Games Like GAG

Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.

Why similar: Experimental 19.5% ★, Surreal 11.7%, Conversation 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%

Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.

Why similar: Experimental 25.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Surreal 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Visual Novel 9%

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 20.6% ★, Surreal 13.1%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.3%

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 16.9% ★, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Psychological 9.1%

A dating simulator, but... The girl has a shotgun, and if she doesn't like how you answer her questions, you die. Your date takes place in a living, watching cave where every element of the environment actively reacts to your tension and tries to break you.

Why similar: Experimental 21.7% ★, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Surreal 10.1%, Psychological 9.4%, Horror 8.9%

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 24.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Surreal 9.3%

A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.

Why similar: Experimental 25% ★, Psychedelic 12.9%, Surreal 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Psychological 9.2%

Beaux-Arts is a surreal horror game about being held prisoner by the residents of a countryside estate. Trapped in an arbitrary and nightmarish system of justice, you must explore the grounds and try to convince the family and staff to let you out alive.

Why similar: Surreal 18.2%, Conversation 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Experimental 10.7% ★, Drama 9.3%

A recreational software for counting sheep, observing puzzles, and befriending an indoor air-conditioning unit.

Why similar: Surreal 21.1%, Dark Comedy 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Conversation 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%

Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Surreal 10.6%

The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychedelic 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Horror 9.2%

After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?

Why similar: Experimental 31.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Surreal 18.7%, Psychological 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again.

Why similar: Experimental 25.3% ★, Surreal 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Psychological 8.9%, Story Rich 6.9%

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Psychedelic 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

Under the cloud, pressure is crushing – only machines survive in the open. LAMINA BRUISE is a narrative-driven first-person adventure. Solve thoughtful puzzles and overcome revealing obstacles in a tense, hostile environment.

Why similar: Experimental 37.7% ★, Surreal 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Dark 9.6%, First-Person 4.5%

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 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Psychological 9.4%

OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!

Why similar: Experimental 29.6% ★, Psychedelic 20.1%, Surreal 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 8.5%

A tragic story in the genre of domestic horror about loss, and life after loss. A walking, cooking, and driving simulator. There is a place where she will always be near.

Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Psychedelic 17.8%, Drama 13%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark 9.9%

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 27.9% ★, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Psychological 10.1%

A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.

Why similar: Experimental 22.9% ★, Psychedelic 12.6%, Surreal 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, Psychological 8.8%

A slimy, psychedelic adventure about a girl attending a warehouse rave party with her friends, where she'll go to experience a long, profound bad (?) trip.

Why similar: Psychedelic 18.7%, Surreal 16.1%, Dark Comedy 14.9%, Psychological 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10%

Enter the rough streets of Marquez Paz, Argentina. Explore the neighborhood and meet its peculiar inhabitants, work for "the fune" and get some cash, cave the head in of a couple of idiots and get some more cash. Get used to it, because the things you're going to see... Oh... Good heavens!...

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.7%, Surreal 15%, Conversation 13.8%, Psychedelic 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

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: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological 12.6%, Psychedelic 11.4%

Waking up at night, the main character realizes that he cannot move. A terrible sense of panic gradually overtakes his mind, and the imagination begins to paint frightening pictures.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.6%, Psychedelic 14.5%, Surreal 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Psychological 9.4%

Would you forgive yourself if you killed someone you love? Enter the traumatic memories of The Flower, experience death as the killer and the killed, and submerge yourself in a dark, interactive adventure of emotions, suffering, and regret - looking for a way to forget.

Why similar: Surreal 14.3%, Conversation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Psychological 10%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.

Why similar: Surreal 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychedelic 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%

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 32.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%

TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

Why similar: Experimental 25.3% ★, Surreal 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

What do you play? I play nothing!

Why similar: Psychedelic 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Surreal 15%, Dark Comedy 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%

This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychedelic 11.2%

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Why similar: Experimental 24.1% ★, Psychedelic 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Psychological 9.4%

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Psychological 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Surreal 11.1%

It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?

Why similar: Surreal 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Story Rich 8.2%

A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

Why similar: Experimental 33.1% ★, Psychedelic 16.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

Nine personas live in Clive’s head. Dialogue is combat. Choose who speaks and what they say to survive.

Why similar: Experimental 16.6% ★, Dark Comedy 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Surreal 11.3%, Psychological 10.1%

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Experimental 32.4% ★, Surreal 17.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Dark 8.8%, Horror 7.4%

The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?

Why similar: Surreal 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.

Why similar: Experimental 34.5% ★, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Horror 10.9%

❗ 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 30.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological 10.8%

A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Conversation 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Visual Novel 10.6%

While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Psychedelic 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Conversation 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%

1998. Did you know? There are patterns of events in every day and week, and now that you know this, you hold the key to change in your hands. Get to know the creatures and decide whether you should help them. It all depends on how you see things.

Why similar: Psychedelic 18%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Psychological 9.4%

This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.

Why similar: Experimental 27.4% ★, Surreal 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Psychological 9.3%, Psychedelic 9.1%

This has never been scarier. A story in which you will encounter unusual, strange places. Solve the mystery of this whole place and people who have lost their minds.

Why similar: Experimental 29.6% ★, Psychedelic 17.7%, Horror 16.3%, Cinematic 9%, First-Person 8.8%

A short psychological audio horror call where every number routes you deeper into a faceless bureau that measures and files you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Surreal 14.7%, Horror 12.6%, Story Rich 11.3%

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 17.5%, Conversation 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Horror 11%

Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.

Why similar: Psychedelic 21%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Surreal 10%, Horror 9%

Two misanthropic teenagers attempt to be reborn through the world of sensory deprivation. A visual novel full of death, drugs, and dolphins.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%

Once upon a time, there was a miserable girl in a crimson hood. Her mother was unwell, so the girl was sent away to go stay with her grandmother, who lived deep within the woods in a strange house. People say that around those parts there resides a monster called the Gobbler, who preys on the weak...

Why similar: Experimental 28.2% ★, Surreal 13.6%, Psychedelic 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.3%

Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.

Why similar: Surreal 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological 11.2%

Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.5%, Psychological 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Dark 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.2%

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Experimental 30.9% ★, Surreal 24.5%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Stylized 5.5%

Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Dark 13.6%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%

7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Psychological 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Wander from room to room in this whimsical and dark visual novel as you follow five friends trapped during a freak storm. Listen while they have hard conversations and tough realizations as they confront the conflict in their lives. For what is a house but a box with windows?

Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.8%, Surreal 15.8%, Conversation 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological 10.3%

“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.

Why similar: Experimental 29.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological 9.6%, Conversation 8.6%

Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN) is a hidden object game. The player's task is to find things hidden on the map. Help Alice cross this path, destroy the ego-structure, get out of the abyss, find the key.

Why similar: Experimental 19.5% ★, Psychedelic 16.7%, Surreal 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Psychological 9.8%

Risu Ishikawa is about to split in two.

Why similar: Experimental 23.3% ★, Surreal 20.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.3%, Psychedelic 11.3%