- #1 Paper Bride
97% matchVery Positive91% of 2,220 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Thriller 14.1%, Drama 12.5%, Supernatural 11.2%, Horror 9.3%
- #2 Xi
96% matchVery Positive91% of 263 reviews2025
Dev: HHGame
Windows
"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion. This immersive escape room experience feels a bit too real, with eerie and strange elements everywhere—an empty banquet, an endless corridor.
Why similar: Drama 17.1%, Thriller 14.9%, Detective 14.8%, RPG 10.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #3 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,098 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Thriller 16.2%, Supernatural 14%, Drama 13.3%, Detective 9.9%, Horror 9.2%
- #4 Rubbings
95% matchVery Positive89% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: 午夜说书人
Windows
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑,根据匿名信件中的拓片线索,深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村,这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事,并在村庄中展开调查,你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Thriller 16.4%, Drama 12.9%, Puzzle Platformer 9.3%, Horror 9.3%
- #5 回门 Way Back Home
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 518 reviews2021
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室
Windows
"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...
Why similar: Thriller 20.1%, Supernatural 16.6%, Drama 15.1%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 10.3%
- #6 YinYang Street Ultimate Edition
94% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: 彼云工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
YinYang Street is an indie horror game set in Yunnan, China. Our protagonist Minglai Li finds his beloved wife missing when he comes home. All mysteries lead to a place called YinYang Street...
Why similar: Drama 15.7%, Thriller 13.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, 1980s 11.7%, Supernatural 10.4%
- #7 鬼打墙(剧情版)
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: KX GAMES
Windows
This is a horror game adapted from the Chinese folklore. Players need to decrypt and collect key items in different stages. Ultimately find a way to escape the foggy forest. While searching for an exit, players will be disturbed by ghosts, players need to avoid the ghosts and evade their attacks.
Why similar: Thriller 19.2%, RPG 17.6%, Horror 13.5%, Supernatural 13.3%, Puzzle 12%
- #8 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 19.4%, Drama 16.9%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 11.4%, Detective 9.8%
- #9 Dread Flats
91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,372 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 23.1%, Supernatural 21.8%, Horror 16.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #10 筮灵 SHILING
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 270 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 26.1%, Mystery 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Horror 10.6%
- #11 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
90% matchVery Positive93% of 942 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Thriller 14.8%, Drama 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.4%
- #12 YinYang Street: Separate Ways
89% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: 彼云工作室
Windows
Street Li Fang Zhuan is a Chinese micro horror game set in 1980s China, combining the story of understanding puzzles and text adventures. In the game, the scroll scene that can be moved by four axes is applied to bring different game experience to the player.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Drama 13.2%, Thriller 11.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Detective 10%
- #13 灵童
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Taolizhixia Studio
Windows
Ling Tong "is a new Chinese style horror suspense puzzle game that combines click to solve puzzles and storyline adventure.
Why similar: Thriller 24.2%, Drama 18.9%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 13.3%, Puzzle 12.7%
- #14 杀青
88% matchVery Positive84% of 163 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 21.4%, Drama 17.9%, Surreal 12.5%, Mystery 12%, Horror 12%
- #15 Back:Fade
86% matchVery Positive81% of 243 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 20.1%, Drama 18.5%, Supernatural 17.3%, Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #16 规则怪谈:盛崖小区
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: ZHUYUAN Co.,Ltd
Windows
这是一款怪谈类剧情游戏。在宏大的原创世界观下你需要一步步探索盛崖小区的“全貌”,你能做到仅仅是依靠“规则”在这里觅得一线生机。你可以假装无事发生,安然度日;也可以想尽办法,逃出生天;或许你也可以直面它,成为它的一部分……但无论如何,请你记住,保持理智,遵守规则。
Why similar: Thriller 19.6%, Drama 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%
- #17 Silen House
87% matchMixed58% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Fly & Wing Studio
Windows
《silen house》 is a scary adventure puzzle game. There is always a strange cry in the deserted old house in the deep mountains. I don't know where I came from. When I approached the old house, a grim burst came.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Thriller 13.7%, Horror 12.1%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #18 雪凤山 Secret Opera
85% matchVery Positive80% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide
Why similar: Drama 22.6%, Detective 17.5%, Mystery 16%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%
- #19 Back
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 365 reviews2024
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back》 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 27.5%, Drama 19.1%, Horror 15.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Cinematic 8.4%
- #20 The Simen Rumors
82% matchVery Positive92% of 88 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 31.1%, Drama 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Mystery 17.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #21 Bride into the Cave
84% matchMostly Negative39% of 231 reviews2024
Dev: Flower_Official
Windows
Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Horror 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Drama 11.9%, Mystery 11.6%
- #22 Threads of Karma
83% matchMixed54% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: 萝卜不长毛线公司Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Why similar: Supernatural 22.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Surreal 11.7%
- #23 TOUQI
81% matchVery Positive92% of 406 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: Detective 25%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Horror 19.3%, RPG 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #24 MeiQi 2022
82% matchVery Positive80% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
At the end of 1990, there was a murder in Changzhuang community. Both mother and son were killed. The case is full of doubts. According to the clues, you plan to visit the murder scene alone at night, search for evidence, obtain clues, and crack the truth.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Detective 18.2%, 1980s 12%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%
- #25 Filthy us 2
81% matchVery Positive88% of 453 reviews2023
Dev: Game Logic Studio
Windows
千禧年初西北某地,一起恶性杀人事件轰动一时,行凶者临死前紧紧握着半张佛脸,他强烈的怨念引起了“无者”的注意。随着探究的深入,竟又牵扯出十年前另一起纵火灭门案!相同的一尊佛像,背后暗藏的究竟是天灾还是人祸。在那片由怨念产生的怨秽地之中,种种诡异可怖的表象之下,深埋着未知的秘密。
Why similar: Thriller 16.8%, Horror 12.4%, Surreal 12%, Drama 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #26 The Rule Of SHE
80% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Drama 24.3%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 10.7%, Surreal 10.7%
- #27 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
79% matchVery Positive84% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Thriller 48.3%, Horror 24.2%, Exploration 14.7%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #28 花火与幽灵少女 - Hanabi and Ghost girl
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,293 reviews2025
Dev: Tiram1su Games
Windows
蝉鸣声中偏远的山中小镇,表面悠然而宁静,背后却隐藏着某个笼罩了这里数百年的黑暗秘密。女主角结城花火几年前跟随父母一同来到空铃镇,在父母的事故后因为内向的性格被排挤的她如今一个人生活在小镇上,直到在旧校舍邂逅本已死去的“幽灵”。
Why similar: Drama 18.3%, Surreal 13.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #29 子归 - Blossom
77% matchVery Positive89% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Mystery 14.8%, Drama 14.7%, Horror 12.7%, RPG 10.3%
- #30 No Return
79% matchMixed43% of 287 reviews2024
Dev: BlameTech
Windows
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
Why similar: Thriller 18.4%, Supernatural 16%, Detective 15.6%, Horror 10.2%, Surreal 9%
- #31 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 619 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Drama 15.7%, Horror 10.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #32 背后3:阴戏
75% matchVery Positive96% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back3:Spooky》 is a moderately horror-themed FMV.As the third game in the Back series, the story unfolds after protagonists Ren Xing and Gao Yan survive their escape from the strange realm in the previous Back2. embarking on a brand-new adventure.
Why similar: Thriller 19%, Supernatural 17%, Drama 12.9%, Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #33 禁地直播
74% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Say Hi Hi
Windows
This is a live-action suspense puzzle game where you will be embroiled in a decade-old unsolved case. The interlocking plot branches reveal the hidden shocking truth through reasoning and interaction. Brain-burning puzzles, multi-scene plot branches, and each level is full of unknown challenges!
Why similar: Drama 15.3%, RPG 14.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Thriller 14.1%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #34 Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼
78% matchMixed43% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Lsgamedev
Windows
Foster: Ghost Child provides an atmospheric horror that incorporates East Asian elements rarely used in games. The game makes use of Chinese traditional elements to convey a distinct and frightful storyline that incorporates Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese mythology.
Why similar: Horror 42.8%, Puzzle 18%, Exploration 17.3%, Mystery 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #35 镇邪
74% matchVery Positive87% of 2,948 reviews2022
Dev: 灵煦工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
《镇邪》是一款单机国风道士题材游戏,根据大量的民间故事改编。玩家将扮演道门弟子前往神秘村庄调查身世之谜,不想却无意中卷入一场巨大的阴谋。摸金寻宝,驱邪镇灵,开坛做法,画符炼尸...空前绝后的人鬼较量,灵异邪祟的无尽纠缠。二十载宿命,难抵一生夙愿。
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Mystery 27.6%, RPG 23.4%, Puzzle 18.9%
- #36 戾谈
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: SPG Mistarille
Windows
There is no English version of this game!There is no English version of this game!You wake up in a room full of mysteries, accompanied by a beautiful girl you have met before. In the following time, you will go on a heartbeat journey to the supernatural world with her.
Why similar: Thriller 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Horror 13.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.1%, Drama 10.2%
- #37 Town of Dusk
75% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Thriller 24.1%, Detective 21.1%, Mystery 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #38 流言侦探
76% matchVery Positive82% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异,烧脑,悬疑推理剧情游戏,在游戏的体验中,玩家自主找出线索,并利用线索,和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法,玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者,玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相,找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Drama 21.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #39 Detention
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,663 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Drama 18.5%, Thriller 16.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #40 Scourge of the village
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 267 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Scourge of The Village is a Chinese folk horror-themed text decryption game. A young female intern reporter who was inexplicably trapped in a nightmare while investigating a factory sewage discharge incident. In order to solve the mystery, she decided to go to the land of her dreams alone.
Why similar: Mystery 25.4%, Thriller 21.4%, Puzzle 16.2%, 1980s 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
- #41 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 343 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: Supernatural 33.8%, Thriller 28.5%, Surreal 14.2%, Horror 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #42 骸心 Mainbody
72% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2022
Dev: 土豆火锅Pub: Cosmic Train
Windows
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Horror 14.8%, Exploration 10.1%
- #43 FILTHY US
73% matchMixed68% of 471 reviews2021
Dev: Game Logic Studio
Windows
《残秽的我们》是一款本土手绘写实风格的恐怖冒险游戏,以真实事件为蓝本改编。在游戏中,玩家将跟随女主“无者”的脚步,深入由亡者怨念而产生的“怨秽地”,利用“刻印”的力量,探究隐藏其中的一段真实往事。
Why similar: Thriller 18%, Supernatural 17.1%, Drama 13.9%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 10.5%
- #44 猫不语
73% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: 库库尔坎游戏工作室
Windows
Cat Silence is a horror suspense puzzle game with urban legend themes. The story takes place in an abandoned experimental middle school. With the deepening of the investigation, the unknown and long-buried bloody stories of this school slowly emerged, putting together a chilling truth...
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Thriller 23.5%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #45 Ticy Adventure Club : Queen of the Spring
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 787 reviews2025
Dev: YEZHI
Windows
本作是一款RPG恐怖解谜游戏。在游戏中,玩家将扮演一群以解决灵异事件为课外实践活动的学生,在提西城里调查有关“春日女王”的事件。随着调查的深入,一场巨大的阴谋正徐徐展开……
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, RPG 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Puzzle 19%, Detective 3.1%
- #46 マカブルの残党: Remnants of the Macabre
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Navigate 1980s Japan as a schoolgirl in this Junji Ito-inspired horror game. Each choice shapes your fate, leading to safety or deeper into the macabre. Uncover hidden horrors in an urban street filled with sinister details. Will you find your way home, or be consumed by the unknown?
Why similar: Supernatural 18.3%, 1980s 18.1%, Puzzle 16.6%, Horror 14.2%, Exploration 13.2%
- #47 全网公敌:诡村
69% matchVery Positive90% of 527 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: RPG 20.5%, Drama 17.2%, Detective 14.1%, Horror 13.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13%
- #48 Myths of Rules
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,027 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.7 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: Puzzle 31.6%, Horror 28.5%, Exploration 25.1%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, 2D 4.4%
- #49 Outlying Islands
68% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Thriller 20.6%, Detective 17.6%, Drama 15.8%, Horror 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #50 羽翼的祈愿 - Feather Of Praying
71% matchVery Positive96% of 313 reviews2018
Dev: 秋之忧郁Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
This is a horror puzzle RPG first released in 2016. Players control Qiu Xiaoqi as she explores a mysterious room filled with puzzles alongside a white-haired youth. They unravel mechanisms to uncover the truth behind her loss of consciousness. Will the wish be fulfilled? The story is yours to shape!
Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Drama 14.6%, Mystery 14%, RPG 11.8%
- #51 苍白花树繁茂之时Blood Flowers
69% matchVery Positive82% of 308 reviews2023
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
A puzzle & plot single-player game. It all starts with the falling star ...... Through the puzzle, find the childhood memories while gradually unraveling the truth of the "Blood Tree Plague" hundreds of years ago.
Why similar: Drama 22.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Horror 13.1%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #52 Ib
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Horror 16.8%, Surreal 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #53 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 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: Supernatural 23.4%, Horror 15.3%, 1980s 14.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #54 Firework
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 43,818 reviews2021
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Drama 20.3%, Thriller 12.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%
- #55 蜉蝣之国的囚徒
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 505 reviews2026
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
Why similar: Thriller 23.4%, Drama 18.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Horror 13.3%, RPG 11.7%
- #56 Black Sheep
70% matchMixed53% of 784 reviews2022
Dev: 完蛋了的国王Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.
Why similar: Thriller 27.4%, Horror 21.2%, Mystery 14.1%, Supernatural 12.5%, Puzzle Platformer 9.1%
- #57 Night Patrol Rules
65% matchVery Positive100% of 202 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: Puzzle 38.8%, Mystery 35.2%, Exploration 25.9%
- #58 出马
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: SS STUDIO
Windows
《出马》是一款结合了AVG和挂机玩法的恐怖互动真人影视游戏,脱变于东北传统民俗出马仙,同时融合了挂机玩法,不仅让你有视觉体验,还有超高的成就收集体验。 在游戏里,你将扮演民国时期的一名尔滨神探,和青梅竹马的记者林秋,受林秋学妹刘菲菲的邀请,前往一个名叫黑顶子的山村,调查一起离奇命案。过程自然是惊恐万分,你要面临多种选择,在村民、村长、巫师、林秋、刘菲菲,以及穿着肚兜出现的神秘女人之间,不断做出选择,最终获得正经的、不正经的、完美的、遗憾的等多种结局。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.8%, RPG 34.9%, Horror 20.2%
- #59 Reaplaced
67% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Mystery Gamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Horror 19.1%, Supernatural 18.1%, Mystery 16.4%, Anime 6.7%
- #60 Ghost in the pool
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 352 reviews2021
Dev: CASCHA GAMES
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.
Why similar: Drama 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Thriller 18.7%, Supernatural 12.2%, Horror 12.2%