Nodal

Games Like Don't Get Your Hopes Up

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Psychological Horror, Visual Novel, Atmospheric.

Similar Games

View all 60 recommendations
  1. #1 Depression Quest
    97% matchMixed61% of 3,931 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 9.7%, Psychological Horror 6%

  2. #2 Disturbed
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,856 reviews2016
    Dev: iBlackpen
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Adventure 8.3%

  3. #3 nothing_matters
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 229 reviews2023
    Dev: Ka Hin Yuen
    Windows

    A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Philosophical 18.4%, Surreal 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%

  4. #4 This Is Not Your House
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 252 reviews2024
    Dev: Cody Tierson (Trash Eyes)Pub: Trash Eyes
    Windows

    Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Surreal 18%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%

  5. #5 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
    95% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
    Dev: Peace & Love Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 15.3%, Surreal 14.7%, Minimalist 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%

  6. #6 Playing Kafka
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 317 reviews2024
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac

    There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Surreal 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Philosophical 15.8%, Adventure 7.7%

  7. #7 My Head On Your Body
    93% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Creepy Pop
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Philosophical 17.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%

  8. #8 End of Lines
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
    Dev: Nova-box
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?

    Why similar: Comic Book 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11%

  9. #9 Backspace Backspace Backspace
    91% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: Blue Tango Street
    Windows · Mac

    In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Emotional 7.1%

  10. #10 Mortgage nightmares
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 173 reviews2024
    Dev: Real life GamesPub: Flying bird Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Your very own apartment, even if it's a 20-year mortgage – what could be better? Maybe the fact that Lena isn’t the only one living in this apartment? Or maybe they're not exactly people...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 56.5%, Text-Based 21.7%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Linear 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  11. #11 Haunted Property
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 180 reviews2025
    Dev: Yamoto
    Windows

    A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 57.2%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Linear 4.9%, Multiple Endings 3.7%

  12. #12 Almost My Floor: Prologue
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2020
    Dev: Potata Company
    Windows · Linux

    A Prologue to Almost My Floor, an upcoming horror-themed point'n'click adventure. Alex is a real fan of creepy stuff and horror movies, but he never expected to experience it himself just by taking the elevator back home! Can he avoid the madness and deal with the evil he's up against?

    Why similar: Comic Book 44.2%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%

  13. #13 Loop//Error
    88% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
    Windows

    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: Surreal 13.2%, Philosophical 12.7%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%

  14. #14 For Goodness Sake
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2022
    Dev: Belief Engine
    Windows

    In a final attempt to guarantee your place on the nice list, you decide to try and do some chores before midnight. Will Krampus take you? Take the test and find out.

    Why similar: Philosophical 22.2%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%

  15. #15 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 reviews2023
    Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.5%

  16. #16 10:16
    87% matchVery Positive87% of 105 reviews2023
    Dev: Catsket
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    To get to heaven, you must climb the Nine Circles of Hell. But you might never make it to the depths.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 20%, Surreal 18.8%, Choices Matter 5.8%

  17. #17 Something Strange
    86% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
    Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
    Windows

    Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 37.2%, Text-Based 29.8%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  18. #18 No More Future
    85% matchVery Positive99% of 122 reviews2022
    Dev: Sedge
    Windows

    In the last days of their life, a dying person takes one final gamble... No More Future is a linear Sci-Fi Visual Novel, where you explore a futuristic world as an android trying to rebuild their old life. In this strange journey, they'll question the very foundations of their life and their world.

    Why similar: Comic Book 32.7%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Text-Based 22.1%, Philosophical 12.4%, Adventure 8.8%

  19. #19 Moral Dilemma: The Interview
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,027 reviews2025
    Dev: Hectic
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.

    Why similar: Philosophical 29%, Satire 22.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Surreal 11.4%

  20. #20 When the Darkness comes
    83% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
    Dev: Sirhaian
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 60.8%, Emotional 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Choices Matter 6.1%

  21. #21 Sinking Inn
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2021
    Dev: Open Alpha
    Windows · Mac

    A small, lonely boy on a hopeful quest navigates through a dark and dreary motel. Dive into its mysterious, eerie atmosphere and find your way through the motel's strange puzzles, as it becomes increasingly clear that reality is not as it seems.

    Why similar: Text-Based 71%, Surreal 22.3%, Conversation 6.8%

  22. #22 You Will (Not) Remain
    81% matchVery Positive92% of 2,523 reviews2022
    Dev: Bedtime PhobiasPub: No way, we're indie baby of course we don't have a publisher
    Windows

    You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Psychological Horror 21%, Emotional 13.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%

  23. #23 HOPE LEFT ME
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 818 reviews2023
    Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.

    Why similar: Philosophical 31.9%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Text-Based 17.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Conversation 7.1%

  24. #24 Depression The Game
    84% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
    Dev: DeepWorks Studios
    Windows

    Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Emotional 15%, Atmospheric 8.4%

  25. #25 One's Own Exile
    79% matchVery Positive100% of 394 reviews2025
    Dev: Updog Software
    Windows

    Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Emotional 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Adventure 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%

  26. #26 Only Faces Remain
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2026
    Dev: Santiago Garcia
    Windows

    ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 50.6%, Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  27. #27 The Leak
    80% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2023
    Dev: Fatih Mert
    Windows

    Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Minimalist 17.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Text-Based 16.4%, Emotional 10.9%

  28. #28 Left on Read
    79% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,286 reviews2020
    Dev: Weston Bell-GeddesPub: Spookulele Games
    Windows · Mac

    It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Emotional 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%

  29. #29 That's not my Neighbor
    76% matchVery Positive89% of 4,193 reviews2025
    Dev: Nachosama Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.

    Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Choices Matter 31.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  30. #30 One Way To Die
    82% matchMixed55% of 345 reviews2015
    Dev: Tenth&Hess GamesPub: CoaguCo Industries
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    After waking from a terrifying dream of your own untimely death, you attempt to make your way to the Finnigan Brothers' Fun Park for its last day then back home again. It's like playing Russian roulette with five chambers loaded, but more frustrating.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Text-Based 24%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Adventure 11.8%

  31. #31 For Mother Matron
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
    Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
    Windows · Mac

    A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 6.2%

  32. #32 The Sewer Job
    78% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: Korvinrular
    Windows

    You were on the brink of becoming homeless, but that's when you found a sewer job application, you got accepted. What seemed like a chill work at first turned quickly in to an unsettling experience.

    Why similar: Atmospheric 28.7%, Choices Matter 25.8%, Adventure 20.1%, Linear 16.4%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

  33. #33 Condo
    74% matchVery Positive98% of 203 reviews2025
    Dev: FlubbedMachina
    Windows · Mac

    Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.2%, Emotional 23%, Adventure 19%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Singleplayer 1%

  34. #34 Imitosis
    75% matchVery Positive98% of 204 reviews2024
    Dev: One Over Games
    Windows

    A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Minimalist 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%

  35. #35 Experimentation
    77% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2023
    Dev: Faithy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Psychological Horror 25%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Adventure 9.2%

  36. #36 DON'T FACE UP
    76% matchMostly Positive72% of 142 reviews2024
    Dev: tesakiza
    Windows · Mac

    DON'T FACE UP is a first-person horror game. Never make eye contact with them. They may appear and disappear. They may be standing in the direction you suddenly turn your eyes. Even in such a situation, you must proceed with your search for the building. Therefore, "DON'T FACE UP."

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 71.3%, Adventure 27.8%, Singleplayer 1%

  37. #37 Unemployment Simulator 2018
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
    Windows

    Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

    Why similar: Surreal 39.5%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Multiple Endings 4.7%

  38. #38 You know my name?
    75% matchMostly Positive71% of 213 reviews2024
    Dev: Mystael studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Minimalist 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%

  39. #39 氷点下30度の絶望
    72% matchVery Positive97% of 285 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Conversation 13%, Text-Based 7.3%

  40. #40 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
    Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Philosophical 11.5%

  41. #41 I Won't Forget Hue
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 203 reviews2023
    Dev: Hostile Kiwi Games
    Windows

    Disorganized and alone, a woman finds herself crafting new glasses in order to look at her own home with different shaded views. I won’t forget Hue is a psychedelic thriller experience. You’ll go searching for new lenses, try to figure out what is happening to her home and why she is all alone.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 52.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Adventure 16.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Linear 3%

  42. #42 A Living Room
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2024
    Dev: Valtteri TavastPub: Instant Million
    Windows

    You are a man in a room. Something feels off. Or maybe it's on. A short existential comedy point-and-click non-adventure about the limitations and imitations of human existence – or, really, whatever you want it to be about.

    Why similar: Surreal 33.9%, Philosophical 26.5%, Conversation 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Linear 6.4%

  43. #43 Everything Ends In 0
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 160 reviews2024
    Dev: findaeden
    Windows

    The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Philosophical 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Emotional 14.4%

  44. #44 The Dark Egg Demo
    71% matchVery Positive96% of 226 reviews2022
    Dev: Transcend Pixels
    Windows

    A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 15.6%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

  45. #45 The Raintime
    73% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2020
    Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .

    Why similar: Adventure 100%

  46. #46 Hazy Mind
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 318 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: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Text-Based 9.9%, Surreal 8.5%

  47. #47 Deep Under
    70% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: WildOmul
    Windows

    DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.

    Why similar: Comic Book 31.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Adventure 6.3%

  48. #48 Nightmare Zapping
    69% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
    Dev: Maldo19
    Windows

    A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Adventure 6.4%

  49. #49 Beer Machine
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2025
    Dev: Crack Creations
    Windows

    Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Surreal 22.7%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Adventure 16%, Emotional 11%

  50. #50 Minds Beneath Us
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
    Dev: BearBoneStudio
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Philosophical 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%

  51. #51 The Outcast Lovers
    72% matchMixed66% of 85 reviews2020
    Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
    Windows · Mac

    Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?

    Why similar: Comic Book 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Emotional 11.4%

  52. #52 you're just imagining it
    66% matchVery Positive97% of 442 reviews2024
    Dev: npckc
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Minimalist 14.9%, Emotional 10.4%, Adventure 7.2%

  53. #53 un/FRAGMENT.
    69% matchPositive88% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: izakiko paradox
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.

    Why similar: Philosophical 30.2%, Surreal 26.3%, Emotional 16.7%, Text-Based 10.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%

  54. #54 7th Chance
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2021
    Dev: Drewid GamesPub: Stasis Booth Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Surreal 21.1%, Philosophical 13.6%, Emotional 11.2%, Adventure 7.5%

  55. #55 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 111 reviews2025
    Dev: Fiction Factory Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%

  56. #56 While We Wait Here
    65% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 reviews2024
    Dev: Bad Vices Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.3%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Atmospheric 5.2%

  57. #57 Deceived Of Joy
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
    Dev: LevelBound Studios
    Windows

    Step into a Psychological Horror Experience where you live in an apartment complex where the walls between reality and nightmares are crumbling. Run for your life, solve small puzzles and use items to help you survive.

    Why similar: Surreal 48.9%, Psychological Horror 36.5%, Adventure 14.6%

  58. #58 Misadventures of Laura Silver
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
    Dev: Studio Attic Salt
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.

    Why similar: Comic Book 26%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 9.3%

  59. #59 My monstrous roommate. (étude)
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows

    There is a monster living in your apartment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Text-Based 20.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Surreal 11.8%

  60. #60 Until Oblivion
    66% matchVery Positive98% of 111 reviews2024
    Dev: ixavon
    Windows

    Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Text-Based 23%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Based on tag similarity + player behavior
Loading graph...