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Games Like Corpse Party: Cursed Schools and Ghost Stories

Corpse Party strands high school students in a cursed school from another dimension, among the ghosts of murdered children. These games share its haunted schools, its ghost stories or its RPG Maker roots, from its own sequels to Misao, White Day and Spirit Hunter.

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  1. Corpse Party: Book of Shadows key art: a schoolboy in a sailor-collar uniform looks out from behind bars beside a girl with her eyes closed and head tilted back PsychologicalCorpse Party: Book of ShadowsThe same cursed Heavenly Host Elementary, revisited before, during and after the first game in visual-novel chapters.
  2. Corpse Party: Blood Drive screenshot: Ayumi holds a light in a gore-smeared school corridor as a shadow with red eyes waits behind her PsychologicalCorpse Party: Blood DriveThe conclusion of the Heavenly Host arc: Ayumi returns to the ruined school for the Book of Shadows.
  3. Misao key art: a purple-haired girl in a red school uniform lying with her face covered by her hands among dark red splashes 2D horrorMisao - 2024 HD RemasterA school dragged into an otherworld of violent spirits and deathtraps after a bullied girl went missing, in 2D pixel art.
  4. The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters key art: Mina Park in her school uniform against a blood-red sky over the city SurvivalThe Coma 2: Vicious SistersA Korean 2D survival horror game in a shadow version of a high school at night, hiding from a relentless killer.
  5. White Day screenshot: a student pressed against a wall in a dark corridor as the janitor approaches with a flashlight and a baton SurvivalWhite Day: A Labyrinth Named SchoolTrapped overnight in a Korean high school with a murderous janitor and vengeful ghosts, in first person.
  6. Spirit Hunter: Death Mark art: a man in a suit with a face overgrown by red flowers lunges out of the dark PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: Death MarkA mark that kills within days, and the vengeful spirits of urban legends you must hunt to survive, as a Japanese horror adventure.
  7. Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II art: a spirit with many eyes and insects crawling over its face grabs at a man in a coat in a dark brick corridor PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: Death Mark IIInvestigate deaths and rumours at a cursed Tokyo academy, facing the spirits behind them.
  8. Aooni key art: the Ao Oni's huge grinning purple face emerging from darkness 2D horrorAooniClassmates trapped in a mansion with a monster, in the official remake of the 2004 RPG Maker classic.
  9. Mad Father screenshot: Aya in a blood-spattered hall with two stitched, grey-skinned doll women looming over her 2D horrorMad FatherA girl explores her family's mansion on the night her father's experiments escape, in pixel art.
  10. The Witch's House MV screenshot: Viola in a dim brick room with red carpet, roses in vases and candles on the wall 2D horrorThe Witch's House MVTrapped in a witch's house, with traps and sudden deaths at almost every step.
  11. Higurashi Ch.1 screenshot: Satoko, Rena and Rika standing at a village festival stall PsychologicalHigurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 OnikakushiFree: a village where a death and a disappearance happen every June, told as a long horror mystery sound novel.
  12. Detention key art: a schoolgirl in a white uniform holds a picture frame as chairs, desks and papers fly around her PsychologicalDetentionTwo students trapped in their haunted high school in 1960s Taiwan, hiding from creatures of local folklore in 2D.
  13. Spirit Hunter: NG key art: a young man in a dark jacket and a girl with a bow on a deserted night street by a station PsychologicalSpirit Hunter: NGThe companion to Death Mark: a cursed spirit's deadly game, urban legends investigated by flashlight and choices that decide who lives.
  14. PARANORMASIGHT key art: the cast of cursed characters crowded under a pale-faced ghost with long dark hair PsychologicalPARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of HonjoSquare Enix's horror mystery visual novel: cursed people and old Tokyo ghost stories, where you choose when to strike or hide.
  15. Yomawari: Night Alone key art: a little girl with a red bow walks her white dog past a vending machine on a dark street 2D horrorYomawari: Night AloneA little girl with a flashlight searches her night-time town for her sister, hiding from spirits of Japanese folklore.
  16. Hanako key art: a drawing of a pale girl with a black bob and a red pinafore peering round a toilet stall door, with blood on the walls Survival[Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さんA schoolyard curse with the ghost Hanako turns on the children who cast it, in a cursed school full of enemies.
  17. Fear the Spotlight art: a shadowy long-haired figure with glowing eyes looms over two girls standing in flames Puzzle horrorFear the SpotlightA séance in a school after dark, a missing friend and a spotlight-headed monster to sneak past, in 1990s style.

Corpse Party traps a group of high school students in Heavenly Host Elementary, a school from another dimension where children were murdered, and lets them die there in grim, detailed ways. The games here share its cursed schools, its Japanese and Korean ghost stories, or its pixel-art RPG Maker roots.

If you want more Heavenly Host, Book of Shadows revisits the school in chapters set before, during and after the first game, and Blood Drive concludes the arc. Both are by the same team.

For other cursed schools, Misao is the closest in spirit: a school pulled into an otherworld of spirits and deathtraps after a bullied girl vanished, drawn in 2D pixel art. The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean 2D survival horror game in a shadow version of a high school, where you hide from a killer, and White Day is the Korean first-person classic about being locked in a school at night with a janitor and ghosts. Banned Memories: Yamanashi is free and takes you back to a closed Japanese academy with fixed camera angles. Detention traps two students in a haunted high school in 1960s Taiwan, among creatures of local folklore, and Chilla's Art's Hanako turns the old toilet-ghost legend on the children who used it to curse a classmate. Fear the Spotlight is gentler: a séance in a school after dark and a spotlight-headed monster to sneak past.

For the ghost stories, the Spirit Hunter games turn Japanese urban legends into investigations where the wrong choice kills you; Death Mark II is set at a cursed academy. Spirit Hunter: NG is the companion story, a deadly game with a cursed spirit across the same city. PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, from Square Enix, turns old Tokyo ghost stories into curses held by strangers who hunt one another, and Yomawari: Night Alone sends a little girl with a flashlight through a town of Japanese spirits. Higurashi When They Cry is a free, long horror mystery about a village where someone dies every June.

For the RPG Maker side, Aooni, Mad Father and The Witch's House are RPG Maker classics of the same tradition, each a small house or mansion of puzzles, chases and deaths.

Start with Misao for the same school and spirits, or with Spirit Hunter: Death Mark if you liked Corpse Party's story more than its exploring.

Questions

What games are like Corpse Party?

Misao, The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters and White Day share its cursed schools; the Spirit Hunter games and Higurashi share its Japanese ghost stories and grim deaths.

Are there more Corpse Party games?

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows and Corpse Party: Blood Drive continue the Heavenly Host story.

Are there free games like Corpse Party?

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 and Banned Memories: Yamanashi are free.

Which games like Corpse Party are on Switch?

Corpse Party: Blood Drive, The Coma 2, White Day, the Spirit Hunter games, Detention, PARANORMASIGHT, Yomawari: Night Alone, Fear the Spotlight, Aooni, Mad Father and The Witch's House MV are on Nintendo Switch.

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