Games Like HEARTLODGED

INSPECTION REPORT is a horror / point & click game focused on exploration and dialogue. Fulfill your duties as a building inspector and uncover the secrets of an abandoned property in total dark using only a flashlight.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Point & Click 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 7.7%

In this dark romance, horror visual novel, a brutal attack on your village leaves you stranded and vulnerable. Making matters worse is your run-in with the beast of the nearby woods. Will you find a way to escape your demented captor, or will you earn his trust? Choose a side; Don't look back.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Top-Down 10.3%

A visual novel and point-and-click puzzle adventure game with challenging puzzles, a touching story, and multiple endings. In a world that deviates from reality, it's up to you to discover the truth and Ailsa's forgotten memory. Her fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.1%, Point & Click 12.8%, Text-Based 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

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: Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Romance 10.3%

You wake in a monster’s cage with no memory and 30 days to act. Choose to escape, obey, or become its favorite.

Why similar: Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

A short, sweet and charming puzzle game about a girl named Aurora, who is trapped in a dreamy room filled with everything she could possibly desire. Explore her wonderland to find a way out and discover the true nature of this fantastical room. All dreams, good or bad, must come to an end... right?

Why similar: Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?

Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Point & Click 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%

Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.

Why similar: Text-Based 13.1%, Point & Click 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

Michael Longhurst had just survived a terrible ordeal at Hartown Park. Two months later, he returns with his partner, Ethan. As they try and uncover the cursed history of the Longhurst Family.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Female Protagonist 14%, Top-Down 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Exploration 9.7%

A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%

一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場！

Why similar: Point & Click 14.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Point & Click 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.2%

A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Point & Click 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Exploration 12%

Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.

Why similar: Point & Click 16%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%

Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective 👁️. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings. ✨

Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Point & Click 11.2%

Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Romance 9.9%, Mystery 9.7%

It was a morning like all others, until she realized her dad wasn't home. In his place, a stranger who speaks nonsense and insists she "takes her medicine". Who is he? Where is dad?

Why similar: Point & Click 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Romance 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%

Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?

Why similar: Text-Based 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Point & Click 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11%

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Point & Click 9.2%

'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.7%, Point & Click 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 10%, Mystery 9.9%

A dark fairytale point-and-click adventure game that follows 13-year-old Willow as she tries to escape a living hospital made of memories while searching for her lost brother.

Why similar: Point & Click 15.3%, Mystery 14.7%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

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: Psychological Horror 20%, Point & Click 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Puzzle 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.5%

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: Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

In a place where summer rain falls, some memories refuse to stay buried⸺ Nine students are trapped inside a school. A psychological thriller begins as the sound of rain entangles their past.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 15%, Romance 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Text-Based 8.6%

A narrative puzzle adventure about a girl lost in a fragmented wonderland where memories become places and reality shifts without warning. Explore surreal spaces, meet strange companions, and uncover a personal story about trauma, healing, and finding a way forward.

Why similar: Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Top-Down 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Story Rich 11%, Mystery 10.5%

Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Point & Click 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

A sci fi mystery on a ship drifting through space. Solve dialogue puzzles to help the ship's computer AILISH sift through possible timelines to find which one of them can prevent an impending disaster. What disaster? For some reason, AILISH won't actually tell you...

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Romance 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Nonlinear 11%, Text-Based 11%

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 15.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Text-Based 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted love.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Point & Click 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Text-Based 8.3%

Guide Trask, a young seedling born into a cave-dwelling family that fears the outside world. Uncover the secrets of a mysterious tree and fight to save everyone trapped in their isolated home. Explore strange environments, absorb animal traits, and overcome dangers in this adventure.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.9%, Text-Based 12.2%, Point & Click 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Story Rich 8.4%

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: Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Romance 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%

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 21.2%, Psychological Horror 21%, Text-Based 19.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%

You are a censor in a nameless war, blacking out the letters of two lovers who have never met. Their whole romance lives on paper — so every word you strike is struck from the love itself. Then the letters begin, impossibly, to answer your pen. A melancholy epistolary romance. Six endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Romance 14.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%

A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11%

Congratulations! You're hired as a new waterer in Black Kiwa. Water the plants, and we'll pay you 30 G per hour. You'll never find any other job this generous. No, we're not hiding anything from you. If you just follow the work protocols and stay out of trouble, everything will be fine.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 11.7%

Knight, Death and the Devil — This is a dark visual novel that will take you into a creepy world full of danger and unexpected twists.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%

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: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 13%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

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: Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Romance 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%

A mysterious board game that magically turns its players pregnant. Navigate through a spooky house and solve puzzles in order to beat the game and help the heroines escape unscathed.

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Top-Down 9.5%

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: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Story Rich 6.5%

Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 11.4%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

A narrative driven, puzzle-horror game. Solve cryptic puzzles, embrace or evade vengeful specters, decide who to trust and unravel a mystery.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.2%, Top-Down 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Puzzle 9.3%, Mystery 9.3%

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 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Mystery 10.5%

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%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Point & Click 9.6%

Deep Copy is a top down point-and-click literary adventure set in a hand-painted science fiction world. Awakened with no memory, you must solve puzzles and navigate a branching story to piece together the dense, interconnected mystery at the heart of the lab.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Point & Click 14.1%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Navigate a local princess through the pages of a hand-crafted fairy tale and help her solve the mystery of a golden ring in this narrative-driven point-and-click adventure game with multiple endings.

Why similar: Point & Click 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%

A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13%, Romance 10.8%

Frog Telephone (蛙电话 / 蛙電話) is a folklore mystery adventure game rooted in computer science concepts. You play as an amnesiac phone operator at a Tokyo travel agency, reconstructing shattered reality through the spin of a dial, exploring the terrifying truth hidden behind Gero City's mystery.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Point & Click 16.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Story Rich 9.1%

――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Story Rich 9%

Route messages at a remote station's CRT console, choose your responses, and infer the protocol from clues hidden in the signals. Every cycle brings the quiet threat closer through traces left by previous operators.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Point & Click 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Puzzle 9.2%

How to get out of a dull life? How to overcome your fear and become happy? HOPE: Unlived Life is a story about growing up, finding yourself and lost love in the scenery of Russian reality.

Why similar: Point & Click 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Romance 12.8%, Nonlinear 8%

A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Mystery 9.6%

PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.9%

Cheerleaders, sisterhood, sex, and competition. Follow the cheerleading team of an elite university for the rich and privileged as they aim for victory at the national championship, led by their ambitious captain, Elena.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Romance 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Text-Based 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%