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Big_Bob 03/09/25 11:28:37 AM #1:	AaaaaaaaaaAaaAh! - Results (31 votes) Danganronpa 6.45% (2 votes) 2 The Nonary Games 16.13% (5 votes) 5 Higurashi: When They Cry 19.35% (6 votes) 6 Umineko: When They Cry 19.35% (6 votes) 6 Corpse Party 3.23% (1 vote) 1 Hatoful Boyfriend 0% (0 votes) 0 Slay the Princess 9.68% (3 votes) 3 Doki Doki Literature Club 19.35% (6 votes) 6 AI: The Somnium Files 0% (0 votes) 0 Other 6.45% (2 votes) 2 Not all of these fit neatly into "Visual Novel" but I feel they're all close enough. Also AI The Somnium files is probably more sci-fi/mystery than horror, but I felt it had enough horror elements to qualify. --- azuarc beat me. <cite>Big_Bob posted [p:984301084] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote> AaaaaaaaaaAaaAh! - Results (31 votes) Danganronpa 6.45% (2 votes) 2 The Nonary Games 16.13% (5 votes) 5 Higurashi: When They Cry 19.35% (6 votes) 6 Umineko: When They Cry 19.35% (6 votes) 6 Corpse Party 3.23% (1 vote) 1 Hatoful Boyfriend 0% (0 votes) 0 Slay the Princess 9.68% (3 votes) 3 Doki Doki Literature Club 19.35% (6 votes) 6 AI: The Somnium Files 0% (0 votes) 0 Other 6.45% (2 votes) 2 Show Voting Form Not all of these fit neatly into "Visual Novel" but I feel they're all close enough.Also AI The Somnium files is probably more sci-fi/mystery than horror, but I felt it had enough horror elements to qualify.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Leonhart4 03/09/25 11:33:56 AM #2:	Umineko Episodes 1-7 --- https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq https://imgur.com/89Z5jrB <cite>Leonhart4 posted [p:984301128] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Umineko Episodes 1-7</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FFDragon 03/09/25 11:39:23 AM #3:	Slay the Princess is so good --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? #theresafreakingghostafterus <cite>FFDragon posted [p:984301175] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Slay the Princess is so good</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tcaz2 03/09/25 11:40:43 AM #4:	I don't think I'd classify any of these as horror except Corpse Party and DDLC But if we're just ranking on quality Umineko absolutely demolishes the rest except Higurashi is pretty close. <cite>tcaz2 posted [p:984301186] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>I don't think I'd classify any of these as horror except Corpse Party and DDLCBut if we're just ranking on quality Umineko absolutely demolishes the rest except Higurashi is pretty close.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pyresword 03/09/25 12:08:10 PM #5:	Higurashi > Zero Escape > Danganronpa > Umineko Umineko is definitely well-written, but at the big picture level it's just not what I'm looking for from stories. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. <cite>pyresword posted [p:984301406] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Higurashi > Zero Escape > Danganronpa > UminekoUmineko is definitely well-written, but at the big picture level it's just not what I'm looking for from stories.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MacArrowny 03/09/25 12:10:30 PM #6:	Higurashi (=Saya no Uta) > Umineko > Slay the Princess > DDLC > AI > DR > Nonary > CP I really really love Higurashi and Saya. Only played the first CP, but hated it. Leonhart4 posted... Umineko Episodes 1-7 Umineko 6 still the worst in the series! --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>MacArrowny posted [p:984301429] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Higurashi (=Saya no Uta) > Umineko > Slay the Princess > DDLC > AI > DR > Nonary > CPI really really love Higurashi and Saya. Only played the first CP, but hated it.Leonhart4 posted... </cite><quote>Umineko Episodes 1-7</quote>Umineko 6 still the worst in the series!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Leonhart4 03/09/25 12:11:53 PM #7:	Minority opinion but I like Episode 6! --- https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq https://imgur.com/89Z5jrB <cite>Leonhart4 posted [p:984301447] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Minority opinion but I like Episode 6!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UshiromiyaEva 03/09/25 12:34:55 PM #8:	Horror is maybe saying too much here, but just as games this is Umineko and it's not even close. Lots of these are very very good! Umineko is life changing. Leonhart4 posted... Minority opinion but I like Episode 6! DUCT T A P E --- https://youtu.be/d2qp2scgc_4?si=7k54z8xFv75JQ9ya https://youtu.be/qj9p6IFSlnk?si=cZ5L4OPM0TjVjwCD <cite>UshiromiyaEva posted [p:984301627] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Horror is maybe saying too much here, but just as games this is Umineko and it's not even close. Lots of these are very very good! Umineko is life changing.Leonhart4 posted... </cite><quote>Minority opinion but I like Episode 6!</quote>DUCTTAPE</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CoolCly 03/09/25 12:53:09 PM #9:	Slay the Princess is a masterpiece --- The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG <cite>CoolCly posted [p:984301796] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Slay the Princess is a masterpiece</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UshiromiyaEva 03/09/25 12:59:19 PM #10:	Honestly the only 3 games on here I don't adore are the 3 that I haven't played, and I haven't played them because I've been paranoid that they're just meme games for the mainstream who don't actually play VNs so they can say "finally, somebody made a good VN" on a Giant Bomb podcast. Though I may have a misenterpretation of Corpse Party. I've never been able to really understand what's going on there. --- https://youtu.be/d2qp2scgc_4?si=7k54z8xFv75JQ9ya https://youtu.be/qj9p6IFSlnk?si=cZ5L4OPM0TjVjwCD <cite>UshiromiyaEva posted [p:984301847] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Honestly the only 3 games on here I don't adore are the 3 that I haven't played, and I haven't played them because I've been paranoid that they're just meme games for the mainstream who don't actually play VNs so they can say "finally, somebody made a good VN" on a Giant Bomb podcast.Though I may have a misenterpretation of Corpse Party. I've never been able to really understand what's going on there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 03/09/25 1:58:58 PM #11:	Doki Doki is one of my favorite games of all time. Definitely shout to Slay the Princess too though. And quite fond of Higurashi and Saya no uta --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:984302377] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Doki Doki is one of my favorite games of all time. Definitely shout to Slay the Princess too though. And quite fond of Higurashi and Saya no uta</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamikazePotato 03/09/25 2:03:17 PM #12:	Umineko is my favorite story here but I wouldn't really categorize it as horror. Picked DDLC because it was the best horror experience out of the ones I've read. If Saya no Uta was an option, I would've gone for that instead. --- It's Reyn Time. <cite>KamikazePotato posted [p:984302417] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Umineko is my favorite story here but I wouldn't really categorize it as horror.Picked DDLC because it was the best horror experience out of the ones I've read. If Saya no Uta was an option, I would've gone for that instead.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tcaz2 03/09/25 4:26:19 PM #13:	UshiromiyaEva posted... Honestly the only 3 games on here I don't adore are the 3 that I haven't played, and I haven't played them because I've been paranoid that they're just meme games for the mainstream who don't actually play VNs so they can say "finally, somebody made a good VN" on a Giant Bomb podcast. Though I may have a misenterpretation of Corpse Party. I've never been able to really understand what's going on there. Corpse Party isn't good you're not missing out on anything there The rest on the list are at least solid <cite>tcaz2 posted [p:984303629] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>UshiromiyaEva posted... </cite><quote>Honestly the only 3 games on here I don't adore are the 3 that I haven't played, and I haven't played them because I've been paranoid that they're just meme games for the mainstream who don't actually play VNs so they can say "finally, somebody made a good VN" on a Giant Bomb podcast.Though I may have a misenterpretation of Corpse Party. I've never been able to really understand what's going on there.</quote>Corpse Party isn't good you're not missing out on anything thereThe rest on the list are at least solid</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Arti 03/09/25 4:39:12 PM #14:	Most of these aren't horror. For one that isn't on the list, Spirit Hunter is a good horror VN that I enjoyed. --- http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif <cite>Arti posted [p:984303770] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Most of these aren't horror.For one that isn't on the list, Spirit Hunter is a good horror VN that I enjoyed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raka_Putra 03/09/25 4:49:47 PM #15:	Ao Oni /jk --- God has heard my soul. <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:984303863] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Ao Oni /jk</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 03/09/25 7:48:29 PM #16:	thanks to this list, i'm realising now that there really aren't enough good, like, actually proper horror vns, most of them are primarily murder mysteries... i... guess my answer would be the kamaitachi no yoru series, which is still guilty as charged in that respect honestly i'm kind of tempted to see how many results vndb even has for horror vns without a mystery tag because the more i think about it the more rare they feel <cite>UF8 posted [p:984305531] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>thanks to this list, i'm realising now that there really aren't enough good, like, actually proper horror vns, most of them are primarily murder mysteries...i... guess my answer would be the kamaitachi no yoru series, which is still guilty as charged in that respecthonestly i'm kind of tempted to see how many results vndb even has for horror vns without a mystery tag because the more i think about it the more rare they feel</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 03/09/25 8:02:05 PM #17:	UF8 posted... honestly i'm kind of tempted to see how many results vndb even has for horror vns without a mystery tag because the more i think about it the more rare they feel well that was enlightening there were a lot, but apparently the highest rated non-mystery horror vn is this russian cg trash called Eternum https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ee63cce3.jpg <cite>UF8 posted [p:984305679] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>UF8 posted... </cite><quote>honestly i'm kind of tempted to see how many results vndb even has for horror vns without a mystery tag because the more i think about it the more rare they feel</quote>well that was enlighteningthere were a lot, but apparently the highest rated non-mystery horror vn is this russian cg trash called Eternumhttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ee63cce3.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Big_Bob 03/09/25 9:29:24 PM #18:	tcaz2 posted... I don't think I'd classify any of these as horror except Corpse Party and DDLC Slay the Princess literally calls itself a horror game in the intro. --- azuarc beat me. <cite>Big_Bob posted [p:984306591] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>tcaz2 posted... </cite><quote>I don't think I'd classify any of these as horror except Corpse Party and DDLC</quote>Slay the Princess literally calls itself a horror game in the intro.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tcaz2 03/09/25 9:37:17 PM #19:	Big_Bob posted... Slay the Princess literally calls itself a horror game in the intro. Its also wrong in the intro! <cite>tcaz2 posted [p:984306681] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Big_Bob posted... </cite><quote>Slay the Princess literally calls itself a horror game in the intro.</quote>Its also wrong in the intro!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 03/09/25 9:48:02 PM #21:	Slay the Princess is definitely horror --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:984306773] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Slay the Princess is definitely horror </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tcaz2 03/09/25 9:51:41 PM #22:	Snake5555555555 posted... Slay the Princess is definitely horror Then why is it not scary <cite>tcaz2 posted [p:984306819] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Snake5555555555 posted... </cite><quote>Slay the Princess is definitely horror</quote>Then why is it not scary</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OrangeCrush980 03/09/25 9:52:27 PM #23:	Zero Escape > Somnium > Danganronpa > Higurashi > Doki Doki > Umineko All amazing besides Umineko. That really didn't click with me. Though I still have to play Chapters 6-8... but apparently it gets worse... --- "Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness... Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself." - Vergil, DMC3 <cite>OrangeCrush980 posted [p:984306827] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Zero Escape > Somnium > Danganronpa > Higurashi > Doki Doki > UminekoAll amazing besides Umineko. That really didn't click with me. Though I still have to play Chapters 6-8... but apparently it gets worse...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 03/09/25 9:56:59 PM #24:	tcaz2 posted... Then why is it not scary Well I mean, do you consider everything that doesn't scare you personally as "not horror"? Slay the Princess is cosmic horror so it's not going to be as in-your-face scary as something with a lot of jump scares (~~which the game also has anyway~~). --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:984306870] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>tcaz2 posted... </cite><quote>Then why is it not scary</quote>Well I mean, do you consider everything that doesn't scare you personally as "not horror"? Slay the Princess is cosmic horror so it's not going to be as in-your-face scary as something with a lot of jump scares (which the game also has anyway).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KamikazePotato 03/09/25 10:10:39 PM #25:	Slay the Princess has some segments that are pretty creepy. Most of it feels like horror comedy rather than straight-up horror, though. --- It's Reyn Time. <cite>KamikazePotato posted [p:984307029] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Slay the Princess has some segments that are pretty creepy. Most of it feels like horror comedy rather than straight-up horror, though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tcaz2 03/09/25 10:20:35 PM #26:	Snake5555555555 posted... Well I mean, do you consider everything that doesn't scare you personally as "not horror"? No, its by primarily what it is. Umineko has some jump scares and a few creepy scenes too but its definitely not horror because that's not what it primarily is trying to be. Likewise I don't consider Slay the Princess to be horror because it doesn't attempt to be scary most of the time. Similar to how Half Life 2 isn't horror because Ravenholm is in the game. <cite>tcaz2 posted [p:984307125] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Snake5555555555 posted... </cite><quote>Well I mean, do you consider everything that doesn't scare you personally as "not horror"?</quote>No, its by primarily what it is.Umineko has some jump scares and a few creepy scenes too but its definitely not horror because that's not what it primarily is trying to be.Likewise I don't consider Slay the Princess to be horror because it doesn't attempt to be scary most of the time. Similar to how Half Life 2 isn't horror because Ravenholm is in the game.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MacArrowny 03/09/25 10:43:51 PM #27:	tcaz2 posted... Then why is it not scary Most horror isn't scary. DDLC certainly isn't. --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>MacArrowny posted [p:984307331] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>tcaz2 posted... </cite><quote>Then why is it not scary</quote>Most horror isn't scary. DDLC certainly isn't.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 03/09/25 10:57:41 PM #28:	tcaz2 posted... No, its by primarily what it is. Umineko has some jump scares and a few creepy scenes too but its definitely not horror because that's not what it primarily is trying to be. Likewise I don't consider Slay the Princess to be horror because it doesn't attempt to be scary most of the time. Similar to how Half Life 2 isn't horror because Ravenholm is in the game. The entire structure of the game is built to make you question your agency, your morals, and your sanity. This evokes terror and atmosphere. More than several of the game's art pieces are clearly meant to invoke and induce gross-out fear & horror. It nails pretty much the three tenets of horror Stephen King laid out in the book Danse Macabre. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:984307449] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>tcaz2 posted... </cite><quote>No, its by primarily what it is.Umineko has some jump scares and a few creepy scenes too but its definitely not horror because that's not what it primarily is trying to be.Likewise I don't consider Slay the Princess to be horror because it doesn't attempt to be scary most of the time. Similar to how Half Life 2 isn't horror because Ravenholm is in the game.</quote>The entire structure of the game is built to make you question your agency, your morals, and your sanity. This evokes terror and atmosphere. More than several of the game's art pieces are clearly meant to invoke and induce gross-out fear & horror. It nails pretty much the three tenets of horror Stephen King laid out in the book Danse Macabre. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FL81 03/09/25 11:44:01 PM #29:	Higurashi and Umineko are both contenders for my favorite piece of fictional media ever --- https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif <cite>FL81 posted [p:984307890] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Higurashi and Umineko are both contenders for my favorite piece of fictional media ever</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 03/10/25 1:08:18 AM #30:	i like that we're arguing this because tc doesn't want to admit that these are mostly mystery-focused, since he doesn't actually have an argument to rebut that <cite>UF8 posted [p:984308538] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>i like that we're arguing this because tc doesn't want to admit that these are mostly mystery-focused, since he doesn't actually have an argument to rebut that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chaeix 03/10/25 1:23:53 AM #31:	paranormasight is definitely horror you guys should also play that --- we're all buds~jc~ <DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs <cite>Chaeix posted [p:984308600] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>paranormasight is definitely horror you guys should also play that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 03/10/25 1:31:10 AM #32:	oh yeah shoutout to it too (~~and also to a few others i didn't mention like the bag of milk series, the atashinoriri series (lol), arguably cosmology of kyoto...~~) <cite>UF8 posted [p:984308646] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>oh yeah shoutout to it too (and also to a few others i didn't mention like the bag of milk series, the atashinoriri series (lol), arguably cosmology of kyoto...)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MacArrowny 03/10/25 9:37:31 AM #33:	Chaeix posted... paranormasight is definitely horror you guys should also play that nah it's a mystery game --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>MacArrowny posted [p:984310661] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Chaeix posted... </cite><quote>paranormasight is definitely horror you guys should also play that</quote>nah it's a mystery game</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Big_Bob 03/10/25 9:45:26 AM #34:	UF8 posted... i like that we're arguing this because tc doesn't want to admit that these are mostly mystery-focused, since he doesn't actually have an argument to rebut that Have you not considered that "mystery" and "horror" tend to go together pretty well? Or that "horror" as a genre is open to interpretation? --- azuarc beat me. <cite>Big_Bob posted [p:984310721] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>UF8 posted... </cite><quote>i like that we're arguing this because tc doesn't want to admit that these are mostly mystery-focused, since he doesn't actually have an argument to rebut that</quote>Have you not considered that "mystery" and "horror" tend to go together pretty well? Or that "horror" as a genre is open to interpretation?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wanglicious 03/10/25 3:47:03 PM #35:	umineko's got the best highs by far but it also has the biggest low and drags the most, though that can't be helped with its sheer length. also best music by far. nonary games at least is complete, really good high, and doesn't dip nearly as badly. --- "Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel. <cite>Wanglicious posted [p:984314134] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>umineko's got the best highs by far but it also has the biggest low and drags the most, though that can't be helped with its sheer length. also best music by far. nonary games at least is complete, really good high, and doesn't dip nearly as badly. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wanglicious 03/10/25 3:56:30 PM #36:	also umineko is absolutely horror. yeah it's a murder/mystery, it's also part of the horror genre. pretty much everything involving magic is part of the horror genre. seven stakes, the goats, all the blood, cannibalism, etc. the second magic gets involved it dives right into that field. you can't really pretend a lady with a shotgun running away from goatmen trying to eat her isn't horror. or all the cannibalism that happens after that. --- "Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel. <cite>Wanglicious posted [p:984314221] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>also umineko is absolutely horror. yeah it's a murder/mystery, it's also part of the horror genre. pretty much everything involving magic is part of the horror genre. seven stakes, the goats, all the blood, cannibalism, etc. the second magic gets involved it dives right into that field. you can't really pretend a lady with a shotgun running away from goatmen trying to eat her isn't horror. or all the cannibalism that happens after that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MacArrowny 03/10/25 4:08:18 PM #37:	Zero Time Dilemma's lows are worse than anything in Umineko (and ZTD itself is worse than any Umineko episode). --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>MacArrowny posted [p:984314331] in Best Horro... [t:80947409]...</cite> <quote>Zero Time Dilemma's lows are worse than anything in Umineko (and ZTD itself is worse than any Umineko episode).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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