- #1 Risu
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iwasherenowiamgonePub: 222°
Windows
Risu Ishikawa is about to split in two.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.9%, Surreal 16.5%, Experimental 15.8% ★, Dark 11%, Psychedelic 10.8%
- #2 The Stamp
96% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Piece together your memories. Reveal the truth. A minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols, sentences, and quiet discovery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Surreal 12.4%, Narration 11.9%, Psychedelic 11.9%
- #3 Threshold of Awakening
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astrolabe Stories
Windows
In 1960s USA, Jane Ferguson, a New York restaurant owner, receives an information on her CIA agent husband Mark, who had vanished mysteriously during a Tibet mission. To uncover his hidden secrets, she follows his trail, delving into the enigma of his disappearance.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Psychedelic 16.5%, Narration 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Horror 9%
- #4 Nightmare Crawler
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hugo Garden
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Experimental 19.7% ★, Surreal 14.8%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Dark 9.9%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #5 HINGE
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spheroom
Windows
HINGE is a psychological horror game that draws inspiration from Lovecraft and Bioshock. Delve into atmospheric environments, uncover clues, navigate the chilling nightmare, and find a way out of the time loop.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.4%, Psychedelic 13.8%, Dark 11.6%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Horror 10%
- #6 Last Threshold
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Astrolabe Stories
Windows
Dive into the world based on the Lovecraft universe and its successors. In immersive visual novel discover the secret of the temple and learn the truth about your companions and your father’s past!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.1%, Psychedelic 17.6%, Narration 11.8%, Text-Based 10.3%, Dark 9.6%
- #7 Grief Visual Novel
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Tales Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.
Why similar: Experimental 19% ★, Psychedelic 14.8%, Text-Based 12.1%, Surreal 11.9%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #8 Melbourne: Route 96
92% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Lindsay Mansfield
Windows
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: Experimental 25% ★, Lovecraftian 21.9%, Surreal 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Dark 9.2%
- #9 Fear Of Mine 001 (Novel)
91% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: NVG Games
Windows · Mac
Fear of Mine - a visual novel in the genre of adventure and horror. An alien mushroom creature has brought you under his influence, and now it seems to take over the whole world. Can you escape its grasp? Can you survive? Can you at least save others from falling prey to the same fate as yours?
Why similar: Narration 23.1%, Psychedelic 22.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dark 13.1%, Survival 10.2%
- #10 Athanasy
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: WirionPub: 7DOTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.4% ★, Lovecraftian 14.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Surreal 12.1%, Narration 11.4%
- #11 Eldritch Empathy
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUAL Games KIG
Windows
Learn the language of an eldritch behemoth in the Lovecraftian rogue-lite Eldritch Empathy. Study cosmic horrors to uncover their mysteries or eliminate them and face the repercussions. Your decisions will shape the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 30% ★, Lovecraftian 24.6%, Dark 10.8%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Horror 8.9%
- #12 Adventures in the Light & Dark
90% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Protoria Studios
Windows
Adventures in the Light & Dark is a short novel that you read in VR, surrounded by atmospheric sound and scenery.
Why similar: Experimental 23.4% ★, Psychedelic 15.1%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #13 A Place, Forbidden
89% matchVery Positive85% of 442 reviews2020
Dev: Poison The Inkwell
Windows
A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 11.2%, Surreal 10.9%, Minimalist 8.6%
- #14 Broken soul
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatrunaPub: Dragon tales
Windows · Mac
Broken soul is a personal hell of a lost person, which makes Alex meet his own demons. Should he lose to his fears or he must struggle and fight off the things his own mind hides?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18%, Psychedelic 15%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.2%
- #15 Glassy Stare
86% matchVery Positive90% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.9%, Surreal 22.7%, Lovecraftian 19%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dark 12.5%
- #16 Lighthouse Keeper
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 398 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 9%
This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.
Why similar: Experimental 27.7% ★, Survival Horror 15.2%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Minimalist 10.8%
- #17 BECROWNED
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 13th Street StudioPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac
A surreal survival horror that explores how your unfulfilled desire will manifest as your greatest torment. Explore the ruins of an ancient kingdom, fight monsters, and try to survive in this brutal world. Will you become its savior, or will you seek to destroy it? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.9% ★, Survival Horror 14.4%, Psychedelic 13.1%, Surreal 13.1%, Narration 10.9%
- #18 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
86% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: Peace & Love Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Experimental 21.9% ★, Text-Based 14.4%, Surreal 13.8%, Dark 9.8%, Minimalist 9.7%
- #19 Rooten
84% matchVery Positive81% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Amortiz Games
Windows
There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.4%, Narration 14.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 10%
- #20 Astray
84% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.3%, Horror 16.4%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Dark 12%, Puzzle 11.9%
- #21 The Franz Kafka Videogame
83% matchMixed65% of 877 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Galanin (mif2000)Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Why similar: Experimental 28.4% ★, Surreal 24.8%, Dynamic Narration 21% ★, Atmospheric 7.5%, Psychedelic 6.7%
- #22 Pharos Light
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alice Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pharos Light is a survival horror game inspired by “The Lighthouse” and Lovecraft. Upgrade the Lighthouse with unique equipment, develop the island, and survive the night.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.4%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Survival 13.1%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 11%
- #23 Divine Favor
82% matchPositive87% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Samantha Arehart
Windows
A man wakes up in Heaven.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.9%, Experimental 28.8% ★, Text-Based 23.3%, Horror 7.6%, Minimalist 7.6%
- #24 The Consuming Shadow
81% matchVery Positive95% of 419 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.5%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Horror 8.1%, Dark 6.3%
- #25 Strobophagia | Rave Horror
81% matchVery Positive82% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Green Tile Digital
Windows
An occult forest rave ⸸ Strange rituals ⸸ Enigmatic organisers ⸸ An ancient evil ⸸ Pure Psychedelic Horror
Why similar: Experimental 21% ★, Psychedelic 19.1%, Surreal 14%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #26 You know my name?
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 213 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 28.6% ★, Psychedelic 20.6%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Minimalist 9.7%
- #27 Undesirable Me
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaya
Windows
Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25%, Narration 15.6%, Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #28 Decarnation
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,039 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Surreal 23.3%, Lovecraftian 22%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.4%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #29 Inner Voices
80% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Surreal 12.7%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Dark 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #30 Class Reunion Chat Room
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: RocRac
Windows
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Surreal 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Narration 12%
- #31 Thoughtless
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.7% ★, Text-Based 19.9%, Narration 15.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #32 Otherside
77% matchPositive89% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Ben LapidPub: Bunso
Windows
Step inside, doctor.
Why similar: Psychedelic 29.4%, Experimental 19.6% ★, Minimalist 14.5%, Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #33 The Fall Visual Novel
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Tales Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.
Why similar: Experimental 25.3% ★, Psychedelic 18.5%, Surreal 13.3%, Minimalist 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #34 Spooltape
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: RocRac
Windows
While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.8%, Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark 12.6%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #35 Vapor Strange
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Danelon
Windows
Explore bizarre procedural generated psychedelic worlds, encounter surreal creatures, experience shifting rulesets, retro aesthetics, and altered music for a wild and truly strange experience.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.5%, Horror 17.9%, Dynamic Narration 17.5% ★, Surreal 13%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #36 Deadly Cosmic
75% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Cupana Games
Windows
Deadly Cosmic is a short,but fun game inspired by horror games from the 90s.You play as Raquel,a scientist who needs to save her co workers from an accident.But something sinister is happening to the facility.What are those creatures?Where did they come from? And the most important: can she survive?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Experimental 22.6% ★, Survival Horror 18.4%, Minimalist 11.9%, Survival 10.8%
- #37 Bad Trip
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pedro Hertz
Windows
A first person survival horror where escape is an illusion. No flashlight, no inventory—just your instincts… and what lurks behind you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.9%, Psychedelic 19.1%, Dark 15.5%, Horror 14%, Survival 12%
- #38 Road to Karatl
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Angels Games
Windows
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Narration 16.9%, Experimental 15.2% ★, Psychedelic 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #39 Queen of Moths
73% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Tesseract Games
Windows
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: Psychedelic 20.7%, Lovecraftian 18.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Surreal 8.4%
- #40 Tale of the Shadow World
73% matchVery Positive96% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Zentiva Lighthouse
Windows
Walking through the forest, the girl found an interesting book, after reading which her world turned upside down for a while. And maybe forever. The shadow flowers gently whispered to her, luring her further into the darkness. Will she be able to bear the moral of this tale?
Why similar: Narration 23.4%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Survival 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Horror 12.6%
- #41 Earth's Center of Gravity
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Beşinci Kural A.Ş.
Windows · Linux
Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.
Why similar: Surreal 18.6%, Lovecraftian 16.4%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #42 Fremdganger - The Cheating Demon
71% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Mastermind
Windows
In this twisted meta-game, you follow four friends on their cursed journey of love and betrayal, told through a long-forgotten Storyteller. Solve puzzles, make meaningful decisions, and unravel the mystery behind the Storyteller with the help of a reality-breaking RETURN-mechanic.
Why similar: Experimental 24.4% ★, Lovecraftian 20.8%, Surreal 15.9%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 9.6%
- #43 You Shouldn't Be Here
70% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.3%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Surreal 10.6%, Minimalist 9%
- #44 Post-Soviet Yandere
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moriendumPub: The Post-Soviet State of Mind
Windows
A horror game with crafting elements. A little girl needs to perform 7 magical rituals, and at the same time avoid the revenge of post-Soviet evil spirits.
Why similar: Experimental 40.2% ★, Psychedelic 17.4%, Survival 13.6%, Horror 11%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #45 The forgotten phobia
72% matchMixed42% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
The forgotten phobia is a horror puzzle game made in 2D pixel graphics.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.9% ★, Psychedelic 18.6%, Narration 12.3%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 9.3%
- #46 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
69% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Narration 14.4%, Dark 14.4%, Horror 12.5%
- #47 Dwelling on the Hill
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.6%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #48 Dap
70% matchVery Positive95% of 155 reviews2021
Dev: Melting Parrot
Windows
Dap is a horror-action-adventure about gathering and protecting a pack of fragile creatures called Daps. Lead your Daps to safety through an eerily beautiful world, fighting off threats, solving puzzles, and avoiding the infection that twists your companions into something alien and terrifying…
Why similar: Experimental 25.6% ★, Surreal 19.9%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 11.7%
- #49 That Abysmal Place
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Void Media
Windows
A nightmarish 2D roguelite that will leave you questioning your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Surreal 18.3%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Horror 11.1%, Minimalist 9.9%
- #50 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,107 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.9%, Horror 13.6%, Narration 13.5%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #51 Microdistrict
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: UrbanWandererPub: UrbanWandererGames
Windows
A short visual novel about mysticism in a post-soviet town with several endings and interactive elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Minimalist 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #52 DON'T EXIST
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: DevLancelot
Windows
In this weirdcore 1-4 player survival horror wander the infinite mall and encounter the strange and unique entities that inhabit it. Death is your best guide in learning how to exist in this place.
Why similar: Experimental 21.1% ★, Survival Horror 18.4%, Procedural Generation 18.2%, Surreal 16%, Survival 11.4%
- #53 The Innsmouth Case
69% matchMixed66% of 197 reviews2020
Dev: RobotPumpkin GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 17%, Multiple Endings 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Horror 9.5%
- #54 RIP Party
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: RewdanSprites
Windows
Throw a party at a maniac's mansion. RIP Party is a single player slasher horror game inspired by 80s & 90s horror movies where you and the NPCs are being hunted. Try and survive the micro sandbox experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Minimalist 14.2%, Dark 13.5%, Horror 11.7%
- #55 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Survival Horror 21.5%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 7.9%, Adventure 6.4%
- #56 Pseudo-Haunting
67% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: ApeHardware
Windows · Linux
Fend off spirits by ripping your spirit off your body. Explore a glitched haunted house. Recall twisted memories. Get out alive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Psychedelic 16.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Horror 9.7%
- #57 Nightmare Tale
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insanity Notes Studio
Windows
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 31.3%, Horror 12.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Dark 9.3%
- #58 Faint Echo
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Agard Games
Windows
Faint Echo is a psychological horror visual novel with point-and-click elements. A young man named Denys moves into a cheap apartment, but soon faces disturbing paranormal events. Explore the dark building, uncover its secrets, and try to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.3%, Text-Based 18%, Psychedelic 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Horror 10.3%
- #59 One Day in London
68% matchVery Positive88% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Take active part in a nonlinear, interactive visual novel set against the atmospheric backdrop of the 19th century England.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 29.1% ★, Visual Novel 22.6%, Narration 18.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Horror 8.5%