- #1 Town of Dusk
97% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Thriller 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #2 恐怖夜話 第二夜
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 9.8%, Thriller 9.1%
- #3 April 8th
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Psychological 9.7%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #4 The Darkest Emptiness
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bathos.games
Windows
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Psychological 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #5 Backspace Backspace Backspace
94% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Psychological 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #6 Amnea28: Two Eternities
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TomoToro
Windows
A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.
Why similar: Thriller 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.2%, Psychological 9.9%
- #7 禁忌taboo
93% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: junzhu
Windows
《禁忌》是一款关于表里世界、梦境与现实的悬疑恐怖剧情游戏。 故事围绕中学生徐灿的视角,讲述春游校车事故之后,徐灿意外觉醒某种诡异的感知能力,与神秘少女岳灵药一起重返废弃矿镇调查真相的同时,逐渐寻回被遗忘的记忆……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, RPG 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Adventure 14.2%, Nonlinear 9.3%
- #8 Worn Out
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Text-Based 9%
- #9 Pentimento
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological 14.2%, Thriller 9.6%, Mystery 8.3%
- #10 Into Oblivion
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, RPG 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Adventure 11.7%
- #11 LakeLady
90% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Thriller 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #12 Doctor Visit
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Psychological 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.6%
- #13 Haunted House 2
89% matchVery Positive89% of 245 reviews2025
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.
Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 8.9%
- #14 Mutual Harrow
88% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Psychological 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 11.2%
- #15 wishbound
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MyShell GamesPub: Americode
Windows
At 3am, an app called tally installs itself on your phone and starts granting wishes. All of them. A psychological horror story told entirely through a phone screen. 5 nights, 3 routes, 18 endings, some you can only reach by losing on purpose. Every wish is granted. Every wish is owed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Adventure 11.6%, Psychological 9.6%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
- #16 Terms of Service
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Echorift Studios
Windows
Terms of Service is a short first-person psychological horror game where you answer 100 increasingly invasive Yes/No questions at an old CRT terminal. As the form becomes more cursed, disturbing memories bleed through the screen, the CRT deteriorates, and the agreement starts to feel less voluntary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Psychological 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Text-Based 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%
- #17 筮灵 SHILING
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Thriller 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 10.2%
- #18 Wildwake
84% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Nonlinear 10.2%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
- #19 Invisible Wall
84% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Right Hand Lab
Windows · Linux
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Psychological 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Thriller 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #20 Monsters of Little Haven
85% matchVery Positive88% of 446 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological 11.7%, Text-Based 11%, Nonlinear 10.4%
- #21 River Secret
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Thriller 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
- #22 Room Service
82% matchMixed63% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: ZictorixPub: MixedUp Games
Windows
Jacob White, a young man in need, took a job at an old motel. It seemed easy: clean rooms, survive the nights. But he soon noticed increasingly unsettling things. Adding to his pain was the recent loss of his wife.
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Thriller 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Mystery 9.1%
- #23 キズツケ kizutsuke
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Psychological 9.5%
- #24 I Have Died
81% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Ratmouse Games
Windows
You have died, and only you can discover how it happened. Do not worry though, I am here to help you. Let us figure this out together. This mixed media artistic point and click adventure novel will not take you long to complete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Psychological 21.7%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #25 What Acts up
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebirth Studio
Windows
What Acts up is a psychological realism narrative adventure about social anxiety. Make choices, act under time pressure, and interact with shifting windows as Lin Mo’s fear and self-doubt invade the desktop. Some choices cannot be made, and some words simply refuse to come out.
Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #26 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological 13.8%, Thriller 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #27 Darkness Up North
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Langer Studios
Windows
Escape into the haunting beauty of the Canadian wilderness — but be careful, the forest doesn’t want you to leave.
Why similar: Thriller 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological 11%
- #28 恐怖夜話
79% matchVery Positive96% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Horror 11.3%
- #29 Kindred [Subject 6244]
78% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Nonlinear 10.7%
- #30 The Fifth Name
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tiny Hammer Games
Windows
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Thriller 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #31 Mota Must Die
76% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Thriller 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 10.1%
- #32 Femboy & Futa Maidmare
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Naughty Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel set in a neon-lit motel. Work the night shift, build relationships with the unusual staff, make choices, and investigate increasingly strange events as the line between memory and reality begins to blur.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 12.8%, Mystery 10.4%
- #33 杀青
76% matchVery Positive84% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: 蒐藏馆工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows · Mac
"Shaqing" is a Chinese horror puzzle game set in "Wuzhan Town". Players must help the protagonist escape an evil scene where dreams and reality blur, and save his beloved. The objective is to help the protagonist escape and save his beloved.
Why similar: Thriller 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%
- #34 Choose Your Own Alternative
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Text-Based 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, CRPG 9.5%
- #35 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
75% matchVery Positive95% of 250 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: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Thriller 14%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Psychological 9.2%
- #36 Make Moku Proud
74% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 10.6%, Thriller 7.8%
- #37 卡牌游戏
77% match9 user reviews70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a highest death rate game of survival, combined with masculinity, survival, thriller, suspense reasoning and other elements. There are two main lines you can choose from the story - the male line and the female line. Meanwhile, you can also choose different talents as you like.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 17%, RPG 11.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #38 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
74% matchVery Positive88% of 3,595 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%
- #39 背后3:阴戏
72% matchVery Positive96% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back3:Spooky》 is a moderately horror-themed FMV.As the third game in the Back series, the story unfolds after protagonists Ren Xing and Gao Yan survive their escape from the strange realm in the previous Back2. embarking on a brand-new adventure.
Why similar: Psychological 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Thriller 12.7%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #40 Yellow House
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Yellow House is a non-linear visual horror novel. Dive into the grim atmosphere of a twisted mind surrounded by false and cruelty.
Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #41 Endless Loop
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 漫森游戏Pub: 2P Games
Windows
《轮回路》是一款中式恐怖悬疑剧情解谜游戏。为了祭奠发小,在一个阴雨连绵的日子,许静怡踏上了漫长的归乡之途。然而意想不到的是,在荒凉萧瑟的故土等待许静怡的,并非只是简单的追忆之旅,而是与本应离世的发小的惊悚重逢。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Horror 13.2%, Thriller 12.6%, Mystery 12%, RPG 9.2%
- #42 Where Control Ends
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Text-Based 10.7%, Thriller 9.5%
- #43 A talk beneath the tree
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: RALWORKS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can a Mage live free, when Magic can only come from Demons? Sylvain thinks so, but when he flees the Alchemical Institute, his old friend Celeste stops him, afraid for his life. 1 short conversation branches into 27 endings: each a kinetic short story. You choose what they say.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Nonlinear 11.3%
- #44 Double bisociation
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 礼堂王
Windows
Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, RPG 15.4%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #45 村庄-The Village
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Thriller 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 10.4%, RPG 10%
- #46 The Mofu Game
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rasen Horror
Windows · Mac
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Thriller 10.1%, Psychological 8.5%
- #47 The Portal Pirate
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Psychological 14.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Thriller 9.8%
- #48 CORPSE FACTORY
71% matchVery Positive80% of 885 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Thriller 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Mystery 9.6%
- #49 Chatting ChurroBun
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: maltsoup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #50 KEPT
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silk Dagger
Windows
You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 12%, Horror 11.1%, Adventure 10.1%
- #51 它说山雨欲来
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 无敌的呱
Windows · Mac
50+ endings! A purely fictional fantasy world! Comedy script, dark plot — and the endings? Pitch-black. Swept into a storm, you need a boss. The revolutionary, the merchant, or the cult leader? Your pick unlocks different paths. You're a cheater with buffs — you'll survive. Go!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 12.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #52 南海饥年志
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Framea Studios
Windows
乱世饥年,岭南盐沼中的丰浦仍有热饭与灯火。你是账房执笔者江砚:翻名册、核份额,把「添丰」与「归丰」一笔一笔记清楚。供期临近,潮路、闭门规矩与人们过分周全的好意,让熟悉的日常渐渐显出不对劲。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Lore-Rich 10%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #53 The Last Frame
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NULLMIND STUDIOSPub: BOTFORCE s.r.o.
Windows
The Last Frame is a psychological horror game about a father who disappeared. As you walk through the locations he documented, you discover that watching and recording them changed the place itself — and not for the better.
Why similar: Psychological 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Thriller 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11.7%
- #54 I Wish You Well
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AtarioVanix
Windows
A psychological horror puzzle game where forgotten memories, family secrets, and haunting riddles blur the line between reality and madness.
Why similar: Psychological 22.4%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Horror 11%
- #55 The Sixth Sorrow
67% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Nezumirra
Windows
The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Thriller 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.2%
- #56 Everyday Devil
65% matchVery Positive96% of 326 reviews2026
Dev: alleesaur
Windows
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #57 DEAD LAMB WALKING
66% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Thriller 9.5%
- #58 CRED
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ISR studio
Windows
CRED is a sci-fi story-based narrative game with operating-system simulation features and a worldview centered around an ananomaly-management organization. Players will experience a series of events and make fateful choices as they learn more about the organization and the universe it is in.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #59 What If We Warm It?
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vodoyom
Windows · Mac
Who are you? You are not the main character. You are his inner voice, speaking to him. Aren't you? A life crisis. A strange job. A lonely train station. A dead man. Someone watching from the outside. A narrative-driven interactive mystery of choices, inner dialogue, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Text-Based 9.5%