60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel.
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
The Pigment
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
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Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Noir 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 8.5%
Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.3%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Text-Based 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
Interactive psychological horror novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your grip on reality. Your choices shape a branching narrative where your mental state influences what you see and the paths that open before you. 5 routes, 8 endings, 15 to 20 hours of reading.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.9%
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 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Text-Based 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 14.6%, Lore-Rich 13%, Visual Novel 10%
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Psychological 11%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9%, Dark 8.6%
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: Text-Based 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Psychological 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Psychological 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Experience the horror of this narrative-driven medical RPG. As Doctor Parsnip Green, you’ll point-and-click your way through difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Noir 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, RPG 8.4%
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 16.1%, Noir 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Faint Echo is a psychological horror visual novel with point-and-click elements. A young man named Denys moves into a cheap apartment, but soon faces disturbing paranormal events. Explore the dark building, uncover its secrets, and try to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.5%, Noir 17.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Demons 8%
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.6%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all the events from the past few days. Now you are faced with the choice of going after the truth, facing the shadows that hide within our world, or trying to forget and leave all this behind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, RPG 9.8%, Choices Matter 7%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Narrative RPG, inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft, celtic myths, rapiers and gunpowder. World awaits the Arrival of unknown creatures. It needs a hero who would stop the menace. Or not... He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.1%, Text-Based 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
The Lost & The Found is a game about cooperation, deduction, and making the right choices. You and your colleague must reunite the people with their forgotten treasures. But be aware, all is not what it seems. Opposing forces vie for both your inventory and your loyalty.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.8%, Noir 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Text-Based 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10%
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: Psychological 14.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Noir 12.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 10.7%
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Dark 9%
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 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Psychological 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%
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 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.6%
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Text-Based 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Text-Based 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Noir 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Dark 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
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 19.7%, Noir 19.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 9.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Noir 14.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Mystery 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%
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 16.9%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 9.8%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.8%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Text-Based 10%, Visual Novel 8.5%
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Noir 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
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: Text-Based 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
A narrative-driven game where Deduction meets the Dark Arts. Invest crime scenes for evidence and navigate the razor's edge between "Rationality" and "Inspiration." Unlock branching paths through your choices, forge fragile alliances, and decide who survives the encroaching shadows.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 10.4%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
Immerse yourself in the psychological horror of The Village, where whispers bend reality and ordinary life spirals into madness. Unravel the dark rise of one of Túatha's most infamous figures in this short story visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Psychological 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Psychological 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
"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 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Psychological 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Dark 7.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21%, Noir 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Text-Based 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 9.1%
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 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Psychological 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Psychological 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
An interactive Lovecraftian horror story about surviving a family you never knew and their servitude to a dark patron. True to the genre, you retain all knowledge from every play-through. Shape your fate and that of the family. Will you embrace this gift or rid humanity of their taint?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.4%, Noir 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Noir 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Noir 15.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Psychological 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
You're an eldritch in love with your angel. A glutton in love. You may be a mass of vines and branches but you have a confession to make. Somehow, you must find a way. (A darker sequel to Seraphim Slum.)
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.8%
An adult tale of lust and horror in the vein of HP Lovecraft. Take on the part of a former detective who could never let go of the last terrible case he worked. One day his old partner comes knocking, begging for help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.7%, Noir 15.2%, Text-Based 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Mystery 8.4%
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 16.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
A daemonic, handcrafted visual novel where your choices shape erotic dreams, secrets, and ritual desires.
Why similar: Noir 16.6%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Psychological 10.7%
