Games Like Athanasy

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.8%, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Text-Based 10.1%, Horror 7.8%

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

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.7%, Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Text-Based 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.3%

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: Cyberpunk 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11%

Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Sci-fi 12%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.9%

H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Detective 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

A typing-driven Lovecraftian colony sim. You wake inside the corpse of a dead god, adrift in space. Carve a roguelike colony from procedurally generated anatomy. Negotiate with rival alien factions, evolve occult mutations, find your ending. The carcass remembers.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Text-Based 20.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Horror 9.1%

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: Detective 26.5%, Surreal 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Story Rich 10.8%

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 14%, Story Rich 6.9%

Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.6%, Surreal 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 11.3%, Atmospheric 6%

RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%

a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 20%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.2%

A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 9.5%

You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Lore-Rich 21.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 54.2%, Story Rich 20.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, 2D 5.6%

Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Horror 12.6%, Hand-drawn 12.2%

Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Lore-Rich 16%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Horror 10.1%

Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Surreal 14.7%, Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Text-Based 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Cyberpunk 12.1%

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 21.7%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Story Rich 10%

399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 13%

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.3% ★, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Detective 12.8%, Surreal 9.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%

In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Detective 16%, Lovecraftian 16%, Surreal 15%, Horror 14.5%

Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%

An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 31.5% ★, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Horror 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%

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%, Surreal 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%

Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 59%, Choices Matter 29.6%, Atmospheric 11.5%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Surreal 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 9.8%

In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.5%, Horror 37.4%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.

Why similar: Text-Based 26.2%, Surreal 21.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

Do you often think of what is there, beneath the towns and the cities we live in? Sewer systems, bombshelters, scientific objects... Are you ready to find yourself in a place on the edge of the reality plane you are used to?

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Surreal 17.4%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

"Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.6%, Story Rich 17.6%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Detective 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.6%

You are the liquidator survived the samosbor in block G-326 of the endless Gigakhrushchyovka. You have to find out what happened in this block, evacuate the residents and find a way out for yourself. But is everything as simple as it seems at first glance?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.2%, Horror 22.7%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%, 2D 5.8%

In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 50.4%, Story Rich 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Casual 8%

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 10%

Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 11%

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: Surreal 36.5%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 25.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%

🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?

Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%

Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%

A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!

Why similar: Text-Based 22.1%, Lore-Rich 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair

Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Detective 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.1%

Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.6%, Detective 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Horror 12.7%

You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: Choices Matter 43.3%, Post-apocalyptic 39.7%, Atmospheric 17%

A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.3%, Dynamic Narration 16.9% ★, Detective 13.7%, Text-Based 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.1%

A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.7%, Cyberpunk 28.4%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 8.9%, Multiple Endings 4.5%

The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Surreal 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.9%, Detective 17%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 7.7%

Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Horror 16.1%, Story Rich 8.5%

RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths

Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.5%, Text-Based 21.9%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Lore-Rich 19.9%, Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 9.3%

An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar

Why similar: Psychological Horror 60.7%, Horror 25.9%, Atmospheric 13.4%

A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Surreal 28.5%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Lovecraftian 22.8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, 2D 6.5%

Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 20.2%, Detective 13.2%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Horror 8%

A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.6% ★, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 10.3%