
You just wanted to finish your cargo run. The universe had other plans, Abyssal Frontier is a choice-driven cosmic horror visual novel with light RPG elements, time loop mechanics, and dating sim suggestions.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Choices Matter.

You just wanted to finish your cargo run. The universe had other plans, Abyssal Frontier is a choice-driven cosmic horror visual novel with light RPG elements, time loop mechanics, and dating sim suggestions.

The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

Enelia: Dawn of Madness
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Dating Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Horror 10%
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Horror 10.4%
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Horror 9.8%
Everyone has secrets at Found Sheep Farm, but it’s so much easier to pretend no one does! Will you pull the wool over your eyes, or will your pursuit of the truth make you the black sheep in this thrilling horror visual novel?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Horror 10.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Horror 12.2%
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Dating Sim 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%
Escape from Irene is a psychological thriller where you wake up in a mysterious place, with no memory, under the watchful eye of Irene. Explore the house, uncover its secrets, and try to escape without alerting Irene—because if she catches on, something terrible will happen.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.2%
In an abandoned bathroom waits a hungry female mouth; wet, eager, and downright sinister. Dare to feed it? — SHORT NAUGHTY SPOOKY VISUAL NOVEL · 26k words · 12 endings (in some you might even survive).
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Cryspace is a fresh visual novel with a nostalgic flavor. Talk to your friends online, meet with them in-person, and allow your friend group to grow in numbers, or fall into despair through your own decision-making and discretion. Experience the first few dates with Sam for FREE.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dating Sim 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Character Customization 9.4%
DATE, FLIRT & SURVIVE in this Retro-Horror Adventure where you date characters based on REAL Computer VIRUSES. Explore and uncover dark secrets behind each character and make choices that will lead to a ❤️SMOOCH❤️ or your DOOM!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dating Sim 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
Cabbage and the Chompettes want to play hide and seek! Can you find all five of them?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Dating Sim 11.8%
Enjoy your time in a hospital with a sexy doctor, nurse and an idol roommate! An adult visual novel adventure with multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Horror 7.8%
Guide the traumatized 'Woochan' as you navigate his destiny. He can either find happiness with the heroine or remain forever lost in the depths of his past.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Horror 12%
Virtual Girlfriend Eliza is an experimental simulation that puts you in charge of monitoring and evaluating the behavior of an advanced artificial intelligence. It is not a game about virtual girlfriends or dating.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dating Sim 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Horror 12%
Play as Vivienne Sanssouci, a daring journalist who has been tasked to review the Ouroboros Express. She quickly notices that this is not your regular train—and a devastating secret changes her life forever, and that of the other passengers…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
A psychological horror experience powered by a local AI model. You've been kidnapped by a serial killer who demands your deepest truths. Speak, type, or lie your way to freedom - but every word matters. No internet required. No data leaves your PC. 18+ only.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.5%
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, RPG 7.5%
Get the streamer's attention at any cost before someone else does. Write comments, chat, and make donations to your waifu, but do not dare to hate her!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Dating Sim 14%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Horror 12.8%
Delve into the heart of darkness with Enelia, a chilling horror visual novel set in an Avatar-inspired biopunk realm. It's a dramatic story about adventure, love and fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Dating Sim 11.3%
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%
Welcome to Bear Ridge Summer Camp! Jenny Lewis is an awkward high school graduate working her first job as a camp counsellor. Help her navigate an exciting summer of making new friends, and finding her first love. But be wary! Not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
Join Lydia as she takes her fight to expose the corruption in Cypress Ridge to City Hall in the second part of the visual novel series What Lydia Knows.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, RPG 7.9%
Locked In is a two-player visual novel simulating the breakdown of a marriage during lockdown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Dating Sim 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Heart Rates: Plus is a short college romance Adult Visual Novel with meaningful choices and a realistic-but-simple sex simulation.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Character Customization 10.3%
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.7%
Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel about a first date.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 12%
A dullahan goes to a speed-dating event: Will she fall head over heels or trip up on her chances for love?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 13%, RPG 7.8%
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Infected Love: The Fatal Experiment is not just a survival game — it’s a fusion of horror, romance, and unforgettable choices. Are you ready to confess your love… when the world is falling apart?
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 12%
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Horror 10.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
《永恒地牢与刹那之恋》是基于AI实时推演的动态叙事AVG。在这个视觉小说内,输入你独一无二的选择生成新的世界线与游戏CG。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, RPG 10.2%
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 9.4%
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 7.6%
Parasite infection is a sci-fi visual novel sexual body horror game that includes a plethora of sexual fetishes. Handle the parasites and manage the characters - discover the dark story of society succumbing as a whole to their carnal desires.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dating Sim 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%
メモリーズオフシリーズ最新作のアフターストーリー 主人公「久寿米木一葵」と登場ヒロインたちの「その後」を楽しんでいただけます。 ビジュアルノベル形式のゲームスタイルで選択肢を選びながらストーリーが進行します。 それぞれの道を歩み始めたヒロインたち。 それぞれの未来を大切な「あなた」と一緒につかむため、 それぞれの想いが、今はじける……!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 5.6%
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 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods is a non-linear Chinese fantasy visual novel. Adapted from the classic Chinese supernatural collection Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, it presents a bizarre and fantastical world. What choices will you make if you step into it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%
A story-driven visual novel set on a quiet coastal town, where fleeting connections, unspoken desires, and personal choices shape how every relationship unfolds.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 5.5%
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 10.5%
TFTU: After Midnight is a dark / gothic visual novel with multiple endings. Your choices matter and will determine who stays alive and who dies. Discovering the whole truth about the murders will require more than one playthrough.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 9%
In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Anime 8.5%
A psychological horror visual novel and management game set in a dystopian company that serves mermaids as seafood dishes. Bet your blood, navigate office drama, and trade ingredients. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Step into the shoes of an ancient mutant and get thrown into the modern, mortal world. Learn what you can about your past as you don the mask of a villain!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Character Customization 21.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 10.9%