60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure, Psychological Horror.
You're an eldritch in love with your angel. A glutton in love. You may be a mass of vines and branches but you have a confession to make. Somehow, you must find a way. (A darker sequel to Seraphim Slum.)
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Text-Based 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dating Sim 9.9%
A psychological/drama/romance visual novel about a sweet marriage that slowly rots into a nightmare. Over the course of seven days, try to navigate a rocky relationship with your husband and unravel the mysteries surrounding this man... who might not be the man you married.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Lovecraftian 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dating Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 10%
Connect with four occult enthusiasts (and possibly sell your soul) in this macabre LGBTQ+ horror visual novel/interface drama dating sim.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Dating Sim 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Text-Based 9.2%
A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.8%
A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Text-Based 8.8%
Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Demons 9%
A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%, Text-Based 11.6%
A bite-sized visual novel about going on dates with some absolutely disastrous goblins.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
AshCreek is a female-oriented interactive visual novel centered on Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Players take on the role of an outsider who is unwillingly drawn into AshCreek, uncovering the truth behind its anomalies step by step by taking part in stories set across different worlds.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Text-Based 13.2%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%
The Evil Mouse is a short linear story psychological horror game about guilt and memory. You discover a strange program on your computer that pulls you into a haunted house. Inside waits Lucy, a girl asking for help, and the evil mouse, who will do anything to keep you out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Demons 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dark 10.7%
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Exploration 8.5%, First-Person 8.1%
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Team up with Asmodeus and Cupid to restore the balance of love and lust in the mythical realm after the modern world has unbalanced it, show the mythical figures how to love again.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, Faith 12.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
An interactive text narrative where charm, charisma, and seduction will be your key tools. Angel is an alluring and confident twink- each word, each glance, has deeper meanings as the two of you spend a fleeting night's tryst with eachother.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Text-Based 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%
It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%
The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love. As they spend their time at the school, what was once a peaceful life turns into a blood-soaked, corpse-riddled, blood-soaked day....
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Demons 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
A story about love, death, and the universe, told through tarot cards.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%
Adult Lovecraftian horror-strategy. Stealthily transform your university into horny, blonde bimbos! Dynamically change genitalia and breast sizes, IQ, mind control your peers via eldritch powers or eldritch parasites, erase your competition, and avoid a mysterious rival faction!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
A haunting horror story set in an isolated abbey. Jeanne, a naïve young nun, struggles to save her lover, the angelic Sister Séraphine, from a wasting disease which has ravaged their home - but what is Jeanne prepared to sacrifice for Séraphine's sake?
Why similar: Text-Based 14.7%, Dating Sim 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Demons 11.1%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 8.5%
A Boys Love visual novel set around a pulse-pounding hostage situation. Can Numata make it out of things unscathed? Every choice matters! Fully translated into English with the original Japanese voice acting intact.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Dark 9.3%
- Cannibalism X superpowers X Suspense X Original worldview - "Fried Chicken Wings Cause a Love Fire" is a BL mystery comedy long visual novel. It uses the first-person perspective with a fixed protagonist, Aris; contains elements of horror and sexual innuendo.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Faith 10.4% ★
Gale and Arthur are in a long-distance relationship, but Gale found himself feeling lonely without his partner. When he applies to work at a cafe, he meets his charismatic co-worker, Brycen. Brycen is so different from Arthur, yet he finds himself falling for him. Will he choose his new or old love?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Dating Sim 20.1%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 13.8%
Slice through a collection of HORROR STORIES, produced by a solo dev! Survive through the body horror of health clinics, haunted dating sims, robot takeovers, CORPORATE COMPLIANCE VIDEOS & MORE!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Dating Sim 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 18%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
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: LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Text-Based 13%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
Welcome to MONSTER LUV RADIO, where you play a radio DJ giving dating advice to a host of supernatural creatures! Keep your ratings up by giving sound advice and following the rhythm of your DJ mix board, and make sure your boss doesn't shut down your show!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Dating Sim 14.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Immersive Sim 12.9%
Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative game. Will you settle for pessimism, or open yourself to trust?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Dating Sim 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 10.9%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.2%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Mystery 8.1%
TFTU: After Midnight is a dark / gothic visual novel with multiple endings. Your choices matter and will determine who stays alive and who dies. Discovering the whole truth about the murders will require more than one playthrough.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 12.5%
A narrative-driven adult feminization life simulation game where you navigate a web of false accusations, manage personal stats, make branching choices, and explore a city map to rebuild your life through creative survival strategies.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Immersive Sim 11.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dark 8.9%
Killer Chat! Expanded Edition fleshes out our serial killer dating chatsim to make it bigger, better and bloodier than ever before! Play as a writer, pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, and try not to call the cops as you fall in love with your murderous beau of choice.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 11%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Exploration 7%
It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18%, Text-Based 11.3%, Demons 11.2%, Dark 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%
A psychological horror where Charlie will have to deal with his memories and his demons... but are they really demons? Who can Charlie trust? The flying brain or the mysterious voice? Every choice matters and will lead you to a different ending
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Demons 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
This is a story about the fall of a man. Told in the form of an interactive comic book with sounds and animations, Saint Kotar: The Crawling Man follows the appalling life of Mojse, his fall from a beloved teacher to a bitter and vengeful leader of a sinister cult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Faith 15.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Demons 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Dream Spectra is a visual novel about trying to hang out with your crush and escape your migraines, styled with surreal 90s 3D rendered environments.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Dating Sim 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 13.8%
A horror-fantasy visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Dating Sim 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12%
Dark Lovers is a short pixel art teenage romantic mistery visual novel game about a highschool prom night in 1979 which contains multiple endings and secrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%
"Curtain Call" is a visual novel about (literally) breaking through social masks by forming meaningful connections with incredibly deep personalities. Whether you’re looking to make new friends or something more, there’s a whole cast of characters just dying to meet you!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%
College students are trapped in a collapsing building. Strange things begin to take place within its confines.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Dating Sim 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%
A point-and-click visual novel. You’re thrust into a mysterious dungeon, where your mission is to traverse it and find love amongst its inhabitants. Explore, survive and interact with characters.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%
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: Lovecraftian 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Dark 8.6%
TOUCHSTARVED is a dark romance visual novel where your choices determine whether the story ends with gothic romance or blood-curdling horror. Explore an enigmatic city and find a cure for your curse by entrusting your fate to 5 love interests, each uniquely monstrous in their own way.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Lovecraftian 18.9%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this choice-driven interactive tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 12.7%
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Demons 14.3%
Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
An LGBTQ+ Mystery Visual Novel with comic panel style aesthetics and pixel styled backgrounds. Join The Heart Breachers operatives as they navigate the world of desire, treachery, and emotional turmoil while learning to understand lofty concepts such as friendship, hope, and belief in oneself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Dating Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Text-Based 13%
