
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?
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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?

It Paints Me
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.

Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Emotional 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Drama 10.1%, Dark 10.1%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 23.6%, Point & Click 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 10.2%
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: Psychological 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Horror 10%
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Psychological 23.4%, Emotional 20.1%, Surreal 15.7%, Dark 14.2%, Mystery 10.9%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Point & Click 9.8%
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.
Why similar: Psychological 13.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Point & Click 11.5%
A dark, dramatic medieval visual novel. On a stage at the boundary between life and death, an actress struggles through her hardest performance—directed by a jester, she relives her past for the the prize of resurrection...
Why similar: Drama 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological 13.7%, Mystery 11.4%
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological 16.6%, Point & Click 16.2%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
Why similar: Psychological 22.2%, Point & Click 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Emotional 10.1%, Horror 9%
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Emotional 17.2%, Drama 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Psychological 14.6%, Point & Click 13.2%, Emotional 12.9%, Drama 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Horror 10.6%
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Drama 11.2%, Emotional 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10%
An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Conversation 12.3%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Emotional 14%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Drama 10.8%
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Drama 10.3%, Surreal 9.4%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Psychological 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Horror 13%
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: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Mystery 17.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Psychological 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Point & Click 12.1%, Horror 10.7%
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Drama 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13%
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, Point & Click 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11%
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Drama 13.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Horror 11.6%, Emotional 10.2%
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Psychological 34%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Mystery 19.2%, Simulation 7.9%, Story Rich 5.6%
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Drama 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Mystery 10.7%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Emotional 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 12%, Drama 10.4%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Drama 11%, Dark 10.5%
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 31.7%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Dark 19.7%, Story Rich 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Psychological 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Drama 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Why similar: Emotional 16.4%, Drama 14.9%, Point & Click 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Surreal 26.4%, Dark 19.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Story Rich 6.3%
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Conversation 13.6%, Point & Click 12.2%, Drama 11.4%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 71%, Horror 29%
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Point & Click 35.7%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 7.1%, 2D 4.3%
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: Visual Novel 31.1%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 21.7%, Conversation 13.7%, Story Rich 10.1%
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dark 12%, Drama 11.3%, Surreal 10.9%
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Emotional 17.6%, Drama 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 13%
The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?
Why similar: Drama 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Horror 13.8%, Mystery 12.2%
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychological 25.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Emotional 13.5%
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.1%
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 21.2%, Psychological 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Mystery 8.9%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Dark 18.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 16%, Horror 15.5%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Point & Click 16.2%, Psychological 14.4%, Horror 11%, Dark 9.9%
You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Drama 18.4%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 26.1%, Psychological Horror 21%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Horror 8.8%, Conversation 7.8%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Psychological 15.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Mystery 9%
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Emotional 12.7%, Horror 10.7%, Drama 10.3%
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Psychological 24.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Emotional 14.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%
Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams. Choose your way and find out how this mystical story ends.
Why similar: Psychological 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Dark 13.3%
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: Emotional 17.8%, Drama 14%, Psychological 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 14.1%, 2D 4.5%
"Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Drama 21%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 14.1%
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dark 13.3%, Drama 11.6%, Horror 10.1%
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!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Simulation 9.3%
An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!
Why similar: Psychological 39.1%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Fantasy 10.9%, Story Rich 5.8%
✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...
Why similar: Psychological 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Dark 16.2%, Mystery 13.6%, Horror 13.6%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Drama 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Mystery 11.3%
A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.
Why similar: Psychological 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 11%
A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Emotional 28.5%, Surreal 23%, Horror 17.2%
URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.1%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Surreal 19.1%, Conversation 16.8%, Horror 15.9%, Mystery 14.7%