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Games Like Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Atmospheric, Singleplayer, Dark.

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Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 76% — of 59 reviews
Released: 2022-06-23
Developer: The Midworld
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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    96% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 31.5%, Lovecraftian 29.9%, Story Rich 10.3%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

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    Dev: InEv Games
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    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.

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    94% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Michal Piotrowski
    Windows

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    93% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
    Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
    Windows

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Emotional 12.2%, Story Rich 10.3%

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    92% matchVery Positive92% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: bokchoi
    Windows

    A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.

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    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,342 reviews2021
    Dev: Bit Golem
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%

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    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,822 reviews2021
    Dev: Dead Idle Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

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    91% matchMostly Positive71% of 64 reviews2022
    Dev: Crisp App Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Uncover secrets in a mysterious mansion inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Play as a curious detective in a hidden-object adventure filled with puzzles, surprises, and a story full of twists!

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    88% matchMostly Positive78% of 97 reviews2024
    Dev: Notick
    Windows

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    89% matchMixed52% of 137 reviews2020
    Dev: Dystopia Game Studio
    Windows

    A journey through ancient mysteries and forces described by the original short story "The Picture in the House" written by H.P Lovecraft.

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    86% matchPositive83% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Void EchoPub: Valera Entertainment
    Windows

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    89% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
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    Windows
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    85% matchNo user reviews87% of 78 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    87% matchMostly Positive71% of 70 reviews2020
    Dev: Jan Jileček
    Windows · Mac

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    86% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    84% matchVery Positive93% of 1,113 reviews2023
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    84% matchVery Positive96% of 348 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    82% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2026
    Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: 2P Games
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 99 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    79% matchMostly Positive79% of 291 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 32%

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    80% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
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    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    Dev: Charles Games
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    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 350 reviews2022
    Dev: SQ Game StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
    Windows

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    Windows

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    77% matchMostly Positive77% of 251 reviews2018
    Dev: DevilishGames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    75% matchVery Positive88% of 542 reviews2020
    Dev: Ars Goetia
    Windows
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    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
    Dev: Cotton Game
    Windows · Mac

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    76% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2019
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

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    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 121 reviews2021
    Dev: SUPERLUMEN
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 48 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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    Dev: Joe Williams
    Windows
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    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,520 reviews2017
    Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

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    Dev: Neon Tales
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    70% matchVery Positive91% of 822 reviews2024
    Dev: banjihagames
    Windows · Mac

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    Windows · Mac

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    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,309 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    73% matchMixed69% of 150 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    71% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2020
    Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    69% matchVery Positive82% of 70 reviews2025
    Dev: ROOT GAMES
    Windows

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    68% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    68% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,820 reviews2025
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    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 101 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
    Dev: ScoreboardGames
    Windows · Mac

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    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2020
    Dev: Empty Die Studio
    Windows · Linux

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    66% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
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    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2025
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    66% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2024
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