60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological, Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer, Visual Novel.
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Sunflower Pie
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Experimental 17.7%, Abstract 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Psychological 10%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Experimental 18.2%, Abstract 11.4%, Psychological 9.7%, Philosophical 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.5%
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: Experimental 18%, Abstract 11.7%, Psychological 10.1%, Philosophical 9.4%, Text-Based 8.5%
A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.
Why similar: Experimental 23.6%, Abstract 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 8.4%
A blind guy with a ghost in his brain tries to save a cursed girl. Naturally, it all goes to hell. A visual novel packed with dark humor, gritty mysticism, violence, and characters who know exactly who’s watching them.
Why similar: Experimental 22.7%, Text-Based 11%, Abstract 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Experimental 19.8%, Abstract 13%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Psychological 9.6%
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Psychological 14.3%, Philosophical 12.1%, Abstract 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Experimental 9.8%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 26.1%, Abstract 17.2%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Experimental 16.9%, Philosophical 15.9%, Psychological 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
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 17.7%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.
Why similar: Abstract 15%, Psychological 14.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 12%
A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.
Why similar: Experimental 30.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
NINA is a short, narrative-driven psychological horror game about a girl who keeps forgetting. Guide her through memory, fear, and truth—before it's too late.
Why similar: Psychological 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Experimental 14.8%, Abstract 12.6%, Horror 11.4%
A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.
Why similar: Experimental 24.8%, Abstract 16.5%, Psychological 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
Why similar: Philosophical 17.8%, Psychological 16.1%, Abstract 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Experimental 17.6%, Abstract 17.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Text-Based 9.5%
Experience a 'painfully human', 'psychological' narrative through dreams and allegory. Live in a flat. Buy things. Use things. Tire yourself out. Sleep. Dream. Wake up. Repeat. And maybe, just maybe, find a Bear in a Pit. What could be scarier than the Bear? Find out.
Why similar: Experimental 24.9%, Abstract 19.2%, Philosophical 19%, Psychological 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.
Why similar: Experimental 27.2%, Psychological 14%, Philosophical 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 12.2%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Experimental 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 12.5%
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Experimental 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Psychological 13.1%, Horror 10.9%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 15.4%, Psychological 14.5%, Horror 10.8%
How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.
Why similar: Experimental 24.3%, Philosophical 15.5%, Psychological 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Abstract 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Philosophical 11.7%
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological 12.3%, Anime 8.8%
A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.
Why similar: Experimental 23.3%, Abstract 15.7%, Psychological 13.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
Goodbye Shadow is a story about facing yourself and chasing unfinished memories. As the main character tries to understand his childhood hero , he realizes that the real unknown is himself. Love, friendship, and family become mirrors on this journey.
Why similar: Psychological 23.3%, Philosophical 22.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
Welcome to Sprunki Town, where everyone is happy!
Why similar: Abstract 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological 14.1%, Text-Based 11.1%
A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.
Why similar: Experimental 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Philosophical 8%
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: Psychological 17.6%, Philosophical 15.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
A text-based psychological horror game where you execute a list of people based on gradually revealed information about their lives, all while secretly following a trail laid out by a mysterious messenger.
Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Philosophical 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Abstract 11.4%
You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!
Why similar: Psychological 17.8%, Philosophical 17.2%, Abstract 12.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological 14.8%
Live through the last ten minutes of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days during the Mexican Revolution, Juan will confront his life, death, family, relationships and existence.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.2%, Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Experimental 17.1%
Eight people are trapped in an abandoned neurotech facility. The only hope for escape is by surviving deathgames based on scans of each other's minds.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.2%, Psychological 16%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Text-Based 11.8%
You can beat this game with any key on your keyboard. ANY key, I mean it.
Why similar: Experimental 21.9%, Abstract 14.1%, Philosophical 12.9%, Psychological 12.8%, Text-Based 12.8%
Difficulty is a short, experimental visual novel, about both the difficulty level of stories, and the difficulties of real life. The plot, themes, challenges, and morals all become greater and harder to understand and accept as the difficulty increases.
Why similar: Experimental 44.5%, Philosophical 24.5%, Abstract 15%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Indie 0.7%
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
Why similar: Experimental 24.2%, Philosophical 15.8%, Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%
Essence Bloom is a linear, story-focused indie visual novel that allows the player to experience a world with beautiful cherry blossoms and fun times with friends....
Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Abstract 16%, Anime 11%, Emotional 10.4%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Experimental 27.2%, Psychological 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
A short story that turns everyday tasks into journeys. Can you be the voice that doesn’t let her down?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13%, Philosophical 12.7%, Abstract 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%
A short atmospheric visual novel about a teenager who tries to hide from his thoughts and problems. But the longer he avoids reality, the more it distorts around him.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Abstract 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Psychological 15.1%, Text-Based 11.4%
It's a short, text-based interactive book with a psychological theme.▶TRIGGER WARNING◀ Contains childhood trauma, suicidal thoughts, and emotional abuse, but ultimately conveys hope and growth.
Why similar: Psychological 23.4%, Text-Based 17.8%, Philosophical 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%
Spatial expectations built up and torn down. Spoken word inspired pacing. Ode to bilinguality. Interactive slam poem anthology. Concrete Spaces.
Why similar: Experimental 29.2%, Abstract 18.5%, Philosophical 16.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.1%, Text-Based 11.3%
"Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?
Why similar: Philosophical 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Abstract 14.6%, Psychological 13.2%, Text-Based 9.3%
Welcome to the Reincarnation Ethics Program "Children's Garden." This is a puzzle game where you seek eternal rest.
Why similar: Experimental 18.4%, Abstract 17.6%, Philosophical 16%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Psychological 13.8%
A short and unconventional anthology exploring abandonment, depression, domestic abuse, and acceptance. These strange vignettes made with passion use unique mechanics to tell personal stories that linger. Perfect for players who seek sincere, bittersweet experiences.
Why similar: Experimental 28.2%, Psychological 19.6%, Philosophical 15.7%, Emotional 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.
Why similar: Experimental 22.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Psychological 11.4%, Emotional 8.5%
This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Abstract 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological 13.1%
This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.
Why similar: Experimental 28.3%, Philosophical 19.6%, Psychological 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 10.2%
Delete the World is a completely normal visual novel… unless you decide to help her kill everyone.
Why similar: Experimental 25.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Anime 11.3%, Emotional 8.4%
In a final attempt to guarantee your place on the nice list, you decide to try and do some chores before midnight. Will Krampus take you? Take the test and find out.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.7%, Psychological 17.1%, Abstract 15.7%, Text-Based 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
A dark visual novel blending psychological horror, surreal storytelling, and chatroom-inspired UI. Navigate intrusive thoughts, branching choices, and dissect a fractured mind in a twisted search for connection and meaning.
Why similar: Abstract 15.5%, Philosophical 15.1%, Psychological 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
An abstract interactive experience about a Gap
Why similar: Experimental 37.3%, Abstract 29.8%, Philosophical 22.2%, Emotional 8.6%, Indie 1.3%
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychological 17.9%, Philosophical 17.2%, Text-Based 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours. Find the Memory Capsules to uncover the story of a person’s life from childhood to adulthood, all the joys, all the struggles, and all the lessons. How much can one take before they’ve had enough?
Why similar: Experimental 23.4%, Abstract 21.5%, Psychological 17.6%, Philosophical 15.3%, Emotional 11.7%
A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.
Why similar: Abstract 27.4%, Text-Based 19.5%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Horror 12.7%
Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, face strange encounters, and survive this psychological horror visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 22%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
B.D.K is a short experimental first person horror game that mainly relies on atmosphere and sounds to create a creepy experience.
Why similar: Experimental 44.8%, Abstract 23.6%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 11%, Indie 2.3%
