
A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.
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A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

The Winter Mind
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.

Start Running
A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.
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: Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Surreal 10.7%, Abstract 8.7%
A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Surreal 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Surreal 13.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.1%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
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Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 10.2%, Abstract 9.4%, Surreal 8.5%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Surreal 15%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Abstract 11.9%
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Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Surreal 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%
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Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Surreal 10.2%, Horror 9.5%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Abstract 13.6%, Surreal 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Text-Based 11.8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10%, Horror 10%
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Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
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Why similar: Surreal 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
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Why similar: Text-Based 14.8%, Surreal 14%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Abstract 11%
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Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Surreal 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Surreal 9.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Surreal 15.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Surreal 10.5%
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Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 11.6%
The Lullaby Weaver is a 1 bit psychological point & click horror game inspired by games like World of Horror, Silent Hill, Junji Ito, & FAITH.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Surreal 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Abstract 9.3%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Text-Based 9.5%
A story of a simple walk home, with a sprinkling of intrusive thoughts. Make a few choices, decide what's best, and please, try not to overthink.
Why similar: Abstract 16.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Minimalist 10%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%
Surreal horror themed visual novel, with lots of branching paths, blood, tears and twisted pitch-black humour. You're playing as Ashia, who's forced to marry her slimy uncle, suffering from surreal nightmares at night. Then she meets Novalie. And then things gets REALLY strange.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 10%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Surreal 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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Why similar: Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Abstract 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
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Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Abstract 13.1%, Text-Based 11.2%, Surreal 9.4%
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 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Text-Based 8.6%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Horror 10.9%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Abstract 10.4%, Text-Based 9%, Surreal 8.5%
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: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Text-Based 8.9%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 9.9%
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Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
While trying to plan a party that’s to die for, a high school queen bee finds she has an uninvited guest that is much scarier than your average teenage girl.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Horror 9.1%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Surreal 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Story Rich 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
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: Abstract 14.1%, Surreal 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
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Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Horror 9.8%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
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Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Horror 11.5%, Text-Based 11.1%
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Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Horror 8.3%
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Surreal 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
A recreational software for counting sheep, observing puzzles, and befriending an indoor air-conditioning unit.
Why similar: Surreal 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
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Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 9.5%, Choices Matter 9%
“Signed Mary”, a psychological horror visual novel, in which not your choices of action will determine the story’s end, but the choices of how to perceive your reality.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
In 6 hours, 28 minutes, and 11 seconds, an avalanche will crush the lodge. Is the cat in the box alive or dead?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Surreal 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Horror 9.8%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 10%
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 9.1%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Surreal 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%