60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Psychological Horror.
An interactive Lovecraftian horror story about surviving a family you never knew and their servitude to a dark patron. True to the genre, you retain all knowledge from every play-through. Shape your fate and that of the family. Will you embrace this gift or rid humanity of their taint?
Omen Exitio: Plague
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Echoes
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.6%, Noir 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Conspiracy 12.6% ★, Visual Novel 10%
You are Doctor Parsnip Green, the first and last line of defense against a grotesquely beautiful epidemic. Make difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
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 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
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: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Noir 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Story Rich 9.6%
Noir/Horror themed story rich interactive adventure indie game with party-based RPG elements. As you investigate various mysterious cases, you will learn more about the secrets of this dystopian world and maybe discover why most of mankind has turned into zombies. Each of your choices really matters
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.2% ★, Noir 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Immerse yourself in a first-person psychological horror experience where every choice matters. Confront the echoes of a forgotten past and uncover the truth behind your lost identity.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.8% ★, Noir 13%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 9.1%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Noir 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Horror 11.1%
Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.
Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Lovecraftian 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11%
Two federal agents investigate a strange homicide case in this Lovecraftian visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Conspiracy 14.5% ★, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
The fate of Savannah is in your hands!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24% ★, Lovecraftian 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
Danger looms over Calder and its citizens. Is it linked to the Alchemy Academy, the workings of a secretive cult, or an ancient god rising to erase the city? In this narrative game with multiple endings, each choice you make unfolds its own story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Conspiracy 9.5% ★
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.8% ★, Noir 17.7%, Lovecraftian 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%
«NEUROBROOD» is a visual novel in the cyberpunk‑horror genre. Those touched by the abyss of neurodream never wake up the same.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Dynamic Narration 13.5% ★, Noir 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
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 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 9%
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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Conspiracy 16.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Choices Matter 8.6%
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 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Horror 11.1%
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 21%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Five live rounds, a blank, and a choice. Electio is a short narrative horror game where death carries permanent consequences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Noir 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Conspiracy 10.6% ★, Choices Matter 10.4%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Horror 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%
A psycho-thriller narrative RPG, fusing a retro-cinematic art style with mechanics from visual novels and adventure games. Escape a procedurally generated looping nightmare. Manage your sanity or your mind will turn against you.
Why similar: Diplomacy 14.9% ★, Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Noir 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39%, Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
Survive the Midnight Man in this horror comedy visual novel.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Forces beyond human comprehension draw a macabre veil over the icy NY of 1927. A child has disappeared and you, a reporter with an unhappy past as an artist, become entangled in the drama. In this story, inspired by true events, you will investigate between reality, dreams and Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Horror 9.1%
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 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%
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: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Noir 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%
Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
A chance encounter. An inevitable murder. The truth always hides where you least expect it. Survive the night in this mansion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Noir 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
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: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
Nippon Island is a first-person story adventure that begins on a flight to Japan. What starts as a peaceful trip slowly turns surreal. Reality shifts, memories stir... and somewhere, a cat begins to care. The journey is just beginning.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Dynamic Narration 16.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Horror 9.6%
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 11.1%
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 18.3%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Horror 10.8%
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Certain things are better left alone, they don't willingly submit to the games of man, but develop a grudge, that sleeps under the soil for decades— An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Dynamic Narration 21.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choices Matter 6.2%
A psychological horror visual novel where you play as a teenager sent to a mysterious boarding school after losing his parents. Make choices that alter your fate, uncover dark secrets, and face supernatural trials to survive the ancient mystical forces.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Dynamic Narration 16.3% ★, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
Into Samomor is a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape everything: storylines, quests, and intense boss battles. With a branching narrative and multiple endings, each playthrough offers a fresh experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Horror 10.8%
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 13%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Your voice shapes the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you say. No menus, no limits. Just speak and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Visual Novel 7.8%
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Horror 8.7%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Hand-drawn 9%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Horror 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
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: Noir 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
An adult tale of lust and horror in the vein of HP Lovecraft. Take on the part of a former detective who could never let go of the last terrible case he worked. One day his old partner comes knocking, begging for help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Noir 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 10.6%
