60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Atmospheric, Multiple Endings, Psychological Horror.
In a town of exactly 245 residents, every breath is a subtraction. A narrative experience blending Gothic hand-drawn art and natural history puzzles. Waking into a world of "domestic bliss" as thick as a fungal bloom, will you submit to the morbid order, or shatter the balance?
Deperson
Are you ready to step into a dark and mysterious world with Aaron, who is afraid of his own shadow? A file that has been closed for years is opened again, the forgotten ones wake up from their sleep and the silence is broken by screams.
Provoron
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.
Are you ready to step into a dark and mysterious world with Aaron, who is afraid of his own shadow? A file that has been closed for years is opened again, the forgotten ones wake up from their sleep and the silence is broken by screams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Surreal 10.6%, Gothic 9.9% ★, Dark 8.6%
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 14.1%, Psychological 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Hand-drawn 10%, Point & Click 8.3%
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 17.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.
Why similar: Surreal 15.9%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Dark 8.1%
You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Surreal 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Dark 7.2%
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 20.6% ★, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dark 11.5%, Point & Click 10.7%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 16.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Point & Click 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
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 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Surreal 12.9%, Psychological 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
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: Surreal 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Point & Click 11%, Psychological 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Enter the doomed town of Pareildas. Watch as the flames turn bone and stone to ash. Like joined wicks, we'll all burn together.
Why similar: Surreal 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Dark 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Atmospheric 9%
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 19.4%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dark 10.1%
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychological 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
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 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Surreal 12%, Visual Novel 12%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
An exploration game set in a surreal dreamscape full of projections. Piece together past recollections and elusive memories. Make a choice as the reality and dreamed world begins to blur...
Why similar: Surreal 26.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Story Rich 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Surreal 14.8%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Point & Click 10.4%, Dark 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
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 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Dark 8.6%
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Surreal 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
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 19.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Surreal 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%
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+ 22%, Hand-drawn 18.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.5%
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 20.4% ★, Surreal 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Visual Novel 10.5%
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 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 10.7%, Point & Click 8.9%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 22.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Dark 7.9%
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 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.
Why similar: Surreal 16.5%, Hand-drawn 14%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 8.3%
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 21.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Psychological 11%, Point & Click 9.8%, Stylized 8.7%
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: Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Psychological 10.5%, Point & Click 10.1%
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 18.7% ★, Surreal 15.5%, Psychological 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.3%
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
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 17.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
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+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Surreal 11.4%, Psychological 10.8%, Dark 7.4%
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+ 18.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
Unburied and forgotten undead gather in the city center, while the citizens of Greenberg go about their day-to-day lives.
Why similar: Surreal 22.7%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Point & Click 12.9%, Psychological 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10%
A short ride into a cursed town — a hand-drawn puzzle adventure where ghouls and monsters haunt every corner, and gentle, relaxing puzzles slowly bring life back to the world and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Gothic 27.3% ★, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Point & Click 13.5%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Hand-drawn 13%, Point & Click 11.5%, Dark 8.1%
On your one day off, you decide to take your partner Iris and their camera to a planning party for your friend Erik’s future thesis film. But the footage Erik wants to capture is more than you or Iris bargained for. Will you be able to protect your partner from what lies before you?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological 8.2%
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
Why similar: Surreal 18.6%, Psychological 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Dark 10.2%
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 13.7% ★, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychological 10.5%, Point & Click 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
“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+ 22.6%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Story Rich 8.1%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
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+ 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
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 17.4%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Psychological 11.1%, Point & Click 10.3%
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 17.1% ★, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological 9.5%
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+ 18.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Psychological 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Point & Click 9.6%
You're the maintenance man for an apartment complex that has mysteriously been transported to the middle of the ocean. Woodrot is a surreal adventure game about getting to know your neighbors who all seem to blame themselves for their recent relocation.
Why similar: Surreal 20.7%, Psychological 15.4%, Point & Click 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Dark 7.3%
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 21%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Dark 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Hand-drawn 16%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Psychological 9.7%
A Prologue to Almost My Floor, an upcoming horror-themed point'n'click adventure. Alex is a real fan of creepy stuff and horror movies, but he never expected to experience it himself just by taking the elevator back home! Can he avoid the madness and deal with the evil he's up against?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Psychological 12.3%, Point & Click 12.2%, Dark 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?
Why similar: Gothic 20.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
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 20.4%, Psychological Horror 15%, Point & Click 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Dark 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Gothic 18% ★, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.
Why similar: Surreal 19.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark 9.2%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Point & Click 14.3%, Surreal 10.5%, Psychological 10%, Story Rich 9.4%
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: Hand-drawn 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Psychological 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
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 17%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Psychological 10.8%
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 27% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12%, Dark 9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
Have a psychotic episode in your bathtub. Argue with a rubber duck, flood your bathroom and drown Jesus. Find your very own ending – or all of them.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Psychological 9%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear horror visual novel based on Slavic folklore. Explore a god-forgotten village and a forest hiding ancient evil. Trust no one. Remember: real evil often lurks not in house corners, but in the human soul's darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Dark 12.2%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Point & Click 7.9%
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Psychological 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
