
Play as 25yo writer Jian Xun in a 5-min deadline loop. Your script is alive! In this thriller puzzle, use "keyframe sorting" to piece stories. Fight AI, break the 4th wall & escape the nightmare!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Horror, Adventure.

Play as 25yo writer Jian Xun in a 5-min deadline loop. Your script is alive! In this thriller puzzle, use "keyframe sorting" to piece stories. Fight AI, break the 4th wall & escape the nightmare!

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Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

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The main character is hired as a debugger at the game company “Dokidoki Games”! With a time limit of one week, will he be able to find the bug safely? The debugging work with fate on the line begins now!
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Puzzle 13.8%, Cartoony 13.1%
The main character is hired as a debugger at the game company “Dokidoki Games”! With a time limit of one week, will he be able to find the bug safely? The debugging work with fate on the line begins now!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 74.6%, Multiple Endings 25.4%
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Comic Book 19.1%, Cyberpunk 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
In this cyberpunk-themed linear visual novel, you take on the role of Jill the bartender during a 14-day time loop. While crafting drinks for customers is part of your job, the true challenge lies in unraveling the dark secrets hidden beneath this neon-lit world.
Why similar: JRPG 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Comic Book 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, 2D Platformer 10.1%
This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35%, Immersive Sim 34.9%, Puzzle 17.4%, Simulation 12.7%
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 26.4%, Puzzle 18.6%, RPG 16.4%, JRPG 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%
Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.
Why similar: FMV 43.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Immersive Sim 11.9%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, JRPG 21%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: FMV 40.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10%
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: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Anime 11.9%
Again and Again is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy the terrifying moments of being in a realistic home environment and a suspenseful story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 82.6%, Anime 17.4%
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Multiple Endings 33.3%, Immersive Sim 31.4%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 17%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Anime 12.7%
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
Why similar: FMV 36.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 38.8% ★, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Hand-drawn 22.9%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Puzzle 17.6%, Simulation 10.8%
A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, JRPG 29%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, RPG 13.5%
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.6%, Multiple Endings 35.1%, Puzzle 26.3%
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Immersive Sim 21.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, RPG 8.7%
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.9%, RPG 36.6%, Multiple Endings 24.6%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: FMV 40.5% ★, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 46%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, RPG 13.5%, Simulation 11%, Anime 10.7%
You are a tired office worker who has been working overtime until late at night due to a heavy workload and is trapped in a strange office building. You have to get to the first floor quickly and go home to rest, because you have to go to work tomorrow morning!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.1%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, RPG 13.6%, Simulation 13.3%, Puzzle 12.8%
《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
Why similar: FMV 41.7% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
The self-destruction sequence has been activated. You have 5 minutes to solve your way out of a high-stakes, escape room-style disaster.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.8%, Cartoony 24.9%, Stylized 19.2%, Colorful 11.9%, Casual 11.2%
One Late Night: Deadline continues the story of One Late Night, a horror/mystery game where you play the role of an office worker caught in the middle of the paranormal activity that has broken out in a seemingly ordinary office building. Freely explore the 5 story office complex that houses several different companies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, Multiple Endings 27.4%, Stylized 21.8%, Puzzle 17.4%
What kind of work is this? This is an experimental multi storyline game. The work tells a science fiction story about consciousness implantation and simulated biological experiments. The work consists of a mixture of 24 storylines, 3 types of reincarnation endings, and 1 main ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, CRPG 21.6%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Multiple Endings 18%, Puzzle 9.2%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Anime 9.4%, Puzzle 9%
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Simulation 9.3%
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.9%, Puzzle 24.9%, Stylized 22.7%, Simulation 7.4%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.1%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Casual 15%
Circa Infinity is a brain-melting circular platformer by Kenny Sun, with a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Jack + Jim Fay.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 78.3%, Puzzle 21.7%
CAUTION: Escape from this supervillain at your own risk...A short sci-fi visual novel packed with brain-teasing puzzles, gruesome deaths and heartbreaking secrets.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Anime 12.9%, Puzzle 9.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Immersive Sim 11.8%
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Stylized 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Puzzle 12.1%
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 37%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Casual 1.7%
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 55.8%, Puzzle 29.3%, RPG 14.9%
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 31.4%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Puzzle 17.1%, Simulation 8.6%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, RPG 22%, Stylized 19.4%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Anime 6.3%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 44.7%, Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Multiple Endings 21.6%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Immersive Sim 19%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Puzzle 10.4%
FORECLOSED is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a Cyberpunk world filled with action, suspense, and experimental augmentations. Follow the story of Evan Kapnos in this sleek comic book styled game as he unravels the conspiracy behind his identity foreclosure. Who is responsible and why?
Why similar: Comic Book 37.6%, Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Immersive Sim 37.6%, Puzzle 22.1%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Comic Book 29.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Casual 3.7%
Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.2%, Multiple Endings 36.4%, Puzzle 19.4%
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: FMV 50.1% ★, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Visual Novel 6.7%
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Stylized 12.1%, Anime 9.7%
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46%, Multiple Endings 32.7%, Stylized 21.2%
You Can Save Everyone is a heartfelt horror meta-puzzle game. Trapped deep within a facility with only a console to communicate with the others inside, decipher the proper methods to control the console, and - just maybe - save everyone. But be careful. The locks aren't just there for you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Puzzle 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Simulation 9.9%
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.4%, Simulation 20.9%, Cyberpunk 20.1%, RPG 18.3%, Immersive Sim 14.3%
架空世界悬疑、解密类真人影游——玩家将从房间莫名醒来,在和四位女生合租的生活中寻找唯一逃生之路,期间不仅需避开各种死亡陷阱,还要提防无处不在的黄色行刑队。最终解开真相时才发现,自己已身处百万年之后……
Why similar: FMV 50% ★, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, RPG 8.4%
You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 57.9%, Simulation 28.7%, Casual 13.4%
If you're nervous about job searching and interviews, face your fears head-on in "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" a Japanese horror business punk visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Anime 19%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
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: Psychological Horror 25%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, JRPG 16.8%, RPG 15.4%, Puzzle 14.9%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, RPG 8.9%
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
Why similar: Cyberpunk 47.2%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Puzzle 6.4%
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Comic Book 16.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Immersive Sim 11.5%
In an infinite-looping space, find the traces of the modifications made by kun and break them. You can safely leave by reaching the 2.5th level. There is also an endless mode available, allowing you to push beyond your own limits and see how many levels you can reach.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.3%, Puzzle 29.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Casual 9.5%