60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Horror, Text-Based.
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Grief Visual Novel
A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.
The Fall Visual Novel
A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.
A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.
Why similar: Abstract 13.7%, Experimental 13.6% ★, Visual Novel 8.6%, Text-Based 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.
Why similar: Experimental 16.1% ★, Abstract 16.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Surreal 7.3%
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: Experimental 17.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.5%, Abstract 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Text-Based 9.2%
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: Experimental 17.4% ★, Abstract 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Text-Based 9.6%
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Experimental 15.1% ★, Abstract 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Surreal 9.8%
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 19.4% ★, Psychological Horror 12%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 23.5% ★, Psychological Horror 12%, Text-Based 11%, Surreal 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Experimental 17.2% ★, Abstract 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Text-Based 9.6%
Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.
Why similar: Abstract 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Surreal 10.6%
A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".
Why similar: Abstract 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10%
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 38.7% ★, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.
Why similar: Experimental 21% ★, Abstract 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 9.2%
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: Experimental 17.4% ★, Abstract 16.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Text-Based 10.2%
In this detective/idol game fusion, every decision you make will influence the narrative. Your choices will shape relationships, uncover secrets, and determine the fate of the characters and the school itself.
Why similar: Narrative 27.3% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Abstract 13.4%, Text-Based 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
Forever Someday is a short narrative experience about dealing with depression and the end of a relationship, with a surreal and dream-like aesthetic.
Why similar: Narrative 33.3% ★, Experimental 21.9% ★, Abstract 20.7%, Surreal 14%, Psychological 5%
Welcome to Sprunki Town, where everyone is happy!
Why similar: Abstract 21%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Text-Based 9%
Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective 👁️. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings. ✨
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.
Why similar: Abstract 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Text-Based 11%, Surreal 10.1%
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: Narrative 29.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Surreal 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
A short mystery and psychological visual novel. Hook in to a state-of-the-art gaming machine capable of creating whole virtual experiences based on your imagination. But be careful, the other testers might be there with a different plan in mind.
Why similar: Narrative 37% ★, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Text-Based 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
The anti-dating sim where you make friends instead of girlfriends! Balance between heartbreak and heartache! Will you graduate without a single friend? Or will you survive long enough to reject them all?
Why similar: Narrative 27.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
Which is worse: a toxic friend or a literal demon?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.
Why similar: Narrative 25.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
Employee 925 is a short psychological horror game about compliance and the quiet erosion of self in the workplace.
Why similar: Narrative 30.9% ★, Experimental 13.4% ★, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Surreal 10%, Philosophical 8.1%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 21.5% ★, Abstract 21.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Text-Based 11.5%
A psychological horror story where you work in a company that serves mermaids as seafood. Gamble your blood, chat with customers, trade ingredients, and create fake mermaids. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
Why similar: Narrative 30.1% ★, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
The Resentment is a psychological horror game that follows Lisa Parker through a traumatic event.
Why similar: Narrative 35.5% ★, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
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: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Narrative 12.8% ★, Horror 9.5%
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: Narrative 15.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Text-Based 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Abstract 9.6%
Sometimes you need to be strong to the core to stand out from the rotten apples in society. Being an outcast is not easy, but is it worth indulging in a comfort that may bite? Play as Appril the apple snail through her everyday life in this RPG styled Psychological horror where your choices matter.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
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: Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Surreal 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
Why similar: Abstract 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Philosophical 11%
This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15%, Abstract 15%, Surreal 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 30.4% ★, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Text-Based 10.6%
The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Text-Based 12%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.
Why similar: Experimental 23.7% ★, Narrative 18.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Text-Based 14.6%, Horror 11.7%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Surreal 10.2%
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Narrative 29.2% ★, Experimental 17.6% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Surreal 9.1%, Abstract 7.8%
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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Choices Matter 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Horror 10.2%
In a surreal audition purgatory, how long will you wait to be chosen?
Why similar: Narrative 24.1% ★, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Surreal 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Psychological 9.8%
You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!
Why similar: Abstract 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Surreal 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
You used to help the hollow maid take care of herself. This time, she's missing & the front-facing UI has disappeared, giving way to a whole new environment. Find your friend.
Why similar: Abstract 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Surreal 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Abstract 14.1%, Text-Based 9.4%, Horror 8.3%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Psychological 7.9%
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 43% ★, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Text-Based 15.2%, Horror 10.3%, Story Rich 7%
A blind guy with a ghost in his brain tries to save a cursed girl. Naturally, it all goes to hell. A visual novel packed with dark humor, gritty mysticism, violence, and characters who know exactly who’s watching them.
Why similar: Experimental 22.3% ★, Abstract 15.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%
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 22.4%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Multiple Endings 15%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Horror 8.3%
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Abstract 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
A nonlinear dystopian thriller visual novel. Perfect city. Perfect people. Perfect order. Perfection always comes at a price.
Why similar: Narrative 23.2% ★, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: Experimental 16.2% ★, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
"Love You To Pieces" is a Horror/Slasher Visual Novel thematically centered around Valentine's Day. Featuring elements of grind-house, choose-your-own-adventure and mystery. Can you or any of your friends survive this bloody love fest?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 12.8%
In a final attempt to guarantee your place on the nice list, you decide to try and do some chores before midnight. Will Krampus take you? Take the test and find out.
Why similar: Abstract 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Philosophical 11%, Text-Based 10.9%
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 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Surreal 10.4%, Psychological 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
