- #1 A List Of People Who Went Missing In The Scheleirland National Forest
97% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: F.SDRI
Windows · Mac
A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.
Why similar: Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #2 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,299 reviews2015
Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 162.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
Why similar: Gothic 17.5% ★, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychological 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #3 Dreambound
96% matchVery Positive95% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Psychological 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Surreal 9.7%
- #4 Bad Dream: Purgatory
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Explore a hauntingly surreal landscape filled with unused characters from a cancelled project in Bad Dream: Purgatory. Will you give them purpose, or will they be doomed to suffer?
Why similar: Surreal 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Psychological 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #5 RUNT
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 18.8% ★, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Dark 7.9%
- #6 Tormentum II
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tormentum II is a dark, surreal Point & Click adventure, hand-drawn and crafted over 8 years by a true indie team. Explore nightmare worlds, grotesque creatures, and unsettling choices, in a haunting vision inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. Return to Tormentum.
Why similar: Gothic 18.9% ★, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Psychological 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Surreal 9.9%
- #7 Veins Like Tapeworms
93% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: AwesomeTrinket
Windows
While working at their dead-end job and dreaming of what could’ve been, Demian Zhao discovers a flesh-eating parasite who promises to help them finally live free. If you let them, they'll become the monster of your own making - after all, who needs a moral compass when you have a god in the gutter?
Why similar: Gothic 19.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Surreal 13.8%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #8 Bad Dream: Stories
92% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Point & Click 12%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Psychological 8.2%
- #9 Void : EMMA | 空:艾玛
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbit Punch
Windows
A 2D side-scrolling point-and-click puzzle game. A mouse awakens in a nightmare, with no memory of who he is. But one image lingers in his mind — the one he loved most. Why is she gone? Find the way out. Find her.
Why similar: Gothic 20.8% ★, Surreal 13.4%, Point & Click 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #10 Rattle Spring
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: oddginger
Windows
Rattle Spring is a surreal, eerie puzzle adventure inspired by Rusty Lake. When your cousin vanishes from her family’s desert health resort, you must adventure into unsettling spaces, cryptic characters, and generational trauma to solve the interconnected puzzles and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.7%, Psychological 18.4%, Surreal 15.4%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #11 The Curse We Made
90% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Potion Pixel
Windows · Mac
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 25.6% ★, Point & Click 13%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Dark 10.4%, Mystery 8.7%
- #12 In Stone
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hamstershoulder
Windows
A sculptor is confined in a monastery asylum.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.5%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Surreal 12.8%, Point & Click 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #13 Lost Cartridge - Cold Read
89% matchVery Positive94% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: PureIceBlue
Windows
While trying to find a payphone during a powerful storm, Mitch instead finds himself in a library filled with horrors and traps all laid out to end his life. Guide him to sanctuary or his demise in this horror adventure game found on a strange cartridge.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.3%, Surreal 13%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Point & Click 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #14 St. Mary's 1985
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ci8bit
Windows
You wake up on a red chair in the waiting room of a closed psychiatric hospital. You know this place. Clothes that aren't yours. A file with your name you don't remember reading. Your heartbeat rises. The memories come back. Not all of them want to be remembered. St. Mary's, 1985.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.5%, Surreal 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 8.3%, Psychological 8.1%
- #15 Stay
87% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Spectral Doe
Windows
"Stay" follows the experience of a motel maid, Cas, as she becomes entangled in a twisted tale of obsession, love, and terror. Unbeknownst to her, a deranged stalker harbors a dangerous infatuation with Cas, leading to a series of threatening letters and a deadly game of survival.
Why similar: Gothic 18.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Psychological 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #16 Muse
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruma Games
Windows
A psychological visual novel where struggling artist Clara explores surreal dreams through reality-warping painting minigames. Solve abstract puzzles, make story-altering choices, and uncover dark truths across multiple endings. Will her art bring salvation... or unravel into madness?
Why similar: Surreal 14.2%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Psychological 10.6%
- #17 Saint Kotar
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 284 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Gothic 13.1% ★, Psychological 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Point & Click 9.4%, Lore-Rich 8.4%
- #18 Nowhere Manor
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MonaramisPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 21.1% ★, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #19 Inversed
84% matchVery Positive91% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Surreal 11.3%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #20 Glass Hearts
85% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Aedian Glair
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Psychological 12%, Psychological Horror 11%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #21 AMEN: The Quiet Exodus
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AMENTEAM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 28.4% ★, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dark 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #22 Endless Summer Syndrome
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jerrix
Windows · Linux
You ended the world. She, the one who holds every card, gave you an endless summer as your reward. Now your only way out is through sugar, jellyfish, sunlight, and blood — into the deepest reaches of her mind, or be dissolved along the way. Choose your path in this psycho-thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Surreal 17.4%, Psychological 17%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #23 Let's BUG Dumplings
81% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: 鲜美Press
Windows
"Let’s make dumplings" carries that same unsettling vibe as Spring Festival Gala skits with intentionally happy endings?— it's about how family norms discipline the individual. It uses dumplings to explore love and pressure in families. In this scripted, collective narrative... what will you choose?
Why similar: Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Surreal 11.6%
- #24 HABROMANIA
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sydney Collings (Symphony_Sonata)Pub: Toska Studios
Windows
A dreamy Alice in Wonderland-inspired RPG that follows 19-year-old Alice as she tries to escape the surreal, cozy hellscape that is Wonderland—hopefully with her sanity intact.
Why similar: Gothic 16.9% ★, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #25 A Vessel of Frustration
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Micki
Windows
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Why similar: Psychological 16.2%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Surreal 10.5%
- #26 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
80% matchVery Positive88% of 3,455 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Point & Click 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #27 I SHALL NAME THE DEAD
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiago Rech
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Nameless Dead cannot be buried, their remains pile up in a mass of indignity. You have crawled from the gutter to name them. Explore the cemetery and uncover their names before the Worm eats your insides.
Why similar: Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #28 Teaparty in Candyworld
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: WildCatCom
Windows · Linux
Read the story from beginning to end, solve all the puzzles and unravel the creepy history of Candyworld. Accept the invitation to the tea party and make a choice - escape forever or stop the destruction of the magical world.
Why similar: Surreal 17.8%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Dark 10.4%
- #29 Evil Spirits
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Point & Click 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #30 Casey Noir and Carved Pumpkin's Latte
77% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Nik Rouz and Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
What's this? A Point and Click, "Who Done It?", Murder Mystery Visual Novel, set in a Gothic Hotel on top of a lonely hill, during the Night of Halloween?
Why similar: Gothic 20.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Surreal 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #31 Pineford: Part I
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Rebel Rebel Studio
Windows · Mac
Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.
Why similar: Gothic 18.6% ★, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Surreal 15.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #32 im not supposed to be here: or anywhere
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LK ValentinePub: Titanomachy RPG
Windows
You used to help the hollow maid take care of herself. This time, she's missing & the front-facing UI has disappeared, giving way to a whole new environment. Find your friend.
Why similar: Surreal 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #33 Wildwake
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #34 Ezrebeth
75% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.6%, Point & Click 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #35 Now You Would Destroy The Earth
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: F.SDRI
Windows
A top-down psychological horror adventure. After a letter from a lover thought long-lost, a man takes a job as a research scientist in a city torn apart by a strange disease.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Surreal 15%, Gothic 11.5% ★, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #36 Kabaret
76% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Persona Theory Games
Windows
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Hand-drawn 11%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #37 Вторая степень покоя
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Marina Buttenko
Windows
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological 12.4%, Surreal 12.3%
- #38 Psycholog
74% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
As a psychologist, how would you handle your clients falling victim to their own phobias? Find out in this horror visual novel infused with point-and-click gameplay elements.
Why similar: Gothic 17.6% ★, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Psychological 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #39 Antioma
72% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: West East StudioPub: WELOVEPLAYERS
Windows
The little boy Kiddo has spent most of his life in the hospital. Little does he know what a complicated and fascinating world lies concealed beyond the hospital walls. Today, on Kiddo's birthday, his mom wasn't around. Instead of her, the boy met Shadow, who inspired him to escape from a hospital.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13%, Surreal 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12%, Psychological 12%, Point & Click 11.4%
- #40 Rachel's Journal
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Byte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a maintenance room, alone. Your partner's journal is out in the open. You probably shouldn't read it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Hand-drawn 14%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 11.7%
- #41 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
72% matchVery Positive95% of 248 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: Lore-Rich 17.5%, Point & Click 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #42 いのちのないうた
73% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: hata
Windows · Mac
音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。
Why similar: Gothic 22.6% ★, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Dark 12.5%, Point & Click 12%
- #43 7 Days
71% matchVery Positive99% of 95 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: Surreal 20.6%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #44 Bad Dream: Coma
74% matchVery Positive91% of 2,216 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Surreal 14%, Point & Click 12.2%, Psychological 12.2%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #45 I Can Never Love Another
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Love Every Soul Studio
Windows · Mac
A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Psychological 8.3%
- #46 Camp Muck-Rungler
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: APON Games
Windows
Explore your new Vert-X 64 in this four-part horror puzzle adventure. Play games, connect to a local BBS, and solve your cutting-edge computer's technical problems with the help of strangers. And maybe help some folks along the way. Just don't get lost in this strange new world of technology.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dark 9.7%
- #47 I Live Under Your House (Renovation)
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.
Why similar: Surreal 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 11.6%, Point & Click 10%
- #48 The kind Blacksmith
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sidney Düring
Windows
The kind Blacksmith is a Visual Horror Novel set in ficticious medieval Italy. In a land ravaged by war and sickness, you take on the roll of the Blacksmith - a lonely man that happens to take in a sick Knight of the invading forces. The Knight's fate is in your hands. To be kind is your choice.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #49 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 500 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 12.6%, Psychological 12.4%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Visual Novel 10%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #50 Dungeon Of Desperation
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SpoonForge
Windows · Mac · Linux
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+ 16.6%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Point & Click 10%
- #51 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
69% matchVery Positive87% of 382 reviews2023
Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Dark 9.2%
- #52 Metahorror Therapy Session
67% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Meiri GamesPub: ZNT Productions
Windows · Mac
Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #53 7Days Origins
70% matchVery Positive86% of 352 reviews2021
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 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: Lore-Rich 14.3%, Psychological 12.1%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #54 A Philosophical Discussion of Worms
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Errantimarum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Gothic 23% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #55 Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,684 reviews2015
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Why similar: Gothic 20.2% ★, Surreal 12.6%, Point & Click 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12%, Dark 10.5%
- #56 Neve
65% matchVery Positive98% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Psychological 12%, Psychological Horror 11%, Point & Click 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #57 Provoron
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tara Kan
Windows
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.
Why similar: Surreal 13.8%, Psychological 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Point & Click 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #58 DEVIL'S LIMINAL
66% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Interlude
Windows
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Gothic 18.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #59 Thorner
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Dark 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14%, Psychological 9.5%
- #60 Alien Snap
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JoStorys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an alien planet, snap pictures of wildlife and build relationships with your crewmates in this heartfelt sci-fi Point & Click - Visual Novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Surreal 19%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Point & Click 11.4%