Games Like DEEPWOOD

A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Surreal 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Point & Click 8.6%

Play with 'P.', a mystery character trying to figure out what's going on in this 'dream'. Who to trust? Apparently, not the dog.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Psychological Horror 30.8%, Casual 25.8%, Indie 6.5%

Enjoy a colorful and perfect Halloween night. Just don't eat that candy... Please... I went to a lot of trouble to make everything better...

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Surreal 13.4%, Story Rich 8%

Read the story from beginning to end, solve all the puzzles and unravel the creepy history of Candyworld. Accept the invitation to the tea party and make a choice - escape forever or stop the destruction of the magical world.

Why similar: Surreal 23.5%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Thriller 13.1%

A short visual novel about a person that wants achievements.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.3%, Hand-drawn 28.2%, Casual 25.3%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Son: Father, what is the nature of masculinity? Father: That is a most excellent question my son. Most worthy of contemplation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.9%, Visual Novel 37.7%, Casual 14.4%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Itachi: Haunted Abodes is a paranormal suspense adventure that has you wandering through 2000s Tokyo's subculture scenes!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Point & Click 12.3%

余命1日の主人公によるちょっと非常識で不条理なADVノベル。 解像度の低い隔絶された世界で揺蕩う。

Why similar: Surreal 33.8%, Visual Novel 32.6%, Psychological Horror 22%, Point & Click 8.7%, Indie 1.8%

You wake up in a maintenance room, alone. Your partner's journal is out in the open. You probably shouldn't read it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Thriller 18.3%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Surreal 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%

Follow a recluse who is the only being left in the world as she struggles with little things in her everyday life. This game was made entirely out of scanned traditional watercolor art.

Why similar: Surreal 28.2%, Hand-drawn 26.4%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Casual 6%

Unravel the Mystery of Xi-Portal You'll have the chance to join a diverse community of students and explore the exciting world of Xi-Portal alongside captivating characters such as Schneider, Hikari, Ayako, Ai, and KakaMigu.

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Psychological Horror 35.6%, Casual 16.4%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Dialogue Heavy 22%, Hand-drawn 14%, Point & Click 9.5%

In this game, you will play as Stefan Pierce, a teenager who suffers memory loss which makes him remember nothing but his name. Now let's find out what is exactly happen to you!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Visual Novel 32.2%, Casual 21.6%, Story Rich 8.4%, Indie 5.5%

Your small town is slowly becoming corrupted by a mysterious evil, In a dream you get a premonition of your own death. How do you avoid an unknown fate? Spend your final moments wisely in this choice-based psychological horror visual novel game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Surreal 18.4%, Thriller 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%

Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.

Why similar: Surreal 25%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Thriller 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Point & Click 6.5%

A short novel about travelling by train. Become the one who (not)helps three girls to get to the final destination at the sea.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Thriller 19.8%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%

Morok is interactive visual novel with a northern mood

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Surreal 17.8%, Casual 17.7%, Indie 5.2%

You awaken in an ever-shifting manor with no memory of who you are. As you explore its corridors, you encounter a disfigured man, an arrogant scientist, and a faceless doll waiting for someone in a greenhouse. Uncover the tragic link between them.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Thriller 14.3%, Surreal 10.4%, Point & Click 9.7%

A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Thriller 17.4%, Story Rich 7.5%, Casual 6.9%

A Game about Nothing is an experience through the eyes of a college student struggling to make it through their day while avoiding the unpleasant experiences that often interrupt it.

Why similar: Visual Novel 51.8%, Psychological Horror 40.7%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

An exploration game set in a surreal dreamscape full of projections. Piece together past recollections and elusive memories. Make a choice as the reality and dreamed world begins to blur...

Why similar: Surreal 35.1%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Hand-drawn 19%, Story Rich 7.6%, Casual 4.6%

Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Hand-drawn 19%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Point & Click 8.7%

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Surreal 17%, Hand-drawn 13%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%

An existential horror visual novel. Play as a voice inside a troubled mind. Identify her cognitive distortions, shift her perspective, and win the debate that decides whether she lives or dies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Visual Novel 28.7%, Hand-drawn 20.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Story Rich 5.2%

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 28.3%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Thriller 11.6%, Hand-drawn 11%

Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.6%, Surreal 35.6%, Casual 14.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Indie 2.1%

Face your fears, Alice. This time, you're not alone. This is the last chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Surreal 22.6%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Hand-drawn 14.2%

Let’s Split Up is a visual novel with 24 completely different endings that change not only the outcome but also the beginning, the setting and the characters themselves.

Why similar: Visual Novel 70.2%, Casual 29.8%

Welcome to Saint Marionette's theater! Tonight's show is all about love and faith... Our life here m̷a̷y̷ ̷b̷e̷ ̷a̷ ̷s̷i̷m̷u̷l̷a̷t̷i̷o̷n̷, ̷f̷u̷l̷l̷ ̷o̷f̷ ̷s̷t̷a̷t̷i̷c̷ ̷p̷a̷i̷n̷, but our feelings are very real! 🕊️🖤

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Casual 32%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Indie 8.5%

One rainy day you come home from the store and find a wounded fox on the road. In spite of your strict parents who forbid you to have pets, you decide to take her in.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Surreal 23.5%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Thriller 18.6%, Casual 7.1%

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Surreal 21%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Casual 7.4%

In the beginning there was nothing, only a chaos of dreams, out of which came Xary. He tried to understand people's nature and help them. Yet he is too young. And here you are. Together, you need to figure this all out…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Hand-drawn 16%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Thriller 13.2%, Point & Click 9.8%

A dark, whimsical, and absurd interactive comic by artist Ida Hartmann, exploring the despair and loneliness of a young woman living alone through a long summer in Copenhagen.

Why similar: Casual 26.7%, Hand-drawn 22%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Surreal 14.3%, Point & Click 10.4%

In 'Year of the Ladybug: Season 1,' characters traverse a nightmarish realm filled with fear and despair, revealing sinister secrets while evading the relentless terrors that pursue them at every turn.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Dialogue Heavy 20%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Thriller 11.7%

Achi ran away from the orphanage and he found himself surrounded by concrete, indifference, and violence. He was saved by a mysterious creature that came from within, and by a peculiar detective. He had no way of knowing that darker, more disturbing voices were about to reach him.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Hand-drawn 22.8%, Surreal 13.2%, Story Rich 7%

Varenje is a cute colorful adventure with a number of puzzles and mini-games made by artists for anyone that considers games to be an art.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Surreal 14.9%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%

Go on a road trip to heaven to collect insurance money from God in an arcade shooter, with visual novel style cut-scenes.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Hand-drawn 27.6%, Surreal 20%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Story Rich 5.9%

Subject Breach is a hand-drawn psychological thriller about identity, control, and the quiet horror of being observed. Solve surreal puzzles, question self recognition, rethink human connection as reality fractures around you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.5%, Surreal 35.1%, Point & Click 14.1%, Thriller 13%, Indie 1.5%

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, also known as CBT, is the use of evidence based strategies to help manage symptoms of poor mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. Yuuka Kazami from the Touhou Project invites you to some mostly peaceful lessons where you grasp the basics of CBT!

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.2%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Casual 19.8%, Relaxing 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Shop Crush is a shop-owner simulator and visual novel set in the early 2000s. Stock a wide variety of goods, haggle with shoppers, and manage your reputation. Get to know your regulars and peel back the illusions tied to each persona as you slowly uncover the horrifying truth.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Surreal 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Psychological Horror 35.7%, Thriller 13.9%, Casual 6.8%, Indie 2%

Disease is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre. The Yellow Man pierces the night in search of a new victim. Can you stop him before it's too late?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Thriller 13.4%, Surreal 10.7%, Story Rich 6.7%

A psychological horror visual novel set in a neon-lit motel. Work the night shift, build relationships with the unusual staff, make choices, and investigate increasingly strange events as the line between memory and reality begins to blur.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Thriller 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Casual 6.2%

You go on a date with a mysterious woman from a dating app. What could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Point & Click 12%, Casual 9.2%

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: Visual Novel 37.3%, Psychological Horror 36.2%, Surreal 13.6%, Story Rich 5.1%, Point & Click 3%

Five phantom thieves unexpectedly bump into each other at an art museum, a moment later, an art piece vanishes.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Casual 23.4%, Hand-drawn 20.1%, Point & Click 16.9%, Indie 2%

A ghost and a carnival clown plot revenge on the man who ruined their lives. An operatic-tragedy visual novel set in 1920s Sicily.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Hand-drawn 18%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Thriller 13.3%

From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Surreal 15.6%, Thriller 10.6%

A stylish mix of classic point-and-click puzzles. Hardcore, old school, and unforgiving. A short story where each page is a puzzle, and each puzzle unlocks the next.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 26%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Casual 16.3%, Point & Click 15.1%

Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.

Why similar: Surreal 30.1%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Thriller 13.4%, Point & Click 8.8%

Experience death from the comfort of your seat.

Why similar: Surreal 33.7%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Point & Click 8.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%

A pixel art psychological horror game with a point-and-click system that takes the style of an interactive desktop environment.

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.1%, Psychological Horror 32%, Point & Click 17.3%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Witness a little girl’s distorted memories of the past and her fantasies of a future that never happened. All she wants is a family… this time, of her own choice.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Surreal 30.9%, Thriller 28.5%, Story Rich 5.9%, Indie 1.5%

Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Surreal 22.9%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Hand-drawn 12.9%

On your one day off, you decide to take your partner Iris and their camera to a planning party for your friend Erik’s future thesis film. But the footage Erik wants to capture is more than you or Iris bargained for. Will you be able to protect your partner from what lies before you?

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Thriller 21.1%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Story Rich 4.4%

Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Surreal 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%, Casual 6.7%

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: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Thriller 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Hand-drawn 14.2%

"When the graves stop whispering in your ear, it’s time for you to surrender to eternal silence". So says the Agreement, and so it must be fulfilled. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Psychological Horror 20%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Thriller 12.1%, Point & Click 9.1%

A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Thriller 21.8%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Casual 7.1%

一个再平常不过的早晨，阿伟在幻境中接到莫名其妙的任务。利用奇怪的手电和钥匙，深入内部，发现隐藏在筒楼中的黑暗，找回自己失去的一切。

Why similar: Thriller 26.3%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Point & Click 9%