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THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is an asymmetric puzzle-strategy game featuring fog of war. Survive a story-driven campaign filled with custom boards, traps, and rule-breaking Kings and Queens of the past. Stealth, calculated risks and outsmarting the unknown are your only ways to win.

Why similar: Dark 34.8%, Artificial Intelligence 26.8%, Puzzle 24.7%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: Psychological 25.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, Story Rich 11.6%, Horror 8.8%, Dark 8.7%

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Dark 14%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Mystery 11%, Puzzle 9.8%

a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Nonlinear 10%

UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Dark 13.4%, Horror 13.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Dark 14%, Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11%

​Welcome to the chess school! Connect with the brilliant girls of Sakuragi town and engage them in chess matches. How will you master the moves that come your way?​

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Mystery 25.4%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Horror 7.7%

Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?

Why similar: Dark 16.5%, Psychological 16.4%, Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Story Rich 9.5%

In STARECROWN, a visual-novel merged with a puzzle-based horror experience, your ANGEL whose watched from the distance finally makes himself known. For the worse.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Horror 22%, Puzzle 13%, Dark 12.8%, Mystery 8%

A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Horror 18.2%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%

A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you - test your mettle on the chessboard. Checkmate your opponent with only a few moves and solve challenging chess puzzles in amazing 3D worlds.

Why similar: Horror 72.7%, Singleplayer 27.3%

Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.

Why similar: Mystery 20.2%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Story Rich 11.6%

Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?

Why similar: Gothic 39.1% ★, Visual Novel 26.6%, Story Rich 9%, Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 7.1%

Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.1%, Dark 18.2%, Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Story Rich 8.5%

Demons Never Lie is a creepy graphic adventure made with voxel and low-poly where even your soul is at stake! An incredible and dark story with elements of the classic point&click and visual novels. An exciting interactive experience with a unique atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological 16.3%, Dark 16.3%, Story Rich 11.7%

The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.

Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Horror 16.5%, Dark 15.3%, Mystery 14.5%, Puzzle 12.1%

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%

A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.2%, Dark 27.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, 2D 7.6%

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Mystery 17.9%, Dark 17.1%, Story Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%

Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Dark 19.9%, Horror 13.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Don't Chat With Strangers is an experience puzzle game, mostly taking place in a single room. The main character in the middle of the night is approached by a strange girl in an online chat. Don't die and solve the mystery of the girl.

Why similar: Perma Death 40.5%, Horror 26.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, 2D 6.8%

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 22.3%, Dark 16.3%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Derealized is a choice based game inspired by games such as The Stanley Parable and Undertale. This experience offers 10 different endings for you to explore! How many will you find?

Why similar: Dark 17%, Psychological 16.6%, Horror 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Mystery 12%

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Psychological 10.7%, Mystery 8.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Dark 7.9%

Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.

Why similar: Gothic 30.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.6%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 8.3%

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 28.8%, Horror 20.3%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Story Rich 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.3%

Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...

Why similar: Multiple Endings 16%, Psychological 15.8%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%

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 23.5%, Dark 19.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological 11.8%, Story Rich 10.3%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.6%, Horror 23.6%, Dark 19.4%, 2D 8.2%, Adventure 3.7%

A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Psychological 19%, Mystery 18%, Adventure 10.4%, Story Rich 10.1%

Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Horror 16.8%, Multiple Endings 15%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Horror 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Psychological 10.9%, Mystery 8.8%

Can you uncover the truth, or will the mystery remain buried? Explore a village, make final choices, and shape a story you can never undo.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Horror 20.6%, Puzzle 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Exploration 10.2%

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

Why similar: Gothic 45.2% ★, Horror 20%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, Adventure 4.9%

It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Horror 16.7%, Mystery 15.9%, Psychological 11.4%

In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.

Why similar: Mystery 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Puzzle 15.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Nonlinear 10.5%

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: Mystery 20.3%, Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Puzzle 8.2%

It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

Why similar: Psychological 45.1%, Puzzle 32.4%, Artificial Intelligence 16%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Story Rich 2.4%

A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

Why similar: Dark 22.8%, Horror 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Story Rich 11.9%

The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Multiple Endings 23.3%, Horror 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Story Rich 11.2%

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Multiple Endings 24.8%, Nonlinear 20.1%, Dark 17.9%, Adventure 7%

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 23.8%, Dark 21.3%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 10.8%

Phil Alone is a horror/puzzle game based on old Escape The Room games. Try solve this huge puzzle with a lot of different endings.

Why similar: Horror 17.9%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Puzzle 15.3%, Psychological 12.9%, Story Rich 11.8%

This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.

Why similar: Psychological 16.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Puzzle 10.6%

Ignited Entry is a full length narrative driven psychological horror game with voice acting, dreamish visuals, and horror elements that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Some doors should never be opened. But you must go in.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Psychological 20.2%, Story Rich 15.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%

In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...

Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Story Rich 18.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Mystery 10%, Exploration 8.2%

Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.

Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Psychological 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Mystery 11.9%

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: Visual Novel 45.2%, Puzzle 27.1%, Story Rich 19.3%, 2D 8.5%

Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.

Why similar: Dark 23.2%, Horror 20.7%, Multiple Endings 16%, Story Rich 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%

A pixel game that contains some puzzles. It tells a story about five strangers who were trapped on a mysterious train.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 22.8%, Horror 21.7%, Puzzle 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Story Rich 9.9%

Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike. Empower your army, adapt your strategy each run, and unravel the mystery behind a world trapped in an endless match.

Why similar: Perma Death 70.4%, Dark 25.3%, Singleplayer 4.3%

The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.

Why similar: Dark 21.8%, Multiple Endings 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 10.6%

Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological 13.6%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Mystery 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 11.6%, Mystery 11.4%

Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.

Why similar: Perma Death 48.6%, Dark 29.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%, 2D 6.9%, Singleplayer 4.3%

An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Experience a dark twist on classic chess where your captured pieces are infected and rise to join the undead army! Adapt to asymmetrical battlefields, protect the White Kingdom, and lead King Leonard against his greatest, most sinister enemy yet: His own reflection.

Why similar: Gothic 61.8% ★, Story Rich 12.5%, Dark 11.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Dark 13.3%, Psychological 12.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Horror 11.7%

本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.9%, Mystery 31.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Puzzle 2.8%, Adventure 2.7%

This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

Why similar: Mystery 15.1%, Puzzle 13.3%, Psychological 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%