- #1 Ultra Cleaner Corp.
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ClaraBellmak
Windows
It’s been 300 years of life in space after the Earth exploded. All fake-oxygen-breathing humans remain immortal thanks to devices called the Chip Needles, made by Ultra Clean Corp. The story follows the Spaceship-000-009 crew as one of their crew members disagrees with her imposed immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Linear 17.6%, Gore 10.5%, 2D 9.6%
- #2 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
96% matchVery Positive98% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.1%, Horror 21%, Adventure 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Gore 8.3%
- #3 正体 SHOUT-AI
96% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: 852話
Windows
This game contains psychological horror, unsettling dialogue, screen noise, blackouts, glitches, fake code logs, and effects that may appear as if something is happening on the player's PC. It does not contain gore, explicit sexual content, drug use, or realistic violence against real people.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Dialogue Heavy 23.4%, Horror 17.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%
- #4 GiseiHero
95% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: meLtRoman
Windows
Among the 18 people who have a heart of justice, there is an evil that seeks murder. It is a mysterious and malicious death game of justice ADV. This is a free game made by an individual. Please note that this is an unfinished work.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Investigation 21%, Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #5 Resequence: The Orchard
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CLEARRAVE
Windows
Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 16%, Supernatural 13.6%, Adventure 10.7%
- #6 Banebush
94% matchVery Positive95% of 2,197 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 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 36.4%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 22.1%, Violent 10.1%, Adventure 5.3%
- #7 Scarlet Wolf
93% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Graven Visual Novels
Windows · Mac
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Violent 11.9%
- #8 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 815 reviews2020
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 74.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 35.2%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 18.2%, Adventure 10.6%, 2D 7.8%
- #9 キミが消えてしまう前に
91% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: ニケ
Windows
A visual novel game where you spend an exciting school life in an abandoned school with ghost girls who have regrets and cannot rest in peace.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Horror 23%, Adventure 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, 2D 8.7%
- #10 Year of the Ladybug: Season 1
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Aditya NairPub: Fiction Roast
Windows · Mac
In 'Year of the Ladybug: Season 1,' characters traverse a nightmarish realm filled with fear and despair, revealing sinister secrets while evading the relentless terrors that pursue them at every turn.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Dialogue Heavy 20.2%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 17%, Linear 8.2%
- #11 Man of Sterling Quality
91% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Weather Balloon PilotsPub: Weather Balloon Pilots
Windows · Mac
Son: Father, what is the nature of masculinity? Father: That is a most excellent question my son. Most worthy of contemplation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Visual Novel 33.9%, Linear 21.1%, 2D 6.8%, Indie 1.9%
- #12 Kidnapped Simulator
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CRUNCHFEST
Windows
A psychological horror experience powered by a local AI model. You've been kidnapped by a serial killer who demands your deepest truths. Speak, type, or lie your way to freedom - but every word matters. No internet required. No data leaves your PC. 18+ only.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Dialogue Heavy 20%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
- #13 Nightmare Zapping
89% 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 23.5%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Linear 9.1%
- #14 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 718 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 88.2 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 27.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 17.7%, Gore 10.7%, Adventure 9.9%
- #15 死写 -SHISYA-
87% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: TEAM SHINZA
Windows
Horror adventure game to appraise spirits photos
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Horror 24.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, 2D 8.4%
- #16 ReDo
86% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: ENerd_Official
Windows
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: Visual Novel 25.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 15.9%, Supernatural 12.7%, Gore 6.9%
- #17 Spirit Hunter: NG
86% matchVery Positive90% of 286 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.3 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 32.3%, Horror 20.6%, Gore 17.8%, Violent 16.5%, Adventure 12.8%
- #18 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,261 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 40%, Horror 30.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, 2D 5.5%
- #19 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
84% matchVery Positive98% of 102 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 26.9%, Horror 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Gore 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #20 死写2 -SHISYA2- GHOST VIDEO
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: TEAM SHINZA
Windows
A horror adventure game where you identify ghost photos and ghost videos
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Horror 28.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, 2D 8.2%
- #21 Don't Beg for Help
83% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Kosmo Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel game with "Tales from the Crypt" style plot.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Horror 20.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Gore 9.9%
- #22 Heather's Haunted House Party
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AliceQuinnArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
While trying to plan a party that’s to die for, a high school queen bee finds she has an uninvited guest that is much scarier than your average teenage girl.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Supernatural 14%, Horror 13.9%
- #23 Sabbatical In Merzouga
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Horror 14.3%, Supernatural 14.1%, Investigation 12.6%
- #24 REDSHIFT
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Gravity Interactive
Windows
A short solo developed psychological narrative horror game where you close your eyes to reveal a hidden layer of reality, the REDSHIFT. Uncover the secrets of the facility, Tower 7, and survive what hunts you within the REDSHIFT.
Why similar: Investigation 29.7%, Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Linear 16.9%, Indie 3%
- #25 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 933 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 39.4 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 35.2%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Gore 10.2%, Violent 8.6%
- #26 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
79% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 16.3%, Gore 10%, Violent 8.9%
- #27 呪いの穢れ唄 鳴海龍也の回奇録
78% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: BogeymanGames
Windows
You have lost your memory and wake up in an unpopular Japanese house. Strange phenomena occur. Eerie singing voices coming from inside the house. Uncover the mystery of the cursed house with your partner.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Horror 13.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #28 Solo Path
79% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: JMG
Windows
Enter at night in an abandoned place in the middle of the forest.Realize that you are trapped inside.Trying to escape to survive ...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 17.7%, Investigation 12.9%, Supernatural 12.8%, Gore 11.7%
- #29 Summer Nightmare
80% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.7%, Horror 22.5%, Gore 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Adventure 7.2%
- #30 Mado Marks
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three students record future-self videos in a classroom room that shouldn’t exist... The next morning, one of them is gone, and only corrupted marks prove she was ever there. A short psychological horror VN about memory, proof, and erasure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, Psychological Horror 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Adventure 12.8%, 2D 7.7%
- #31 Xi-Portal
77% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: KakaMigu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel the Mystery of Xi-Portal You'll have the chance to join a diverse community of students and explore the exciting world of Xi-Portal alongside captivating characters such as Schneider, Hikari, Ayako, Ai, and KakaMigu.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Violent 14.8%, 2D 11.8%, Indie 2.6%
- #32 Something Strange
77% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 19.1%, 2D 10.2%, Adventure 4.9%
- #33 Alice's Warped Wonderland:REcollection
76% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Nightmare Studio
Windows
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 22.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #34 The Dreary Portent: The Window in the Painting
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Megon Lashley
Windows
Lana and Shawn learn that their new home might have been a bargain for a reason. A spooky old estate, priced at a discount and filled with antiques. Anyone would jump at the chance to buy it… but, then, why has it been empty for so long?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Supernatural 19.9%, Horror 19.7%, Linear 15.6%, Adventure 7%
- #35 Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny
74% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Supernatural 14.7%, Horror 12.7%
- #36 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,871 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.0 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 35.8%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 19.1%, Linear 6.9%, Gore 6.7%
- #37 Your Forever Friend
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Le Clown De La ClassePub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Your Forever Friend™ is the solution to never feeling alone again! Play video games, listen to music together, reminisce about buried memories... And there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. NOTHING ! <3
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Horror 12.5%
- #38 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
75% matchVery Positive85% of 538 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 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 37.1%, Horror 20.6%, Gore 14.3%, Violent 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #39 アパシー 鳴神学園七不思議
73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: SHANNONPub: mebius.
Windows
怖い話を聞いているだけなのに何かおかしい……。新聞部の新人、坂上修一となり、学校新聞の特集のために集まった6人の語り部より怖い話を聞いていきます。語り部は話の途中で坂上に質問や感想を求めてきます。それが選択肢となっており、答えることによって物語が変化していきます。
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Horror 16.8%, Adventure 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Gore 10.4%
- #40 Lyset Core
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lyset Team
Windows
A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Horror 19.5%, Violent 13.3%, Gore 12.1%, Adventure 8.1%
- #41 Love, Sam
73% matchVery Positive95% of 595 reviews2019
Dev: Korean Linguistics Lab
Windows
Alone in your room, you see a diary sitting on your desk. It wants to tell you a story: a story about a high school crush. A story about small town romance. A story about how everyone is against you and nobody will ever love you again.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 22.5%, Violent 21.5%, Supernatural 12.6%, Adventure 10.7%
- #42 Gal Mothers and Daughters who love sex
73% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Enjoy the process of the timid protagonist using hypnosis to manipulate and subjugate his abusive mother and daughter, training them to his liking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Adventure 12.6%
- #43 Coincidences?
70% matchVery Positive91% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: FogTime
Windows
After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 20.4%, Supernatural 13.8%, Adventure 9.1%
- #44 Lunavoid
71% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: BluSkie
Windows
There seems to be something wrong with the moon, and the world is under global lockdown. Will you figure out what's happening, or will you remain isolated, never finding out?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 23.2%, Supernatural 19.1%, Gore 8.4%, Linear 7.9%
- #45 アパシー学校であった怖い話1995特別編
72% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
怖すぎるにも ほどがある。新聞部は、夏休み前の学校新聞で「学校の七不思議」を特集することになった。七人の学生を集めて、彼らから怖い話を聞き、それを特集としてまとめるのだ。新聞部三年生の日野から命を受け、新入部員の坂上修一はその集会の聞き役を担当することになった。集会当日、放課後の新聞部部室に日野によって集められた七人の語り部と聞き役の坂上修一は初めて顔を合わせる。しかし、七人集められたはずの語り部は、何故か六人しかいなかった。七人目が姿を見せぬまま始まる七不思議の集会。七人目は、現れるのか。そして、この集会の終わりに待っているのは……。
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Horror 17%, Adventure 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Gore 10.8%
- #46 怪異ジャッジ・ドリーミー
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: リコペマGAMES
Windows
とびきりファンシーな怪異調査ノベルゲーム短編集! メカクレ青年ハマメが、夢のような不思議な世界へ!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%
- #47 PROJECT: Halloween
71% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Madeleine Chai
Windows · Mac · Linux
She was created for one purpose: to make sure everyone in the world enjoys Halloween. At all costs. A short, fully-voiced horror visual novel exploring instrumental convergence.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.7%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 18.3%, Linear 13.7%, 2D 7.1%
- #48 Lynne
71% matchVery Positive80% of 1,133 reviews2018
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.9%, Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 19.7%, Linear 5.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #49 アパシー学校であった怖い話 極
70% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
エンディング数140種類以上!縦横無尽に広がりを見せる選択肢が恐怖の世界へ誘います。
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Horror 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Gore 10.7%, Violent 9.9%
- #50 WHIIIIN!! -The Endless Nightmare-
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniel Macoto
Windows
A 2D exploration horror adventure game in which an immortal man tries to escape from the "never-ending nightmare of dental treatment."
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 17.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Violent 7.3%
- #51 アパシー荒井昭二 ~牧場奇譚~
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
『学校であった怖い話』の語り部、荒井昭二。 彼は一年の夏休み、友人の誘いを受けてとある牧場でアルバイトをする。 全編、荒井昭二で染まる耽美且つ狂気の世界に貴方の心は息つく間もなく犯される。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Gore 16.8%, Violent 14.8%, Horror 14.6%, Adventure 12.6%
- #52 Cut to the Core
69% matchVery Positive93% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Plasma PressPub: AAD Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
How much of someone can you cut away before there's nothing left? Find out in this chilling kinetic visual novel - IF YOU DARE!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Horror 16.9%, Linear 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Gore 12.4%
- #53 Doppelgänger
68% matchPositive100% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: HOLOSTARS English
Windows · Mac
The story is set in an alternate universe where the player is struggling with the memories of what they know to be HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS- and the mysterious look-alikes who pull them every which way. Can the player figure out the truth about this twisted world and return to the guild?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Horror 14.3%, Gore 11.4%, 2D 9.7%
- #54 Blind Dog
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: svyat
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Investigation 10.2%, 2D 7.8%
- #55 Tiny Bunny
65% matchVery Positive83% of 30,284 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Gore 9.7%, Violent 7.8%
- #56 クラブ・スーサイド
67% matchVery Positive97% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: MORPATHPub: Celtia
Windows · Mac
私は、自殺を考えている。クラブ・スーサイドへようこそ。自殺を考える少年達に寄り添う、奇妙な一週間。命を思考するノベルアドベンチャー。
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Psychological Horror 19%, Adventure 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Gore 11.6%
- #57 Doctor Visit
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 17.3%, Supernatural 15%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%
- #58 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
68% matchVery Positive82% of 512 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 39.2%, Horror 28.7%, Violent 18.8%, Adventure 13.3%
- #59 BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 17.4%, Supernatural 14.4%, Gore 6.4%
- #60 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,521 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 37.8%, Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Gore 10.3%, Violent 5.7%