- #1 Risu
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iwasherenowiamgonePub: 222°
Windows
Risu Ishikawa is about to split in two.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17%, Surreal 16.3%, Experimental 16.3% ★, Psychedelic 10.9%, Dark 10.7%
- #2 Decarnation
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,131 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 19.9%, Lovecraftian 19.1%, Psychedelic 13.9%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Dark 8.8%
- #3 The Stamp
96% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Piece together your memories and reveal the truth in this minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols and sentences.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Text-Based 14.1%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychedelic 13%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #4 End of Garbage
95% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Joshua RosenPub: Rakelock LLC
Windows · Mac
A darkened sky. A blazing fire. A wretched tombstone. And you, here at the end of everything. End of Garbage is a short, first-person puzzle game exploring the dark surreality of endings.
Why similar: Narrative 28.1% ★, Surreal 19%, Psychedelic 11.6%, Experimental 10.4% ★, Puzzle 9.4%
- #5 Nightmare Crawler
94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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 20.3% ★, Surreal 14.7%, Psychedelic 14.4%, Dark 9.7%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #6 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 20.6%, Psychedelic 14%, Dark 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Horror 10%
- #7 Melbourne: Route 96
93% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 25.7% ★, Lovecraftian 21.9%, Surreal 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Dark 9%
- #8 Fremdganger - The Cheating Demon
92% matchPositive97% of 30 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 22.4% ★, Lovecraftian 18.7%, Surreal 14.1%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Dark 10.2%
- #9 Grief Visual Novel
91% 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 19.6% ★, Psychedelic 15%, Surreal 11.8%, Text-Based 11.7%, Minimalist 8.4%
- #10 Mother Seed
91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: RTWarner
Windows
Mother Seed is a fixed-camera point and click psychological horror game about identity collapse, loss of bodily autonomy, and horrified fascination. A woman inhabits a universe where nothing makes sense and something beyond her understanding keeps driving her forward.
Why similar: Experimental 35.1% ★, Surreal 19.1%, Narrative 18.2% ★, Horror 9.4%, Dark 8.6%
- #11 Adventures in the Light & Dark
90% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Protoria Studios
Windows
Enter a living novel in VR. Embark on an atmospheric journey of mystery, unease, and humor, where every page pulls you deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Experimental 24.1% ★, Psychedelic 15.3%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Minimalist 9%
- #12 Forever Someday
89% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2022
Dev: Joarez C. Santini
Windows
Forever Someday is a short narrative experience about dealing with depression and the end of a relationship, with a surreal and dream-like aesthetic.
Why similar: Experimental 29.1% ★, Narrative 26.3% ★, Surreal 20.8%, Psychedelic 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #13 The Steeple
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Explore a stylized recreation of 1935 Providence in this story-focused adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's final work. Investigate clues and uncover the mystery of a looming black church.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.1%, Text-Based 17.8%, Psychedelic 15.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Dark 6.2%
- #14 Glassy Stare
87% matchVery Positive91% of 116 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 24.4%, Surreal 22.5%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dark 12%
- #15 Eldritch Empathy
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: Team17
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 29.7% ★, Lovecraftian 25.2%, Dark 10.7%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Horror 9.2%
- #16 Threshold of Awakening
86% match4 user reviews50% of 4 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 28.3%, Psychedelic 18.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Horror 10%, Dark 9.3%
- #17 Myth of Valderit
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loom Studios
Windows · Linux
Nil is trapped in a cursed village that appears only under the full moon. To escape, he must solve twisted puzzles and uncover hidden secrets. Myth of Valderit is a first-person psychological horror experience. The village is alive. It remembers. And it knows your deepest fears.
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, Lovecraftian 19.7%, Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #18 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
85% matchVery Positive81% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: Peace & Love Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Experimental 22.7% ★, Text-Based 14%, Surreal 13.7%, Minimalist 9.7%, Dark 9.6%
- #19 Lighthouse Keeper
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 420 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 8%
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 28.4% ★, Psychedelic 15.2%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Text-Based 11%, Minimalist 10.6%
- #20 Blackboard Darkness
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artyz Games
Windows
In Blackboard Darkness, light is your only ally. Use it to fight your way through a subterranean nightmare of petrified creatures.
Why similar: Narrative 32.9% ★, Survival Horror 24.8%, Dark 16.2%, Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #21 Sub-Verge
82% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Tragedy, LimitedPub: Pantaloon
Windows · Mac
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Narrative 29.7% ★, Lovecraftian 26%, Survival 9.9%, Puzzle 8%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #22 The Franz Kafka Videogame
83% matchMixed65% of 891 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Galanin (mif2000)Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Why similar: Experimental 29.2% ★, Surreal 24.5%, Dynamic Narration 20.5% ★, Atmospheric 7.3%, Psychedelic 6.7%
- #23 Scarred
81% matchMixed57% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: KOEX studioPub: iterco
Windows
Scarred is a first-person atmospheric horror puzzle game where you must uncover the truth about one of your schoolmates before it’s too late. Traverse a world of nightmares inspired by nostalgic Singaporean architecture as you fight to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 26.4% ★, Survival Horror 17%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #24 Astray
82% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 19.4%, Horror 16.4%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Puzzle 12%, Dark 11.7%
- #25 Divine Favor
81% matchPositive87% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Samantha Arehart
Windows
A man wakes up in Heaven.
Why similar: Experimental 29.7% ★, Lovecraftian 29%, Text-Based 22.4%, Horror 7.6%, Minimalist 7.5%
- #26 The Museum of You
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Gallery Studios
Windows
TMOY is a series of interactive art installations hidden inside a first person adventure game. Explore the “museum” and the surreal void space it resides in, make choices, discover new worlds, play (or suffer through) a variety of strange minigames - it’s up to you. It is your museum, after all.
Why similar: Surreal 15.9%, Experimental 14.4% ★, Narrative 14.1% ★, Psychedelic 13.3%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #27 A Place, Forbidden
80% matchVery Positive85% of 458 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 32.6%, Horror 14%, Dark 11.5%, Surreal 11.3%, Minimalist 8.9%
- #28 Pharos Light
79% 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 26.6%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Survival 13.2%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 11%
- #29 Strobophagia | Rave Horror
78% matchVery Positive83% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Green Tile Digital
Windows
An occult forest rave ⸸ Strange rituals ⸸ Enigmatic organisers ⸸ An ancient evil ⸸ Pure Psychedelic Horror
Why similar: Experimental 21.6% ★, Psychedelic 19.2%, Surreal 13.8%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #30 Last Threshold
78% matchMostly Positive75% 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 25%, Psychedelic 20%, Text-Based 11.2%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 9.5%
- #31 Intraquartz
77% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: ilzard
Windows
INTRAQUARTZ is a multidimensional experimental maze puzzler where you control a microscopic mining rover inside extraterrestrial crystals.
Why similar: Experimental 28.8% ★, Psychedelic 20.8%, Surreal 12.3%, Minimalist 12%, Procedural Generation 11.5%
- #32 The Consuming Shadow
77% matchVery Positive95% of 430 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 43.9%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Horror 8.1%, Dark 6.2%
- #33 My Favorite Shadow
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WMOLL
Windows
A psychological horror visual novel. Tonight, shadows come to visit you while you lie paralyzed in the dark. One by one, they make you face what you are. All you have to do is be honest. Doesn't sound hard, does it?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #34 Innsmouth 22
75% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Raven Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.8% ★, Text-Based 18.9%, Lovecraftian 18.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Narrative 9.9% ★
- #35 Tonight, I Die in My Sleep
75% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: EmskiPub: Troubadour Collective
Windows
Navigate broken memories in a powerless fantasy fueled equally by nightmares and confessional poetry. A narrative experiment in adapting dreams and poems to the medium of video games.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.7% ★, Experimental 22.9% ★, Narrative 20.8% ★, Surreal 14.9%, Dark 7.6%
- #36 Inner Voices
76% 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 28.1%, Surreal 12.7%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Dark 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #37 BECROWNED
74% matchNo user reviews2026
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 20.5% ★, Survival Horror 15.4%, Psychedelic 14%, Surreal 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #38 Athanasy
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 571 reviews2022
Dev: WirionPub: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 23.1% ★, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Text-Based 14.7%, Surreal 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #39 Last Round at the End of the World
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Ignorantia
Windows
Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.5%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Dark 9.4%
- #40 NOEMA
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Imponix Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Take your place at the terminal. Follow the procedures, process the records, and read messages never meant for you. NOEMA is a quiet, unsettling narrative experience about work, obedience, human connection, and what routine teaches us not to see.
Why similar: Experimental 34.1% ★, Narrative 22.6% ★, Text-Based 12.7%, Surreal 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #41 ATTENTION DEFICIT - A story about ADHD
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Narrative 28.9% ★, Experimental 17.9% ★, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Surreal 10.7%
- #42 Otherside
72% matchPositive89% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Ben Lapid
Windows
Step inside, doctor.
Why similar: Psychedelic 29.6%, Experimental 20.1% ★, Minimalist 14.2%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #43 The Fall Visual Novel
71% 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 26% ★, Psychedelic 18.6%, Surreal 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Minimalist 10%
- #44 You know my name?
70% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 30.5% ★, Psychedelic 21.6%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Minimalist 10%
- #45 SND
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DrySignalStudio
Windows
You are hiding in a locker. Don't panic... It passes in front of you. You stay hidden. Its footsteps fade. Should you get out now, or will it come back? You're trapped in a facility plunged into pitch-black darkness. You can hear it. You can hide from it but you can't kill it...
Why similar: Experimental 38.9% ★, Survival Horror 18.9%, Horror 17%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #46 Deadly Cosmic
71% 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 23.2% ★, Survival Horror 18.3%, Minimalist 11.7%, Survival 10.7%
- #47 Broken soul
70% 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 20%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Survival Horror 16%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 10.2%
- #48 Quiet is the Eyes
69% matchVery Positive96% of 225 reviews2023
Dev: Rachel PerryPub: USC Games
Windows
All your coworkers are gone and the halls are quiet, except for the pitter-patter of rain on the window. Explore a desolate laboratory as a creature stalks you, always watching. Run and hide as you solve puzzles and learn more about what happened to the facility and its secrets.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Narrative 21.5% ★, Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.3%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #49 Post-Soviet Yandere
69% 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 40.8% ★, Psychedelic 17.4%, Survival 13.5%, Horror 10.8%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #50 RIP Party
69% 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 21.6%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Minimalist 14.1%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 11.8%
- #51 Dead of Darkness
68% matchVery Positive87% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.8%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Narrative 17.1% ★, Horror 11.1%, Dark 8.3%
- #52 Earth's Center of Gravity
70% match5 user reviews60% of 5 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 18.5%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #53 Faint Echo
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 21.6%, Text-Based 17.5%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Horror 10.4%
- #54 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
66% matchVery Positive87% of 421 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 31.3%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 8.1%, Adventure 6.4%
- #55 Queen of Moths
68% matchPositive89% of 28 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 21.1%, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Surreal 8.4%
- #56 Spooltape
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 20.2%, Horror 14%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dark 13.1%, Text-Based 11%
- #57 Reborn
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Horror 10.7%
- #58 Dap
67% matchVery Positive94% of 159 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 26.3% ★, Surreal 19.6%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 11.5%
- #59 You Shouldn't Be Here
65% matchVery Positive91% of 108 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 20.7%, Text-Based 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Surreal 10.5%, Minimalist 9%