- #1 Return to Shironagasu Island
97% matchVery Positive94% of 4,060 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 17.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Detective 10.2%, Horror 8.5%
- #2 Reflection Link
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Mystery 14.9%, Detective 11.4%, Anime 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #3 Raging Loop
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,044 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.0 hrsMean: 59.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Mystery 18.4%, Detective 10.9%, Story Rich 9%
- #4 Tokyo Dark
95% matchVery Positive84% of 1,341 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 12.9%, Mystery 12.4%
- #5 Sunlight Scream
94% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Anime 10.5%
- #6 Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
94% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Reijo
Windows · Mac
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Detective 16.2%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Anime 9.2%
- #7 Manna for our Malices
93% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: John OhnoPub: Double Mojo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Akagi Ai is unexpectedly stabbed on her way home from school. She finds her spirit possessing her body from earlier that day, and must collaborate with the past self that inhabits her body to discover why she keeps dying -- and why she keeps coming back.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Mystery 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Anime 14.6%, Horror 10.8%
- #8 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
91% matchVery Positive88% of 5,922 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Psychological Horror 20%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 15.7%, Detective 11.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #9 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 697 reviews2019
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 89.0 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: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Mystery 17.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Anime 13.9%, Horror 10.6%
- #10 Feeling Death
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SYUPRO-DXPub: room6
Windows · Mac
A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.
Why similar: Mystery 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Thriller 11.1%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #11 Where Are The Alices?
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zimmzimmgames
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Story Rich 11.7%, Horror 10.4%
- #12 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,761 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Mystery 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Anime 13.7%
- #13 No Recollection
89% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Detective 16.5%, Mystery 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Anime 10.1%
- #14 Miracle Detective
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TAKA's factory
Windows · Mac
A high school detective story where an unlikely duo tackles mysterious incidents on campus. Solve strange cases with logic and courage in this suspenseful visual novel.
Why similar: Mystery 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Detective 19%, Thriller 13.3%, Story Rich 9%
- #15 Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil
87% matchVery Positive88% of 4,460 reviews2018
Dev: Catnip
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Detective 16%, Thriller 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 10.3%
- #16 Mota Must Die
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Thriller 16.4%, Horror 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%
- #17 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 907 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 39.7 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 22.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Mystery 18%, Anime 13.8%, Horror 11.5%
- #18 Kara no Shojo
85% matchVery Positive92% of 448 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 161.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Detective 14.3%, Mystery 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Thriller 10.3%
- #19 Kill or Love
84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Anime 16.2%, Thriller 10.9%, Mystery 9.6%
- #20 CORPSE FACTORY
84% matchVery Positive80% of 864 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Thriller 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 14%, Anime 11.2%
- #21 304 Seconds
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Linux
A 'death game' is fast approaching... and you're one of the potential participants! As Kuroya, you wake up in an unfamiliar place together with your trusty partner, and get roped into talking philosophy with a cryptic 'mastermind'. Can you overcome the trials in this sci-fi mystery visual novel?
Why similar: Thriller 20.7%, Mystery 19.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Anime 11%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #22 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,819 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 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 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Mystery 17.5%, Anime 12.8%, Horror 11.3%
- #23 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,203 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Mystery 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Anime 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
- #24 Silent Love
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Thriller 16.6%, Mystery 16.2%, Detective 15.2%, Horror 10%
- #25 노베나 디아볼로스
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,574 reviews2020
Dev: H5DEV Games
Windows · Mac
Novena diabolos is an Ocult mystery adventure game. The main character, Park Joon-sung, has to find a single human woman who doesn't know who she is and get out of town safely.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Mystery 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Thriller 13.3%, Anime 7.5%
- #26 破禁 Limbo Break
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xiaowanxiongzzz
Windows · Mac · Linux
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 13.7%, Thriller 10.5%
- #27 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Mystery 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Detective 13.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #28 Make Moku Proud
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Horror 10.3%, Thriller 7.9%, Point & Click 6.8%
- #29 A Salem Witch Trial - Murder Mystery
79% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Digital Bento
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
When a murdered family is discovered in 17th Century Salem, at the height of a witch hysteria, people start to suspect something supernatural to blame. An atmospheric murder mystery. Connect the evidence and see if you can deduce the secrets behind the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #30 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
78% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Detective 13%, Thriller 12.5%, Anime 11.5%
- #31 Suhoshin
77% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Thriller 15%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 15%, Anime 10.8%
- #32 The Paracelsian Project
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Detective 12.6%, Thriller 10.6%
- #33 Stay Alive For Me
75% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Thriller 14.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #34 DREADCELL
74% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Dreadcell Studio
Windows
You wake up in a place that feels strangely familiar. Something isn’t right. The experiment has begun. And it is watching you. Explore, survive, and uncover the truth behind a repeating reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Thriller 15.3%, Mystery 14.8%, Horror 12.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #35 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 787 reviews2020
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 75.5 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: Psychological Horror 29%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Horror 12%, Anime 9.8%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #36 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
76% matchVery Positive90% of 1,039 reviews2016
Dev: Fallen Snow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Mystery 21.1%, Anime 17.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #37 River Secret
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Thriller 13.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 9.9%
- #38 ReDo
73% matchPositive83% of 30 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: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 15.3%, Thriller 11.8%, Mystery 11.4%
- #39 Blind Dog
73% 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: Detective 18.2%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Thriller 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #40 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
74% matchVery Positive82% of 4,785 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Mystery 18.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Anime 9.2%
- #41 DESOLATIUM
73% matchMostly Negative28% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLUMENPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Mystery 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Detective 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 11.2%
- #42 The Beresford family
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Mystery 18.1%, Detective 10.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #43 Black Sheep
72% matchMixed53% of 785 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: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Thriller 20.2%, Mystery 17.7%, Horror 14.9%, Adventure 6.9%
- #44 Ubel
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Thriller 20%, Mystery 19.7%, Anime 14.9%, Horror 6.8%
- #45 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Mystery 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Thriller 12.9%, Detective 12.1%
- #46 Trust Me, Not Her
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NerdyBird Studios
Windows · Linux
Lost in a secluded forest, you encounter two mysterious girls. One Good. One Evil. But which is which? And who will you Trust in this thrilling, choice-driven Visual Novel?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Thriller 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%, Anime 8.3%
- #47 PepOS - Our Operating System
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: div
Windows
Available today for every citizen of Feagu, a new operating system - built for both your professional and personal use. Browse your email, visit the world wide web, do office tasks, and much more!
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Mystery 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #48 回门 Way Back Home
70% 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 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 15.3%, Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 10%
- #49 Five Stages of Pink
70% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Kaffein
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror mystery about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city while trying to survive one more day. In a universe where Sleep is an illness. This is a visual novel with point and click features.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 15.5%, Anime 10.6%, Horror 9.7%
- #50 Bound Between Desks
68% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Mystery 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Anime 13.5%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #51 Red Line
69% matchVery Positive97% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Thriller 19.6%, Mystery 18.9%, Detective 12.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #52 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
69% matchVery Positive83% of 22,312 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Anime 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%
- #53 R.I.P. Tour
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost Clown
Windows · Linux
A death game visual novel where murder victims are decided by group consensus. Make friends and enemies, solve the mysteries of an abandoned amusement park, and suss out the traitor in your group.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Mystery 21.6%, Story Rich 10.3%, Anime 8%
- #54 The Roadside MOTEL
67% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: ONUR GENCAY GÖKÇEPub: DMT PRODUCTION
Windows
The Roadside MOTEL: 10 rooms. 10 dark pasts. Silence tells more than lies. No one is who they seem. If you dare, knock on the door. But sometimes, the loudest scream is no answer at all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Thriller 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #55 Mutual Harrow
67% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological Horror 22%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Thriller 12.7%, Mystery 12%, Horror 10%
- #56 The phenomenon of Edgar Allan Poe 1/2
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Team Edgar Allan Poe VideogamesPub: NA
Windows
A horror novel visual in which you can choose a way, anime style.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Mystery 20%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Anime 15.2%, Horror 10.9%
- #57 AI: The Somnium Files
68% matchVery Positive92% of 9,194 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Mystery 19.5%, Anime 14.2%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #58 Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Anime 9%
- #59 Momo Don't Leave
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Point & Click 9.6%, Thriller 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%
- #60 SMU News: Strange events recorded
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
In this game, play as Shenming University News Department members. Explore strange incidents—no need for truth. Write compelling reports from clues; eye-catching content excites readers. As for what really happened…do readers actually care? If you care, go find out yourself.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Anime 12.8%, Mystery 11.6%