- #1 7Days Origins
97% matchVery Positive86% of 342 reviews2021
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #2 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
96% matchVery Positive99% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Survival Horror 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #3 Project Vostok: Episode 1
96% matchVery Positive83% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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 the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 11%
- #4 The Descendant
95% matchVery Positive89% of 7,313 reviews2016
Dev: Gaming Corps ABPub: Microids Indie
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.
Why similar: Adventure 79.6%, Point & Click 8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%, Choices Matter 2.6%, Story Rich 2.4%
- #5 End of Lines
94% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #6 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Horror 18.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #7 Ashwalkers
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 195 reviews2021
Dev: Nameless XIIIPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #8 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
92% matchVery Positive83% of 18,174 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
Why similar: Zombies 19.2%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Point & Click 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #9 Midnight Witch
91% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Thriller 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #10 Matsuro Palette
90% matchVery Positive99% of 319 reviews2020
Dev: SleepingMuseumPub: KEMCO
Windows
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #11 Z-End
91% matchMixed57% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Smart Tale GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Z-End is a multiple choice narrative game. During the zombie apocalypse, you'll encounter the mysterious Faye while searching for new members.What secrets is she hiding? Will she join you? Will you be able to overcome the danger of this world?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 82.5%, Adventure 17.5%
- #12 Ascension: Transition and Silver
89% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: SulMatul
Windows · Linux
Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 12%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #13 SIMULACRA
89% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 12.7%, Point & Click 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Horror 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #14 For Mother Matron
88% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
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: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #15 Last Broadcast
87% matchVery Positive80% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #16 ICY: Frostbite Edition
86% matchVery Positive86% of 400 reviews2017
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Visual Novel 21%, Survival 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #17 Everything Ends In 0
84% matchVery Positive94% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: findaeden
Windows
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Drama 15.2%, Mystery 11.5%
- #18 You Will (Not) Remain
84% matchVery Positive92% of 2,523 reviews2022
Dev: Bedtime PhobiasPub: No way, we're indie baby of course we don't have a publisher
Windows
You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Point & Click 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%
- #19 BAD END
86% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Horror 13%
- #20 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
83% matchVery Positive95% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Point & Click 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Thriller 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #21 Apocalipsis
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 513 reviews2018
Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Horror 19.9%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #22 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
82% matchVery Positive94% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Mystery 23.8%, Story Rich 9.4%, 2D 4.5%
- #23 Survivor Strain - Season 1
80% matchVery Positive96% of 198 reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Baker
Windows
In this story-focused adult visual novel you will try to survive and adapt to the new world, creating and protecting your faction of survivors in this new world. Fight the infected, experience romance, fight other factions, and protect your group.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Zombies 16.6%, Drama 11%, Survival Horror 9.4%
- #24 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,656 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Point & Click 24.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Mystery 9%, Survival 6.5%
- #25 The Price Of Flesh
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,072 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: Survival Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #26 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,081 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Horror 13.2%, Drama 12.4%, Mystery 10.6%
- #27 Nocturnals
78% matchVery Positive88% of 877 reviews2024
Dev: Cowboy Toad Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, choose your own adventure game about two boys that find each other in a lonely, post-apocalyptic town.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Horror 12.3%
- #28 Omen Exitio: Plague
79% matchVery Positive85% of 621 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #29 Apocalypse Love Shelter
78% matchMixed65% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: AMEI Network Technology
Windows
Zombie apocalypse world! You built a shelter in advance, and countless girls wanted to enter your shelter for self-protection. Female neighbor, flight attendant, female boss, celebrity... All beings are equal before the end of time.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Drama 10%
- #30 Nightmare Zapping
76% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
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 19.4%, Horror 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Point & Click 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%
- #31 Something Strange
77% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Horror 22.5%, 2D 9.2%, Adventure 2.6%
- #32 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
74% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Point & Click 10.5%, Horror 10.4%
- #33 DEAD LAMB WALKING
73% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Horror 10.7%
- #34 While We Wait Here
71% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 11.9%
- #35 12 Hours to Die
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.1%, Mystery 29.1%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Survival 5.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #36 The Outcast Lovers
76% matchMixed66% of 85 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?
Why similar: Point & Click 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Drama 11.3%
- #37 Train of Afterlife
77% 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 40.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #38 Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever
72% matchVery Positive99% of 383 reviews2021
Dev: Denny TruongPub: 90% Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
One thousand zombies from the massacre of Hachiko High are crashing Olive's birthday party! Trapped in the Grimalkin Estate they'll have to unravel the mystery behind the zombies, all while making sure their friends are having the Purrfect Apawcalypse!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Zombies 10.6%
- #39 Hira Hira Hihiru
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 860 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Choices Matter 17%, Drama 13.2%, Adventure 5.2%
- #40 BlightFog
72% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Point & Click 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #41 Seven Mysteries: The Last Page
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Sang Hendrix
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Horror 13%
- #42 Knell of St. Godhrkar
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,530 reviews2021
Dev: 二律背反Pub: 旅人计划
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Immersive Sim 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Drama 14.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #43 Human Apocalypse: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive81% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new virus is turning people into brain eating machines, etc. You know the rest. A cure has been found and all the infected people are now normal humans again. What is the problem then? Their skin color is still green. Play as an Ex-Zombie.
Why similar: Point & Click 20%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Mystery 15.4%, Drama 15.3%, Zombies 11.2%
- #44 Reminiscence
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,502 reviews2021
Dev: Reminiscence Project
Windows
You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Drama 13.6%
- #45 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
73% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #46 Survivor's guilt
70% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
A great earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 occurred. The day when rescue arrives is unknown. Make full use of your smart phone and the supplies you have left, and continue to fight against the hunger and fear that is attacking you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Survival Horror 16%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Point & Click 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #47 MAMIYA
69% matchVery Positive93% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.4%
- #48 Quarantine Circular
70% matchVery Positive88% of 437 reviews2018
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Point & Click 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #49 Apocalypse Slave x Warlord
69% matchMixed70% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Noxurtica
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic setting where zombies, raiders, and military fascists have taken over, you can either take the role of a warlord or a slave and roleplay surviving. Depending on the route you choose, you'll have different goals and objectives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Immersive Sim 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, 2D 5.4%
- #50 Town of Dusk
69% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Thriller 15.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #51 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
66% matchVery Positive90% of 111 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 20.6%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Horror 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%
- #52 Last Message
68% matchVery Positive89% of 177 reviews2021
Dev: JamesGamesNZ
Windows
Use an in-game computer to chat with friends to stay connected and help each other. Explore your 'empty' apartment building for items to assist them and uncover lost messages.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.1%, Zombies 19.3%, Thriller 19.2%, Horror 18.4%, Story Rich 10%
- #53 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
65% matchVery Positive92% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
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 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Thriller 16%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 14.3%
- #54 Fledgling Manor
66% matchVery Positive99% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: In Secret Places
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #55 Backspace Backspace Backspace
67% 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: Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 13.2%, Drama 7.8%
- #56 Mutazione
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,355 reviews2019
Dev: Die Gute FabrikPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Point & Click 19%, Mystery 18.1%, Drama 17.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #57 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
65% matchVery Positive82% of 338 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #58 Perceptions of the Dead
68% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63%, Horror 27.7%, Adventure 9.3%