- #1 The Peresmeshnik
97% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.4%
- #2 Walking In The Abyss - Definitive Edition
96% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Guirdy
Windows
Explore a mysterious castle in the middle of the forest and discover its secrets in this 2D horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Mystery Dungeon 24.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Text-Based 17.4%, Horror 4.7%
- #3 Contra Spem Spero
95% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #4 CRYPTIC
96% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Shoho Games
Windows
Kidnapped by an insane man and dragged into a dark crypt, your only choice is to play along with his twisted games or suffer the consequences for non-compliance. A thrilling text-based interactive fiction game!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Horror 8.6%
- #5 Whispers From The Rift
94% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #6 Tomb nightmares
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Main Games
Windows
One excerpt from the adventure story of two treasure seekers. Explore the mysterious dungeon, pass all the tests and get out alive! The catacombs full of mysteries are waiting for you!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%, Horror 11.3%
- #7 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%
- #8 Mass of Consumption
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Horror 17.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #9 Earth's Center of Gravity
92% 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: Survival Horror 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.4%
- #10 FunPlay School
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: VirtualFox Studio
Windows
A moderate horror game set in the FunPlay School where you will have to try to escape from all that nightmare, crossing rooms with puzzles from the easiest to the most difficult. Will you do it?
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 28.1%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Dynamic Narration 12.4% ★, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.1%
- #11 Chatting ChurroBun
90% 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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #12 Island of Ruin
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: cretia studio
Windows
"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #13 Glitch
89% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #14 The Trial
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #15 Wildwake
87% 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: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Nonlinear 10.5%
- #16 OMEA
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your words shape the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you write. No menus, no limits. Just type and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dynamic Narration 13.2% ★, Nonlinear 9.7%
- #17 Noroi E: Susan's Memories
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CiberFly Interactive StudiosPub: Kristhian D. Muñoz
Windows
Noroi E: Susan's Memories is a psychological horror game where Susan, desperate to help her boyfriend David, discovers an ancient curse that forces him to control demonic entities. In her search for the truth, she will face horrors and decisions that will test her love and her sanity.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 21.6%, Horror 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #18 Lisa: The Lost Memories
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manja Studio
Windows
Lisa The Lost Memories is a visual novel game where you help Lisa regain her memories. You'll choose your own path and unlock multiple endings. CONQUER THE MEMORY DUNGEON!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #19 Dark Mine
84% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Cyber752Pub: indie.io
Windows
Trapped underground after a collapse, you are the sole survivor of a deadly attack. Armed only with a night vision camera, navigate the darkness, avoid the creature, and find a way out in this retro-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 25.6%, Dungeon Crawler 17.9%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Survival 9.9%
- #20 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
84% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Horror 10.9%
- #21 Brood Year
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wurm Fud
Windows
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 14%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #22 Baptisterio
81% matchVery Positive88% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: 2am_Project
Windows
“With an analog camera, a gift from my father, a photo of the missing tourists and the illusion of my first big news I prepare to enter with the brothers to the enigmatic baptistery.”
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Nonlinear 9.5%
- #23 Nippon Island: The Flight
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meow Arts
Windows · Mac
Nippon Island is a first-person story adventure that begins on a flight to Japan. What starts as a peaceful trip slowly turns surreal. Reality shifts, memories stir... and somewhere, a cat begins to care. The journey is just beginning.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.3%
- #24 In.My.Mind
83% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Scarlet Studio
Windows
In.My.Mind is a first-person survival horror: Explore! Solve the Puzzles! Survive! Fight! Run!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Text-Based 19.8%, Horror 14.8%, Survival 10.5%
- #25 For Mother Matron
80% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Horror 11.8%
- #26 Not It: Spookiest Edition
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 11.9%
- #27 The Complex Chapter 1: Who, What, Where?
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Steggy Studios (Ryan Alex)Pub: Steggy Studios
Windows
Wake up in a trashed apartment and investigate mysterious disappearances. Solve challenging puzzles, interact with others, and confront the person behind it all. Your choices lead to one of five unique endings in this tense, atmospheric puzzle-horror game!
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 14.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #28 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #29 Worn Out
78% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Horror 11.2%
- #30 Scribe
77% matchPositive89% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: TalesBar
Windows
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Dynamic Narration 15.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #31 This Book Is A Dungeon
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 297 reviews2015
Dev: Nathan MeunierPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Auto-cannibalism. Demonic Seduction. Occult Rituals. Bloodfeasting Worms. This dark, horrific Twine-based dungeon crawler pairs edgy interactive fiction with grisly pixel art and light RPG elements. Navigate this sprawling narrative-driven labyrinth bristling with otherworldly doom.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Dungeon Crawler 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Horror 16.3%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #32 One, Two, Death
77% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ahnes Studios
Windows
One, Two, Death is a co-op psychological horror where you wake up in a mansion with one other person. Trust your partner to escape together — or betray them to earn your own freedom, while a sadistic creature watches every move.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #33 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Nonlinear 10.7%
- #34 Penrose
76% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #35 StorySmith
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BigD Games
Windows
A live collaborative story game for you and your Twitch chat. AI generates each scene on your machine — no internet required. Chat votes, you narrate, together you write the story.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Nonlinear 8.6%
- #36 月圆之堡 Castle of Full Moon
75% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: starknow
Windows
elf girls marry into a mysterious castle and reveal the horrific truth.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Horror 11.1%, Text-Based 10%
- #37 Serania - Path of the Scion
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Nonlinear 9%
- #38 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
74% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #39 The Darkest Emptiness
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bathos.games
Windows
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #40 N/A Museum
72% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: TheObserverStudio
Windows
“Welcome to Hanwoon Museum.”Within the Hanwoon Museum, where eerie entities lurk in the shadows, you take on the role of search agent Kang Min-su. Your mission is to uncover the truth behind the fire and discover a way to escape.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 34%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Exploration 8.3%, Horror 8.1%
- #41 Ballad of the Midnight Man
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marry Me Jester Productions
Windows
Survive the Midnight Man in this horror comedy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Text-Based 18%, Dynamic Narration 16.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #42 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
72% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 10.1%
- #43 Compicactus
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eibriel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Learn an artificial language to chat with a cute AI. Manage a list of words and connect them in novel ways to build any sentence. The AI will remember all your interactions, forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Dynamic Narration 11.6% ★
- #44 Inside the Flesh Engine
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: 1ncors
Windows
An atmospheric first-person horror in retro style, where you awaken on a conveyor among discarded bodies. Explore a living factory, obey or resist, and uncover the secrets of the system that created you... The ending depends on your choices.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 31.5%, Dungeon Crawler 17.6%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Horror 8.2%, Exploration 7.6%
- #45 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
69% matchVery Positive89% of 291 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #46 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #47 Shadow of Paris
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aris Script
Windows
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #48 CE-III Protocol: Last Drop
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Liminal Grove Studio
Windows
CE-III 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: Survival Horror 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #49 Tower of the Ice Lich
68% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Dungeon Crawler 8.5%
- #50 Haunted House
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 改變娛樂工作室
Windows
You wake up in an eerie mansion, beside the one you love. To take her home, you face six lost souls — not enemies, but tragedies to understand. Each room hides a love never spoken. But when you think you've finally escaped, some truths only appear once you walk out the door.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #51 Seeds of Pain
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A group of kids decide to leave the floating island they live on to go and explore a colossal world tree. They don't know yet how dangerous this choice will be. Feel their fear and try to survive in this Visual Novel with resource management systems.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 11.3%
- #52 FEAR background
70% matchNegative13% of 37 reviews2021
Dev: 5K GamersPub: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
FEAR - a horror game made in realistic 3D graphics, immersing in an atmosphere of horror and fear.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 24.3%, Dynamic Narration 18.8% ★, Survival Horror 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Horror 10.4%
- #53 Webs of Reverie
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mouse Byte Studios
Windows
Webs of Reverie is a first-person Survival horror game where you must explore the halls of Ironveil Psychiatric Hospital, solving puzzles, avoid detection from the staff, and managing your sanity levels. Will you decipher the clues and safely escape or fall victim to what hides in the shadows?
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #54 Corridors
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Latent Malice
Windows
A first person horror survival game. You control four drones in separate locations to diffuse a cataclysmic situation. Armageddon is in your hands.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 23.1%, Survival Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Horror 9.5%
- #55 Five Biggest Accomplishments
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #56 Parasite in Love
66% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.3%
- #57 The Farm of the Living
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Horror 8%
- #58 Reborn
67% matchNo user 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: Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Horror 11.8%
- #59 Savanna Story Diamond Edition
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: IrbisPub: Studio Irbis
Windows · Mac · Linux
The fate of Savannah is in your hands!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Nonlinear 10.8%
- #60 恐怖夜話 第二夜
67% 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: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Horror 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%