60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Psychological Horror, Horror, Interactive Fiction.
A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.
Deep Russian Depression
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Blind Man's Sun
A blind guy with a ghost in his brain tries to save a cursed girl. Naturally, it all goes to hell. A visual novel packed with dark humor, gritty mysticism, violence, and characters who know exactly who’s watching them.
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: Experimental 28.8% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
A blind guy with a ghost in his brain tries to save a cursed girl. Naturally, it all goes to hell. A visual novel packed with dark humor, gritty mysticism, violence, and characters who know exactly who’s watching them.
Why similar: Experimental 33.3% ★, Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.
Why similar: Experimental 35.2% ★, Horror 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Experimental 31.4% ★, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12%
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Experimental 30.5% ★, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Experimental 30.9% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Experimental 33.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 17.6%, Emotional 14.9%, Drama 5.9%
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Horror 11.1%, Emotional 9.7%
I had lost all contact with my sister when she suddenly called me from a Tokyo suburb consumed by the Membrane, a curse that blurs the line between nightmares and reality. Fight shadows and your own fears in this psychological horror exploration game.
Why similar: Experimental 44.4% ★, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...
Why similar: Text-Based 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Indie 2.6%
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Experimental 23.7% ★, Narrative 18.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Text-Based 14.6%, Horror 11.7%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 40% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Narrative 6.8% ★
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Narrative 22.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%
A man wakes up in Heaven.
Why similar: Experimental 42.4% ★, Text-Based 30.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.1%, Indie 1.1%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 21.3%, Narrative 14% ★, Emotional 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
A story about love, death, and the universe, told through tarot cards.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Emotional 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
The main character is the usual average schoolboy, who can be found on the street after the 7th lesson. But it's not so simple, because he has a dream inside of his head, a dream that you have to implement!
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Text-Based 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Drama 6.3%
An anthology of short indie games with emotional storytelling and simple gameplay. Discover unique experiences, each with distinct art, music, and tone. Perfect for players who enjoy narrative adventures, hidden details, and bite-sized stories.
Why similar: Experimental 32.4% ★, Narrative 17.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Emotional 12.9%, Horror 11.7%
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Text-Based 27.1%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
You wake up to a mysterious voice in the darkness, and enter a world of unknowns, a room full of darkness and doorways that lead to familiar, yet twisted and foreign places. Armed only with your mind, a flashlight, and a mysterious voice in your head, you must survive and search for a way to escape.
Why similar: Experimental 52.9% ★, Horror 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
Psychological horror about Alex Bow, who struggles with himself and his traumas.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Drama 10%, Emotional 7.7%
travel through the LA wasteland with josh and sid in this atmospheric interactive video novel
Why similar: Experimental 49.7% ★, Horror 23.9%, Text-Based 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%, Indie 1.2%
An emotional story portraying the struggles of anxiety—the paralyzing thoughts and irrational fears. Join Lucy on her journey to find solace, alongside her supportive yet puzzled roommate. A heartfelt narrative delving into the complexities of anxiety and the challenges of empathy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 18.9%, Emotional 15.3%, Drama 11%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46.3%, Text-Based 42.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
Dive into the 'Sacrifices', a narrative-driven adventure game where you unravel the poignant tale of a child's reality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.5%, Text-Based 25%, Horror 12.1%, Emotional 10.7%, Drama 9.8%
B.D.K is a short experimental first person horror game that mainly relies on atmosphere and sounds to create a creepy experience.
Why similar: Experimental 58.2% ★, Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Ellie, your new girlfriend, doesn't seem to get along well with your circle of friends. Find out what is going wrong after one of your best friends suddenly doesn't answer his phone anymore in this pixel-art, story-driven adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.1%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Drama 12.2%
GATE is a text-based furry homo romance game developed by NVL maker, in which the player will play the role of the protagonist to "break the system" as an opportunity to establish a relationship with the furries and find a way to achieve peace between races.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 21.4%, Drama 10.3%, Horror 8.4%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Text-Based 26.8%, Horror 18.5%, Narrative 12.8% ★, Pixel Graphics 7%
Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Text-Based 18.9%, Narrative 18.4% ★, Horror 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%
A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.8%, Text-Based 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 10.5%, Emotional 9.1%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
nothing is inviolate. and that which is sacrosanct gets fucked. fuck god, kill heaven, marry boyfriend. in that order.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Text-Based 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 10.8%
Mummy Sandbox is a first person digging simulator meets point & click adventure. Traverse forgotten sandboxes and dig up corpses to learn their secrets!
Why similar: Experimental 64.8% ★, Horror 32.2%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.3%, LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Horror 14.4%, Emotional 12.2%, Drama 10.9%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.1%, Text-Based 47.5%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Horror 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.
Why similar: Experimental 47.1% ★, Horror 18.4%, Text-Based 17.6%, Drama 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Text-Based 19%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 21.3%, Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
Why similar: Experimental 72.2% ★, Horror 21.9%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
My Helpers is an experimental horror game that hides a group of virtual… "assistants" inside your machine. FIND THEM by combing through your real files, exploring weird applications, and using your computer in ways you may have never expected - and remember: this is just a game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Text-Based 22.3%, Horror 19.1%, Experimental 19.1% ★, Psychological Horror 14.5%
A short, sex-positive yuri game about a massage parlour!
Why similar: Experimental 35% ★, LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 19.7%
Trapped in a snowbound medical camp, battlefield nurse May clings to a mysterious letter—a final hope. Uncover hidden truths, test fragile bonds, and navigate a path toward a distant sanatorium. Will you find salvation, or something far darker?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Text-Based 32.7%, LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Emotional 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Gender Dysphoria is a Psychological/Body Horror that is a visual and audible representation of my personal experience of dealing with it.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 51.9%, Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Text-Based 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Horror 7.7%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 49.4%, Text-Based 45.8%, Indie 4.8%
"NARRENSCHIFF" is a psychological horror puzzle game. Players take on the role of an amnesiac man who awakens in a mysterious mental hospital. As they explore, they unravel a story involving their own origins and the conspiracy brewing within the walls of the mental institution.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Drama 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Experimental 36.1% ★, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.9%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Experimental 28.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 15.1%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%
An apprentice. A healer. A warrior. Breathe, pull, and choose your way through their stories in this dark yet comforting narrative game about healing the worlds inside us.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Narrative 20.9% ★, Emotional 15.9%, Drama 6.2%
Do you like music? Do you like video games? Well, I don't really care, because either way you are going to like our soundtrack. It has over 30 minutes of original music on it, it features uninterrupted listening and 2 full songs that are exclusive only to the OST and cannot be found anywhere else.
Why similar: Experimental 69.6% ★, Text-Based 28.1%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35%, Experimental 25% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Narrative 10.3% ★, Drama 9.3%
Live through the last ten minutes of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days during the Mexican Revolution, Juan will confront his life, death, family, relationships and existence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Text-Based 28.7%, Experimental 24.2% ★, Emotional 8.9%, Drama 7%
An interactive text narrative where charm, charisma, and seduction will be your key tools. Angel is an alluring and confident twink- each word, each glance, has deeper meanings as the two of you spend a fleeting night's tryst with eachother.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.5%, Text-Based 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%
"co|incidence" is a FVN produced for Renpy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Text-Based 26.9%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 51.4%, Text-Based 45.8%, Indie 2.8%
