- #1 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
97% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Text-Based 10.1%, Mystery 9.6%
- #2 The Murder Hotel
96% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #3 TOUQI
96% matchVery Positive92% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》(头七怪谈)是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员,你需要根据主编的要求,整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联,并在必要时与同伴实地探索,以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Detective 15%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #4 Myths of Rules
95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,032 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Puzzle 19.9%, Text-Based 15.2%, Story Rich 12%, Horror 7.1%
- #5 Duskpunk
94% matchVery Positive91% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 28.8%, Text-Based 25.5%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #6 Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
93% matchVery Positive93% of 332 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #7 Suhoshin
94% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
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 18.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Detective 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #8 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,076 reviews2026
Dev: yattytheman
Windows · Linux
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Mystery 17.9%, Thriller 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #9 Mirages
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 296 reviews2023
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.
Why similar: Thriller 23.4%, Mystery 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Lore-Rich 11.1%
- #10 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,382 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Puzzle 12%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #11 Knell of St. Godhrkar
91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,545 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Text-Based 24.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Story Rich 10.3%, Mystery 9.6%
- #12 Even20: The Interference of Parallels
89% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: SilverEyesPub: Wisdom Games Publishing
Windows · Mac
Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.
Why similar: Thriller 28.4%, Mystery 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #13 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
87% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Mystery 17.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Detective 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Text-Based 15.7%
- #14 Misty Judgment
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,414 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Mystery 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #15 The Specter's Desire
88% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 16.2%, Thriller 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #16 Night Patrol Rules
86% matchVery Positive100% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Te.Sa
Windows
Virtual group - PLAVE doujin game, set against the backdrop of winter school ghost stories. Experience the Night Patrol Rules of the Seven Mysteries through the eyes of all five band members, uncovering the unsettling truth hidden behind the mystery through your investigation and choices.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 22.1%, Puzzle 19.2%, Adventure 5.9%
- #17 Town of Night
89% matchMixed50% of 166 reviews2016
Dev: Delusional GamesPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Town of Night is a RPG-First-person dungeon crawler hybrid. Visit the town that sits atop a series of vast and dangerous dungeons. Explore, battle, loot and survive!
Why similar: RPG 78.4%, Adventure 21.6%
- #18 This is Interesting
84% matchVery Positive99% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Mystery 20.5%, Puzzle 13.4%, RPG 6.5%
- #19 Karisvale
85% matchVery Positive94% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Brendan Tighe
Windows
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #20 Winter Clothing
84% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
Why similar: Thriller 23.7%, Detective 21%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #21 Welcome to Dustown
83% matchMixed51% of 773 reviews2025
Dev: Onze 8 Degrés
Windows
Welcome to Dustown is a single-player or cooperative horror game for up to 4 players. Play as field scientists exploring vast labyrinthine cornfields, collecting samples and evidence for a mysterious corporation. Make sure you don't get killed at the crossroads.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Lore-Rich 27.8%, Mystery 15%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Horror 10.6%
- #22 筮灵 SHILING
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Thriller 21.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #23 杀青
82% matchVery Positive84% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: 蒐藏馆工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows · Mac
"Shaqing" is a Chinese horror puzzle game set in "Wuzhan Town". Players must help the protagonist escape an evil scene where dreams and reality blur, and save his beloved. The objective is to help the protagonist escape and save his beloved.
Why similar: Thriller 20.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #24 The Simen Rumors
81% matchVery Positive82% of 317 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Lore-Rich 20.3%, Mystery 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Logic 8.7%
- #25 Mansion of the Dead
80% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Caicai Studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of Agent Kim, drawn into a chilling mystery deep in the wilderness. Find hidden clues, solve intricate puzzles, and outsmart the relentless zombies that roam the estate. Will you make it out alive, or will you too vanish without a trace?
Why similar: Mystery 26.2%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 14.2%, Horror 12.1%
- #26 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
78% matchMixed59% of 8,400 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Multiple Endings 16%, Mystery 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #27 Welcome To The Dark Place
77% matchVery Positive88% of 585 reviews2025
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.6%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Mystery 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Adventure 5.7%
- #28 Raisond'etre
79% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: C3 Games
Windows
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.4%, Adventure 18.5%, Story Rich 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #29 Tatari: The Arrival
79% matchMixed66% of 307 reviews2023
Dev: Hidden Tower StudiosPub: TheGamesFortress
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Take the role of a detective from Tokyo who tries to solve the mysterious case of the disappearance of a young camper. You will try to follow the trail of evidence to guide you through an enigmatic and paranormal case connected with a Japanese urban legend. Can you help until the end?
Why similar: Mystery 30.7%, Puzzle 23.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 12.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #30 FAREWELL SEN
78% matchVery Positive94% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: amoxy
Windows
MAKE FRIENDS WITH GHOSTS
Why similar: Thriller 25.6%, RPG 18.6%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%
- #31 Train of Afterlife
81% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43%, Mystery 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Adventure 8.3%
- #32 Free Will
75% matchVery Positive97% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.1%, Story Rich 18.3%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, RPG 14.8%, Mystery 13.7%
- #33 Sunlight Scream
77% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Thriller 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13%
- #34 Tead
76% matchVery Positive100% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Tead
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder-mystery visual novel following 12 strangers with mysterious pasts. Make arguments and identify the murderer, but don't lose sight of the ultimate goal of eliminating the Game Master.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.3%, Puzzle 33.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Story Rich 6.5%, Adventure 1.4%
- #35 Dread Flats
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,518 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Thriller 30.4%, Mystery 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, Horror 8%
- #36 Arrogation: Unlight of Day
75% matchVery Positive81% of 274 reviews2023
Dev: Corax_Studios
Windows
Arrogation: Unlight of Day is a psychological horror game set in World War II. You will play as a lone reporter searching for his lost family in an abandoned village from 80s China. Beyond darkness, you will find nightmarish creatures and secrets from the long lost Imperial Japanese Army.
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Detective 18.4%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 7.6%
- #37 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
76% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #38 Byakuya Museum
73% matchVery Positive93% of 748 reviews2023
Dev: 墨染_Aifeimo
Windows
“I should have...died...”Opened eyes again, he found himself in a bustling museum!Players need to take on the role of a raven specimen boy "Gregorio" to explore the Byakuya Museum. Your mission is to plumb the secrets of Time Town, uncover your own past, and escape from the museum.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 40.1%, Multiple Endings 24.1%, Horror 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #39 Kanna Maze
72% matchVery Positive89% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 15.1%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%
- #40 Hashihime of the Old Book Town
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 643 reviews2019
Dev: ADELTAPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Follow the protagonist's pursuit to uncover the death of his friends during the Taisho era of Japan. An highly-acclaimed, psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel from indie developer ADELTA!
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.1%, Multiple Endings 21.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Mystery 8.6%, Horror 5%
- #41 CaseCracker3
70% matchVery Positive89% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Mystery 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Puzzle 11%
- #42 12 Hours to Die
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Mystery 21.8%, Puzzle 12.5%, Adventure 4.2%
- #43 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Thriller 40.4%, Psychological Horror 32.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Survival Horror 9%, Horror 5.8%
- #44 Mandemon
72% matchVery Positive87% of 372 reviews2023
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Decaying Japanese school buildings, a series of bizarre incidents, eerie Mandemon legends. Lies and truths intertwine, love and hate entwined in the mist. What should one do? Whom should one believe? Welcome to this cruel world filled with deception and harm —
Why similar: Mystery 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Thriller 14.5%, Detective 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #45 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
71% matchVery Positive95% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Thriller 18.8%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #46 The Tavern In the Woods
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Chris J MitchellPub: Motion Forge CG
Windows
"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Mystery 20.2%, Historical 8.1%, Adventure 6.3%
- #47 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
70% matchVery Positive94% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Story Rich 10.3%, Horror 5.9%
- #48 A Salem Witch Trial - Murder Mystery
74% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Digital Bento
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
When a murdered family is discovered in 17th Century Salem, at the height of a witch hysteria, people start to suspect something supernatural to blame. An atmospheric murder mystery. Connect the evidence and see if you can deduce the secrets behind the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Mystery 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #49 Insight
70% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Thriller 31.6%, Detective 27.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Story Rich 8%
- #50 全网公敌:诡村
68% matchVery Positive89% of 571 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事,通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员,需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入,始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面,“祂”,似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村,有着千丝万缕的联系。
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Detective 16.2%, Mystery 14.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, RPG 12.1%
- #51 Nightmare Zapping
69% matchVery Positive99% of 76 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 27.2%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Mystery 23%, Story Rich 12.5%, Horror 10.2%
- #52 THANATOS
69% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.4%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #53 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 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: Text-Based 22.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 18.8%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #54 Epimutation
67% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #55 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
67% matchVery Positive90% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Mystery 22.3%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Historical 8.2%
- #56 DYSTHANASIA
65% matchVery Positive90% of 322 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Mystery 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Puzzle 14.8%, Survival Horror 12.1%
- #57 The Devilry Reservation
67% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Text-Based 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #58 Back:Fade
65% matchVery Positive82% of 245 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
Why similar: Thriller 21.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 9.5%
- #59 La Villa de la Muerte
68% matchMixed63% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Ottercide Studio
Windows
La Villa de la Muerte is a looping psychological horror game where players will progress through an ever-changing environment in pursuit of the truth behind a family disappearance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Thriller 17.6%, Mystery 15.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, Survival Horror 11.4%