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  1. #1 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,999 reviews2021
    Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 81.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 23.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Anime 11.5%, Cute 6.8%

  2. #2 Folie Fatale
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,531 reviews2024
    Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!

    Why similar: Dating Sim 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Anime 8.9%

  3. #3 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 230 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 20.4%, Anime 15.1%, Dark 14.7%, Adventure 10.1%, Text-Based 9.4%

  4. #4 Find Love or Die Trying
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
    Dev: Sunseeker Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!

    Why similar: Dating Sim 31.7%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Emotional 11%, Anime 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

  5. #5 Corpse Party
    94% 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: Anime 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Gore 9.9%, Dark 9%

  6. #6 Mandemon
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 372 reviews2023
    Dev: 致意
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Decaying Japanese school buildings, a series of bizarre incidents, eerie Mandemon legends. Lies and truths intertwine, love and hate entwined in the mist. What should one do? Whom should one believe? Welcome to this cruel world filled with deception and harm —

    Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Emotional 20.8%, Anime 14.8%, Cute 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

  7. #7 BAD END THEATER
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
    Dev: NomnomNami
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Demons 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Cute 8.3%

  8. #8 Kill or Love
    93% 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 33.4%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Anime 22.1%, Dating Sim 5.6%, Casual 5.3%

  9. #9 Doki Doki Literature Club!
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 221,125 reviews2017
    Dev: Team Salvato
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Anime 13.8%, Dark 9.5%

  10. #10 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 516 reviews2026
    Dev: Laplacian
    Windows

    A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.6%

  11. #11 Gore Screaming Show
    91% matchVery Positive89% of 155 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: Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Emotional 12%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Text-Based 10.8%

  12. #12 Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat
    89% matchVery Positive97% of 181 reviews2024
    Dev: pankuzufactory
    Windows · Mac

    "Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat" is a dating simulation game set in a school. Interact with the girls and gain their love. You must then offer that love to the devil you love.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 8.7%

  13. #13 How To Date A Magical Girl!
    89% matchVery Positive80% of 470 reviews2019
    Dev: Cafe ShibaPub: RIVER CROW STUDIO
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    You're invited to the elite academy for magical girls! Will you take the opportunity to make new friends? Learn magic? Or... Will you try to date a cute magical girl?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 22%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Anime 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 6.2%

  14. #14 Love Love School Days
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,074 reviews2023
    Dev: OTL GAME
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    The protagonist is trapped in the world of a love game. Can you return to the real world again...? Try to escape while running away from the gal game heroine A love simulation-style survival horror game!

    Why similar: Dating Sim 47%, Cute 17%, Psychological Horror 15%, Anime 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

  15. #15 Sickness
    88% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2016
    Dev: ZetsubouPub: Unwonted Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Sickness is a visual novel centering around Suoh Tesla, an amoral high school student whose life is rapidly deteriorating. Following the deaths of his parents, a brief stay in the hospital, and the emergence of his “Sickness”, his daily life quickly devolves from carefree school days to a life of crime.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Dark 17%, Anime 15.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Violent 7.4%

  16. #16 Melancholy Love
    87% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2021
    Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
    Windows · Mac

    Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Emotional 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Anime 14.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

  17. #17 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
    85% matchVery Positive90% of 1,652 reviews2024
    Dev: DeluCat Productions
    Windows

    You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 49%, Visual Novel 24.5%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Anime 7.5%, Multiple Endings 4.9%

  18. #18 Tsunagari Chess School
    86% matchMixed68% of 152 reviews2024
    Dev: Mintkuru
    Windows

    ​Welcome to the chess school! Connect with the brilliant girls of Sakuragi town and engage them in chess matches. How will you master the moves that come your way?​

    Why similar: Dating Sim 29.9%, Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Anime 14.2%, Atmospheric 5.4%

  19. #19 Memory Girl +
    84% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
    Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
    Windows

    A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Emotional 10.6%, Cute 9.6%

  20. #20 Midnight Witch
    83% matchVery Positive92% of 351 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: Dating Sim 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Anime 11.9%

  21. #21 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2025
    Dev: Rolling Crown
    Windows · Mac

    You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Demons 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

  22. #22 Princess Evangile All Ages Version
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 235 reviews2015
    Dev: MOONSTONEPub: MangaGamer
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 65.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Anime 10.5%, Emotional 8.9%

  23. #23 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 699 reviews2025
    Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.9 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: Dating Sim 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dark 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

  24. #24 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
    82% matchVery Positive90% of 3,616 reviews2016
    Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 39.6%, Anime 27.5%, Dating Sim 15.6%, Psychological Horror 4.9%, Casual 4.8%

  25. #25 CRUELTY
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 129 reviews2024
    Dev: 838s Maniacs
    Windows

    "CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.

    Why similar: Demons 30.2%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Dark 20.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%

  26. #26 Yet Another Killing Game
    78% matchVery Positive98% of 229 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 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Anime 11.8%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

  27. #27 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 173 reviews2025
    Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
    Windows

    “Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Anime 14.9%, Dark 12.7%, Emotional 12.1%, Cute 10.3%

  28. #28 Fearbonding
    78% matchVery Positive96% of 143 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 21.3%, Dating Sim 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 13%, Anime 7.2%

  29. #29 Sunlight Scream
    79% 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: Dating Sim 23%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Anime 13%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 10.2%

  30. #30 BAD END
    80% 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 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Anime 16.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Adventure 8.3%

  31. #31 Hira Hira Hihiru
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 902 reviews2023
    Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
    Windows
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    "Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Text-Based 10.1%, Casual 9%

  32. #32 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
    77% matchVery Positive88% of 420 reviews2022
    Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Anime 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Emotional 11.7%, Adventure 9.8%

  33. #33 High School Dirty Secrets
    75% matchPositive94% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Mitsuki Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.

    Why similar: Dark 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Anime 17%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Cute 10.4%

  34. #34 Sentimental Death Loop
    77% matchMixed65% of 185 reviews2023
    Dev: qureate
    Windows

    Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend's house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again.Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 19.5%, 2D Platformer 17%, Anime 10.3%, Cute 8%

  35. #35 Love Alone Death
    74% matchVery Positive99% of 418 reviews2023
    Dev: vivid selfish
    Windows · Mac

    Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 23.8%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Emotional 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8%

  36. #36 Katawa Shoujo
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,524 reviews2024
    Dev: Four Leaf Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Text-Based 9.8%

  37. #37 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
    Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 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 26.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Anime 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%

  38. #38 The Ditzy Demons Are in Love With Me
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2018
    Dev: SMILEPub: Sekai Project
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 227.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Ren’s virginity is in danger as he is suddenly pushed into the school’s special girl's dormitory full of useless demons. Assigned as an assistant to watch over them, his happy and troublesome days as a teacher for these cute but incompetent demons has begun.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 24.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Demons 16.5%, Anime 9.9%, Cute 7.7%

  39. #39 Our Lovely Escape
    76% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2019
    Dev: Reine Works
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Your life is a peaceful one. Each day, you work alongside your (otherwise?) all-female workforce in the pursuit of creating otome games. Will you complete your life with a cute girlfriend? Will you be doomed to a life of normalcy? Or...? Find out in this (mostly...?) normal visual novel!

    Why similar: Dating Sim 24.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Anime 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Dark 8.6%

  40. #40 12 Hours to Die
    75% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
    Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Emotional 18.2%, Dark 13.3%, Anime 12.8%, Adventure 9.4%

  41. #41 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,082 reviews2021
    Dev: 致意
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 28.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Anime 11.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Emotional 10.8%

  42. #42 Saihate Station
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,976 reviews2025
    Dev: びぶ/viv
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Anime 9.2%, Dark 8.9%

  43. #43 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,287 reviews2024
    Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!

    Why similar: Dating Sim 34.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Anime 15.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Cute 7.1%

  44. #44 PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE
    69% matchVery Positive99% of 185 reviews2026
    Dev: Lunaticker
    Windows

    A self abating husk is forcibly coerced into a suicide pact by a "perfect" girl drowning in ennui and despair. The result is unfathomable heart rending terror and confusion.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Anime 16.5%, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%

  45. #45 Particles of Reality
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2023
    Dev: Arewar Games
    Windows · Mac

    You are a troubled college student trying to live a normal life surrounded by some... complicated men. Although unaware, you are causing the destruction of reality. Will the Guardians kill you to protect the universe? Can you find your happily ever after... How many times will you die trying?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dark 12%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

  46. #46 Scary School Simulator 2
    73% matchMixed58% of 98 reviews2023
    Dev: Scary Creepy Pasta
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Escape from horror anime ghost story in your school's classroom!

    Why similar: Dating Sim 39%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Cute 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

  47. #47 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
    73% 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: Visual Novel 22.1%, Anime 15%, Dark 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Gore 9.6%

  48. #48 Find the Demon 恶魔鉴定守则
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2024
    Dev: SHAKINO_UNIONPub: LoveStoryProject
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    她们中间,有一个是恶魔。

    Why similar: Dating Sim 30.1%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 14.6%, Dark 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

  49. #49 School For The Friendless
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 190 reviews2021
    Dev: Conor Hehr
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Harold is sent to a school for people with no friends. The teachers observe and then pair them up, making them roommates. What will happen when Harold ends up sharing a room with a girl?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Cute 6.9%, Text-Based 6.7%

  50. #50 5omeday
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 257 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 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Anime 10.9%, Cute 10.4%

  51. #51 Sucker for Love: First Date
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,966 reviews2022
    Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!

    Why similar: Dating Sim 27.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Anime 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Cute 9.9%

  52. #52 The Monsters' History Book
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2018
    Dev: 喵呜喵5Pub: 0Cube
    Windows

    Beyond horrible, odd and black feelings, while there is a sincere relationship.However,The horrors more terrible than all these, become increasingly clear as the two linger around in the school. The nervous history of the bizarre deaths replays again as the history book be opened.

    Why similar: Anime 34.6%, Adventure 33.9%, Casual 31.5%

  53. #53 Black Chapter
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2020
    Dev: Spire Studio
    Windows

    Your class goes on a field trip to Durhal Cathedral before things take an unexpected turn. Solve the mystery before you and your friends perish!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Anime 21.6%, Dark 17.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%

  54. #54 My Head On Your Body
    69% 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 19.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Emotional 13.2%, Anime 11.3%

  55. #55 Escape from Yandere
    66% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,136 reviews2026
    Dev: VorhGames
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Yandera has locked you in your house and is asking for a declaration of love. You can stay with her or try to escape. Explore the house, but be careful, Yandera can kill you.

    Why similar: Anime 37.5%, Cute 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Violent 5.6%

  56. #56 Geminism
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 121 reviews2025
    Dev: CRAFTWORKPub: Shiravune
    Windows

    Two pairs of twins war for love, life, and limb beneath the curtain of a dark Tokyo night. From the artisans at CRAFTWORK comes a visual novel lush with art, action, and mystery; a story of GEMINISM—deformity and divinity.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Emotional 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Anime 12.6%, Dark 12.5%

  57. #57 Tiny Bunny
    63% 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 27.6%, Dark 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Choices Matter 6.2%

  58. #58 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
    66% 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 38.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Gore 6.3%, 2D 5.4%

  59. #59 The Way We All Go (2015)
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 154 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 51%, Anime 21.5%, Gore 17%, Violent 10.6%

  60. #60 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 6,618 reviews2022
    Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Text-Based 9.1%

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