Games Like Going Down

A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12%

Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.

Why similar: JRPG 21.8%, Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Thriller 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

This is a horror puzzle RPG first released in 2016. Players control Qiu Xiaoqi as she explores a mysterious room filled with puzzles alongside a white-haired youth. They unravel mechanisms to uncover the truth behind her loss of consciousness. Will the wish be fulfilled? The story is yours to shape!

Why similar: JRPG 18.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Horror 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.7%

You're headed to the Sea Breeze Healing Center, the location of the teen winter camp your father signed you up for. Once there, you must explore the hospital, talk to patients, and hold out until your father picks you up...

Why similar: JRPG 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 8.4%

RIYOU is an RPG about nostalgia, childhood adventure, and close friends. Explore both your fondest memories and your darkest fears.

Why similar: JRPG 22.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 11.3%, RPG 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%

A casual healing rpg that takes players on a journey around the house from the perspective of a young girl, what does she do when she's home alone? What strange things will you come across in the process, and while exploring, perhaps... What other strange secrets might you discover?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 18%, RPG 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Thriller 14.9%, RPG 11.8%, Horror 11%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

An Adventure game with environmental puzzles. Veloria awakens from a nightmare in an abandoned orphanage. As childhood fears resurface, she must piece together fragmented memories and uncover a dark past. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive this twisted place to reach her true ending.

Why similar: JRPG 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Thriller 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Horror 9%

本作是一款RPG恐怖解谜游戏。在游戏中，玩家将扮演一群以解决灵异事件为课外实践活动的学生，在提西城里调查有关“春日女王”的事件。随着调查的深入，一场巨大的阴谋正徐徐展开……

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 17.4%, RPG 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.4%

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: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?

Why similar: JRPG 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, RPG 10.7%

Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Thriller 10.9%, Horror 9.7%

A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%

蝉鸣声中偏远的山中小镇，表面悠然而宁静，背后却隐藏着某个笼罩了这里数百年的黑暗秘密。女主角结城花火几年前跟随父母一同来到空铃镇，在父母的事故后因为内向的性格被排挤的她如今一个人生活在小镇上，直到在旧校舍邂逅本已死去的“幽灵”。

Why similar: JRPG 26.2%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9%, Horror 8.5%

You play as Hicha — a shut-in girl whose only reason to live is her virtual avatar, Virai. Help her escape the depressive nightmare before it consumes her completely.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Thriller 10.4%

Help Nari and Sena make sense of a cringeworthy drink called MINDFUNK that predicts their death. Your choices in this psychological horror visual novel will determine how they deal with this MIND****.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

The Great War of Jorth (GWOJ) has the look and sound of a classic 16-bit JRPG. It will satisfy the nostalgic itch of any gamer that remembers playing the greats of the 16-bit era. Our fully voiced game will immerse you in a rich story where the outcome is determined by your choices.

Why similar: JRPG 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, RPG 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

After receiving a frantic message from her father, Laura heads out to her parents house located inside a cult compound to search for the truth, in this complete reimagining of the classic horror themed JRPG!

Why similar: JRPG 31.9%, RPG 14.9%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

A story driven RPG about isolation, choice, and the struggle to define who you are. Explore a haunting parallel realm, fight abnormal creatures, and decide whether to follow a dark legacy or break free from it.

Why similar: JRPG 27.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, RPG 15.5%, Horror 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

A psychological horror visual novel and management game set in a dystopian company that serves mermaids as seafood dishes. Bet your blood, navigate office drama, and trade ingredients. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%

《幽影遗屋》是一款本格恐怖解谜RPG。故事讲述了一位名叫梅莉亚洛儿的少女意外进入洋馆被困，并尝试逃脱的故事。随着探索的一步步进行，各项证据都指出洋馆还隐藏着一个惊天的大秘密......

Why similar: JRPG 30.5%, RPG 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 10.1%, Thriller 8.7%

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: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.9%, Thriller 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Horror 10%

MYMEMORY is a story-focused RPGMaker game set in the SCP Foundation universe. Play through Camille's memories as she is contained and classified as SCP-9831. Is the Foundation hiding something? Does Camille know more than she's letting on? Does Camille know about... you?

Why similar: JRPG 23.6%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, RPG 8.5%

SE3 Protocol is a horror puzzle RPG set in an SCP-inspired world. An amnesiac girl wakes in the darkness—frail, timid… but not alone nor defenseless. Face deadly entities: observe, evade, exploit… or simply eliminate them. Lead her through this surreal nightmare, and uncover the secret behind it.

Why similar: Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, RPG 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 18.8%, JRPG 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Oliver got a chance to receive therapy in one of the greatest psychiatric clinics. However, for that he’ll have to try a new experimental type of treatment. Will that therapy heal him or leave a bigger wound?

Why similar: JRPG 29%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Anime 10.7%, RPG 10.6%

A surreal indie RPG with a unique, mood-based combat system. The angels of Promontory have forgotten about this place - you are lost at the bottom of it.

Why similar: JRPG 34.8%, RPG 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Silence Coffee Shop is a JRPG game inspired by SCP and 规则类怪谈（creepy rule）.In this game，you'll act as a regular customer，unveil the truth of Silence Coffee Shop behind it conflicting rules.Of cause，you are not the only one attracted by this abnormal shop...

Why similar: JRPG 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, RPG 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 11.2%

Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Horror 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Thriller 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Horror 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.

Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.4%, RPG 11.3%, JRPG 10.5%

In this turn-based RPG, you play as the mercenary Raya, completing missions with cunning, force, or diplomacy. Benevolent choices may come at a hidden cost, while ruthless ones could end up saving humanity.

Why similar: JRPG 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, RPG 13.1%, Female Protagonist 13%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Horror 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%

A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Horror 12.6%

Project Kuragava is a visual kinetic novel with a thoughtful plot The protagonist Yuki enters Kuragawa Academy, he is the first guy in this academy. Will Yuki be able to change his past and future? Or will he lose this fateful battle?

Why similar: JRPG 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, RPG 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, JRPG 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Horror 9.7%

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Horror 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

the scream of darkness is a first person psychological horror with multiple endings, it shows the story about one guy that gets his whole life ruined in days. can you discover the truth?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Thriller 11.1%, Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%

Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Thriller 14.1%, Horror 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, JRPG 10.9%

Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Horror 14.8%, Thriller 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%

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 Horror 18.3%, Horror 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Thriller 10.2%

Stitched - Mother's Nightmare continues the story of Stitched, putting the player in control of a protagonist named Mia as she ventures in the mysterious doll factory. Why did she come there? What horror awaits her in the factory?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Horror 12.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Horror 11.1%, RPG 10.2%, Anime 9.4%

A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 13.2%, Female Protagonist 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%

A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, RPG 9.7%, Thriller 9%

这是一款关于写真偶像的养成游戏，女孩Nira大学毕业后独自在城市里生活，日子过得比较拮据。一次意外让她成为了时尚杂志封面女郎，她准备借此机会成为网红。接下来的时间她要努力展现自己，增加自己的粉丝得到收入，最终成为知名偶像。但她也有可能放弃，还有各种诱惑和挑战等待着她。

Why similar: JRPG 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.2%

Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%

A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

elf girls marry into a mysterious castle and reveal the horrific truth.

Why similar: JRPG 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12%, Thriller 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%

A 2D exploration-based horror adventure game set in a creepy train and mysterious buildings.

Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, RPG 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%