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Games Like Lake of Darkness

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Psychological Horror, Adventure, Visual Novel.

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Your small town is slowly becoming corrupted by a mysterious evil, In a dream you get a premonition of your own death. How do you avoid an unknown fate? Spend your final moments wisely in this choice-based psychological horror visual novel game.

Reviews: Positive — 94% — of 17 reviews
Released: 2025-07-09
Developer: Steeze Games
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HANPAGE
    Windows

    After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Thriller 9.9%, Conversation 9.6%

  2. #2 Stay Alive For Me
    96% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: OneRoomFilms
    Windows

    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 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Thriller 11.4%, Choices Matter 7%

  3. #3 Contra Spem Spero
    96% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
    Dev: DADZINGO
    Windows · Linux

    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 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Horror 9.8%, Choices Matter 7.4%

  4. #4 The Trials - Chapter One
    95% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Hama Studios
    Windows

    A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Surreal 10.2%, Text-Based 9.7%

  5. #5 Loop//Error
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
    Windows

    Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Surreal 11.2%, Conversation 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%

  6. #6 Last Bloody Snack
    94% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2023
    Dev: Small Throne Studios
    Windows

    Cody, haunted by psychological demons, envisions a monstrous threat eliminating all he hates.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

  7. #7 Earth's Center of Gravity
    93% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
    Dev: Beşinci Kural A.Ş.
    Windows · Linux

    Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 12.9%, Surreal 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%

  8. #8 氷点下30度の絶望
    91% matchVery Positive97% of 285 reviews2025
    Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Conversation 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

  9. #9 The Apartment
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ultima Thule Labs
    Windows

    ALARM. Enter the code. Return to the bedroom before it's too late. The gas is coming. You are being watched. Something is inside the closet. A psychological horror about time, control, and survival.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Surreal 9.9%, Thriller 9.2%, Conversation 8.5%

  10. #10 The Trials - Chapter Two
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hama Studios
    Windows

    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 24.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

  11. #11 Feeling Death
    90% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: SYUPRO-DXPub: room6
    Windows · Mac

    A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Thriller 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

  12. #12 Lily's Well
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,536 reviews2022
    Dev: PureIceBlue
    Windows

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Surreal 10.3%, Horror 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

  13. #13 Labyrinth of Crystal Princess
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: move the hearts
    Windows

    Labyrinth of Crystal Princess is a “escape the labyrinth by detecting the unseen” horror adventure.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Conversation 9.5%, Puzzle 8.8%

  14. #14 Hinter
    89% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2022
    Dev: Jelow
    Windows

    Hinter is a horror game based on a brutal piece of disturbing crime case in Bavaria Germany

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Conversation 11%, Exploration 8.6%

  15. #15 Make Moku Proud
    87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: VAINSANE
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Horror 10%, Thriller 6.8%

  16. #16 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2024
    Dev: Puko
    Windows

    This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Horror 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Thriller 8.5%

  17. #17 The Trial
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: NowakGamesPub: Pale Blue Dot
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Text-Based 10%, Choices Matter 8.1%

  18. #18 Forgive or Finalize
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 72studio
    Windows · Mac

    A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.6%

  19. #19 Forsaken Woods
    85% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
    Dev: Reve Games
    Windows

    A choice game where you face the choice and truth of survival. An unpredictable ending awaits.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Visual Novel 21%, Thriller 18.5%, Conversation 12%, Text-Based 11.8%

  20. #20 Witchlight Woods
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Delphin Casado
    Windows

    Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Horror 9.8%

  21. #21 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
    83% matchVery Positive100% of 184 reviews2024
    Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
    Windows

    A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Surreal 10.6%, Conversation 9.6%

  22. #22 Island of Ruin
    81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: cretia studio
    Windows

    "Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Puzzle 8.4%

  23. #23 INSPECTION REPORT
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: zolduck
    Windows

    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 21.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 8.5%

  24. #24 De Profundis
    82% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: points contigus
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 9.1%, Conversation 8.5%

  25. #25 Resequence: The Orchard
    80% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: CLEARRAVE
    Windows

    Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Horror 10.7%, Surreal 10.7%

  26. #26 STAY
    82% matchMixed68% of 566 reviews2018
    Dev: Appnormals Team
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Thriller 14%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Puzzle 8.1%

  27. #27 NOAH: 2050
    79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: Team NOAH
    Windows

    『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Text-Based 11.6%, Conversation 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9%

  28. #28 TOY BOX
    78% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
    Dev: DEADline Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 9.3%, Conversation 8.4%

  29. #29 THRESHOLD
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,227 reviews2024
    Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Thriller 11.8%, Surreal 11.5%, Horror 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%

  30. #30 The Creepy Syndrome
    79% matchVery Positive80% of 55 reviews2023
    Dev: Boomfire GamesPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    The Creepy Syndrome is an anthology that offers several psychological horror stories, with different pixel art and retro 1 bit, 8 bit, gameboy, etc. styles. Stories of a disturbed mind that intertwine with each other while being analysed by a mysterious psychiatrist.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 11%, Retro 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.9%

  31. #31 3 Shots Left
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alex HetheringtonPub: Black Lantern Collective
    Windows · Linux

    A slow burn retro horror game set in the English countryside. In the apocalypse ammo is scarce and you only have 3 shots left. Make them count!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Horror 7.9%

  32. #32 TELEFORUM
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 3,393 reviews2023
    Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 7.8%

  33. #33 Mota Must Die
    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: VAINSANE
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Thriller 15.3%, Horror 9.9%

  34. #34 Endacopia
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Andyland
    Windows · Mac

    Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Surreal 13.9%, Conversation 8.8%, Horror 8.5%, Puzzle 7.9%

  35. #35 The Doll Beneath
    75% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2022
    Dev: SurvivalMyths
    Windows

    Awakened from a deep slumber, six students find themselves trapped inside an abandoned research facility, otherwise known as the "Losinglight". Escape into a war torn city, and discover the truth behind an otherworldly being like no other.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Thriller 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Horror 9.8%, Text-Based 7.6%

  36. #36 Gal Mothers and Daughters who love sex
    74% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2024
    Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
    Windows

    Enjoy the process of the timid protagonist using hypnosis to manipulate and subjugate his abusive mother and daughter, training them to his liking.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 8.9%, Text-Based 8.4%

  37. #37 Kidnapped Simulator
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CRUNCHFEST
    Windows

    A psychological horror experience powered by a local AI model. You've been kidnapped by a serial killer who demands your deepest truths. Speak, type, or lie your way to freedom - but every word matters. No internet required. No data leaves your PC. 18+ only.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Conversation 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%

  38. #38 Recluses
    76% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2020
    Dev: Timofei UsikovPub: cd-doma production
    Windows

    More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Exploration 8%

  39. #39 BBirthday - Visual Novel
    74% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2023
    Dev: Yun Seven
    Windows

    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: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 12.1%, Surreal 10.8%

  40. #40 derealization
    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

    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: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Surreal 12.2%, Conversation 11.2%, Text-Based 9%

  41. #41 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kashi Maadsen
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 24.1%, Visual Novel 23%, Psychological Horror 23%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%

  42. #42 im not supposed to be here: or anywhere
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LK ValentinePub: Titanomachy RPG
    Windows

    You used to help the hollow maid take care of herself. This time, she's missing & the front-facing UI has disappeared, giving way to a whole new environment. Find your friend.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Surreal 13.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

  43. #43 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
    70% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
    Windows

    A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

  44. #44 Let's MEAT Adam 2
    73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
    Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    LMA2 is a Gay Bara Horror Visual Novel, with murder mystery and puzzle elements; the sequel to 2017's "Let's MEAT Adam".

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Horror 8.5%

  45. #45 Hazy Mind
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
    Dev: betetiro
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 Horror 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Conversation 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

  46. #46 Tutor X Hypnosis
    71% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2024
    Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
    Windows

    The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Adventure 7.3%

  47. #47 Let's MEAT Adam
    72% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
    Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Let's MEAT Adam is a Bara, BxB visual novel set in a neon NIGHTMARE of an escape-room-turned-death-game. Muscles, Blood, Escape, Trust, Betray, MEAT.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Thriller 16.1%, Horror 9.9%

  48. #48 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Silhouette Games
    Windows

    I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Thriller 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Choices Matter 9%

  49. #49 Lone Bird in the Tree
    68% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
    Dev: Aosolagame
    Windows · Mac

    “Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Text-Based 8.3%

  50. #50 Thorner
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Snoring Dog Games
    Windows

    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: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Horror 6.9%

  51. #51 You Stay
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Stillroom
    Windows

    A short psychological visual novel about a town you can’t leave. Observe. Wait. Repeat. The longer you stay, the more the town notices.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Surreal 10.6%, Adventure 7.1%

  52. #52 Family of Choice
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ecevilgames
    Windows

    Witness a little girl’s distorted memories of the past and her fantasies of a future that never happened. All she wants is a family… this time, of her own choice.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Thriller 21%, Surreal 16.2%, Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%

  53. #53 Be Honest
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
    Windows

    The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Horror 10.3%, Surreal 9.2%

  54. #54 Snafu
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2023
    Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
    Windows

    Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Thriller 15.7%, Horror 11.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

  55. #55 Worn Out
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Morimichi
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 8.8%, Horror 8.4%

  56. #56 Deep Room
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Bono
    Windows

    An anti escape room game where you explore the depths of a mysterious room.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Surreal 15.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Horror 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%

  57. #57 10:16
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 105 reviews2023
    Dev: Catsket
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    To get to heaven, you must climb the Nine Circles of Hell. But you might never make it to the depths.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Surreal 14.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choices Matter 7.4%

  58. #58 杀青
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 163 reviews2024
    Dev: 蒐藏馆工作室Pub: OKJOY
    Windows · Mac

    "Shaqing" is a Chinese horror puzzle game set in "Wuzhan Town". Players must help the protagonist escape an evil scene where dreams and reality blur, and save his beloved. The objective is to help the protagonist escape and save his beloved.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Thriller 13.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Surreal 12.2%, Text-Based 8.4%

  59. #59 蛙電話 Frog Telephone
    67% matchNo user reviews2028
    Dev: Acid House Studio
    Windows

    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 28.6%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

  60. #60 Crimson Reflection
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Elun Labs LLC
    Windows

    The story begins the moment he kills his lover. Kazuma is driven into a corner by Asana’s obsessive love. Madness, jealousy, obsession, deception, and regret collide— plunging the case toward an unpredictable end. A yandere suspense novel of intense love and insanity: Crimson Reflection.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Conversation 10%, Thriller 9.2%

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