- #1 Ashen Reverie
97% 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 10%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #2 Siren's Call: Second Wind
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Thriller 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #3 Gurobu
96% 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 11.7%, Thriller 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Anime 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #4 Midnight Witch
95% matchVery Positive93% of 364 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: Thriller 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Anime 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #5 Stay Alive For Me
94% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Thriller 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #6 Evil Spirits
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Supernatural 9.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #7 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Myosi
Windows
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Thriller 10.5%, Supernatural 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #8 Devil Apartment
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Thriller 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Dark 10.2%, Anime 9.3%
- #9 Death by Begonia
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 10%, Psychological Horror 9%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Mystery 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #10 The Sin Of Fabien
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkvein Studio
Windows
Maybe you didn’t do it… but you watched. The Sin of Fabien is a psychological horror experience woven around guilt, denial, and silence, where every choice reshapes the world and the story. Each decision brings you closer to the truth… or pulls you further away from it forever.
Why similar: Thriller 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dark 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #11 Bound Between Desks
90% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Anime 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #12 The Paracelsian Project
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Thriller 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Mystery 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #13 CORPSE FACTORY
89% matchVery Positive80% of 879 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.4 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: Thriller 17.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Anime 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #14 ELEGIES: Aya
88% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Squircle
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #15 Monologin
86% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Thriller 8.5%
- #16 Awakewood
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Thriller 10.2%, Anime 7.7%
- #17 恐怖夜話 第二夜
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Thriller 10.2%, Horror 9.7%
- #18 Haunted House 2
85% matchVery Positive90% of 244 reviews2025
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.
Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Supernatural 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #19 Blackthorn Witch
84% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #20 ReDo
83% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: ENerd_Official
Windows
A supernatural horror visual novel game where your choices decide if you and your friends see the light of day again or not. Use your sleuthing skills with point and click mechanics to battle horrifying creatures of the night that haunt an abandoned school building and earn your title of "Exorcist"!
Why similar: Anime 13.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Thriller 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Supernatural 10.1%
- #21 Project Vostok: Episode 1
84% matchVery Positive82% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Anime 9.5%, Dark 9%
- #22 Echoes of Pinebridge
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Thriller 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #23 Memory Girl +
82% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Emotional 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #24 GOLOD
81% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: 116 Boys
Windows
GOLOD is an atmospheric visual novel about survival in the pixel-art style, where you will have to fight not only with a lack of food, but also with panic, suffocating idleness, secrets of the past, betrayal and difficult moral choices in a confined space.
Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Anime 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Horror 7.9%
- #25 BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man
81% 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: Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.1%, Supernatural 10.5%, Emotional 10.4%
- #26 Thorner
80% 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 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 13%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #27 Shadows of Betrayal
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Thriller 15.1%, Choices Matter 11%
- #28 Remedy for Personality
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
Windows
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Thriller 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #29 project; VIRAI: DOOMER’s LIFE ESCAPE
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RIKANIMATION
Windows · Mac
You play as Hicha — a shut-in girl whose only reason to live is her virtual avatar, Virai. Help her escape the depressive nightmare before it consumes her completely.
Why similar: Thriller 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Anime 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #30 Confinio: Reality Prison
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #31 BAD END
79% matchVery Positive83% of 398 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 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Anime 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #32 Contra Spem Spero
76% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Horror 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #33 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Thriller 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #34 Suhoshin
76% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 15%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Anime 9.6%
- #35 Path of the Heart
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ourbit Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Why similar: Thriller 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Anime 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #36 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
72% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: CHARON
Windows
“You were only trying to do the right thing—so why is everything falling apart?” A Japanese language teacher’s choices to save three girls who have stopped attending school will change their fates. A psychological horror visual novel with 16 endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Emotional 9.3%, Anime 9.2%
- #37 Gore Screaming Show
74% matchVery Positive87% of 173 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: Thriller 14.2%, Supernatural 11.1%, Emotional 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #38 Kara no Shojo
75% matchVery Positive92% of 455 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 154.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: Thriller 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Emotional 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Mystery 8.7%
- #39 Project Vostok: Episodes 2 & 3
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover a story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate of diverse cast of characters in this visual novel.
Why similar: Emotional 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dark 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #40 UNCULT
74% matchMostly Negative29% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: STUDIO EORARI
Windows
'UNCULT' is a Adventure where the protagonist, the daughter of a cult leader, suffers from amnesia after an accident in a fanatical pseudo-religious group. Now, she must piece together her obscured past, facing numerous challenges and uncovering the truth. Your decisions will shape her destiny.
Why similar: Thriller 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #41 Sister Other Paranoia
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 560 reviews2026
Dev: HazeDenkiPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
A dark visual novel by acclaimed creator nyalra. Overly sensitive to other people's emotions, the protagonist—a light novel writer—develops the ability to read minds, only to be driven even deeper into isolation. His sole remaining comfort is his younger sister, gifted yet lonely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Anime 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Dark 10%
- #42 Paranoia Vol I
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oh KAY Gamers
Windows
Fate is in your hands as you play Clark Turner, a man with a troubling past who now finds himself in a strange facility. He has no memory as to how or why he is there. Dive into this psychological narrative horror game driven with one single question – are you sure you are making the right choice?
Why similar: Supernatural 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Thriller 12.6%, Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #43 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
73% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Horror 9.7%
- #44 時折記 -Tokioriki-
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Emotional 9.2%
- #45 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search pulls her through visions and entities rooted in Arabian folklore, and family secrets that should have stayed buried.
Why similar: Visual Novel 10.5%, Emotional 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Supernatural 8.8%
- #46 Mutual Harrow
70% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Thriller 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #47 Make Moku Proud
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Horror 9.7%
- #48 Momo Don't Leave
70% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Thriller 8.9%
- #49 Morse Academy
69% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Anime 10%, Horror 8.5%
- #50 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
69% 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 13%, Thriller 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #51 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,527 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 18.5%, Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Gore 8.4%
- #52 Clock Out at 2
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Borderless Studios
Windows · Mac
Survive inside the corporate machine known as the "workplace". Eat fast food. Drink more espressos. Experience microaggressions. Pray they don't fire you. Can you power through a day at BIRA Corp. and Clock Out at 2, or are you doomed to repeat your past mistakes in this roguelite visual novel?!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Thriller 11%, Visual Novel 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Emotional 9.2%
- #53 Flora Parasocial
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Horror 8.1%
- #54 The Trials - Chapter Two
66% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #55 The Mofu Game
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rasen Horror
Windows · Mac
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Thriller 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #56 Mycorrhiza
68% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Distorted WanderersPub: Tim Reichert
Windows · Mac · Linux
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%
- #57 Head AS Code
68% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: Miracle Moon
Windows
The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?
Why similar: Thriller 16.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Dark 8.1%
- #58 For Mother Matron
67% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #59 The Casting of Frank Stone™
65% matchMixed62% of 5,963 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Thriller 9.4%