- #1 Hazy Mind
97% matchVery Positive87% of 347 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 17%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #2 SIMULACRA
96% matchVery Positive90% of 4,678 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #3 Inversed
96% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Emotional 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #4 It Paints Me
95% matchVery Positive97% of 277 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Gothic 19.9% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Horror 8.2%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #5 Backspace Backspace Backspace
94% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
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 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #6 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
93% matchVery Positive93% of 21,931 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 22.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Psychological 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
- #7 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Horror 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #8 The Sixth Sorrow
91% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Nezumirra
Windows
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 19.7%, Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 14%
- #9 I Saw Black Clouds
92% matchMixed61% of 657 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: Psychological 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Narrative 8.8% ★, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #10 The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek
90% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: Senokos Games
Windows · Linux
The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Horror 9.6%
- #11 MINE MEMORY
89% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #12 Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: The Midworld
Windows
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: Gothic 19.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Psychological 10.3%
- #13 You know my name?
88% matchMixed69% of 229 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Horror 10.8%
- #14 For Mother Matron
87% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #15 Neve
85% 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: Psychological 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 11%
- #16 My Head On Your Body
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Psychological 14.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #17 Glassy Stare
83% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.7%, Dark 19.1%, Story Rich 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #18 MOTHERED - A ROLE-PLAYING HORROR GAME
84% matchVery Positive93% of 430 reviews2021
Dev: ENIGMA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Narrative 14% ★, Emotional 13%, Horror 11%
- #19 Pink Noise
82% matchVery Positive86% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
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: Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #20 Salthe
84% matchVery Positive84% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: SoireePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Gothic 21.4% ★, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 8.7%
- #21 MOOD
81% matchVery Positive86% of 484 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
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 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Horror 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #22 Train of Afterlife
86% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Psychological 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #23 TOY BOX
82% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%
- #24 Channel 4 Midnight
79% matchVery Positive88% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: foolkien
Windows
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 21%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #25 Beso's Shawarma
79% matchVery Positive92% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: Mtatsminda Studio
Windows
Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Narrative 11.7% ★, Horror 11.1%
- #26 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
80% matchVery Positive87% of 392 reviews2023
Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Psychological 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Emotional 9.7%
- #27 Experimentation
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.7%
- #28 You Shouldn't Be Here
78% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Psychological 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #29 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
77% matchVery Positive100% of 298 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #30 Project Looking Glass
75% matchVery Positive100% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: MORPH
Windows · Mac
1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dynamic Narration 12.5% ★, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #31 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
76% matchVery Positive90% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #32 A House Inside Me
75% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Ctrl HorrorPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological 23%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Emotional 8.5%
- #33 Saint Kotar
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Psychological 12.8%, Gothic 12.4% ★, Psychological Horror 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #34 Interactive Horror Stories
78% matchMixed69% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Gothic 20.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #35 An Outcry
76% matchVery Positive93% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Quinn K.
Windows
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Psychological 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #36 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
73% matchVery Positive97% of 110 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 28.1%, Horror 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark 11.9%
- #37 Without a Dawn
72% matchVery Positive92% of 871 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 14.2%, Emotional 12.7%, Horror 11%
- #38 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
73% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #39 Dissolution of the Silent Union
71% matchVery Positive91% of 205 reviews2026
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows · Mac
The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Psychological 14.6%, Emotional 12.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #40 Lover's Enigma
71% matchVery Positive92% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows · Mac
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #41 Bad Faith
74% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11.6%, Emotional 10.5%
- #42 Unforgotten
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
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: Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #43 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,839 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Horror 19.7%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 15.4%, Dark 13.8%
- #44 I Am Here, I Won't Disappear. I Am Here, I Won't...
72% matchMixed67% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Text-Based 23.1%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 9.8%
- #45 The Price Of Flesh
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,143 reviews2022
Dev: Gatobob
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Horror 9.9%
- #46 Who's Lila?
69% matchVery Positive94% of 3,792 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Horror 12.3%
- #47 Memory Girl +
69% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #48 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Psychological 16.2%, Dark 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #49 Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
68% matchVery Positive98% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
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 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Emotional 9.3%
- #50 Second Thoughts
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows · Mac
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: Psychological 16.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dynamic Narration 10.8% ★
- #51 Trapped with Jester
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,579 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 12.7%
- #52 The Signifier Director's Cut
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Emotional 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Dark 10.9%
- #53 Inner Voices
73% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Horror 15.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #54 Parasite in Love
67% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 8.2%
- #55 Snowfall's Mystery
66% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
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 17.4%, Text-Based 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #56 SHADOW MANSION
68% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
Why similar: Gothic 27.9% ★, Psychological Horror 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Horror 16%, Dark 9.9%
- #57 The Test: Reimagined
65% matchVery Positive82% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reimagined is a masterful mix of Personality Test Psychology and Dark Tarot. Answer a series of fully-narrated questions to receive a personalized, unique ending based on your choices. Dive deep into your own psyche and join millions in a social experiment that you will NOT want to miss!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #58 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
65% matchVery Positive88% of 3,550 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 23.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #59 Aimi
68% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Toasty
Windows · Mac
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 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 10.3%