- #1 Tales of the Black Forest
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,169 reviews2019
Dev: 拾英工作室
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.
Why similar: RPGMaker 39.6% ★, Horror 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Anime 8.1%, Story Rich 8%
- #2 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
96% 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: Detective 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Horror 9.7%, Exploration 9.3%
- #3 Trick & Treat
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,406 reviews2016
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Why similar: RPGMaker 40% ★, Horror 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Anime 9.8%, Cute 6.8%
- #4 Ib
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,122 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Horror 13.2%, Anime 9.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #5 Coffin of Ashes
94% matchVery Positive91% of 833 reviews2016
Dev: LadomuPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?
Why similar: RPGMaker 33.8% ★, Horror 15.9%, Anime 15.4%, Psychological Horror 5.4%, RPG 4.8%
- #6 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,379 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 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: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Anime 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #7 The Occult Detective
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 326 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Anime 15.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #8 Tide Up
92% matchVery Positive92% of 264 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Tide Up is a rather dark and gloomy adventure game. Accompany the girl in a dreamlike world of wonder. Collect the pearls scattered around the world and help the girl escape!
Why similar: RPGMaker 35.8% ★, Horror 10.9%, Anime 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #9 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
90% 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: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Anime 22.4%, Cute 16%, Story Rich 15.4%, 2D 5.3%
- #10 Trick & Treat Remake
91% matchVery Positive100% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is the remake version of the free game Trick & Treat, with some visual updates such as redrawn maps and new UIs. It's a light-hearted Halloween adventure in a vampire's house, where you explore the mansion and solve puzzles in the spooky atmosphere.
Why similar: Vampire 34.9% ★, Anime 13.1%, Cute 9.9%, Horror 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #11 Subway Exorcist Girl
91% matchVery Positive83% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 10%
- #12 Chloé’s Requiem -encore-
89% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: buriki clockPub: Annulus
Windows · Mac
Chloé’s Requiem -encore- is a 2D Adventure Horror game set in Modern Europe. The genius violinist Michél is invited into an old mansion. Inside waits Chloé, who asks him to “Break the curse of the mansion”. What awaits the pair after the mystery is solved…?
Why similar: RPGMaker 30.1% ★, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Dark 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #13 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
89% 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: RPGMaker 22.2% ★, Detective 14.4%, Anime 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.4%
- #14 Mercury Abbey
86% matchVery Positive92% of 958 reviews2024
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
In a mansion surrounded by mist, as the curse made by the Alchemist and Fairy reappears, the danger is quietly lurking in the darkness, awaiting its visitors.Follow Harrod and Willie to unravel an incredible story in Mercury Abbey, and go on an adventure that you would only find in mystery novels.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Anime 7.7%, 2D 6.8%
- #15 Kara no Shojo
88% 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: Detective 24%, Investigation 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Anime 10.5%, Mystery 10.2%
- #16 Viviette
87% matchVery Positive89% of 517 reviews2018
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!
Why similar: Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Investigation 10.8%, Anime 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #17 It was a human.
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 484 reviews2024
Dev: Loser/sPub: GAMER Plan
Windows
A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Anime 14.2%, Cute 11.9%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.1%
- #18 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,824 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Anime 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #19 HorrorVale
84% matchVery Positive99% of 423 reviews2024
Dev: BatWorks Software
Windows
HorrorVale: A grand Spooktacular adventure about a girl, her dog, and her long journey to save him in a strange and horrifying Underworld.
Why similar: RPGMaker 43.3% ★, Horror 23.8%, RPG 10%, Cute 9.4%, Adventure 8.9%
- #20 Karisvale
85% matchVery Positive94% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Brendan Tighe
Windows
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #21 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
83% matchVery Positive93% of 1,656 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Anime 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Dark 9.3%
- #22 Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,035 reviews2023
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Detective 44.7%, Mystery 15.5%, Anime 14.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Exploration 10.4%
- #23 Reaplaced
82% 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: Detective 24.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 11.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Anime 10.1%
- #24 Unheard - Voices of Crime
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,170 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Detective 55.6%, Mystery 15%, Story Rich 8.1%, Horror 6.6%, Investigation 6.6%
- #25 The Devilry Reservation
81% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Dark 12.5%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #26 Ms Vampire Love to Date with Me
79% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: 卢隆工作室
Windows
《Ms Vampire Love to Date with Me》 is a multi-ending ADV that depicts the player and Irene (a vampire) living together during summer vacation.
Why similar: Vampire 44.7% ★, Detective 25.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Anime 7.2%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #27 LumineNight
78% matchVery Positive89% of 510 reviews2024
Dev: Spickasoft
Windows
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Anime 12.2%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #28 Black Chapter
80% 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 15.4%, Anime 11.9%, Detective 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Investigation 8.4%
- #29 Cooking Companions
78% 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: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 15%, Anime 14.5%, Mystery 13.6%, Cute 11.5%
- #30 The Dark Rites of Arkham
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 531 reviews2026
Dev: Postmodern AdventuresPub: enComplot
Windows
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #31 Void of Lilly
76% matchVery Positive90% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: Innocent Soul
Windows
Void of Lilly is an adventure in the world of the near future with JRPG elements and Bullet Hell battles! Help Ann to find her sister and uncover secrets of this world... Void of Lilly is coming on Steam for free!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Story Rich 11.2%, Anime 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Cute 10.6%
- #32 Alicemare
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,193 reviews2016
Dev: △○□× (Miwashiba)Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alicemare is a somehow familiar yet totally unique adventure game infused with subtle hints of horror, created by △○□× (Miwashiba) using the WOLF RPG Editor.
Why similar: Anime 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #33 Cabernet
74% matchVery Positive95% of 2,024 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.1%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 21.3%, Story Rich 15.8%, 2D 6.8%
- #34 Thy Creature
77% matchVery Positive82% of 142 reviews2022
Dev: Growing Seeds
Windows
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 24.9%, Cute 13.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Dark 12.8%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #35 At Home Alone
77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,898 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: RPGMaker 21.2% ★, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 20.1%, Anime 14.7%, Cute 7.5%
- #36 Detective Girl of the Steam City
76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,961 reviews2019
Dev: ClymeniaPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play as Sophie, a private investigator not unlike Sherlock Holmes. It's up to Sophie to uncover the hidden truths of London through her investigations. What mysteries and intrigue await her? Find out in this steampunk RPG!
Why similar: RPGMaker 47.5% ★, Detective 19.6%, Anime 12%, RPG 7.3%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
- #37 [Redacted] The Safehouse
73% matchVery Positive100% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Heartbeast
Windows · Linux
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Detective 42.9%, Investigation 28.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Mystery 7.4%, Dark 7.1%
- #38 Cursed Mansion
75% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 14.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Dark 10.3%, Anime 8.8%
- #39 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
73% matchVery Positive93% of 4,366 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.2%, Story Rich 20.4%, Mystery 18.6%, RPGMaker 12.5% ★, 2D 8.9%
- #40 Cross The Boundaries
72% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: AlfredProsPub: Ziel Graywords
Windows · Linux
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Anime 23.6%, Exploration 20.3%, Mystery 18.1%, 2D 11.2%, Dark 10.1%
- #41 Crimson Veil
73% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: MKRUdesignPub: MKRUgames
Windows
An Adult Vampire Hunter RPG! Will you take down the creatures of the night, or will you turn into one yourself...?
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 32.2%, Anime 24.6%, Story Rich 19.2%, 2D 14.1%, RPG 9.9%
- #42 The Murder Hotel
72% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Mystery 15%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Anime 13.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #43 The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2
71% matchVery Positive96% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: 橘音
Windows
A horror-meets-cute puzzle game with a twist-filled Yuri romance story.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Anime 14.4%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Cute 9.9%
- #44 DAEMON MASQUERADE
71% matchVery Positive96% of 461 reviews2024
Dev: Callum Page
Windows · Mac · Linux
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Anime 10.9%
- #45 Araka~JK Exorcist Horror RPG
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: I'm moralistPub: BokiBoki Games
Windows
Manipulate the main character with power of telepathic, looking for the trace of Araka, an Exorcist imprisoned in the other world.
Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Detective 15.7%, RPGMaker 11.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Exploration 9%
- #46 The Real Face of a VTuber
70% matchVery Positive92% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室Pub: WhisperGames
Windows
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
Why similar: Detective 41.5%, Mystery 16.1%, Anime 13.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, 2D 5.3%
- #47 Ticy Adventure Club
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,248 reviews2022
Dev: YEZHI
Windows
本作是2d剧情向角色扮演恐怖游戏。在本作设定中,玩家将扮演灵异探险社的社员,分工调查被委托的事件,探索场景,寻找线索,并最终解决委托中灵异作祟的问题。
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 15.5%, Cute 13.8%, Story Rich 11.7%, Anime 11.1%
- #48 The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition
69% matchVery Positive98% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: 橙々Pub: Frontier Works Inc.
Windows
Navigate your way through an aquarium overrun by gruesome creatures known as creepies and unravel its hidden mysteries. With each riddle you solve, you’ll find yourself one step closer to uncovering the chilling truth of Bianca Aquarium. Your choices affect the outcome of the game, so choose wisely.
Why similar: Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Cute 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #49 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
71% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2022
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Horror 12.2%, Exploration 11%, Anime 10.5%
- #50 Love, Internet, and Murder Magic
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 246 reviews2025
Dev: Renka
Windows
Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Anime 24.8%, Story Rich 13.4%, Cute 12.7%, Mystery 12.6%
- #51 Red Line
69% matchVery Positive97% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Horror 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #52 Case 03: True Cannibal Boy
69% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror mystery adventure game with ghost story elements. Anxiety plagues college student Lily, whose crush Sally has gone missing. As Lily explores the truth, Sally's boyfriend starts to look increasingly suspicious. Even worse, the story of the Cannibal Boy seems to be involved somehow...
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Mystery 17.6%, Anime 15.8%, Story Rich 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #53 Even20: The Interference of Parallels
67% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: SilverEyesPub: Wisdom Games Publishing
Windows · Mac
Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 16%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 9.2%, Exploration 9%
- #54 The Shell Part I: Inferno
67% 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: Detective 36.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Mystery 15.7%, Dark 10.2%, Anime 8.7%
- #55 The Witch's House MV
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,920 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Anime 7.2%, 2D 6.7%
- #56 TEST TEST TEST
66% matchVery Positive92% of 999 reviews2024
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Investigation 12%, Anime 10.1%, Cute 9.8%
- #57 Pixel Town: Akanemachi Mystery
68% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Sprite HillsPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Welcome to the small, quaint town of Akanemachi. Eerie disturbances have been popping up after a recent earthquake, shaking up the residents' lives. Aya, a perfectly normal woman of the town, takes it upon herself to investigate the mysteries and banish the looming evil.
Why similar: RPGMaker 28.1% ★, Pixel Graphics 27.5%, RPG 19.2%, 2D 17.9%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #58 UNREAL LIFE
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,922 reviews2020
Dev: hako lifePub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 299.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
And now, for today's story.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Story Rich 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Mystery 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%
- #59 CLeM
65% matchVery Positive92% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #60 Blood Lily Loop
66% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Anime 15.6%, Story Rich 15.1%, Exploration 13.9%, Mystery 13.1%