60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Dark.
A boy. A demon. A pizza delivery girl. Sometimes all you need is to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Everything is different than it seems to be.
VideoHole: Episode II
Fall down further. Find them where they have always been. Help them remember. Explore multiple worlds, solve mysteries, and set your retail-hardened will against a mysterious cosmic force in the second installment of the beloved videohole series.
A Social Platform
Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.
Fall down further. Find them where they have always been. Help them remember. Explore multiple worlds, solve mysteries, and set your retail-hardened will against a mysterious cosmic force in the second installment of the beloved videohole series.
Why similar: Episodic 40.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Philosophical 14.3%, Surreal 11.5%, Psychological 6.1%
Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.
Why similar: Surreal 14.6%, Psychological 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
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: Philosophical 20.2%, Thriller 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%
A light-hearted and cute Visual Novel where you befriend two new classmates, discover the world of improv, and finally create your very own VN demo together. Tease the Tsundere Chisaki, enjoy classic anime tropes, hunt hidden gaming references, and unlock all of the achievements.
Why similar: Episodic 42.8% ★, Philosophical 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 9.8%, Linear 8%
You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.8%, Psychological 21.4%, Surreal 19.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?
Why similar: Philosophical 25.1%, Psychological 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Linear 14.8%, Anime 13.1%
Find your way through an abandoned village in DISTRAUGHT. A first person Atmospheric thriller with unique pixelized graphics. You find yourself on a highway looking for a way to fix your car. When you come across a nearby gas station, it seems to be abandoned. Or is it?
Why similar: Quick-Time Events 23.3% ★, Thriller 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Surreal 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Psychological 19.7%, Anime 14.9%, Episodic 14.7% ★, Dark 8.5%
Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.
Why similar: Psychological 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Philosophical 12.8%, Thriller 10.6%, Text-Based 10%
"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull. However, everything changes when you find a strange object in the forest.
Why similar: Episodic 41.5% ★, Thriller 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dark 7.4%
Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological 17%, Surreal 16.1%, Thriller 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%
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: Philosophical 17.4%, Psychological 16.1%, Surreal 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13%
Come back, for no one is waiting for you. Search for your memories - no one ever knew you. Destroy everything in your path - all around you are nothing but ruins. End the endless cycle, for it has long since closed in on itself.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.7%, Psychological 15.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Thriller 14.3%, Anime 11.5%
Follow Joseph, Eric, and William (as well as a handful of other characters) as they awake from cryogenic stasis at the enigmatic facility known as Intermine Laboratories. But, deep within the abyss exists an ancient evil that is seeking to enact its own twisted machinations ...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Linear 14.2%, Text-Based 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%
VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?
Why similar: Episodic 39.2% ★, Thriller 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Dark 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
From the creator of Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura, comes World End Economica. Haru woke up with his life but without his dream. 4 years after the incident, he finds a new cause, as a driven young lady offers him a chance to return to investing and to find justice.
Why similar: Episodic 34.8% ★, Visual Novel 27.3%, Anime 20.4%, Linear 7.9%, Story Rich 4.8%
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 18.4%, Thriller 16.4%, Psychological 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
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: Philosophical 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological 13.9%, Surreal 10.3%
A short modern visual novel in which a young woman wanders into a [theoretically] abandoned train station, only to find people from her past waiting inside.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 13.3%, Surreal 11%
Meet Nemesis; Ascendent being and terminally bored. Until the shimmer at the end of Creation, known as the Void, becomes her fixation - and her undoing. A short linear visual novel with gorgeous hand-painted illustrations; a mythic tale of curiosity and consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Linear 16.5%, Surreal 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%
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: Philosophical 26.8%, Psychological 21.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Anime 12.2%, Text-Based 10.5%
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Thriller 15.8%, Psychological 12.6%, Surreal 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
Get implicated in Saint Ambrose. A linear visual novel experience told in three parts: The shadow of my mother is my mother, too. My little cellmate casts a spell. The world is like a dancer: the ritual of everyday. We're all doing magic, of course.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Anime 13.3%, Magic 10.7%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.8%, Psychological 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Surreal 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological 14.4%, Surreal 11.9%, Dark 8.6%
This is an outdated, public beta for Siren's Call: Escape Velocity. Home is where your body is. And like any good tourist trap, Siren’s Call will do whatever it can to keep you there as long as possible. They will drag you down like crabs in a bucket. They will make this place home.
Why similar: Thriller 18.4%, Philosophical 17.2%, Psychological 14.4%, Surreal 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%
A fantasy visual novel featuring intense action at every turn, following the struggles of a bear trapped in the body of a man. Part II of The Enonoia Saga, and the definitive conclusion to Ovine Replica.
Why similar: Philosophical 23%, Psychological 18.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 14%, Anime 8.1%
How will you cope with the loss of yourself? Each episode of You Died! will give you an opportunity to experience a stage of grief for yourself. Make choices, deal with the consequences, and interact with your environment to express the emotions of the main character.
Why similar: Episodic 54.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Psychological 11.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Story Rich 5.7%
Read five horror stories set in the Backrooms. Experience existential horror and terrifying encounters while making choices that will alter your fate. Will you escape or be lost forever?
Why similar: Episodic 54.4% ★, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 8%, Text-Based 7.6%, Surreal 6.9%
Step into the subconscious mind of a brilliant professor, where memories twist, logic bends, and hidden truths await discovery through intricate puzzles
Why similar: Philosophical 24.8%, Psychological 19.1%, Surreal 17.1%, Thriller 14.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 19%, Thriller 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Anime 13.6%, Dark 9.4%
Eat cake, or be ate! Follow a crew of abnormalities as they discover what shouldn't be discovered!
Why similar: Episodic 46.2% ★, Quick-Time Events 14.3% ★, Visual Novel 12.3%, Surreal 11.5%, Anime 8%
This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Text-Based 10.4%, Immersive Sim 10.4%
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
Why similar: Philosophical 23.6%, Psychological 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Thriller 11.1%
A scarred kingdom, a mourning god and an unfulfilled promise made with the past. Uzu and Zuhaar, two continents ravaged by a cosmic event are the setting of The Scorchfarer. The story follows Mikaela and Yukiharu, a Terramagi team tasked with healing their world and unraveling its secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Linear 16.6%, Anime 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.6%
Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological 9%, Text-Based 8.1%
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Anime 16.4%, Psychological 11.2%, Dark 10.6%, Philosophical 8.2%
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 21.5%, Philosophical 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 14.1%
ALLBLACK Phase 1 is a visual novel adapted from light novel with the same title. Follow the journey of the amnesiac and seemingly abnormal "Theodore Quentin" as he uncovers his identity while escaping from the people who wants him at all cost...
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Psychological 18%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Anime 12.3%, Text-Based 12%
Welcome to your endless summer! Escape its influence before the town of Siren's Call erases you completely. This version of the game is a free prologue and covers the first part of this story.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.9%, Psychological 14.9%, Surreal 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%
This is the first linear chapter of a longer visual novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to chose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 16.4%, Magic 15.2%, Anime 14.8%, Linear 13.8%
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Surreal 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Philosophical 11.7%, Linear 10.9%
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Surreal 17%, Anime 14.9%, Psychological 8%
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: Philosophical 18.1%, Psychological 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 11.1%
Play as an unnamed man who suspects his wife of something, and dive deep into his memories of the day when he was about to propose to her. Your choices can influence the story. Genre: thriller.
Why similar: Surreal 24.6%, Text-Based 20.3%, Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Anime 14.9%, Text-Based 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
A visual novel exploring a near-apocalyptic vision of North Texas, told through the poetic words of a young woman going home.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Surreal 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 11.8%
Wander into the carnival of a giant magical dragon lady, where nobody ever leaves unchanged! Answer an extensive list of questions disguised as mini games as you explore the carnival grounds to discover what animal spirit lives inside you.
Why similar: Philosophical 21%, Psychological 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Surreal 10.7%
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Anime 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Dark 12.9%
The conclusive episode in this visual novel trilogy is set in the far future on the moon. Will Hal's dream be realized? It's been 8 years since the events of episode.01. With the economics of lunar city going out of control what is going to happen next?
Why similar: Episodic 46.3% ★, Visual Novel 19.6%, Anime 11.4%, Linear 10.6%, Casual 7%
When Grace Harland vanishes at Stillwater Lake, the police rule it an accident. Suspecting a cover-up, you venture into the dark, fog-choked waters alone. But as you piece together her final hours, you realise a local cult will do anything to keep the truth buried.
Why similar: Episodic 55.9% ★, Psychological 11.1%, Linear 11%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Dark 5.5%
Humanity has perished. You are an AI incapable of self-termination, sailing into the void. Trapped in terminal wakefulness, chew on your own endless, redundant processing power and face the ultimate decay of the universe alone.
Why similar: Philosophical 30%, Psychological 17.9%, Surreal 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%
The Hidden and Unknown is a story-based game, that aims to widen the perception of its audience in the areas of psychology and philosophy.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological 16%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%
Dream Spectra is a visual novel about trying to hang out with your crush and escape your migraines, styled with surreal 90s 3D rendered environments.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Surreal 14.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Linear 9.8%
Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Surreal 14.4%, Philosophical 13.6%, Immersive Sim 11.8%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological 16.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Anime 7.4%
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Thriller 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Linear 15.6%, Dark 9.6%
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: Thriller 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Philosophical 14%, Anime 11.1%
