- #1 アパシー荒井昭二 ~牧場奇譚~
97% 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: Gore 24.5%, Violent 20.1%, Text-Based 18.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Adventure 12.5%
- #2 アパシー学校であった怖い話1995特別編
96% 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: Text-Based 22.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Gore 16.9%, Adventure 15.4%, Violent 14.6%
- #3 Spirit Hunter: NG
96% 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: Gore 28.9%, Violent 25%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Adventure 14%, Horror 12.8%
- #4 アパシー小学校であった怖い話 月曜日
94% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
鳴神学園初等部六年六組は、選ばれた者たちが集う特殊なクラス。 そこに一人の転校生がやってきた。 何やら曰くがありそうなその転校生に、クラスメイト達は学園にまつわる怪談を語り始める。 そして六年六組は巨大な怪異に飲み込まれていく…
Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Gore 15.5%, Violent 13.4%
- #5 Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash
95% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Vengeful spirit Sachiko Shinozaki is having a birthday bash, and the lovable cast of damned souls from the Corpse Party series is invited! Join the revelers as they do their best to keep Sachiko happy and survive her twisted games in this midquel to Corpse Party and Corpse Party: Book of Shadows.
Why similar: Gore 35.5%, Violent 28.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Horror 9.7%, Adventure 8.8%
- #6 アパシー学校であった怖い話 極
94% 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: Text-Based 23.8%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Gore 17.5%, Horror 16.2%, Violent 15.1%
- #7 The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy
93% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Grindwheel Games
Windows
Five hunters have tracked the beast and failed. Now it's YOUR turn!
Why similar: Gore 37.3%, Violent 32.3%, Text-Based 13.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Horror 5.3%
- #8 アカイロマンション完全版
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: studio.praparat
Windows · Mac
A complete version of the well-received free game “Akairo Mansion - Horror Edition” is now available with additional episodes! A dramatic horror novel presented to sound novel lovers by the author who is a sound novel lover.
Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Gore 17.7%, Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Violent 15.3%
- #9 The Hunter's Journals - Blissful Ignorance
92% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Grindwheel Games
Windows
A desperate cry for help...can YOU solve the mystery?
Why similar: Gore 37.7%, Violent 32.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Horror 5.4%
- #10 The Hunter's Journals - Pale Harbour
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Grindwheel Games
Windows
A coastal town is overrun by horrors, and only YOU can save it!
Why similar: Gore 37.3%, Violent 32.3%, Text-Based 13.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Horror 5.3%
- #11 Scp: Resonance
91% matchMixed70% of 163 reviews2019
Dev: Эмиль ШагаповPub: HEARTDREAMERS
Windows
The game takes place today, in the multifaceted universe of SCP. The main character is Galen, a simple scientist in Site 13. Recently, Galen graduated from the Faculty of Psychology and was recruited to work with SCP objects. But is everything so simple here?
Why similar: Gore 40%, Violent 31.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Adventure 11.5%
- #12 The Hunter's Journals - Red Ripper
90% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Grindwheel Games
Windows
A diplomatic mission...with a lethal twist!
Why similar: Gore 37.1%, Violent 32.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, Adventure 11.6%, Horror 5.8%
- #13 The Ghost of You
89% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Noodletub Games
Windows
The Ghost of You is a text-based, yuri horror game in which a night at the symphony ends in a massacre. Libretto and her friends must work together to find out the truth; but between romantic conflicts, personal demons, and a song so haunting it warps the mind, will they survive the Symphony Hall?
Why similar: Gore 31.3%, Violent 27.1%, Text-Based 22.6%, Horror 9.6%, Adventure 9.4%
- #14 Follow My Footsteps
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Edvardas ŠneiderisPub: Lukas Litinskas
Windows
This is horror VR game with puzzle elements and deep story line that you have to unfold when you play this game. You have to learn everything about this new house and beyond.
Why similar: Gore 40.5%, Violent 35.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Horror 11.1%
- #15 【SCP】器関ノ彷徨 -The will of a single Tale-【DEMOver.】
88% matchVery Positive90% of 373 reviews2018
Dev: Stoner TomohitoPub: GESTALT-§
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
-"Do you believe the actuality now?" When the SCP Foundation moves, you will be a witness of {Project MA-13}.
Why similar: Gore 34.2%, Violent 28.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Horror 9.9%, Adventure 9.6%
- #16 Haunted Hell House
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: HUNTERS
Windows
Horror action ADV to enjoy the fear.
Why similar: Gore 39.1%, Violent 33.8%, Adventure 18.1%, Horror 9.1%
- #17 Dead Man's Trail
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pie for Breakfast Studios
Windows · Mac
A survival horror adventure game about running for your life, looting, morality, and zombies.
Why similar: Gore 45.6%, Violent 39.4%, Adventure 15%
- #18 Afterdays
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nathaniel Peter Яentrow
Windows
Formerly AfterMath - a post-apoc text-based game: A week has past since the Doomsday apocalypse reeked hell upon earth on December 21, 2012. You finally have awoken in your underground bomb shelter to learn of what remains of the world around you.
Why similar: Gore 45.9%, Violent 39.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #19 Blackbay Asylum
87% matchMixed57% of 552 reviews2014
Dev: TAD Productions ABPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Blackbay Asylum, you take on the role of a confused psychopath who finds himself able to leave his cell one day. Explore the hospital grounds, solve mind shattering puzzles, survive relentless horrors and follow the story of Doug Dunheiw as he tries to find some clarity in what goes on at Blackbay Asylum.
Why similar: Gore 46%, Violent 23.2%, Adventure 18.8%, Horror 11.9%
- #20 King's Lair
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JarthGames
Windows
King's Lair is a stealth based folk-horror game with puzzle elements. There is no combat and you must rely on your wit and composure to prevail.
Why similar: Gore 45.9%, Violent 39.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #21 Kemonomichi-White Moment-
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: MBF FILMsPub: SouthWorks
Windows
Adventure novel game. (English subtitles) Story synopsis: Large sword in hand, a man plans his escape from the organization. Running from his pursuers, he is forced to wander. Then, before his eyes… a girl appears. In the silver-haired girl’s hand, a long sword that seems otherworldly.
Why similar: Gore 45.9%, Violent 39.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #22 The Road to Hades
85% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: AUTOSAVE
Windows
TRTH(The road to hades) is a horror adventure game full of Asian myths and art. Guide the girl safely in the world of the dead. Welcome to a new game you have not experienced.
Why similar: Gore 42.3%, Violent 34.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Horror 10.2%
- #23 The Way We All Go (2015)
84% matchVery Positive87% of 154 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?
Why similar: Gore 35.7%, Violent 29.7%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Horror 6.1%
- #24 Terror
84% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Sasha-Toi
Windows
What happened with human, who stay in subway... on the all night?
Why similar: Gore 38%, Violent 36.1%, Horror 17.4%, Adventure 8.5%
- #25 Corpse Party: Blood Drive
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 377 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Set two months after Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, Corpse Party: Blood Drive is the definitive conclusion to the long-running Heavenly Host story arc. Featuring dynamic lighting, 3D sound, detailed environments, and new gameplay systems, this is a Japanese horror experience not to be missed!
Why similar: Gore 41.5%, Violent 30.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Horror 13.9%
- #26 Sleep Paralysis : mystery of the mountain village
81% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Ardiansa RezaPub: catgames.id
Windows
Sleep Paralysis is a game that tells about the incident where you were possessed by supernatural beings when you fell asleep and was followed by a ghost
Why similar: Gore 40.3%, Violent 34.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Horror 11.6%
- #27 Misshapen
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRUTO
Windows · Mac
A story-driven body-horror simulator where you can’t kill your enemies but you can distort their bodies in creepy ways. Grow lumps, build weird living structures and dive into the mysteries of Zheltikov’s military base.
Why similar: Gore 48.3%, Violent 28.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Horror 8.3%
- #28 Mostly Scared of Spiders
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: HeroHead studios
Windows · Mac
Exploring in the Australian outback, you become separated from your party. Can you survive and safely make your way out? "Mostly Scared of Spiders" is an exciting journey into the Australian outback.
Why similar: Gore 45.9%, Violent 39.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #29 Aylin: The Story of Tom
69% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: SkorBartStudioPub: SkorBartInteractive
Windows
A psychological horror adventure where you explore an abandoned hospital, solve environmental puzzles, and escape deadly supernatural forces to save your daughter.
Why similar: Gore 51.8%, Violent 28.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Horror 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #30 Lyset Core
68% 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 25.1%, Violent 24%, Gore 23.3%, Horror 14.5%, Adventure 10.7%
- #31 Errant Heart
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Pseudome Studios LLC
Windows
Errant heart is a slice-of-life visual novel mixed with elements of supernatural suspense. The 120,000+ word story takes place in an alternate 1940s Europe, following the exploits of aspiring painter Lira Moretti as a strange series events begins to draw her into a supernatural world, unseen by by others.
Why similar: Gore 45.9%, Violent 39.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #32 It Will Find You
78% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Sloth StudiosPub: MegaSloth
Windows
It Will Find You is a first person narrative driven horror experience, with a focus on environmental interaction and progressive narrative through game-play. It Will Find You aims to provide an immersive experience where a dark, twisting narrative evolves in tandem with your decisions.
Why similar: Gore 45.9%, Violent 39.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #33 SCP Area 8
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mykhailo Radzievskyi
Windows · Mac
The function of the secret SCP Foundation facilities is to contain and study anomalous objects, but something went wrong.
Why similar: Gore 41.7%, Violent 34.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Horror 10.8%
- #34 怪話2
70% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
全15話で送る都市伝説がテーマのオムニバスストーリー
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Gore 15.8%, Violent 13.7%
- #35 Gulag
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EJRGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you manage to escape from the most dreadful place on Earth? The Soviet Gulag is just the beginning. Face the wilderness, as well as the vastness of Siberia, Mongolia, and Tibet. Deceive the enemy and find resources that are vital for survival.
Why similar: Gore 45.6%, Violent 39.4%, Adventure 15%
- #36 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
67% matchVery Positive98% of 154 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 29.8%, Gore 18.4%, Horror 17.9%, Violent 16%, Adventure 15.1%
- #37 Of Evil and Darkness
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Jay CarvajalPub: CinemaComics Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A group of paranormal investigators with their own television show head to a remote island to film an episode. Once there they encounter the evil that was let loose upon the island, long ago.
Why similar: Gore 30.5%, Violent 26.4%, Adventure 24.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Horror 7.4%
- #38 Cleansuit
76% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Goblin Council
Windows · Mac
Cleansuit is a retro-style graphical text adventure game where you must find creative ways to survive a mysterious serial killer's assault on your home. Use text commands to manipulate the detailed environment and discover all the unique ways to win and die.
Why similar: Gore 31.9%, Violent 27.6%, Text-Based 22.8%, Horror 10.9%, Adventure 6.8%
- #39 Welcome To The Dark Place
61% matchVery Positive88% of 559 reviews2025
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.8%, Gore 25.1%, Violent 22.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Horror 7.8%
- #40 The Frost
77% matchMostly Negative32% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Tephra CompanyPub: Tephra
Windows
You are completely alone among the snow and mountains. You have to get out of this place, surrounded by snow and fear. In extreme сonditions, against the cold and creatures that live in those places, you must survive, and escape from this accursed place.
Why similar: Gore 46.5%, Violent 40.2%, Adventure 13.3%
- #41 Dawn of the killer zombies
76% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Theodor Niklas
Windows · Mac
A couple of years ago a new unknown virus has crippled the civilization. You are the last remaining human in the town. There is no help from anyone. You are alone with 3 types of weapons , try to survive!
Why similar: Gore 45.3%, Violent 39.2%, Adventure 15.5%
- #42 Reboant Demo
75% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: DarkLordPub: Dome VR
Windows
Please note that this release is a "Early Access Version" of the full game. Reboant is a sci-fi FPS game set in the future. The story centers around the origin of Earth’s civilization. As the main character Wu, the player will join a special task force the ends up being caught in the crossfire or warring alien races.
Why similar: Gore 45.9%, Violent 39.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #43 Frontline Heroes VR
74% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: Indiecode Games
Windows
An incident in an experiment on a hadron particle accelerator opens a portal to alternative realities, horrible creatures from different realities emerge throughout the solar system and must be destroyed.
Why similar: Gore 44.7%, Violent 40.6%, Adventure 14.7%
- #44 YARBAY
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roar Game StudiosPub: Roar Entertainment
Windows
Yarbay is a psychological dramatic FPS game that tells the story of a warplane pilot. His plane shot down in the middle of the desert, in Middle East by terrorists and he has to take care of himself. Yarbay means "lieutenant colonel" in Turkish. And this "yarbay" Cihangir, must return to Turkey in one piece.
Why similar: Gore 46.2%, Violent 40%, Adventure 13.8%
- #45 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
61% 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: Gore 22.4%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Text-Based 15.5%, Violent 15.1%, Adventure 13.8%
- #46 Reborn
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Knife Entertainment
Windows
Horror in which you no longer need to hide from the invulnerable enemy.
Why similar: Gore 46.4%, Violent 40.2%, Adventure 13.4%
- #47 Adam Waste
73% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Blackturn Ltd
Windows
This is an episodic post apocalyptic sci-fi story.
Why similar: Gore 45.3%, Violent 39.1%, Adventure 15.6%
- #48 Abasralsa
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 575 reviews2018
Dev: Green-eyed TaxiPub: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Find out the story of a simple crazy Vlad who lies on his bed imagines a crazy journey.
Why similar: Gore 40.6%, Violent 38.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #49 Only After
70% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: GuraShop
Windows
After a teenage girl goes missing, psychiatrist Judy Williams and detective Michael Grady try to piece together the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Their only clue is David, Julie's boyfriend, who's been found in a nearby forest.
Why similar: Gore 42.7%, Violent 36.9%, Adventure 20.4%
- #50 Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy
67% matchVery Positive90% of 867 reviews2020
Dev: Broken Arrow GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy, is an introduction to the dramatic story of a boy kidnapped by a psychopath. Exploring the giant house of your torturer you will soon discover things worse than your childish nightmares. Take on the role of Jamie and see what phrase “The First Toy” actually means.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Violent 24.1%, Adventure 23.9%, Gore 21.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #51 MARS VR(全球使命VR)
73% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Ying Pei Digital Technology Shanghai Co., LimitedPub: SHANGHAI ZHENYOU TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
Windows
Welcome to 《Mars VR》. This is an immersive first-person shooting game, which used virtual reality technology to develop for VR platform by Zhenyou Network and Yingpei Games. As a key part of 《Mars》 whole platform strategy, 《Mars VR》 is based on strong technical development experience of Yingpei Games and the new generation of Unreal...
Why similar: Gore 45.9%, Violent 39.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #52 Absence
74% matchMostly Negative32% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Samuel Sprague
Windows
Absence will have you checking over your shoulders and double looking at everything from the moment you get swept up in it.You've awakened in a bathroom, only knowing that someone has left to the main office to get you help.What were you doing there? Where is there? There is a strange sense of something missing around you.
Why similar: Gore 45.6%, Violent 39.4%, Adventure 15%
- #53 A Ghostly Tale
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Renee Beaulieu
Windows
Play as a butler and explore a haunted mansion. Discover mysteries and solve problems in this Point and Click Adventure game.
Why similar: Gore 42.7%, Violent 36.9%, Adventure 20.4%
- #54 Axe Prime
73% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Nathan Entertainment
Windows
Axe Prime is a medieval / fantasy fighting game There are 6 levels each level gets progressively harder
Why similar: Gore 46.2%, Violent 40%, Adventure 13.8%
- #55 The Outpost Nine: Episode 1
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: Benjy BatesPub: Sedoc LLC
Windows · Mac
The Outpost Nine - Episode 1 is a Visual Novel/Point and Click hybrid game following the small skeleton crew of “The Outpost”, A lonely mining facility set on the small moon “Cobalt Paradise”.
Why similar: Gore 32.4%, Violent 28.1%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Adventure 10.2%
- #56 No Way Out - A Dead Realm Tale
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Game Mechanic StudiosPub: 3BLACKDOT
Windows
No Way Out: A Dead Realm Tale is a chilling VR experience that takes you to hell and back! Race against the clock as you solve puzzles in this haunted mansion caught between our world and the Dead Realm. Will you escape? Or will you become just another lost soul trapped in Huxley’s Mansion?
Why similar: Gore 40.8%, Violent 32.4%, Horror 15.1%, Adventure 11.7%