- #1 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Choices Matter 24.9%, Story Rich 14.9%, Horror 14%, Hand-drawn 12%
Why You'll Like It: Its branching psychological horror, dark banter, and intensely dysfunctional central relationship make it one of the closest matches for Coffin’s choice-heavy, morbidly funny appeal.
- #2 Cooking Companions
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,183 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: Multiple Endings 20%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Dark 17.2%, Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its cute presentation masking cannibalism, manipulation, and multiple horrific outcomes lands extremely close to Coffin’s blend of anime aesthetics and gleefully awful subject matter.
- #3 Scarlet Hollow
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,469 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 22.1%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Story Rich 16%, Horror 15%
Why You'll Like It: This choice-driven horror adventure pairs sharp black humor, grotesque family drama, and light exploration in a way that feels very close to Coffin’s conversational, route-sensitive structure.
- #4 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 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: Visual Novel 45%, Multiple Endings 29.6%, Story Rich 22.1%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Like Coffin, it weaponizes a familiar anime-VN setup into unnerving psychological horror through character instability and hard tonal whiplash.
- #5 The Price Of Flesh
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,072 reviews2022
Dev: Gatobob
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.3%, Dark 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Horror 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grotesque, decision-driven horror VN about survival and degradation that hits the same appetite for taboo content, bad endings, and escalating dread.
- #6 Case 00: The Cannibal Boy
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 164 reviews2020
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows · Mac
Case 00: The Cannibal Boy is a half-hour visual novel partly based on a true story, written by a writer with a background in psychology. It is a psychological horror story with an urban legend theme.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.7%, Psychological 23.6%, RPGMaker 15% ★, Visual Novel 10.1%, Dark 8%
Why You'll Like It: If the seed game’s cannibalism and intimate psychological horror are part of the draw, this is one of the most direct thematic matches on Steam.
- #7 CORPSE FACTORY
93% matchVery Positive80% of 855 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Psychological 14.8%, Story Rich 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Horror 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A bleak modern horror VN full of ugly impulses, escalating cruelty, and morally rotten characters, which matches Coffin’s taste for watching terrible people make worse decisions.
- #8 Mad Father
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,404 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: RPGMaker 38.4% ★, Horror 16.6%, Dark 11.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Twisted family horror, anime presentation, gore, and puzzle-adventure progression make it a natural recommendation for Coffin fans who want more dysfunctional-household nightmare fuel.
- #9 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
91% 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: Multiple Endings 20.7%, Story Rich 17%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers pixel-horror exploration, light puzzles, route choices, and a strong balance of sincerity and morbid weirdness that overlaps nicely with Coffin’s feel.
- #10 Sally Face - Episode One
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 26,081 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Why similar: Dark 22.8%, Story Rich 20.2%, Demons 18.3%, Horror 14.9%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A story-heavy horror adventure with deadpan weirdness, disturbing reveals, and memorable character interplay that scratches a similar narrative-driven itch.
- #11 Raging Loop
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,674 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 23.9 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Psychological 32.4%, Story Rich 17%, Multiple Endings 6%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This occult horror visual novel uses repeated runs, route-based revelations, and a village ritual premise to deliver the same kind of compulsive unraveling of a cursed situation.
- #12 MiSide
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 136,956 reviews2024
Dev: AIHASTOPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?
Why similar: Story Rich 31.9%, Horror 28.6%, Drama 17.5%, Puzzle 8%, Singleplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It starts cozy and playful before turning possessive and unnerving, mirroring the appeal of lovable surface charm hiding something much more monstrous.
- #13 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 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 23.2%, Multiple Endings 22.6%, Horror 15.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its supernatural mystery, conversational decision-making, and curse-driven horror are a great fit if the demons-and-bad-choices side of Coffin is what hooked you.
- #14 Fran Bow
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological 27.7%, Story Rich 17.7%, Dark 17%, Horror 13.9%, Puzzle 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its deceptively cute style, gruesome imagery, and macabre sense of humor echo Coffin’s talent for making disturbing material feel weirdly playful.
- #15 OMORI
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 85,929 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: RPGMaker 25.8% ★, Multiple Endings 21.9%, Story Rich 21.8%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Horror 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Another story-rich descent into ugly truths and psychological damage beneath colorful presentation, with a similarly strong focus on character trauma.
- #16 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
87% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Horror 19.5%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Story Rich 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This long supernatural VN leans hard on choices, relationships, paranoia, and multiple endings, making it a strong pick for players who want another branching horror narrative.
- #17 Ib
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: RPGMaker 21.1% ★, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Story Rich 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Horror 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its surreal exploration horror, understated character writing, and oppressive atmosphere make it a good follow-up if you liked Coffin’s story-first unease.
- #18 Little Misfortune
86% matchVery Positive92% of 13,542 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.5%, Story Rich 21.6%, Dark 16.7%, Horror 16.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is less extreme, but the mix of childlike presentation, dark comedy, and steadily worsening horror feels adjacent to Coffin’s cute-meets-rotten energy.
- #19 Fear & Hunger
84% matchVery Positive94% of 21,050 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: RPGMaker 47.3% ★, Horror 21.7%, Dark 20.9%, RPG 8%, Adventure 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: Mechanically harsher and more systemic, but it shares Coffin’s fascination with taboo horror, cruelty, and the consequences of terrible choices.
- #20 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Psychological 28.5%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Story Rich 12%, Horror 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Best for players who mainly want another unsettling, character-driven psychological spiral rather than more overt occult or adventure elements.
- #21 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
82% matchVery Positive95% of 53,234 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological 35.7%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Multiple Endings 24.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: It swaps occult horror for internet-age breakdown, but the toxic codependency, dark comedy, and many endings make it surprisingly adjacent in spirit.
- #22 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
84% matchVery Positive93% of 2,444 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 168.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Psychological 31.1%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Story Rich 15.1%, Choices Matter 9%, Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dense and highly disturbing visual novel for players who want more transgressive psychological horror, unstable perspectives, and boundary-pushing content.
- #23 Corpse Party (2021)
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,410 reviews2021
Dev: MAGES.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.8%, Dark 18.2%, Horror 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its occult premise, grotesque imagery, and multiple endings deliver the same kind of 'everyone is trapped in a horrible supernatural mess' energy.
- #24 YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,464 reviews2020
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 128.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Psychological 15%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Story Rich 11.5%, Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This romance VN mutates into obsessive, reality-bending psychological horror centered on warped intimacy, making it a strong fit for fans of toxic character dynamics.
- #25 Mouthwashing
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 36,133 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Psychological 41.9%, Dark 18.5%, Story Rich 17.2%, Horror 16.2%, Exploration 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is less interactive, but its claustrophobic interpersonal horror and pitch-black writing make it a strong tonal follow-up for Coffin’s uglier emotional beats.
- #26 BAD END THEATER
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 27.1%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Story Rich 15.8%, Demons 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shorter and more playful, but its route-combing structure and delight in stacking tragedies will appeal if chasing every Coffin ending was part of the fun.
- #27 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
77% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 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 29.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Multiple Endings 21.5%, Story Rich 12.6%, Drama 7.6%
- #28 Angels of Death
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,263 reviews2016
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 54.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.
Why similar: RPGMaker 29.3% ★, Dark 16.7%, Horror 14.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Built around a toxic duo, serial-killer theatrics, and morbid banter, it channels a similar fascination with unhealthy character chemistry inside horror-adventure structure.
- #29 The Doll's Window
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ujumiru
Windows
A horror exploration game that takes place in an underground labyrinth. Avoid malicious creations that are hungry for your soul. Depart from the nightmares that constantly haunt you.
Why similar: Psychological 17.6%, Demons 17.6%, RPGMaker 14.1% ★, Dark 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This short psychological horror game uses demonic imagery and a cute-yet-creepy vibe to hit a similar niche of intimate, stylized unease.
- #30 The Witch's House MV
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 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: RPGMaker 45.6% ★, Horror 25.9%, Dark 7.7%, Story Rich 7%, Female Protagonist 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cruel puzzle-horror classic with nasty twists and endings that rewards the same curiosity about how much worse things can get.
- #31 Saihate Station
74% 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 23.8%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 14%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
- #32 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
76% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 37.6%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Horror 7.5%
- #33 Crimson Gray
78% matchVery Positive96% of 442 reviews2017
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.
Why similar: Psychological 30.9%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven VN about an unhealthy relationship spiraling into obsession and violence, which fits the seed game’s love of deeply bad emotional entanglements.
- #34 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological 41%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Horror 14.7%, Drama 8.4%, Story Rich 6%
- #35 MOOD
75% matchVery Positive87% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Dark 17.9%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #36 Corpse Party
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 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: RPGMaker 26.5% ★, Horror 21.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11%, Dark 8.7%
- #37 Contraindication
73% 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: Psychological 27%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Dark 9.3%
- #38 Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
73% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Domus Aurea
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Dark 28.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Drama 9.1%
- #39 The Mermaid of Zennor
75% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Dark 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Drama 11.1%
- #40 Class of '09
72% matchVery Positive95% of 8,293 reviews2021
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 35.7%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #41 Coffin of Ashes
74% 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 39.2% ★, Horror 20.1%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, RPG 7.8%, Dark 6.9%
- #42 Helltaker
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 126,940 reviews2020
Dev: vanripper
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
Why similar: Demons 63.8%, Puzzle 16.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%, Adventure 3.4%
- #43 DEAD LAMB WALKING
70% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Choices Matter 14%, Psychological 12.2%, Horror 11.9%
- #44 Demonpact: Clarice
72% matchVery Positive96% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Goiaba Megas Xellox
Windows
Two furry losers summon a demon girl, and now they have to find someone to die as her demonic sacrifice.
Why similar: Demons 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dark 16.4%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Horror 12.1%
- #45 Psychopomp GOLD
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,810 reviews2024
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?
Why similar: Psychological 62.5%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Horror 13.6%, Adventure 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #46 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
71% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Multiple Endings 18%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 12.2%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #47 GAG
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: Joshua Roland
Windows
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.5%, Psychological 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Dark 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #48 Tear Factory
71% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Daddysucc5000
Windows
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
Why similar: Dark 33.9%, Horror 24%, Multiple Endings 20.5%, Stylized 11.5%, Exploration 6%
- #49 Class of '09: The Re-Up
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,498 reviews2023
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The REJECTION SIM returns! Explore a slice of chaotic life in late 2000's American high school as you assume the role of Nicole once again. A 100% fully voiced VN presenting as the most culturally accurate period piece in the history of gaming.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Multiple Endings 24.8%, Psychological 17%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #50 Doki Doki Literature Club!
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 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: Visual Novel 34.4%, Dark 25.8%, Horror 20%, Story Rich 16.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #51 The Demons Told Me to Make This Game
68% matchVery Positive99% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Haunted Dude
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.7%, Demons 15%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Visual Novel 10%
- #52 The Mildew Children
68% matchVery Positive93% of 451 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Story Rich 18.7%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Dark 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #53 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
69% matchVery Positive86% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Story Rich 22.1%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Dark 8.9%
- #54 Anomalous Coffee Machine
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,455 reviews2025
Dev: HoruBrain InteractivePub: Hexapede Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this game, meet a mysterious girl who demands you use the "Anomalous Coffee Machine" and create any drink you can imagine. Whether realistic, paradoxical, or impossible, she’s willing to sample whatever you create. However, she doesn't seem to like the cup of death. Why? Well, I think you know.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Horror 22.4%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #55 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
71% 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: Psychological 20.8%, RPGMaker 17.9% ★, Dark 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #56 REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,295 reviews2022
Dev: MAHOUMAIDENPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.
Why similar: Psychological 37.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Dark 16.6%, Story Rich 13.2%, Drama 10.9%
- #57 Awaria
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 18,567 reviews2024
Dev: vanripper
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 61.1%, Horror 22.7%, Singleplayer 16.2%
- #58 BLACK SOULS
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,938 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 29.5%, Story Rich 22.3%, Dark 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, RPG 5.5%
- #59 BLACK SOULS II
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,523 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Despair. Fear, Madness, once again. An original work based on "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." Dark Fairy Tale Fantasy x Psychological Horror RPG focusing on the themes of "Exploration of a Mad World" and "Life or Death Combat against Demonbeasts".
Why similar: Multiple Endings 33.5%, Story Rich 26.7%, Dark 26.1%, RPG 6.3%, Adventure 4.4%
- #60 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
67% matchVery Positive95% of 9,094 reviews2019
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 25.9%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Story Rich 17.1%, Horror 16%, Puzzle 11.1%