- #1 10:16
97% matchVery Positive87% of 107 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 24.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #2 Seraphim Slum
96% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Text-Based 5.9%
- #3 The Test: Reimagined
96% matchVery Positive83% of 120 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: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
- #4 The Test: Reality Check
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
- #5 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
94% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%
- #6 Train of Afterlife
95% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Simulation 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #7 Backspace Backspace Backspace
93% 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: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Visual Novel 20%, Horror 15.2%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #8 The Test
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,135 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #9 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #10 Will Die Alone
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #11 The Horrorscope
90% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #12 Heaven Does Not Respond
89% matchVery Positive91% of 438 reviews2026
Dev: Rise Studios
Windows
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Horror 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%
- #13 The Heavens
88% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: ctcPub: Expedition Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ascend to the Heavens and find out if you're pure enough to be reborn on the Earth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.3%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.8%, 2D 12.2%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #14 Unforgotten
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
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: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Horror 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #15 Hazy Mind
87% matchVery Positive86% of 331 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 Horror 17%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #16 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
86% matchVery Positive86% of 253 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Horror 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #17 ELECTROBASIS
86% matchVery Positive94% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Room Games
Windows
ELECTROBASIS is a 3d dialogue-driven game, sprinkled with platforming and puzzle quests. Meet a cast of heavenly hosts that come with a MYRIAD of issues, and help to fix (most of) them! The casino yearns for a savior - she awaits a restoration.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.8%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Exploration 11.5%
- #18 The Price Of Flesh
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,097 reviews2022
Dev: Gatobob
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #19 Interrogation Simulator
85% matchVery Positive95% of 61 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%
- #20 Take Care Of It.
83% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Zealli
Windows
Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Horror 19.8%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Simulation 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #21 The Bible
84% matchVery Positive88% of 1,142 reviews2022
Dev: Bible Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 249.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A digital recreation of The Bible in Kinetic Novel form! Read through and save passages in any order with an original soundtrack, or listen through the greatest story ever told in audiobook form. Featuring an extensive Trivia section to find out how well you really know the stories of Old and New.
Why similar: Nonlinear 29.1%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #22 The Testing Chamber
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 699 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%
- #23 The Zodiac Trial
82% matchVery Positive95% of 150 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Nonlinear 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #24 Epimutation
80% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%
- #25 7Days Origins
81% matchVery Positive86% of 348 reviews2021
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #26 SIMULACRA
81% matchVery Positive90% of 4,633 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
- #27 Angel Engine
77% matchVery Positive84% of 310 reviews2026
Dev: HMS StudiosPub: Aurakenn Games
Windows
Cage an angel. Ransack Heaven. In a far-flung dystopian future, the Angel Engine Initiative carries on as the last hope for humanity. Seal yourself in your operating room, perform surgery on comatose test subjects, and pray you make it out alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.6%, Horror 29.9%, Simulation 17.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Singleplayer 3%
- #28 Friendsim 2
79% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Hand-drawn 13.7%
- #29 The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening
79% matchVery Positive93% of 417 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #30 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
76% matchVery Positive98% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dark 11.9%
- #31 Forgive My Sins & Desires, Father - Boys Love (BL) Visual Novel
78% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: ChaniMK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Simulation 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 12.2%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #32 Bite Size Terrors: Erobos Heaven
77% matchVery Positive87% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
Unsettling & Disturbing Events Quickly Rise After Being Saved By God.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.1%, Horror 39.6%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #33 The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 685 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #34 Free Will
73% matchVery Positive97% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
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: Choices Matter 24.6%, Horror 21.6%, Multiple Endings 20.5%, Dark 12.1%, Exploration 11.6%
- #35 Experimentation
76% 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: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Horror 16%, Dark 12.8%, Magic 11%
- #36 SIMULACRA 2
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,664 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #37 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
73% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Horror 21.9%, Dark 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #38 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
70% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Psychedelic 8.1%
- #39 Pink Noise
71% matchVery Positive90% of 117 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Horror 13%
- #40 Jesus Simulator
74% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: VRCFORGE STUDIOS
Windows
Jesus Simulator is a narrative driven game that retells the earthly life of Jesus Christ through the events of the Gospel. Become a witness to sermons, miracles, and encounters that explore love, mercy, faith, forgiveness, and sacrifice.
Why similar: Simulation 44.7%, Exploration 18.8%, Magic 15.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
- #41 The Test: Final Revelation
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,373 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Immersive Sim 12%
- #42 Snowfall's Mystery
71% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Psychedelic 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #43 Water Womb World
69% matchVery Positive97% of 300 reviews2026
Dev: Yames' Games
Windows
Aqua Catholicism; Explore Man's Original Sin Under The Sea
Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Stylized 9.7%, Exploration 9.7%
- #44 Bad Faith
73% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Horror 18.3%, Dark 10.6%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
- #45 7 Days
68% matchVery Positive99% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Daver The DavePub: IC Industries
Windows
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.9%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychedelic 12.7%
- #46 Angel Wings
71% matchVery Positive88% of 645 reviews2021
Dev: RumR Design
Windows
Upon answering a mysterious phone call, you awaken in an unfamiliar place filled with new faces… Through intricate relationships and thoughtful introspection, will you be able to unravel the reason you are here?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%
- #47 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
69% matchVery Positive90% of 114 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 16.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #48 Disturbed
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,861 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 32.2 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 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.6%
- #49 Story: Heaven & Hell
75% matchMostly Negative33% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: KuKo
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
"Story: Heaven & Hell" - this is a interactive fiction about good and evil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Dark 16.3%, Exploration 14.3%, 2D 9.3%
- #50 BAD END THEATER
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 24.4%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Choices Matter 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Simulation 6.2%
- #51 The Test: Secrets of the Soul
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,558 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 14%
- #52 The Summoning
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Horror 13.8%, Immersive Sim 11.6%
- #53 FAKEBOOK
67% matchVery Positive91% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #54 You Shouldn't Be Here
67% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Horror 11.5%
- #55 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
65% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #56 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Horror 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #57 Derealized
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
Windows
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: Simulation 16.2%, Horror 15.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Dark 11.2%, Exploration 11.1%
- #58 Second Thoughts
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows · Mac
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Horror 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #59 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
68% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Horror 14.6%