- #1 Sanguis: Veil of the Forgotten
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Carnivore Mors Interactive
Windows
"Sanguis: Veil of the Forgotten" is a slow-burn mystery-horror visual novel. For centuries, they prepared the ritual that would bring their ancestor back. It worked, but he woke up in the wrong body. Yours. He is the only reason you're still breathing, and he has never once told you why.
Why similar: Vampires 25.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Dark 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #2 Twice Reborn: a vampire visual novel
96% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: First Step Cinematics
Windows · Mac · Linux
If you crossed a vampire, would you protect humanity or embrace the blood? Guide Mark Delaware's choices in this visual novel as he navigates this dangerous world.
Why similar: Vampires 32.6% ★, Gore 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #3 Tiny Bunny
96% matchVery Positive83% of 30,504 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Gore 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dark 14.6%, Horror 12%, Story Rich 9%
- #4 Vampyr
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 25,136 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
Why similar: Vampires 58.3% ★, Gore 6.9%, Dark Fantasy 6.6%, Choices Matter 5.7%, Violent 4.6%
- #5 Styxton
94% 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 16.7%, Dark 16.5%, Horror 13.2%, Gore 12.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #6 Night Shift: 1999
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Georgina OwassapianPub: Dark Product
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Vampires 31.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Dark 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Visual Novel 9%
- #7 Deal With The Devil Chapter: 2 - From Tuonela to Hell
93% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: SoulTradeStudios
Windows
Point-and-click adventure featuring eerie scenes
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.9%, Dark 17.4%, Gore 17.1%, Point & Click 13.6%, Violent 10%
- #8 Cabernet
92% matchVery Positive95% of 2,300 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.6 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: Vampires 33.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #9 Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2
91% matchMixed55% of 12,913 reviews2025
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You are the Nomad — an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger’s voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle.
Why similar: Vampires 61.7% ★, Gore 13.3%, Violent 5.5%, Dark Fantasy 4.7%, Dark 3.6%
- #10 Devoid of Shadows
91% matchMixed60% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: N-Game StudiosPub: VM Games
Windows
Galidon is a vampire kingdom. You’re a lawful heir. The power struggle and an intriguing plot are in place. 21 levels contain quests and crafting. The gameplay is rapid, bloodthirsty and intransigent and doesn't forgive a single mistake. Devoid of Shadows is a heat in the chill dungeons of the Labyrinth!
Why similar: Vampires 42% ★, Gore 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Dark 8.6%, Violent 7.8%
- #11 Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
90% matchVery Positive89% of 538 reviews2019
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 118.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Gore 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Horror 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #12 Don’t Make Her Open Her Eyes!
89% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Velvet Rot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A black-white-red visual novel in the horror genre.
Why similar: Gore 30.6%, Dark 15.7%, Violent 13.7%, Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 8%
- #13 The Flayed Man
89% matchVery Positive91% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Gore 21.3%, Dark 15.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Violent 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #14 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
88% matchVery Positive86% of 518 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...
Why similar: Gore 24.2%, Violent 13.9%, Dark 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Horror 10.8%
- #15 Dark Reflections - Shiori no Kotoha
87% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
A series of murders and bizarre incidents occur in a private library that has become inescapable. Eventually, the food runs out and the library becomes filled with madness... This work is a visual novel of the survival suspense genre, set in a private library.
Why similar: Gore 21.9%, Dark 14.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Violent 10.4%
- #16 Thorner
86% 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: Dark 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Gore 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #17 Unfriendly Friend
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Linux
From YOUR decisions, many people could get hurt. Can you save your friends or at least save yourself from the horror that awaits?
Why similar: Gore 26.7%, Dark 12%, Violent 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Horror 10%
- #18 Snowfall Symphony - A tale of Crustallus
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Lola Piaoliang
Windows · Mac · Linux
After awakening as a forbidden vampire spawn, you're thrown into a cruel world where survival is not guaranteed. Who will you choose as your ally - and will you survive, or betray them yourself? Find out in this horror romance visual novel!
Why similar: Vampires 28.8% ★, Gore 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Dark 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #19 Harrowed World: What's Past Is Portents
84% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Pennyvale Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the dark and unforgiving world of vampires and have the course of your life changed forever. Experience a Rich Narrative Experience with gothic horror, distinct protagonists, interesting characters, and varied locations.
Why similar: Vampires 37% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Gore 10.7%, Dark 9.3%, Dark Fantasy 6.4%
- #20 SHORAPAN: Beneath the Crimson Sky
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: khasagawaPub: Crimson Sky Games
Windows
SHORAPAN — a dark parable of a strange city beneath an eternal crimson sky. Those who doubt it aloud are the first it takes.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Dark 12.7%, Gore 11%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #21 Just Ignore Them
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,611 reviews2017
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.
Why similar: Gore 25.7%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 12%, Violent 10.4%, Point & Click 8.2%
- #22 Evil Spirits
82% 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 12.5%, Gore 11.8%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 10%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #23 Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
82% matchVery Positive94% of 2,752 reviews2015
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 16%, Gore 15.4%, Dark 12.2%, Point & Click 10.1%, Horror 9.4%
- #24 アパシー荒井昭二 ~牧場奇譚~
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
『学校であった怖い話』の語り部、荒井昭二。 彼は一年の夏休み、友人の誘いを受けてとある牧場でアルバイトをする。 全編、荒井昭二で染まる耽美且つ狂気の世界に貴方の心は息つく間もなく犯される。
Why similar: Gore 30.9%, Violent 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Horror 9.6%
- #25 Entwined: The Visual Novel
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Modell Studio LLC
Windows
Entwined is a visual novel horror game set in a hospital. A lockdown has occurred and no one can escape. Team up with either a nurse or a patient in order to escape the hospital. Make your choice for the path ahead…
Why similar: Gore 37.3%, Violent 21.9%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Horror 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #26 Harrowed World: Portents In Red
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pennyvale Media
Windows
Become a newly turned Vampire in the Isle of Gallow, an isolated island city, in a dark gothic reflection of our world. The statue of the Unnamed Martyr cries tears of blood, and you are tasked with investigating these mysterious portents in red.
Why similar: Vampires 32.7% ★, Gore 21.8%, Violent 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Dark 9.8%
- #27 YKMET: Strade
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,418 reviews2025
Dev: Gatobob
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a 'get kidnapped and murdered' simulator with explicit sexual content. It is an entirely non consensual fantasy where the player is the victim and the perpetrator is a man. Please be aware of the warnings. NOT FOR MINORS. 18+ ONLY.
Why similar: Gore 21.6%, Dark 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Violent 11.3%, Horror 11.1%
- #28 Roots Of The Woods
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: PlumBear Games
Windows
The game tells about an anomalous and strange place, the Forest, located far from cities and nearby tracks. The story begins in the distant past, but the narration is conducted from the moment of meeting the main characters – Trisha and Harland.
Why similar: Gore 36.1%, Violent 22.6%, Dark 7.8%, Point & Click 7.4%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #29 Exogenesis ~Perils of Rebirth~
79% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: KwanPub: Sekai Project
Windows
After losing his sister to a violent death, former treasure hunter Yu Sayashi learns about a mysterious relic that may bring her back. However, this mythical "Ark" may be more terrifying than he could ever imagine. Innocent lives are at stake. How far will he go to save his sister?
Why similar: Gore 29.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Violent 17.1%, Point & Click 9%, Story Rich 6%
- #30 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
77% matchVery Positive97% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Gore 18.3%, Dark 17.7%, Horror 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Violent 11.1%
- #31 Tears of Sulfuria
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bird Lilac
Windows
Tears of Sulfuria is an emotional visual novel about two sisters in a dark fantasy world that rejects them. Marília and Adka must survive at any cost—and their choices may scar Sulfuria itself. Sacrifice yourself, lose your sanity, and do the unforgivable to move forward.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Gore 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dark 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #32 Don't Beg for Help
77% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Kosmo Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel game with "Tales from the Crypt" style plot.
Why similar: Gore 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Horror 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Violent 11.6%
- #33 Vampire: The Masquerade - Oaths & Ashes
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Revive The Spark
Windows
Two vampires — an ambitious Kindred and a wretched Thinblood. Their fates clash in this Visual Novel set in the World of Darkness, where your arsenal extends beyond just words — from political machinations to forbidden Alchemy. Claw your way to power and leave your bitemarks on Berlin's underworld.
Why similar: Vampires 28.5% ★, Dark 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Horror 7.6%
- #34 Lyset Core
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lyset Team
Windows
A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.
Why similar: Gore 23.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Violent 16.2%, Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #35 Bite the Hand
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Margarita Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A vampire romance visual novel about offering blood up to get closer to the person you are. The story of a boy, or a girl, or a person who meets with a woman, or a vampire, or... This person gets whisked away as a girl. Which is what she always wanted. Or they always wanted to try. Or...
Why similar: Vampires 44.3% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Dark 5.8%, Violent 5.8%
- #36 Slender Threads
73% matchVery Positive91% of 627 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Gore 27.1%, Point & Click 14.9%, Horror 10%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Dark 9.3%
- #37 DROOM
74% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
DROOM" is an adventure game of choice-based progression. The rooms are inhabited by a variety of alien life forms, and your choices are the key to success. As you progress through the levels, the threats in the rooms increase and the path becomes more difficult.
Why similar: Gore 27.2%, Violent 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 10.7%
- #38 Creepy Crypt Critters
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #39 Doppelgänger
73% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: HOLOSTARS English
Windows · Mac
The story is set in an alternate universe where the player is struggling with the memories of what they know to be HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS- and the mysterious look-alikes who pull them every which way. Can the player figure out the truth about this twisted world and return to the guild?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Gore 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #40 Cursed Roots
75% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: MastroBros
Windows
Cursed Roots is a fast-paced horror point & click adventure featuring retro-inspired art, difficult puzzles and monsters around every corner! Use your wits to solve puzzles, combine items and escape from a house full of monstrosities! Can you escape from your Cursed Roots?
Why similar: Gore 37.1%, Violent 21.7%, Dark 8.2%, Horror 8.2%, Point & Click 8.2%
- #41 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
72% 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: Gore 20%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Horror 11.7%, Violent 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #42 Contra Spem Spero
72% 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: Gore 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #43 Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea
71% matchPositive89% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: 空想の工房Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
A dark fairy tale set in the deep sea. The fated encounter between a sea monster and a human forever changes their lives in this visual novel. Contains platonic yuri.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23%, Visual Novel 16%, Gore 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #44 Horrific Xanatorium
71% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: PagerattaPub: KEMCO
Windows
A world where Spilia, a virus that causes delusions and hallucinations, has become epidemic. A horror visual novel game set in a hospital where patients are isolated.
Why similar: Gore 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #45 Fortress of Hell
73% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Aldorlea Games
Windows
Can you survive inside a fortress full of monsters, and free the many prisoners (including your own girlfriend!) from their unfortunate fate? Play as up to 4 different parties - you can even play evil heroes from darkness - and find out!
Why similar: Gore 21.8%, Violent 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%, Dark 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #46 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
70% matchVery Positive98% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Gore 18.8%, Horror 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Violent 11%
- #47 This Party Is Killer
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SweetTooth Tiger
Windows
On your one day off, you decide to take your partner Iris and their camera to a planning party for your friend Erik’s future thesis film. But the footage Erik wants to capture is more than you or Iris bargained for. Will you be able to protect your partner from what lies before you?
Why similar: Gore 23.7%, Violent 14.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #48 Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure
70% matchVery Positive83% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: Screaming Void
Windows
NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.
Why similar: Gore 36.9%, Violent 21.6%, Dark 9%, Point & Click 8.6%, Horror 7.7%
- #49 Spirit Hunter: NG
70% matchVery Positive90% of 290 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Beware the Creeping Horror... Face nightmares you thought were merely urban legends. Uncover a dark mystery, making deadly decisions just to survive. Play this chilling companion story to the award-winning Spirit Hunter: Death Mark game and bring the terror home.
Why similar: Gore 36.9%, Violent 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Horror 15.8%, Adventure 7.1%
- #50 Cyber Village 2200
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
It is the newest village of tradition. In the year 2200, Oculus, an employee at a cybernetic body manufacturing company, hears a rumor that a colleague has gone missing while on the job.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 11%
- #51 Love Lock
68% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: BondageBunny
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stalked, loved, abducted. it's only a matter of time before he gets you and he WILL get you, or else another will. The question is, will you escape? Or submit?
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Gore 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 10.1%
- #52 Gretel & Hansel
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spider House
Windows · Mac
Gretel & Hansel is a delightfully twisted exploration-adventure crafted entirely by hand in watercolor. Abandoned in a cursed forest, you play as Gretel, guiding her brother home while outwitting deadly traps, unraveling sinister puzzles, and escaping the clutches of a ravenous witch.
Why similar: Gore 21.3%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Violent 12.3%, Point & Click 10.7%, Horror 9.8%
- #53 Pathotaxia: PANDORA
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FridayCarnagePub: Bad Shiba
Windows
Pathotaxia: PANDORA is an RPG Maker horror puzzle game where you explore Pathotaxia's setting, interact with strange characters, and view visual novel-like cgs as you progress through the game. Help Pandora as she seals demons back into her dolls and unravels the mystery behind her mother's death.
Why similar: Gore 35.3%, Horror 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Dark 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #54 PITANIE
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PitalnikPMG
Windows
The Factory is alive, and it wants Sergey for itself. By day, explore its halls and shape your coworkers’ fates. By night, survive their personal nightmares. Bargain with the enemy, destroy the Factory’s Hearts, and empower the Stone Hand as every choice reshapes the people, and the ending.
Why similar: Gore 39.6%, Violent 15.5%, Dark 8.6%, Horror 8.2%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #55 Breach : 83
67% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Rusty Cog Games
Windows
It’s your job to safeguard reality by watching the camera feeds and identifying changes in various key locations. But be careful, too many BREACHES seep in unnoticed and it will be GAME OVER for us all.
Why similar: Gore 34.5%, Dark 24.4%, Atmospheric 14%, Point & Click 13.7%, Horror 5.5%
- #56 Snow White Ashes
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lose your heart in this dark fairy-tale romance! Once upon a winter night, you enter the woods in search of a beast. But the hunter you find is so charming and sweet–is he truly the monster you seek?
Why similar: Vampires 26.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Dark 11%, Horror 8.1%
- #57 What Remains
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CHICHKA / ЧІЧКА
Windows · Mac · Linux
A non-linear, eerie visual novel inspired by Ukrainian folklore. Go caroling with Goat, Bear, and Granny to make choices that decide the villagers' fate, save dozens, or lead to disasters. Learn how powerful words and silence can be.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #58 Break Wolf
66% matchVery Positive99% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: RE Atelier
Windows
"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.2%, Gore 18.3%, Violent 11.1%, Dark 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #59 Drăculești
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fine Feathered Fiends
Windows
A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?
Why similar: Vampires 26.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Horror 9.7%, Dark 8.1%
- #60 Fires At Midnight
67% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Persona Theory Games
Windows · Mac
In a world where making love without being in love makes you spontaneously combust, the person you love most may be the one who burns you in Fires at Midnight – a cinematic and interactive visual novel about a couple who struggles to stay together.
Why similar: Gore 18.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Point & Click 15.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 10.7%