Psychological/Thriller Visual Novel

[sneakpool]

Any Recommendation on Psychological/Thriller genre will be appreciated

 

Example :  Saya no Uta

                Chaos;Head

                Higurashi When They Cry

                Umineko When They Cry

                Danganronpa(PSP)

                Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors(DS)

                Maybe Divi Dead not sure

So Please comment if you know anything worth playing

 

PS

Playstation

 

 

[Yukiru]

Go read Tsukihime, small download, great story.

[Gahaha]

Choas head If you can get it to work It's Unique In that You can either make the game constantly try to fuck with your head or keep it tame.

 

oh I see you listed that hmm, then I agree with Yukiru Oh The Original Bible Black Has a hint of this too

[Freestyle80]

Kara no Shoujo would be one but be warned its story is really dark

[sneakpool]

Tsukihime i forgot to mention but i have played it

 

Kara no shoujo Thanks man thats a starter

[Clephas]

If you don't mind untranslated... the Secret Game series, Futagoza no Paradox, Owaru Sekai to Birthday...

[sneakpool]

Secret Game series is exactly what i need but sadly can't read

 

So Clephas if you have any translated in mind please say

[Clephas]

Sorry... people named most of the translated ones.  Thrillers aren't exactly rare (though they aren't so common as to be easily found), and they are proportionately represented amongst translated vns (oddly, moege are disproportionately untranslated, probably because it is hard to get up the  motivation to go through with a full translation of a regular moege).   Cross Channel comes to mind, though it isn't exactly a thriller (has some horror-ish moments, protag is completely insane, etc).  I'm afraid you'll find yourself short of vns to play in English for the genre, though.

[Bolverk]

Higanbana I think? I just suppose it fits considering 07th Expansion other works.

[castor212]

Maybe you could check this:

 

http://vndb.org/g253?fil=lang-en

 

or

 

http://vndb.org/g500?fil=lang-en

 

filtered to english language. I love vndb tag system.

[Okami]

Infinity series and Stenis:Gate.

 

Also this is an Anime not a VN but if you like psychological themes you should definitely watch Shinsekai Yori.

[Albedo]

Remember 11 has elements from this genre (a research facility where someone is trying to kill you? yeah, that works)

[Undying]

If you played 999 you NEED to play Virtue Last Reward.

[Vokoca]

If you played 999 you NEED to play Virtue Last Reward.

Yep, definitely. Just don't do it in reverse order, like I did. 

[Funyarinpa]

Remember 11 has elements from this genre (a research facility where someone is trying to kill you? yeah, that works)

 

Just for the record, Remember 11 is a part of the Infinity series.

[Freestyle80]

Infinity series is not really psychological or thriller more of a mystery and sci-fi

 

though i do recommend u read them all

[krill]

cross channel definitely psychological and thriller 

[DimDito]

Does Steins;Gate count as a psychological thriller? It's on everyone's top 10 list.

 

I suppose the only other thing you don't have there worth mentioning would be Kara no Shoujo. I found just as weightful as Saya no Uta.

[Kendjin]

Divi dead was one of the first VNs I played. I'm not sure how well it has stood the test of time though.

[Nyanko]

I'd also say Higanbana, not sure if it's really a thriller, but it sure is psychological and both games (1st and 2nd night) are translated.

[Freestyle80]

Does Steins;Gate count as a psychological thriller? It's on everyone's top 10 list.

 

I suppose the only other thing you don't have there worth mentioning would be Kara no Shoujo. I found just as weightful as Saya no Uta.

kara is worse than saya i believe D:

 

and steins;gate it'd be better to wait till they release the new one,forgot when though

[Nyanko]

Does Steins;Gate count as a psychological thriller? It's on everyone's top 10 list.

 

I suppose the only other thing you don't have there worth mentioning would be Kara no Shoujo. I found just as weightful as Saya no Uta.

 

I think Steins;Gate is a nice thriller, not sure if its that psychological though. It's still one of my favorites and certainly worth reading if you don't mind some hard scfi.

 

I agree that both Kara no Shoujo and Saya were weightful, but Kara no Shoujo was a lot more realistic. On the other side I think Saya no Uta is much darker because of the horror elements it has. It depends what you like more but I think Kara no Shoujo should certainly be added to the list.

 

and steins;gate it'd be better to wait till they release the new one,forgot when though

 

The limited edition will be released this monday (March 31) , regular edition is April 30.

[sneakpool]

Steins;Gate is nice but after watching anime and reading manga, I don't know if the game will thrill me anymore.

Apart from that thanks for recommendations but i have read almost every vn suggested apart from:

• Higanbana (will read after KnS)
• Kara no Shoujo (reading now)
• Steins;Gate (if nothing else would be left)

Thank again and more suggestions are always welcome.

[Nyanko]

Steins;Gate is nice but after watching anime and reading manga, I don't know if the game will thrill me anymore.

Apart from that thanks for recommendations but i have read almost every vn suggested apart from:

• Higanbana (will read after KnS)
• Kara no Shoujo (reading now)
• Steins;Gate (if nothing else would be left)

Thank again and more suggestions are always welcome.

 

I watched the anime before reading the VN too, but I still had a lot of fun reading it, even though the anime is pretty good. 

[Freestyle80]

VN probably goes into more detail as usual,always worth reading it