Games Like An Outcry

Enter the doomed town of Pareildas. Watch as the flames turn bone and stone to ash. Like joined wicks, we'll all burn together.

Why similar: Dark 14.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Story Rich 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same oppressive, atmospheric, and text-heavy narrative style set in a bleak, surreal world.

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: Psychological Horror 30.5%, Text-Based 24%, Psychological 21.4%, Horror 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological and surreal experience that mirrors the internal struggle and unconventional narrative delivery of An Outcry.

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Story Rich 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on multiple endings and the consequences of player choices within a dark, narrative-driven framework.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Horror 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, RPG 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines pixel-art horror with RPG mechanics and branching paths that evoke a similar sense of impending doom.

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic of the pixel-horror genre that excels at building atmosphere through exploration and psychological tension.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological 12%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the intense, claustrophobic, and psychological exploration of the first game with a focus on branching dialogue.

Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Psychological 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Dark 12.3%, Story Rich 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses pixel graphics to tell a complex, looping story filled with dark secrets.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Story Rich 15.2%, Dark 13.4%, RPG 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an unparalleled sense of survival dread and difficult moral choices in a decaying, surreal environment.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Surreal 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique branching narrative system where player choices and facial expressions significantly alter the psychological horror outcome.

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: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Dark 10.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused horror game that explores psychological tension and dark secrets within a confined setting.

Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.

Why similar: RPG 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art survival horror game that focuses on isolation and psychological dread.

You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Psychological 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Narrative 9.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click adventure that dives deep into psychological themes and symbolic storytelling.

Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich vampire narrative that emphasizes player choice and atmospheric, dark storytelling.

A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that centers on choices and psychological exploration in a dark, grounded setting.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Story Rich 15.7%, Psychological 15.6%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, mature narrative game that explores deep psychological trauma through a unique and gritty art style.

The miserable journey of a broken man...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Dark 13.3%, JRPG 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, emotionally heavy RPG that forces players to make brutal choices in a bleak and unforgiving world.

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: Psychological Horror 23%, Text-Based 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Story Rich 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a visual novel format to explore psychological horror and investigation, matching the investigative tone of the seed game.

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: Psychological 27.1%, RPG 16.2%, Story Rich 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological puzzle game that emphasizes narrative depth and indie-style storytelling.

Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 13.3%, Dark 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An RPGMaker title that deals with dark, psychological themes and puzzle-solving in a narrative-heavy format.

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, RPG 17.7%, Dark 16.1%, Horror 12%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A punishingly dark RPG that emphasizes survival, psychological horror, and the harsh consequences of player decisions.

An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Dark 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D psychological horror visual novel that explores themes of isolation and dark narrative paths.

A surreal post-life adventure

Why similar: RPG 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Surreal 12.4%, Dark 11%, Story Rich 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that leans into surrealism and existential dread, mirroring the off-kilter tone of An Outcry.

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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Psychological 10.2%, Dark 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic visual novel that emphasizes psychological horror and text-based exploration.

Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Dark 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features multiple endings and choices-matter gameplay within a classic horror RPG framework.

Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Dark 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Story Rich 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich side-scroller that uses a unique aesthetic to explore psychological and cyberpunk themes.

A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, RPG 16%, JRPG 13.2%, Story Rich 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: An investigative RPG that uses pixel graphics to create a sense of mystery and exploration similar to An Outcry.

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Psychological 11.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A choose-your-own-adventure simulation that focuses on the psychological impact of player choices through multiple endings.

Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?

Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Story Rich 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based simulation that focuses on branching narratives and the psychological weight of player decisions.

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: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Dark 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Story Rich 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art visual novel that delivers a story-rich horror experience with a focus on dark, atmospheric 2D visuals.

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 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

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: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Dark 16%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Story Rich 10.6%

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 20%, Dark 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, RPG 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

Why similar: Narrative 27.5% ★, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Story Rich 12.2%, RPG 11.3%

Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, RPG 16%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Horror 11.1%

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Psychological 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Psychological 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 11%

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: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 16%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Story Rich 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%

"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Story Rich 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Dark 11.7%

F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, JRPG 16.7%, RPG 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Horror 9.5%

A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Narrative 19% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%

The Creepy Syndrome is an anthology that offers several psychological horror stories, with different pixel art and retro 1 bit, 8 bit, gameboy, etc. styles. Stories of a disturbed mind that intertwine with each other while being analysed by a mysterious psychiatrist.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Psychological 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%

Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Story Rich 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Atmospheric 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: Text-Based 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychological 15.3%, Story Rich 8%, Narrative 7.7% ★

While trying to find a payphone during a powerful storm, Mitch instead finds himself in a library filled with horrors and traps all laid out to end his life. Guide him to sanctuary or his demise in this horror adventure game found on a strange cartridge.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Multiple Endings 16%, Psychological 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world. Explore a unique reality, duel against darkness in a unique, fast paced combat system and mind your choices.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14%, JRPG 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 10.3%

Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 14%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 10%

A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35%, Story Rich 20.9%, RPG 20.5%, Horror 14.6%, 2D 9.1%

A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%

A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Psychological 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Dark 8.5%

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 20%, Story Rich 17.3%, Dark 16.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Horror 8.2%

Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Dark 14.8%, Psychological 14.1%, RPG 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Multiple Endings 22.6%, Surreal 13.6%, RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%

BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW is a first-person psychological horror game that explores the impact social media has on mental health through the story of Anne, a victim of bullying trapped in a surreal nightmare where she must solve a dark mystery and confront sinister creatures.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Dark 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Story Rich 10.3%

You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Dark 27%, Surreal 15.3%, Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.6%

You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 9.3%

Underwater psychological horror with a shocking, character-driven narrative. Explore ruins beneath the amazon river basin, and converse with their dolphin inhabitants. Skillfully capture and develop photographs with your underwater camera.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%

Navigate your way through an aquarium overrun by gruesome creatures known as creepies and unravel its hidden mysteries. With each riddle you solve, you’ll find yourself one step closer to uncovering the chilling truth of Bianca Aquarium. Your choices affect the outcome of the game, so choose wisely.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, RPG 12.1%, Story Rich 10.5%

Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.5%, Psychological 15.7%, Text-Based 15.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 12%

Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Dark 20.1%, Surreal 13.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Horror 11.6%