60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include 2D, Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter.
Dark fantasy shop sim in ancient Kyoto. 4 chapters, 28 turns. On the city's bleak fringes, a disgraced Onmyoji trades cursed goods. Avoid bankruptcy and madness—survive tough resource management. No customer returns. Your sister's secret. Can you withstand the truth? Reach the True End.
Secrets In Green
When a pretty plant in Alma's garden begins to speak to her, she knows that a dark mystery is afoot! But in Victorian England, women are often dismissed as nothing more than hysterical fantasists. Can you help Alma find her power, and solve this dangerous situation before it's too late?
Paperback
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.
When a pretty plant in Alma's garden begins to speak to her, she knows that a dark mystery is afoot! But in Victorian England, women are often dismissed as nothing more than hysterical fantasists. Can you help Alma find her power, and solve this dangerous situation before it's too late?
Why similar: Historical 25.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Dark 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
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 27.2% ★, Horror 15%, Mystery 12.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Dark 10.6%
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Mystery 11.1%
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
Why similar: Horror 15.8%, Dark 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Mystery 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%
Blue Remembered Hills: A Miscellany of Wayfarers from Yeyu is a narrative management game set in southwestern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. You keep a mountain inn—running the business, receiving travelers, and witnessing and shaping their stories.
Why similar: Historical 25.8%, Shop Keeper 23.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Immersive Sim 11%, Visual Novel 7.9%
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dark 15.7%, Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 13.2%
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Historical 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Horror 9.2%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Dark 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Horror 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Historical 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Dark 16.3%, Horror 16%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 10.7%
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
You are a Venetian maskmaker in 1797. Craft stunning masks for picky patrons.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 25.3% ★, Simulation 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Immersive Sim 12.3%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Dark 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Horror 9.7%
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Mystery 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dark 9.2%
A visual novel about detective William Beckett, investigating the case of a servant uprising in the ducal house of "Gentry." Together with intern Michelle Rouge, William must delve deep into the country's political life to uncover the secrets. Gather evidence, take notes, and analyze the information
Why similar: Historical 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dark 12.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%
You just bought a PC, only to discover it once belonged to someone who has mysteriously disappeared. You soon realize that the key to find him may be hidden deep inside your OS, governed by a weird chatbot named Zippy. What will be your first move?
Why similar: Mystery 19.2%, Horror 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Simulation 13.6%, Dark 8.5%
In this adventure game, play as a young boy, Boku, who accidentally releases vengeful spirits from a local shrine. To fix his mistake, he must collect the ancient treasures to repair the seal. But the freed Youkai have their own plans for him and won’t make it easy. Can he resist their deadly lure?
Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Mystery 19.7%, Dark 19%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Anime 10.2%
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: Horror 16%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dark 13.6%, Mystery 12.5%
A PSX Horror where the bizarre is routine. Survive 5 nights managing a gas station infested by 10 entities with unique death animations. Unravel the mystery buried beneath the fuel pumps before your shift ends in one of 3 endings.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.1% ★, Horror 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Simulation 14.5%, Mystery 11.8%
It is the newest village of tradition. In the year 2200, Oculus, an employee at a cybernetic body manufacturing company, hears a rumor that a colleague has gone missing while on the job.
Why similar: Horror 16.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Dark 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%
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: Mystery 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dark 15.4%, Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%
In the Middle Of is a narrative adventure of mystery and fantasy. Isolated in a cabin next to an ancient forest, Shafer will discover that the world is not as banal and logical as he believes and he will be surrounded by enigmatic characters, creatures and extraordinary events.
Why similar: Mystery 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Creature Collector 13.9%, Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Lore-Rich 8.7%
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Dark 15.7%, Horror 13.5%, Mystery 12.7%
Fantôme Rapport is a multi-genre visual novel that blends romance, horror, and mystery. Uncover the secrets of a ghostly luxury cruise liner and the enigmatic women aboard.
Why similar: Simulation 17%, Horror 16%, Mystery 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%
"The fire remembers what you forgot." Reclaim your name in this Taisho Gothic abyss, featuring an EDM Requiem crafted from the developer's raw voice. A psychological horror where emotion meets AI. Let the author's voice pull you into the depths. What is the truth at the end?
Why similar: Historical 18.3%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Mystery 10.6%
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Mystery 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Dark 12.8%, Simulation 9%
Why similar: Historical 20.8%, Dark 14.6%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%
Nieve Torres, navigator aboard the notorious opium clipper The Witch of the Wake, is left fighting for her life as sinister supernatural forces begin plaguing the ship. Terror and tragedy abound, Nieve is left navigating not just rough waters, but her fellow crewmates as well.
Why similar: Historical 18.1%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 13.3%, Dark 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 10.4%
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Why similar: Historical 33.5%, Mystery 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Story Rich 6.3%, Choices Matter 5.4%
Mayuhara City, Tokyo. The wounds of the mass suicide event of Mayuhara Academy from eight years ago have finally begun to heal. The rumors of the “Mayuhara Curse” are still whispered amongst the students.
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Mystery 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Dark 12.8%
You're the newest steward of Thoth Observatory, tasked with researching the strange Kerr black hole SJ-1765—the Sejanus Singularity. The data gathered here is invaluable, so maintain the installation and preserve your sanity until your rotation ends in this deteriorating station.
Why similar: Simulation 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Dark 15.1%, Horror 12.9%
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Mystery 12%, Dark 11.7%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%
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: Horror 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark 11.9%
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: Historical 15.5%, Horror 15%, Dark 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
Four blanks, two bullets, and a choice. Save yourself and sacrifice the others, or save them and risk your eternal death. Electio is a short narrative horror game that can be played only once. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Dark 17.4%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 12%
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: Dark 15.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Horror 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
A romance psychological thriller visual novel with point-and-click investigation, set in ancient Asia. Investigate your past, make deductions from clues, uncover chilling secrets, and survive a dangerously obsessive love. Perfect for fans of yanderes and the mystery genre.
Why similar: Historical 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dark 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Horror 10.2%
조선 시대 관상가로 위장해 수배자를 색출하는 추리 생존 게임. 매일 찾아오는 손님의 얼굴을 관찰하고, 수배 조건과 대조해 신고하세요. 잘못된 판단은 불이익으로, 올바른 판단은 생존으로 이어집니다. 30일 후 당신의 선택이 4가지 엔딩 중 하나를 결정합니다.
Why similar: Simulation 29.3%, Shop Keeper 28.6% ★, Historical 23.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, 2D 4.9%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Mystery 16.8%, Dark 16.3%, Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Dark 11.1%
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 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Dark 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Horror 13.8%
You killed him once before. Don't make the same mistake twice. A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you.
Why similar: Historical 19.6%, Dark 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Horror 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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 18.3%, Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.5%
Echoes of Chang'an is a Chinese-style mystery visual novel developed by NSTUDIO. You play as the adopted son of the renowned mid-Tang general Duan Xiushi who is unexpectedly drawn into an inescapable conspiracy that threatens the fate of the Tang Dynasty while carrying out a mission.
Why similar: Historical 32%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 6.4%
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 38.8% ★, Dark 17%, Simulation 14.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
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: Horror 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dark 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
《黑绳话·西门庆》是一款取材自《金瓶梅》与《水浒传》的中式暗黑互动叙事游戏。你将化身徘徊生死之间的西门庆，在阳谷城重走酒、色、财、气四道黑绳，于开放街区、亡宅冷房、雨伞铺与酒楼中探查旧债。每次选择都会改变业障、净魂与人物命运；收集三魂七魄，唤醒困于魂瓶中的李瓶儿。与潘金莲、王婆、武松及更多原著人物周旋，通过影像分支、物件回忆、AI人物自由对话与皮影共演，改写熟悉却未必注定的结局。试玩版开放第一结完整轮回。
Why similar: Historical 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Horror 12.2%
You’re a snarky sentient tentacle in a chaotic hospital. Possess humans and creatures, befriend the right weirdos, and decide humanity’s fate in this dark humor visual novel where every character is a potential pawn… or pal.
Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Simulation 9.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
三国x克苏鲁文字冒险游戏。189年，东汉王朝的垂暮之年，各种灾异让洛阳弥漫着一股末日氛围，玩家将扮演曹操和“李飞”，调查神秘组织长生道和他们的神明“黄天”背后的真相。游戏采用双线叙事，两个主角将各自调查真相、做出抉择……
Why similar: Historical 26.7%, Mystery 15.9%, Horror 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
A fully voiced branching medieval RPG of over 800,000 words. Swear the oath, ride to a dying kingdom's war, and answer for every choice. When you fall, you are not reloaded, you are marked. Four origins, twelve chapters, and an ending that weighs what your oath was worth.
Why similar: Simulation 20%, Historical 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
Noah lives with his eccentric father, who’s obsessed with Dictator X. When he joins a strange auction at a castle, he must work to solve mysteries hidden in the exhibits and uncover his father’s secrets. Risk everything to win—but what truth awaits? Story by Rika Suzuki!
Why similar: Mystery 33.6%, Dark 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 9.7%
《长干里酒吧》是一款融合历史与克苏鲁元素的多视角叙事视觉小说。你将扮演六位命运交织的角色——从被网暴的消防员到乱世军人，亲历安史之乱背后的诡异真相。通过“记事簿”系统，在舆图中点亮关键地点，在编年表中填补被篡改的年份，在灵堂中为漂泊的灵魂找到归宿。拼凑六段人生的碎片，揭开隐藏三千年的因果坐标。你的选择将决定宿命能否被打破——遗忘，还是记起？
Why similar: Historical 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 16%, Visual Novel 14.3%
A quiet piano guides players through a Japanese-style mystery adventure centered on memories and the lingering regrets of Oda Nobunaga. Players explore a mysterious world, uncover hidden truths, and piece together a forgotten trust.
Why similar: Historical 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Mystery 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Adventure 8.2%
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 31.5% ★, Simulation 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 9.7%
A grotesque body horror visual novel inspired by SCP-027, play as the young host of the Vermin God. Wake up in a hidden lab with no memories and experience the terror of a mysterious disease turning your body into a living hive for swarms of pests. Make choices to escape the crawling chaos.
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Dark 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
