Adult visual novels, while not exactly wildly accepted in the West, are of no less quality than their "all-ages" cousins. Shamelessly enjoy these classics.
MonsterVine: "October is the month of Halloween, so what better time to sit down and play some spooky games? Here are a few of my top picks (in no particular order) for spooky games–which are not necessarily all horror games–to play this month. "
KeenGamer: "We have the best visual novels to suggest to you, but we do recognize that many gamers don’t consider visual novels as games. Sluggishly leafing through dialogues, from time to time making choices. Additionally, many don’t like the anime style of the genre. Maybe we can change your mind."
COGconnected: With hundreds of horror games vying for the position of most fear-inducing, we've narrowed down our list to the top ten scariest PC games...for now.