Games Like 奇尔杜克塔伦山谷 CHILDUHTARON

“Kupala” is a dark, non-linear horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Little Anya arrives at a village on the eve of Kupala Night — the sacred night of the ancient Slavs. In the quiet old house, her grandmother tells her tales of unclean spirits crossing into the living world...

Why similar: Mythology 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Word Game 10.9%, Horror 10.7%

Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.

Why similar: Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Stylized 8.3%

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: Mythology 14.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Hand-drawn 11.2%

A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Noir 13%, Thriller 9.2%, Mystery 8.5%

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 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Horror 9.4%

There is a monster living in your apartment.

Why similar: Noir 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Word Game 13.4%, Text-Based 12%, Stylized 8.7%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Text-Based 12.3%, Thriller 11.1%, Hand-drawn 8.7%

Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological 11.6%, Text-Based 11.2%

All girls can transform with candy. A short branching visual novel about a mysterious candy shop and the girls who go there. What candy will you choose?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.8%

The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Text-Based 16.8%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological 8.9%

In STARECROWN, a visual-novel merged with a puzzle-based horror experience, your ANGEL whose watched from the distance finally makes himself known. For the worse.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Hand-drawn 21.8%, Horror 17.3%, Stylized 11%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

A ghost and a carnival clown plot revenge on the man who ruined their lives. An operatic tragedy set in 1920s Sicily.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 10.6%, Thriller 9%

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Dark 8.5%

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 24.6%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Psychological 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Horror 12.5%

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Text-Based 21.9%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 8%

A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 10.7%, Stylized 8.9%

This is a text adventure game with elements of horror, suspense, and puzzle-solving. Players take on the role of a detective, encountering various mysterious cases. These cases may be bizarre, eerie, or seemingly calm on the surface, but with turbulent undercurrents beneath.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Word Game 14.7%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Thriller 10.5%, Horror 8.3%

《The Faceless Prisoner》 is a crime-suspense folklore adventure. Confront suspects, gather clues, and profile minds to expose an urban legend’s buried truth—every choice reshapes fate.

Why similar: Time Travel 17.7% ★, Mythology 15%, Word Game 12%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!

Why similar: Time Travel 23.9% ★, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Hand-drawn 12%, Text-Based 11.5%

Tokyo Stranger is an aerial genre of text horror game inspired by the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. You play as a tourist from an exotic country, looking for any possibility to escape Tokyo in a static world.

Why similar: Noir 18%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Stylized 10.5%

A Slice-of-life Anime Visual Novel about 4 friends trying to recapture old feelings. Has multiple story branches and endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Mythology 15.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%

A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Thriller 13.7%, Text-Based 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.9%

Your Canvas is a Text-Based Psychological Horror game set during three therapy sessions with different time periods where the player will be presented with various choices for deciding the outcome of the story.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Horror 12%

At Di Yingling High, rumors of missing girls run rampant. Exchange student Meng Jiangnan uncovers the school’s hidden darkness. The Remake heightens the suspense with black-and-white comic visuals and upgraded systems. Will you face the truth?

Why similar: Noir 15.3%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Stylized 10.7%

Explore the beginning of a new horrifying story in this mixture of a text-based and a 2D game. Emily's world is about to turn upside down, maybe in more ways than anyone is able to realize yet.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Horror 12%, Stylized 10.3%, Psychological 10.2%

Read the story from beginning to end, solve all the puzzles and unravel the creepy history of Candyworld. Accept the invitation to the tea party and make a choice - escape forever or stop the destruction of the magical world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Thriller 9.9%

On your one day off, you decide to take your partner Iris and their camera to a planning party for your friend Erik’s future thesis film. But the footage Erik wants to capture is more than you or Iris bargained for. Will you be able to protect your partner from what lies before you?

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Hand-drawn 17%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Thriller 13.6%, Horror 11.6%

THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 14.4%, Word Game 13.1%, Horror 11%

In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Horror 12.1%

A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Text-Based 11.1%, Psychological 10.9%, Thriller 10.6%

In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Word Game 12.2%, Horror 10.6%, Lore-Rich 8.5%

From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Mythology 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Horror 10.3%

"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: Noir 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Thriller 9.4%

A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Psychological 11.9%, Stylized 11.3%

Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt still lives in a haunted house. The sequel title to GESTALT: The Fifth Day, Wicke is forced to confront her past in this point-and-click psychological horror title with multiple scenarios, branching narratives, challenging puzzles and tense situations.

Why similar: Time Travel 24.3% ★, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.1%, Noir 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%

"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.

Why similar: Mythology 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%

A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 12.7%, Thriller 10.6%, Psychological 8.7%

Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.

Why similar: Word Game 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Stylized 10.5%, Horror 8.3%

Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Stylized 8%

Shut your teeth is an absurdist mystery visual novel inspired by Thai culture, folklore and traditions. The complex plot full of dark atmosphere, vivid characters and psychological tension will keep you guessing until the very end.

Why similar: Mythology 25.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Thriller 10.5%

一款单人心理恐怖视觉小说。玩家只需要持续点击体验文字和图画呈现的主线剧情。流程短但情节引人入胜。

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Word Game 21.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Horror 12.4%

A place where warmth is but a memory. The night echoes with strange sounds, and uncanny neighbors stir a lingering unease, all steeped in a stale, suffocating air. Yet one question remains—where does this chilling cold truly come from?

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Text-Based 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.1%, Stylized 10.8%

Fairy Deer is a kinetic thriller visual novel. Make your way deep into the terrifying Forest in search of the sole pathway to happiness—the mythical Fairy Deer.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Text-Based 25.6%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Horror 13.1%, Thriller 8%

White Wool & Snow is the second visual novel in the Misericorde series.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Text-Based 15.2%, Noir 11.7%, Mystery 10.1%

In this visual novel you're a voice in schizophrenic heads of dynasty Müller. You pass from generation to generation and you countrol your schizophrenic, talking sometimes with him. The important thing is, you shouldn't let your schizophrenic die without offspring, otherwise you'll die with him.

Why similar: Time Travel 29% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Noir 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 9.8%

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: Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Thriller 11%, Psychological 10.9%, Text-Based 10.7%

INFERIAE is a two-hour-long descent into a nightmare over 20 years in the making, an immersive experience blending unsettling soundscapes with hundreds of shifting scenes and a haunting narrative.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Noir 19.6%, Stylized 17.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

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: Visual Novel 26.6%, Text-Based 23.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 15.8%, Mystery 9.5%

Nick just can't let go of the people he's killed.

Why similar: Noir 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Thriller 11.6%

An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Thriller 9.2%

"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Word Game 14.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Thriller 10.9%

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 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 13.3%, Stylized 12.3%

《残秽的我们》是一款本土手绘写实风格的恐怖冒险游戏，以真实事件为蓝本改编。在游戏中，玩家将跟随女主“无者”的脚步，深入由亡者怨念而产生的“怨秽地”，利用“刻印”的力量，探究隐藏其中的一段真实往事。

Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.9%, Stylized 14.3%, Horror 13.4%, Thriller 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%

“Signed Mary”, a psychological horror visual novel, in which not your choices of action will determine the story’s end, but the choices of how to perceive your reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Thriller 11.2%, Horror 10.5%

Participate in the Death Game "Rising Odds", a psychological horror visual novel, with dark and gore themes. Your choices will decide how this story ends!

Why similar: Time Travel 26.9% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Text-Based 10%, Psychological 9%

Achi ran away from the orphanage and he found himself surrounded by concrete, indifference, and violence. He was saved by a mysterious creature that came from within, and by a peculiar detective. He had no way of knowing that darker, more disturbing voices were about to reach him.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Hand-drawn 22.8%, Noir 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Dark 8.3%

《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑，根据匿名信件中的拓片线索，深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村，这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事，并在村庄中展开调查，你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Word Game 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 10.7%

Pumpkin Eater is a visual novel about grief, pumpkin heads, and human decomposition. 100% medically accurate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Thriller 15.5%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Horror 9.5%

Awakened from a deep slumber, six students find themselves trapped inside an abandoned research facility, otherwise known as the "Losinglight". Escape into a war torn city, and discover the truth behind an otherworldly being like no other.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19%, Thriller 16.8%, Text-Based 13.8%, Horror 13.5%

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: Visual Novel 23%, Text-Based 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological 13.5%