- #1 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
97% matchVery Positive88% of 3,595 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Point & Click 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12%
Why You'll Like It: Captures a similar claustrophobic, surreal domestic dread through a point-and-click interface.
- #2 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,372 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 11%
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: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological 15%, Text-Based 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same intensely psychological, surreal, and text-heavy approach to navigating a fragile mind in a distorted reality.
- #3 The seven days i spent with you
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,247 reviews2026
Dev: RErevue_studioPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Text-Based 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines an intimate, bittersweet relationship dynamic with an underlying psychological horror atmosphere.
- #4 a pet shop after dark
95% matchVery Positive89% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Point & Click 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a seemingly ordinary daily routine to build creeping dread and disturbing psychological tension.
- #5 Memory Girl +
94% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Romance 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Emotional 10.5%, Cute 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a cute visual novel exterior that quickly unravels into psychological horror and deep narrative mystery.
- #6 Hazy Mind
94% matchVery Positive87% of 355 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Psychological 17.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Female Protagonist 9%
Why You'll Like It: Explores distorted perceptions and psychological distress through a narrative-heavy visual novel format.
- #7 Print I Love U
92% matchVery Positive88% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: UnknownPub: Claudio Moltedo
Windows
Upon buying a used computer online, I found a short romance game called “Print I Love You”. I played it once, and it’s lingered ever since. I don’t know who made it - only that it was dedicated to someone. Maybe you…
Why similar: Romance 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Psychological 14.2%, Emotional 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends a cute romance premise with dark psychological horror elements and unsettling twists.
- #8 MOTHERED - A ROLE-PLAYING HORROR GAME
93% matchVery Positive93% of 436 reviews2021
Dev: ENIGMA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Point & Click 16.8%, Emotional 16.3%, Female Protagonist 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a surreal, unsettling domestic environment where reality and artificiality blur.
- #9 Until Then
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 19,464 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Emotional 19.2%, Romance 14.6%, Psychological 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deeply emotional, narrative-driven visual novel experience centered around a protagonist navigating strange realities.
- #10 Flower in Us
90% matchVery Positive94% of 460 reviews2025
Dev: ChalkseagullPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
The first thing you notice is the darkness of the basement as you awaken, your memory wiped clean by a brutal attack. Nearby, a young woman is tied up, her eyes filled with a familiarity you can’t place – she seems to know who you are, but you don’t remember her...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.2%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Anime 8.9%, 2D 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on investigative choices and interactive fiction within a tense, mysterious framework.
- #11 My Head On Your Body
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological 14.1%, Text-Based 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers an experimental, deeply psychological narrative experience with an unsettling, surreal atmosphere.
- #12 Room of Depression
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 911 reviews2023
Dev: FirePillar2Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
"Same encounter, different world." Moon is a young woman who lives an ordinary city life as an office worker. However, because she suffers from depression, she reacts and deals with things in a way that is very different from regular city folk.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Emotional 15.8%, Life Sim 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Romance 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Dives heavily into emotional drama and the psychological struggles of daily life through an interactive narrative.
- #13 You know my name?
89% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Text-Based 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Psychological 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes an abstract, experimental visual novel style to explore fragmented psychological states.
- #14 Guidelicious
88% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, interactive visual novel about waking up in a strange room with a mysterious man. But why are you here? Let Him be your Guide to the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Romance 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Point & Click 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features dialogue-heavy visual novel mechanics and multiple endings driven by tense mystery elements.
- #15 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
87% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Romance 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Emotional 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends text-based adventure and emotional narrative choices reminiscent of personal slice-of-life pacing.
- #16 Lihiman
84% matchVery Positive96% of 117 reviews2026
Dev: FaithbullsPub: Kiwi Dreams
Windows
<3 Bond with your Family, but there's something wrong going on in this house........
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Simulation 26.3%, Relaxing 18.9%, Anime 13.5%, Cute 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Merges mystery and psychological horror elements within a deceptive domestic simulation framework.
- #17 Will Die Alone
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
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 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses the player in a text-heavy, choice-driven simulation with stark psychological undertones.
- #18 EVERY MORNING MY ALARM CLOCK KILLS ME
85% matchMixed69% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: TotalPub: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Have you set your alarm for 07:00 yet? He was waiting for you too.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Repeats an absurd daily routine with surreal, simulation-like twists.
- #19 Dear Brother
86% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: NGS Studios
Windows
Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.9%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, 2D 17.7%, Casual 9.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines indie adventure elements with a dark, unsettling tone and 2D perspective.
- #20 outside the door
82% matchVery Positive94% of 776 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological 19%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Anime 12.9%, Text-Based 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features anime pixel-graphics masking a deeply psychological, unsettling narrative experience.
- #21 At Home Alone Final
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,199 reviews2021
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
A casual healing rpg that takes players on a journey around the house from the perspective of a young girl, what does she do when she's home alone? What strange things will you come across in the process, and while exploring, perhaps... What other strange secrets might you discover?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, 2D 8.1%, Anime 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Explores the dread of being trapped inside a home with horror elements lurking just beneath the surface.
- #22 Who's at the door?
81% matchVery Positive90% of 1,646 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Simulation 23.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Choices Matter 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Centers the tension entirely around answering or avoiding someone knocking at your door in a domestic setting.
- #23 No Ghost in Stay Home
83% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Midori Games / みどりげーむず
Windows
A dimly lit room, her first time stay home.... Do you gently watch over little Anna? Or....
Why similar: Point & Click 30.8%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Cute 14.9%, Anime 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses short, point-and-click interactions in an indoor space to build psychological dread.
- #24 Inverted Angel
81% matchVery Positive91% of 573 reviews2024
Dev: SCIKA
Windows · Mac
A girl visited your home, who you don't know but she identified herself as your girlfriend. She seems a little bit Menhera, but she knows too much to be just a stalker. This is a Kawaii Future Mystery, you will answer by free input for branching story. Please Try to find out true identity of her.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Romance 18.1%, Cute 11.9%, Anime 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines interactive fiction with cute aesthetics and artificial intelligence themes.
- #25 DEAD LAMB WALKING
80% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 16%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a 2D interactive fiction format centered around a female protagonist and a unique narrative voice.
- #26 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,585 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Psychological 28.1%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Explores deeply intense relationships and psychological horror within a cramped domestic imprisonment dynamic.
- #27 Scarlet Hollow
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,335 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Visual Novel 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Point & Click 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features rich interactive fiction, deep character dynamics, and an escalating sense of dread and mystery.
- #28 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,549 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 84.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Romance 18.1%, Anime 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential cute-looking visual novel that hides extreme psychological horror beneath its surface.
- #29 you're just imagining it
77% matchVery Positive96% of 471 reviews2024
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Life Sim 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Emotional 8.5%, Simulation 8%
- #30 Desktop Explorer
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Point & Click 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%
- #31 Anxiety Puppy
76% matchVery Positive96% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: 小狗工作室Pub: Erabit
Windows
Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 12.7%, Emotional 10.6%
- #32 The Diary
78% matchMixed68% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: HuCang StudioPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present? With frequent plot twists, you never know which is the truth and which is the unexpected; in a dense fog, time buries the past, but the marks remain.
Why similar: Romance 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Point & Click 10.2%
- #33 At Home Alone
77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,906 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Anime 21.8%, Cute 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Simulation 7.8%
- #34 a new life.
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,424 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: Romance 29.7%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Emotional 17.9%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #35 While We Wait Here
73% matchVery Positive89% of 2,471 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological 8.6%
- #36 At Home Alone II
76% matchVery Positive86% of 228 reviews2019
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
A recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process? and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Anime 14.9%, Cute 12.1%
- #37 A Night at the Watermill
74% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Point & Click 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #38 my eyes deceive
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 969 reviews2024
Dev: nouhidev
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Psychological 17.7%, Emotional 16.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #39 Yet Another Killing Game
72% matchVery Positive97% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Point & Click 14.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #40 I wish it was morning all the time
73% matchVery Positive86% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows · Mac
The sisters are chased into an abandoned house by a group of men who don't know what's going on. Every action you take will determine their survival. Take the necessary actions according to the situation to ensure their survival.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Cute 15.8%, Simulation 8.2%
- #41 I'll Do It Tomorrow
73% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Luca Morotti
Windows
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Female Protagonist 13%, Anime 10.5%
- #42 Curse or Love
71% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 小橘子糖_official
Windows
A Denpa Bishoujo Psychological Horror Curio: A Visual Novel ❦ Mild Horror, Mild Suspense, and a Hint of Whimsical Madness ❦ We Hope You Find Your Own "Happy Ending" Among Multiple Conclusions ❦ A Major Plot Twist, Perhaps? ❦ Glimpse a sliver of truth in the liminal space between life and death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Psychological Horror 19%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Emotional 9.3%, Anime 8.2%
- #43 My Therapy
72% matchVery Positive96% of 335 reviews2022
Dev: Suvorov Mikhail
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Romance 10%, Anime 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #44 Sisters: Last Day of Summer
71% matchVery Positive85% of 447 reviews2024
Dev: JellyfishPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A fully-animated visual novel about a boy who wakes up in an unknown house with two beautiful sisters, their mother, and an unspoken truth.
Why similar: Romance 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Emotional 11.3%, Anime 8.8%
- #45 Absent in the Rain
70% matchVery Positive95% of 906 reviews2022
Dev: D10RAMA
Windows
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Romance 22.5%, Text-Based 13.5%, Relaxing 10%, Emotional 9.3%
- #46 Inversed
70% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Emotional 13.9%
- #47 Lost in the Woods
68% matchVery Positive95% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: delulu girl
Windows
'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Point & Click 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological 11.4%
- #48 no fox season
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 178 reviews2026
Dev: mxrningstarrPub: Nova B12
Windows · Linux
One rainy day you come home from the store and find a wounded fox on the road. In spite of your strict parents who forbid you to have pets, you decide to take her in.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Female Protagonist 16%, Anime 11.7%, Cute 9.9%
- #49 My monstrous roommate. (étude)
70% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
There is a monster living in your apartment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Point & Click 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Psychological 11.8%
- #50 I Hate My Waifu Streamer
66% matchVery Positive93% of 969 reviews2025
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Romance 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Life Sim 15%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #51 That's not my Neighbor
66% matchVery Positive89% of 4,759 reviews2025
Dev: Nachosama Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.6%, Choices Matter 21.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Simulation 10.9%, 2D 6.8%
- #52 Insomnia: Theater in the Head
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,057 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Hickory dickory dock. The city's deep in sleep. The clock's ticking. The sheep's bouncing. Hickory dickory dock. The girl tosses again, only with more things swarming into her head... In this Point & Click puzzle game "Insomnia", the show in the head is rolling on again. Alas, any sleep tonight...
Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Psychological 20.2%, Life Sim 16.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Female Protagonist 13.1%
- #53 Moonless Moon
67% matchVery Positive90% of 342 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Emotional 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #54 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 979 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #55 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,765 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 175.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Romance 13.1%, Psychological 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
- #56 Who's Lila?
66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,836 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Point & Click 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #57 PLEASE SAY HI
67% matchVery Positive86% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: vonkaPub: vonka game studio
Windows
a short but incredibly touching experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Point & Click 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological 7.8%, Romance 6.8%
- #58 MiSide
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 142,774 reviews2024
Dev: AIHASTOPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.2%, Cute 19%, Life Sim 18.9%, Anime 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #59 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Emotional 13.4%, Anime 12.5%
