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  1. #1 Depression Quest
    97% matchMixed61% of 3,934 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 77.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    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 37.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 9.8%, Psychological Horror 6.2%

  2. #2 Disturbed
    96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,865 reviews2016
    Dev: iBlackpen
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 33.7 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%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Adventure 8.4%

  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 22.9%, Philosophical 18.5%, Surreal 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%

  4. #4 This Is Not Your House
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 266 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 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Surreal 18%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%

  5. #5 Playing Kafka
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 337 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 17.4%, Philosophical 15.8%, Adventure 7.9%

  6. #6 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
    Dev: Peace & Love Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 13.9 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 16.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Surreal 14.7%, Minimalist 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%

  7. #7 End of Lines
    93% matchVery Positive93% of 70 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 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

  8. #8 Coincidences?
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 283 reviews2026
    Dev: FogTime
    Windows

    After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.9%, Dialogue Heavy 23%, Adventure 20.9%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  9. #9 Backspace Backspace Backspace
    92% 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%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Emotional 7.1%

  10. #10 Mortgage nightmares
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 176 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 56.8%, Text-Based 21.5%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Linear 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  11. #11 Haunted Property
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 190 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 Loop//Error
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 58 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 13.1%, Philosophical 12.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%

  13. #13 My Head On Your Body
    89% 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 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%

  14. #14 For Goodness Sake
    88% matchVery Positive89% of 132 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 22.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%

  15. #15 Moral Dilemma: The Interview
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,142 reviews2025
    Dev: Hectic
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    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 28.9%, Satire 22.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Surreal 11.5%

  16. #16 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,455 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: Visual Novel 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%

  17. #17 Sinking Inn
    87% matchVery Positive91% of 55 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 70.5%, Surreal 22.3%, Dialogue Heavy 7.1%

  18. #18 No More Future
    84% matchVery Positive99% of 129 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 32.8%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Text-Based 21.8%, Philosophical 12.4%, Adventure 8.9%

  19. #19 Something Strange
    85% 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 37.4%, Text-Based 29.5%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Adventure 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  20. #20 Almost My Floor: Prologue
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 164 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 44.4%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%

  21. #21 The Leak
    83% matchVery Positive84% of 58 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 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 16.2%, Emotional 10.8%

  22. #22 10:16
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 109 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 28.7%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 19.9%, Surreal 18.8%, Choices Matter 5.7%

  23. #23 Office Hours
    81% matchVery Positive80% of 55 reviews2026
    Dev: PipoteamPub: IIM Digital School
    Windows

    Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 60.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Linear 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Multiple Endings 5%

  24. #24 HOPE LEFT ME
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 878 reviews2023
    Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%

    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 30.1%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Text-Based 16%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%

  25. #25 You Will (Not) Remain
    80% matchVery Positive92% of 2,547 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 33.8%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Emotional 13.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%

  26. #26 A House Inside Me
    79% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2026
    Dev: Ctrl HorrorPub: Skull Queens Games
    Windows

    A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Surreal 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Philosophical 13.4%, Emotional 8.1%

  27. #27 When the Darkness comes
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,425 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 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 6.1%

  28. #28 Depression The Game
    82% 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 19.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Emotional 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%

  29. #29 One's Own Exile
    76% matchVery Positive100% of 467 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 26.7%, Emotional 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Adventure 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%

  30. #30 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 72 reviews2025
    Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 14.7%, Surreal 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%

  31. #31 Everything Ends In 0
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 161 reviews2024
    Dev: findaeden
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Philosophical 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Emotional 13.5%

  32. #32 氷点下30度の絶望
    74% matchVery Positive97% of 358 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 24.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Text-Based 7.2%

  33. #33 You know my name?
    77% matchMixed70% of 225 reviews2024
    Dev: Mystael studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Text-Based 22.5%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Minimalist 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%

  34. #34 Only Faces Remain
    75% matchVery Positive84% of 77 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 50.4%, Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Adventure 16.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  35. #35 Just A Scare
    76% matchMixed57% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Campfire Tales
    Windows

    You play as a traveler stranded on a cold, stormy night after your car runs out of gas. With no signal and nowhere else to go, you follow your dying GPS to a small roadside motel— but what seems like a safe place quickly turns into something far more sinister.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Atmospheric 13%, Choices Matter 6.4%

  36. #36 Left on Read
    75% 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 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Emotional 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%

  37. #37 The Floor Above
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 241 reviews2026
    Dev: Swytapp Games
    Windows

    A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.

    Why similar: Surreal 29.3%, Minimalist 27.1%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Linear 5.2%

  38. #38 Imitosis
    73% matchVery Positive98% of 205 reviews2024
    Dev: One Over Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Minimalist 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%

  39. #39 A Living Room
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 120 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 33.6%, Philosophical 26.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Linear 6.3%

  40. #40 Beso's Shawarma
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2026
    Dev: Mtatsminda Studio
    Windows

    Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Surreal 17%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%

  41. #41 One Way To Die
    78% matchMixed55% of 348 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 30.3%, Text-Based 23.7%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Adventure 12%

  42. #42 That's not my Neighbor
    71% matchVery Positive89% of 4,514 reviews2025
    Dev: Nachosama Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 36.7%, Choices Matter 31.4%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  43. #43 Condo
    70% matchVery Positive97% of 225 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 43.3%, Emotional 25.7%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Singleplayer 1%

  44. #44 Forgive or Finalize
    71% matchMixed70% of 235 reviews2026
    Dev: 72studio
    Windows · Mac

    A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 44.3%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Adventure 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  45. #45 For Mother Matron
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 168 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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 6.2%

  46. #46 The Sewer Job
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 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 28.6%, Choices Matter 25.5%, Adventure 20.5%, Linear 16.5%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

  47. #47 Experimentation
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 98 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 30.6%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Adventure 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%

  48. #48 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 116 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 25.5%, Text-Based 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%

  49. #49 Hazy Mind
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 333 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 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Text-Based 9.7%, Surreal 8.4%

  50. #50 Unemployment Simulator 2018
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2026
    Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
    Windows · Linux

    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 39.4%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Multiple Endings 4.6%

  51. #51 I Won't Forget Hue
    68% 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 52.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Linear 3%

  52. #52 un/FRAGMENT.
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 51 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 30.5%, Surreal 26.4%, Emotional 16.5%, Text-Based 10.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%

  53. #53 DON'T FACE UP
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 149 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 70.8%, Adventure 28.2%, Singleplayer 1%

  54. #54 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,869 reviews2020
    Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 8.0 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 23.7%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 15.1%, Philosophical 11.6%

  55. #55 7th Chance
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 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 30.8%, Surreal 20.7%, Philosophical 13.4%, Emotional 10.9%, Adventure 7.5%

  56. #56 Locke(d)
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,103 reviews2023
    Dev: KigyoDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?

    Why similar: Philosophical 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%

  57. #57 Waiting in the Lime forest
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: UnicaPub: BARON DU JUVÉNILE
    Windows

    Face your friend's twisted mind and do your best. You should stay sane until the end.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Adventure 12.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Emotional 9.8%

  58. #58 The Dark Egg Demo
    67% matchVery Positive96% of 228 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 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 15.5%, Surreal 14.7%, Minimalist 10.7%

  59. #59 Minds Beneath Us
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,908 reviews2024
    Dev: BearBoneStudio
    Windows
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 7.7%

  60. #60 The Raintime
    70% matchMixed69% of 55 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%

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