- #1 Scarlet Hollow
97% 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: Visual Novel 23.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 16.7%, Choices Matter 15%, Story Rich 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers choice-heavy horror visual novel storytelling in an isolated rural setting with creeping supernatural mystery and tense relationship drama.
- #2 Raging Loop
96% 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 36.6%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Gore 8%, Violent 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its village-folklore premise, paranoia, branching routes, and escalating psychological horror make it one of the closest overall matches to Tiny Bunny's feel.
- #3 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
96% 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 25.9%, Horror 19.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Gore 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a strongly branching horror narrative where your choices radically shape multiple characters' fates under a supernatural curse.
- #4 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,766 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 17.1 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: Visual Novel 25.3%, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 9.4%, Story Rich 8%
Why You'll Like It: If you want more village horror and perspective-based dread after Ch.1, this chapter deepens the mystery with even sharper paranoia.
- #5 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,215 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 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: Visual Novel 40.3%, Dark 15.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Anime 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is another iconic horror VN about children, isolation, and a seemingly quiet rural community sliding into terror and suspicion.
- #6 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
94% 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 37%, Horror 24.6%, Story Rich 14.8%, Anime 9.3%, Point & Click 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its occult mystery, eerie atmosphere, and multi-route storytelling create the same kind of dread-filled narrative momentum Tiny Bunny fans tend to love.
- #7 Fran Bow
93% 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 Horror 24.6%, Horror 15.3%, Story Rich 12.8%, Dark 12.4%, Point & Click 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is another child-focused descent into disturbing psychological horror with strong atmosphere and grotesque, storybook-dark imagery.
- #8 Corpse Party
92% 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: Horror 24.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Gore 11.4%, Dark 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its brutal gore, relentless dread, and trapped-young-people setup make it a strong fit for anyone who wants Tiny Bunny's horror pushed more viciously.
- #9 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
91% matchVery Positive82% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Horror 30.2%, Violent 18.5%, Adventure 5.3%, Anime 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This horror adventure/VN hybrid mixes investigation, gruesome supernatural encounters, and bad-end tension in a very similar dark narrative space.
- #10 CORPSE FACTORY
91% 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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Violent 11.5%, Horror 11%, Gore 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a modern horror VN centered on urban legends, psychological collapse, and interwoven character viewpoints with plenty of unease.
- #11 Sally Face - Episode One
90% 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: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Dark 16.6%, Horror 16.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares Tiny Bunny's dark youth-centered mystery, eerie atmosphere, and gradual uncovering of something monstrous beneath everyday life.
- #12 Little Misfortune
89% 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: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Point & Click 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It balances a child protagonist and fairy-tale framing with bleak humor, dark themes, and an unsettling undercurrent very much in Tiny Bunny's wheelhouse.
- #13 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
89% 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 28.7%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Gore 10%, Story Rich 9%, Anime 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It starts as a familiar VN but turns into a psychological horror experience that weaponizes player expectations and narrative intimacy.
- #14 Cooking Companions
88% 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: Visual Novel 21.7%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dark 12.6%, Story Rich 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a deceptively cute presentation to deliver branching psychological horror, unsettling character dynamics, and very dark turns.
- #15 The Song of Saya
87% matchVery Positive90% of 9,092 reviews2019
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Gore 15.6%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is a deeply disturbing visual novel driven by warped perception, psychological horror, and grotesque imagery.
- #16 Who's Lila?
86% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 17.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its unnerving choices, surreal dialogue, and reality-slipping mystery create a similarly uncomfortable, psychologically unstable experience.
- #17 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
86% 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: Visual Novel 34.1%, Psychological Horror 28%, Story Rich 9.7%, Horror 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It expands the first game's deeply uncomfortable psychological storytelling into a longer, equally disorienting narrative.
- #18 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
84% 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: Visual Novel 34.2%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Story Rich 5%
Why You'll Like It: Though much more abstract, it captures fractured perception, oppressive inner monologue, and psychological instability in VN form.
- #19 Detention
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,663 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: Its 2D presentation, suffocating mood, and folklore-infused horror make it a great pick if Tiny Bunny's atmosphere was your favorite part.
- #20 Spirit Hunter: NG
84% matchVery Positive90% of 280 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.5 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: Visual Novel 31.8%, Horror 22.5%, Gore 20.7%, Violent 16.8%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It follows Death Mark's formula with more urban-legend horror, investigations, and branching scenes while keeping the same oppressive tone.
- #21 Angels of Death
82% 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: Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Dark 15.9%, Story Rich 13%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its bleak anime-horror storytelling, violent imagery, and intense character-driven mystery make it a strong tonal match.
- #22 Mad Father
82% 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: Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 23%, Dark 11.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Violent 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This gothic 2D horror game also follows a child protagonist through grotesque family secrets and increasingly disturbing revelations.
- #23 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
83% matchVery Positive85% of 536 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Horror 17.2%, Gore 12.7%, Violent 9.1%, Psychological Horror 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This suspense VN offers trapped-group mystery, branching narrative tension, and gruesome twists that line up well with Tiny Bunny's darker routes.
- #24 The Witch's House MV
81% 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: Horror 44.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 8.7%, Story Rich 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its classic 2D horror design, lethal surprises, and steadily intensifying dread will appeal if you want more compact but memorable fear.
- #25 CHAOS;CHILD
81% matchVery Positive94% of 3,800 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Gore 11.5%, Story Rich 10%, Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This long-form VN blends gruesome murders, paranoia, and reality-bending psychological horror into a dark, mystery-heavy experience.
- #26 Banebush
78% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18%, Story Rich 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #27 MAMIYA
80% matchVery Positive93% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 12.8%, Story Rich 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its melancholic text-heavy storytelling, trauma focus, and eerie conversations create a similarly haunting emotional atmosphere.
- #28 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 reviews2020
Dev: Saikono
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Horror 27.6%, Dark 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Point & Click 5.1%
- #29 Lake of Voices
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 620 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a free branching horror VN centered on survival choices, ominous folklore, and a bleak forest mood that feels very close in spirit.
- #30 Doki Doki Literature Club!
77% 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 21.6%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.5%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #31 No, I'm not a Human
75% matchVery Positive93% of 26,830 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18%, Choices Matter 14%, Dark 13.7%, Gore 11.4%
- #32 LIZARDS MUST DIE
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,481 reviews2023
Dev: the BratansPub: Smola Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.
Why similar: Atmospheric 83.9%, Singleplayer 16.1%
- #33 An alt girl for skoof
77% matchVery Positive83% of 10,264 reviews2024
Dev: Terletski Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
There is a rumor that any skuf can legally receive a fee alt girl from the state; to do this, you just need to log in to a special service and enter your personal data.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Mature 9.5%, Anime 8.9%, Horror 8.5%
- #34 Everlasting Summer
78% matchVery Positive95% of 77,204 reviews2014
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Story Rich 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Mature 11%
- #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: Visual Novel 20.2%, Dark 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #36 MiSide
73% 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: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Horror 22.4%, Story Rich 16.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Cute 8.2%
- #37 Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,107 reviews2022
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Story Rich 13.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #38 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
73% matchVery Positive97% of 79 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: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 15.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #39 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 873 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Visual Novel 26.2%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Gore 9.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #40 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,008 reviews2017
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Visual Novel 20.3%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Dark 8.1%
- #41 Pink Noise
71% matchVery Positive92% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Dark 9.8%
- #42 Nightmare Zapping
72% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #43 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 663 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 91.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Visual Novel 22.4%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Gore 10.2%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #44 A Conversation With Mister Rabbit
73% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
A Conversation With Mister Rabbit is a very short, linear visual novel with a dark and bloody twist. The story follows an aspiring knight who seeks wisdom from a big and fluffy rabbit.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Dark 14.5%, Story Rich 14.5%, Horror 9%, Atmospheric 9%
- #45 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
70% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #46 Project Vostok: Episode 1
71% matchVery Positive83% 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 17.3%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 10.8%, Gore 9%
- #47 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
69% matchVery Positive85% of 221 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 22.7%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 16.7%, Gore 11.6%, Violent 7.3%
- #48 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 867 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%
- #49 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,224 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Visual Novel 23.4%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #50 Violent Horror Stories 2
68% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Trioskaz
Windows
A brand‑new bundle from the creators of the short‑form horror hit Violent Horror Stories. This time the collection revolves around one chilling theme: confinement.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Horror 17.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 10%
- #51 Humans are not that against Lizardwomen
67% matchVery Positive94% of 3,096 reviews2024
Dev: Hue Axis Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Once again vile lizards descended upon the lands of Hyperborea, and their plans are as wicked and perverse as ever! It's time to take a swig of the fortifying waters of Baikal and repel these reptile temptresses! We'll push them against the wall and show them the true might of our heroic spears!
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.4%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Story Rich 15.9%, Cute 7.3%, 2D 5.6%
- #52 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
69% 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: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 21.8%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Story Rich 15.3%, Anime 7.6%
- #53 Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
70% matchVery Positive89% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 114.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Visual Novel 23.4%, Horror 16%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 11.7%, Gore 10.1%
- #54 Metel - Horror Escape
68% matchVery Positive94% of 2,376 reviews2020
Dev: Linked Squad
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.
Why similar: Horror 45.4%, Dark 27.2%, Story Rich 21.4%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #55 DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION
66% matchVery Positive94% of 13,651 reviews2023
Dev: Agafonoff
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
DR LIVESEY: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, gentlemen, from now on, rom and death means the same thing for you.
Why similar: Dark 45.2%, Atmospheric 34.8%, Singleplayer 7.4%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D 6.3%
- #56 Five Stages of Pink
68% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Kaffein
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror mystery about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city while trying to survive one more day. In a universe where Sleep is an illness. This is a visual novel with point and click features.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Story Rich 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #57 Tokyo Dark
69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,336 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Point & Click 8.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #58 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
67% matchVery Positive86% of 252 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 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 10.4%, Story Rich 10%
- #59 Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
66% matchVery Positive88% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Visual Novel 31.9%, Gore 12.8%, Violent 10.4%, Anime 8.2%, Horror 7.2%
- #60 Choice of Life: Middle Ages
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,774 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
Why similar: Choices Matter 65.5%, 2D 10.4%, Singleplayer 10%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 6.2%