Novels like Eerie Survival Game
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- 1 Anomaly Containment 异常收敛 (A collection of uncanny tales. Some may feature the uncanny, and some may not.) One: The Memory Maze When Jin Yulin opened his eyes, he found himself standing on an unfamiliar street. The time was 3:17 a.m. He glanced at his watch. The second hand was moving normally, but the date read July 21, 2025. Yet he remembered today as July 20. Two: The Missing Step Fu Huanan stood in the stairwell of his apartment building, counting the steps. One, two, three... twelve. He stopped, frowning. Yester —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Haunted Night Market Stall 夜市诡摊 The protagonist, Chen Mo, works as a helper at Lao Zhou's Barbecue Stand in a night market in an urban village. In reality, he's a Night Watcher, a member of an ancient profession dedicated to dealing with "Scattered Entities" lurking amid the bustle of everyday life. By day, he grills skewers. At night, after closing up, he handles the uncanny beings attached to food, stalls, and even seasonings. Every incident he resolves earns him feedback in the form of "everyday vitality," strengthening his —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Prisoners on a Strange World 异域囚途 [Infinite-flow, no female lead, fictional setting, sci-fi apocalypse, intelligent protagonist] Xu Muchi is diagnosed with a terminal illness. He plans to forgo treatment and enjoy what little time he has left, but then he suddenly realizes that the world he has lived in for over twenty years is strange in every way... The supermarket downstairs is fake, his wife is fake, even the entire world is fake... Xu Muchi panics. Clinging to a faint glimmer of hope, he wanders all over the city, but every 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Tales of Strange Things by Night 夜谈诡事录 A collection of riveting short stories. Horror, fantasy, the supernatural, the bizarre, the uncanny, true experiences, and hearsay. Updated regularly. Welcome to Strange Tales from the Night. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Death Game: From the Start, I Play the Fate Weaver, Xia Yue 死亡游戏：开局织命师夏月 [A fan-oriented work, death game + faith game, feel-good story] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered it was only a new beginning.” After Xia Yue was killed by a mysterious girl wielding a hand axe, he discovered that he hadn't truly died. Instead, he'd entered a death game! Unfortunately, he was killed in the very first game! Luckily, Xia Yue was resurrected and awakened the “Unique Class: Pathwalker”! And through one death game after another... Xia Yue climbed to t 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Beast Tamer of the Strange 诡兽师 There's something inside me that's been hungry for three years. When it isn't eating the uncanny, it feeds on my blood. Three years ago, on that night, one-sixth of the world's population disappeared. Chen Ye survived. The price was that something moved into his shadow. The black mist known as “Faceless” neither eats nor drinks nor speaks. But sometimes it moves: when he's asleep, when he's bleeding, when he runs into a ruined building he should never have entered. It surges out over the tops of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 This Game Is Dangerous 这个游戏很危险 Welcome to the Chosen Ones' Game Park! This is a variety game with endless stages... Game hint one: Death in the game means death in real life! Game hint two: The only way to survive is to find clues. At first, you think this is just an ordinary game, only to discover that it's a disaster engulfing the entire world. Are you ready for a game of death, you powerful people who sit high above the rest? (Infinite-level game + death game + smart protagonists + awakened abilities + no saintly do-go 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Path of the Chosen 天选人之途 [Not invincible] [Character growth] [Deduction] “Welcome to the Chosen's Path!” Feng Yu is one of the candidates to become a “Chosen One,” and transmigrates to another bizarre world. Deduction, exploration, verification, deception... Everything you can think of is here! He can only make his way through one stage after another to uncover the ultimate truth. Is it all a game played by the gods, or is there a greater conspiracy at work? Will he reach into the realm of the gods, or scrape by in a wr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Phoenix Game 凤凰游戏 Bu Fan, an ordinary office worker, was framed at work and fired. Faced with the pressure of daily life, including his mortgage, he sank into confusion and despair. By chance, he came across a money-making competition called the “Phoenix Game.” The winner would be reborn from the ashes and reach the pinnacle of life, while the loser would fall into a bottomless pit of debt. To build a better life, he chose to take part in the Phoenix Game and embarked on an epic gaming adventure… (I’m a student, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Ten Days to Die 十日死局 While hospitalized, Chen Feng saw a phone number and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Unable to resist, he dialed it... Thinking it was just an ordinary number, he was pulled into a game of life and death. When he thought it was finally over and he could go home, it had only just begun. The dead appeared again! He thought he was trying to save them, only to discover he was leading them toward destruction. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Game You Can Only Join After Losing Your Memories 失去记忆才能参加的游戏 [No System] [No Female Lead] [Fast-Paced Challenges] [Puzzles and Deduction] [Suspenseful Twists] (Volume One: Primarily puzzle-solving, deduction, and mind-game challenges, with 25 games in total.) (Volume Two: Primarily short suspense and horror stories with twists, interspersed with some simpler puzzles, across 9 stories.) (Volume Three: Primarily resolves the main plot. If the final two chapters don't blow you away, I'll lose! Just read the ending of Chapter 247: even if you haven't read the 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Death Deduction Game 死亡推理游戏 Five deadly deduction games: a figure vanishing from a corridor, a murder in a sealed room no one could have entered, and the question of why no footprints were left in the snow. It is like watching a grand magic show, except crime is at the heart of every trick. How can you spot the flaws on the surface, uncover the truth hidden beneath, and solve the final puzzle? The deadly deduction game is about to begin. 74Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 13 Naruto: I Rule the Ninja World by Borrowing Ghosts' Power 火影：我靠借鬼称霸忍界 Zhou Yang's golden finger is simple: touch someone, and their ability becomes his. From the little fool at Konoha Hospital to an S-rank missing-nin hunted by the entire shinobi world, he got by through “borrowing.” Borrowing Kakashi's Chidori, Minato's Flying Thunder God, the Uchiha's Sharingan... borrowing every technique under the sun to build up his own power. Until he saw bloodline clans monopolizing the path to advancement, the great nations treating small countries like weeds, and count 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Seven Days to Murder 七日谋杀 [Mystery] + [System] + [Sci-Fi] + [Locked-Room Mystery] The System makes everyone kill one another? Jiang Chen secretly cheats! Exceptional detective skills + unlimited exclusive hidden missions = unlimited skills + unlimited items In the distant year of 2090, humanity developed a groundbreaking technology that could upload the consciousness of the dead into a digital world, granting them a form of “immortality.” But for Jiang Chen, a journey that should have led to the hereafter instead became 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Game of Fate: Unlocking the Fate Realm 命运游戏：开启命运空间 [Mild Horror + Mind Games + Strategic Rivalry + Infinite Flow] A game of fate, a paradise capable of conferring godhood. Shen Miao never imagined that one day he would face a trial of life and death. Every day, someone around him dies. Shen Miao must not only find a way to survive, he must also unravel the clues and confront the enormous secret pulling the strings behind everything. The school, the office, the cafeteria, the stairs: any place could conceal a deadly trap. [The Game of Fate has be 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Thousand Ways to Exorcise Ghosts on Livestream 直播驱鬼的一千种姿势 Infinite-Flow Rules Horror! He’s a horror-game streamer whose persona is a sweet, naive coward, but beneath the surface he’s a shameless, diabolical big shot. The System bound him to a livestreaming system, and he turned around and gave the System a surprise of its own. The ghosts and monsters huddled together, trembling; his fans’ worldviews teetered on the brink; and his teammates were fuming. “If he’s going to be this outrageous, what does he need us for?” Our streamer smiled faintly. “To sel 234Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Night Voyager Against the Current 逆流夜航人 [No System] [Transmigration] [Highly Intelligent Protagonist] [Mystery] When international police detective Lin Yan woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated to the French Concession in Shanghai in 1923. His new identity was that of a wastrel abandoned by his family and driven to the brink of death by creditors. The Lin family had only three days left: thirty thousand silver dollars in debt, creditors lying in wait, and a hidden hand bent on tearing the family up by its roots. No System, 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Infinite: You Think You Can Beat Me With Half a Brain? 无限：让你一瓣脑子都能输？ [Infinite Flow, mind games, not mindless, no System, no invincible protagonist, not a wish-fulfillment story] The Hell of Tongue-Ripping, Kuafu Chasing the Sun, and Jingwei Filling the Sea: familiar myths have become a series of deceitful games full of scheming. As a “human,” Jiang Liu has only one day to live, yet “demons,” “immortals,” and “gods” would rather not enter the same game as him. My name is Jiang Liu, a con man stripped of “lies,” a madman whose prefrontal cortex has been removed. I 105Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 19 The Perfect Trip Begins with a Shootout 完美旅途从枪战开始 A global spy thriller. A tangled web of espionage meets Mission: Impossible. The road to becoming a world-class police officer begins with a hunting trip! Suspense + deduction + espionage + political intrigue + healing. No mindless decisions, no System. It’s logical and deduction-driven, with victories won through intelligence and high technology! In this book, you’ll find wilderness hunts, beautiful women and handsome men, secret organizations, elite assassins, super-spies, shootouts, and elabo 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Before the Crisis 虞前 Once I finish updating the final chapter, I'll add a chapter to help readers understand the story. If you can't follow the earlier parts, you can read that chapter first. But I don't recommend it. I think it'll spoil the experience. In the first few chapters, I took inspiration from The Sixth Sense. Two stories unfold in parallel, with the perspective concealed through first-person narration. After that, it stops being first-person. Please, give it a try. This is a book that few people can stick —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The One-Fifth Death Game 五分之一的死亡游戏 [Clever mind games + deduction + all kinds of scenarios + no System + no harem + plot-focused] On a whim, Lin Shuo took part in a quiz show offering a cash prize of one hundred thousand yuan. And so the gears of fate began to turn, as one deadly game after another came his way. A hidden, lethal poison: how could he identify it quickly? A terrifying old building haunted by ghosts: how could he escape alive? An unsolvable locked-room mystery involving werewolves: where were they? A train trapped i 1.2kReads8.7Score136Shelves
- 22 Moth and Crow: I Knew Everyone's Identity from the Start 蛾鸦杀：开局便知道所有人的身份 Nanyang accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world where Moth and Crow is the main game, with all kinds of major tournaments and national competitions. Nanyang binds a System that lets him see everyone's identity during the card-dealing phase, giving him a god's-eye view. No matter how the werewolves backstab, sacrifice teammates, or rush their attacks, he can cut them down in one stroke. No matter how foolish the good players are, or how they coddle the werewolves, he'll take them all out. 7.2kReads—Score754Shelves
- 23 Werewolf: I Can Alter Everyone's Statements 狼人杀：我可以篡改所有人的发言 [Pure Werewolf: 95% ironclad logical proof + 5% fine-tuning by intuition] Psychological profiler Lin Zhaoy accidentally transmigrates into a short werewolf-game drama. Beginner-friendly, with explanations of specialized terms in the text and a complete logical breakdown after each game. [No female lead + No CP + No harem] Welcome to the game. 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Logic of Sin 犯心罪理 He had no grand finale, no tears. He was just an ordinary man standing on the edge of life and death, struggling through the darkness. “Red” was a scar he refused to uncover; resentment was the foundation he stood on. Perhaps everything had brought this calamity upon him because of that one incident. He was only searching, after all. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Ghostly Voyage 神诡迷航 [Not a power fantasy] [Mystery-solving] [Suspense] [Fantasy] [A touch of cosmic horror] [Conceptual skills] [Mind-bending] Read with care if these aren't your thing. You need to pay close attention; skim a few lines at a time and you won't understand it. The author has gone mad, so please bear with them. Chen Miao, better known as San Shui Ge. A bizarre parallel world? Multiple personalities of his own? ... A [Curse Caster]? A [Gifted One]? A [Mechanic]? Is everything around him strange and 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Global Manhunt: The Western Hemisphere Conspiracy 全球追杀：西半球的阴谋 This book is a brain-burning read, with clever characters and no plot padding or superpowers. If you like simple, lightweight stories, please look elsewhere. A young man of mixed Chinese descent lives a quiet life in a small city. Then, out of nowhere, uninvited agents inexplicably take him away. Next, assassins from all over the world descend on him, and suddenly the peaceful little city is filled with gunfire and explosions. After barely escaping the first wave of pursuit, he's swept along on 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 God's Chosen Game: Starting with an Escape Room 神选游戏：从密室逃生开始 (Mind-Bending Games + Tactical Mind Games and Puzzles + Infinite Escape + No Clichés + No System + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel for Beginners + Genius Protagonist + Protagonist Isn't a Saint + No Female Lead) (There are no ghosts in this story, and it's not horror. It's similar to Alice in Borderland and Squid Game. Please move along if that's not your thing.) The moment Fang Que opened his eyes, he found himself trapped in a dangerous sealed room, where a mysterious person demanded that he take 660Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 28 Republic-Era Ghost Master: The Life of Xu Jun 民国驭鬼者：许俊的一生 In an age of the Five Turbidities, Hell lies empty, evil spirits have returned, and the mortal world has become a living hell. Xu Jun, a young man from the modern era who transmigrates into the Hongdu of the Republic of China, becomes a ghost wielder. He inherits the Netherworld Eye and the power of the Shadow Ghost, while carrying the mystery of time and space. He allies with the fortune-teller Yuan Tian to confront the island nation’s “Twelve Evil Fiends” Project: twelve terrifying evil spir 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Welcome to the Game for Those Who Value Strength 欢迎来到实力至上主义者的游戏 (Mind-game adventures + Infinite worlds + No harem + Not mindless wish fulfillment; enter at your own discretion) At some point, a virtual world called the Paradise of All Spirits began circulating online. In the Paradise of All Spirits, you can buy anything that doesn’t exist in the real world: loli bodyguards, infinite-capacity pistols, gene serums, supernatural items... If you can imagine it, the Paradise of All Spirits can sell it. More importantly, anything you obtain in the Paradise of All 395Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 30 The Riddle-Speaking Heroine Is Still Hurting People 谜语人女主她还在害人 [Infinite flow + no CP] [No supernatural powers, just a contest of psychology, intelligence, and strength] Life is the wager. Murder, betrayal, deception! “Don’t want to die? Then make someone else die first.” 87Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 31 Blood Redeemer 血赎者 Hardcore and original! "Mystery" "Escape Game" "Infinite Flow" "Deduction" "Thriller" "Supernatural" "Lie Qi" "Fair-Play Mystery" * “Your selfish desires blinded you. You trampled on morality. You deserve to die a hundred times over…” “Compared to dying outright, those unreasonable things may be even more painful…” * After death, those burdened by guilt or resentment receive a numbered tag, with names marked in black or white. The guilty are marked black, and the resentful are marked white. The 2Reads—Score100Shelves
- 32 I Ditched My Lady-Caller's Act and Took On the Entire Academy 放弃淑女姿态的我，创飞整个学院 [Unhinged villainess protagonist + effortless power fantasy + aristocratic academy death game of Werewolf + no romance] Not for the faint of heart! After Jian Qinglan is pushed down the stairs and killed, she unexpectedly gets the chance to start over. But after returning to life, it's as if she's become someone else. She keeps wanting to do things she never would have before. Still, there's no time to dwell on it now. What should she do with the body in front of her? When the revamped W 323Reads8.4Score104Shelves
- 33 Mystery Revival: Qinghong Academy 神秘复苏：青鸿书院 Mystery Revival: Qinghong Academy 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 I Was Supposed to Be Reborn, But Is This a Mission Anyone Can Accept? 说好的重生，这任务是人能接的？ (No System, not invincible, no mindless power fantasy. Read with caution if that bothers you.) I died for no apparent reason, only to discover I still had a chance to be reborn. When I embarked on a series of challenges, hoping to make my way back by overcoming them one by one, I realized this path was doomed to fail. I have no interest in becoming a lofty god. All I want is to return to the world I came from… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Falling Homework 坠落作业 [Campus horror + coming-of-age + no saintly heroine + one heroine + combat + heartbreaking] One day, a mysterious assignment appeared on the blackboard. As a high school student, I felt a terror unlike anything I’d ever known. All kinds of ghosts appeared in the world, coming to take human lives. From that day on, my life changed completely. I was forced to fight for my life through the assignments, but that was far from all. A slew of conspiracies began to close in around me. Worse still, a mas 1.8kReads8.2Score153Shelves
- 36 I Play for a Comeback in a Mind-Game 我在智斗游戏里玩逆转 [Original mind-game competitions + Deception + Reversals + No romance + Brain-bending, read with caution] This isn't a survival game, but a pure battle of wits. There are no supernatural horrors, only schemes. No scares, just the thrill of putting your brain through its paces. Deception, exposing lies, and wild gambling aren't enough. You need an unexpected trick to turn defeat into victory. I entered the [Mic Hog Game], where I have to outsmart my way to freedom. “Hahaha! You pathetic ants 351Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Infinite Save Scumming: You Bitch, I’m Going to Kill You 无限回档，贱人我要杀了你 [Mystery and horror + infinite retries + twists upon twists + the paranormal returns + tragic fated love] Xue Wen woke up one morning to find that a beautiful, gentle wife had appeared out of nowhere. But that sweet domestic life was a deadly trap. Just as he began to fall for her, the woman beside him devoured him alive! From then on, he unlocked endless respawns after death. Every time he died horribly, he returned to the moment he woke up. After 108 loops, each ending in a gruesome death and 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Anti-Corruption Bureau Chief: The Soldier King Is a Little Wild 扫黑局长：兵王有点野 Wujiang, a small county town carved up between two local kingpins. The first three predecessors: one went mad, one died, and one was silenced. The fourth is Lu Chuan. A former special forces soldier, he was still twisting people's necks on the training ground half a month ago. Now he wears a police uniform and holds a meeting for the whole team in the morgue of a funeral home. 25Reads—Score109Shelves
- 39 The Half-Soul Wasteland 半魂荒原 Alive, he takes revenge with his own hands. Dead, he rules the underworld. Who says you can’t start a business in the land of the dead? His teammates hail from different eras, each with their own talents. As long as they’re not completely dead, this bunch can tear the underworld apart! A true male lead is a male lead wherever he goes. No romance, just conquest! [Strategic mind games] [Male lead and ensemble cast] [No harem] [Long-term foreshadowing] 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Divine Puzzle: Become the Strongest Necromancer Across the Myriad Heavens 神明拼图：成为诸天最强亡灵法师 [Infinite Flow] [Competitive Gaming] [Original Scenarios] [Mind Games] [No Female Lead] [Myriad Worlds] A puzzle must be pieced together from the corners. But where are the corners of the gods' puzzle? Gods' Puzzle is the first competitive game said to give every battle an entirely different setting, story, and cast of characters. What truth lies hidden behind the village shrouded in black mist? What stories will unfold in a cyberpunk town amid the yellow sands? Battle Royale, team competition, 283Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 41 Shh, Please Be Quiet 嘘，请噤声 [Infinite Flow + Suspense + Horror, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] Chen Heng was going to die. Suffering from brain cancer, he had only three months left to live. But just as he gave up on treatment, he was unexpectedly swept into the so-called [Gods' Game], a game that promised to grant anyone's wish. It was an endless slaughter, and each round of the game could have only one winner. Why am I called a [Contender] when this is clearly a [Game]? Whose game is this? And who is watching us from behi 505Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 42 The Dead: Samsara Sacrifice Game 死者：轮回祭杀游戏 [Twists and Deception + Squid Game + Class Division] (Short title: Dead Man's Game. A first full-length novel packed with thrilling battles of wits. Watch the protagonist turn the tables.) “How can there be fairness in the six paths of reincarnation? Ordinary people are nothing but playthings of the Grim Reaper. The end of life is set from birth, and death is already decided.” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Counterattack: A Beautiful Revenge 逆战：美丽的复仇 His new novel, Doomsday: Stockpiling Supplies in a Shelter to Save a Goddess, is currently updating to rave reviews. [Manhunt]+ [Escape]+ [Revenge]+ [Explosive Action]+ [High Intelligence] He graduated from the School of Architectural Design at a top university. While out for a night run, he was abducted and thrown from a car. The police found drugs on him, then discovered more drugs at his home and office. All three packages bore his fingerprints. With no other evidence, the court sentenced him 44Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 44 Dark City Police: A Mysterious Case 暗城公安：悬疑迷案 Three days before the wedding, Wang Hao found his fiancée Li Yanchen’s body in a demolition zone. The ring was still there. She was already cold. He refused to look the other way and insisted on investigating the case himself. He was determined to tear the truth wide open, even if it meant turning the whole Dark City upside down. 13Reads—Score195Shelves
- 45 The Big Shot Is Still Lying Flat Today 大佬今天依然在躺平 A big shot spends his days teasing his wife, showing off, and getting put in his place. There’s a couple, but their scenes together may not be frequent. The male lead loves showing off and seems like a harmless white cutout with a dark side {?}. Anyway, welcome! This isn’t a mindless power fantasy. A sharp-tongued, lie-flat, peacock-proud male lead who loves dressing up VS a gentle, beautiful “little white flower” heroine who can handle anything. Qi Yan is Executive Officer A of the building. He 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 After the Strange Arrivals, I Became a High-Risk Anomaly 诡异降临后，我成了高危异常 [Game Invasion + Infinite-Flow + Mild Horror + No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Not a Saint + Twist After Twist + Totally Unexpected] Qi Wu is known as the “walking death warrant.” Trouble strikes anyone who gets involved with her, and whoever she crosses is doomed to bad luck. On the day she was born, a fortune-teller said she was cursed with an evil fate, destined to spend her life chasing souls and claiming lives. So Qi Wu grew up with her own user manual 100Reads—Score107Shelves
- 47 Infinite Game, With Lifespan as the Stake 无限游戏，筹码是寿命 A pure battle of wits, with no superpowers and no System. Born from the Human Genome Project, the protagonist possesses absolute intelligence, putting him at the very pinnacle, like a god. His endless battle of wits begins the moment he enters the Domain of Fate. Genius is merely the entry ticket to this gamble. What does true peak intelligence look like? What is the truth about this world? And it turns out the final opponent is… [Some readers may worry that the protagonist’s zero personality a 213Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 48 Parallel Island 平行岛 In 2065, on an unnamed island deep in the ocean. An ordinary girl with no special abilities. A deadly game where the stakes are her life. Win, and she rises to the top overnight. Lose, and she dies. Traps, betrayal, and an endless struggle for survival: she can only rely on her wits and logic to make it through. But the closer she gets to the finish line, the more terrified she becomes. It seems a shocking secret about the fate of all humanity lies behind this brutal bloodshed. 33Reads—Score123Shelves
- 49 Reborn in 1985: The Young Trailblazer 重生1985之少年领航 From the start, he is sent back to first grade. No System, no cheat. How will Wang Yu, a Go master in his previous life, turn things around? Watch me craft a world with one brilliant move after another, and shape the universe with a keen mind. From amateur to professional, from teahouses to the world stage: adults don't have to choose. I want it all. 1.8kReads8.8Score140Shelves
- 50 The Lost Pool in the Mirror 镜中迷潭 That night, I stepped into the elevator. The doors opened four times. Each time, it was the fourth floor. The fifth time they opened, there was a hall of mirrors outside. In countless mirrors stood countless versions of me. Only one of them was smiling. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
