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  1. #1 Snowfall's Mystery
    97% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2025
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

    A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

    Why similar: Psychological 16.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Psychedelic 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%

  2. #2 Hazy Mind
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
    Dev: betetiro
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 18%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychedelic 15%, Text-Based 7.8%

  3. #3 Your Future Self
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
    Dev: Contortionist Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.2%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Adventure 8.2%

  4. #4 You Shouldn't Be Here
    95% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2025
    Dev: Doomster Entertainment
    Windows

    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: Text-Based 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Psychological 11.9%

  5. #5 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.2%

  6. #6 Second Thoughts
    94% matchMostly Positive73% of 82 reviews2022
    Dev: Gestmorph Games
    Windows · Mac

    A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.

    Why similar: Psychological 21.9%, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.8%

  7. #7 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
    92% matchVery Positive90% of 114 reviews2025
    Dev: Fiction Factory Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Visual Novel 20.4%, Text-Based 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.3%, Story Rich 8.9%

  8. #8 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
    93% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2023
    Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.

    Why similar: Psychological 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

  9. #9 Minds Beneath Us
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
    Dev: BearBoneStudio
    Windows
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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: Psychological 25%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Story Rich 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%

  10. #10 Inversed
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
    Dev: Tymedust Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

    Why similar: Psychological 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Horror 11%

  11. #11 DEAD LETTER DEPT.
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,736 reviews2025
    Dev: Mike MonroePub: Belief Engine
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 27.4%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 19.1%, Emotional 8.8%, Mystery 6.9%

  12. #12 Nightmare Zapping
    88% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: Maldo19
    Windows

    A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 17.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

  13. #13 Pink Noise
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 117 reviews2026
    Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
    Windows

    Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 7.7%

  14. #14 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
    89% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
    Dev: Peace & Love Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

    Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%

  15. #15 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,269 reviews2020
    Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 11%

    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: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Psychological 16.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Horror 10.4%

  16. #16 Loop//Error
    85% 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: Text-Based 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Horror 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%

  17. #17 STAY
    87% matchMixed68% of 567 reviews2018
    Dev: Appnormals Team
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.

    Why similar: Psychological 17.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%

  18. #18 Buddy Simulator 1984
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 4,239 reviews2021
    Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Text-Based 21.6%, Horror 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 9.9%

  19. #19 Glassy Stare
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Psychedelic 28.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 9.1%, Dark 8%

  20. #20 Forgive or Finalize
    82% matchMixed69% of 211 reviews2026
    Dev: 72studio
    Windows · Mac

    A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Psychological 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, Horror 8.3%

  21. #21 Little Lighthouse of Horror
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Codiwans
    Windows

    A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?

    Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Psychological 17.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

  22. #22 Recall: Empty Wishes
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
    Windows · Mac

    Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Visual Novel 23%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Story Rich 11%, Horror 10.4%

  23. #23 SELF
    83% matchMostly Positive77% of 275 reviews2020
    Dev: doBellPub: indienova
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?

    Why similar: Psychological 34.6%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Adventure 16.5%, Story Rich 9.6%, Mystery 7.4%

  24. #24 Without a Dawn
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 757 reviews2025
    Dev: Jesse Makkonen
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychedelic 10.2%, Horror 10%

  25. #25 Psychroma
    80% matchVery Positive89% of 189 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket AdriftPub: Gamma Space Collaborative Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...

    Why similar: Psychedelic 24.1%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Emotional 8.8%

  26. #26 Echoes
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2021
    Dev: Baba Nura
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 16.8%, Psychedelic 13.2%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

  27. #27 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
    75% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
    Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Horror 10.4%, Story Rich 7.9%

  28. #28 Event[0]
    79% matchVery Positive80% of 2,275 reviews2016
    Dev: Ocelot Society
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Story Rich 14.2%, Horror 11.9%

  29. #29 Bad Faith
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
    Dev: Mado
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Psychological 21.5%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Text-Based 13.4%, Horror 12.3%

  30. #30 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
    76% matchVery Positive95% of 9,194 reviews2019
    Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 20.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%

  31. #31 Back:Fade
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 245 reviews2025
    Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
    Windows · Mac

    《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological 11.1%

  32. #32 Will Die Alone
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
    Dev: Arianna Ravioli
    Windows · Mac

    Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?

    Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Story Rich 7.8%

  33. #33 PAGER
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 135 reviews2025
    Dev: bilge
    Windows

    You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

    Why similar: Psychological 31.9%, Psychological Horror 28.9%, Horror 20.8%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

  34. #34 Until Then
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,524 reviews2024
    Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Psychological 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Emotional 11.4%, Story Rich 9.1%

  35. #35 NIGHTSLINK
    77% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
    Dev: Noiseminded
    Windows

    You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Psychological 23.5%, Horror 20.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

  36. #36 BAD END
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 395 reviews2015
    Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological 13.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

  37. #37 oneway.exe: Module 1.0
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2025
    Dev: Disordered Media
    Windows

    You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 22.1%, Narrative 17.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

  38. #38 SIMULACRA
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 4,633 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Psychological 16.8%, Horror 15.3%, Story Rich 7.6%

  39. #39 This Is Not Your House
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 258 reviews2024
    Dev: Cody Tierson (Trash Eyes)Pub: Trash Eyes
    Windows

    Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

    Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Psychedelic 12.1%

  40. #40 Dry Drowning
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 512 reviews2019
    Dev: Studio VPub: Leonardo Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    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: Psychological 27%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 6.2%

  41. #41 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
    71% matchVery Positive97% of 371 reviews2022
    Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Psychedelic 21.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dark 10.7%, Mystery 8.6%

  42. #42 OVERWRITE
    72% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2023
    Dev: ツノウサギの家
    Windows

    Overwrite each other. A story-driven exploration adventure shaped by tragedy. ― I woke up in a research facility. And... someone was already inside me. (I initiated the experiment at this research facility.) (My first—and final—experiment for my sake. I staked everything on it.)

    Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Adventure 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Story Rich 14%

  43. #43 outside the door
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
    Dev: basandaika games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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: Psychological 24%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Text-Based 11%, Horror 6.2%

  44. #44 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
    72% matchVery Positive81% of 1,082 reviews2021
    Dev: 致意
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?

    Why similar: Psychological 17%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Horror 11.5%

  45. #45 Omen Exitio: Plague
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 626 reviews2018
    Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Story Rich 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Text-Based 12.1%

  46. #46 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 162 reviews2023
    Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
    Windows

    Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Horror 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 6.5%

  47. #47 HOMESICKNESS
    69% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2025
    Dev: jnity
    Windows

    HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 36%, Psychological 21.7%, Horror 18.7%, Story Rich 15.7%, Adventure 3.4%

  48. #48 You know my name?
    70% matchMostly Positive70% of 221 reviews2024
    Dev: Mystael studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

    Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

  49. #49 JANITOR BLEEDS
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2022
    Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

    Why similar: Psychological 25.1%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 15%, Story Rich 9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

  50. #50 Afterdream
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
    Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows

    Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

    Why similar: Psychological 25.1%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 8.2%, Emotional 8%

  51. #51 Neve
    67% 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: Psychological 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Horror 10.9%

  52. #52 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 374 reviews2023
    Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.

    Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Horror 9%

  53. #53 The Sin
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 224 reviews2021
    Dev: Baba Nura
    Windows

    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 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 9.6%

  54. #54 End of Lines
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2023
    Dev: Nova-box
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 22.1%, Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 9.6%

  55. #55 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
    66% matchVery Positive98% of 96 reviews2025
    Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
    Windows

    A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Story Rich 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

  56. #56 Shifting To The Backrooms
    65% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2026
    Dev: Oopsome Games
    Windows

    Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.7%, Horror 29.5%, Story Rich 17.2%, Mystery 5.3%, Dark 5.2%

  57. #57 Decarnation
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,071 reviews2023
    Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Psychedelic 18.7%, Horror 15.8%, Emotional 13.9%, Story Rich 9.4%

  58. #58 Backrooms: Exploration
    66% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: HNStudios
    Windows

    Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

    Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Dark 7.8%

  59. #59 Absurd Story: Back Home
    65% matchPositive100% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: HcAndersen
    Windows

    A runaway wanderer, a frail Taoist priest, who want to return to their hometown at the end of the world. But when they step into the empty city, they are swept into the dead ruins…

    Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, Emotional 14.7%, Story Rich 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%

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