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A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.

Why similar: Thriller 12.7%, Vampires 11.8% ★, Visual Novel 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Investigation 7.9%

'UNCULT' is a Adventure where the protagonist, the daughter of a cult leader, suffers from amnesia after an accident in a fanatical pseudo-religious group. Now, she must piece together her obscured past, facing numerous challenges and uncovering the truth. Your decisions will shape her destiny.

Why similar: Thriller 14.3%, Crime 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.2%

Nick just can't let go of the people he's killed.

Why similar: Vampires 19.2% ★, Noir 13.1%, Thriller 13%, Psychological 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

ODH is a story rich, physcological, survival, horror, game with retro flair.

Why similar: Crime 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Thriller 11.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.

Why similar: Noir 15.1%, Crime 15%, Thriller 14.8%, Psychological 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%

When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.

Why similar: Werewolves 24.1% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Horror 8.4%

A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?

Why similar: Werewolves 23.4% ★, Thriller 14.2%, Investigation 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7%

A horror visual novel exploring the dark sides of friendship and the dangerous paths taken to save it.

Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Psychological 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 8.8%

One reporter, trying to survive nine days in an isolated village. Four demonesses who are out for blood. Several supernatural murders... Welcome to Hope Hill!

Why similar: Crime 15.1%, Vampires 12.1% ★, Survival Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 9.3%

NightSpawn is a FREE to PLAY multiplayer horror game where investigators explore cursed locations, complete objectives, and escape supernatural monsters. Play co-op with friends or control the monster in asymmetric multiplayer modes including intense 4v1 hunts and competitive team-based matches.

Why similar: Vampires 20.5% ★, Werewolves 20.4% ★, Thriller 12.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Noir 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game

Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Crime 14.8%, Thriller 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%

“0.0035%” is a mystery & horror game set in modern Japan. Players piece together fragmented clues and items to uncover hidden truths. No flashy action—only a shocking finale and deep, thought‑provoking exploration with multiple endings.

Why similar: Crime 16.7%, Psychological 16%, Mystery 13.5%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%

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: Noir 18.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Emotional 7.1%

You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.

Why similar: Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 12.2%, Investigation 11.2%, Noir 10.5%

Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Thriller 12.9%, Horror 10.3%

The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.

Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Noir 15.1%, Psychological 11.5%, Investigation 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

Why similar: Werewolves 22.4% ★, Thriller 12.5%, Investigation 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Dark Fantasy 7%

You don't fight. You intervene. Use sound frequencies to survive an impossible city shaped by corrupted memories.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Survival Horror 20%, Psychological 13%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 9%

"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.

Why similar: Noir 16.7%, Thriller 12.1%, Psychological 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%

When your father goes missing with little more than a letter to clue you in, it's up to you to find him. His last known whereabouts? Ashmere Manor. Will you succeed in solving the mystery at the heart of the house and find your father, or will you succumb to its phantom call?

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.1%, Psychological 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10%, Mystery 8.9%

To escape from a hospital whose roof is underground, you must descend to the deepest level. At every step, you need to endure witnessing the results of horrific experiments. And rest assured, you will never predict the end of the story.

Why similar: Thriller 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Psychological 12.7%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Horror 10.5%

A dark yuri horror visual novel set in a crumbling Gothic castle. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?

Why similar: Vampires 16.1% ★, Thriller 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8%

The Last Frame is a psychological horror game about a father who disappeared. As you walk through the locations he documented, you discover that watching and recording them changed the place itself — and not for the better.

Why similar: Psychological 17.9%, Thriller 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 12.2%

"The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror game that takes players on a chilling journey into the depths of the human psyche. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale where greed, fear, and change intertwine.

Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Investigation 11.3%

USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.

Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Investigation 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Noir 9.9%

Renting a small shop and opening a barber shop, Vito meets a woman who works alone next to his shop and he feels like he's falling in love with her, but... is she okay?

Why similar: Thriller 17.5%, Crime 17%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Psychological 12.4%, Mystery 10%

Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.

Why similar: Crime 14.8%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Thriller 11.3%, Investigation 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%

A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Thriller 13.9%, Psychological 10.5%, Horror 10.5%

Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological 12%, Thriller 11.6%, Mystery 9.8%

A companion app necessary for playing the The Dark Quarter board game from Lucky Duck Games. The Dark Quarter is a cooperative adventure game that tells a rich, adult, dynamic story, mixing an app with physical components.

Why similar: Werewolves 23.1% ★, Vampires 16.8% ★, Crime 14%, Noir 12.4%, Mystery 8%

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: Survival Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Thriller 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%

A first-person psychological horror game where you throw glowing orbs to navigate a collapsing mine — and uncover the dark truth behind your missing father.

Why similar: Crime 23.1%, Thriller 21.8%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological 12.2%

A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.

Why similar: Noir 16.6%, Thriller 14.1%, Crime 12.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Investigation 9.2%

Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.

Why similar: Noir 14.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 9.6%

Stitched - Mother's Nightmare continues the story of Stitched, putting the player in control of a protagonist named Mia as she ventures in the mysterious doll factory. Why did she come there? What horror awaits her in the factory?

Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Psychological 11.9%, Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

A stranger calls at 3:33 AM. They know your name. Choose your words carefully in this fully voiced psychological horror game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Thriller 17.8%, Horror 16%, Mystery 11.2%, Choices Matter 6.6%

A pixel art point-and-click adventure set in the heart of the modern-day high tech industry, which will test your logic and deductive reasoning skills as you investigate the murder mystery that's upturned your life.

Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Investigation 14%, Psychological 13.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Emotional 9.9%

Tale of serendipity is a third person survival horror with multiple endings, in which the search of your lost feline will make you question yourself the limits of reality and obsession When facing danger is not an option, the only thing left is survive.

Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Horror 9.5%

The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!

Why similar: Thriller 21.3%, Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Crime 14.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%

How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?

Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.6%, Emotional 9.1%

Aylen is a horror let's player who gets kidnapped. One moment, she was shooting the intro for her next video, and the next, she was waking up her biggest fan's basement. There are only two means for escape: examine & plot in secrecy, or use your words to deceive him. Or willingly accept him. (Don't)

Why similar: Thriller 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Horror 10.7%, Emotional 9.1%

In this Boys' Love visual novel about dating monsters, you play as Christopher Wells, a young office worker who moves to a town full of supernatural creatures in hopes of getting to make a real difference.

Why similar: Vampires 34.9% ★, Werewolves 18.6% ★, Visual Novel 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Multiple Endings 6.9%

Miles McDaniel, a police officer, is sent to the Darkvale Motel to investigate the troubling disappearance of a resident. What begins as a routine case quickly descends into a far darker and more terrifying story.

Why similar: Crime 22.6%, Investigation 17.5%, Thriller 15%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 10.4%

The narrative is the puzzle itself. You have no power, no resources, but a cryptic force sends you to face the impossible, where you have to see through your opponents lies before they see through yours, be they human or not.

Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Thriller 12.9%, Psychological 12%, Choices Matter 8.8%

An anomaly horror game where you investigate a barn as Officer Walsh while paranoia, your relationship and the reality of it all slowly collapse, and decisions are gonna have to be made.

Why similar: Crime 16%, Investigation 15%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Psychological 11.8%, Thriller 11.7%

The final entry of the Abime Series. Six intruders and six captives share a high-tech prison where their moral dilemmas may lead them to a fate worse than death. Can they overcome the wiles of Empathy Systems? What dark secrets lurk behind that institution? When does knowledge become a curse?

Why similar: Thriller 17.2%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Investigation 11.3%

A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.

Why similar: Crime 17%, Thriller 14.5%, Noir 13.2%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%

"Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" is a Chinese folk horror FMV mystery about a forbidden ghost marriage, a cursed nursery rhyme, and a string of fear-stricken deaths. Investigate a haunted mansion, uncover buried sins, and face multiple endings.

Why similar: Thriller 14.7%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Investigation 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%

Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?

Why similar: Thriller 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Psychological 13.8%, Horror 10.4%

In the early 2000s, a series of horrifying incidents shattered countless lives across the world. No one truly understood the purpose behind them. Some called it corruption, others called it power beyond humanity. The real monsters were never demons, but humans with absolute control over others.

Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Crime 16.3%, Thriller 14.3%, Investigation 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.

Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Psychological 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%

As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

Why similar: Thriller 14.2%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Psychological 10%, Horror 9.4%

Psychological horror experience where exploration, tension, and environmental storytelling guide you through a decaying world full of secrets best left buried. What was meant to be just another exploration quickly unravels into something far more disturbing.

Why similar: Investigation 16.3%, Thriller 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 14.5%, Horror 11.4%

Your two best friends just broke up, its up to you to figure out why and whose fault it is. Good thing you’re a detective!

Why similar: Thriller 23.3%, Psychological Horror 18%, Crime 16.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Emotional 9.4%

A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!

Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Crime 14%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?

Why similar: Thriller 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

All in your head is a single-player first-person horror game. You find yourself in a cabin alone and your goal is to finish what you and your friends came here to do, but alone. Beware of Miley, a girl who roams the areas, because all you have is your phone's light.

Why similar: Thriller 18.8%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%

Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 12%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Thriller 9%

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: Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Emotional 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%