Games Like Echoes

Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.

Why similar: Horror 19%, Detective 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Dark 15.3%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Dark 9.5%, Detective 9.3%

Inheritance can be different, and it is not always pleasant, right?

Why similar: Psychedelic 29.7%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Adventure 15.2%, Dark 10.2%, Psychological Horror 6.4%

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: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 17.2%, Psychedelic 13.3%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

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 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dark 12.7%, Detective 10.4%, Adventure 9.2%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Detective 23%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.8%

"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: Detective 23.1%, Dark 17.9%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Adventure 11.6%

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: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Visual Novel 30.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 5.1%

Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.3%, Adventure 21.5%, Casual 16.1%, Horror 9.7%, Indie 5.3%

The most sinister spot-the-difference in the world. When you uncover the final mistake, the truth of this world will be revealed.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Casual 11.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Horror 8.6%, Dark 8.5%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.9%, Adventure 18.4%, Casual 16.4%, Dark 6%, Indie 4.6%

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: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Text-Based 21.5%, Adventure 8.6%, Stylized 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Dark 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%

The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 20.8%, Dark 20.5%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Adventure 15.9%

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 21%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 17.4%, Emotional 7.8%, Adventure 7.7%

A handcrafted adventure about overcoming fear and doubt. Will you defeat your inner demons or be crippled with regret ?

Why similar: Adventure 47.7%, 2D 19.7%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Indie 12.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Text-Based 14.1%, Emotional 11.6%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

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: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Hand-drawn 15%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Dark 8.7%

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: Interactive Fiction 37.2%, Visual Novel 22%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Text-Based 19.4%, Casual 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 8%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Psychedelic 17.1%, Emotional 11%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Dark 9.1%

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: Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Casual 7.6%, Adventure 7.3%

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: Detective 26.9%, Dark 18.7%, Emotional 15.7%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%

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 34%, Text-Based 22%, Psychedelic 17.5%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Christopher arrives at his grandmother's countryside home late at night for a seemingly ordinary visit. But soon after reuniting, he begins to notice something isn't right. The familiar setting warps into a place of unease, and the mystery that unravels is far more complex than anyone could expect.

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Dark 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.8%, Adventure 13.6%

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.8%, Atmospheric 23.8%, Adventure 20.2%, Dark 13.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%

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 25.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Dark 12%, Casual 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Dark 20.4%, Horror 13.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Hand-drawn 20%, Dark 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9%

A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Text-Based 20.9%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Emotional 11%, Psychological Horror 9%

More than ghost hunting—this is about uncovering the truth, deep within the estate. Study the past, gather evidence, and reveal the stories that linger between life and death. A unique investigation every time ensures deep replayability.

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Casual 17%, Dark 16.6%, Emotional 14.6%, Horror 10.7%

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: Adventure 26%, Casual 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 8.7%

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: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Detective 23.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 13%, Atmospheric 8.9%

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 43.1%, Detective 28.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Adventure 6.6%, Text-Based 4.8%

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 31.3%, Text-Based 26.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.2%, Casual 10.4%

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 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Emotional 8%

Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.

Why similar: Stylized 23.8%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 17.5%, Casual 13.3%, Dark 12.6%

Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Hand-drawn 17%, Dark 12.7%, Adventure 11%

Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.

Why similar: Dark 24.6%, Adventure 21.3%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 16.6%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.

Why similar: Dark 32.8%, Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Adventure 20.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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 30%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 15.5%, Adventure 14%, Emotional 9.3%

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: Visual Novel 31.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12%, Casual 11%

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

Why similar: Psychedelic 31.4%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Dark 12.5%, 2D 7.4%, Casual 6.7%

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 30.2%, Text-Based 24.9%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Horror 10.2%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.8%, Adventure 9.8%

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: Psychedelic 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 6.8%

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Adventure 30.2%, Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Dark 18.8%, Indie 3.4%

it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

Why similar: Adventure 92.6%, Interactive Fiction 2.2%, Visual Novel 1.4%, Emotional 0.9%, Dark 0.9%

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: Hand-drawn 25%, Adventure 16.4%, Dark 15.1%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

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: Visual Novel 26.6%, Text-Based 24.5%, Detective 21%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dark 13.7%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

Why similar: Adventure 31.2%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Descend into an eerie world made of scattered memories and unresolved traumas and explore a nightmarish landscape where you will come face to face with childhood fears and nightmares.

Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Casual 32.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Indie 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Adventure 11.1%, Casual 9.7%

Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Psychedelic 17%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Detective 12.5%, Dark 9.2%

Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 27%, Adventure 14%, Dark 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 13.4%

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 34.8%, Dark 15.6%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Adventure 9%

Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.

Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Dark 20.3%, Horror 17.7%, Indie 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%

An interactive psychological horror drama.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Psychedelic 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.7%