Games Like Death Drive

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Conversation 14%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%

A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.1%, Lovecraftian 17.8%, Psychedelic 17.1%, 2D 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

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: Noir 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Lovecraftian 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Horror 8.7%

Unroaded is a short free visual novel about the living dead man who instead of inaction has chosen the road.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50%, RPG 25.6%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Casual 6.5%

An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Dark Humor 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 8.9%

✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...

Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Horror 16.7%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%

The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Lovecraftian 22.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Horror 10.4%

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: Dark Humor 32.4%, Visual Novel 25%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 7.9%

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: Visual Novel 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

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 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Dark Humor 17.6%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13%

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, 2D 10.2%

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Dark Humor 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Conversation 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

Experience death from the comfort of your seat.

Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Psychological Horror 31.1%, Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 6%, Choices Matter 5.1%

A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 80.5%, 2D 10.9%, Mystery 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%

One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.

Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

A dark, witty, psychological thriller in the horror genre, A Work of Art presents a 1-2 hour story-driven experience with Visual Novel features and RPG elements. Follow a colorful cast of quirky characters through a twisted tale of beauty and darkness; All to the sound of a Dark Original soundtrack.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Dark Humor 16%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 10%

Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Why similar: Noir 38.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 8%

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: Dark Humor 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%

A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.

Why similar: Horror 37%, Psychological Horror 32.4%, Story Rich 19.4%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.

Why similar: Conversation 33.2%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Story Rich 20.3%, Drama 11%, Mystery 7.9%

A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Horror 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Story Rich 7.6%

An escape-room styled series of puzzles await in the car that seems to contain neither rhyme nor reason. See if you can solve the mysteries of the photographs, and figure out what it means to be the ONE IN THE BACK.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 23.3%, Story Rich 15.9%, 2D 15.4%, Psychedelic 10.9%

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Noir 24%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.4%

MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!

Why similar: Dark Humor 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Horror 10.8%

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 30.5%, Story Rich 18%, Drama 10.8%, Mystery 5.4%

Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%

Derealized is a choice based game inspired by games such as The Stanley Parable and Undertale. This experience offers 10 different endings for you to explore! How many will you find?

Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Conversation 25.2%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Mystery 5.9%

Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?

Why similar: Visual Novel 56.3%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Multiple Endings 4.7%, Story Rich 4%

A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Noir 25.7%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Drama 3.9%

A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.9%, Horror 35.7%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Story Rich 7.7%, Mystery 2.5%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: RPG 29.7%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Horror 16%, Story Rich 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%

You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 49.2%, Psychedelic 20.4%, Drama 12.6%, 2D 11.3%, Mystery 6.4%

Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

Why similar: Noir 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Conversation 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 19.3%, 2D 11.4%, Casual 5%

A short, free, horror adventure game set in our days, inspired by Lovecraft novel: The Colour Out of Space.

Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Lovecraftian 37.1%, Psychological Horror 24%, Singleplayer 0.7%

A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Conversation 14%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Story Rich 9.5%

Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.6%, Conversation 16.9%, Story Rich 16.6%, 2D 7.9%, Casual 5.8%

Dead End Road is an atmospheric driving game, with a low-fi aesthetic and procedurally generated elements. Complete your journey to seek the assistance of the old witch at Dead End Road; Get there before daybreak and perhaps, just perhaps, you can escape this nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 100%

Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.

Why similar: Noir 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10%

As the night darkens and you set out for home, an unsettling occurrence takes place on the road. Will this lead you to hell? Unveil the truth in a bone-chilling driving horror game that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Horror 89.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%

A horror visual novel set in a suburban city.

Why similar: Visual Novel 73.2%, Horror 26.8%

An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 10%

A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Dark Humor 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%

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 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%

An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.

Why similar: RPG 44.3%, Multiple Endings 37.4%, 2D 17.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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 27.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Horror 11.6%, 2D 7.6%

It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 11%

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 33.3%, Psychological Horror 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Horror 19.7%, Mystery 3.4%

Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, RPG 24.6%, Horror 17%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choices Matter 5%

Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 6.8%

In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Lovecraftian 22.8%, Conversation 5.6%, Story Rich 5.3%

High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Lovecraftian 22.3%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Conversation 8.8%

Them’s Tales is a story-driven game series based on Reddit-style storytelling. The stories are written to seem inspired by real events, but they’re completely fictional.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 97.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%

In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Noir 32.5%, RPG 18.4%, Story Rich 10.5%, Drama 5.6%

An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.

Why similar: Noir 34.4%, Dark Humor 23.6%, Conversation 16.6%, Horror 10.6%, Psychedelic 7.5%