Novels like The Deadly Game: A Rendezvous with the Devil
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- 51 Midnight Oracle 午夜神谕 Shh… It’s late. Turn out the lights. Once you step through this door, the world of lies behind you. Whatever you see there, don’t tell anyone. Don’t scream… Stay alive, and you’ll understand everything. As an “ordinary” residential community security guard, Chen You has endured one midnight after another: the church bells ring out twelve long echoes in succession; in an empty post office, the PA system switches on by itself and mutters ancient prophecies; an estate that sho 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 The Paranormal Investigation Bureau Needs Talents Like Me 怪谈调查科需要我这样的人才 [Handcrafted from scratch!]+ [Vengeful Ghosts Return]+ [Supernatural Escape]+ [Killing Patterns]+ [Rule Horror]+ [Mystery and Twists]+ [There’s a Romance, but It’s Not the Focus] [Please Give Me a Chance to Tell a Ghost Story] Doppelgängers, dismemberment cases, vengeful ghosts, whatever you do, don’t look back, a deadly exam, zoo horror stories… The world is being invaded by the supernatural, and ordinary humans can no longer survive. Lu Ming, a rookie at the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, di 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 The Weird Domain: Escape from Skinless Village from the Start! 诡异领域：开局逃离无皮村！ [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + Supernatural Instances + No Female Lead] Resentment that cannot be dispelled in the real world gathers to form new eerie domains. After being chosen, people are dragged into an eerie domain when they die unexpectedly. They can return to reality only by successfully completing the tasks inside. Only after escaping one terrifying eerie domain after another by the skin of his teeth does Lu Lin discover that the real world is also being infiltrated and taint 7.7kReads7.1Score554Shelves
- 54 Reincarnation Paradise: Eyes of the Abyss 轮回乐园：深渊之眸 (A fanfic set in Reincarnation Paradise, confirmed no-CP) Despair. The abyss. The unknowable. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you; but that doesn't mean the abyss won't notice you when you refuse to face it. When you see the girl with red eyes, remember: her greatest strength is her eyes, and your weakness... is also your eyes. 42Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 55 Eerie Descent: Nobody on the Subway Is Human 诡异降临：地铁里都不是人 [!!! NOT A POWER FANTASY !!!] [No golden finger + No Romance + No Leveling Up + No Items + No System] [Infinite Flow + Mystery and Horror + Every Character Is Smart] Important warning: If you are riding the subway right now, be sure to check underneath your seat and make sure there isn’t a corpse lying there! A mysterious subway train, with eighteen stops along its route. At every stop, the passengers must face a bizarre instance! A cruise ship sailing alone across the sea, with nowhere to dock 3.5kReads7.3Score600Shelves
- 56 Devouring Hope 吞噬希望 This is a world steeped in despair. No System lays out the rules at a leisurely pace, and there are no hints about how to survive. You can only search for a way out using scattered clues, with no room for error when testing the rules. One wrong step means utter ruin. An endless night, black as ink, wraps the world in its grip. The killing game never stops, like a tightening net of blood that leaves everyone caught in its strands struggling to breathe. And Lu Jin is the only anomaly in this bo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Eerie Descent: It Turns Out I'm the Calamity 诡异降临：原来我才是灾厄啊 [Infinite Flow + Mild Thrills + Emotionless + Post-Apocalypse + Villain] Xu Yuan boards a dilapidated bus and travels endlessly through the [Misty World]. When the bizarre descent occurred seven years ago, he sealed away his emotions and memories. Now he has broken free of his shackles and, as [Calamity], has returned to take control of this game! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Eerie: After Completing the Puzzle, I Somehow Ended Myself 诡异：凑完拼图莫名把自己终结了 [Mystery + Eerie + Deduction + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Flawless Logic] Have you ever felt despair? Lu Bai wakes up in a dim room, where a mysterious force orders him and several other poor souls to go on missions in one strange place after another. Complete a mission and live. Fail, and die. Black Dragon Pool, the old elm tree, the ancient well at the village entrance, the strange funeral home. After Lu Bai and his companions rack their brains, endure countless hardships, and narrowly es 142Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 59 The Unbalanced Abyss 失衡归墟 [Original | Not a power fantasy | Not mindless | Golden finger | Suspense and horror game | Self-redemption] “Let’s play hide-and-seek. You be It, and I’ll hide. Can you find me?” A text from an unknown number dragged Liu Xu into a deadly game set in the world of a novel. When he woke, he was inside an ancient theater governed by bizarre rules. Its master delighted in watching people die, and anyone who lost the game would vanish into a wisp of green smoke beneath the stage. As the other players —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 60 The Dragon-Slaying Mage of the Holy Light Paradise 圣光乐园的灭龙魔导士 A pure-tank mage from the Holy Light Paradise, specializing in lightning. Later on, soul lightning, world lightning, you name it, he'll have it all!!! By the way, does “Blue Steel Shadow” count as a kind of lightning? Should I try eating some? And there are Yin Five Thunders and Yang Five Thunders from The Outcast. Detection equipment: a mechanical detection construct possessed by Pokemon Rotom. If you're using lightning, how can you go without a spear? Melee mage: Fairy Tail's Lightning Dragon 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Roguelike: Pick One of Three 肉鸽三选一 [Infinite flow + survivor roguelike game + original world + one female lead] Liu Shui was an ordinary city office worker, but an accident sent his soul into the Imperial Candle Palace, where he gained an exceptionally rare, concept-level talent. How will he survive the endless waves of monsters? What will he do amid the treacherous power struggles? How will he find his place in a reality that shatters the boundary between what is real and what is not? How will he choose when the lives of his lov 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Ten Days to the End: Qi Xia and I Storm the Haunted House! 十日终焉，齐夏带我闯诡舍！ [Mystery + wild imagination + a brand-new story] [First, all my instances are brand-new, and they're definitely mind-bending. I'm completely confident they can measure up to The Haunted House.] [Second, I hope you enjoy reading. Please consider giving it a five-star rating!] [Finally, this story is a little scary. Minors, please watch it together with an adult. Thank you.] Qi Xia transmigrates into The Haunted House and must open nine blood-red doors to return to the real world... 3.1kReads—Score230Shelves
- 63 The Xiangxi Corpse-Driving Chronicles: Human Hearts and Ghostly Schemes 湘西赶尸录：人心鬼蜮 The Xiangxi Corpse-Driving Records: The Human Heart's Haunted Maze 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Contractors, Paradise, and Dimensions 契约者与乐园与纬度 My new story is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 76Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 65 Nightmare Realm 噩梦诡境 [Infinite-flow + horror + survival + one female lead] Liu Xiao woke up in a long-abandoned hospital, with several others beside him who had arrived there just like he had. He thought he had been kidnapped, but never imagined it was the start of an endless nightmare! Once you are chosen by a haunted realm, death is your only possible ending! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 The Miserable Good Life of a Born Unlucky Saint 先天倒霉圣体的霉好生活 When the world ran short of spiritual energy and the gods one by one lost their jobs, only the God of Misfortune survived, using her immense bad luck to save the world. Her unlucky nature was so potent that everyone else kept their distance. As haunted death zones plagued by ghosts and curses appeared one after another, a single misstep could mean eternal doom. But Yu Yingfan, the woman who became a god through bad luck, could not only stride through them with ease, but also save the world along 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Conquering the Heavens, Starting as the Top Scholar 纵横诸天，从状元郎开始 [Original dungeons + infinite worlds + no System + slow burn + highly intelligent protagonist + numerous foreshadowed clues + many twists] My name is Zhao Xingzhou, and I'm number one on the Main God Space's most-wanted list. I ended the aristocratic clans' monopoly, and they said I brought hope. I destroyed the Norse pantheon, and they accused me of bringing ruin. I became the Demon King's ruler of the demon race, and even eloped with the heroine. I founded a multiworld interstellar empire, yet 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Nightmare of the Strange Realm 诡界噩梦 [Infinite Flow + Horror + Mystery + Survival] A strange ticket dragged Yan Yu onto a bus bound for the abyss. Only after stepping into the world of ghosts did he realize he had been drawn into one brutal survival game after another. Night falls, monsters roam, and every step is a choice between life and death. Yan Yu thought it was all a random twist of fate, never knowing that the destiny set in motion from the moment he was born had been quietly unfolding all along... 41Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 69 Rotten Jasmine: Karmic Sin and False Testimony 腐茉莉：业障伪证 Rotten Jasmine: False Testimony of Sin 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Fierce Netherworld: Starting as a Rainy-Night Killer 凶冥空间：从雨夜杀人魔开始 [Infinite Flow + The Weird Arrives, No Heroine] Could the beautiful new neighbor really be a serial killer who strikes on rainy nights? Gu Li sees through her disguise, only to get dragged into an even stranger space. Black fog rolls in and terror descends. To survive, Gu Li searches for a way to clear each instance, solving puzzles like mad and escaping certain death. But after completing a series of missions, he discovers that the weird has already arrived in the real world, and a supernatural 5.3kReads7.1Score365Shelves
- 71 Infinite Cinema: I Climbed to the Top of the Charts Through Death 无限影院：我靠死亡冲上热榜第一 [Infinite-Loop Horror + Mildly Scary + No Female Lead] Just got a rating, it'll rise later, dears! Death isn't the end. It's your ticket in. The moment Jiang Yubai was crushed beneath a cement truck, he thought his life was over. But when he opened his eyes again, he was sitting in an old movie theater that reeked of mold. Blood-red rules appeared on the screen: Welcome to the “Infinite Cinema.” Here, the dead are chosen at random to become the “protagonists” of one horror film after another. Th 9.7kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves
- 72 Reincarnation Paradise: Armor? You're in a Gang, Aren't You! 轮回乐园：铠甲？你是黑帮的吧！ The rating has only just appeared, and it'll go up later. Feel free to give it a try. A Vajra Armor in Reincarnation Paradise. Extreme defense brings extreme survivability. Doesn't suck up to the original protagonist (though Su from Akame ga Kill! seems impossible to suck up to anyway), Doesn't steal the protagonist's opportunities (though there don't seem to be any to steal), Is a Hunter (can't help it, Hunter privileges are pretty sweet), Specializes in heavy weapons (smash... crush... loot... 936Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 73 Blood Sun Annihilation 血日湮灭 [Potions]+ [Sequences]+ [Evil Gods]+ [Cthulhu] ·(When the blood sun is extinguished, humanity will perish as well.) ·(By day, the blood sun hangs in the sky and monsters run rampant.) ·(By night, the silver moon shines high above and ghosts run rampant.) ·(When the ‘Crimson’ corrupts the sun and invades Earth, humanity will fall into endless despair.) ·(They are followers of the ‘Crimson’.) ·(They are followers of ‘Folly’.) ·(And I am a follower of ‘Shadow’.) ·(So it was all my doing. So I’m the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Blood Curtain: The Final Chapter? 血幕，终章？ Five years ago, one tiny mistake of mine got three coworkers killed. From then on, I lived in endless regret. Five years later, a blood-red screen appeared in the depths of the ocean, enclosing a mysterious continent! Monsters began invading from this other continent. While every country in the world struggled to resist, I was pulled into another dimension, where lies followed rules that could get you killed, bizarre monsters were impossible to wipe out, and I had several unreliable “teammates.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Demon Book 妖书 Demonic Book 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Love Between Immortal and Mortal: All Spirits as Slaves 仙凡恋：万灵为奴 [No System, No Harem, No Cliches, No Invincibility, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Mind-Bending] The celestial laws are amended, immortals and mortals fall in love, and their children are born. Divinity and humanity collide. Some gods keep to their place and abide by the rules, while others plunder the myriad heavens. Unluckily, I became a scapegoat for an immortal's descendant and was thrown into the Underworld. As my soul was about to dissipate, I stumbled into the realm between life and death, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Deadly Survival Game 致命生存游戏 (Infinite-loop game, suspense, mystery, survival, no supernatural elements, no urban legends, original games, no independent System, no golden finger) ‘Selecting a game...’ ‘Player level detected: L1. Available game difficulty range: 1–2 stars.’ ‘First game detected. A one-star game is guaranteed.’ ‘Game selection successful!’ A black screen with white text immediately appeared. [Game Name: The Devil Beside You] [Game Type: Multiplayer] [Difficulty: One Star] [Clear Condition: Find the disguised 1.2kReads7.8Score102Shelves
- 78 The Demon-Eating Sutra 食魔经 Lin Gou, who transmigrated after sacrificing his parents, thought he could slaughter his way through the world like the protagonist of a power fantasy. Sure enough, his golden finger arrived right on schedule, but it turned out to be a useless trap. No matter what he tried, he couldn't find a way to activate it. Then one day, the sun sank in the west, sending its aftershocks across several nearby provinces. Its terrible heat dried up the rivers and the moisture in the soil, and the most devastat 784Reads8.3Score110Shelves
- 79 Forbidden Ancestral Shaman: My System Lets Me Sign In Across the Heavens 禁忌祖巫：我的系统能签到诸天 The stars above the heavens are collapsing. Strange beasts crawling out of rifts in chaos are ravaging the mortal world, which is nothing more than a chessboard in a game played by gods and demons from across the heavens. Zhu Jiuyin awakens the bloodline of an Ancestral Witch while serving as a good-for-nothing menial disciple of the Xuanhuang Sect. A fragment of Pangu’s Axe, long dormant within him, resonates with the rifts in chaos, awakening an against-the-heavens System: “Sign-In Across the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Reincarnation Game: I Climbed a Hundred-Story Zombie Tower from the Start 轮回游戏：开局我爬百层丧尸大楼 [Male-Oriented, Infinite-Flow, Teamwork, Battle Anime, Wits and Courage.] Countless people grow stronger through one round after another of reincarnation games, forming teams to compete against one another. It is all entertainment for the gods, and Yang Yuan is just one of their chess pieces. Anyone here could become the protagonist. [Hundred-Story Zombie Tower (Chapters 1–28)] [Hide-and-Seek (Chapters 31–69)] [Infinite Train (Chapters 73–96)] [Horror Game (Chapters 102–109)] [Superhumans (Chapt 5kReads6.4Score508Shelves
- 81 This Ghost Catcher Is Not That Cold 这个鬼差不太冷 [Completed] [Eerie Revival] [Playing Card Elements] [The Protagonist Isn’t an Idiot] [Government Organization] [Absurd, Light Comedy] Also known as: Eerie Revival: Contracting an Ancient Great Ghost from the Start! Midnight is nigh, and a hundred ghosts roam the streets! “What! The only thing my family has left is a box of playing cards?” “What! The monthly salary is 100,000?” “Forget ghost hunting. I’d even sell my body if you asked me to!” Armed with nothing but a box of playing cards, one yo 2.5kReads8.1Score228Shelves
- 82 Reincarnation: My Level Was Reset to Zero, and My Doll Went on a Killing Spree 轮回：满级清零，我的人偶杀疯了 [Infinite loop + revenge + fiery, tragic, and sweet] After ten years beside an empty grave, he can no longer remember his late wife's face. The infinity tattoo on his wrist is his sole obsession. Once, he was the one who reached the summit of the cycle of reincarnation. Just one step away from the truth, he was betrayed, had his memories wiped, and became an ordinary security guard in the modern world. Then a girl doll shattered his tombstone and dragged him back to the reincarnation battlefield 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Infinite Precognition: Beginning by Slashing the Armored Titan 无限先知：从刀劈铠之巨人开始 [Anime Infinite Flow + Plot Foreknowledge + Dark Tone] “Buggy the Clown is the future King of the Pirates!” “In the Hero Association, any hero below S-Class is an ant!” “Orochimaru is the ultimate boss of the Naruto world!” “There are no humans outside Paradis Island!” The worlds they once knew had become a series of trial grounds. The reincarnators had to complete assigned missions to survive. “I get all that, but what I don’t understand is how you people can actually dare to gang up on Saitama —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Strange Tales of the Rainy City: A Red Notice on a Rainy Night in Nangang 湿城诡录：南港雨夜红单 The Strange Cases of the Rainy City: Red Orders on a Rainy Night in Nangang —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈：晚自习最后离开教室的人 Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Demon Game: A Catastrophic Start 恶魔游戏：天崩开局 [Infinite-flow + original game worlds + superpower mind games + one female lead + a catastrophic start] Demons in hell grant humans power from within the endless darkness, but every power comes at a price. To wear the crown, you must bear its weight! Gain something, and you must lose something in return! If you’re willing to pay, the demons will grant you any ability you desire! From JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Za Warudo, Bites the Dust, Time Erasure, Time Acceleration, Gold Experience Requiem, Ma 6.5kReads8.0Score489Shelves
- 87 Rule Horror: Hope Children’s Welfare Home 规则怪谈：希望儿童福利院 [No national fortune] + [No livestreaming] + [No female lead] + [No romance] + [Purely original survival instances] + [Just a tiny bit of horror] There is no more miserable way to die than while taking a dump. Worse still, after dying, you discover that you're sitting in a strange station. A creepy ticket seller on the train The unspeakable secret of the Hope Children's Welfare Institute A mysterious fourth person in a happy family Strange happenings hidden at summer camp A quiet mountain villag 803Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 88 Infinite Terror: I Become a God in the Eighteenth Layer of Hell 无限惊悚：我在十八层地狱封神 [Thriller] + [Infinite Flow] + [Survival Against the Odds] [Ensemble Cast] + [Episodic] + [Mystery and Deduction] [The Eternal Cruise Ship] The empty cruise ship is filled with endless lies. The twisted-faced, deeply wrinkled vengeful ghost loves collecting tongues. The only clue: Do not speak carelessly. Shen Xu: "Brother Luo, the clue says you're a pimp." Luo Yu: "I'm a pet shop owner. I arrange pet breeding for people." [Xinglin Village] All 18 gate challengers are terminally ill. Only by d 225Reads—Score101Shelves
- 89 Infinite Flow: The Prophecy Space and Ten Coffins 无限流：预兆空间与十棺 [Warhammer-inspired, multiple heroines, traditional infinite-flow, space-like setting, the Myriad Worlds, civilizations, starships, war, knights, heavy armor and greatswords, boarding actions in space, alien worlds, deep seas, exploration, ruthless combat, the vast cosmic expanse] In another world, I wield power and plunder. Behind me lie both bones and honors earned in battle! Fight to the death! Attack! The knight’s sword points in every direction! “Knights, in my name, slaughter them all!!!” 822Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 90 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan in Offerings 拜错神:三十块祭品 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan's Worth of Offerings 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 My 99 Ghostly Roommates 我的99位死诡房客 Blood is seeping from the mirrors in the lobby. A pair of transparent toes dangle beneath the magnificent chandelier. The refrigerator is always stocked with fresh meat. The elevator travels to nonexistent floors after midnight. The hotel windows are covered in countless handprints. The garden statues spy on every passerby. “Please, esteemed guests, don’t be alarmed. This is just the latest interior design style at the Xi Wang Grand Hotel.” “What? You just saw one of our employees’ heads fall of 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 The Paper-Linked World 纸连世界 [Murder-mystery game + Infinite Flow + supernatural abilities + survival + strong female lead] My name is Shu Yulian, and I transmigrated into a book. But why are there ghosts in this book? What do you mean I have to play a life-or-death game with the eerie creatures? I only made it through elementary school. You expect me to outsmart them? Heavenly Grandma, can you please give me a break!! What? You're saying my sister is one of the eerie creatures? What, I got put on the wanted list by an [Evi 85Reads8.9Score251Shelves
- 93 Making a Wish to a Ghost 向鬼许愿 A school where everyone has vanished. A company that serves ghosts. A city crawling with vengeful spirits. A mountain of weeping where yin and yang are turned upside down. … In an age when paranormal phenomena run rampant, Gu Shan possesses a terrifying wish-granting machine that can crush any supernatural incident. But each wish also carves an even deeper despair. “After you make your tenth wish, we’ll meet again in a world without pain.” (The original title of this book was The Tenth Wish.) 5.1kReads7.9Score483Shelves
- 94 The Missing Tenants' List 消失的租客名单 The Missing Tenant List 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Blood Spirit Ghost Eyes 血灵鬼眼 I was born into an apocalypse overrun by ghosts and strange phenomena. This ghost eye has been with me since birth. Seeing is believing? What you see isn't always real! I... I'll use everything I have to see through it all! Are you sure? From this day on, I will believe everything I see. Hm... Impossible! Only a clap of thunder answered him... These are a pair of nimble hands. Are you ready to welcome them? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Global Reincarnation Begins with Resident Evil 全球轮回从生化危机开始 Resident Evil: Chu Feng, dressed head to toe as a mercenary, stood in a laser corridor, breaking out in a cold sweat. The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng: “Urgent! Waiting for an answer! I’ve become Ximen Chuixue, and I’m about to fight at the top of the Forbidden City. What do I do?” The Storm Riders, Xiong Ba: “Chu Feng’s back again! I was terrified!” After transmigrating to Blue Sea Star, Chu Feng unexpectedly discovered that the world’s reincarnation dungeon spaces were all based on movies and anime h 322Reads7.1Score119Shelves
- 97 Midnight in Fengtian: The Red Opera Robe and the Blond Punk 奉天夜半：红戏服与黄毛 Midnight in Fengtian: The Red Opera Robe and the Blond —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 You're So Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 鸡你太美：破晓前的最后一舞 You're Too Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 The Empty Car Beneath the Red Lantern 红灯笼下的空车 The Empty Carriage Beneath the Red Lantern —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 When the Mirror No Longer Reflects a Face 当镜子不再映脸 When Mirrors No Longer Reflect Faces 1Reads—Score—Shelves
