60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Gothic, Dark, Singleplayer, Story Rich.
A first-person Gothic fiction set in interwar Cornwall, where players rewrite the story as they go. The patriarch of a once-respected house is dead, survived only by his late sister's children. Left to them are his worldly and unworldly belongings, and the fate of their family.
Argyle Manor, Book 1: Away From The Sun
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Atelier of Oblivion
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Why similar: Gothic 43% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Dark 15.8%, Story Rich 8.6%, Exploration 7.2%
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Gothic 41.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Dark 10.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.
Why similar: Gothic 60.1% ★, Dark 16.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Indie 3.7%
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: Gothic 34.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Dark 14.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
謎に満ちた施設「モスパレス」を探索し、貴女と世界に秘められた謎を解き明かそう
Why similar: Gothic 34.7% ★, Dark 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Gothic 33.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Dark 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
A story-driven horror game.
Why similar: Gothic 38.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Dark 15.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Story Rich 7%
An otome game that isn't quite otome — or simply, a visual novel. A modern gothic story of dreams, writing, and death. Multi-POV. You are the protagonist—a sleepwalker, a writer, and one bound by a promise to the dead. Please be sure to read the content guide and notes.
Why similar: Gothic 57.5% ★, Dark 24.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Indie 7%
Rodion’s Secrets is a supernatural visual novel about a mysterious shop where unusual objects choose their own owners. Explore the stories behind its artifacts, make choices with lasting consequences, uncover hidden secrets, and gradually fill your own hub with the items you discover.
Why similar: Gothic 36.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dark 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Exploration 9.3%
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 38.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dark 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 8.1%
A mysterious black fog has forced the city into an endless night, and it's changing people. A story-driven horror therapist simulator where you run your business and shape the fate of both your clients and yourself.
Why similar: Gothic 31.8% ★, Choices Matter 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dark 11.5%, Indie 10.1%
A fantasy RPG about saving a medieval town from a spreading curse as the Witch's Apprentice. Spend your limited daily actions investigating secrets, earning the trust of townsfolk, discovering the ingredients your ritual actually needs, and holding back the thorns before time runs out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Gothic 22.4% ★, Choices Matter 18%, Story Rich 12.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
This is the story of a family living in a haunted house in New Hampshire. And you're the one haunting them.
Why similar: Gothic 67.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Indie 5.2%
Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Gothic 37.5% ★, Dark 17.7%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Story Rich 8.5%, Exploration 7.6%
Autumn 1881 - deep in the Thuringian forests lies the village of Rabenfels. From here a new epidemic spread over the whole country. You are a young doctor sent by the Imperial Office of Disease to investigate the origin of this mysterious disease.
Why similar: Gothic 58.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
Bind spirits. Weigh their pain. Each client arrives by appointment haunted, broken, or dangerous. In this gothic occult visual novel, you use protective accessories, read signs, and choose bindings that alter fate. Some seek redemption. Others hide darker truths. Your rituals may awaken the dead.
Why similar: Gothic 35.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Dark 15.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 47.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Dark 15.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Gothic 39.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Dark 11.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Evernoth is a psychological horror game where you explore mysterious locations filled with chilling secrets. Navigate distorted corridors, face terrifying monsters, and unlock new abilities as you unravel haunting mysteries across dark worlds.
Why similar: Gothic 44.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dark 15.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
Welcome to Asterfel, an island shaped by ambition, conflict, and something far older stirring beneath the surface. Encounter three factions, discover forgotten history, and shape the island’s future. Will you thrive, survive, or witness the end of an era?
Why similar: Gothic 51.3% ★, Choices Matter 14.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Story Rich 9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.
Why similar: Gothic 35.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dark 14.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Exploration 9.6%
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Gothic 44.4% ★, Dark 17.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 50.9% ★, Dark 20.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Indie 7.3%, Exploration 5.5%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Gothic 43% ★, Dark 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Story Rich 8%, Indie 6.4%
A psychological horror game set in a mysterious hotel where every room hides a forgotten truth. Explore, survive, and uncover what really happened beneath Ravenhollow.
Why similar: Indie 31.7%, Dark 26.4%, Story Rich 14.8%, Exploration 14.1%, Atmospheric 13%
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
Why similar: Gothic 36.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dark 15.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
A fast-paced gothic action platformer dripping with dark atmosphere, campy charm, and an original soundtrack. One goth girl. An endless horde of goo. Built with love by a solo developer who has been dreaming of this world for years.
Aristocrat Evan Alford receives a mysterious invitation to the fair and comes to a small village on the outskirts of the country. The village seems strange and painfully familiar, but Evan has never been here. In addition, other guests of the fair are not as simple as it seems.
Why similar: Gothic 36.6% ★, Dark 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 10.2%
"Escape from Death" is a 256,000-word interactive horror adventure novel by Tova Näslund. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Gothic 37.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Dark 18.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Choices Matter 5.8%
Deadly Shaft is a psychological survival-horror thriller. Imprisoned in a dark mansion and watched by the unpredictable Landlord, you fight for your freedom. Break through your mental blocks, remain unnoticed in the shadows, and uncover the truth about Veilshore Island.
Why similar: Gothic 45.6% ★, Dark 13.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Atmospheric 8%
Tearoom of Terror is a cozy-gothic narrative cooking mystery where you investigate the mysterious death of your estranged aunt in a tearoom filled with sinister patrons, unsettling secrets, and morally questionable requests.
Why similar: Gothic 35.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Story Rich 8.1%
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Gothic 39% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Dark 9.1%
Matchmaking for Ghosts is an atmospheric visual novel with horror elements and themes of love and loss, built around a unique multi-protagonist system that lets players experience the afterlife through the eyes of every ghost. Match ghosts together for love, or for chaos. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Gothic 53.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Dark 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Indie 3.4%
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Gothic 42.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Indie 7%
A dark themed pixel-art game of exploration, where you will have to find clues and solve puzzles to move forward in the story.
Why similar: Gothic 52.4% ★, Dark 24.9%, Indie 7.5%, Exploration 5.9%, Choices Matter 5.8%
1996—Miami, FL. At the bottom of a downward spiral, Beth meets an inhuman stranger. Will she accept the new, dark gift he offers?
Why similar: Gothic 42.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dark 17.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%
My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.
Why similar: Gothic 50.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
A tale of two siblings struggling to survive their present and heal from their past. Just how long can they ignore that which haunts them? "Willows: A Dream of Shadows" is a psychological gothic horror visual novel puzzle game, featuring hand drawn assets, and a episodic branching story-line.
Why similar: Gothic 44.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choices Matter 18%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Unravel the secrets of the Bariton mansion! Take on the mantle of detective in the role of Lucas Usher, and solve the riddles plaguing the ghosts of those left behind! Uncover their secrets and help them find salvation … or damnation.
Why similar: Gothic 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Exploration 14%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 38.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Dark 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 8.4%
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Why similar: Gothic 61% ★, Choices Matter 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Indie 7.4%, Exploration 6.3%
Bring back Llum from the infected comfort of his memories. Find his most precious moments and shatter them all in this open exploration game.
Why similar: Gothic 52.2% ★, Exploration 14.9%, Dark 13%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Starry Night Tea Party is an asymmetric pursuit game. Play as a Guest, search for clues, brew useful items, and escape the Dream; or take the role of the Demon, draw from a deck of unique cards, hunt the Guests, and harvest their Fear. Multiplayer is in development.
Why similar: Gothic 74% ★, Exploration 16.5%, Indie 9.5%
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.
Why similar: Gothic 58.4% ★, Story Rich 12.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Indie 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 57.2% ★, Dark 21.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Indie 3.8%
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.7%, Choices Matter 25.6%, Story Rich 15.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Indie 6.9%
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.
Why similar: Gothic 46.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Dark 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Pilot a biomechanical android through a derelict spacecraft consumed by alien corruption. Every scene, narrative, and horror is procedurally generated by AI. No two explorations are the same. Uncover what happened to the crew in this 16-bit sci-fi horror adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.5%, Dark 20.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Story Rich 7.9%
Immerse yourself in the life of Crater — a unique world whose origins remain an unfathomable mystery to its inhabitants. Explore the fates of entire communities and delve into the minds of individuals as you seek the truth amidst the turmoil and unrest of a fading world.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.6%, Story Rich 23.6%, Exploration 18.5%, Indie 18.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%
The iconic game The 7th Guest has been brought back to life with modern technology, delivering an atmospheric story like no other. Explore a foreboding mansion, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets. The 7th Guest is the ultimate mystery adventure, reimagined for modern platforms.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.8%, Gothic 25.1% ★, Exploration 13.9%, Dark 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%
A dreamy Alice in Wonderland-inspired RPG that follows 19-year-old Alice as she tries to escape the surreal, cozy hellscape that is Wonderland—hopefully with her sanity intact.
Why similar: Gothic 33.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Dark 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Exploration 9.9%
Morta has summoned you to judge five souls trapped between salvation and oblivion. Enter their final memories, uncover what they hide, and decide their fate. In this gothic psychological trial, every verdict leaves a mark.
Why similar: Gothic 43.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, Dark 8.9%
In a house that won’t let you leave, a shadowed story unfolds through music, animation, choice, and passive progression. Follow branching paths between songs and uncover new scenes in a music-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 37.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Dark 16.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Exploration 7.8%
After the catastrophe, order survives only beneath the Church's iron rule. As a wandering bishop, pass judgment by day and confront the nightmares born of human emotion by night. Every choice tips the balance between order and chaos, shaping the fate of the world.
Why similar: Gothic 45% ★, Choices Matter 18.5%, Dark 17.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Indie 7.8%
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona till college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade with friends, date an enigmatic new girl, and stop a demonic plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Gothic 35.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dark 16%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 8.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Indie 17.9%, Story Rich 15.1%, Exploration 11.3%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 46.8% ★, Dark 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 8.3%
It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.
Why similar: Gothic 32.8% ★, Dark 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
"The Land of Crows" is a side-scroller gothic story adventure game, inspired by the literary works of the Masters of pre-romantic, romantic and gothic literature (E.A. Poe, J.W. Goethe, A. Mickiewicz, J. Slowacki) and lovecraftian mythos.
Why similar: Gothic 49.3% ★, Indie 20.8%, Dark 14.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Story Rich 7.3%
