
You, are a lowly sandwich maker. Coming from beyond the fog to run Sylvecchia's very first CrudWay. There is nothing more to your story. Stay, Serve, and Do Not Listen to the Dross...
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Story Rich, Dark Fantasy, Gothic.

You, are a lowly sandwich maker. Coming from beyond the fog to run Sylvecchia's very first CrudWay. There is nothing more to your story. Stay, Serve, and Do Not Listen to the Dross...

Night Shift: 1999
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.

Red Embrace: Mezzanine
1996—Miami, FL. At the bottom of a downward spiral, Beth meets an inhuman stranger. Will she accept the new, dark gift he offers?
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Vampires 21.6% ★, Gothic 16.9% ★, Supernatural 9%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%
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: Vampires 25.5% ★, Gothic 19.5% ★, Supernatural 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Point & Click 8.8%
A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?
Why similar: Vampires 19.5% ★, Gothic 18.1% ★, Visual Novel 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Supernatural 6.6%
I want to be your friend. But I want to eat you… Discover the end of a twisted friendship in this story driven adventure. Deep in the forest, an alchemist hides a monster: Tobari. Gather silver coins. Find a cure for an incurable disease.
Why similar: Vampires 35.6% ★, Gothic 26.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Mystery 7.5%, Story Rich 5.3%
Step into the dark and unforgiving world of vampires and have the course of your life changed forever. Experience a Rich Narrative Experience with gothic horror, distinct protagonists, interesting characters, and varied locations.
Why similar: Vampires 33.6% ★, Gothic 26.1% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%, Supernatural 9.2%, Dark 6.8%
Craft uncanny totems. Aid troubled townsfolk. Uncover the darkness below. The Totemist is a narrative-driven occult shop sim set in a quietly strange town, where you craft charms inspired by real witchcraft, aid troubled townspeople, and uncover the ancient force festering beneath them.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 24.7% ★, Gothic 17.8% ★, Supernatural 11%, Mystery 10.8%, Dark 9.1%
If you crossed a vampire, would you protect humanity or embrace the blood? Guide Mark Delaware's choices in this visual novel as he navigates this dangerous world.
Why similar: Vampires 31.9% ★, Gothic 19.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
To cheat death, you must uncover the secrets hidden within Count Dracula’s castle. Only by mastering the occult arts and solving mystical puzzles can you save yourself. Eternal life comes at a price!
Why similar: Vampires 44.3% ★, Supernatural 20.7%, Gothic 14.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 7.8%, Puzzle 6.8%
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Supernatural 14.8%, Gothic 14% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Can you really trust what Hector tells you? Fulfill the wishes of the cursed, perform spells that alter fate, and decide for yourself whether the stories you hear ever happened at all.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 22.3% ★, Gothic 17.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11%, Surreal 9.8%, Point & Click 9.6%
Paperback is a short horror game that takes place in a public library at night with an aggressive thunderstorm raging in the vicinity where you take on the role of the newly hired novice librarian, Max.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30% ★, Supernatural 13.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Dark 7.4%, Puzzle 7.2%
Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Point & Click 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Dark 9.5%
Fight, sneak, or charm your way through a gothic modern New Orleans as a Vampire detective of your creation. Unravel a vast centuries-old conspiracy involving Vampire factions, Werewolves, and far stranger horrors. Try to survive as a Nightborn without losing yourself to madness or damnation.
Why similar: Vampires 30.7% ★, Gothic 21.5% ★, Supernatural 16.2%, Dark 8.3%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%
Argumentum ad culpam is a gothic visual novel about the world of eternal agony. A capricious dance of principles and death. Take part in twisted battles of wits, where morality is only a tool for survival, and decide what future that world will have.
Why similar: Gothic 25.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Supernatural 10%, Visual Novel 10%, Surreal 9.4%
A dark fairytale point-and-click adventure game that follows 13-year-old Willow as she tries to escape a living hospital made of memories while searching for her lost brother.
Why similar: Mystery 13.9%, Point & Click 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Supernatural 9.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Supernatural 16.9%, Gothic 11.6% ★, Mystery 9.4%, Story Rich 8%
Solve crimes and steal hearts in this supernatural neon-noir romance visual novel. Featuring six different romance options, some more monstrous than others.
Why similar: Vampires 32.2% ★, Supernatural 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Tearoom of Terror is a cozy-gothic narrative cooking mystery where you investigate the mysterious death of your estranged aunt in a tearoom filled with sinister patrons, unsettling secrets, and morally questionable requests.
Why similar: Cooking 22.6%, Gothic 20.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
Join our broke protagonist Jackie, who, after a workplace accident, will never look the same again. Jackie desperately tries to make ends meet by working in an unusual bar, despite having no experience at all!
Why similar: Vampires 20.9% ★, Cooking 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Supernatural 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Lose your heart in this dark fairy-tale romance! Once upon a winter night, you enter the woods in search of a beast. But the hunter you find is so charming and sweet–is he truly the monster you seek?
Why similar: Gothic 26.5% ★, Vampires 23.9% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Dark 7.9%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Vampires 34.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.4%
Fall in love with your worst enemy in this gothic vampire romance BL visual novel about two men pushed to the edges of society learning to trust each other.
Why similar: Vampires 38.5% ★, Gothic 26.8% ★, Visual Novel 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Dark Fantasy 6.1%
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 29% ★, Supernatural 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
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: Supernatural 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Point & Click 12%, Choices Matter 10.5%
You voluntarily keep a monster in your basement. For some reason, you keep feeding her. Cook gruesome meals, keep her distracted by scrolling her phone, calm her down when things go wrong, and uncover the truth behind your unsettling circumstances.
Why similar: Cooking 27.6%, Gothic 16.2% ★, Surreal 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Dark 9.4%
A point-and-click adventure where your only verb is SUMMON, and the only things you can summon are the four dead people you still remember. Every one you spend is gone for good. Hell is a hierarchy, everything in it has a price, and nothing on screen tells you what it is costing you.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Supernatural 12.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Why similar: Gothic 22.6% ★, Supernatural 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Point & Click 9.3%
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 22.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Vampires infiltrate the nightclub queue. You are the bouncer. Check documents, observe suspicious behavior, and use tools to decide who gets in and who stays outside, but the final decision is always yours.
Why similar: Vampires 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 14.4%, Mystery 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
Experience the life of a bloodthirsty vampire in this new town full of dangers and surprises.
Why similar: Vampires 34.5% ★, Gothic 23.6% ★, Supernatural 17%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Dark 6.3%
A fantasy RPG about saving a medieval town from a spreading curse as the Witch's Apprentice. Spend your limited daily actions investigating secrets, earning the trust of townsfolk, discovering the ingredients your ritual actually needs, and holding back the thorns before time runs out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Gothic 14.4% ★, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 8.7%
A story-driven visual novel with point-and-click elements about one evening shift at an unusual candy shop. Talk to customers, figure out who is human and who is supernatural, and make sure everyone gets the right sweet.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 26.3% ★, Supernatural 14.7%, Point & Click 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%
A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 26.8% ★, Cooking 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
The Hungry Town is an adventure quest/visual novel set in a world of dark urban fantasy. You are a young vampire caught in a brutal conflict between two generations of your kind. Uncover the truth, choose a side, or stay true to yourself.
Why similar: Vampires 31% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Dark 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Point & Click 8.4%
Manage your spooky potion shop and meet monsters! Solve the tragicomic problems of vampires, werewolves, ifrits and trolls, or pit them against each other. Scavenge ingredients, craft volatile brews, and enjoy this chaotic management simulation!
Why similar: Vampires 23.8% ★, Gothic 19% ★, Shop Keeper 18% ★, Cooking 17.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
A psychological horror sound novel. A child who lost memories wakes in a ruined building. Explore unsettling space. Open cabinets, speak to adults, grab a weapon—or do nothing? Help the child escape. Help the judgment. Whatever you choose, do it with your own hands. Then… face the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Supernatural 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%
A tiny gimbap café in a back alley, lights on until 4 a.m. Lured by oddly high pay, you take the night shift — greet customers, cook, walk home through the dark. Night by night, something slips out of place. Where did the last clerk go?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 31% ★, Cooking 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Simulation 10.3%, Adventure 6.7%
Dracula has been resurrected in modern nights Los Angeles. Separated from his home by oceans and time itself, he must come to grips with a new world while his survival hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Vampires 31.2% ★, Gothic 23% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Supernatural 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%
For centuries, an ancient family has ruled the lands of the morbid and decadent province of Rubro Rose, but with the sudden illness of the lord of Vorkrom Castle, everything falls upon the young princess of pale skin...
Why similar: Vampires 29.4% ★, Gothic 23.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Dark 8.1%, Multiple Endings 8%
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 31.2% ★, Point & Click 16.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Dark 11.5%, Puzzle 9.6%
People come to the shop on Halsey Row to sell the memories they can't carry and buy the ones they can't live without. Appraise what they bring. Decide what it's worth, and who you'll sell it to. Run an honest shop, or a darker one, and piece together what this street is hiding.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.1% ★, Choices Matter 12.1%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 9%, Simulation 8.2%
The iconic game The 7th Guest has been brought back to life with modern technology, delivering an atmospheric story like no other. Explore a foreboding mansion, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets. The 7th Guest is the ultimate mystery adventure, reimagined for modern platforms.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Supernatural 17.5%, Mystery 15%, Gothic 14.4% ★, Puzzle 11%
A restaurant romance simulation set in the shadowed world of the Abyss! As you meet its strange residents and grow closer to them, their hidden stories gradually come to light.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.4% ★, Cooking 20.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%
Potion Tales is a potion brewing game, in which the potions you create decide the fate of your customers. Make yourself at home in a cozy potion kitchen and prepare different potions for the unique problems of your customers.
Why similar: Cooking 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Supernatural 17.7%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Mystery 11%
Descend a gothic clocktower dreamscape to escape the curse of time. A short, atmospheric puzzle game that gently blends Sokoban mechanics, bullet-hell traversal, and dark mystery.
Why similar: Vampires 47% ★, Gothic 21% ★, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Dark 4.4%, Mystery 4.1%
A dark yuri horror visual novel inspired by a classic gothic novella. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?
Why similar: Vampires 31.7% ★, Gothic 20.4% ★, Visual Novel 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Loop is a visual novel set in a dark Irish Forest. Deirdre is set to find her husband who was sworn to become the Forest King. But it’s not easy for a human to walk in the magical realm. What will Deirdre learn about this other world? What will she find out about herself?
Why similar: Supernatural 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Gothic 14.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%
Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.
Why similar: Gothic 28.8% ★, Supernatural 20.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%
Enter the Library of Souls, where human stories are fading from the pages. In the first book, step into a night train in the year 2513, meet a mysterious fellow passenger, and face a choice between fear and trust. Make your decision and preserve the story.
Why similar: Vampires 34.3% ★, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
A cinematic narrative adventure set in modern-day Athens. An encounter with a mysterious woman draws Jason into a centuries-old society of vampires hidden beneath the city.
Why similar: Vampires 33.5% ★, Gothic 20.4% ★, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. Your second life begins tonight...
Why similar: Supernatural 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Mystery 9.3%
A first-person escape horror game, 'School Bathroom'.You've found yourself penned in an eerie stall.What is the source of the fear you feel in this inescapable space...
Why similar: Supernatural 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 25.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Embrace darkness as an unwitting vampire in this choice-driven romance. Navigate ancient powers, brewing conflicts, and passionate relationships with four captivating vampires who could become your greatest allies – or something more. When night falls, will you surrender to its dangers?
Why similar: Vampires 33.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
Aristocrat Evan Alford receives a mysterious invitation to the fair and comes to a small village on the outskirts of the country. The village seems strange and painfully familiar, but Evan has never been here. In addition, other guests of the fair are not as simple as it seems.
Why similar: Gothic 22.5% ★, Supernatural 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dark 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Vampires, Necromancer, Skeleton and even a Time Traveler. This Visual Novel has it all. But most important question is, can you actually keep Skeleton alive? I guess we will find out.
Why similar: Vampires 41.7% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Mystery 8.8%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
Why similar: Gothic 20.4% ★, Surreal 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.4%
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: Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Point & Click 10.9%
In this Boys' Love visual novel about dating monsters, you play as Christopher Wells, a young office worker who moves to a town full of supernatural creatures in hopes of getting to make a real difference.
Why similar: Vampires 30.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Supernatural 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%