- #1 Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tohakusha Inc.
Windows
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Detective 11.5%, Horror 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #2 FAKEBOOK
96% matchVery Positive91% of 772 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 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #3 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
96% 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 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #4 Kindred [High Tide]
95% matchPositive91% of 22 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 15.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Horror 8.8%
- #5 Holy Shift
94% matchPositive81% of 43 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 9.3%
- #6 Contra Spem Spero
94% matchPositive92% of 25 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 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #7 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Horror 11.9%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #8 Witchlight Woods
92% 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 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Horror 10.8%
- #9 The Girl Who Wasn't There
91% 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 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.4%, Investigation 9.5%
- #10 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
91% matchVery Positive86% of 256 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 11.3%
- #11 Creepy Support
90% 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: Dark Humor 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #12 Remnants of Dawn
89% 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 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Investigation 9%
- #13 Sabbatical In Merzouga
88% 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 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #14 A Bad Christmas Story
87% matchPositive100% of 14 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 14.3%, Detective 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Investigation 10.6%
- #15 Not It: Spookiest Edition
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 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 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #16 Cannibal Court
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Detective 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #17 Parasite in Love
86% matchVery Positive95% of 57 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 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 8.1%
- #18 Evil Spirits
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 12.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Supernatural 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Horror 9.8%
- #19 The Testing Chamber
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 702 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 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #20 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
83% matchVery Positive98% of 100 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 9.5%
- #21 Be Honest
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 10.8%, Supernatural 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #22 Misadventures of Laura Silver
84% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 11%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #23 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
81% matchVery Positive88% of 6,076 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Detective 12.1%, Text-Based 10.9%, Supernatural 10.4%
- #24 SOLEN
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #25 Psycho-Sleuth
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PHOSEPO
Windows
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Detective 13.2%, Dark Humor 12%, Investigation 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #26 Sacrificium
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sacrificium is a dark psychological horror experience blending illustrated storytelling, branching choices, and sanity-driven gameplay. Trapped in a castle controlled by a satanic cult, you must escape before the nightmare consumes you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Text-Based 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #27 The Island: Into The Mist
80% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 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 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #28 Remedy for Personality
78% 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 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.3%
- #29 Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny
76% matchPositive88% of 17 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 13.2%, Investigation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Visual Novel 9%, Horror 8.6%
- #30 The Test
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,136 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%
- #31 The Peresmeshnik
78% matchVery Positive93% of 110 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 18.5%, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 8.9%
- #32 Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
77% 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 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Investigation 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Detective 9.8%
- #33 Rumor Reporter
75% 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 18%, Investigation 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #34 The Wolf of Derevnya
76% 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 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #35 Worn Out
75% 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 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #36 The Trials - Chapter One
74% match8 user reviews100% of 8 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 15.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Supernatural 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #37 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Supernatural 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Detective 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #38 Choose Your Own Alternative
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #39 No Recollection
73% 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 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.5%
- #40 Doctor Visit
73% 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 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Horror 11.5%
- #41 Reborn
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #42 Resequence: The Orchard
71% 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 14.6%, Supernatural 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #43 Under the Table
70% 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 14.2%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #44 The Test: Final Revelation
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,373 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #45 Blackthorn Witch
70% 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 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Horror 11%
- #46 Nothing To Remember
72% matchMixed69% of 29 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 13.8%, Investigation 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #47 Reaplaced
70% matchVery Positive91% of 56 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 17.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.7%, Investigation 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #48 Novalie
71% matchPositive100% of 17 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 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #49 A Night at Ashmere Manor
69% 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%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.6%, Supernatural 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #50 Mass of Consumption
68% 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 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Horror 16%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 10%
- #51 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 14.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Visual Novel 10%
- #52 For Mother Matron
69% matchVery Positive92% of 168 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 10.7%
- #53 Ashen Reverie
67% 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 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #54 The Sleeping Sickness
68% 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 10.8%, Detective 10.7%, Horror 9.5%, Supernatural 9.5%
- #55 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
67% matchVery Positive99% of 78 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 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Horror 11.3%
- #56 Stay Alive For Me
66% matchPositive80% of 10 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 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #57 summer story
67% 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 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 10%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #58 The Trials - Chapter Two
67% matchNo user reviews2026
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 19.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #59 Suhoshin
68% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Detective 10.6%, Text-Based 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%