- #1 Matsuro Palette
97% matchVery Positive99% of 364 reviews2020
Dev: SleepingMuseumPub: KEMCO
Windows
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Why similar: Hidden Object 11.2%, Point & Click 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Emotional 9.6%
- #2 The Polar Darkness
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Horsefly Games
Windows
A Lovecraftian folk horror mystery set during the polar night of 1980s northern Finland. When a child preacher disappears during a revival sermon, a journalist becomes trapped in an isolated village where something ancient is beginning to awaken.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Point & Click 11.7%, Hidden Object 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%
- #3 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
95% matchVery Positive95% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Thriller 12.4%, Point & Click 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Hidden Object 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #4 Bad Dream: Afterlife
94% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
You're back, but the entire dream is empty. All residents have evacuated, and the reason is you. The walls are covered with a number of hurtful messages, but the most common one is - "You can keep the whole city to yourself, but DON'T FOLLOW US, YOU MONSTER!"
Why similar: Hidden Object 17.8%, Point & Click 16.7%, Abstract 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
- #5 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
94% matchVery Positive83% of 354 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Hidden Object 11.9%, Point & Click 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #6 DreamNet
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Danik Studios
Windows
Rediscover the internet of the 2000s in DreamNet, a free to play Frutiger Aero exploration game. Dive into nostalgic worlds, uncover the story, and revisit the beauty of the old internet.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Emotional 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #7 The Sin Of Fabien
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkvein Studio
Windows
Maybe you didn’t do it… but you watched. The Sin of Fabien is a psychological horror experience woven around guilt, denial, and silence, where every choice reshapes the world and the story. Each decision brings you closer to the truth… or pulls you further away from it forever.
Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 11%
- #8 Sciophobia: The Fear of Shadows
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Cycloid Games Studios
Windows
The year is 2014 and you are a reporter with The Maire Weekly News. In search of a new article, you have dug up all you can find, until you stumble across a promising headline from 1962. Will you find the truth about The Greer Property or will you die alone wandering in the forest?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Hidden Object 18.7%, Point & Click 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #9 Signal
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruldae
Windows
You're an operator at a remote communication terminal. Route the messages. Follow the protocol. Keep the system running. The loop has already begun.
Why similar: Minimalist 11.5%, Hidden Object 11.1%, Mystery 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #10 Green Pond Town
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
You've received a strange letter, and inside, a chilling black and white photograph – the people in the picture are eerily faceless! A powerful intuition compels you to journey to the location in the photo: Greenwater Town...
Why similar: Point & Click 14.9%, Hidden Object 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Abstract 12.4%, Psychedelic 10.5%
- #11 Good Bones
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Hidden Object 13%, Point & Click 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #12 Blue Bird's Song
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Meadows Studio
Windows · Mac
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Thriller 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Point & Click 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #13 Death Sees Twice: Spot the Difference
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: hirohasu
Windows · Mac
The most sinister spot-the-difference in the world. When you uncover the final mistake, the truth of this world will be revealed.
Why similar: Thriller 20.2%, Hidden Object 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Point & Click 10.1%
- #14 True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
88% matchVery Positive93% of 823 reviews2018
Dev: Goblinz Enterprises LtdPub: The Digital Lounge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.
Why similar: Hidden Object 18.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Point & Click 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Mystery 7.4%
- #15 骸心 Mainbody
87% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2022
Dev: 土豆火锅Pub: Cosmic Train
Windows
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
Why similar: Abstract 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Emotional 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #16 Absolute-Full-Life
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: The Only Way Out
Windows
Colourful survival horror first-person shooter with manual weapon reloading and a mystery environment. Discover every secrets in an open world full of diverse enemies and hidden locations.
Why similar: Psychedelic 17%, Hidden Object 14.8%, Abstract 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Minimalist 10.3%
- #17 LIQUID
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: AutomaticGrasshopperPub: East2West Games
Windows
Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.
Why similar: Psychedelic 15.6%, Abstract 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #18 Lurk in Abyss
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rimlie Games
Windows
After moving to the village, Lurk begins a new, independent life. However, the place turns out to be no ordinary village on the outskirts of the city, but something far more mysterious... Are you ready to dive into this abyss?
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Emotional 10.5%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #19 A Spider to A Fly
84% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: SyineWave
Windows
90's Horror inspired Point & Click — a Dark and Emotional journey of a man looking for his missing son while facing his hidden demons. Enjoy an Atmospheric & stylized world, haunting and memorable audio, and piece together a story that will stay with you long after it ends.
Why similar: Abstract 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 12%, Thriller 11.6%
- #20 Cats With Standards
82% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Jestercraft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror Visual Novel where Cats claw through filth for bones and whisper lies to mirrors. Find the Hidden-Objects, obey, smile, and repeat until the lines between rule and ruin blur, and you’re left meowing into the void.
Why similar: Hidden Object 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 11.2%, Thriller 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #21 Bad Dream: Stories
82% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.
Why similar: Abstract 19.5%, Point & Click 15.2%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Minimalist 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #22 A Winter Haunting
81% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: ABPub: Eccentric Stylist
Windows · Mac
Everlyn Sterling, a young woman tasked by her grandmother to take care of a historic mansion, finds herself entangled in a mystery involving supernatural forces. Join her in this point-and-click style game to uncover the secrets behind this landmark!
Why similar: Hidden Object 17.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Minimalist 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #23 Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek
83% matchMixed50% of 84 reviews2018
Dev: GameXP.com
Windows · Mac
Trip to a abandoned mansion led to an imprisonment inside the maniac’s house
Why similar: Hidden Object 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Thriller 11.7%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Emotional 8.5%
- #24 Monologin
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Point & Click 12.9%, Thriller 8.7%
- #25 Rocco's Island: Ring to End the Pain
81% matchVery Positive89% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
Join Evelyn on her quest to save a mysterious island in a puzzle-based atmospheric adventure with a story that spans across 30,000 years of time. Interact with fantastic characters to learn past secrets and transform the Four Elements’ kingdoms, leading up to an epic finale with shocking reveals.
Why similar: Abstract 13.7%, Point & Click 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Emotional 12.3%, Hidden Object 10.3%
- #26 MINDFUNK In 13 Days
77% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Nari and Sena make sense of a cringeworthy drink called MINDFUNK that predicts their death. Your choices in this psychological horror visual novel will determine how they deal with this MIND****.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #27 Play With Me: Escape Room
80% matchMixed63% of 532 reviews2018
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
Why similar: Abstract 16%, Hidden Object 15.4%, Psychedelic 14%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Minimalist 9.7%
- #28 Momo Don't Leave
76% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Point & Click 15%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Thriller 8.7%
- #29 Death by Begonia
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Mystery 9%
- #30 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Thriller 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #31 One Night Stand
78% matchVery Positive89% of 768 reviews2016
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Point & Click 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #32 My Hidden Things
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: SIXDOTS
Windows
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: Hidden Object 16.2%, Point & Click 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Minimalist 10.9%, Thriller 10.6%
- #33 Fight For Mi
74% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Lord BlubbeePub: Blubbee Productions
Windows · Linux
A story-driven indie adventure game. Lead an army of cute blobs into a war they don’t know why they’re fighting. Can you give them PURPOSE? Also what is mi?!
Why similar: Abstract 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Minimalist 10.4%, Emotional 9%
- #34 Whispers of Mexico: La noche de la casada
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Revolcat Studios
Windows
Whispers of Mexico is a psychological narrative horror game with puzzle elements set in post-revolutionary Mexico in 1930. Follow Manuel as he navigates his mind, where he must recover his memory, unravel the mystery surrounding the town, and redeem his sins.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychedelic 11.9%, Abstract 11%, Mystery 9.7%, Hidden Object 9.5%
- #35 Don't Forget
74% matchVery Positive96% of 270 reviews2024
Dev: Evie VerstappenPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don’t Forget is a 3D singleplayer story and exploration game inspired by dementia. Recollect your memories by looking for clues and playing brain-stimulating minigames whilst battling the effects of dementia. Explore three different key events of your life to figure out what has happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Emotional 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
- #36 My Dear Frankenstein -English Edition-
76% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: NUMBER7Pub: Moonchime Studios
Windows · Mac
Play as man-made boy, Adam, in this emotional adventure. Explore the city at night in search of the fragments of his heart!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Point & Click 21.2%, Emotional 16.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #37 Earth's Center of Gravity
75% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Beşinci Kural A.Ş.
Windows · Linux
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: Thriller 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #38 Log.in
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.2%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #39 Where We Used to Play
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JG STD
Windows · Linux
A first-person psychological horror game focused on observation, anomaly detection, and meaningful choices that lead to multiple endings inside a house filled with forgotten memories.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Thriller 10.3%, Hidden Object 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #40 Faded Stories: Greenberg
73% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Here in the city of Greenberg time is meaningless, and space is infinite. The city has endless history and yet... The whole place is fading away.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Abstract 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Puzzle 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #41 Indefinite: Intake
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mikail Erdal
Windows
Analyze anomalous objects as a prisoner serving a 900+ year sentence. Identify threats, make critical decisions, and survive increasingly disturbing encounters that challenge both logic and sanity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Thriller 17%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Choices Matter 13%
- #42 The Doll Shop
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atelier Sentô
Windows
The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?
Why similar: Emotional 13.8%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #43 Let's MEAT Adam 2
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
LMA2 is a Gay Bara Horror Visual Novel, with murder mystery and puzzle elements; the sequel to 2017's "Let's MEAT Adam".
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Hidden Object 19.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Thriller 8.5%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #44 Mayday Trials
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Abstract 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Point & Click 11.6%
- #45 The Fall Visual Novel
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Tales Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 17.2%, Psychedelic 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Minimalist 9.5%
- #46 Amanda the Adventurer 3
69% matchVery Positive88% of 696 reviews2025
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In the thrilling conclusion of the Amanda the Adventurer trilogy, follow Riley as they uncover the ultimate secrets behind Amanda, Hameln, and mysteries that have plagued Kensdale for decades.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #47 近所 - if -
69% match3 user reviews75% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: zentac studio
Windows
A Girl's Kidnapping Case in Your Neighborhood...Your Choices and Actions Determine the Outcome
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #48 The Nick
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat Reality
Windows · Linux
A meta-horror adventure where you play as Nick, trapped in an abandoned mansion that slowly breaks its own rules.
Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Hidden Object 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychedelic 11.6%, Emotional 9.6%
- #49 The Gray Man
70% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Richard Haraším
Windows
The Gray Man is a surreal first-person point-and-click adventure about a serial killer who confronts the player, as the murderer's conscience, with interpretations of his internal conflict.
Why similar: Abstract 17.8%, Point & Click 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #50 True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,231 reviews2016
Dev: Goblinz Enterprises LtdPub: The Digital Lounge
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.
Why similar: Hidden Object 20.4%, Point & Click 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Thriller 9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #51 The Game of Fourtune
69% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Thriller 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Emotional 10.3%
- #52 The Company
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Crawler Games
Windows
The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Exploration 9.2%
- #53 The Source
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
The Source is a unique modern take on the Text Adventure genre. An outsider to a foreign world, you must choose a kingdom to help gain an ancient power locked deep beneath a mysterious Well. Explore each kingdom, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery surrounding this shattered world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Mystery 12.1%
- #54 Epimutation
67% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Point & Click 12.9%, Thriller 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #55 Blackthorn Witch
68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #56 Trapped: Forced To Kill
66% match5 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: TJ'S Productions
Windows
Trapped: Forced to Kill is a psychological horror with multiple endings. Ciara Mori awakens in a strange Retreat under a cruel, cunning kidnapper’s control. To survive his deadly games, she must make difficult choices and face the unnerving tension that draws her closer to danger…and him.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Emotional 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 9.9%
- #57 Mystical Riddles: Ship From Beyond Collector's Edition
68% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
All hands on deck! A strange, oily fog has enveloped the waterfront of the port town of Quietcape, where local fishermen go, never to return again... Can you solve this mystery?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Hidden Object 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Point & Click 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #58 Madness within
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indra
Windows
Delve into the heart of darkness with Enelia, a chilling horror visual novel set in an Avatar-inspired biopunk realm. It's a dramatic story about adventure, love and fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #59 Confinio: Reality Prison
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Hidden Object 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%