Games Like Traurig Secrets: Prologue

You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.

Why similar: Crime 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Supernatural 9.5%, Anime 8.8%

In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?

Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Detective 13.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Anime 9.4%

At Mystery Academy, training detectives is routine. Dealing with a vampire? Not so much. As mysterious deaths begin to surface, questions begins to arise: is it all just pure coincidence? And who can you trust when danger might be right beside you?

Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Dark 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Crime 10.3%

What is Love is full of pretty girls with dark secrets. Keep in mind that your actions matter, so Baby, don't hurt me! Not suitable for those who are easily disturbed by their own choices. It can result in Vietnam Flashbacks/PTSD after realising what you have done.

Why similar: Memes 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Detective 12.8%, Anime 11.8%, Dark 10.5%

In New Meaning you play as Luke Wilson, or do you? Luke is a struggling teenager trying to shed some light upon a dark lonely world, will you help him or will you aid his departure into depression? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 9.3%, Anime 9.1%

A visual novel about shawarma, consisting of multiple episodes.

Why similar: Memes 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 12%, Anime 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

Visual novel in crystal punk genre, In the recent past, humans discovered a new mineral—Visceralite. Its unique feature lies in its ability to integrate with the human body.

Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Cyberpunk 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Anime 8.2%

When Tralalero turns from Tralala to AAAAAAAA! Brave the haunted Sahur mansion, where shadows hide zombini memini lurking to hunt you. Solve puzzles, escape doom, and beware: they're not just rotting your brain—they're coming for what's left.

Why similar: Memes 26%, Zombies 18.1%, Horror 15.5%, Detective 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!

Why similar: Crime 21%, Detective 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.

Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Crime 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 12.5%

"Old tradition VS Zombie = ???" The mismatched duo is tackling a bizarre case in the freezing midsummer of Shimofuri Village. A one-of-a-kind comedy-mystery adventure!

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Crime 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Zombies 15.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%

Set in school life, “Who is the Criminal” is a text-based adventure game featuring comedian and inference elements. With inquiring suspects and debating with “evildoers”, he gathers pieces of puzzles and reveals what truly happens in every incident.

Why similar: Detective 22%, Crime 20.4%, Memes 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 10.1%

Interrogate your past. In this demo, you embody Detective Juno facing off against the White Rabbit in the corrupt city of WoodHale. Detect his lies, confront contradictions, and manage your trauma before time runs out. Will you be the one to break him, or will you be the one who breaks?

Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Memes 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 13.6%

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: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Anime 14.6%, Romance 11.1%, Horror 10.6%

Plunge into this story and see what happens!

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Romance 19.2%, Memes 18.9%, Anime 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Romance 15.1%, Horror 10.9%

Follow the story of Markus Orwell, a First Generation soldier of the North Alliance while he tries to solve a painful crime and get his life back on track. Navigate through branching paths, multiple endings, where each decision crafts a different journey.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.7%, Crime 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Detective 15.8%, Sci-fi 8.2%

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: Supernatural 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Anime 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.7%

The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Barn Yard, help Summer restore her family farm! Clean the farm, and deliver the goods! Now with 3D minigames and all new Less Looping Technology! Help Lily become the best farmer she can be!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Detective 13.3%, Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%

Welcome to Bear Ridge Summer Camp! Jenny Lewis is an awkward high school graduate working her first job as a camp counsellor. Help her navigate an exciting summer of making new friends, and finding her first love. But be wary! Not all is as it seems...

Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Romance 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.

Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Detective 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Dark 8.9%

A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!

Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 13.6%, Supernatural 13%, Horror 11.7%

Veronica doesn't believe in mysticism, but the unexplained events that occur after she loses her job will make her change her mind forever.

Why similar: Supernatural 22%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 13%, Anime 12%, Dark 10.2%

"Players, please break the chains of Amy's nightmares with DR3AMy!" Break free from nightmares with the lovely DR3AMy android and Amy. This game contains visual and auditory horror elements. It is not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Anime 14.1%, Dark 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.2%

A tale of treachery, beauty and passion, don’t miss the first installment in the New England Detective series. NED: Breakfast in Boston is a crime mystery detective visual novel with an intriguing dating sim aspect.

Why similar: Crime 19.9%, Detective 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%

You accidentally grew a mushroom girl! Overcome your social anxiety to help her live her brief life to the fullest! Or don't.

Why similar: Romance 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Anime 13%, Horror 10.4%

This gal game combines both horror and romance for an experience overflowing with thrills. What will be your fate? A sweet, happy ending or a truly unspeakable one?

Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Romance 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Zombies 12%, Cute 10.4%

Fantasy Formula is a slice-of-life visual novel based on the living gjinka versions of fast-food restaurants! Formally, you're their collective employee, but outside of the usual work day is when they show their true personalities!

Why similar: Romance 15.8%, Supernatural 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 11.9%

"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: Supernatural 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Horror 10.2%

Idol-themed murder mystery. Play as a detective, solve logic puzzles, and shape your relationships in this VN inspired by Danganronpa & Famicom Detective Club.

Why similar: Crime 19.6%, Detective 18.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Romance 9.8%

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 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Anime 12.6%, Romance 10.8%

You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems. Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.

Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Detective 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Horror 10.6%

Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Romance 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Memes 11.5%

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

Why similar: Supernatural 21.9%, Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 12%

A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Anime 11.7%, Dark 11.6%

Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?

Why similar: Crime 16.1%, Romance 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%

A dark visual novel created by the team behind NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE. 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 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Anime 14.6%, Dark 12.2%

When Ryunosuke Kokuto lands a professorial role at an exclusive academy, his hopes for his new charges prove more ambitious than most! In this characteristically crispy dark comedy VN from Liquid, navigate an unlikely career filled with breakneck twists through the lofty halls of St. Martius.

Why similar: Romance 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Dark 15.1%, Anime 11.7%

Visual novel with a detective plot. Summer break is a time of adventure and love! However, Hikari does not yet know that the maniac has already gone hunting!

Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Anime 13.4%, Cute 7.8%

I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it

Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Anime 12%, Horror 11.5%

He wanders into the village and comes face to face with the village customs and the mystery of the sacred tree. However, he is also a freak who wants to desecrate the mystery. The battle for the salvation of mankind by the cursed village begins.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.6%, Anime 10.1%

This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Crime 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Detective 13.9%, Anime 10.3%

An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Crime 11.5%, Horror 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%

A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Detective 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Anime 12.9%, Horror 10.3%

Dive into a visual novel that follows a detective’s journey on a space station, where mystery meets romance. Inspired by the iconic Space Station 13.

Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Space 14.2%, Romance 9.9%

A metafictional dating-sim visual novel set during the social distancing era, driven by a community-centric messenger system.

Why similar: Memes 21.9%, Romance 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 8.4%, Cute 8.2%

You got your body back, time to live your best life! Hop on, go on adventures with Xena and help her restore her planet's ecosystem

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Space 19.4%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Casual 7.1%

Watching my attractive colleague from work, I didn't even notice how I woke up at her house. Only the duct tape over my mouth and the heaviness in my legs bother me a little. I hope this is just a joke and she won't do A N Y T H I N G to me…

Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Romance 17%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Anime 10.4%

The sequel to “Return to Shironagasu Island.” Two stories unfold simultaneously, occasionally intersecting. Advance both stories to avert a major crisis!

Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Crime 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%

Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?

Why similar: Supernatural 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Romance 16.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Horror 11.2%

"Trick-or-Treat" doesn't always get you a treat.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Supernatural 18.6%, Anime 15.6%, Horror 10.1%

这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。

Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Crime 12.5%

An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Crime 21.8%, Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Anime 14.8%

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: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Detective 16.8%, Supernatural 16.5%, Horror 9.9%

“지애 쌤이랑 사귀고 싶지?”, "너랑 지애 쌤이 잘 될 수 있게 도와줄게.” ㅡ짝사랑을 좇아 멘토링 프로그램에 들어온 주인공. 그러나 그곳에서 만난 멘티 서희는 선생님과 맺어질 수 있게 돕겠다며 이상한 제안을 해오는데—서희의 제안 뒤에 숨겨진 진짜 의도는 무엇일까? 어딘가 수상한 4차원 소녀와 함께하는 예측 불가능한 연애 협동.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Romance 18.9%, Cute 10.3%, Anime 9.3%

Famed twin detectives go on a new case! They are the only people skilled enough to find out what happened to a woman that vanished in the broad daylight. But it seems like they need your help to uncover this mystery.

Why similar: Crime 17.6%, Detective 17.4%, Supernatural 15.2%, Romance 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

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: Detective 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.5%

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 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Memes 14.9%, Anime 14.1%, Horror 13.5%

«NEUROBROOD» is a visual novel in the cyberpunk‑horror genre. Those touched by the abyss of neurodream never wake up the same.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Cyberpunk 18%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Dark 9.6%, Horror 9%