- #1 YinYang Street Ultimate Edition
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 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: Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, 1980s 14.1%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #2 Paper Bride
96% matchVery Positive91% of 2,251 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Thriller 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Detective 11.6%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #3 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
96% matchVery Positive93% of 967 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: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, Text-Based 13%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Detective 7.3%
- #4 Murders on the Yangtze River
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,848 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Historical 13%, Puzzle 12.9%, Mystery 8%
- #5 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 630 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: Text-Based 14%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Thriller 8.4%
- #6 Scourge of the village
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 284 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: Text-Based 16.1%, 1980s 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Mystery 9.3%
- #7 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
93% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 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: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Thriller 13.8%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.3%
- #8 The Rewinder
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,328 reviews2021
Dev: MistyMountainStudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Historical 14.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Thriller 11.9%
- #9 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
91% matchVery Positive94% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #10 回门 Way Back Home
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 520 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 19.9%, Puzzle 15.7%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 12.6%
- #11 Winter Clothing
90% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Thriller 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Detective 11.4%, 1980s 11.4%
- #12 Rubbings
89% matchVery Positive89% of 245 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: Puzzle Platformer 18%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Thriller 10.1%, Detective 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #13 Dread Flats
88% matchVery Positive84% of 1,586 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 15.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Puzzle 12.6%
- #14 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: Psychological Horror 19.2%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Thriller 16.2%, Puzzle 15.9%, Horror 11.3%
- #15 Shui's Odyssey
86% matchVery Positive89% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Intentional StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
This is a puzzle game that combines text and images. Players use visual illusions to piece together fragments of memories from Alzheimer's patients, in order to reconstruct the truth of the story and witness the passage of time for three generations.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, 1980s 14%, Puzzle 12.1%, Historical 9.2%
- #16 再见断刀
85% matchVery Positive93% of 2,615 reviews2025
Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中,接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查,抽丝剥茧的推理,才能定一个是非清白,还一个天理公道。 然而,在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下,似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Historical 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Detective 18.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%
- #17 当火车鸣笛三秒
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 479 reviews2021
Dev: 蒐藏馆工作室Pub: MedusasGame
Windows
往事,往往会在淡化甚至遗忘时,以一种很难被人察觉的形态,影响着人们的生活。 这种现象叫做“后忆效应”。 而一段火车鸣笛,勾起了一位叫杨树的潦倒咨询师的过去,为了追寻自己身上的“往事”,他选择回到了自己的家乡---雾山镇。在那里,有个无比诡异的恐怖世界正在等待他的到来…… 反馈交流群:811121403
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle 9.1%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #18 Paper Bride 6 Nightmare
86% matchVery Positive80% of 441 reviews2024
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“Paper Bride 6 Nightmare” is the sixth work to the Paper Bride series. Dive into a bewitching dream and immerse yourself in yet another immersive Chinese horror puzzle game!
Why similar: Puzzle 15.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14%, Adventure 9.6%
- #19 Myths of Rules
84% matchVery Positive88% of 1,037 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 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: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Puzzle 18.7%, Exploration 15.7%, Text-Based 15%, Horror 10%
- #20 MeiQi 2019
84% matchMixed69% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
The "Meiqi" series is a plot-oriented puzzle game. This collection is the beginning of the Meiqi Series, including all 6 episodes of the first season, namely Meiqi/Tingting/Sifeng/Aiguo/Cuilan/Jasmine, This is the entrance to the little universe of Sun Meiqi's mysterious case.
Why similar: 1980s 21.7%, Detective 13.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Horror 9.6%
- #21 Xi
82% matchVery Positive91% of 264 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: 2D Platformer 21.1%, Puzzle 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Thriller 11.3%, Detective 10.1%
- #22 筮灵 SHILING
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 279 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: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Thriller 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Mystery 13.5%, Horror 9.1%
- #23 Cat carried Butterfly
81% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: 包包丁STUDIO
Windows · Mac
In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Thriller 12%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #24 Back:Fade
81% matchVery Positive82% of 247 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: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Thriller 21%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 13.8%, Mystery 9.9%
- #25 Chernobyl: Origins
82% matchVery Positive86% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Nelset
Windows · Linux
"Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Why similar: 1980s 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Hidden Object 13%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Historical 9.2%
- #26 Misty Judgment
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,487 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.7%, Detective 21.8%, Mystery 16.7%, Casual 7.6%, Adventure 6.2%
- #27 Scarlet Idol
78% matchMixed65% of 2,736 reviews2026
Dev: 山雨工作室Pub: Pilot Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Scarlet Idol is a 3D Chinese folk horror puzzle game featuring a co-op two-player mode. The game integrates various folk cultural elements, including the funeral rituals of the Wu-Yue region, Ghost operas, Mulian operas, the duomin (outcast communities)
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Puzzle 19.9%, Horror 13.8%, Adventure 7.6%
- #28 规则怪谈:盛崖小区
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 306 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: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Lore-Rich 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #29 阎罗索命
76% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: Reptilian Brain Studio
Windows
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间,科举省试方毕,汴京国子监突发连环命案,遇害者死状惊悚离奇,如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博,通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局,找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Historical 30.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Detective 13.8%, Mystery 13.3%
- #30 Black Sheep
80% matchMixed53% of 788 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: Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Thriller 15.6%, Horror 13.5%, Mystery 9.9%
- #31 Shanghai Summer
77% matchVery Positive90% of 451 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 20.9%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%
- #32 TOUQI
75% matchVery Positive91% of 448 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: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, 2D Platformer 15%, Psychological Horror 15%, Detective 10.2%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
- #33 Bride into the Cave
79% matchMostly Negative39% of 232 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: Interactive Fiction 19%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Thriller 9.6%
- #34 Silent Love
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Thriller 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Detective 13.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Horror 10.9%
- #35 The Bad Kids
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 613 reviews2023
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: LightOn Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
As an adaptation of the popular suspecse TV series, Cat's Cradle, this game combines investigation, solving puzzles and reasoning with original stories, which can build a more Immersive experience. Game will build new stories based on original setting and focus on the inner world of the character.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Puzzle 13.1%, Mystery 11.1%
- #36 Laughing to Die
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,226 reviews2024
Dev: 大吉利制作组Pub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
囡囡回乡参加奶奶一百岁的丧礼。家人们都说老人百岁去世是喜丧,因此家里正大摆宴席招待亲友。独自一人的囡囡看到一个酷似奶奶的身影之后随之而误入某个奇怪的房间,在寻找离开的道路同时,囡囡也逐渐从这些房间的故事中知道了奶奶的来历,更从中得知在喜丧背后所隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Platformer 15.6%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Puzzle 10%
- #37 梦蝶
73% matchVery Positive93% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《梦蝶》是一款水墨画风,以汉字拆解重组为解谜核心的游戏。辽沐跟随着一只蝴蝶,来到了儿时母亲提起的“隐世”,为了能见到隐世中的仙人完成心愿,开始了一场与”汉字”紧密结合的冒险。通过对“汉字”的理解,重新拆解组合,变化出能破解谜题的“关键字”,重新感悟每个汉字背后所寄宿的故事。
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Detective 11%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #38 GhostCry Hill
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: AlenStar GAME
Windows
The story follows Liang Suxian, a female university student, who inadvertently becomes entangled in an urban legend. An ancient book transports her back to the campus of the 1950s. Suxian's fate seems inextricably linked to the death of a mysterious girl from the same school.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.8%, Puzzle 25.4%, Horror 19.9%, Exploration 15.2%, 2D 8.6%
- #39 The Simen Rumors
71% matchVery Positive79% of 371 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 32%, Mystery 24.4%, Lore-Rich 20.1%, Text-Based 6.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #40 Mirages
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 299 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: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #41 Tales from Candleforth
72% matchVery Positive85% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Under the Bed GamesPub: Feardemic
Windows
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.
Why similar: Hidden Object 20.2%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Puzzle 11.2%, Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #42 San Geng
70% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: SHRIMPOOKYPub: Art Tour
Windows
The night watchman in the late Qing Dynasty patrolled various realms between yin and yang to expel evil spirits.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.9%, Casual 29.7%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 14.5%
- #43 彼岸画廊/Nether Gallery
74% matchVery Positive86% of 207 reviews2019
Dev: HongShou Studio
Windows · Mac
《Nether Gallery》 is a cross-section puzzle-solving horror game in which players play a social animal and solve puzzles in the interlaced environment of dreams and reality. The style of background art is similar to that of contemporary China, and the living condition of the protagonist has a lot of resonance with the young people of...
Why similar: Adventure 36.5%, Puzzle 32.9%, Horror 30.6%
- #44 夕生 Halflight
75% matchMixed64% of 130 reviews2020
Dev: MATCHBPub: FirePoint
Windows
Halflight is a 3D adventure game with classic puzzles. Players follow in the steps of the young boy Xi-sheng as he strays into an extraordinary phantom world -- a world where Memories intertwine with Nightmares, Hope casts its lot with Destiny, and any semblance of self-identity will be tested.
Why similar: Adventure 52%, Casual 48%
- #45 流言侦探
73% matchVery Positive82% of 117 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: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Detective 17%, Puzzle 16.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Horror 9.1%
- #46 Detention
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,748 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 27.3%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Puzzle 18.2%, Thriller 13.9%, Adventure 8.8%
- #47 MeiQi 2022
71% 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: 1980s 25.1%, Thriller 13.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Detective 12.4%, Exploration 10.7%
- #48 Room 404
67% matchVery Positive91% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Multimedium
Windows
Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.5%, Exploration 29.1%, Horror 14.1%, Adventure 13.3%
- #49 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
67% matchVery Positive88% of 6,076 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Text-Based 22.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Detective 11.7%, Exploration 11.3%
- #50 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
69% matchVery Positive85% of 118 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 30.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Exploration 18.3%, Horror 17%, Adventure 13.3%
- #51 Paranormal Night Shift
68% matchVery Positive97% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: 1980s 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Hidden Object 17%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #52 鬼打墙(剧情版)
70% 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: Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, Puzzle 17.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 11.6%
- #53 A Perfect Day
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,819 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, Puzzle 17.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Adventure 10.6%
- #54 The Little Red Lie
68% matchVery Positive93% of 585 reviews2021
Dev: Tired Moon StudiosPub: Milpitians
Windows
2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #55 杀青
67% matchVery Positive84% of 166 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: Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Thriller 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #56 林葬屋前传:冥声
66% matchVery Positive88% of 182 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
"Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" is a Chinese folk horror FMV mystery about a forbidden ghost marriage, a cursed nursery rhyme, and a string of fear-stricken deaths. Investigate a haunted mansion, uncover buried sins, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Thriller 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #57 Sanfu
65% matchVery Positive83% of 17,679 reviews2023
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2000年,山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告,而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入,一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Puzzle 14.4%, Detective 9.9%
- #58 Recall: Empty Wishes
66% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Detective 13.4%, Adventure 10.6%
- #59 School Years
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,498 reviews2019
Dev: YEARSPub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A visual novel adapted from a real story.To tell the most authentic Chinese story in the most simple words
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Detective 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Horror 10.9%