60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Text-Based, Visual Novel, Psychological Horror, Horror.
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.
You know my name?
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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.
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 24.4% ★, Text-Based 11.7%, Abstract 11.5%, Psychedelic 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9%
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 21.9% ★, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.4%, Abstract 10%
A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.
Why similar: Experimental 25.2% ★, Abstract 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Text-Based 8.2%
❗ 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 22.5% ★, Text-Based 11%, Abstract 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
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 22.4% ★, Text-Based 11.2%, Abstract 10%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.8%
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 22.3% ★, Text-Based 11.7%, Abstract 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
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 24.7% ★, Abstract 11.8%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Psychological 9%
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 22.8% ★, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Abstract 10.8%, Psychedelic 10.3%, Text-Based 9.9%
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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychedelic 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
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 33.3% ★, Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Experimental 27.2% ★, Emotional 16.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Welcome to Sprunki Town, where everyone is happy!
Why similar: Abstract 15%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychedelic 12.3%, Text-Based 12%
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: Experimental 23.2% ★, Text-Based 13%, Abstract 11.2%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9%
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 19.7%, Psychedelic 17%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Abstract 9.9%, Text-Based 9.7%
A short narrative visual novel about procrastination, family, and the inner dialogue of a creative person. A story about how delaying decisions slowly erodes a life.
Why similar: Experimental 21.8% ★, Narration 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Psychological 13.6%
Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 12.1%, Abstract 9.7%
A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Abstract 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%
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 18.2%, Psychedelic 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Abstract 11.6%
Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Abstract 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological 10.8%
Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Narration 10.3%
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: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Abstract 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%
While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Text-Based 11.4%
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 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Narration 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Emotional 13.5%, Psychological 13.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.4%
Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Narration 11.9%, Horror 10.1%
Delete the World is a completely normal visual novel… unless you decide to kill everyone.
Why similar: Experimental 27% ★, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Emotional 11.9%, Anime 10.2%
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Experimental 18.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Narration 12.6%
Acolyte: Prologue is the first act in a dynamic narrative detective/puzzle game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely without pre-defined dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Experimental 34.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Abstract 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Narration 9%
NINA is a short, narrative-driven psychological horror game about a girl who keeps forgetting. Guide her through memory, fear, and truth—before it's too late.
Why similar: Experimental 18.2% ★, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Psychological 15.9%, Abstract 11.1%, Horror 10.5%
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: Experimental 29.5% ★, Emotional 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
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: Text-Based 17.6%, Psychedelic 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Psychological 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Experimental 29.2% ★, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
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: Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Psychological 10.8%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Experimental 20.4% ★, Text-Based 18.2%, Narration 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Emotional 12.6%
You can beat this game with any key on your keyboard. ANY key, I mean it.
Why similar: Experimental 23.8% ★, Text-Based 15.5%, Abstract 11%, Narration 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Experimental 22.2% ★, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological 11.7%, Text-Based 11.5%
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 10.4%
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Experimental 32.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Essence Bloom is a linear, story-focused indie visual novel that allows the player to experience a world with beautiful cherry blossoms and fun times with friends....
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological 15.7%, Emotional 15.7%, Abstract 13%, Text-Based 11.3%
Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Emotional 11.1%, Psychological 9.1%
Ņ̴̣͕̻̤̣̞̝͑̾̉̄̃͊̀̚ͅĘ̵̢̺̞̱̙̔ͅǓ̶̢͚͕̙̙͕̙̻̖̥̗̗̦̾͆̄͋̉̈́͂̄̉̽̉̒̓R̸̨͈̝͇̰͇̺̼̙͕̄̇̃̈́͜͠Ǒ̸͔̳͇̏̽̽̒́̾Z̵̛͕͙͍͚̒̇̏̆̍̌̂̔̕Ȃ̶͇̱̫͌̌̑́̒̂́̑́̒̈͐͘͠ is a hidden object game. The player's task is to find things hidden on the map.
Why similar: Experimental 25.9% ★, Psychedelic 14.1%, Abstract 12%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Emotional 10.2%
Once upon a time, there was a miserable girl in a crimson hood. Her mother was unwell, so the girl was sent away to go stay with her grandmother, who lived deep within the woods in a strange house. People say that around those parts there resides a monster called the Gobbler, who preys on the weak...
Why similar: Experimental 31.5% ★, Abstract 13.2%, Psychedelic 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
Why similar: Experimental 27.1% ★, Psychedelic 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Emotional 11.2%
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Experimental 22.3% ★, Abstract 15.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%
Haunt your murderer /slash/ ex-boyfriend and discover the truth behind his actions in a visual novel about finding peace when all you want is vengeance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Narration 12.4%, Abstract 12.1%
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 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Narration 11.6%
B.D.K is a short experimental first person horror game that mainly relies on atmosphere and sounds to create a creepy experience.
Why similar: Experimental 48.3% ★, Abstract 18.3%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Violent 5.1%
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Emotional 12.6%, Psychological 9%
Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.
Why similar: Experimental 29.2% ★, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Narration 12.9%, Emotional 10.2%
Shunichi Sasaki, a young man who lost his past memories due to higher brain dysfunction, was criticized as a "murderer". Who was he really? Use memory notes to supplement his memories and explore his past.
Why similar: Experimental 23.4% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Psychedelic 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Narration 12.6%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Emotional 12.6%, Abstract 12.3%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Emotional 15.2%, Psychological 14.4%, Visual Novel 14%
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: Psychedelic 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological 14.1%, Text-Based 9.3%
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Emotional 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 10.7%
As an Inkslinger at Brassknee's renowned Wordshop, it's your job to write letters for the citizens of Isle Shammer. But through the veil of work lies forgotten trauma. A voice begins to speak to you in recurring daydreams, telling you about your tragic past in Nomania.
Why similar: Experimental 33% ★, Text-Based 22.3%, Abstract 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Horror 8.7%
Magic and science. Past and future. But what of the present?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 19.1%, Narration 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Abstract 13.2%
Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Psychological 17.5%, Text-Based 10.7%, Horror 10.2%
Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.
Why similar: Experimental 37.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Horror 7%
