- #1 Cold Verdict
97% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows · Linux
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, Dynamic Narration 20.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological 12.4%
- #2 CORPSE FACTORY
96% matchVery Positive81% of 879 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Thriller 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Violent 7.7%
- #3 Pentimento
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Thriller 14.8%, Psychological 11.1%, Dark 9.8%
- #4 Still Room: I Miss You
95% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Pohybelnia
Windows
Experience the mind of a man with schizophrenia in a surreal, single-room narrative. Manage his daily needs, maintain mental stability, and explore shifting memories in a calm, intense psychological journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Dynamic Narration 16.4% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Thriller 12.9%, Dark 8.9%
- #5 They’ll Hang You for That Face
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NITOPU
Windows
Tomorrow, you burn at the stake as a "Werewolf". To save your family, you gladly accept a false execution. But after death, you witness them being ravaged in a living hell. Through a time loop triggered by your absolute despair, you must weave the world's kindest lie.
Why similar: Thriller 24.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #6 KillerNight
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Illusoria
Windows · Mac
Killer Night is a psychological survival thriller where a group of death row inmates face extreme trials in an isolated mansion to gain freedom. Among them lies a ruthless killer. Will you be able to discover the killer's identity before it's too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Thriller 14.5%, Dynamic Narration 13.3% ★, Adventure 8.6%, Dark 8.3%
- #7 The King of Cats
93% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
Navigate the claustrophobic corridors of a cargo ship and try to survive a night with man-eating tigers on the loose. Your choices will determine who lives and who dies.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Thriller 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Quick-Time Events 10.6% ★, Adventure 9.7%
- #8 A Night at the Watermill
92% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Thriller 21.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dark 11.3%, Point & Click 7.5%
- #9 Thorner
91% 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: Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dark 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #10 Awakewood
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Thriller 16%, Adventure 9.4%, Point & Click 7.9%
- #11 Vacation Terminal
90% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Thriller 13.9%, Adventure 9.5%, Dark 7.4%
- #12 Neve
89% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
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: Thriller 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Dark 8%
- #13 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
89% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Dynamic Narration 11.1% ★
- #14 Kingdom Unwritten
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unplayed
Windows · Mac
"A heartwarming kingdom simulator + procedural story generator = make villager's life difficult, friendship betrayal, love entanglement, conflicts, join cults, overturn leaders, dragon dueling, turn villagers into animals, to create a beautiful ending." --- 10/10, anonymous.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.8% ★, Thriller 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #15 生物实验室:畸变实验记录
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: EL
Windows
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 24.2%, Thriller 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #16 恐怖夜話 第二夜
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Thriller 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 9%
- #17 Yellowcreek Stories - The Cabin Watcher
85% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Carlos AzuagaPub: JanduSoft
Windows
A masked killer hunts you in the dark. Manage noise and light, hide quickly, and survive this intense first-person stealth horror experience inspired by classic 80s slasher films.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Thriller 15.8%, Psychological 10%, Adventure 9.4%, Quick-Time Events 8.8% ★
- #18 The Sin Of Fabien
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkvein Studio
Windows
Maybe you didn’t do it… but you watched. The Sin of Fabien is a psychological horror experience woven around guilt, denial, and silence, where every choice reshapes the world and the story. Each decision brings you closer to the truth… or pulls you further away from it forever.
Why similar: Thriller 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dark 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Psychological 9.2%
- #19 THE FIFTH MASK
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KafamaGore Games
Windows
A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Thriller 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dynamic Narration 10.5% ★, Adventure 9.2%
- #20 Distraught
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Donutello
Windows
Find your way through an abandoned village in DISTRAUGHT. A first person Atmospheric thriller with unique pixelized graphics. You find yourself on a highway looking for a way to fix your car. When you come across a nearby gas station, it seems to be abandoned. Or is it?
Why similar: Thriller 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Quick-Time Events 18.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #21 Pikabuu: STOP!
82% matchVery Positive96% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: JoyKeratif
Windows
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Thriller 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #22 The Mofu Game
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rasen Horror
Windows · Mac
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Thriller 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #23 Sickness
84% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: ZetsubouPub: Unwonted Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sickness is a visual novel centering around Suoh Tesla, an amoral high school student whose life is rapidly deteriorating. Following the deaths of his parents, a brief stay in the hospital, and the emergence of his “Sickness”, his daily life quickly devolves from carefree school days to a life of crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Thriller 15.9%, Psychological 11.1%, Dark 11.1%, Violent 9.5%
- #24 The Solitary Existence of a Little Universe
81% matchMixed68% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Wolkemann
Windows · Linux
In this dark interactive novel you will play as a lost soul wandering a forsaken desert, accompanied by a mysterious girl. Explore ancient ruins and face obscure choices. Your decisions will shape their journey—often in ways you’ll never fully understand. Will you find peace, or something else?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #25 Siren's Call: Second Wind
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Thriller 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Dark 10.3%, Psychological 10.1%
- #26 Morse Academy
80% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Thriller 26.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Dark 8.2%
- #27 Invisible Wall
79% matchPositive98% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Right Hand Lab
Windows · Linux
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Thriller 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #28 Shadows of Betrayal
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Thriller 24.7%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #29 Cold Verdict 3
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Thriller 30.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Psychological 16.7%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #30 The Fridge Is (NOT) Empty
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mankind Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Point & Click 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #31 I Have Died
76% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Ratmouse Games
Windows
You have died, and only you can discover how it happened. Do not worry though, I am here to help you. Let us figure this out together. This mixed media artistic point and click adventure novel will not take you long to complete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.8%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological 18.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #32 Loretta
77% matchVery Positive91% of 444 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Thriller 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 12.8%, Story Rich 6%
- #33 Mutual Harrow
76% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Thriller 19.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological 16.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #34 Mota Must Die
75% matchPositive91% of 11 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: Thriller 27.2%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Adventure 6.9%
- #35 Fragments
77% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: codapill
Windows · Mac
Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Thriller 20.5%, Psychological 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #36 7 Deaths 1 Life
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Davter17
Windows · Mac · Linux
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Psychological 10.4%, Simulation 8.4%
- #37 The Breakfast Serial Club
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucian Gallacane
Windows
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Thriller 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Dark 7.8%, Simulation 4.8%
- #38 River Secret
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Thriller 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Psychological 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #39 Momo Don't Leave
72% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Thriller 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Point & Click 8.1%
- #40 Death Sees Twice: Spot the Difference
73% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: hirohasu
Windows · Mac
The most sinister spot-the-difference in the world. When you uncover the final mistake, the truth of this world will be revealed.
Why similar: Thriller 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Psychological 6.3%, Psychological Horror 6%
- #41 Gnawer No. 44 Observation Report
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hunger Evil
Windows
Due to "special" work requirements, you've been assigned by your superiors to live in a very remote and desolate villa. You thought your dull and monotonous life would just carry on as usual, but every midnight, strange sounds emanate from the pitch-black attic...What kind of beginning awaits you?
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological 7.9%
- #42 Monologin
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Thriller 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Point & Click 7.2%
- #43 REARVIEW MIRROR
71% matchPositive85% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: CUBUS GAMES SL
Windows · Mac
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Thriller 23.4%, Dynamic Narration 22.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 11.5%
- #44 Demonic Blade
73% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Linux
A boy. A demon. A pizza delivery girl. Sometimes all you need is to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Everything is different than it seems to be.
Why similar: Thriller 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Quick-Time Events 12.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 11.6%
- #45 The Will and Torment of El Brante
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goosenior
Windows
A hardcore narrative RPG about an inquisitor who defied the Gods and returned from the Afterlife against Their Will. In a world where faith is fracturing, power is waning, and blood is spilled ever more often, your choices will decide what remains of the Empire. Complete the story of Sir El Brante!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #46 Shattered Dreams: Redemption
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Nebula Dreams
Windows · Linux
Shattered Dreams: Redemption is a choice-driven visual novel where you play as a former basketball prodigy whose dreams were shattered. The game emphasizes its immersive narrative, where you will face moral and difficult choices that will shape your story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Thriller 17.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological 11%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #47 Outlying Islands
69% matchVery Positive95% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Thriller 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #48 Shadows of Gothenburg
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ratkiw StudioPub: Ratkiw studio
Windows
Set in Gothenburg. After a long day at work, Erik just wants to get home. It's a snowy and windy night in the city, and a serial killer is still on the loose. A thriller by solo developer Ratkiw.
Why similar: Thriller 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Dark 11.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #49 The Game of Fourtune
71% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Thriller 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dark 10.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #50 Neon Testament
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StyxStoriesPub: Styx
Windows
Hundreds of universes merged into one when the Gods decided to finally settle who among them is the greatest and who must vanish. The main character finds himself at the center of unbelievable events after the Ancient & Terrifying One chose unremarkable guy as a "character" in the Gods' RPG.
Why similar: Thriller 26.4%, Dynamic Narration 19.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dark 9.7%
- #51 STAY
72% matchMixed68% of 569 reviews2018
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 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: Thriller 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Psychological 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Dark 9.5%
- #52 Mayday Trials
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological 15%, Thriller 14.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #53 The Gods of the Red Planet
69% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Aurora Way Studios
Windows
Your team must uncover the secrets of the Terraforming Center on Mars and face an overwhelming battle for the future of the Red Planet. But remember: every choice you make will shape the outcome of this fight.
Why similar: Thriller 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Dynamic Narration 19.4% ★, Visual Novel 11.5%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #54 Occultus: Daughter of Darkness
68% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: BCG
Windows
Occultus: Daughter of Darkness is a noir-inspired visual novel detective story with supernatural elements.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Thriller 17.1%, Dark 11.7%
- #55 Darkness Up North
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Langer Studios
Windows
Escape into the haunting beauty of the Canadian wilderness — but be careful, the forest doesn’t want you to leave.
Why similar: Thriller 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Psychological 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #56 妄生 - Wandering Souls
66% matchVery Positive90% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance. Through delicate narrative and profound character creation, it brings players an immersive audio-visual experience.
Why similar: Thriller 24%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #57 Absolution
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Andrea LimPub: USC Games
Windows
Absolution is a first-person psychological horror experience where you face THE JUDGE as they peel apart your very soul. Uncover dark truths and navigate moral dilemmas as you're questioned about your past deeds. Every lie has consequences.
Why similar: Thriller 26.1%, Dynamic Narration 20% ★, Psychological 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Point & Click 7.5%
- #58 Gods of Savvarah | Part I
67% matchVery Positive98% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows
Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Quick-Time Events 9.4% ★
- #59 POSSESSOR
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JEVON
Windows
2 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF G̫̐O̷̷̤̝̔̈͛̎͡D̷̨̺̳̹ͥ͢ . A SERIES OF INCREASINGLY BRUTAL MURDERS HAS SHAKEN WHAT WAS ONCE A SMALL AND PEACEFUL RUSSIAN COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEGUN. KILL THEM ALL.
Why similar: Thriller 21%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Violent 10.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #60 Marked Souls
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marked Boy
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far would you go to undo death? Marked Souls is a psychological horror visual novel about five orphans trapped in an isolated manor. Uncover the shelter's dark history, perform a forbidden ritual, and try to survive the consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Dynamic Narration 19% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological 12.8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%