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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: Text-Based 19.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Supernatural 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Horror 9.9%

A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9%

Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.

Why similar: Text-Based 24.4%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.

Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%

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: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%

A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?

Why similar: Text-Based 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Horror 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Surreal 8.9%

This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.

Why similar: Text-Based 24.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Supernatural 12.6%, Horror 12.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%

Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Supernatural 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 12.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, Supernatural 12.2%, Visual Novel 11%

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: Text-Based 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Horror 10%

How would you like to know that an uninvited guest, about whom you know absolutely nothing, will come to you at night? One thing is clear, he is unlikely to come in peace. What will you do? Prepare for his visit? Will you take a knife or hide in the closet? It's up to you.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Supernatural 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Horror 10.6%

Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?

Why similar: Text-Based 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Surreal 10.9%

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: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Supernatural 11.6%, Horror 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%

It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Supernatural 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%

THE HALLWAY is a chilling text-based, command-line horror experience set in a dark, narrow corridor with comprehensive mechanics such as loops, stats, puzzles, meaningful choices, and Steam achievements.

Why similar: Text-Based 35.6%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9%, Horror 8.1%

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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 10.1%, Surreal 9.9%

A first-person escape horror game, 'School Bathroom'.You've found yourself penned in an eerie stall.What is the source of the fear you feel in this inescapable space...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Supernatural 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Horror 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Text-Based 20.7%, Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

In an abandoned bathroom waits a hungry female mouth; wet, eager, and downright sinister. Dare to feed it? — SHORT NAUGHTY SPOOKY VISUAL NOVEL · 26k words · 12 endings (in some you might even survive).

Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Supernatural 9.2%

The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%

A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Choices Matter 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Horror 10.3%

At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%

A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?

Why similar: Text-Based 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%

A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Horror 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%

A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

Why similar: Text-Based 14.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Horror 11.5%

Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events

Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Horror 10.8%, Supernatural 10.7%

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: Text-Based 24.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%

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: Text-Based 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%

A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%

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: Text-Based 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Surreal 9.3%

You only wanted to save them. But in this psychological horror visual novel, a teacher’s kindness may become the thing that breaks his students.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%

A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%

Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...

Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?

Why similar: Supernatural 16.1%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Surreal 9.3%

A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Supernatural 13.5%, Horror 9.1%, Surreal 8.9%

Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Surreal 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.6%

"Reality. A term concocted by creatures to give worth to their version of reality..." What happens if a 2D being is dragged into a 3D realm? Follow the "hero" through a world he/she barely understands and survive the demonic beings who brought our hero into this realm.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Supernatural 13.1%, Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Surreal 10.6%

In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10%

Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.

Why similar: Supernatural 13.9%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

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: Text-Based 25.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Visual Novel 9.9%

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: Text-Based 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Surreal 10.2%, Horror 9.5%

DARKROOM is a mystic novel. You wake up in complete darkness and you don’t know where you are or how you got there. Yet, there is someone else in this dark room.

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Supernatural 15%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

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: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Horror 11.6%

More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Text-Based 21.8%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Story Rich 9.7%

If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11%

Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.2%, Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Supernatural 12.9%, Surreal 10.1%

A story about love, death, and the universe, told through tarot cards.

Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%

When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Horror 10.9%, Supernatural 9.1%

DARKROOM: Ray of Light is a sequel of DARKROOM. You managed to figure out where you are, and now you have to find out what to do next. Do you want to know the end of Timmy’s story?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Supernatural 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%

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: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Horror 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Horror 11%, Visual Novel 9.8%

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: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

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: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

A choose-your-own-adventure novel. ​Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.

Why similar: Text-Based 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%