- #1 KinitoPET
97% matchVery Positive93% of 14,786 reviews2024
Dev: troy_en
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, 1990's 11.6%, Immersive Sim 11%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological 9.8%
- #2 1999TOKOYO Building
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 常夜不動産Pub: KODANSHA
Windows
1999. The protagonist, a boy named Akira, finds himself lost in the TOKOYO Building—an indoor amusement park filled with secrets and eerie rumors. There, he begins living and working alongside its peculiar staff, but... Did you know? People disappear in the TOKOYO Building.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, 1990's 16.4%, Point & Click 13.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological 11.5%
- #3 Interrogation Simulator
96% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Word Game 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Immersive Sim 11%, Text-Based 10%
- #4 Do I Know You?
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Defios Game Studio
Windows · Mac
As the manager of a quiet apartment building, your task seems simple. Is the visitor in front of you human—or something else? A dialogue-driven horror game where every detail matters.
Why similar: Word Game 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Simulation 10.4%, Psychological 10%
- #5 Panpu-ja
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: ToastyBea
Windows
You control three employees of a cleaning company, carrying out their jobs, but be careful, as engaging in activities outside of work may lead to undesirable outcomes.
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Text-Based 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Point & Click 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #6 The Dark Layer
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 暗格工作室
Windows
You are an investigator granted access to the "Paranormal Event Archive Management System." Browse century-old case files. Search for clues. But be careful—the archives are watching you now. >_ Files that watch back. Disappearances unexplained. Messages never sent.
Why similar: Word Game 30.4%, Immersive Sim 18.2%, Text-Based 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 8.6%
- #7 氷点下30度の絶望
93% matchVery Positive98% of 389 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Point & Click 12%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #8 IA
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Otternot
Windows · Mac
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #9 Please, Take The Phone
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Tape Studio
Windows
Welcome to Jiabao Tower Property Management.The night shift has begun. Your job is simple: answer calls, check the manual, and fill out the forms. When the night feels slow, watch some TV—though the programs may seem strange.Remember: serve every resident well. Jiabao Tower is our home forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, 1990's 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Point & Click 10.4%, Simulation 10.2%
- #10 放學後(After school)
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: DioPub: Dio Studio
Windows
After School is a short visual novel about an elementary school student who encounters an injured old woman on her way home from school, and is begged to help her walk home, but is forced to embark on a thrilling journey...
Why similar: Word Game 21.3%, Psychological 16.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #11 3Paths
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Text-Based 14%, 1990's 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #12 Scary pictures: Yavez - seven deadly sins
90% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: DeilRoXEntertainment
Windows
Scary pictures: Yavez - seven deadly sins in the novel-horror genre. The game will plunge you into the atmosphere of the classic and gloomy history of the Soviet times. You have to face many life choices that will have consequences and lead to one of eight endings.
Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Text-Based 14.8%, 1990's 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #13 Your Forever Friend
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Le Clown De La ClassePub: Abiding Bridge
Windows · Mac
Your Forever Friend™ is the solution to never feeling alone again! Play video games, listen to music together, reminisce about buried memories... And there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. NOTHING ! <3
Why similar: Psychological 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #14 I'm On My Way
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Defios Game Studio
Windows · Mac
On a quiet night, you text your friend Sugimoto: “I’m on my way.” This first-person horror adventure unfolds through smartphone chats. Walk the city at night, face strange encounters, and make choices that lead you to his room. Can you trust the words on your screen?
Why similar: Word Game 27.6%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Simulation 10.4%
- #15 蟲
87% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: SeaCube Studio
Windows
“你醒啦?快起来,一起迎接新世纪!” 显示屏上闪烁的异常痕迹,突然出现在桌面又突然变异死亡的“小虫子”,主动弹出的错误日志,梦回千禧年的网站,探求千年虫的真相……
Why similar: Word Game 16.9%, 1990's 16.1%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #16 Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter
86% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: ResiCat Studio
Windows
A short interactive novel. There is no "truth" in this game. This is not an armchair detective story—it is simply about a girl in a stall. You will advise the protagonist, determine how she perceives everything around her, and witness her ending.
Why similar: Word Game 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Text-Based 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
- #17 Yumemori
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MythiKiwi
Windows
A short, sweet and charming puzzle game about a girl named Aurora, who is trapped in a dreamy room filled with everything she could possibly desire. Explore her wonderland to find a way out and discover the true nature of this fantastical room. All dreams, good or bad, must come to an end... right?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Point & Click 12.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #18 品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
85% matchVery Positive93% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 28.1%, Psychological 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #19 Escalation Pending
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: lyrathorn
Windows
Westvale Heights Residential is currently accepting overnight operators. Prior experience is not required. A desktop horror game set inside a late-1990s apartment management system.
Why similar: 1990's 24%, Point & Click 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 15.3%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #20 DISK-Y
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Show Yuu—a transfer student struggling with psychological issues—around the school and become a source of emotional support for her. This is a minimalist retro visual novel featuring elements of psychological horror.
Why similar: 1990's 19.5%, Psychological 18.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #21 Glitch
82% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Point & Click 14%
- #22 TOY BOX
83% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #23 Lake of Darkness
82% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Steeze Games
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #24 キズツケ kizutsuke
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #25 아테네 학원 ~사랑과 진리의 변증법적 검증~
80% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Touch to Start
Windows
The world is in a Great Age of Academia, with philosophy in particular garnering immense attention. This is the visual novel, Academy of Athens, a philosophical brain battle. What exactly happens at the Academy of Athens, a gathering place for geniuses...?
Why similar: Word Game 32.8%, Point & Click 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #26 Archives of Disorder - Pasture Without Light
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vison
Windows
Twelve years after humanity went blind in one second, survivors live by gentle rules in Haven Seven. Rations always arrive. Names on the list quietly disappear, and sound engineer Elias Ward finds the list has been altered. A narrative adventure about sight, memory and choice.
Why similar: Word Game 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #27 墨心:波云诡船
81% matchVery Positive90% of 1,395 reviews2020
Dev: 1001 Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Word Game 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Immersive Sim 12.6%
- #28 The Trials - Chapter Two
77% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, 1990's 14.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Multiple Endings 14%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #29 Hang Out
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 屎大力与屎黛拉Pub: Shitari&Shitella Studio
Windows
Hang Out is a visual novel with multiple gameplay elements. You awaken in a bizarre town ruled by the “Sea of the Sky,” guided by a familiar yet unreadable figure. As residents mutate and factions clash, you uncover buried memories and a truth meant to stay forgotten
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #30 7 Days to End with You
78% matchVery Positive88% of 3,483 reviews2022
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Word Game 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Psychological 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #31 Hidden Clause
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AUVMUJICA
Windows
Hidden Clause is a standalone interactive narrative game about consent, permissions, records, and interface obedience. Sign, refuse, wait, stare, click, and type as the system turns your actions and silence into evidence.
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #32 To Be With You
79% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Illus Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Psychological 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #33 Doomer Girl Needs Clout
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AIROTSPub: LewdLoco
Windows
Doomer Girl Needs Clout is a management sim. Browse the web, take photos, post updates, and share perks! Help your girlfriend run a membership platform and chase fame amid competition, criticism, and controversy. Use every tactic to make everyone look her way once more!
Why similar: Word Game 21.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Psychological 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Immersive Sim 11.8%
- #34 Everything Will Be Fine!
74% matchVery Positive85% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.9%, Text-Based 17.2%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological 12.8%
- #35 異界ノ宿帳
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frontier Works Inc.
Windows
忘れられたモノが流れ着く異界の温泉宿を舞台にした温泉ホラーシミュレーション。昼はケガレを抱えた付喪神たちをもてなし、夜は宿に溢れたケガレが引き起こす怪奇から生き延びる。あなたの選択が、客の癒しと宿の運命を変えていく。
Why similar: Psychological 21.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Horror 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #36 BRXKEN INSIDE
75% matchVery Positive83% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Psychological 16%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%
- #37 サシ飲み萃香ちゃん
74% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: ISY
Windows
萃香ちゃんに言葉を教えていろんな会話をし、メニューを作ったり奢ったりしながらまったりと飲んで過ごそう!
Why similar: Word Game 38.5%, Dialogue Heavy 23.9%, Immersive Sim 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #38 EBBIL: Alternative Bible
75% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: First Choir
Windows
In Heaven, mistakes have been made. In this story inspired by TMC, follow Archangel Gabriel through a trial of corruption and feigned purity as he explores celestial realms and the rekindling of lost friendships. Will you save the Heavens, or will you see them fall?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 12%, Immersive Sim 12%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #39 KnitBone
73% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: aespipuPub: remarkablegames
Windows · Mac · Linux
⚠️ KnitBone is a story-driven psychological horror visual novel, where the therapist is more traumatized than the patient.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Psychological 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13%
- #40 Ghostly Simulator—— Your Neighboring Ghost Story Collection
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: 整个好活
Windows
Welcome to an immersive horror fiction reading simulator. Every tale within is rooted in the chinese mundane, familiar moments we all live through —like the annual Spring Festival Gala You can shut down the simulator at any time. But remember: reality is always far more horrifying than any story.
Why similar: Word Game 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #41 Entered
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Installing something
Windows
Entered ■■■■■■■... A retro-style horror visual novel branching into various horror subgenres.
Why similar: 1990's 18.7%, Text-Based 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Retro 12%
- #42 怪話
73% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: 1990's 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Text-Based 16.7%, Horror 14.5%
- #43 Ether Void
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nymo Studio
Windows
New York, the 90s. Detective Frank Miller investigates a murder in a grim metropolis. Your window to the truth is an old terminal. Analyze data, crack codes, uncover digital trails. Remember: not everyone here wants you to succeed.
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Text-Based 13.7%, Point & Click 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #44 Depth Loop
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
A werewolf game set in a deep-sea lab, where the survival of humanity is at stake—does justice lie with humankind or the werewolves?
Why similar: Word Game 23.4%, Psychological 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #45 The Apartment
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ultima Thule Labs
Windows
A quiet apartment. A friendly neighbour. A normal life. You've been in this apartment for a while now. You know the layout. The sounds. The routine. So do we. A psychological horror about control.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Psychological 11.5%, Horror 10.7%
- #46 Cannibal Date
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: actpng
Windows
You go on a date with a mysterious woman from a dating app. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Point & Click 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%
- #47 人生记事簿:Life Memoirs
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 悦文Yuewen
Windows
A choice-driven text game about living an ordinary life in modern China. Shape your path through study, work, love, and family, and see how your future unfolds year by year.
Why similar: Word Game 30.7%, Text-Based 18.6%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #48 Shake It: Lycoris
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exceedium Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shake It: Lycoris is a bartender simulator where cozy vibes, smooth jazz, and a wide variety of cocktails blend into one unique atmosphere.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Point & Click 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #49 深夜閲覧 Midnight Reading:Showa Echoes
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ZipanGames
Windows
Midnight Reading is a short horror adventure set in a Showa-era Japanese school. As a library committee member, search for overdue books. Read, return, and make choices as the story branches into three routes and a True Route.
Why similar: Psychological 25.9%, Horror 15.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Retro 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #50 The Sievert Scale
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: WensleyDale Studios
Windows
A surveillance horror based inside a nuclear power plant. Monitor CCTV, Identify hazards, document incidents and keep operations running. Report too much and you fail the weekly audit, too little and danger spreads. What’s happening deeper inside the plant was never meant to be monitored.
Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, 1990's 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Horror 12.8%
- #51 正体 SHOUT-AI
68% matchMixed61% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: 852話
Windows
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%
- #52 Echoes of Memory
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: JonnyProductionsPub: Jonny
Windows
Japan, 1992. Neurophysiologist Ren Adler travels to Mizunari to investigate missing people, memory gaps and contradictory evidence. Search the village, connect analog clues and make decisions that can have lasting consequences.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 11.8%
- #53 宿直日誌 Night Duty Log:A Showa School Record
67% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: ZipanGames
Windows · Linux
A short psychological horror set in a Japanese school during the Shōwa era. At night in the school, you begin to realize that you are not alone. As you investigate classrooms and hallways, you notice strange occurrences. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Psychological 26.7%, Horror 15.2%, Retro 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #54 User.exe
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShadowPaw Interactive
Windows
User.exe is a psychological horror experience that takes place in WinShade Operating System. Inside lives User, a virtual assistant trapped in the system, asking for help to finish a failed mission: install a virus to destroy Admin, a digital entity tied to urban legends and missing people.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, 1990's 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Retro 13.3%
- #55 INSPECTION REPORT
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zolduck
Windows
INSPECTION REPORT is a horror / point & click game focused on exploration and dialogue. Fulfill your duties as a building inspector and uncover the secrets of an abandoned property in total dark using only a flashlight.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Retro 10.9%
- #56 Lavender Dream
68% match9 user reviews40% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Vorh Games
Windows
A text-based visual game with a non-linear plot where every decision shapes the story. AI-driven characters engage in lifelike dialogues, each with unique motivations and hidden intentions you can uncover. The story’s outcome is in your hands.
Why similar: Word Game 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 17.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #57 Highschool J
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows
Yuki leads an ordinary life, weighed down by debt, surrounded by a few friends, and consumed by poems shared with no one. Until the arrival of a transfer student. Because some presences cannot be resisted. Only surrender is possible.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Retro 13.2%, Psychological 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #58 LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team BONA
Windows
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional VN where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Psychological 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #59 The Test: Reimagined
65% matchVery Positive81% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reimagined is a masterful mix of Personality Test Psychology and Dark Tarot. Answer a series of fully-narrated questions to receive a personalized, unique ending based on your choices. Dive deep into your own psyche and join millions in a social experiment that you will NOT want to miss!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #60 Hazy Mind
67% matchVery Positive87% of 355 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%