- #1 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Supernatural 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #2 Kindred [High Tide]
96% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #3 Holy Shift
96% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dark Humor 11%, Detective 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #4 The Girl Who Wasn't There
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.5%, Investigation 9.5%
- #5 Witchlight Woods
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
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: Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Horror 10.5%
- #6 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Horror 11.2%
- #7 Contra Spem Spero
93% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #8 Remnants of Dawn
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Investigation 9.1%, Visual Novel 9%
- #9 A Bad Christmas Story
91% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: S&J Games
Windows · Mac
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Horror 14.2%, Detective 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Investigation 10.6%
- #10 Cannibal Court
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Detective 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #11 Parasite in Love
90% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
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 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 7.9%
- #12 The Testing Chamber
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 690 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Investigation 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #13 Be Honest
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Supernatural 10.8%, Horror 10.7%
- #14 Misadventures of Laura Silver
89% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Dark Humor 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Detective 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #15 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
87% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 13.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #16 Sabbatical In Merzouga
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Supernatural 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #17 Forgive or Finalize
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Dark 9%
- #18 The Island: Into The Mist
86% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #19 The Peresmeshnik
84% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 8.8%
- #20 Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny
82% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Supernatural 13.3%, Investigation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #21 Remedy for Personality
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
Windows
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Detective 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Investigation 9.3%
- #22 The Test
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,124 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Detective 11.7%, Investigation 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #23 The Wolf of Derevnya
81% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Nightwell Games
Windows · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #24 The Trials - Chapter One
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 13.6%, Supernatural 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #25 Rumor Reporter
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greyhaven Craft
Windows
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
- #26 Not It: Spookiest Edition
81% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #27 No Recollection
78% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 9.4%
- #28 Resequence: The Orchard
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CLEARRAVE
Windows
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: Visual Novel 14.5%, Supernatural 14%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #29 Novalie
79% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Biscuit Placebo
Windows
Surreal horror themed visual novel, with lots of branching paths, blood, tears and twisted pitch-black humour. You're playing as Ashia, who's forced to marry her slimy uncle, suffering from surreal nightmares at night. Then she meets Novalie. And then things gets REALLY strange.
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #30 Under the Table
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
An office-based shrinking horror adventure in visual novel format! Explore a workplace packed with man-eating coworkers as you try to survive being tiny...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #31 The Test: Final Revelation
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,370 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Investigation 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #32 Reaplaced
76% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Mystery Gamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.6%, Investigation 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #33 A Night at Ashmere Manor
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bandaloop Games GmbH
Windows
When your father goes missing with little more than a letter to clue you in, it's up to you to find him. His last known whereabouts? Ashmere Manor. Will you succeed in solving the mystery at the heart of the house and find your father, or will you succumb to its phantom call?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Horror 10.5%, Supernatural 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #34 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #35 Doctor Visit
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Supernatural 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Horror 11.5%
- #36 For Mother Matron
75% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #37 Mass of Consumption
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #38 Creepy Support
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 13.8%, Horror 10.2%
- #39 Ashen Reverie
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Supernatural 14%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #40 Stay Alive For Me
72% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
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 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #41 The Sleeping Sickness
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Scrap LLC
Windows
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Investigation 10.9%, Detective 10.6%, Supernatural 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #42 Thorner
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
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: Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Dark 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #43 Woodside
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Flower Games
Windows
Welcome to Woodside, a haunting survival horror adventure. Explore, investigate and survive as Grace, confronting supernatural terrors that plague a seemingly quaint British village. Experience dynamic horror as spirits react to the way you play. Can you find the truth before it's too late?
Why similar: Supernatural 18.8%, Investigation 17%, Detective 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #44 Future Mirror
72% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: 皐月の夢Pub: LocaGames
Windows
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #45 Isle of Maligree
70% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #46 The Trials - Chapter Two
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #47 Nothing To Remember
71% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Guts United
Windows
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Detective 14%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #48 恐怖夜話
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Horror 13.3%
- #49 Worn Out
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #50 Bad Summer
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S&J Games
Windows
Welcome to Bear Ridge Summer Camp! Jenny Lewis is an awkward high school graduate working her first job as a camp counsellor. Help her navigate an exciting summer of making new friends, and finding her first love. But be wary! Not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Detective 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #51 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
68% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Horror 11.3%
- #52 We need a doorman.
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows
You are the hotel doorman and a demon hunter. Check each guest, and if you find an anomaly, exorcise it without hesitation.
Why similar: Supernatural 14.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Detective 11.7%, Dark Humor 10.8%
- #53 Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
70% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Investigation 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Detective 9.8%
- #54 summer story
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #55 RUNT
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #56 FAKEBOOK
66% matchVery Positive91% of 732 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 12.3%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #57 Blackthorn Witch
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Horror 11.1%
- #58 The Game of Fourtune
67% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Supernatural 10%
- #59 Date Time❤️: Melissa❤️, Morris❤️, Anna❤️
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
DATE, FLIRT & SURVIVE in this Retro-Horror Adventure where you date characters based on REAL Computer VIRUSES. Explore and uncover dark secrets behind each character and make choices that will lead to a ❤️SMOOCH❤️ or your DOOM!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Horror 11.4%