- #1 怪話
97% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Text-Based 27.6%, Horror 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Adventure 8.4%
- #2 Mayonaka 10 chome
96% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Zw Studio
Windows
Currently, in the town of Mayonaka, anomalous phenomena and terrifying apparitions have been witnessed. If you encounter them, never approach,Please turn left at this road. If there are no abnormalities, please turn right. Will you be able to safely navigate through the eternal road of terror?
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Simulation 27.2%, Dark 20.4%, Adventure 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #3 奇天烈相談ダイヤル
96% matchVery Positive83% of 351 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
矛盾を見つけ、相談者の悩みを解決する怪異判定アドベンチャー
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Text-Based 30.4%, Simulation 15.2%, Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #4 Creepy Support
95% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36%, Text-Based 35.9%, Horror 20.3%, Adventure 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #5 Hearing Voices
94% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Fuupu
Windows
Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, Dark 24.7%, Horror 22.7%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 3.9%
- #6 Homicipher: Demo
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 16.1%, Adventure 5.3%
- #7 SIMULACRA
93% matchVery Positive90% of 4,689 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Horror 41%, Dark 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Adventure 6.6%
- #8 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 382 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Dark 44.3%, Horror 34.5%, Simulation 17.6%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #9 Something Strange
92% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Text-Based 36.7%, Horror 24.3%, Dark 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Adventure 4.5%
- #10 Homicipher
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,339 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Horror 20.3%, Dark 14.5%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #11 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
91% matchVery Positive98% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.1%, Horror 33.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 11.9%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #12 Nightmare Zapping
89% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Horror 27.4%, Dark 23.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Adventure 4.8%
- #13 You Shouldn't Be Here
89% matchVery Positive91% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Horror 15%, Dark 12.2%, Demons 9.4%
- #14 The Simen Rumors
87% matchVery Positive79% of 441 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 61.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Text-Based 8.9%, Adventure 4.7%, Indie 2.8%
- #15 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
88% matchVery Positive94% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Horror 22.7%, Dark 21.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Adventure 9.8%
- #16 Home Safety Hotline
86% matchVery Positive91% of 2,959 reviews2024
Dev: Night Signal Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
Why similar: Text-Based 49.6%, Horror 37.1%, Simulation 13.2%
- #17 恐怖夜話
85% matchVery Positive96% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
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 46.6%, Horror 30.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #18 Interactive Horror Stories
86% matchMixed69% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.5%, Text-Based 30.6%, Horror 22.4%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 3.6%
- #19 Beso's Shawarma
82% matchVery Positive92% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Mtatsminda Studio
Windows
Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.5%, Horror 30.1%, Dark 24%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #20 Loop//Error
83% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
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: Text-Based 29.3%, Horror 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Dark 16.8%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #21 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
82% matchVery Positive97% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Horror 28.8%, Dark 26.7%, Visual Novel 7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #22 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,313 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.8%, Horror 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Simulation 9.2%
- #23 The Watson-Scott Test
84% matchMixed67% of 818 reviews2018
Dev: Normal Wholesome Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
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 56.9%, Horror 36.6%, Indie 6.5%
- #24 Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon
84% matchVery Positive88% of 182 reviews2017
Dev: Your Story Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Text based quest, mix of Sci-Fi and horror in the veins of Alien and Dead Space.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Horror 16.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 7.8%
- #25 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
78% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Text-Based 34.9%, Horror 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Adventure 8.5%
- #26 Haunted Property
79% matchVery Positive93% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Horror 84.2%, Indie 10%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #27 Mycopsychosys: Remastered
78% matchVery Positive98% of 250 reviews2025
Dev: DeltaCat Studio Pub: DeltaCat Studio
Windows
🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?
Why similar: Text-Based 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Horror 23.1%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #28 マカブルの残党: Remnants of the Macabre
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Navigate 1980s Japan as a schoolgirl in this Junji Ito-inspired horror game. Each choice shapes your fate, leading to safety or deeper into the macabre. Uncover hidden horrors in an urban street filled with sinister details. Will you find your way home, or be consumed by the unknown?
Why similar: Horror 49.4%, Dark 49.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #29 The Summoning
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...
Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Dark 17.4%, Simulation 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #30 骸心 Mainbody
79% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2022
Dev: 土豆火锅Pub: Cosmic Train
Windows
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.9%, Horror 26.2%, Dark 22.3%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Adventure 1.8%
- #31 Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Demons 29.6%, Dark 21.3%, Adventure 9.8%
- #32 Care
75% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Dark 26.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Adventure 4%
- #33 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.
Why similar: Horror 71.7%, Simulation 28.3%
- #34 Echoes
77% matchVery Positive80% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: Baba Nura
Windows
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.7%, Dark 18.2%, Horror 15.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #35 Class Reunion Chat Room
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 188 reviews2023
Dev: RocRac
Windows
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.8%, Horror 27.5%, Dark 21%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #36 SkullX: Aibohphobia
74% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: SkullX
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin. Hold the line, make the calls, and survive the night in this choice-driven visual novel with turn-based combat.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.1%, Dark 25.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Adventure 9.7%, Demons 6.9%
- #37 Liminal Shroud
72% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Horror 73.4%, Adventure 19.4%, Singleplayer 7.2%
- #38 My Peephole: Hotel Harborview
73% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Limeless
Windows
One room. One hole. One judgement. Watch the guests through your peephole, inspect their documents, dial the telephone, and judge who's normal and who's not. Do your job properly to avoid the demon's punishment.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Horror 23.8%, Demons 17.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Simulation 9.6%
- #39 PIGBLUE
73% matchVery Positive93% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Fatih Mert
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 2.1%
- #40 Myths of Rules
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,047 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Text-Based 39.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 7.1%, Indie 1.4%
- #41 Ghost in the pool
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 358 reviews2021
Dev: CASCHA GAMES
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.
Why similar: Text-Based 51.9%, Horror 21.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Adventure 11.9%
- #42 Just A Scare
73% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Campfire Tales
Windows
You play as a traveler stranded on a cold, stormy night after your car runs out of gas. With no signal and nowhere else to go, you follow your dying GPS to a small roadside motel— but what seems like a safe place quickly turns into something far more sinister.
Why similar: Horror 55.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 44.6%
- #43 Revengeful Ghost
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Akumu Yuko/RegistaPub: Regista
Windows
This title is a horror adventure game. The story unfolds mainly through line messages on smartphones. Just like real time, the in-game time is also ticking away, and messages arrive in real time. The player must use mysterious videos and messages as clues to unravel the mystery of the incidents.
Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Dark 16.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Adventure 15%, Indie 5.4%
- #44 No, I'm not a Human
66% matchVery Positive93% of 31,055 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Horror 47.1%, Dark 31.6%, Simulation 9%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #45 DEAD LETTER DEPT.
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,864 reviews2025
Dev: Mike MonroePub: Belief Engine
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.4%, Horror 27.7%, Dark 19.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 4.6%
- #46 Train of Afterlife
77% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Simulation 16.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Dark 13%
- #47 Trapped with Jester
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,595 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.1%, Text-Based 31.5%, Horror 19.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Adventure 2.8%
- #48 Green Pond Town
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
You've received a strange letter, and inside, a chilling black and white photograph – the people in the picture are eerily faceless! A powerful intuition compels you to journey to the location in the photo: Greenwater Town...
Why similar: Adventure 49.3%, Indie 23.9%, Horror 23.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #49 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
70% matchVery Positive86% of 267 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Horror 27.4%, Dark 17.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #50 DON'T SCREAM
69% matchMixed65% of 4,873 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Cybercherries
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.
Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Dark 31.8%, Simulation 12.1%, Adventure 7.4%
- #51 Omen Exitio: Plague
71% matchVery Positive85% of 641 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.1%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Adventure 10%, Indie 8.5%
- #52 The Cabin Factory
66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,821 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Horror 43.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Simulation 11.4%, Dark 10.4%, Adventure 8.3%
- #53 Empty Gauge
67% matchNo user reviews96% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: BENTCUBE
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Dark 33.1%, Simulation 12.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 4.6%
- #54 Water Delivery
68% matchVery Positive87% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Lake Software
Windows
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Dark 24.9%, Demons 19.2%, Simulation 12.1%, Adventure 9.3%
- #55 An Outcry
69% matchVery Positive93% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Quinn K.
Windows
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Dark 20.9%, Horror 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #56 Buried: An Interactive Story
71% matchVery Positive95% of 161 reviews2016
Dev: Bromoco Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Why similar: Text-Based 34.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Horror 15.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Visual Novel 6.3%
- #57 Void Whispers
66% matchVery Positive92% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Assume the role of a broadcast engineer in a tranquil city. All seems peaceful until the sky above starts to reveal something deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Horror 64.8%, Dark 19.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #58 Pink Noise
66% matchVery Positive87% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Horror 43.3%, Dark 30.3%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 8.1%
- #59 The Anomalous Hour
67% matchVery Positive92% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Gambir Studio
Windows
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Horror 60.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #60 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,355 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 50.7%, Dark 20%, Demons 14.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Singleplayer 3.7%