60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Singleplayer, Story Rich, Visual Novel.
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Something Strange
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Sato Killing Time Chat.exe
It was supposed to be just a harmless chat to kill time with a stranger named Mina. But from the other side of the browser, the boundary between your reality and the internet is slowly being eroded. This is a desktop-invasion chat horror.
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Visual Novel 30.3%, Horror 19.8%, Dark 12.3%, 2D 3.7%
It was supposed to be just a harmless chat to kill time with a stranger named Mina. But from the other side of the browser, the boundary between your reality and the internet is slowly being eroded. This is a desktop-invasion chat horror.
Why similar: Horror 70%, Atmospheric 21.4%, Casual 7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Why similar: Supernatural 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Horror 13.8%, Surreal 12.9%, Mystery 12.8%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Atmospheric 31.3%, Female Protagonist 25.9%, Mystery 25.2%, Horror 7.8%, Casual 3.8%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Dark 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Supernatural 14.1%, Mystery 13.8%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Visual Novel 32.1%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Don't Chat With Strangers is an experience puzzle game, mostly taking place in a single room. The main character in the middle of the night is approached by a strange girl in an online chat. Don't die and solve the mystery of the girl.
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Horror 13%, Dark 12.5%, Minimalist 12%
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Supernatural 13.8%, Dark 13.1%, Text-Based 12.7%
Use an in-game computer to chat with friends to stay connected and help each other. Explore your 'empty' apartment building for items to assist them and uncover lost messages.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.9%, Horror 28.4%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Casual 3.8%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.4%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Casual 1.8%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Horror 13.2%
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Dark 22.6%, Horror 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%
A mysterious phone number on a park restroom wall leads to an unknown “voice,” quietly awakening the town’s hidden apparitions. This is a horror text adventure with no jump scares—no loud noises or grotesque surprises—designed for a safe and tension-focused experience.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.2%, Horror 27.2%, Dark 21.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 2.7%
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 25.2%, Text-Based 23.5%, Supernatural 16.4%, Mystery 15.9%, Horror 14%
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: Text-Based 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 9.5%
A horror mystery adventure game with ghost story elements. Anxiety plagues college student Lily, whose crush Sally has gone missing. As Lily explores the truth, Sally's boyfriend starts to look increasingly suspicious. Even worse, the story of the Cannibal Boy seems to be involved somehow...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Horror 16.8%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Mystery 12.9%
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 14.5%, Mystery 13.9%
Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.
Why similar: Horror 55.5%, Visual Novel 42.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%, Indie 0.8%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Dark 22.6%, Mystery 17.1%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Horror 12%
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: Visual Novel 32.2%, Text-Based 18%, Horror 17.8%, Surreal 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Horror 20.1%, Text-Based 19.8%, Dark 15.5%, Female Protagonist 9%
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: Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Horror 18.7%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Dark 11%
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Horror 26.6%, Dark 18.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Text-Based 30.8%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Casual 4.2%
Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.
Why similar: Dark 47.1%, Female Protagonist 37.2%, Casual 12.2%, Indie 3.5%
Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.
Why similar: Horror 51.4%, Dark 23.4%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, 2D 5.5%, Casual 1.3%
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.8%, Text-Based 34.1%, Horror 24.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%, Indie 0.6%
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Mystery 18.3%, Text-Based 15.9%, Horror 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13%
Her ex-boyfriend became a shut-in. The girl goes to visit him... then things start to go wrong. They always do, right? Experience two stories about digital gods and loss. And remember - believe in the net.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Horror 34.8%, Dark 23.5%, Indie 1.1%
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Horror 16.6%, Supernatural 13.7%, Female Protagonist 13.3%
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Surreal 29.4%, Dark 17.6%, Supernatural 15.5%, 2D 3.4%
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Horror 20.2%, Dark 16.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Surreal 19.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Horror 10.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Supernatural 18.8%, Dark 17.3%, Surreal 15.1%, Female Protagonist 11.8%
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Surreal 17.6%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Dark 8.9%
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Supernatural 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.3%, Horror 30.2%, Casual 5%, Indie 1.5%
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Text-Based 25.4%, Horror 24.1%, Mystery 17.8%, First-Person 1.1%
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a recording of a training protocol. By answering questions and resisting jumpscares, can you beat the Entity Exam?
Why similar: Text-Based 32.5%, Horror 23.9%, Dark 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Mystery 8%
You are a streamer who entered an abandoned building for hype. But the game quickly turns into a real nightmare — the chat and donations influence what’s happening, and you try to survive and understand what’s going on.
Why similar: Text-Based 43%, Horror 24.9%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Linear 13.3%, First-Person 2.4%
A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Supernatural 21.2%, Atmospheric 17%, Mystery 13.8%, Linear 11%
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Mystery 19.9%, Horror 16%, Supernatural 15.4%
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Dark 16.5%, Mystery 16%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Surreal 14.1%
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Mystery 18.4%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Dark 15.2%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Supernatural 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Surreal 14.8%, Horror 12.6%
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Horror 18.4%, Mystery 13.5%, Dark 12%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 60.8%, Horror 29.9%, Casual 7.4%, Indie 1.8%
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 12.8%, Surreal 12.3%
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...
Why similar: Text-Based 36.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Horror 23.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Indie 0.6%
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Text-Based 33.7%, Horror 29.7%, Casual 1%
This is a horror game that asks a friend to find out what happened in an abandoned hospital.
Why similar: Horror 42.8%, Dark 31.3%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Gore 6.5%, Casual 1.5%
ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Mystery 22.8%, Casual 3.7%, First-Person 3.6%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.4%
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.2%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Surreal 19.5%, Horror 17.8%, Dark Humor 10.8%
An average college girl takes an elective class and everything is different. Death, spooky, enveloped her, uncovering the truth, looking for clues, making the right choice was the only way.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.9%, Horror 24.4%, Minimalist 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, 2D 4%
A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.4%, Surreal 29%, Horror 21.9%, First-Person 3.8%, Indie 1.9%
Your class goes on a field trip to Durhal Cathedral before things take an unexpected turn. Solve the mystery before you and your friends perish!
Why similar: Dark 44.7%, Atmospheric 35.8%, 2D 8.3%, Casual 4.5%, Gore 3.8%
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 12%, Surreal 10.2%
