
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Adventure.

After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?

Monologin
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.

Momo Don't Leave
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Point & Click 13.7%, Anime 6.4%
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Point & Click 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Thriller 11%, Point & Click 10.9%
N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Point & Click 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Adventure 10.3%
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 12.2%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Point & Click 9.4%, Anime 7.4%
An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Adventure 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 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Adventure 12.8%, Thriller 6.3%
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 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Dark 6.3%
主人公の前に突然現れた人工生命「レプリス」の少女・レゥ。人と変わらない感情を持つ彼女と過ごす中で、「心とは何か」「人間とは何か」という問いに向き合っていくSF恋愛アドベンチャー
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Anime 6.8%
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 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Anime 8.8%
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Point & Click 10%, Thriller 8.5%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Anime 10.1%
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 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Thriller 8.5%
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Thriller 11.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Embark on a mysterious nocturnal road trip where every conversation matters. Make choices, explore different paths and uncover multiple stories and endings. Can you find them all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Adventure 8.3%
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 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Thriller 10.2%, Anime 7.7%
Help Nari and Sena make sense of a cringeworthy drink called MINDFUNK that predicts their death. Your choices in this psychological horror visual novel will determine how they deal with this MIND****.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Point & Click 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
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 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Point & Click 7.8%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 13.6%, Thriller 12.1%, Text-Based 10.8%
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Mystery 6.4%
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Text-Based 8.6%
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 9.6%, Dark 7.1%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Thriller 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Anime 8.4%
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 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Thriller 11.3%, Adventure 4.9%
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Adventure 7.7%
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: Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Point & Click 12.5%, Anime 7.7%
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Point & Click 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 5.6%
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
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 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Point & Click 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Thriller 10.1%
Killer Night is a psychological survival thriller where a group of death row inmates face extreme trials in an isolated mansion to gain freedom. Among them lies a ruthless killer. Will you be able to discover the killer's identity before it's too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Point & Click 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Thriller 7.3%
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 7.6%
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Point & Click 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 10.6%
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Point & Click 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Thriller 10.9%
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 7.7%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Thriller 10.9%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Mystery 7.1%
Watercolors Sink Beneath the Surface is a nostalgic pixel-art point-and-click adventure set on Narumi Island, where only an abandoned high school stands. Years later, two girls return to complete a watercolor inspired by their school memories, gathering ideas from the remnants of the past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Point & Click 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Adventure 16%, Text-Based 6.6%
A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Point & Click 19%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Anime 6%, Adventure 6%
A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Adventure 13.1%, Thriller 8.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 7.7%
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Point & Click 15.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 10.9%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 9.6%, Adventure 7.5%
"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Point & Click 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Adventure 15.7%, Anime 8.1%
A supernatural horror visual novel game where your choices decide if you and your friends see the light of day again or not. Use your sleuthing skills with point and click mechanics to battle horrifying creatures of the night that haunt an abandoned school building and earn your title of "Exorcist"!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Anime 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Thriller 8.9%, Adventure 7.7%
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Adventure 18.9%, Mystery 8.5%, Text-Based 8%
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 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Thriller 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Mystery 8.9%
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Horror 5.7%, Thriller 5.1%
On his first visit to his father's rural hometown in seven years, Hotaru reunites with his first love—only to learn that she died three years ago. Explore Yokomizo, uncover the truth behind a family tragedy, and escape supernatural otherworlds in this Japanese horror mystery adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Anime 9%, Mystery 7.5%
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Thriller 8.1%, Psychological Horror 8%, Text-Based 7.3%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Anime 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 10.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.3%
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%
Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 5.2%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Adventure 16.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Point & Click 9.8%, Anime 8.2%
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Adventure 12.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Thriller 8%
Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth is a story game about love, lost, hope, grief, medication, meditation and more. You will be the our nameless character and experience his memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Point & Click 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Adventure 9.4%
Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, face strange encounters, and survive this psychological horror visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Point & Click 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Adventure 7.9%
The 4K Ultra HD Remaster of "Template!! An Angel's Gift"—a hilarious slice-of-life visual novel—is now on Steam! Follow Sakura Sora, whose bizarre new condition makes ridiculous "classic tropes" real, sparking a twist-filled daily comedy with unique companions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Adventure 17.8%, Anime 8.7%