
A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted love.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Romance, Multiple Endings.

A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted love.

Where Control Ends
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.

Tropical Romance
At an elite academy for fruit-family heirs, Geum Gyuri, a kumquat farmer’s daughter, is drawn to a pair of polar-opposite twins—only to uncover the “rotten” truth beneath the school’s “fresh” facade.
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological 8.5%, Text-Based 7.9%
At an elite academy for fruit-family heirs, Geum Gyuri, a kumquat farmer’s daughter, is drawn to a pair of polar-opposite twins—only to uncover the “rotten” truth beneath the school’s “fresh” facade.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological 12.7%, Thriller 10.8%
Spend your summer in a small snowy town in this Dating-Sim Murder Mystery. Meet new people and perhaps fall in love! A series of grisly murders throw a wrench into the romance, and now YOU have to solve them! Make FREQUENT choices and play mini games to catch the killer and fall in love!
Why similar: Dating Sim 18%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Thriller 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Romance 8.1%
Connect with four occult enthusiasts (and possibly sell your soul) in this macabre LGBTQ+ horror visual novel/interface drama dating sim.
Why similar: Psychological 13.6%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Thriller 9.8%, LGBTQ+ 9.3%
In a place where summer rain falls, some memories refuse to stay buried⸺ Nine students are trapped inside a school. A psychological thriller begins as the sound of rain entangles their past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Thriller 13%, Romance 8.3%, Otome 8% ★
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Otome 13.2% ★, Thriller 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%
Everyone has secrets at Found Sheep Farm, but it’s so much easier to pretend no one does! Will you pull the wool over your eyes, or will your pursuit of the truth make you the black sheep in this thrilling horror visual novel?
Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Dating Sim 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Point & Click 8.2%
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Psychological 16.2%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%
Create yourself a perfect friend in this choice-driven visual novel. Love her, hate her, don't let her turn your life into a living hell.
Why similar: Psychological 21.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Romance 8.9%
Heartbeat House: Hong Kong is a dating reality visual novel. Live with eight participants in a shared villa and make romantic choices. Your decisions are remembered, and relationships will change. If the screen flickers or something feels off—please relax and keep dating. The show is still ongoing.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Thriller 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Psychological 10.2%
Born at fate table. Each card marks your path. Dark‑fantasy tarot maze. At the end, look back—still the one who drew the first card?
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Otome 14% ★, Romance 8.5%
You were meant to exorcise the ghost, not flirt with him! Choose your soulmate from ghost enthusiasts – dead or alive – and unravel the conspiracy lurking beneath the haunting in this exorcist dating sim.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.1%, Otome 14.9% ★, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 8.9%
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Psychological 14.8%, Thriller 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Welcome to the Sky Ward, a fortress built with the purpose of discovering the mysteries of magic on the pangea Aelyria. As Lennon and Petra, who serve the Sky Ward. Explore and unveil the mysteries of the world, defend it, and fall in love along the way.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Otome 13.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 9.2%
A multi-ending visual novel blending romance, sci-fi, and mystery. A perfect reunion gradually gives way to unsettling inconsistencies. As your relationship with him deepens, you must choose between trust and doubt—and every decision may change your bond and the ending that awaits you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological 15%, Otome 12.5% ★, Choices Matter 8.5%
A romance-driven narrative about destiny, devotion, and the dangerous pull of belonging, set against the ruins of a long‑lost city calling you home.
Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
A homoerotic thriller visual novel set in a luxurious men’s spa. Investigate a murder, pursue romance, solve puzzles, and uncover dangerous secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.5%, Thriller 12.5%, Dating Sim 12.2%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Psychological 10.5%
An otome game and romance visual novel. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.
Why similar: Otome 17.6% ★, Dating Sim 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Psychological 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dating Sim 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Psychological 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Soulcake: A fantasy‑romance AVG with yuri (LGBTQ+) & female-dominant dynamics. As the female lead, you can travel into others’ minds, gather ingredients to bake desserts filled with emotions. People come to you with their secrets. Forge bonds with them and…uncover the truth behind your ability.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Choices Matter 9%
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Psychological 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Thriller 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
Start your new life as a teacher! You worked hard to get here, but nothing prepared you for a lounge full of charming single teachers. Each has secrets, and your choices can change everything. Will you find love in this school romance?
Why similar: Otome 19.1% ★, Dating Sim 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
Break the cycle and find new love, or embrace your handsome (but creepy) Yandere soulmate in this horror romance visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Otome 13.8% ★, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Romance 9.2%
Samuda Interval is a visual novel, slice-of-life, murder mystery & supernatural game. You play the daily life of Park Haewon or Park Sae-il, a college freshman attending classes, working part-time jobs, and meeting new people. Solving the serial kidnapping & murder case is your highest priority.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Incremental 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Romance 8.8%
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Dating Sim 11.2%, Romance 8.4%
Dark Lovers is a short pixel art teenage romantic mistery visual novel game about a highschool prom night in 1979 which contains multiple endings and secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Incremental 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Cygnus-13 is a multi-branched visual novel in which you must rediscover who you are after being found floating in space and losing your memories. In the process of remembering your past, you will begin to forge a new future with the special alien of your choice.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Otome 10.6% ★, Incremental 10.5%
You got isekai'd, only to wake up as a cursed saintess. You have 6 months to choose a husband from 7 yandere red flags.. or become a big tree and die. A "simple" psychological horror & dark romance VN.
Why similar: Otome 19% ★, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Psychological 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Otome 15.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 13%, Romance 8%
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Thriller 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Dating Sim 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
“Which color is your love?” ― Indie Visual Novel / Retro Dating Sim&Dark Romance&Metafiction Thriller
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Dating Sim 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Psychological 12.2%, Thriller 10%
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Thriller 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Upon buying a used computer online, I found a short romance game called “Print I Love You”. I played it once, and it’s lingered ever since. I don’t know who made it - only that it was dedicated to someone. Maybe you…
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological 19.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Romance 9.5%
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: Dating Sim 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Thriller 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10%
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Thriller 9.9%
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: Psychological 22%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 11.7%
A sci-fi otome game where your choices shape love — and the future of society.
Why similar: Otome 22.1% ★, Visual Novel 15.6%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Psychological 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Just having a pleasant chat with one of the most popular guys in the University. Nothing weird about that, right? So why is he kinda... different than you've imagined?
Why similar: Otome 19.6% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
You accidentally grew a mushroom girl! Overcome your social anxiety to help her live her brief life to the fullest! Or don't.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychological 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Invited by a stranger to join FOOL'S PARADISE, you'll seek a sense of community without conformity as you make choices that determine to the fate of the commune and all those within it. So, when confronted by division and derision, will you change the status quo or are you content to let it crumble?
Why similar: Otome 15.4% ★, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%, Psychological 9.7%
Who did you kiss that night? Text Your Life is a mobile phone chat simulator that lets you put yourself in the shoes of our protagonist, a female university student with a group of eccentric friends and a love life that has suddenly turned somewhat... complicated.
Why similar: Otome 17.4% ★, Dating Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
The fairy tale is over. The Hero won. But the story is just beginning. Explore the web of intrigue in this mystery/fantasy romance visual novel featuring hundreds of animated illustrations.
Why similar: Otome 21.2% ★, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Romance 8.4%
Shattered Dreams: Redemption is a choice-driven visual novel where you play as a former basketball prodigy whose dreams were shattered. The game emphasizes its immersive narrative, where you will face moral and difficult choices that will shape your story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.1%, Psychological 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
An otome horror visual novel set in a mysterious sharehouse filled with strange rules. Forge bonds with your fellow housemates as you unravel the secrets hidden within the house, where breaking the rules may mean losing more than your life.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Otome 14.6% ★, Psychological Horror 8.8%, LGBTQ+ 8.7%
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, Psychological 18.3%, Otome 16% ★, Visual Novel 15%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%
Who do you think of when you're about to win it all? Slipstream Daydreams is a y2k inspired retrofuturistic visual novel about antigravity racing and messy queer romance. Play as Orion, cheeky rising star driver, and make split second race choices that affect which of your romances you reminisce on.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14%, Otome 13.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
A psychological/drama/romance visual novel about a sweet marriage that slowly rots into a nightmare. Over the course of seven days, try to navigate a rocky relationship with your husband and unravel the mysteries surrounding this man... who might not be the man you married.
Why similar: Otome 19.1% ★, Dating Sim 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
This isn’t your typical dating sim. Here, you’ll find the love of your life… or she’ll find you first. Every choice matters. Every word you say reveals who you really are. And while you think you’re getting to know the characters… they’re getting to know you too.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Hidden Object 8.9%
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
Excited to join her first choice school, Nicole discovers a disturbing series of disappearances on campus upon moving into the university dorms. Three girls have vanished, and she might be next, deviating from her ideal college experience.
Why similar: Otome 19% ★, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Thriller 9.6%
An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?
Why similar: Otome 20% ★, Dating Sim 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 8.3%