Novels like Escape from the Apartment of Despair
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Escape from the Apartment of Despair, best match first.
- 151 Welcome to the World of Paintings 欢迎来到画卷世界 [Infinite Flow + Horror Instances + Mystery + Highly Intelligent Heroine] Guan Xiaoxi is accidentally dragged by Mu Chengguang into the world of paintings, an otherworldly realm filled with taboos and death. In every painting, he is there, silently watching. Who is he? Why does he treat her so differently? Guan Xiaoxi has no memories from before the age of six. Her emotions and senses are impaired, and she is naturally absentminded. She is unaffected by the paintings’ mental pressure and cannot 453Reads—Score10414d adds
- 152 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.) 4.9kReads7.9Score46814d adds
- 153 A Blood Slave from the Start: Forging the Philosopher’s Stone with My Childhood Friend 开局血奴，以青梅铸贤者之石 [Dark Western fantasy + one heroine + unhinged male lead + clever characters] “To save her, would you sacrifice the whole world?” “Of course. I’d be delighted.” The day my childhood friend was cut in half before my eyes and refined into a Philosopher’s Stone, I plunged into madness. I became a blood thrall of the Seven Sins and endured a three-hundred-year cycle of death. I sacrificed those who loved me, killed my own child from a previous life, and even betrayed and slew another version of mys 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 I Am the Perfect Eldest Senior Sister 我是完美大师姐 I’m the Perfect Senior Disciple 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Escape from Hell's Apartment 逃离地狱公寓 [Pure Deduction and Escape]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Two Male Leads] No female lead, no items, no cheats, just pure adventure and survival. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Ever since Lu Chao accidentally stumbled into this apartment building, he has been on the run. Every so often, the residents have to go out to designated locations to complete missions. Their targets are all ghosts, and they can only survive by carefully following the rules of each mis 4.8kReads6.8Score51714d adds
- 156 The Mystic Arts Face Reader 玄门相师 A young master of metaphysics, he knows every secret of heaven's design. In everything, he turns danger into fortune, and in every crisis, he finds a way through. He reads people, ghosts, and fate itself! The ways of humans and ghosts are unfathomable, and heaven's secrets must not be revealed! 8.7kReads8.7Score85414d adds
- 157 The Horror Game Is Trying to Make Me Stop Being Human 惊悚游戏逼我不做人啦 PS: The heroine isn’t the strongest at the start. She’ll also be at the mercy of some powerful big shots, but she can still crush most people, ghosts, and monsters, and she’ll keep growing stronger. Please don’t read if that bothers you. After an accident, Rong Nian finds herself back in this horror game world! While everyone else is consumed by terror and struggling to survive, Rong Nian relies on her past experience to effortlessly crush the little ghosts and pulls off one outrageous move afte 65Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 158 A Security Guard’s Guide to Survival 保安求生之路 After a phone call and a nightmare, the ordinary life of Qin Yun, a lowly security guard, is turned upside down. He encounters one bizarre event after another, unsure whether the people around him can be trusted or the things beside him are safe. As dreams and reality intertwine, he searches through the unknown for a way to survive. 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Eerie Midnight Mirror 子夜诡镜 The scholar Chou Wuya happened upon a copy of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The stall owner casually included an ancient bronze mirror, named Seeing the Heart. At midnight, Chou Wuya discovered that the mirror could tear apart dreams and reality, drawing him into one eerie, terrifying mirror realm after another. Every mirror realm was a supernatural ordeal with no way out. A woman named Ruoxi was sealed inside the mirror. She told Chou Wuya that every time he entered a dream, he would gai 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Anomaly Survival Guide 异常求生指南 [The Backrooms X rules-based horror X Cthulhu Mythos X infinite flow X wild imagination] No System, no leveling up, no harem. This handbook is designed to help you deal with all kinds of anomalies. We hope every investigator will survive and provide us with more useful data. Because of the existence of the gods, most life in the universe is subtly influenced by the rulers scattered throughout the galaxy. As the universe grew ever more prosperous, the rulers’ psychic projections created a space 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Betrayed by My Best Friend: My Rise from Hell to the Top 被闺蜜出卖后：自地狱逆袭至巅峰 Betrayed by Her Best Friend: From Hell to the Top 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Day They Crushed Me, I Awakened an Invincible Spirit Body 被踩碎的那天，我觉醒了无敌灵体 The Day I Was Crushed, I Awakened an Invincible Spirit Body —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Myriad Worlds Cultivation System 诸天游戏修仙系统 The Heavens and Worlds Game Cultivation System 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 [I, the Forgotten Dream, I] 【I被遗忘的梦I】 [Infinite Flow | Rules-Based Horror | Instances | Ensemble Cast | Mystery | No Harem] This is a dream that was once forgotten, a memory that should never have been recalled. By a twist of fate, Wen Xuan and four others arrived in a city born from barren wasteland: [Huacheng]. In one game, instance, and [dream] after another: They experienced disasters caused by human actions. They learned how powerful the supernatural could be. They overcame the evils of human nature. They resisted the destructi 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 我靠鼻子证大道 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Great! It's a System, Now I'm Definitely Dead 太棒了！是系统，这下我死定了 [Infinite Flow] [No heroine] [No CP] [Original instances] [The System is useless] [Rules] [Deduction] [Wits and strategy] [Survival missions] Borrowing a setting from a great author: ghosts cannot be killed... You must discern their patterns... The Haunted Spirit Tower has descended. Please make sure to complete your survival mission! Little-girl System and all that: “Host, clear each instance in one life, one every seven days! Bring the Haunted Tower era to an end!” Chen Zichu: “Damn it... Othe 2.6kReads7.6Score23114d adds
- 167 Surviving in Hell? No, This Is My Backyard 地狱求生？不，这是我的后花园 [Unlimited-flow game for all humanity | Draw cards and evolve | High-martial-arts survival | Revenge power fantasy | Bonds with multiple women] Overnight, all of humanity is dragged into a strange and terrifying game. Countless ghosts from folklore roam its instances, and death follows at every turn. In his previous life, Jiang Xiaopang painstakingly saved up evolution points. He was just one step away from breaking through, but his lover betrayed him, and his breakthrough failed at the last m 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 The Horror Industrial Park 恐怖工业园 You're a seasoned wage slave. One day, you're dragged into a [Weird and Absurd + Comedic and Witty + Not Brain-Dead + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Exploring Human Nature + Enter at Your Own Risk] strange other world. You think that if you complete the System's tasks, you'll return to the real world. What you don't know is that this other world exists because of you... 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Please Don’t Be Afraid 请不要害怕 [Subverting Tropes + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Mild Horror] “Captain Wang, I clearly buried her, but… but I saw her in the backyard again!” “How did she die?” “It had nothing to do with me. She… she killed herself!” “She… she just didn’t want to be cremated…” “Then… what is that thing in the backyard?” “I… I don’t know.” “Can she see us? Can she hear our voices?” “And is she dangerous?” … “As for ghosts, I have only one piece of advice for everyone…” “If you happen to run into one, pleas 31.9kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 170 Reincarnation's Eerie Station 轮回诡站 A cursed ticket leading to one horrifying incident site after another... A city shrouded in dense fog, obsessed with eradicating the very existence of "horror"... Passengers who vanish one after another, or are cursed for all eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, an amnesiac burdened by three curses awakens in the dim light, as a voice calling out "curse" sounds in his ears... "Welcome to Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... The next stop is... Corpse Pai 170kReads8.8Score18.2k14d adds
- 171 Apartment 18 18号公寓 Lin Shen has no idea why he’s in an unfamiliar apartment building. Outside, nothing but endless thick fog surrounds it. The building doesn’t appear on any map, and no one has ever heard of it. Inside are countless rooms. The place is eerily quiet most of the time, though strange sounds can occasionally be heard. The management office, with no one in sight, continues to operate normally day after day. Lin Shen wants to escape and return to his ordinary, boring life. But there is only one way out. 4.3kReads8.4Score70414d adds
- 172 Survival Game at the World's End 世界尽头之游戏求生 [Survival in Another World + Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Cunning Protagonist + Not Overpowered + Hilarious Trickster] Alternate title: [Survival in Another World: The Otherworldly Magician] When Qin Xiao opens his eyes, he finds he has transmigrated into a game world steeped in slaughter and deceit. After enduring betrayal after betrayal, he adopts one rule for survival: never turn your back on anyone... (Chapter 100) Facing a siege by more than a dozen players around his own level, —Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 173 Journey to the West: NPC Divine Constable, From the Start I Possess a Player 西游：NPC神捕，开局夺舍玩家 [Journey to the West NPC Awakening + System Comeback + Mystery and Crime-Solving + Multiple Worlds] I'm a divine constable NPC in an online game based on Journey to the West. In the repeating storyline, my whole family was supposed to be slaughtered by Night Beauty. On the brink of death, I killed the player who had betrayed me, took over his pay-to-win account, and instantly unlocked the third level of the Body Awakening Realm! Bound to the Brain Marrow Prison, I slay demons to seize their powe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Night Watchman at the Funeral Home: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 殡仪馆守夜人：我能看见死者最后一眼 Funeral Home Night Watchman: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Ghostly Tales: The Guide Between Life and Death 诡谈：生死引路人 (Horror + suspense + supernatural + mind-bending + live-action game) This is an urban horror novel with no transmigration and no System. After Jia Wen uncovers his wife's long-hidden secret and the mystery buried deep within his own heart, his life is turned upside down, and he becomes a ghost hunter. While investigating a case involving missing ghosts, he and his senior, Zhong Chuqing, use her powerful spiritual detection abilities to identify the mastermind: Young Master Jie. After careful pla 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Scarlet Fountain Pen 血色钢笔 The Blood-Red Fountain Pen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The City Lost in the Eerie Fog: Divine Punishment Game 诡雾迷城：神罚游戏 Tags: Survival Game + Mind-Bending Mystery + Challenge Dungeons + Wits and Deduction + Alternate Dimension + Monster Invasion When Ling Wen thought this was just an ordinary exam, he was forcibly dragged into the "Death Game." When he thought that clearing the "Death Game" would let him leave and return to the real world, he discovered that he had been in the real world all along. But now, gods from an alternate dimension are invading the real world. The fog descends without warning, and a dimen 2.9kReads—Score39114d adds
- 178 The Perfect Nanny 完美月嫂 The Perfect Nanny 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 3kReads—Score30314d adds
- 180 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Wield a Ghost’s Heart 灵异复苏，开局驾驭鬼心脏 The supernatural resurgence begins, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Amid this desperate tide, Li Nie stands atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, pressing his bloodstained hand to his chest. “Come on, can you hear this heartbeat?” This story borrows three key concepts about ghosts from The Mysterious Revival, but it is not fan fiction. 11.4kReads7.6Score80614d adds
- 181 Reincarnation Demon Lord: From the Start, the System Binds Me and Orders Me to Kill the Heroine 轮回魔尊：开局被系统绑定杀女主 Jin Yuan, young lord of the demon race, is bound to a mysterious “Assassination Achievement” System. He is reborn three hundred times, only to be instantly killed every time by Bai Shuixin, as aloof and pure as an immortal. The System’s missions are cold and compulsory, and failure brings punishment that eats away at his soul and bones. He struggles in despair and descends into madness through endless cycles of rebirth, devouring monsters and demons to forge forbidden power, as he glimpses the w 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Invitation from Hell 地狱邀请函 [Ghost Escape + Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + A Clever Protagonist] An invitation and an abandoned bus drag a group of people into a haunted realm… Lin Mo barely makes it back to the real world alive, only to discover that the horror has just begun. One invitation after another arrives before him, and one eerie world after another comes calling… The Dusk Spirit Hotel, the Dead Return, Vengeful Ghosts Invade: what is the truth behind it all? Who is a friend? And who is an enemy? Shh… Watc 18.4kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 183 Conspiracy: The Amnesia Cage 诡计：失忆囚笼 The Scheme: A Cage of Lost Memories 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 184 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 规则怪谈：镜像 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Fused with the Human-Skin Paper, I Am the Harbinger of Death! 融合人皮纸，我即是死亡预告！ A sheet of human-skin paper fuses with Chen Ming’s left hand and grants him an ability. Death Premonitions! For anyone he knows, any living being within his sight, and even himself, if they are destined to die soon, a warning will appear. [Death countdown: Chen Ming, 3 minutes 18 seconds] Like this. The Spirit Realm also descends at the same time! The Spirit Realm is full of all kinds of bizarre dungeons. Any player drawn into it faces an extremely high chance of dying while clearing them. Chen 9.2kReads7.5Score78014d adds
- 186 Survival Game: I Went Viral by Pushing Survival to the Limit 生存游戏：我靠极限求生爆红了 [Infinite-instance survival + Smart protagonist + Horror + No romance] After sacrificing herself on Blue Star, Jian Zhao opened her eyes again to find herself a cannon-fodder newbie in a survival game on Planet Z. From the start, she was hit with a devastating setback: her ammunition and supplies were gone, and a three-meter-tall mutated giant ant had blocked the door! Even stranger, she was the only one who could see the comments floating across the sky. It turned out that all the players strug 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Wasteland Wanderer: Su 废土行者：苏 📖 Story introduction: Su, a young man who awakens in a nuclear-war wasteland, possesses an unknown relic known as the Stasis Core. From a low-ranking mercenary in Rustwater Town to an invitee of the Kane family, he resolutely abandons the traditional path of potion-making and sets out on a one-of-a-kind journey as a “Rule Weaver,” with stasis as his foundation. Facing deadly threats from family infighting and powerful external enemies, along with the prophecy of a “depletion of the spirit tide” 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies 无限诡域：我能堪破谎言 [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Original Instances]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Ghosts Kill People]+ [Ghosts in Every Real-World Instance] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Humans cannot fight ghosts.” “Ghosts each have their own rules for killing.” A mysterious letter. A door that leads to the unknown. When Li Yu opened the door, one eerie instance after another awaited him. This is the [Ghostly Domain], a world of vengeful ghosts! Will you die in confusion, or be reborn from a nightmare? 155.8kReads8.4Score24.9k14d adds
- 189 The Alternate Personality Arcade 次人格游戏厅 [Infinite Flow + horror + villain protagonist + spiritual qi revival] All this time, I've been living in the Demon Emperor's game room inside my mind. That is, until I pulled the Demon-Locking Spike from my skull and woke up on the brink of death. Only then did I learn that Sen Nuo, the womanizing demonic spellcaster from that broken-box academy, was dead. And I was nothing but his secondary personality. In the box game of Endless Desire, I must solve the ending to return to the real world. The 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Horror Invades: Candidate for the God of the Mainframe! 恐怖入侵：主神候选人！ The blood moon hung in the sky. Order collapsed, and the Lord God returned. Win, and earn the people's admiration. Lose, and everything is gone. A first encounter with a terrifying cannibal, in the eerie world of a desolate village. Slay the demon king in Demon Slayer, then sweep through a hellish human world with power from the real world! A struggle across billions of worlds, slaughter across billions of worlds, and a game of wits across billions of worlds. The victor takes everything! (Instan 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 My Crush Is Terrified! My Horror Comics Have Come to Life 吓疯Crush！我的恐怖漫画竟成真 Crush is terrified out of his mind! My horror comic has actually come true 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The Peter Pan Game 彼得潘游戏 Earth’s resources are gradually running out... Boring people will be replaced by digital replicas... So keep your soul interesting... or hold on to a powerful obsession... Welcome to the Peter Pan Game... Provide emotional value to earn a ticket back to the real world. Female protagonist | Ensemble cast | No romance | Infinite-flow | Instances | Rule-based horror Fifty people lie in a huge room... This batch is pretty good... Three people are slowly waking up... 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Mercy Voyage: I Sacrifice My Girlfriend, and I Sacrifice the Whole World 慈航游戏：女友祭天，我祭全世界 [Horror game + rule-based horror + decisive and ruthless protagonist + one heroine] I died once trying to save my late girlfriend, Xi Yin But I can die twice more! She awakened inside the game as a vengeful ghost, with even her memories altered. I picked the most useless class on the server, building manager. I have no SSS-rank talent to take on the divine spirits, so I rely on the Building Manager app to master the rules. A divine spirit in my way? Players causing trouble? Do I really have to t 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Apocalypse: The 2032 Planetary Impact Brings a Strange Invasion 末世：2032行星坠落诡异来袭 Asteroid impact, 2032, apocalypse, urban martial arts, supernatural invasion, doomsday survival, not a saint, ruthless and decisive, a catastrophe for humanity! Not a wish-fulfillment novel. The story unfolds gradually, so please don’t read if that’s not your thing! Apocalypse, sci-fi, high martial arts, suspense, supernatural horror, ensemble cast. In 2032, an asteroid breaks through humanity’s near-Earth planetary defense system and crashes into Earth, bringing tremendous disaster. Hundreds of 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Deadly Haunted Grounds: The Death Countdown Begins! 致命诡地：现在开始死亡倒计时！ [Infinite-flow + horror instances + survival + mild scares + no romance] The curse of the Bronze Ghost Mask descends. Those chosen must embark on one deadly journey after another. Time is running out, and death is drawing near. Who will make it out alive this time? [The B&B Butcher] In a creepy old house, ghostly figures appear whenever night falls. Anyone who enc 28.3kReads8.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 196 Rising to the Top in the American Horror Story Universe 在美恐世界开始逆天 American horror, survival, and maybe an overpowered protagonist. It all starts when the male lead is watching a movie in his dorm and gets sucked into its world. Here’s what happened: leave your brains behind. (Some chapters have been revised to remove unnecessary settings, which made parts of the story discontinuous, but it’s fine. Just treat each one as a new movie and skip straight to whichever movie you like. You can also leave your favorite movies in the comments, and I’ll write them next.) 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 A Shadow in the Mirror, Murder Lurking Within 镜中之影，暗藏杀机 A Shadow in the Mirror, Hiding Deadly Intent 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Hush! It's Here 嘘！它来了 Stray cats appear on campus, awakening a curse of murder sealed away for fifty years. Long ago, cats protected the school by killing rats, but when their numbers grew too large, they were burned alive. Their resentment coalesced into a nine-lived shadow cat. It uses humans to wreak havoc, draining the vitality of the living in a blood sacrifice to avenge its burning. Strange incidents, gruesome deaths, vengeful spirits demanding lives night after night: the only way to survive is to destroy all 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档：洞察所有厉鬼规律 [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 887Reads—Score10414d adds
- 200 Infinite Flow: Horror Flight 无限流之恐怖航班 [Infinite-flow + a team of the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, and pregnant working together + no romance] Welcome aboard the "Send You Sky-High" flight. Please follow the captain's instructions and board or disembark in an orderly fashion. Anyone who refuses will be sent off to explode like fireworks by our beautiful, skeletal flight attendants! With her own strength, the heroine assembles a team that seems to have no chance of winning, yet they always manage to escape certain doom! [Anjia Hotel 7.1kReads7.9Score66114d adds
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