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Visual Novel

Visual novels are interactive stories. They focus mainly on character development and plot rather than action and gameplay mechanics.

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Atmospheric

Games with a distinctive mood, with themes of romance, mystery, or nostalgia

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Games that aim to startle and unnerve the player.

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Top rated Visual Novel
in game jams tagged Atmospheric and Horror (182 results)

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Elevator Hitch
70s office elevator themed surreal horror/escape room visual novel
racheldrawsthis
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(846 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
YOU LEFT ME.
You wake up in a different world. How do you escape? ..And why are you here?
angela he
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(1,234 total ratings)
Visual Novel
One Last Game
Checkers in the worst of circumstances.
Goose Ladder Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(861 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
(Don't) Open Your Eyes
A short, horror visual novel about a midnight visit from a strange being, who demands you open your eyes. Will you?
Via
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(1,118 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Stillwater
Private Investigator Hugo Laurent, gets reeled into a murky mystery entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Studio Clump
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(501 total ratings)
Visual Novel
HIKEBACK
a playable ghost story that changes with every ending.
CLOWN
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(229 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Titan Arum
It's time to write your masterpiece.
Cath
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(176 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Midnight Train: Going Anywhere
Pudding takes a commute and chats with a passenger
strateaux
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(336 total ratings)
Visual Novel
CHROMATOSE
A decision-driven indie VN-RPG
Akabaka
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(184 total ratings)
Role Playing
Reaper's Rite
Sever the seal or sacrifice your soul?
Fiendish Fiction
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(83 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
It Paints Me
An artist struggles to paint his final work.
ENDYSIS
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(153 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
radio.Signal
A horror-themed visual novel about traversing a hospital in the dark, the creature that lurks within, and a radio.
Via
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(142 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
A Monster's Insight
Gaslight eldritch horrors or die trying
arkicade
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(140 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Asobi
A taxi driver, a girl and memories.
Team SolEtude
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Line 88
A bus ride that overstays its welcome
Hatoge
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(116 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
THE PROTOTYPE
He is unlike any other companion.
rainslices
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(127 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A Date With Denial [spinoff to Let Me Remind You and Be My Muse]
You wake up to find yourself on a date with a stranger
Batter_Sempai (Axolittle)
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Trembling Essence [Extended Demo]
A Horror game/dating-sim visual novel available for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Bee
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Waning Crescent
A thin-blooded vampire is captured to be branded or killed. Who saves him and whom does he betray? A V:tM game.
Gaia Fiorenza
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Melancholic Star (Act I)
The beginning of a Journey of self; discovery, acceptance and love
Taumi Licorice Jellyfish
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Visual Novel
To Die in The Shade (Demo)
There is no need for a corpse’s heart to beat.
Siyokoy
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Visual Novel
God is in the Radio
HIS LOVE IS ETERNAL. HIS LIGHT IS ETERNAL.
catsket
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Ezrebeth (A Holiday Mindfudge)
An old, bitter recluse finds herself stuck in a mysterious time loop during the winter holidays.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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A first-person, narrative-driven horror adventure with a terrifying premise
Crux Game Studios
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(96 total ratings)
Adventure
have your monster
violence begets violence
tofurocks
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Elevator Game with Catgirls (Demo)
A horror visual novel where two catgirls play the Elevator Game.
NoBreadStudio
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Visual Novel
In The Dark
lamp broken, you must find your way out of the cave using your other senses
Judithan
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
The Snowperson [Demo, Winter VN Jam 2021]
Experience the harsh world from the perspective of a freshly awakened snowperson, before winter ends.
Gaming Variety Potato
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Raven Queen
A short lesbian gothic visual novel
garden robot
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Trials of the Betwixt
Meet the lovely residents of the hallway that are trying to make your stay a bit more... permanent.
CripticBite
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Imago Dirge
You wake up a Monster. Now what?
SummerOrigins
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Curse of the Juniper Tree
A story about two siblings and a cursed tree. Wishes come with a price.
tanaw
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Love Company-Updated Demo
A little love-bombing can go a long way.
Shibakita
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
The Graveyard Shift
Some things are better left buried...
melancholicmarionette@gmail.com
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Lightkeeper
Explore a lighthouse shrouded in darkness, and uncover the secrets inside...
Smilestrawbunny
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
La Vita Nuova (alpha build)
Horror yandere adventure-type visual novel
Kisaragirat
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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