60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Singleplayer, Interactive Fiction, 2D.
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!
Kafka at the Station
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.
Head in the Cloud
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!
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: Text-Based 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Adventure 2.6%
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 23.9%, Text-Based 23%, Horror 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
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 29%, Horror 26%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%
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: Text-Based 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Horror 19.5%, Dark Humor 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
Pilot a biomechanical android through a derelict spacecraft consumed by alien corruption. Every scene, narrative, and horror is procedurally generated by AI. No two explorations are the same. Uncover what happened to the crew in this 16-bit sci-fi horror adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Horror 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 14%, 2D 10.4%, Atmospheric 10%
KIRO is an indie developed horror text adventure game that plays in real time while your player is controlled with text command inputs providing a unique intense experience that combines modern action game play with classic text adventure games.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.7%, Horror 32.7%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, 2D 6.1%
Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a recording of a training protocol. By answering questions and resisting jumpscares, can you beat the Entity Exam?
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Text-Based 31.3%, 2D 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%
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 28.5%, Horror 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, 2D 7.6%
Yukari Niijima, a girl leading a mundane life, finds herself plagued by nightly nightmares filled with puzzles, keys, and eerie creatures, disrupting her usual routine of work and subway rides.
Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 55%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, 2D 9.3%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.2%
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 26%, Horror 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Dark 6.8%
An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Text-Based 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Old School 8.7%
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 27%, Text-Based 24.4%, Horror 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, 2D 9%
Sybil has a very scrambled mind. Some days she just needs you to push her along. Help Sybil navigate the horrors of her bedroom and see what adventures await. Find every ending to see what lays in her future. HYIPHYOP
Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, 2D 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.4%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, 2D 9%, Atmospheric 5.5%
A dark fairy-tale horror adventure inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Use mysterious powers to forge your path and confront the horrors lurking within a world that is both adorable and cruel.
Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, 2D 11.1%
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 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Horror 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Read through the letter and greet the morning, exorcising the powerful curse contained in the letter. Whether the letter created the curse or the curse created the letter, no one knows. ......
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, 2D 13.2%, Psychological Horror 5.2%
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Horror 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%
A narrative horror experience about fear, abandonment, and survival. Trapped inside a distorted home, you’re hunted by a smiling presence that turns escape into a game. Guided by a talking teddy bear who knows too much, your choices decide the truth — or your fate.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Text-Based 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 29.7%, Horror 24%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Horror 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
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 27.6%, Horror 24%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
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: Horror 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Atmospheric 11%, Dark 7.6%
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Comedy 10.7%, 2D 7.2%
Play, no game. Put on your headphones, listen and imagine what exists in the dark. Did Lovecraft expose the most insidious Outer in his last story? Plunge into the Dormitory of Horror for answers. Oh, not sure if it's a one-way path…
Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Dark 6.9%, Adventure 2.5%
Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.
Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Pixel Graphics 26.6%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
Buck Trucker must gamble and sweet-talk his way through The Golden Palm Casino, Las Vegas, to save an orphanage back home—or succumb to Sin City's many temptations in this choice-driven story featuring mini-games, multiple endings, and a cast of outlandish characters.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Dark Humor 8.6%
Explore all the different routes of PACTUM! Try to discover more about what really happened. Learn more about each character by picking between some... story-changing choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, 2D 8.4%
Try again, as many times as it takes, to change the ending. You might be able to save everyone you couldn’t before. • Indie horror game • Playtime: approx. 2 hours • Graphics, dialogue, and the feel of the world change with each playthrough • Contains heavy themes
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Horror 24.9%, Text-Based 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
This is a text-based horror game in which you investigate mysterious urban legends. Along the way, the player takes on the role of a character who gets “lost” and encounters a series of random events.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D 7.2%
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.3%, Horror 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
Mom says I can't get out of my room after 12:00 AM. But I always hear the door opening and closing after that hour. Why isn't mom sleeping?
Why similar: Horror 32%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, 2D 10.6%
(RPG) The Legends of Power Volume 1 is a pixel, adventure and horror game. You have to choose the fate determined of characters they'll be alive or death, but there might be other things that could help you to have advantage...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Horror 19.3%, Action-Adventure 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, 2D 8.9%
A 2D exploration-based horror adventure set in the “Deep Realm,” an otherworld connected to a natural history museum. Experience a unique atmosphere where quiet intellectual spaces intertwine with unsettling phenomena.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 28%, Pixel Graphics 23.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%, 2D 4%
A psychological horror interactive fiction focused on atmosphere, investigation, and player choices. Explore an unsettling environment where every decision shapes the story and the truth behind a disturbing presence.
Why similar: Horror 35%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choices Matter 4.9%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Horror 50.9%, Pixel Graphics 26.3%, 2D 9.2%, Atmospheric 4.2%, Dark 3.8%
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
Elephant's Graveyard is a short but sweet, arcade horror game. Where you indirectly control a pink elephant through a graveyard. Try not to break anything or it will cause unwanted attention of the undead inhabitants and worst of all the scary engineer...
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Atmospheric 19.6%, Horror 19.3%, 2D 11.1%, Dark Humor 10.1%
In this classic graphical text adventure, originally released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by the same studio that brought you The Hobbit, explore an adventure in the world of Count Dracula.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Horror 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, 2D 6.9%
The Evil Mouse is a short linear story psychological horror game about guilt and memory. You discover a strange program on your computer that pulls you into a haunted house. Inside waits Lucy, a girl asking for help, and the evil mouse, who will do anything to keep you out.
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
Scary pictures: Yavez - seven deadly sins in the novel-horror genre. The game will plunge you into the atmosphere of the classic and gloomy history of the Soviet times. You have to face many life choices that will have consequences and lead to one of eight endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Horror 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Dark Humor 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%
LOST INSIDE is a non-traditional, character-focused, action-adventure RPG about a human child who stumbles their way into the Spirit World.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Text-Based 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
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: Horror 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
You are Mike Goodman, joining a mission to investigate mysterious activity at an arctic base. Text-parser mystery adventure game inspired by classics of the genre, using pixel art in 3D.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Horror 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Dark Humor 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
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 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Dark 5.8%
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 29.8%, Horror 19.2%, Text-Based 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%, 2D 9.4%
Five axolotls appear one day through a void, their entire existence shrouded in mystery. A suspenseful tale, dripping with humor and full of surprises, lined by an underlying emotional theme that will strike a chord with just about anyone.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Funny 10.1%, Dark 8.9%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Text-Based 32.6%, Horror 30%, 2D 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 7.1%
Alas, it was the "promised place," where Shiori was never meant to go. Finally, a remake of The Forest of Drizzling Rain, that masterpiece of an exploration horror game with multiple endings from the creator of the big hit Angels of Death!
Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Action-Adventure 16%, 2D 12%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Dap: Prologue is a short dive into the eerie world of Dap, the upcoming horror-action-adventure about protecting a pack of fragile creatures against the creeping corruption tainting the woods and its inhabitants. Lead, scavenge, and fight, in a race for survival against otherwordly horrors.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Dark 10.1%
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.
Why similar: Horror 30%, Text-Based 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
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: Horror 24%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
My name is Luzia and this story is about my big sister, Sombria. Are you ready to hear it?
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Text-Based 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
A darkly humorous horror RPG about an office drone who discovers that there are even scarier things than a life of the 9-5 routine.
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Text-Based 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, 2D 8%
A twisted pixel-art horror thriller about death, ancient gods, and a persistent waiter. Explore The Willow’s Embrace hotel, solve puzzles, and gather paranormal evidence. Challenge the madness to find a way out and avoid becoming part of an eternal nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, 2D 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Horror 43.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Atmospheric 12%, 2D 7.5%, Psychological Horror 4.9%
