
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?

Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait
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".
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 23.3%, Point & Click 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 10.1%
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 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological 12.4%, Emotional 11.1%
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 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Horror 11%
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 16.2%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Point & Click 9.8%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Dark 15.6%, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Mystery 13%
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 18.7%, Psychological 16.5%, Point & Click 16.3%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
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 17.1%, Emotional 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 11.1%
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 21.4%, Point & Click 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Emotional 9.7%, Horror 8.8%
halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Point & Click 16.9%, Surreal 13.8%
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 24.4%, Emotional 21%, Surreal 16.5%, Dark 14.9%, Mystery 11.5%
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.
Why similar: Psychological 15.4%, Emotional 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Point & Click 12.9%
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%
An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
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: Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Psychological 15.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Dark 10.2%
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Point & Click 12%
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 18.3%, Mystery 17.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Psychological 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Horror 13.1%
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 21.7%, Psychological 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Horror 11.7%
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 16.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Emotional 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 11.4%
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 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 13.2%, Surreal 12%, Horror 9.9%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 20.5%, Emotional 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 10.3%
Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.
Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Surreal 13%
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 32.9%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Mystery 18.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Story Rich 5.4%
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Emotional 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Dark 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 17.6%, Point & Click 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 12.1%
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 17.8%, Emotional 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Surreal 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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 16%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Psychological 13.7%, Dark 12%, Mystery 11.2%
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 32.7%, Mystery 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Surreal 9.9%, Dark 8.1%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Emotional 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Psychological 13.3%, Mystery 10.3%
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: Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Dark 11.8%
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 20.8%, Psychological 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 8.6%
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 21.7%, Dark 19.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Psychological 13.4%, Mystery 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Emotional 11.7%, Dark 10.6%
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%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Story Rich 10%
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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 14.5%
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%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Point & Click 13.5%, Horror 11.9%
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 25.8%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Horror 8.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Surreal 26.3%, Dark 19.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 6.3%
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 16.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.9%
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 24.1%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Simulation 9.2%
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 29.5%, Emotional 26.6%, Surreal 21.6%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 6%
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Point & Click 10.5%, Horror 10.3%
Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.9%, Surreal 18.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Horror 15.7%, Mystery 14.4%
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Dark 18.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 16%, Horror 15.6%
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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Emotional 13.4%
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: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Dark 10.2%
A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.
Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Emotional 17.6%, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
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 35.8%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 7.1%, 2D 4.3%
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: Emotional 19.4%, Psychological 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dark 12.2%
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: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Psychological 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
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 38.4%, Visual Novel 27%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Fantasy 10.8%, Story Rich 5.8%
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 24.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Emotional 14.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%
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 17.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 13%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 12%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Psychological 15.1%, Simulation 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Mystery 9%
✣ 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 20.6%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Dark 16.2%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 13.6%
Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.6%, Point & Click 12.3%, Emotional 11.6%
High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Psychological 35%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Mystery 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.4%, Story Rich 6.1%
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Psychological Horror 21%, Dark 18%, Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%