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An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.

Why similar: 1990's 18%, Text-Based 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Old School 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

Your small town is slowly becoming corrupted by a mysterious evil, In a dream you get a premonition of your own death. How do you avoid an unknown fate? Spend your final moments wisely in this choice-based psychological horror visual novel game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Surreal 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Retro 9.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%

A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

Why similar: 1990's 16.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

Jin, a talking liquor bottle with supernatural powers, has given you a mission. Face DRINKRIME's cast of unique characters and force them to confess their crimes. Interrogate them together and make those wrongdoers come to terms with their guilt!

Why similar: 1990's 34%, Text-Based 13%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Retro 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%

Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Surreal 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 7%

Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Surreal 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

A free, story-driven short visual novel with no choices. The narrative weaves between the present (202X) and the past (200X), depicting the suffocating chain of violence within a Korean school setting with stark realism.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Modern 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Realistic 13.5%, Visual Novel 8.8%

Welcome to Jiabao Tower Property Management.The night shift has begun. Your job is simple: answer calls, check the manual, and fill out the forms. When the night feels slow, watch some TV—though the programs may seem strange.Remember: serve every resident well. Jiabao Tower is our home forever.

Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, 1990's 23.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Retro 11.4%, Surreal 5.8%

You can't sleep, cause of strange noise from somewhere above. Go check it out.

Why similar: Surreal 13.6%, Retro 13.1%, Thriller 13.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Old School 12.2%

This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, 1990's 14.5%, Retro 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Surreal 10%

One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.

Why similar: 1990's 25.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Retro 17.7%, Surreal 8.9%, Thriller 6.7%

On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Text-Based 15.9%, 1990's 14.2%, Thriller 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Modern 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%

A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

Why similar: Surreal 14.3%, Text-Based 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%

A short psychological-horror narrative in which your choices matter. Journey through the five stages of grief as Liam, a man who just recently lost his wife due to... unknown... circumstances.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Retro 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%

The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌

Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Surreal 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.5%

A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.

Why similar: Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Old School 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%

To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.

Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, 1990's 13%, Surreal 12.9%, Retro 9.3%

A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Surreal 14%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%

Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.

Why similar: 1990's 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Old School 15.7%, Retro 15.2%, Surreal 12.8%

KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, 1990's 18.3%, Retro 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.

Why similar: Surreal 18%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Retro 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Old School 10.3%

A "Heisei retro" 3D horror game set in a 1990s Japanese laundromat.

Why similar: 1990's 24.2%, Retro 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, 1990's 14.6%, Surreal 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

Mayfly is an eerie story-based quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Upon waking alone to find your husband is missing you find yourself weaving through a shifting, unstable reality as you search your confined surroundings in this focussed narrative exploration game.

Why similar: 1990's 18.3%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Retro 13.3%, Thriller 12.6%

Just another night in your apartment soon transforms into a tense game of choices. Answer the door, trust no one, and survive the night. Every choice changes the outcome.

Why similar: 1990's 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Thriller 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

Experience the work of a courier in a city of living rumors and legends. Pay off your debt by carrying out strange requests from mystical customers. Uncover the reason behind the appearance of a mysterious fog that smells of decay.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Modern 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Retro 8.6%

In what is possibly the most baffling text adventure ever devised, navigate a surreal landscape with the aid of the Pi-Man in an attempt to discover the (real world) location of a golden sundial. Originally published in 1982.

Why similar: Text-Based 34.2%, Surreal 24.5%, Retro 17.9%, Old School 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

The Karaoke | ヒトカラ is a Japanese horror game about a high school girl at a Karaoke.

Why similar: 1990's 21.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Realistic 9.6%

Yuki leads an ordinary life, weighed down by debt, surrounded by a few friends, and consumed by poems shared with no one. Until the arrival of a transfer student. Because some presences cannot be resisted. Only surrender is possible.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Retro 18%, Text-Based 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

The Quiet Flat is a first-person psychological horror game set in an atmospheric Soviet apartment. Uncover the mystery of your father’s death as your familiar home slowly transforms into a nightmare

Why similar: 1990's 27%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Retro 13.3%, Realistic 12.4%, Thriller 10.9%

In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.

Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, 1990's 15.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Text-Based 8.5%

Show Yuu—a transfer student struggling with psychological issues—around the school and become a source of emotional support for her. This is a minimalist retro visual novel featuring elements of psychological horror.

Why similar: 1990's 27%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Text-Based 11.7%, Retro 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Surreal 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

r/nosleep is a short horror game series with episodes inspired by and adapted from posts on the r/nosleep subreddit. Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool episode is the story of a night shift pool maintenance worker and his bizarre experiences during his first day on the job.

Why similar: 1990's 21.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Realistic 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Thriller 11.3%

After the mysterious death of a Superstar Idol, disgraced DATA Agent Sawyer must face his ultimate challenge yet, being an undercover high school teacher while also keeping the Mississippi Inaka safe from Daemonic influence.

Why similar: 1990's 20.6%, Surreal 14.8%, Thriller 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

LAMBDA end THEORY is a cryptic and minimalist RPG. Play as LAMBDA, a strange chara in search of freedom. Discover SUSTEMA and unlock the secret of the mysterious Architect!

Why similar: 1990's 22.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Retro 16%, Surreal 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%

A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Retro 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%

Atmospheric first-person horror game where you carry an old Polaroid camera. Take the right picture and a way forward emerges.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, 1990's 15.9%, Retro 12.1%, Realistic 11.1%, Old School 8.2%

Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)

Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Old School 9.8%

Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.

Why similar: 1990's 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Thriller 9.2%

Escape the snowy nightmare or be trapped forever — your call.

Why similar: 1990's 22%, Thriller 17.1%, Retro 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Surreal 9%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%

The Lightkeeper Is Gone is a retro-styled horror adventure set in the 1930's on a lone island. Take on the job of keeping the lighthouse while discovering the story of those that came before.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Retro 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Thriller 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

Experience a first-person retro horror journey in rural Japan. Navigate in your taxi, picking up sketchy passengers, while vigilantly monitoring your map, rear-view mirror, and the treacherous road. Confront your deepest fears in this open-world nightmare where survival is far from certain.

Why similar: 1990's 19.9%, Retro 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Surreal 14.1%, Thriller 13.7%

A quiet apartment. A friendly neighbour. A normal life. You've been in this apartment for a while now. You know the layout. The sounds. The routine. So do we. A psychological horror about control.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Surreal 14.7%, 1990's 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Thriller 11.3%

Terms of Service is a short first-person psychological horror game where you answer 100 increasingly invasive Yes/No questions at an old CRT terminal. As the form becomes more cursed, disturbing memories bleed through the screen, the CRT deteriorates, and the agreement starts to feel less voluntary.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Text-Based 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Thriller 8.1%

Spend ten days answering customers as the human behind a supposedly automated AI. Choose the exact reply you can live with as everyday requests turn invasive, deceptive, and impossible. Your words stay on record. When the contract ends, someone has to take responsibility.

Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Thriller 9.1%

可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

A 2000s psychological horror game about a young girl who uncovers a box of cursed 90s VHS cartridges in her new home. Play eerie PSX-style retro games on a CRT monitor while simultaneously managing threats in your dark bedroom. Balance nostalgic retro gameplay with real-time survival.

Why similar: 1990's 26%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Retro 16.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Old School 7.8%

A 90s Hong Kong public housing block hides twisted tenants, buried truths, and ghosts. As security guard Lee Shing, your choices shape the story and unlock multiple endings. A mystery full of foreshadowing—some truths can only be uncovered through repeated playthroughs.

Why similar: 1990's 26%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Realistic 11.4%, Thriller 10.5%

You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.

Why similar: 1990's 26.5%, Surreal 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Linear 7.9%

A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal

Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, 1990's 19.8%, Old School 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Retro 14%

Unsought is a 360-degree first-person, panoramic horror-adventure game set in a regional town of Japan in the 90s. Step into the shoes of an elementary school student who has found themselves lost in an abandoned town. Will you find your way back home…?

Why similar: 1990's 27.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Realistic 11.7%, Text-Based 8.6%

"Shaqing" is a Chinese horror puzzle game set in "Wuzhan Town". Players must help the protagonist escape an evil scene where dreams and reality blur, and save his beloved. The objective is to help the protagonist escape and save his beloved.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Surreal 16.3%, Thriller 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Retro 12%

A journalist is trapped in a terrifying technological box of illusions where he is on a journey to discover the truth behind his family's darkest secrets.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, 1990's 18.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Thriller 12%, Retro 12%

Over a century ago, you and 99 other passengers left Earth aboard a colony ship in stasis. Now, the ship has awakened you early and you find only you and 26 other passengers remain. Make repairs and keep yourself alive while you investigate what happened to the rest of the passengers.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, 1990's 19%, Retro 17.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Old School 7.1%

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Retro 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%