Games Like The Rose of Cravenmor

A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.

Why similar: Gothic 16.5% ★, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

A boy living as a warrant for a political marriage falls in love with a maid despite his unrequited love. You become a black rose fairy who grants wishes and discover that you were once human. Enter the bodies of the people in the mansion and trace their memories to discover their true identities.

Why similar: Gothic 21.5% ★, Medieval 10.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%

From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!

Why similar: Gothic 19.6% ★, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Lovecraftian 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%

A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.

Why similar: Gothic 19.4% ★, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Lovecraftian 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%

A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Dark 8.3%

The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!

Why similar: Gothic 20% ★, Text-Based 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Lovecraftian 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 8%

Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.

Why similar: Text-Based 13.9%, Thriller 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 9.3%

Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.

Why similar: Gothic 26.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Hand-drawn 7.8%, Dark 7.5%

Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Medieval 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Visual Novel 9.9%

Treis Zoes is a visual novel where not only choice is important, but also the motive of choice. Explore the world of living skeletons on the experience of past travelers and add your own to the encyclopedia of the dimension of Death.

Why similar: Gothic 27.4% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%

A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?

Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.

Why similar: Gothic 17.7% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Lovecraftian 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 8%

After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Thriller 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Drama 9.9%

Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.1%, Gothic 13.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 7.6%, Mystery 7.3%

A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.

Why similar: Gothic 22.2% ★, Text-Based 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Hand-drawn 8.8%

Revisit the case which made you a legend among your peers.

Why similar: Gothic 19.5% ★, Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Lovecraftian 12.5%, Thriller 9.5%

It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.

Why similar: Gothic 16.7% ★, Medieval 15.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Lovecraftian 11.5%, Dark 9.9%

RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Gothic 21% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9%, Dark 7.8%

A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Medieval 8.4%

A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.

Why similar: Thriller 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 8.8%

A dark, dramatic medieval visual novel. On a stage at the boundary between life and death, an actress struggles through her hardest performance—directed by a jester, she relives her past for the the prize of resurrection...

Why similar: Gothic 23.6% ★, Medieval 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Drama 9.2%

일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Thriller 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 15.2%, Thriller 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9%, Mystery 8.8%

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 10%, Dark 9.7%, Mystery 9%

Follow Joseph, Eric, and William (as well as a handful of other characters) as they awake from cryogenic stasis at the enigmatic facility known as Intermine Laboratories. But, deep within the abyss exists an ancient evil that is seeking to enact its own twisted machinations ...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%

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 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Drama 10.6%, Dark 8.8%

House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?

Why similar: Gothic 23.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%, Hand-drawn 8.8%

"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Thriller 11.4%, Drama 9.7%, Dark 8.9%

A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.

Why similar: Gothic 25% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Minimalist 8.8%, Hand-drawn 8.8%

Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.

Why similar: Gothic 19.7% ★, Text-Based 17.1%, Lovecraftian 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Hand-drawn 7.8%

Immerse yourself in this grotesque visual novel. Unspeakable secrets, sinister crimes, and a macabre obsession weave this tale, where sanity crumbles beneath the tide of perversion and human cruelty. The first chapter in a new independent anthology of visual novels.

Why similar: Assassin 21.9% ★, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Thriller 9.8%, Text-Based 9.7%

Piece together your memories. Reveal the truth. A minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols, sentences, and quiet discovery.

Why similar: Gothic 19.1% ★, Text-Based 18.5%, Lovecraftian 18%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

Assassin at Crimson Keep is a short, point and click visual novel set in a dark, quasi-fantasy world. After a botched assassination attempt, you pursue the King into his lair known as the Crimson Keep. Your small choices can have great consequences, either for good or for evil.

Why similar: Assassin 20.2% ★, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Lovecraftian 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%

Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.

Why similar: Gothic 29.9% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Medieval 12%, Mystery 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%

Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Medieval 13.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

Forces beyond human comprehension draw a macabre veil over the icy NY of 1927. A child has disappeared and you, a reporter with an unhappy past as an artist, become entangled in the drama. In this story, inspired by true events, you will investigate between reality, dreams and Lovecraftian horrors.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Lovecraftian 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Hand-drawn 9%

A Gothic horror faerie tale.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.1%, Gothic 15.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10%

Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Medieval 12.5%, Mystery 8%

Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Thriller 13.7%, Drama 11.7%, Dark 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

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 24.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Drama 11.9%, Minimalist 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

“Kupala” is a dark, non-linear horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Little Anya arrives at a village on the eve of Kupala Night — the sacred night of the ancient Slavs. In the quiet old house, her grandmother tells her tales of unclean spirits crossing into the living world...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Dark 9.7%

Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Thriller 11.9%, Drama 11.4%, Text-Based 9.9%

On Love, On Monsters is a Frankenstein-inspired story with an emphasis on love in its many forms. Play as three characters with alternating POVs; the Doctor, The Priest, and The Exile. Bond with allies and enemies, avoid raising suspicion in the town of Blackmoore, and learn what it means to love.

Why similar: Gothic 23.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Drama 10.2%, Text-Based 8.7%

Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.

Why similar: Gothic 22.5% ★, Medieval 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Text-Based 10.2%

After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Thriller 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Drama 9.1%

Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.

Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Minimalist 12%, Drama 10.5%

In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?

Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Thriller 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8%

Embark on a thrilling journey in this text-based RPG, where every decision shapes your fate. Dive into a richly woven narrative filled with mystery and intrigue, where each step forward brings you closer to uncovering the truth.

Why similar: Gothic 21.4% ★, Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Thriller 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%

An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Assassin 15.2% ★, Thriller 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Drama 10.5%

At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.9%

일레븐지스: 플라스크는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 한 치 앞을 예상할 수 없는 전개와 끝없이 펼쳐지는 반전, 영원히 끝나지 않는 11시의 티타임에 여러분을 초대합니다.

Why similar: Thriller 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 10.9%

Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.

Why similar: Thriller 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Lovecraftian 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Mystery 10.6%

An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.

Why similar: Gothic 28.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Choices Matter 7%

It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.

Why similar: Text-Based 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Thriller 9.3%, Dark 7.5%, Horror 6.8%

Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Thriller 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Mystery 11.6%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Gothic 16.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Medieval 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%

Bind spirits. Weigh their pain. Each client arrives by appointment haunted, broken, or dangerous. In this gothic occult visual novel, you use protective accessories, read signs, and choose bindings that alter fate. Some seek redemption. Others hide darker truths. Your rituals may awaken the dead.

Why similar: Gothic 23.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Thriller 10.3%, Dark 8.8%

You follow a troubled girl whose only friend is her talking tapeworm inside her belly. This one will help and advise her in order for her to get closer to the person she loves.

Why similar: Assassin 21.2% ★, Gothic 20% ★, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%

The player assumes the role of Mary Clarissa Christie. Mary has heterochromia eyes, her right eye is gold while her left eye is blue. She originally had blue eyes but her right eye changed colours one year prior to the game's events and she has been seeing strange visions since.

Why similar: Gothic 24.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Drama 15.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 8.8%