- #1 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
97% matchVery Positive83% of 21,767 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.2 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: Female Protagonist 24.7%, Mystery 21.6%, Anime 17%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Story Rich 11%
Why You'll Like It: This title is the gold standard for death games, featuring complex social deduction and high-stakes trials that mirror the intensity of the seed game.
- #2 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 23.2%, Mystery 22%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Story Rich 11.7%, Point & Click 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the escape-room puzzle mechanics and branching narrative paths that define the experience of being trapped in a life-or-death game.
- #3 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
96% matchVery Positive82% of 4,723 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Mystery 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Story Rich 12.3%, Anime 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This entry leans heavily into psychological horror and the moral weight of life-or-death decisions, making it a perfect thematic match.
- #4 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,083 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 33.0 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: Mystery 28%, Anime 25.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Dark 10%
Why You'll Like It: It features a classic death game setting with strong character dynamics and a mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end.
- #5 GNOSIA
94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,733 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Psychological 27.7%, Mystery 19.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Anime 15.4%, Story Rich 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully combines social deduction with a time-loop mechanic, forcing you to identify traitors in a way that feels very similar to the majority vote system.
- #6 AI: The Somnium Files
94% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 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: Mystery 28.3%, Anime 21%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Point & Click 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A complex detective mystery with deep branching paths and high-stakes investigation that rewards careful observation and logical deduction.
- #7 Ib
93% 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 18.8%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Survival 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic RPG Maker horror title that excels at exploration and puzzle-solving within a surreal, dangerous environment.
- #8 BAD END THEATER
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Story Rich 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Anime 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It explores the concept of multiple endings and tragic outcomes through a meta-narrative lens, rewarding players for exploring every possible failure.
- #9 Tokyo Dark
92% matchVery Positive84% of 1,336 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: Point & Click 19.1%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Anime 13.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Psychological Horror 13%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric mystery that offers significant branching paths based on your choices, creating a deeply personal and often tragic experience.
- #10 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
91% 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: Multiple Endings 20.2%, Mystery 18.4%, Anime 15.2%, Point & Click 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery visual novel that utilizes branching paths and clever narrative twists to keep the player constantly on edge.
- #11 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Anime 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game features atmospheric psychological horror with a strong focus on exploration and a narrative that feels both intimate and unsettling.
- #12 Corpse Party
90% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Anime 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Dark 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Brutal psychological horror with multiple endings and high stakes that forces you to navigate a nightmare scenario with your peers.
- #13 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
89% matchVery Positive82% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Anime 35.4%, Adventure 33.5%, Point & Click 31.1%
Why You'll Like It: This horror-mystery game focuses on survival and high-stakes choices, where one wrong move can lead to a gruesome end.
- #14 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,467 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Why similar: Psychological 18.2%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Dark 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy horror game that focuses on uncovering the dark truth behind a classmate's disappearance.
- #15 The Witch's House MV
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Dark 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A staple of the RPG Maker horror genre that utilizes lethal traps and puzzles to create a constant sense of vulnerability.
- #16 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Point & Click 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, impactful psychological narrative with multiple endings that highlights the fragility of the protagonist's situation.
- #17 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
86% matchVery Positive90% of 592 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Multiple Endings 29.9%, Mystery 24.1%, Anime 22.9%, Story Rich 14.2%, Adventure 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: An intense visual novel with a complex branching narrative where your decisions directly impact the survival of the cast.
- #18 Night Loops
85% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Dark 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror experience that emphasizes mystery and looping narratives in a way that feels both dreamlike and dangerous.
- #19 Homicipher
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,818 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Dark 15.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game featuring a female protagonist and a focus on survival through communication and deduction.
- #20 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
84% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.8%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art adventure that focuses on overcoming trials and navigating multiple endings in a mysterious, hostile setting.
- #21 Yet Another Killing Game
84% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 13.5%, Mystery 12%, Dark 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Point & Click 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by the death game genre, this title focuses on mystery and visual novel mechanics to deliver a tense, story-rich experience.
- #22 Folie Fatale
81% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Mystery 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: An otome-style mystery that incorporates psychological horror elements and branching paths to create a tense, character-driven experience.
- #23 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
82% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror story with a strong narrative focus and a female lead, dealing with themes of trauma and religious dread.
- #24 I'll Do It Tomorrow
81% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Luca Morotti
Windows
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Anime 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with an anime aesthetic and narrative-driven gameplay that emphasizes the protagonist's internal struggle.
- #25 Sentimental Death Loop
82% matchMixed65% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: qureate
Windows
Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend's house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again.Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.5%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Anime 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title with a unique aesthetic that captures the tension of being trapped in a cycle of death and discovery.
- #26 Hazy Mind
79% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 23%, Psychological Horror 17%, Multiple Endings 16%, Female Protagonist 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that explores themes of memory and trauma through a dark and mysterious lens.
- #27 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
79% matchVery Positive80% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 14.9%, Anime 12.3%, Mystery 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that provides a dark, atmospheric mystery with a focus on character relationships and survival.
- #28 Magical Girl Witch Trials
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,650 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.8%, Mystery 20.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Anime 10.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #29 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
78% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Point & Click 12%
- #30 Who's Lila?
78% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Point & Click 19.4%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Psychological Horror 16%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological mystery with unique face-manipulation mechanics and branching paths that challenge your perception of the truth.
- #31 Re:Turn 2 - Runaway
80% matchVery Positive80% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Red Ego Games
Windows
Re:Turn 2 is a 2D psychological horror adventure game. The game follows on from the events of the first game. Saki and her fiancé, Sen, are trapped on an abandoned train that is haunted by an evil spirit that takes the form of a little girl named Ayumi.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Point & Click 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Dark 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror-adventure that balances narrative depth with puzzle-solving in a haunted, high-stakes environment.
- #32 outside the door
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 543 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 25.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Anime 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #33 High School Dirty Secrets
75% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsuki Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.7%, Dark 16.6%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Mystery 13.6%
- #34 Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
76% matchVery Positive83% of 6,923 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Komaru Naegi has been imprisoned inside a mysterious apartment for over a year. Her rescue is derailed when hundreds of Monokumas suddenly attack. She teams up with Toko Fukawa to survive the rampaging Monokumas, escape the crafty Monokuma Kids, and uncover the secrets of the city.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.8%, Anime 24.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Story Rich 9.7%, Dark 8%
- #35 BAD END
77% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Psychological 11.2%
- #36 Lily's Well
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,536 reviews2022
Dev: PureIceBlue
Windows
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Point & Click 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Anime 8.8%
- #37 Fran Bow
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Point & Click 22.6%, Psychological 15.2%, Dark 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #38 The Island: Into The Mist
77% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Point & Click 11.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #39 Homicipher: Demo
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Dark 15.3%
- #40 Cat in the Box
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,513 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Why similar: Mystery 21.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #41 12 Hours to Die
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Mystery 27.7%, Dark 20.7%, Anime 14.8%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Survival 9%
- #42 The Final Prize is Soup
71% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Psychological 14.5%, Dark 12%, Anime 9.3%
- #43 CORPSE FACTORY
73% matchVery Positive80% of 855 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.7 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 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Anime 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #44 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 18%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Mystery 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Anime 12.4%
- #45 Return to Shironagasu Island
71% matchVery Positive94% of 3,990 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 14.2 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: Mystery 31.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Point & Click 15.6%, Anime 14.5%, Adventure 12.8%
- #46 Log.in
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Mystery 20.5%, Point & Click 20.1%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #47 Yume Nikki
71% matchVery Positive94% of 9,908 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 72.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Psychological 25.6%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Dark 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #48 Cursed Mansion
70% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon EmperorsPub: Nuon Games
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.1%, Dark 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%
- #49 Nightmare Zapping
69% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Dark 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%
- #50 The Zodiac Trial
69% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40%, Multiple Endings 25.8%, Anime 13.8%, Story Rich 13%, 2D 7.3%
- #51 this morning I decided to die
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.9%, Multiple Endings 23.1%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Anime 16.2%, Colorful 5.5%
- #52 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
70% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Dark 19.6%, Anime 17.1%, Mystery 15.3%, Survival 12.7%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #53 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
66% matchVery Positive95% of 53,234 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Psychological 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Anime 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #54 A Night at the Watermill
67% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Dark 16.9%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #55 Children of Silentown
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,485 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Dark 13.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #56 Amelie
67% matchVery Positive92% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: Psychological 19.7%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Dark 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #57 the white chamber
66% matchVery Positive99% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows
Sci-fi horror anime point and click adventure game. Guide a young woman through a nightmarish space station as she tries to uncover why she's there and how she can escape.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.3%, Anime 24.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #58 Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
65% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Domus Aurea
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Dark 23.1%, Mystery 19%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
- #59 Corpse Party (2021)
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,410 reviews2021
Dev: MAGES.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Multiple Endings 19.9%, Dark 18.6%, Anime 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #60 Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
68% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Multiple Endings 24.9%, Mystery 24.8%, Adventure 10%, Female Protagonist 8.6%