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Years after leaving her family to join the Sisters of the Whiterock Coven, Edith is anxious to finally return home. But first she has to pass her Trial of Ascension, a harrowing task bestowed by her patron deity. Together, Edith and her bully must complete the trial, no matter the consequences.

Why similar: Visual Novel 12.3%, Emotional 12%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

You stand before a pit at the city's heart, then your gaze drifts to a deeper void, one you fear even more. Wield your invention to unravel mysteries, reclaim lost memories, strengthen your skills, and battle nightmare-born horrors in this multi-ending RPG.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychedelic 14.4%, Emotional 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

A narrative-driven psychological horror visual novel. Player's choices lead to distinct emotional paths and story outcomes. "You" navigate a shifting consciousness, making choices within fragmented scenes that buried memories.

Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Psychedelic 14%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%

A Gothic horror faerie tale.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Emotional 9.1%

A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

Kitari and Kimoshi is a story about two girls who meet for the very first time through unusual circumstances. Click through the manga pages, and make choices that affect the flow of the story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Dark 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Lore-Rich 11.7%

A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Emotional 10.3%

Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.3%, Emotional 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%

"Королевская ночь"– нелинейная визуальная новелла в жанре ужасов. Десятки лет одиночества заставят её мыслить иначе..

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Emotional 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%

No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!

Why similar: Emotional 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%

You only wanted to save them. But in this psychological horror visual novel, a teacher’s kindness may become the thing that breaks his students.

Why similar: Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12%, Emotional 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Dark 9.2%

Tears of Sulfuria is an emotional visual novel about two sisters in a dark fantasy world that rejects them. Marília and Adka must survive at any cost—and their choices may scar Sulfuria itself. Sacrifice yourself, lose your sanity, and do the unforgivable to move forward.

Why similar: Emotional 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 11%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Dark 14.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 9.1%

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: Psychedelic 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.

Why similar: Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Emotional 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%

A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Emotional 14.9%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Anime 9.6%

The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?

Why similar: Emotional 17.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Horror 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%

How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?

Why similar: Emotional 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Emotional 10.6%, Dark 8.2%

A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.

Why similar: Emotional 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Dark 8.3%, Horror 8.2%

GOLOD is an atmospheric visual novel about survival in the pixel-art style, where you will have to fight not only with a lack of food, but also with panic, suffocating idleness, secrets of the past, betrayal and difficult moral choices in a confined space.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Horror 10%

Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Dark 9.1%

The Creepy Syndrome is an anthology that offers several psychological horror stories, with different pixel art and retro 1 bit, 8 bit, gameboy, etc. styles. Stories of a disturbed mind that intertwine with each other while being analysed by a mysterious psychiatrist.

Why similar: Psychedelic 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%

You play as Hicha — a shut-in girl whose only reason to live is her virtual avatar, Virai. Help her escape the depressive nightmare before it consumes her completely.

Why similar: Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Project Subtrahend is a choose-your-own-adventure visual novel, where you have the chance to get to know the stories, lore, and personalities of nine unique characters. Choices matter in this game, and it's up to you who lives or dies as you explore what it means to be human.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Emotional 12.6%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Horror 9.9%

Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dark 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Emotional 11.5%

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: Emotional 20.2%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dark 13.6%, Story Rich 9.8%

An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Choices Matter 18%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Horror 12.5%

Bokuten is a dramatic, emotional visual novel where you must play cupid and decide if the relationships you witness are worth rekindling, or if letting them fall apart would result in greater happiness. The decisions you make will echo into the course of your own love life.

Why similar: Emotional 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.3%

A dark visual novel created by the team behind NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE. Overly sensitive to other people's emotions, the protagonist—a light novel writer—develops the ability to read minds, only to be driven even deeper into isolation. His sole remaining comfort is his younger sister, gifted yet lonely.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 11.2%

Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Emotional 19.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

Dive into an enchanting world where every decision matters—alliances, betrayals, romance, and power struggles shape a story as deep as it is unforgettable.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Lore-Rich 9.2%

I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Emotional 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%

"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Emotional 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Horror 8.9%

A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Emotional 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%

"GUROBU" is a story-driven, 2D horror game about haunted apartments, ghosts of the past, and a murder mystery.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Emotional 11.1%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 9.5%

For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Dark 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Anime 10.4%

The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Choices Matter 12%

Sacrificium is a dark psychological horror experience blending illustrated storytelling, branching choices, and sanity-driven gameplay. Trapped in a castle controlled by a satanic cult, you must escape before the nightmare consumes you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14%, Psychedelic 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.

Why similar: Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Dark 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

A non-linear, eerie visual novel inspired by Ukrainian folklore. Go caroling with Goat, Bear, and Granny to make choices that decide the villagers' fate, save dozens, or lead to disasters. Learn how powerful words and silence can be.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Emotional 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.

Why similar: Psychedelic 21.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Horror 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.

Why similar: Psychedelic 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.1%, Emotional 11.6%

HEDERA is a story-driven 2D horror game about dealing with trauma through dreams and videogames.

Why similar: Emotional 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.9%

Every step you take influences bunny journey and the outcome of her cursed existence. Will you unravel the mysteries of the past, confronting darkness with courage, or succumb to fear and desperation, sealing her fate in eternal torment?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Horror 11.7%

Escape a nightmarish realm filled with puzzles and deadly beasts!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Dark 13.2%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.

Why similar: Emotional 16.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Dark 10.8%

Meet high schooler Haruka and her classmates as they find themselves trapped in an eerie, abandoned hospital connected to an urban legend called “Ayame’s Mercy.” Try to escape, or face a multitude of gruesome ends that will leave you begging for mercy in this all new Corpse Party story.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.9%, Emotional 14.6%, Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%

A mysterious and sinister presence stalks you back to your cabin, where you and your brother are all alone.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.7%, Emotional 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%

Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 9.6%, Anime 9.5%

Delve into the heart of darkness with Enelia, a chilling horror visual novel set in an Avatar-inspired biopunk realm. It's a dramatic story about adventure, love and fate.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dark 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 10.2%

"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover a story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate of diverse cast of characters in this visual novel.

Why similar: Emotional 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 10.2%

This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Emotional 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Horror 8.4%