- #1 Parasite in Love
97% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
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 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Adventure 10.2%, Dark 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #2 Contra Spem Spero
96% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #3 The Silent Bells
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DeadEnd Games
Windows
Dive into the eerie realms of "The Silent Bells" a spine-chilling horror anthology video game. Unearth four haunting stories, each woven from the threads of internet horror and creepypastas. Brace yourself, for every silent bell tolls the arrival of a new nightmare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Emotional 13.3%, Dark 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #4 KaRu
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Mirror Studio
Windows · Linux
- Search for clues to progress the story. - Make choices to help your partner. - Collect bits and pieces to reveal secrets and lore bits. - Use your visions to see what he is feeling at the moment. - Don't drown in your own regrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Emotional 8.1%, Choices Matter 7%
- #5 Missing Pieces
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: QuestYard
Windows
Missing Pieces is a story-driven adventure in a vibrant alien world, full of hidden secrets, a plethora of languages and a sparkling cast of characters: lovable rogues, heartbroken families, and questionable allies. Find friendship and love, learn about yourself and discover who you really are!
Why similar: Aliens 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #6 Room 337
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Emotional 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Surreal 10.3%
- #7 Dead End Aegis
93% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: metalogiqPub: JAST
Windows
Extraterrestrial invaders have come to take over Earth, and only an elite force of "magical girls" that have been infused with alien superpowers can stop them.
Why similar: Aliens 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Space 9%
- #8 Creepy Crypt Critters
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Horror 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #9 The Gate
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Adventure 15%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Choices Matter 8%
- #10 For Mother Matron
91% matchVery Positive91% of 164 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
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 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #11 Thorner
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
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: Dark 15%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #12 There Swings a Skull: Grim Tidings
89% matchVery Positive97% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Conor WalshPub: Poison The Inkwell
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 17%, Surreal 14.3%, Dark 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #13 Dream of a Nightmarish Runaway
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ONImations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wanna join our nightmarish dream?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Emotional 14.4%, Dark 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Horror 8.4%
- #14 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Adventure 7.7%
- #15 The Sculptor
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #16 Vanakan
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #17 Until Dawn™
85% matchVery Positive83% of 4,730 reviews2024
Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #18 Primordial Genesis
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MMM
Windows
THIS GAME IS CANCELED.
Why similar: Aliens 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dark 9.8%, Surreal 8%, Space 7.9%
- #19 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
84% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Emotional 9.5%
- #20 Haze
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glassmind Interactive
Windows
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%, Dark 11.8%, Adventure 9%, Horror 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #21 The Company
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Crawler Games
Windows
The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #22 A THOUSAND MOUTHS TO SCREAM
82% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
Psychological Body Horror visual novel in a space setting with different endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Space 13.8%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #23 Rabbit Circle
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 彗星虫
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Horror 10.6%
- #24 The Peresmeshnik
82% matchVery Positive93% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Dark 8.8%, Horror 8.4%
- #25 The Lanterne of Light
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: skekpen
Windows · Linux
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Emotional 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #26 Mycorrhiza
81% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Distorted WanderersPub: Tim Reichert
Windows · Mac · Linux
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Dark 12.6%, Surreal 12.3%, Horror 10.4%
- #27 RUNT
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Dark 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #28 ROSETIA: A First Contact Simulation
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redshift Panda
Windows
Become the first diplomat to an alien world in this dialogue-driven, Star Trek-inspired RPG. Explore an ancient civilization, befriend its strange inhabitants, and make agonizing choices that will forever shape the future of their species.
Why similar: Aliens 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Space 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #29 (RPG) The Legends of Power Volume 1
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Senna Holste
Windows
(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 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Emotional 14%, Adventure 9.2%, Horror 8.2%
- #30 Signal Station
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cherrypick Games
Windows
Remote listening station. 1984. You're the operator decoding an impossible signal using oscilloscopes, tape machines, and analog equipment. Align satellites. Analyze waveforms. Make choices that determine humanity's response. Multiple endings. DISCOVER THE TRUTH!
Why similar: Aliens 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Science 16.7%, Emotional 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #31 Midnight Road
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
Embark on a nocturnal road movie full of mysteries, paranormal phenomena, and an unexpected destination. Choose your answers carefully... and you might just find a happy ending.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Aliens 13.7%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #32 Vacation Terminal
75% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
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 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Dark 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #33 shita ni
76% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: LuN
Windows
A surreal dream exploration game, both beautiful and terrifying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Surreal 17.6%, Dark 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Emotional 9.8%
- #34 Penrose
76% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Emotional 12.9%, Surreal 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #35 A Case of Missing Identity
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AwesomeTrinket
Windows
A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Emotional 17.8%, Horror 9.1%, Surreal 8.3%
- #36 Outsider: After Life
77% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Once A Bird
Windows
Outsider: After Life is a nostalgic puzzle adventure that takes you on a galactic journey with HUD-ini, an android who may be the only one who can prevent the end of the universe.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Surreal 11.5%, Aliens 11.2%, Emotional 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #37 The Interval Bureau: Extension 0
73% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Quiet Den Games
Windows
A short psychological audio horror call where every number routes you deeper into a faceless bureau that measures and files you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 12.1%, Surreal 11%, Dark 10.3%
- #38 A Bad Christmas Story
73% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: S&J Games
Windows · Mac
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Dark 11%
- #39 2024: Aliens Are Coming
74% matchMixed52% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Startroop L.L.C.
Windows
An Indie Sci-Fi Adventure game that thrusts you into the heart of the secrecy surrounding UFOs and Aliens. Visit exotic places, meet Aliens, make alliances and enemies alike as you make critical decisions and fight for what you think is right. Time is short, because it's 2024, and Aliens Are Coming!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Aliens 19.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Space 9.1%
- #40 The Game of Fourtune
74% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Emotional 12.3%, Dark 11%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #41 Seven Days Until Morning
72% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Foamy
Windows
Seven Days Until Morning is an atmospheric horror game that leaves you isolated on the dwarf planet of Pluto. You play as a survivor of the collapse of humanity. Escape the end and survive to see the morning.
Why similar: Science 21.7%, Aliens 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Space 9.9%, Horror 9.6%
- #42 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 44,750 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Horror 8.8%
- #43 Mass of Consumption
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Horror 15.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #44 Shadows Of Memory ll
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pixelyarn
Windows
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.5%, Adventure 7.6%
- #45 Astra
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Atlas VPub: Astrea
Windows
Embark on ASTRA, a mixed reality journey transforming your room into a spaceship. Follow your late mother's research on a cosmic mission to find life, uncover universal mysteries, and confront personal grief. It blends storytelling, VR, and stunning interactive design.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Adventure 13%, Space 10.4%, Emotional 9.6%
- #46 Neve
69% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Dark 9.5%, Horror 7.8%
- #47 Twisted: A Dark Fairytale
73% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Fablesoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 9.3%
- #48 Good Children Say Grace
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denis MorozovPub: Denis Morozov Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
My parents sacrificed an orphan to the red egg. She came back home that night. How will the two of us survive the hunger? Good Children Say Grace.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Emotional 14.1%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #49 It Paints Me
69% matchVery Positive97% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Emotional 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Dark 10.2%
- #50 Provoron
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tara Kan
Windows
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.
Why similar: Emotional 11.8%, Surreal 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dark 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #51 Blackthorn Witch
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #52 Witchlight Woods
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Horror 11.2%
- #53 Shell Cells
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nutborn Tomb Studio
Windows
Trapped in a shifting, surreal world shaped by grief, uncover Sezhar's identity and survive the psychological horror of The Void. Explore haunting environments, question reality, and face a presence that remembers you… even if you don’t.
Why similar: Emotional 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Dark 10.9%
- #54 The King of Cats
68% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
Navigate the claustrophobic corridors of a cargo ship and try to survive a night with man-eating tigers on the loose. Your choices will determine who lives and who dies.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 8.5%
- #55 First Contact
70% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Haguy EisPub: Eis Interactive
Windows
Strange radio bursts have been detected! Embark on an immersive adventure as you analyze radio signals coming from space, decipher hidden messages, symbols, sounds, and translate alien languages. Follow an engaging story with countless dialogues and game-changing choices.
Why similar: Aliens 33.3%, Science 33.2%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Space 8.6%, Adventure 6.6%
- #56 Faultline.Exe
66% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Jason BannPub: VibeAxis
Windows
The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Space 9.4%, Dark 9.3%
- #57 Loop//Error
65% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Surreal 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Dark 10.4%
- #58 Donutal
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
An alien conversation adventure where "conversation" is your only weapon. Awakened from a 150 year cryosleep, you are suddenly appointed as an Chief Extraterrestrial Counselor at the spaceport. Scrutinize the aliens visiting Earth and uncover their true intentions.
Why similar: Aliens 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Space 10.6%, Adventure 9.5%
- #59 7 Days in Dystopia
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YapabilityPub: Yapability Products
Windows
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Dark 9.1%, Adventure 6.3%
- #60 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
66% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
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 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%