- #1 LOOP THE LOOP The Mansion of Gluttony
97% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: sweet ampoule
Windows
A closed-circle mystery visual novel where twelve people wake up inside a bizarre, impossible mansion—and a string of murders begins. Read from Remi’s point of view as you piece together the truth through his thoughts and conversations. Linear, text-focused, Japanese/English supported.
Why similar: Psychological 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Supernatural 18.6%, Drama 12.8%, Anime 7.8%
- #2 My Dear Delirium
96% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Averona
Windows
Within this fully voice-acted Visual Novel, meet Elliot, and the vortex of conflicting truths he has become trapped in. Reach each ending to discover reality for yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 23.8%, Drama 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Anime 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #3 The Masquerade
96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 可微游戏
Windows
"Masquerade" is an independently developed AVG. You will survive in the mysterious and cruel "Little Pig Park" from the first perspective of the male protagonist Youta. There will be multiple choices involved, and you need to struggle between harsh reality and inner conscience, uncovering the truth!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Drama 14.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Anime 8.8%
- #4 The Tenth Minute
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XU S.A Studio
Windows
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Drama 19.7%, Psychological 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Anime 6.1%
- #5 Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
94% matchVery Positive88% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.
Why similar: Psychological 28.1%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Anime 15.7%, Gore 10.6%, Violent 7.6%
- #6 FUSHA2 Nocturnal Fishing
94% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: 1号观测员Pub: 世界观测站
Windows
: A text-based horror adventure. Make choices during a fateful night of fishing. With over 20 endings, any decision can trigger unspeakable terror. Can you evade danger and break the deadly curse?
Why similar: Drama 19.1%, Supernatural 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Gore 5.9%
- #7 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
93% 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: Drama 20%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Anime 14.8%, Psychological 13.9%, Dark 10.9%
- #8 In Her Head
92% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Games4Wonders
Windows
This is a short visual novel that immerses the player in the inner world of the main character, who suffers from social anxiety and is afraid even of a simple phone call. Experience with her the anxiety, procrastination, and constant struggle with herself.
Why similar: Psychological 27%, Drama 23%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #9 Cross The Boundaries
91% 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: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological 19.1%, Supernatural 17.3%, Anime 13.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #10 BLOK 200: Prologue
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Experiments Field Studio
Windows
A visual novel in the Samosbor setting. You are a student of the technical college who wakes up in a stranger's living cell after your own death. You must come to terms with your new grim nature and face the cruel world far from the walls of your native incubator block.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological 17%, Anime 14.5%, Dark 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #11 Natural - Beyond Nature -
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Natural - Beyond Nature - is a Mystery, Drama, Supernatural Visual Novel. Follow the story of Olea in a chance encounter with two residents of a quiet island, Flori and Llima. Can Olea save them from their cruel yet inevitable fate?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Supernatural 16.2%, Anime 14.3%, Drama 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #12 r u n a w a y s
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nøreign
Windows
A survival horror RPG that follows a pair of runaways escaping a hostile nighttime suburbia.
Why similar: Drama 25.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dark 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological 9.9%
- #13 柘榴団地
88% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Korekoreshikazika
Windows
Take on the role of a daytime security guard in a cursed apartment complex. Monitor residents, greet guests, and handle strange incidents—just make sure to follow the rules.
Why similar: Psychological 31.6%, Drama 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #14 Porcelana
89% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: Pandita Studio
Windows · Linux
Isabella, your classmate, is someone you were never close to but someone you certainly noticed. One day however, you notice that Isabella stopped coming to class. You start to discover how important you were to her despite never even having a conversation with her before.
Why similar: Drama 24.5%, Psychological 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Anime 13.5%, Dark 11.4%
- #15 Ashen Reverie
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Supernatural 22.5%, Psychological 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Anime 10.7%
- #16 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
86% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Poética Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, face strange encounters, and survive this psychological horror visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 25.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Drama 8.8%, Anime 8.3%
- #17 Synthetic Dreams: Falling
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Recnil
Windows
Synthetic Dreams: Falling is a science-fiction visual novel about human feelings, friendship, love and memories.
Why similar: Psychological 22.2%, Supernatural 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Anime 11.4%
- #18 Paradise Sea
85% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
Where are we? But the destination is clear. In this sea of trees, my final home, there must be a paradise. Who am I? But my purpose is clear. The noise that wanders in the deep consciousness, seeking the peace that lies beyond.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Psychological 18.4%, Supernatural 16.7%, Anime 12.8%, Dark 10.3%
- #19 Essence Bloom
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Proxy Vision Projects
Windows
Essence Bloom is a linear, story-focused indie visual novel that allows the player to experience a world with beautiful cherry blossoms and fun times with friends....
Why similar: Psychological 27.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Drama 18.2%, Anime 14.3%, Dark 11.8%
- #20 Last Report
82% matchVery Positive89% of 2,212 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Supernatural 17.7%, Dark 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #21 paravalence ~with my angel
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Effigy Softworks Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get implicated in Saint Ambrose. A linear visual novel experience told in three parts: The shadow of my mother is my mother, too. My little cellmate casts a spell. The world is like a dancer: the ritual of everyday. We're all doing magic, of course.
Why similar: Psychological 23.5%, Visual Novel 20%, Supernatural 14.9%, Anime 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #22 The door you can never open
81% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: MKdir Studio
Windows
Take care of your ailing father while facing a disturbing presence that distorts reality around you in this short psychological horror experience. Your choices matter, and opening the wrong door might be your last.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Drama 19.1%, Psychological 16.2%, Adventure 10.5%, Dark 10.3%
- #23 Memory Tides
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 掌鱼工作室Pub: PalmFin Studio
Windows
Memory Tides is an adventure game set in a near-future metropolis. Haunted by false memories and buried trauma, you're trapped in an endless loop: sink into illusion or face reality? Step into the shoes of Lin Xiaoyu, use "slacking off" as your cover, and uncover the hidden truth.
Why similar: Drama 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Psychological 19.7%, Adventure 8.7%
- #24 Gurobu
82% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"GUROBU" is a story-driven, 2D horror game about haunted apartments, ghosts of the past, and a murder mystery.
Why similar: Supernatural 25.7%, Anime 12.5%, Psychological 11.8%, Dark 10%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #25 真愿交错
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: zhubei
Windows
高三的生活,对于学生来说是人生中最重要的时刻,刚刚踏入高三的主人公晨约,对未来感到了迷茫,对高考之后的志愿,以及今后的职业规划有着非常模糊的感觉。就在他迎接着为止的将来的时候,有一位许久不见的朋友闯入了他的生活中。
Why similar: Drama 27.2%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Anime 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Adventure 10.9%
- #26 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,271 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Psychological 25.7%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Anime 14.2%, Dark 10.3%, Gore 6.3%
- #27 Thorner
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Dark 14.8%, Psychological 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #28 Covenant of Fate
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: susanPub: susan studio
Windows
《Covenant of Fate》 is a story driven Chinese horror RPG. Players experience the game through the protagonist’s perspective, taking on various exorcism requests from different clients. During exploration, you may uncover clues that point toward the hidden truth.
Why similar: Supernatural 27%, Drama 25.8%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Horror 3.3%
- #29 My Living Things
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
My name is Jeremy. I can bring things to life.
Why similar: Drama 25.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Anime 14.5%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #30 Poor Samantha
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPA Gameworks
Windows
"Noodles are the food of solitude." Trapped by agoraphobia and social anxiety, your only friend is Samantha. She is your courage to open the door. But in a room of broken mirrors, who is actually speaking? A short psychological visual novel about isolation and the lies we tell ourselves.
Why similar: Psychological 27.3%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Anime 14.6%, Drama 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #31 The Final Prize is Soup
77% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Psychological 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Supernatural 14%, Anime 11.4%
- #32 Phoenyx: Breaking The Cycle
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
A visual novel focusing on the relationship of two girls researching a cabin with a mysterious mirror. Find out more about their past together, what they really mean to each other, and how it will unfold. Can you break their cycle?
Why similar: Drama 25.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological 18.6%, Supernatural 16.6%, Anime 14.4%
- #33 Doctor Visit
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Psychological 23%, Supernatural 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #34 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
75% 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 18.9%, Anime 16.1%, Dark 13.6%, Gore 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #35 Dare to Lucid Dream
74% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Penguin
Windows · Linux
For the first time in years, Sonny meets a person he knows inside of his lucid dreams and, to his surprise, Sonny discovers that what he says and does in his dreams directly affects the people he dreamed about.
Why similar: Drama 28%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Adventure 11%
- #36 Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves
74% match2 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Dulkha315Pub: WhiteLodgeGames
Windows
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological 20.3%, Drama 12.8%, Anime 12.2%, Gore 6.8%
- #37 Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow
73% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Stick Horse
Windows
This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.
Why similar: Drama 28%, Psychological 26.6%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Anime 11.8%, Atmospheric 4%
- #38 Marked Souls
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marked Boy
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far would you go to undo death? Marked Souls is a psychological horror visual novel about five orphans trapped in an isolated manor. Uncover the shelter's dark history, perform a forbidden ritual, and try to survive the consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Supernatural 16.8%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #39 黒洞々|KOKUTOTO
73% match6 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: TENDA Games
Windows
Beyond Good and Evil: What Will You Choose in This Ambiguity? Kurotōtō is a multi-ending adventure game that questions the realm beyond good and evil. Its compact length lets you experience the bleak aspects of modern society and make nerve-wracking scenario choices. What ending will you reach?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Psychological 24.8%, Drama 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Dark 10.6%
- #40 The Azure One
72% matchNo user reviews90% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: 好运风(Breezeborne Games)Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Follow the young boy Qiuxu to meet the girl who always sprints in the sunshine, and get to know three other girls with distinct personalities. In the daily life of the Second Municipal High School, you will witness a youth that cannot be turned back — a story destined to go somewhere.
Why similar: Drama 31.8%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Anime 11%, 2D 6.6%
- #41 After the Stream Went Dark
71% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Joe Kerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.
Why similar: Drama 21.5%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological 19%, Anime 14.4%, Adventure 10.1%
- #42 红夏
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anning004
Windows
《红夏》是一款以剧情体验为主的视觉小说游戏。八月末的某天,二十多名师生被神秘地困在学校里,等待他们的将是一场自相残杀……
Why similar: Psychological 28.3%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Anime 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Drama 8.4%
- #43 Lost in the Woods
70% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: delulu girl
Windows
'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.4%, Psychological 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 11.5%
- #44 The Mermaid of Zennor
73% 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: Visual Novel 20%, Psychological 17.2%, Anime 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Dark 12.4%
- #45 Worn Out
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Gore 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #46 Psychomachia
71% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Kornux Games
Windows
Confront your deepest fears in Psychomachia, trapped in a nightmarish loop at the heart of the dorms of mental instability. Explore the intricacies of the human mind, faced with terrifying manifestations of madness.
Why similar: Psychological 27.8%, Supernatural 21%, Drama 16.8%, Dark 8.1%, Gore 7.1%
- #47 這遺虚配信
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TOMO GAME CREATE(トモクリ)
Windows
Photograph and repel the monsters that appear in the abandoned hotel using a mysterious camera! Uncover the mysteries surrounding the abandoned hotel by relying on comments from your viewers! Use the Super Chats you receive to buy items and gain the upper hand in battle!
Why similar: Psychological 30.7%, Supernatural 29.8%, Drama 24.3%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 3.8%
- #48 Midnight Scenes: Among Graves
68% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2026
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
"When the graves stop whispering in your ear, it’s time for you to surrender to eternal silence". So says the Agreement, and so it must be fulfilled. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Supernatural 31.1%, Psychological 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Dark 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #49 Game of Fitna Vol. 1
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FIAgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game of Fitna Vol. 1: A thrilling death game visual novel set in 2030. Play as Zayn, a high school student thrown into sinister survival games known as "TEST." Fight for your life, uncover shocking truths, and face intense moral dilemmas in this mature, thought-provoking experience.
Why similar: Psychological 24.1%, Drama 20%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Anime 15.8%, Gore 4.1%
- #50 BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
Why similar: Supernatural 22.2%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Dark 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #51 Shiina Taki's Decameron
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 7,162 reviews2024
Dev: 面影桥花见同好会
Windows
Shiina Taki's Decameron is a doujin interactive fiction based on anime「BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!」. The story concentrates on Shiina Taki, the drummer and song writer of MyGO!!!!! and her fight against fate till the last breath.
Why similar: Drama 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Anime 22.4%, Visual Novel 10%, Multiple Endings 4.7%
- #52 Styxton
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BUZDOV KAPLAN
Windows · Mac
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Dark 15.4%, Psychological 14.4%, Gore 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #53 Masquerade: Hell Academy
67% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Pil/SlashPub: JAST BLUE
Windows
A Boys Love visual novel set around a pulse-pounding hostage situation. Can Numata make it out of things unscathed? Every choice matters! Fully translated into English with the original Japanese voice acting intact.
Why similar: Drama 25.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Anime 13.6%, Dark 11%
- #54 Tokyo Girls Chronicle
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FUNAKI GAMES
Windows
A Fully Animated and Fully Voiced Light Novel Game! Set in Tokyo, a lonely android girl, Rin, meets Aoi and forms a deep friendship, gradually reclaiming her humanity. However, when Rin learns the secret of her origins, the story takes a dramatic turn.
Why similar: Drama 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Anime 15.4%, Adventure 5.4%
- #55 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,381 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Psychological 30%, Visual Novel 29%, Anime 16.4%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #56 逃出魔窟
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Obridge Group
Windows
A temporary goodbye is for a better meeting later. The full version of Escape the Den of Devils is now in full development, with more characters, longer storylines, and richer endings waiting for you to unlock. Now, click "Start Game" and let the first page of the story unfold for you.
Why similar: Drama 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Adventure 13.2%, Gore 11.3%, Violent 8.1%
- #57 1000: The All-Mother's Embrace
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
Do you love me now?
Why similar: Psychological 43.2%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Anime 15.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Violent 6.6%
- #58 Incelthread
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Rabbit Hole teamPub: VISUAL FLOSS
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a bunny girl, her boyfriend and a rabbit named Tonya
Why similar: Psychological 30.6%, Drama 23.5%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, 2D 4.4%
- #59 The Tiny World
66% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Remus
Windows
The Tiny World is a drama visual novel. A New Year's story about a long separation from home, family, friends, and tears freezing in the cold.
Why similar: Drama 26%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Anime 11.7%, Atmospheric 5.9%