Novels like Playing the Horror Lady in the Dungeon
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- 1 The Realm of Sin 罪恶领域 A mutation crisis sweeps across the globe, triggered by virtual reality headsets developed by a gaming company. Awakening or mutation, protection or destruction: everything is revealed the moment someone puts on a headset. Domains of evil spawned by mutated monsters are steadily consuming the world. Can the awakened protagonists uncover the traitor, defeat the monsters, and uncover the truth amid threats from both within and without… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 On the Day of the Funeral, My Stepmother Laughed Wildly in a Red Dress. When the Will Was Revealed, the Whole Internet Broke Down in Tears 葬礼那天，后妈穿红裙狂笑，遗产揭晓后全网泪崩 On the Day of the Funeral, Her Stepmother Laughs Wildly in a Red Dress. The Inheritance Is Revealed, and the Whole Internet Breaks Down in Tears —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Weeping for the Passersby 哭路人 Ten years ago, his daughter disappeared. Ten years later, he became a “mourning wanderer,” someone who specializes in finding the belongings of the missing. He can borrow someone’s eyes and see the final minute of a dead person’s life. The price: his own vision is gradually consumed. Until, on the verge of death, an old man speaks his daughter’s name: “Yunyun...” He begins investigating, only to discover that a group in this city specializes in “collecting missing people.” And his daughter is on —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Exorcising Demons Live: The Movie Star Begs for Mercy on My Stream 直播驱魔：影帝在我直播间猛求饶 Exorcising Demons on Livestream: The Movie Star Begs for Mercy in My Stream 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Crow-Eater Academy 鸦食学院 Am I a bomb-disposal expert at a sinister school? Thrown into a church school that devours its students, Lin Mo discovers that its "Holy Communion" turns people into experimental subjects. While the other students swallow it numbly, he flips the table: "This batch of students is no good. We need to blow up the school and get a new one!" But he soon discovers that the school isn't the only thing he has to dismantle. It's the whole world. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Turned a Horror Game Into a Dating Sim! 我把惊悚游戏玩成恋爱攻略！ [Infinite-flow + powerful leads + mild horror + both leads are virgins + sweet and satisfying] An old photograph that is both strange and familiar draws Wen Die into a bloody, mysterious horror game. She has no choice but to fight for survival. NPCs: ??? Players: ??? Have some shame! You're obviously using public funds to go on a date! Fulu Village is barbaric and absurd, Bright High School is eerie and unfathomable, and the shroud shop is fraught with danger... Sui Shimo calmly beats a monster, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Infinite Resolve 无限之众志成城 When familiar movie worlds turn into deadly prisons, how will you survive? The female ghost and principal from School Graveyard come to claim lives at midnight. The train in Train to Busan is being overrun by zombies. Uncle Zombie’s Old Master Ren has become a Corpse King. A wicked laugh echoes through the sewers in It. And the stakes in Liar Game are human lives! Mu Nan has a genius-level intellect and excels at plotting and scheming, manipulating people as if they were in the palm of his hand. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Turning Back the Sun 倒日 [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Slow Burn] “At the bottom of the abyss, the day hangs upside down.” Only when Gu Yan reached the abyss in the windless land did he understand what this long-circulating saying meant. To end it all, he had to understand that “up is down, and down is up.”… (Just started, so the rating isn’t high. Give it a chance, leave comments, rate it, and so on. The author is very easy to talk to, and very… easy to “train” ❤️😘) No —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Thirteenth Instance 第十三号副本 When ordinary people are forcibly dragged into a strange space known as “Instance Thirteen,” what awaits them is no game, but a survival trial with their lives on the line. A sealed setting, merciless rules, and deadly puzzles: every choice could lead to death, and every successful clear comes at a price. Protagonist Ji Zhou Bai is forced into this place of despair, struggling to survive one bizarre incident after another. He must uncover the traps hidden within each scenario while confronting 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Became a God in the Dream World 我在梦境世界里封神 Infinite Flow After being parasitized by a nightmare, he sets out on the path to becoming a dream interpreter. To help make ends meet, he travels through various dream worlds to deal with nightmares. As his strength in the waking world grows, he gradually realizes that something is wrong. Who is he, really? And what is the truth behind the nightmares? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 High School for Dungeon Prep: Class D Is Full of Oddballs 副本备战高中，丁班皆是异类 [Sky screen dungeons descend + school life + problem children + goofy comedy + romance + one female lead + coming-of-age + mostly slice of life.] Eleven years ago, an endless sky screen suddenly descended over Blue Star. Pale blue walls of light cut off the heavens, forcing reality to overlap with dungeons in other dimensions. An apocalyptic transformation swept across the globe. When dungeons descend, life and death are no game. Entering one means a genuine struggle for survival, and death is p —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Competing on Family Connections? My Grandpa Runs the Bank of the Underworld 拼背景？我爷天地银行行长 [Hilarious Ghost Hunting + Reborn Tycoon + Folk Supernatural + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] An ad offering a huge reward for a woman to bear a child let Zhang Qian see his grandfather, who had been dead for three years. He also discovered that his grandfather was actually the president of the Bank of the Underworld! Even the King of Hell treated him with the utmost respect. Well, what are we waiting for? He had to be reborn! With the power of money on his side, Zhang Qian successfully returned —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Hunter's Oath: Song of Love and Sin 猎人誓约：爱与罪之歌 [Special Abilities + Mystery + Redemption] [A Mysterious Organization That Handles Special Cases] A heinous serial murder case has thrown the public into a panic, and the higher-ups send in a special "expert" to crack it. Thus, an organization called the "Hunters" begins to reveal its mysterious face... "Yun Nian, just take my hand, and you can make a pact with me and return to the world of the living." "Ming Si, I regret it... Have you ever known the despair of being unable to find release, eve —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Letters and a House 信与屋 The Letter and the House 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 734: Terror at the Haunted School, Countless Evil Ghosts in My Arms 734鬼校惊魂：万千恶鬼入我怀 [Infinite-World Survival] [Worldbuilding] [Ensemble Cast] [Human Nature] [Horror] [National Destiny] Have you ever wondered what would happen if evil spirits invaded your country and turned humanity into slaves? When internal strife and outside threats leave your homeland in ruins, where can humanity turn? Where can people truly find shelter? Have you ever wondered whether the world you live in is real, and whether it is truly under humanity's control? When fantasies and delusions turn to bubb —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Myriad Worlds Descend: I Can Copy Any Ability Without Limit 万界降临：我的能力无限复制 A rift in the otherworld’s gate tears through the sky screen, and dungeons appear all over the world! Born in an orphanage, Guan Xingyu takes his last few coins and heads to the Otherworld Registration Bureau. He only wants to work as a porter and save up to repair the orphanage, but unexpectedly awakens the divine skill [Infinite Replication]. Anything within his sight, whether a gunner’s explosive rounds, a swordsman’s Gale Slash, or a boss’s corrosive poison, can be perfectly copied at a glan 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Oh No, the Unluckiest Girl Is Heaven's Own Daughter 夭寿了，倒霉蛋居然是天道亲闺女 # Oh No, the Unlucky One Is the Heavenly Dao’s Own Daughter Su Xiaoxiao died in the most ridiculous way imaginable: she choked on mouthwash! The moment she arrived in the underworld, she got VIP treatment. The King of Hell greeted her in person and dropped a bombshell: “You’re the Heavenly Dao’s own daughter. Someone stole your fate, which is why you’ve had ten years of bad luck!” To get her fate back, she signs a contract to become a ferryman, equipped with yin-yang eyes to guide the dead. O —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Haunted House Sleep Tester: From the Start, I'm Livestreaming a Physical Exorcism 凶宅试睡员，开局直播物理超度 Ye Lingzhe is a staunch materialist and a university philosophy student who works part-time as a haunted-house tester. Facing the camera, he says with a straight face, “Folks, we have to believe in science. There are no vengeful spirits in this world. This is just a macroscopic manifestation of quantum mechanics.” The next second, golden light pours from his body as he punches a vengeful spirit so hard it gets stuck in the wall. Ye Lingzhe: “See? That's the interaction of forces.” The vengeful s 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Tales of the Crimson Moon 赤月怪谈簿 Also known as [Infinite Flow: Apostle of the Deep] [Infinite Flow] [Original Dungeons] [One Female Lead] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Protagonist] Players, welcome to the Deep Corridor! This is a real game that transcends dimensions, full of epic tales and sweeping adventures! If you're afraid, struggle to survive! If you're despairing, then go peacefully to your death! This place is both the mortal world and a boundless purgatory. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Ultimate Leech in an Infinite Game Just Wants to Slack Off and Go Home 混分巨兽在无限游戏只想混分回家 [Dungeons + No Romance + Livestreaming + Comedy] Jiang Yanjuan is a gaming casual. She plays Malphite in League of Legends, Sage in Valorant, and Yao in Honor of Kings. She doesn’t just like those characters: she simply isn’t skilled enough to play anything else. After staying up late to climb the ranks for night after night, she “got her wish” and died suddenly. Then the Infinite Games Company dragged her into a real-life dungeon, where she began a deadly ranked competition. The rules are simpl 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 On My First Day at Work, I Tamed an Evil God to Stay Alive 入职第一天，为了活命我驯服了邪神 On my first day at work, I tamed an evil god to save my life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Horror Game? My Stage for Conferring Godhood! 恐怖游戏？我的封神舞台！ [Infinite trials + story within a story + reverse brainwashing + unhinged beauty + hilarious wish fulfillment + supernatural + livestream] [Warning: Break character and you will be erased immediately!] A horror game arrives, and everyone screams as they fight to survive. When it’s Shen Xi’s turn, the whole tone changes. Faced with a Big Bad Wolf about to eat her, she grabs its fluffy paw and cries so pitifully her tears fall like pear blossoms: "Grandma! You’ve worn calluses on your hands for my 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Dreams of the Ghost Realm: The Gate of Life and Death 梦之鬼境：生死门 [Mystery + Wild Imagination + System + Two Heroines + High Intelligence + No Brain-Dead Plotting + Weak in Reality, Invincible in Dreams] “When you read this letter, I'll have become a ghost, one whose sole purpose is to open the Gate of Life and Death. Don't try to stop me, or I'll kill you without a second thought!” Three years ago: The top student in the school hanged himself the day before the college entrance exam... Three years later, a hugely popular streamer suddenly leaped to her death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Didn't Realize My Boyfriend Was a Dungeon Boss Until We Broke Up 分手后才发现男友是副本boss [Comedy + Infinite-Flow + Male Lead's Splintered Selves + Devoted Husband] In the middle of the night, Wen Tang wakes from a nightmare and finds the bedroom completely empty. She's furious. Her boyfriend disappears without warning all the time, and this time he's been gone for a whole week!!! Could he have another woman? The thought of him cheating makes her heart ache as if pricked by needles. But he's just a man. If this one doesn't work out, she'll find another! So she decisively breaks up wi 903Reads—Score10814d adds
- 25 The Identity of the Dead 亡者身份 Introduction “R.I.P. A Hao (1995-2025)” A pop-up notification. A 24-hour countdown. His bank card is frozen, his kidney donor match is canceled, and the criminal underworld offers 500,000 for him. He has one day to bring himself back to life. Or his mother will be buried alongside the truth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Going Out? 出门？ [Get out and take a walk. It's time to step outside. Maybe the world beyond the door is wider?] Death is the only way out. Resurrection is a deeper cage. They fall from the void into a prison, each bearing fragments of their own lives: the exhaustion and madness of being worked to the bone, shackles woven from money and morality, the self suffocating beneath marriage, the crushing weight of a perfect education, and repression hidden behind a gentle facade. The only remaining lighthouse points to 1Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 27 Dungeon Run: After My Brother Was Replaced by a Deranged Male Ghost 副本开局：哥哥被变态男诡代替后 [Infinite Flow + Pure Love + No Saintly Hero + Mild Horror + Nonhuman Love Interest + Both Leads Have No Previous Romantic or Sexual Experience] Shen Mu had been a ghost for hundreds of years when she unexpectedly got bound to a System and entered a horror game filled with ghosts and monsters. She thought there’d be no problem with a ghost entering a ghost-filled instance. But in the first instance, Happy Home, the System ordered her to get along with her family. On the very first night, the NPC 65Reads—Score10014d adds
- 28 The Terror BOSS Is Actually My Dearest Boyfriend 恐怖BOSS竟是我的亲亲男友 [Slightly spooky game instances + Love-struck male lead + Devoted husband and loving wife + Comedy + Both leads’ first love + Mutual devotion + Möbius strip] When her boyfriend suddenly vanished without a trace while away on a business trip, Gu Xinyan searched for half a month and even filed a missing person report, but still found no sign of him! Gu Xinyan was heartbroken. Her best friend thought she had become hopelessly love-struck and stood up for her. But when she learned that Gu Xinyan had 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Beneath the Mask: I Wield Heroic Spirits to Slay Evil Gods 面具之下：我携英灵斩邪神 [Not a straightforward power fantasy] [Vast worldbuilding] [Slow-paced] At eighteen, Lu Cheng watched his mother die right before his eyes. That was also when he caught a glimpse of the truth about the world. “This world is never as simple as it seems.” Heroic spirits, evil gods, the uncanny, the void. Lu Cheng hid his secret and pretended to be an ordinary person for three years, but he was still found out. “Found you...” And so the story begins... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Cat CEO Transformed and Pinned Me Against the Wall! 猫霸总摇身一变，把我扣在墙上强制了！ The cat CEO transformed in an instant, pinned me against the wall, and forced himself on me! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Red Conspiracy: Echoes from the Abyss 红色迷局:深渊回响 The Red Conspiracy: Echoes of the Abyss 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Forbidden 违禁 When rules become a prison, obeying means death and breaking them means death too. The only way out is to realize that the rules are lying. The protagonist enters a series of sealed spaces bound by uncanny rules and must find a way to survive by obeying some rules, exposing false ones, and uncovering hidden ones. In the end, they reveal the truth and conspiracy behind the rules. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 My Boyfriend Is a Horror Boss? We're Still Dating! 男友是恐怖BOSS？这恋爱照谈 [Infinite flow + game instances + online romance + obsessive, possessive boss boyfriend + character growth + a mix of sweet and heartbreaking] Ding! Your online boyfriend is now online, and he’s dragged you into a horror game instance along with him! Li Miao looks at the man on her phone who calls her “Baby” every day and even reminds her to be careful when twisting off a bottle cap. For the Nth time, she wonders if she’s dating an angel. One night, she messages him: “Baby, I want to meet you.” 35Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 34 Proving Her Innocence 为她证无罪 When her closest family member becomes the prime suspect in a perfect crime, when every piece of evidence points to her sister’s already shattered soul, a younger sister who is a forensic pathologist decides to use science, faith, and unwavering love to fight through the fog for her sister’s chance to live. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Cleaner Is Forbidden from Falling for the Test Subject 清道夫禁止心动样本 Above survival, beneath the rules. With rust as their guide, they will play the subversive finale in the endless abyss. Xie Xiao was trapped in an instance and became a cleaner. All he left Su Miao was a corroded dagger, soaked in his blood and humming without end. On its blade, dark golden streaks of blood writhed like living things, becoming her only guide into the "Abyssal Corridor." This is no endpoint, but the beginning of an endless cycle. Cold, twisted rules shape one deadly instance-pri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Clown Things 小丑东西们 [Battle Royale + Otherworld + Death Regression + Dark Story + Clown Literature + Extreme Revelry + Fun-Seeker] A clown originally meant someone who entertained an audience through slapstick and antics in a circus. These days, the word is used for "someone who embarrasses themselves in public," "someone who gets carried away with unrequited feelings," "someone who gets humiliated," "someone who gives everything to a crush and ends up with nothing," and "someone whose words and actions seem absurd —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Wielding a Sledgehammer in the Main God’s Space 我在主神空间抡大锤 A tomb-raiding infinite-flow campaign story. I really hate solving puzzles and just want to enjoy the fights, but things never go as planned, and I always end up caught in layer upon layer of mysteries and trouble. Basically, I've got a hammer in my hand, so everyone looks like a nail. I write whatever I dream up, and updates are crawling along. Thanks for stopping by. 548Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Junk Computer from the Start, and I Became the Dungeon’s Super Admin 开局破烂电脑，我成了副本超管 (Keywords: Infinite Flow + Behind-the-Scenes Manipulation + Rule-Based Horror + Suspenseful Mind Games + Ensemble Cast + Contrasting Characters + Lighthearted Comedy + World Crisis) A meteorite wrecks his computer, forcing Lin Xuan to go online using a shabby old 486. The result? He gets sucked into an infinite series of instances called EPIC! While everyone else struggles to survive terrifying instances, he realizes something is off about his account: [Permission Notice: You are the sole “Super —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Death Livestream: The Unhinged Beauty Is Seriously Not Right 死亡直播：疯批美人太不正常了 Completed [Infinite Flow + Livestream + Standalone Instances + Ensemble Cast + Warm and Funny + Harmless Little White Flower Heroine or Intermittently Unhinged] A little girl from a psychiatric hospital enters the Death Dream Game. Her name is Xiaodie, and her catchphrase is, "Nurse Sister said..." "Nurse Sister said to be a good girl, okay~" Then she smiles sweetly, swings her scythe, and slaughters everything in the instance. Memorable scenes: A dead spider that melts in your mouth, the prince 225Reads6.9Score10614d adds
- 40 I Became the Boss's Wife in a Horror Dungeon 在恐怖副本里当boss老婆 My rating is low because my tastes are niche [A heroine with unique taste and nerves of steel] [Nonhuman hero] [Infinite Flow] [A heroine who takes an unconventional approach] [Horror dungeons] [Lighthearted wish fulfillment] A scheming doctor in gold-rimmed glasses with scars, a hulking mass of muscle, and the most terrifying three-meter-tall boss of them all? I’ll flirt with every last one. > While everyone else screams and runs for their lives in horror dungeons, I’m busy assessing the monste 21Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 41 The Haunted Inn: An Endless Deadly Game 诡栈：无限凶局 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Seven-Day Mystery: Countdown to Judgment 七日迷局：审判倒计时 [When death becomes a bargaining chip in solving a mystery, would you wager your life to uncover the truth?] When Lu Chen received the last message from his missing sister, the phone screen was flashing a blood-red countdown: 7:00:00. The moment he stepped into the isolated island’s ancient castle, the iron gate slammed shut. Static crackled from an old radio: “Welcome to the 307th trial. Find the killer, or everyone will be buried here.” In the sealed dining room, seven wax figures represented 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 After Dying Again and Again, I Flipped the Underworld Lord's Dinner Table 无限赴死后，我掀了冥主的饭桌 [Infinite Horror and Metaphysics + 1v1 + Two Powerful Leads + Thrills + Satisfying Read (Not Mindless) + Fast-Paced] The divine envoy Lin Qingye was punished by being sent to the mortal world. To return to the divine realm, she had to break predetermined death traps. Whenever someone in one of these inescapable traps died, she had to descend to the underworld and suffer punishment as well. After countless cycles of time being remade and death, Lin Qingye, stripped of her divine powers, finally w 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Forensic Examiner of Relics: Every Cursed Object I Autopsy Weeps 遗物法医：我解剖的凶物都在哭 Forensic pathologist specializing in haunted relics, rule-based horror, relics taking human form, two powerful male leads, criminal investigations, mystery and horror, supernatural tragic romance, episodic wish fulfillment, fated entanglements, the unattainable first love, unresolved regrets, a tragedy from ten years ago, life-and-death protection, heartbreaking angst, every character gets a moment to shine 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Quantum Player of Time 时间量子玩家 What's the most important thing in a game? Gear? Strength? No, bugs! From the day the house he had transmigrated into was inexplicably smashed to pieces, Zhuang Sheng found himself taking part in a game. As a clumsy newbie player, he relied on his rule-breaking play style to begin his adventures in a new world. A laid-back robot who loves fishing, a mysterious werewolf who'll do anything for a meal... One by one, these bizarre teammates become reliable companions on his fun-filled adventures in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Zuo Chengyi and You Minghao 左成意右明昊 A suspenseful supernatural romance. (Escaping an infinite world + rule-based horror + apocalypse + special abilities + the supernatural + romance + worlds merging) The trio of Bai Qi, Cheng Yi, and Ming Hao reached the pinnacle of the infinite world. Just as they had earned enough team points to escape, an accident occurred. Bai Qi could take only one person along: the person who appeared out of nowhere was chosen, while the childhood friend was left behind. The two who returned to the real worl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Seventy-First Knife Scar 第七十一道刀痕 The Seventy-First Knife Mark —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Pick Up a Nonhuman and Make Him My Boyfriend 拐个人外当男友 Standalone stories + sweet romance + nonhuman male leads (Do you like it 👄? Hmm? Say something 🗣️) ① The puppeteer Jiang Yu draws a clown card, summoning Bly. He’s handsome and elegant, yet incredibly dangerous. In front of her, Bly acts sweet and pitiful, like a dog that’s been abandoned. “Master, don’t leave me behind again.” He gently kisses her fingertips, dark currents surging in his eyes. ② Shen Yao transmigrates into an arena, where she meets Xie Zhuo, covered in blood. Pierced through 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 A Collection of Detective Fiction by Aoyagi Awu: The Risen Tenma Series (4-Book Set) 青崎有吾推理作品集：里染天马系列（全四册） The Mystery of the Gymnasium During a torrential downpour, a murder takes place inside the old gymnasium at Kazenooka High School. The scene is sealed tight, and the table tennis team captain who was there at the time is treated as a suspect. Yuno, a member of the table tennis team, asks the gifted boy Ri Zoran Tenma for help in clearing the captain’s name. But Ri Zoran, hailed as a genius, turns out to be a useless shut-in who lives at school?! How will the campus case and the fates of the seve 2Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 50 Stealing the Boss Away in a Horror Game 在恐怖游戏里拐走boss The school's eerie rules meant she had nightmares almost every night. What was terrifying was that the nightmares were spilling over into reality, leaving Cheng Qingni afraid. What kind of world had she entered?! Until the only boy she trusted told her he was this world's boss. Then he took the dagger in her hand and pointed it at his heart. “If you hate me, kill me.” Betrayed, Cheng Qingni plunged the dagger into his heart. The slender boy stared at her in shock. Cheng Qingni thought she would 50Reads—Score—14d adds
