread Chess ✣
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: • NullTalePub: • NullTale Scape
    Windows

    ✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Horror 21.9%, Dark 13%, Puzzle 12.8%, Mystery 8.1%

  3. #3 Ignited Entry
    96% matchVery Positive96% of 310 reviews2024
    Dev: JordiBoi
    Windows

    Ignited Entry is a full length narrative driven psychological horror game with voice acting, dreamish visuals, and horror elements that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Some doors should never be opened. But you must go in.

    Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Strategy 13.6%, Stylized 12.3%, Story Rich 10.5%

  4. #4 Free Will
    95% matchVery Positive97% of 323 reviews2024
    Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
    Windows

    Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

    Why similar: Puzzle 26.4%, Horror 24.3%, Story Rich 14.6%, Dark 11.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

  5. #5 Fearbonding
    94% matchVery Positive97% of 135 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: Visual Novel 24.5%, Horror 21.1%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Dark 10.5%

  6. #6 Contraindication
    94% matchVery Positive99% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Static Remains
    Windows

    Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Hand-drawn 27.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 7.4%, Story Rich 7.1%

  7. #7 Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story
    93% matchVery Positive87% of 119 reviews2025
    Dev: Under The Bed Games
    Windows

    Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story is a point & click puzzle adventure with hand-drawn 2D graphics and a cozy horror setting that tells a short story set in the Tales from Candleforth universe.

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 24%, Horror 20.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Mystery 8.2%

  8. #8 It Stares Back
    92% matchVery Positive93% of 92 reviews2019
    Dev: Light Arc Studio Ltd
    Windows

    Enter The Great Tapestry: Once a land of candy-colored dreams, now a tattered realm of perilous ruin. This dark-fantasy RTS weaves RPG mechanics into a hand painted, lore-rich story. Will you gaze into the void? Be wary, traveler... IT STARES BACK

    Why similar: Strategy 50.6%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Horror 20.4%, Indie 7.5%

  9. #9 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
    91% matchVery Positive97% of 79 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: Horror 32.4%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Dark 16.8%, Story Rich 8.9%

  10. #10 Winion Virus
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 967 reviews2024
    Dev: Dawntown Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.

    Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Dark 7.4%

  11. #11 Something Strange
    91% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
    Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
    Windows

    Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 10.4%, 2D 7%

  12. #12 Disturbed
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,856 reviews2016
    Dev: iBlackpen
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Horror 23.7%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Dark 11.8%, Puzzle 10.3%

  13. #13 Tales from Candleforth
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 164 reviews2024
    Dev: Under the Bed GamesPub: Feardemic
    Windows

    Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.8%, Horror 21.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Dark 8.6%

  14. #14 Bad Faith
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2022
    Dev: Mado
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Horror 25.7%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Dark 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

  15. #15 Trapped with Jester
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
    Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Story Rich 7%, Mystery 6.8%

  16. #16 CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
    86% matchVery Positive93% of 315 reviews2024
    Dev: NIGHT DIALPub: Banshee Games
    Windows

    You have the briefcase. Now it's after you. It's not going to stop. Be careful—it may take the form of someone else. A short horror game by NIGHT DIAL.

    Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Stylized 17.6%, First-Person 16.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  17. #17 revere
    87% matchMixed64% of 69 reviews2024
    Dev: RetroCloudStudios
    Windows

    'revere' is a psychological found footage horror game where every detail matters. Prepare yourself for an experience where your sanity will be condemned.

    Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Lore-Rich 22.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Dark 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

  18. #18 Seraphim Slum
    85% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2024
    Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 48.6%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, First-Person 8.7%

  19. #19 Face of Another
    84% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2025
    Dev: MadBug Studio
    Windows

    Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality.

    Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Dark 15.9%, Puzzle 15.4%, First-Person 12.9%, Mystery 12.1%

  20. #20 Atropos
    84% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: Purple Tea StudioPub: Nikita Kryukov
    Windows

    "Atropos" is a visual novel in which you will learn about the story of Atropos, the prince of Capernaum.

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 32.2%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Stylized 19.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Dark 10%

  21. #21 It Paints Me
    83% matchVery Positive97% of 224 reviews2024
    Dev: ENDYSIS
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Horror 21.5%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, Dark 10.8%, Story Rich 7.1%

  22. #22 Care
    82% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2024
    Dev: The Pocket Dimension
    Windows

    Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

    Why similar: Horror 29%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Puzzle 15.5%, Dark 14.3%, Mystery 11.5%

  23. #23 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 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 40.3%, Visual Novel 38%, Dark 6.4%, Psychological Horror 4.7%, Indie 4.3%

  24. #24 The Devil's Face
    82% matchVery Positive89% of 66 reviews2023
    Dev: Tzavis StudioPub: Tzavis Bros Games
    Windows

    The Devil's Face is an impressive first-person horror game with a gripping storyline. You play as Jonathan, who embarks on a journey to the afterlife. There, he will face judgment for his actions and endure the hell he has created for himself.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Horror 16%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Dark 12.4%, Puzzle 11.2%

  25. #25 DEMON COMPASS
    80% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2024
    Dev: xena-spectralePub: Provoker
    Windows · Mac

    This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.

    Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Dark 23.7%, First-Person 21.1%, Psychological Horror 5.6%, Story Rich 5.2%

  26. #26 My Head On Your Body
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Creepy Pop
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

  27. #27 Occlude
    78% matchVery Positive89% of 340 reviews2025
    Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Pantaloon
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplayer narrative puzzle game for the terminally curious. Don’t worry; you can always start over.

    Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Strategy 27.4%, Puzzle 20.3%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Stylized 5.3%

  28. #28 Zardy's Maze
    79% matchVery Positive91% of 1,570 reviews2021
    Dev: Full Trek Media
    Windows · Mac

    Zardy's Maze is an extremely challenging horror game where you must enter a corn maze in the dead of night. Your goal? Cut down the giant plants that have started to grow there. Equipped with a flashlight and an axe, you must brave the unknown... And avoid what lurks in the darkness.

    Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Strategy 18%, Mystery 8.8%, First-Person 8.2%, Dark 7.7%

  29. #29 Scauage
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 788 reviews2024
    Dev: KREIDPIX
    Windows

    Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

    Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Dark 13.1%, Stylized 11.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

  30. #30 Saihate Station
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
    Dev: びぶ/viv
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Horror 20.2%, Hand-drawn 19.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 7.3%

  31. #31 last seen online
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,052 reviews2024
    Dev: Sochin Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.

    Why similar: Horror 36%, Visual Novel 26%, Puzzle 20.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Psychological Horror 5.5%

  32. #32 Aimi
    79% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
    Dev: Toasty
    Windows · Mac

    Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?

    Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Dark 16.8%, Puzzle 16.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 12.5%

  33. #33 SkullX: Aibohphobia
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 81 reviews2025
    Dev: SkullX
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin. Hold the line, make the calls, and survive the night in this choice-driven visual novel with turn-based combat.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Dark 16%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

  34. #34 Hydrangea
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2024
    Dev: Meiri Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Lore-Rich 21.4%, Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, 2D 6.6%

  35. #35 Unforgotten
    77% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
    Dev: ScoreboardGames
    Windows · Mac

    UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Horror 23.3%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Mystery 8.9%

  36. #36 BAD END
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 393 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 32.2%, Horror 29.1%, Mystery 12%, Multiple Endings 9%, Story Rich 8.2%

  37. #37 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 252 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 32%, Horror 28.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dark 10.3%, Story Rich 8.1%

  38. #38 The Lost Crown
    76% matchVery Positive83% of 514 reviews2014
    Dev: Darkling Room
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.

    Why similar: Horror 53%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Indie 10.1%, Mystery 8.2%, Story Rich 7.1%

  39. #39 A.I.L.A
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,218 reviews2025
    Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…

    Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, First-Person 18.1%, Story Rich 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

  40. #40 Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 524 reviews2019
    Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 114.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Hand-drawn 21.8%, Horror 20.6%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Mystery 7.4%

  41. #41 SIMULACRA
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

    Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Puzzle 11%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Dark 7.8%

  42. #42 HANGMAN
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixel Poxet
    Windows

    A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.4%, Horror 19.9%, Dark 18.9%, Puzzle 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10%

  43. #43 Midnight Witch
    72% matchVery Positive93% of 345 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 30.5%, Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 8.5%

  44. #44 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
    Dev: Leef 6010
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Puzzle 16.1%, Story Rich 11%, Mystery 9.4%

  45. #45 The Fabulous Fear Machine
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 560 reviews2023
    Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: AMC Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.

    Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Strategy 22.1%, Stylized 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Story Rich 9.3%

  46. #46 Nightmare Zapping
    71% matchVery Positive99% of 74 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 29.7%, Horror 25.7%, Dark 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Mystery 8%

  47. #47 Knell of St. Godhrkar
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,530 reviews2021
    Dev: 二律背反Pub: 旅人计划
    Windows · Mac

    In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 43.9%, Strategy 28%, Story Rich 12.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Indie 2.9%

  48. #48 Pink Noise
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 107 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 21.8%, Horror 19.9%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Dark 8%

  49. #49 LONGEYED PROJ
    71% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2022
    Dev: wadishTheCreatorPub: WTCD
    Windows

    Prepare to be assigned to help investigate and identify anomalous creatures called the LONGEYED.

    Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Visual Novel 23%, Strategy 17.5%, Dark 16.1%, 2D 7%

  50. #50 The Alchemist's House
    72% matchMixed69% of 270 reviews2019
    Dev: Angry Bunny
    Windows

    An invitation from a stranger... There's something evil in this house... Will you survive?

    Why similar: Horror 47.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 9.1%, Puzzle 8.8%

  51. #51 Kill or Love
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
    Dev: Andy Church
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 44.1%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Mystery 7.2%, Multiple Endings 3.6%

  52. #52 Королевская ночь
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2023
    Dev: SNch
    Windows

    "Королевская ночь"– нелинейная визуальная новелла в жанре ужасов. Десятки лет одиночества заставят её мыслить иначе..

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Horror 26.9%, Hand-drawn 21.6%, Story Rich 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

  53. #53 One Room Nightmare
    68% matchVery Positive83% of 94 reviews2024
    Dev: RenKon
    Windows

    Turn-based strategy horror. Terror in a confined space. Manage your limited power and time to protect yourself from the oncoming enemies and survive until dawn.

    Why similar: Horror 47%, Strategy 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Indie 3.3%

  54. #54 You Shouldn't Be Here
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
    Dev: Doomster Entertainment
    Windows

    This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Dark 11.7%, First-Person 10%

  55. #55 Without a Dawn
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 679 reviews2025
    Dev: Jesse Makkonen
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.5%, Mystery 9.2%

  56. #56 Vigil
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 2,025 reviews2025
    Dev: Singularity Studios
    Windows

    Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

    Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Dark 18.1%, First-Person 16.1%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Psychological Horror 7%

  57. #57 Reaplaced
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 55 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 28.1%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Dark 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%

  58. #58 Slender Threads: Prologue
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 516 reviews2021
    Dev: Blyts
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

    Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Puzzle 13.5%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

  59. #59 The Specter's Desire
    66% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
    Dev: Themisian
    Windows · Mac

    This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Horror 22.7%, Strategy 18%, Stylized 8.9%, Multiple Endings 6.5%

  60. #60 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2023
    Dev: Viexi Games
    Windows

    A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?

    Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Strategy 18.8%, Puzzle 15%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11.9%

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