Visual novels like Locked Up

If Locked Up scratched a hand-drawn and story-driven itch for you, keep reading. Browse these visual novels for your next favorite.

It gets so lonely here
A yandere yuri visual novel about a girl running through a dark forest from someone who loves her to death. You follow three routes, meet three girls, and die three ways while an amused narrator judges your choices. Short, strange, and sweet in a morbid way.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
94% of 2,402 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Banebush
Banebush is a short horror visual novel about Alexey, hiding from pursuit in the childhood village he remembers through scary grandmother tales and long summer days. Told in stark black and red with dark electronic music, its branching choices lead to several grim endings built around a nightmare in the forest.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
94% of 2,193 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$2.99
Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
You go into a cursed forest with friends to check out the local legend, something attacks, and you wake up alone. What follows is a short Halloween thriller about surviving the woods with help from two strange girls, Ashley and Lilian, whose motives stay unclear until you chase every ending.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
89% of 3,627 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Locked
Maks is looking for a waitress he hasn’t seen for over a month. Intuition brings him to an abandoned mansion enshrouded in mystery and secrets. Will Maks find and save the girl?
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
76% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Fairy Deer
Fairy Deer is a kinetic thriller visual novel. Make your way deep into the terrifying Forest in search of the sole pathway to happiness—the mythical Fairy Deer.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
90% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Autumn Spirit
Hunted by anxiety, you exiled yourself to a lonely mountain inhabited by a ghost and his regrets.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
95% of 95 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Lost girl`s [diary]
A kinetic horror visual novel about a girls-only Christmas vacation in a snowed-in hotel, derailed by unexpected boyfriends and rerouted into a scary-story contest. About an hour long, linear, and atmospheric: you just read as cozy chatter curdles into ghost stories.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Dark
82% of 1,124 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Kindred [SnowBound]
In this dark romance, horror visual novel, a brutal attack on your village leaves you stranded and vulnerable. Making matters worse is your run-in with the beast of the nearby woods. Will you find a way to escape your demented captor, or will you earn his trust? Choose a side; Don't look back.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
100% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Silent Huntress
"The Silent Huntress" is a visual novel in the genre of a dark fairy tale with choices and different endings. Not only the development of events will depend on your choices, but also the conclusions that the main character makes about her life and the world around her.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
97% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Silenced: The House
Any plans for the weekend? There is a great place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and daily routine! We promise a unique experience of horror and despair… if you stay alive, of course. Survive the night in the house from your nightmares!
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
70% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Once Upon an All Hallow's Eve
What happens when a girl gets lost all alone in the woods and can only find the occupants of one mysterious mansion to help her?
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
83% of 203 Steam reviews are positiveFree
1997
Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Atmospheric
92% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Cheaper than Locked Up

Locked

Maks is looking for a waitress he hasn’t seen for over a month. Intuition brings him to an abandoned mansion enshrouded in mystery and secrets.

$1.99

Fairy Deer

Fairy Deer is a kinetic thriller visual novel. Make your way deep into the terrifying Forest in search of the sole pathway to happiness—the mythical…

$1.99

Deep Under

DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.

$1.99

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

q.u.q.

A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel.

$1.99

Up All Night

Unearth secrets hidden between the trees. Solve a murder. Confront what awaits in the darkness.

$6.99

Scar of the Doll

Scar of the Doll is a beloved '90s visual novel remastered for Steam.

$0.99

Love at First Sight

A short, linear visual novel about Mamoru, a shy transfer student who falls for Sachi Usui, a lonely one-eyed classmate, and tries to win her trust.

$2.49

Everdine - A Lost Girl's Tale

Everdine finds herself lost in a forest of eternal twilight.

$4.99

The Wolf of Derevnya

When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you.

$1.49

HOPE LEFT ME

You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.

$1.99

Mandemon

Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.

$2.69

Hidden gems like Locked Up

Set Yourself on Fire

A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.

Free

This Winter of Ours

Alone as two, together as one - A fantasy/yuri visual novel telling the story of two girls traversing a snow covered forest and growing closer.

Free

Her Love, Like Poison

A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores.

$6.99

Banebush

Banebush is a short horror visual novel about Alexey, hiding from pursuit in the childhood village he remembers through scary grandmother tales and…

$2.99

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

MOOD

MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars.

$5.99

Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

USSR, 1986: Ira goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5 and nobody cares, except quiet outcast Asya.

Free

Pink Noise

Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s.

$10.99

q.u.q.

A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel.

$1.99

It gets so lonely here

A yandere yuri visual novel about a girl running through a dark forest from someone who loves her to death.

Free

Absent in the Rain

A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet...

Free

Sisters: Last Day of Summer

A fully-animated visual novel about a boy who wakes up in an unknown house with two beautiful sisters, their mother, and an unspoken truth.

$24.99

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